mrspopeye

Ooh you go girl!

Honesty is just fine. No one said this was easy. But look at you- almost reached your goal anyway. Good for you!

So, I'm going for my first fill on June 14th, which cannot come soon enough. Right now I have nothing in my band. My doc states most people need at least 3 fills to start feeling restriction and he does them 1 month apart. I was curious as to why because obviously you get to some point of restriction when you are having a fill, then he says that will not last. He says the fat around the band lessens, thus making the band loose again, and this process is different for everyone. He showed me a pic of my band up close showing this. So my question to all is how many fills did you have before you hit the "sweet spot?"

Name, real or screen~ mrspopeye Goal weight for June 30th~ 266.5 Weight on May 31st~ 276.5 Age~ 38 Dietary goal for June~ survive til I get my 1st fill on June 14th! Exercise goal for June~ walk 3 miles every other day Personal goal for June~ clean my house of clutter Date banded~ May 14, 2012 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 33lbs since starting this journey Apr 2nd favorite summer activity~ go to the drive in movie and sit under the stars

Check out this site: exercise4weightloss.com and then click on restaurants. It is geared toward weight watchers but it is a fabulous site for restaurant nutritional facts in one place. I always consult it on my iPad before ordering.

Saw the doc this am for 2 wk postoperative visit. I was down 22 lbs from the preop visit 4 wks ago and down 9 lbs since surgery. I really wanted a fill but he says 1 month out in order to be fully healed. So, bandster hell for at least 2 more weeks. I've come this far. Can't screw up now.

Awesome! Good for you!

My port is in the same place yours is. I was banded recently by Dr. Spaw in the same group with your doc. They must like to put the port there for some reason. I'm going to ask him at my appt today. I agree with the folks that suggested leg exercIses to work the lower abs first. My husband and I are going to enlist a personal trainer as soon as I recover a little more and this is one of the first things I'm going to ask about. I'll let you know what the trainer says.

Best of luck to you. It will be easier than you think.

Why would he talk bad to you? You have accomplished a lot to get this far.

Welcome Trina! You will find a lot of support here. Good luck on your journey.

Yay! Met my 10% goal at weigh-in last night. I was so excited. 31 pounds lost in under 2 months!

That's great. Way to go.

Yes, That was true for me. On about post op day 9 or 10, I could get in the 64oz daily water requirement pretty easily. I can do 80oz now, which is what I was doing prior to surgery. I don't have a fill at all though, so I suspect that will change some when I do.

That's great! I cant wait to get my first fill. I feel like a bottomless pit!

Awesome! Way to go!

Awesome! You go girl.

I'm totally with you- feels like nothing has happened at all now. Bandster hell is not fun! My 1st follow up appt is Thursday the 31st- I'm going to ask if he will give me even a little fill since I have nothing at all, but he may wait til 4 wks post-op.

That is great! Congratulations.

Yay for you!

When was your surgery? I am so anxious to get my first fill- I am running on pure willpower right now!

Now that I have read this they are really itching now...

Day 6 or 7 was my worst days, fortunately better days were right around the corner. I still cannot sleep reaaly comfortably on my left side. I called the doc also and was told it was just gas pains.

Wow! Great story. Thanks for being an inspiration to others.

You will do great. It will be over with so quickly. The anesthesiologist put in my IV and he numbed it up first, maybe you could ask them to do that for you also.