sylviau

thats great! and will say a prayer for you... you're being banded today!! best of luck!!

hm... well i dont have that sharp pain this morning. so hopefully its gone for good. :-/ the whole area has been a little painful to touch... but more like a bruise. so i'm guessing its just healing. :)thanks for the response. i go to the dr for my first fill in 2 weeks so i'll see how it is by then. texas bandette... that might be gas still... are you walking a lot and drinking slowly? also try to gas -x. thats the type of pain i had when it was the gases.

i've lost 34 and most people haven't noticed... or at least haven't said anything. my hubby and my parents have noticed and a couple other friends. i notice because of my clothes being bigger and some clothes that didn't fit, now fit. i think the more you have to lose, the less you notice until its a lot. i'm not going to lie, its a little disappointing when you haven't seen friends in a few weeks, and they dont say anything when they see you... but, eh, what are you gonna do? eventually they'll notice meanwhile, our job is to lose lose lose lol

Was showering just a little ago and I suddenly had a sharp pain around the port area. Like small stabbing pain like a stitch was pulling or was getting jabbed with a sharp stick. It happened for about 15 min and was every minute or so. Not a pleasant pain at all I just laid down and it hasn't happened again, but I've stopped moving. Is this just normal post op stuff? I'm a little over 2 weeks post op. banded July 2. Thanks

great job!! keep it up! let us know how the first fill goes!

i added you. to add people... go to your profile page and then click on the tab "find members"... and add the profile name of the person in the last section...

i added you guys! its been fun seeing other people to keep up with!

lotti... sooon! time will fly! fericito... tell me about it! lol

aw! it will go by fast!!

hi! going to add you right now! sounds like you had great success so far! congrats!

hi diane! yes, i'm 2 weeks out and just started with soft foods and doing great! feeling full with the food, so thats good! just occasional port area pain, but nothing major... so everything seems to be going well with the surgery part! i get my first fill in a couple of weeks! i'm excited about that! i'm on myfitnesspal if you want to add me: sylviau150

are you on myfitnesspal? lets make this thread a myfitnesspal registry... if you're on and want others to add you... put your myfitnesspal username on here... mine is: sylviau150

hey! i'm on it... i'll add you. i'm sylviau150 on there happy tracking!

yes! i finally feel full!!

thanks! how's your mushy day going??

Hey! I'm at 263 right now and want to be at 250 (well 249) by mid sept too! We have same goal ahead! Keep me updated!!

Thanks so much for your words of encouragement! It really meant a lot and I will take it to heart!

Yay! Love to hear these goals and successes! So encouraging! Keep it up, everyone!!! Keep us updated!!

So after 2 weeks of pre-op liquids and 2 weeks of post-op liquids.... I finally started my soft foods today! I had some egg beaters, mashed beans, cottage cheese and my favorite salmon!!!! (not all at the same time!! LOL) Just wanted to share! I was soooooooo happy and excited! Those weeks on liquids seemed like forever and were probably the hardest thing I've ever done! But I learned soooo much about how I view food and how addicted I am. I was really able to detox and start my journey right!

Thanks! And these all sound like awesome goals! Keep us updated to see how everyone does! Oh and as of this morning...down another 2. So 14 to go!

I'm trying to set short term goals, besides my big end goal. I was banded 7/2. I started at 297 and I have lost 32 pounds (that includes some from Pre-op) and I'm at 265 now. My short term goal is to lose another 16 pounds and get under 250 by my anniversary mid September so I can wear this fabulous dress that still has the tags on it! And go to a fancy place with my hubby! I haven't been under 250 in years!!! Even when I've dieted before, I couldnt seem to break that number. So that's my next short term goal! What's urs??