2012

Good luck tomorrow! If I could get through this, you can too. I'm terrified of needles, but just imagine, after they give you some of the good stuff to knock you out, you will sleep through the whole thing. Think ahead about the end result, not the scary steps on the way there, that's what got me through it.

Checking in at 169, no change.

Another thing, after reading your title again with the word scoop , is that you can freeze bananas without the skin and blend them up to make "ice cream". This might be a nice treat if you have warmer weather coming your way soon.

NUT did a presentation just yesterday and bananas were brought up and she said that most people have the misconception that bananas are bad, but they are good for you. A serving size is usually just 1/2 a banana and people usually end up eating the entire banana, which means a lot more calories and why people have this misconception. Personally, I can only handle a 1/2 of a banana, not an entire one, but before surgery, I'd eat them like there was no tomorrow without any problem. Also, like Missy said, track it in your diary and you have control over if it's a "bad" or "good" fruit.< /p>

Wow, great job, I am so happy for you! You are truly an inspiration and help us out on LBT with your advice . Get well soon and share your pics.

Name, real or screen~ Amy

Goal weight for April 30th~ 164

Weight on April 1st~ 169

Age~ 35

Dietary goal for April~ Eat more veggies

Exercise goal for April~ Strength training and walking more

Personal goal for April~ Lose more weight and get ready to move

Date banded~ 07/09/2012

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 92

What about spring do you like? Flowers and warmer weather

Did you find out about if you are doing net carbs or regular carbs? I was thinking about switching over to "a carb is a carb" and try that for awhile and knock out sweeteners, but it will probably be hard, but if I focus on just getting carbs from veggies/fruits, I think I can do it.

Before and after, down 92lbs as of this past Sunday:

Just remember that misery loves company and that people will always post the negative and not necessarily the positive, so don't overwhelm yourself with the negatives/complications. I'm not bragging, but saying this out of support, but I have had zero complications and I am 8 months in and 92 lbs down and had both a hiatal hernia fixed and lap band done on the same day. Follow the rules and chew, chew, chew. Yes there is a learning curve, but you will get through this. Good luck tomorrow!

Thank you and a happy Easter to you too! Have a great day!

Where is your port located? This can be sensitive for some time after surgery. Some people have it on there right side (which is where mine is) and some have it on there left side. You just had the port attached to a muscle and this takes time to heal.

Have you had surgery before? Are you scared? We all go through this, maybe not necessarily crying (but we all react differently to things), but freaking out a bit because it still is major surgery. I doubted myself, wandered WTH was I doing, why in the world did I have to resort to this, and a bunch of other "fun" feelings and did this again even after surgery, but I know that I was going nowhere, I'm in my 30's and have more life to live, and am happy that I did this. Oh and wait until you wake up from anesthesia, within a matter of minutes I was mad, then wanted to cry, went back to mad and had no clue what was wrong with me, come to find out anesthesia can make you feel like that, once it wore off, I was all good .

Hi all, I added some people, I'm 2012ALM from LBT, but I always identify that I'm from LBT in my message. It would be nice if everyone did this so you know where they are coming from, I've had some random people want me to be friends that I have no clue where they came from and they get denied .

All and all to stop feeling weird sensations (for lack of a better word, not painful), it took me a full 2 months. I'm 8 months out now and I only noticed it the other day when I was doing (well trying to do ) jumping jacks, I did not like the feeling, so I stopped.

Congratulations and you look great! Where were you in the first pic, looks like some beautiful scenery behind you?

Thank you, I appreciate it, I can give you gas (I think you call it petroleum) money too. I'm going to go ahead and email them to see if they need anything from my current doctor for the transfer.

I have not experienced the acid reflux anymore since surgery, my lapband surgeon has it in the ICF that when he's doing the lapband surgery and runs into a hiatal hernia, he will repair it at the same time, which he did.

Does anyone think the length of the flight would have any impact? I'm moving to Australia from the US in the near future and was concerned about having to get unfilled for the really long flight, but I would rather not since I'm currently in the green zone. How long does the extra restriction last after the flight?

I would have acid reflux symptoms once in a while, but never anything severe/often enough to go to a doctor, but found out I had a hernia after I woke up from lapband surgery .

Thank you labwalker, but they are linking less sleep with weight issues, and fortunately that is not an issue for myself.

Great post and great job! Very inspirational.

Has anyone heard of or experienced slowed downed or stalled weight loss after taking a statin (ie. Lipitor, Crestor)?

I like Truvia too and I find it to be sweeter than Splenda and find myself using less. Don't bother with Purevia, that stuff is not sweet at all, but I'm going to use it up since I paid the money for it.

Looks like it's plateau time , I'm up to 170, but keep hovering between 169 and 170. But I'll admit my regular walking has not been consistent these last few weeks.

Great job, I'm happy for you!