Mariaband

What kind of goals are everyone setting for themselves? My first goal is Onderland! It's not that far away now. I'm hoping to meet it by my first fill on August 1. When I get to 190 I have a reall cute outfit I haven't worn in 6 six years that I'd like to wear before summer is over as hopefully next year it'll be WAY too big!

Mariaband, I'm still preop but my paperwork says not to expect any weighloss until the first fill (even though we get a fill during surgery). The post-op diet is about allowing your body to heal and not about losing weight. Your body is swollen and injured which means it is also likely to retain fluids.
Good luck! I'm sure it will happen soon

Okay, so I went through and wrote down when everybody is being banded this month to help people connect with those that are being banded around the same time. 96 JUNE BANDSTERS!!
The first week:
(if I have overlooked your date or misspelled your name, please message me and I'll fix it!)
JUNE 1st
Mariaband
jc0031
mcaswellaust
erin313

JUNE 3rd
K6TYX

JUNE 4th
JulieC74
difa
ready4change2
Lookingforthethinme
missyb73
Dora24
chiflado
ladyjfloral

JUNE 5th
iamcindylou
liczwek
Aummie58
akillam
loribelle
eileen27
wyldlove
MemphisFan
addunaway
ready4animprovedme

JUNE 6th
mcuevas
carolinagirl2012
ChubbyGal
sbrown3121
VelmaDinkley

JUNE 7th
Sombra1718
cfurrey
hollyelbert
BreBre

Hi I am banded on June 1st with SWLC as well just wnated to tell u they r great.... the whole team are awersome... they calmed me down and they took a good care of me... Good luck to both of u and ur mum...

not yet... I submitted my appilcationf for the GYM to start on July 1st as they said no heavy exersice for 4 weeks but I will start walking daily it might help..

If are supposed to be on solids continue to eat solids. If you haven't purchased a food scale do so. If you are not measuring you are guaranteed to be eating too much. I am at restrictions yet still measure all my Protein. Eat 3 ounces of solid protein and then low fat/calorie vegetables until full. Your first fill may not give you restriction, in fact it took me 6 months to get restriction. Again, the band is meant to work with solid food. You cannot survive for ever on liquids. As anyone who lost weight on slimfast will tell you when you go back to solids you will gain weight.

I was banbed 8 days ago and today I am SO SO SO hungry I came across this page and thanks to all of u looks like that is normal in this stage... I will do the effort to stick to my diet until I am in the green zone..

thx for the advice, I think from what I'm reading here I will take it easy for the first week and do Protein Shakes and liquids as you all say afterall there are stitches in there to heal. I mean my surgeon is reputable and I have confidence in him I guess he just does things differently. I met with him today and his nutritionist. I only have 5 more days to go on liquid diet. I've had to eat 3 Protein Bars during the process as I was not getting enough calories and felt like the passing out stage so he okayed it. I actually found a Protein Shake I absolutely love so that is a good thing for me. thx again.

BTW-See page 24 and on in that manual from Peachtree.
I hear you when it comes to being hungry. I entered bandster hell(your in bandster hell already) the 2nd week too. I think I was more hungry than before. But, for me, I wasn't able to eat nearly as much as before. Even though I had no restriction, I felt satiated quicker and it lasted longer. I was still able to lose 12 lbs the first month.
Try to eat healthy foods and don't beat yourself up if you consume too much. It could be a while before you find your "Green zone".
tmf

Good luck to all of you.. I am sure you will be all fine... I am 5 days out feeling great and I lost 7.5 pounds so far plus the 10 pounds before the surgery so in total 17.5 pounds...

hii
i am done wz the surgery today I went by 8:30 am out by 12:30pm .. was so scared but it went fine and the pain is mangable so far let us see how tom..
Good luck for all and belive me if I made it u will for sure
1st I have a very hight totarance to pian that I can feel pain easly if I go to teh dentisy just for cleaning I spend 2 days suffer from pain in my teeth
2nd I never been in any suegrey in my whole life I was so scard I even cried infront of the doc today and I told him I want to go back to my kids on my foot as I came here on my foot..
SO u will all be fine belive me... I will kepp u posted regarding my pain..
Good luck for all of you

My sister and I were both banded on June 1st! I'm excited about my new journey!! Friday Will be a week since I was banded...I Will also weigh in Friday! Kind of nervous about the first fill....

Good luck to all of you.. I am sure you will be all fine... I am 5 days out feeling great and I lost 7.5 pounds so far plus the 10 pounds before the surgery so in total 17.5 pounds...

Good luck to all of you...
I was banded on June 1st and I am already feel great today.. the toughest day was the second day at night but after that I almost back to normal... I even start feel hungry but I am stick with the liquid diet to give my stomach time to heal... I am already down more than 14 pounds 10 pounds pre ops diest and 4 post ops...

Good luck to all of you...
I was banded on June 1st and I am already feel great today.. the toughest day was the second day at night but after that I almost back to normal... I even start feel hungry but I am stick with the liquid diet to give my stomach time to heal... I am already down more than 14 pounds 10 pounds pre ops diest and 4 post ops...

Mariaband...Way to go girl!!!! Let us know how you're doing tomorrow! sleep well!

Same date as urs.. Good luck for all of us..

Once the band is in its in. OHIP would never deny you help if you are having problems with it.

I had my surgery 2 weeks ago with Dr. Woo in Vancouver. All my experiences have been great with SWLC. They are always attentive and very quick to respond to any questions or concerns.

When the band is in OHIP kicks in. I had a slip and had to have it fixed. There was no out of pocket fee.
As for the 5 year limit...it's in the contract and therefore enforceable if needed, they did tell me about it up front but also mention that to date they've never charged someone whose had it longer than 5 years. You have to think though, post 5 years...you're not going to be going in for the umber of fills you do in the first year

I would think the consumption of the shakes that have artificial sweetners in place of sugar would be what might be scarey. You could get Meal Replacement shakes that dont have the articificial sweetners, maybe Ensure? Boost?

I have to agree with Jess55. Granted I'm no doctor, but unless your surgeon gets you back onto real food a lot faster than mine did, I don't see how you could get enough nutrients to adequately meet a baby's nutritional needs with breast milk.
Have you meet with the nutrionist? They would be the one to tell you if the lack of nutrients will effect your baby.
Again, this is strictly my opinion, but if I were in your shoes I'd halt the diet until you talk to the nutrionist about this issue specifically.
Best wishes to you.

I think it depends on what type of shakes your Dr/intuitionist recommends.
I go to true results, and they don't sell shakes, but my nutritionist recommends EAS Advantedge shakes, which are lower cal, low carb, no sugar, and high protein... she also like pretty much all of the EAS line (Myoplex, etc)
Some shakes can have alot of sugar in them == lots of carbs, but also lots of Protein. Then there are some that are "zone" balanced... higher protein, but also some carbs and fat....

Lol I have a couple of new jeans I had bought and couldn't wear cause they were my goal jeans. Well let's just say they are now 2 sizes too small from when I bought them, they are my inspiration. "I bought you and darn you I'm going to wear you!!" And then pass you on and get smaller jeans then that.
My heart is in this I don't want to keep going sizes up and packing away the clothes I'm too big for. I want to lose the weight and inches and get rid of the big girl clothes as soon as they get baggy.
It's just my anxieties getting the best of me that's keeping me from eating and being able to stomach anything. I'm a single mom of 3. Stressing over the surgery, healing post op, and being able to still take care of their needs.
Thankful to have this site as a reminder that im not alone.