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What did the doc say about losing weight too fast? I have not been eating that much lately, which I know is not good, but due to my job, just time and all that fun stuff, I've not been eating that much.

Whew, thanks Mis!

Does caffeine really have an impact? I drink coffee every morning.

I had asked my nutritionist about the whole protein drink and then fluids and she said a "liquid is a liquid", so you don't have to wait the 30 minutes.

Wendy and g25, everyone loses at different rates and it all depends on where someone starts, so don't get too caught up in comparing yourself to others. Be happy you are losing . I was pretty heavy for my height and I've been pretty happy with the loss so far but what has helped me the most is journaling, it really points out foods you would not think were that bad. I have over 4cc, this last fill I got last weekend she said it was a little fill, so I have no clue what I have at this point, but now I want to take it slow. I have pretty good satiety and kept getting stuck last week while during TOM time, so I didn't want too much of a fill, but now I need to watch for that week each month as you swell and this causes more stuck episodes (per the RN doing the fill), which I typically don't experience. I've been bad and not exercised yet, but I imagine my plateau will hit soon and I'll need to exercise or stay the same. If I can help, let me know.

And they also have an insurance specialist that can go over all of the hurdles with you, pretty helpful group.

Hi Redredreba, since you are in Ohio and depending where you are located, Dr. Curry is pretty good and experienced. That is who I had my surgery with. They have free seminars you can sign up and get information as a starting point. They have an office in Columbus and Evandale. I went to Evandale as I'm in Northern Kentucky and it was closer.

I was self pay ($13,000) and not regretting it yet , I'm a little over 3 months in.

Beautiful bike!

My nutritionist says you can deduct the fiber and sugar alcohols to come up with the carbs. But be forewarned that too many pieces of sugar free candy (sometimes even just 2 or 3) can make you sick as a dog. I learned the hard way

I'm happy for you and your success. Did they base the no fill on the weight loss or hours of not being hungry? I am going in for my third fill tomorrow and they don't ask me about how often I get hungry, so I'm not sure how they judge it, but maybe they wait for a couple of fills before they start asking this.

Another spin on it is, can you keep the weight off? The big thing for me in getting the band is keeping it off. I have lost 100 lbs twice, 40 lbs, so on and so on, and it comes back every time and more comes back every time with it.

My bad marketingdude, I didn't write that first post too well, I meant that the hiatal hernia causes reflux which I'm sure was more clear through the second post with the docs info. Guess I shouldn't be trying to type on here late at night, lol

My understanding of a hiatal hernia is that your stomach is pushing up where it's not supposed to be and therefore has an impact on stomach acid. Although, my doc actually sent an email to me after surgery and this may help answer your questions: "Hiatal hernia is a condition that we find commonly in our patients. Some who have hiatal hernias have reflux symptoms, while others have no apparent symptoms at all. Failure to repair a hiatal hernia can lead to severe problems with reflux after surgery, so we always repair them when we find them. Here is a link to the National Institute of Health's web site, which has some good information on hiatal hernias: http://www.ncbi.nlm....lth/PMH0002122/ Here is a link to a YouTube video of one of our hiatal repairs narrated by me: Patients who have hiatal repairs often experience more pain in the left shoulder and back from the sutures in the diaphragm."

A lot of people on here end up having hiatal hernia repair done and this causes acid reflux. My doc did the hiatal hernia repair (had no clue I even had one, but was starting to experience acid reflux a little before surgery) at the same time of being banded and I've been good ever since.

Thank you all, I will watch the liquids right after and next time I feel too "stuffed", I will let it pass on through. Today everything all went down just fine .

Awesome job!! So happy for you

Hi all, I looked around and could not find an answer, but I believe I Pb'd for the first time yesterday. So I ate dinner (pizza with portabella mushroom as the crust so lap band friendly). It went down fine, but not long after eating I felt pretty full in my chest like I could feel it in my chest and back, but I didn't think I was stuck. I took a few sips of cold tea to help ease the discomfort, then not long after I hiccupped, burped a little, it felt a little odd so I ran to the bathroom and liquid came up with saliva, no food. Any clue what I did wrong? It was not more than a cup of food and I did not drink a lot, so not sure what happened? Any thoughts? And I'm down 45 as of today, woopwoop!

Woohoo, Chili is a metabolism food, that's good news! But back to the post, have you tried journaling to see what you are putting in your mouth just to be sure? I know it opened my eyes in a lot of ways. And getting in your liquids is really important too, according to my nutritionist your body needs it to help flush out the fat it is burning.

Some good movies to watch while you are vegging? I stayed at my Dad's the first couple of days after surgery so him and his wife could watch over me and they had Netflix which was nice, daytime TV is horrible . Sugar free popsicles were a life saver for me, still like them to this day., some crystal light or other types of flavoring for water would be good. Milk of Mag in case you get constipated, or just wait until it happens if you have someone that can get it for you? The anesthesia and pain killers cause it. Pillows are good like Wgbem said above, especially to hold against your belly when you get up. Liquid Tylenol might be good too, depends on what the doc instructs you can take after surgery.

You should focus more on the protein, for the liquid phase you can use Isopure drinks at GNC, try to find them on sale, they can be expensive. And for the mushy phase, I was instructed you can take pretty much anything and put it in a processor, so you can do tuna salad, chicken salad, and shrimp salad. The chicken salad was my favorite personally. They should give you some guidelines to follow to know what to eat. The baby food may be okay here and there, but good luck with it, I tried some myself and it was horrible . I gave it away to a lady at work with a baby because I just could not do it.

I had my first PBing (I think) tonight and I'm not sure why. I ate about a cup of food, went down fine, but then I felt like I was full in my chest and back, drank a few sips to try to help things go down a bit easier, started to hiccup, burped a little, and felt a little different like something was about to come up so I ran to the bathroom and sure enough slime and liquid came up, but no food. Any clue what happened here? Did the drink put me over my limit and it had to come up? It's been about a 1/2 hour and now I feel fine and the full feeling subsided.

Emilybites.com is a good website for recipes too and she even puts the nutritional information at the bottom of her recipes, which is usually the hardest thing to find online, at least for me. Recently I found a recipe for making pizza using a portabella mushroom as the crust, you can find it on youtube and the videos I watched were bandsters, it was pretty good and went down fine, the mushroom turns out moist from the sauce. I found that I can't eat dry mushrooms too well, but this worked.

I like the Zoic chocolate protein drink that I found at Big Lots.

Great job, just make sure get up and walk around a lot, it helps with the gas (and pains if you get them from the gas, my neck and left shoulder hurt when I got surgery). But it gets better!