tblondnme0609

You are welcome. I feel the same way about my burping and hiccupping. If it is due to restriction then I am going to tolerate it too. And as my trainer says "any loss is still a loss". She is partly responsible for my weight loss. She never lets me quit. She knows where I live and she comes and finds me if I try to quit. I work out with her 5 days a week. Just keep up doing what yo are doing and you'll reach your goal.

I had the iBand surgery on March 16th of this year. It was an easy surgery and I consider it the best thing that I have ever done for myself. Went in had my surgery and went home that day. Pain was tolerable and didn't even have to take the medication they gave me for nausea. I am now down 75 lbs and couldn't be happier. I have given away a lot of my "fat" clothes and have even started buying a few new things to get me through this weight size. I have a trainer who I work out with 5 days a week and she never lets me quit. (She always tells me that she knows where I live and will come find me. lol) I am in love with life now and happier than I have been in a long time. I am enjoying things that I never would try before. I am in control of my life now and I love it.

I also use the Premier Protein shake that I get from Sam's. I really like them. I have heard also that Shakeology shakes are good and have your daily Vitamins in them.

Hey Everyone!
I had my band with gastric plication (and hiatal hernia repair) today. So far, so good.......sore at incision sites, some mild gas pains, but feel extremely bloated!! Was in surgery about an hour and a half. Recovered in recovery room and back to Day Surg. Dr. Came by and said I could go home around 2pm! We live about an hour from the surg center and weather was bad. So glad to have this behind me, but anxious to see what the next few weeks, months hold!
Good luck everyone!!

I am new to this forum and I am really enjoying all the advice... I get my band in the morning and I am so excited I can't sleep!!! Good thing my husband is taking me... I have been trying to get thi procedure done for 7 yrs now and it is finally here!!! Congrats to all former bandsters on their weight loss successes, newly banded on their moment, and to all those go are going to be banded!!!