Daisalana

Wow, that is horrible. My doctor did a sonogram a month pre-op.. said my liver was borderline too big, and made me do a shrink your liver diet, but unless I was already knocked out, he didn't do another one. He had told me before if my liver ended up too big when they went to laproscopically place it, they would just convert to an open-surgery.

I am very tight right now, and can take my prilosec, B/C, and occasional sleeping pill. Sometimes they are painful going down, but I have only had an 'episode' on meds when taking a water retention pill. It's an herbal biggie.. was about the size of a nickel and you gotta swallow it. Now, I should have known better.. but I figured it'd just be painful and I'd get over it.. but it got stuck and I ended up spitting it up (NASTY).

Good luck with your surgery, hope it all works out!!

I take that back, I could down a steak & shake milkshake at over 1k a pop.

Yup... I finally have 'good restriction', it's undeniable, and no 'Is this what restriction feels like?'.. I have to fight to eat more than 1k calories a day.

Just wanted to see what this thread feels like.. hah.. so far to go

A cup of hearty chili keeps me full all day. I have a lot of restriction right now, and liquids keep me full just as long as solids did a month ago. Thicker soups do it for me too. For solids, eggs keep me fullest longer, I think they hang around for a long time in my stomache. I had eggs for lunch yesterday and burped some up (no discomfort or stuck sensation all day) around dinner time.

Though I've heard people weighing themselves down successfully, what does your doc to do weigh you? At mine, I would have had a hard time. He's made me take off my coat, and you never get weighed with shoes on, you have to be bare foot so the metal in the bottom can calculate something about fat.. or whatever. And they did measure my height with something they have on the wall. Sounds like a lot of people don't have to do all that though. I'd opt to weigh myself down before gaining even more weight. Of course, if my insurance would pay it if I just gained 13 more lbs, I may have even done that too. Would have saved me a lot of money & headache!

That's a pic from the wreck.. last I heard everyone is ok, just some broken bones but no one is critical. The driver who was ceising is being arrested, they found pot in the car.. stupid kids.

Jenn you're NOT A FAILURE!! OMG look at everything you're overcoming. And on top of that you lost nearly 70lbs while overcoming all the crap!!! How is -70lbs a failure? ((HUGS)) Keep your chin up, you're doing great. Find another doc to give you a fill so you can get that last 30lbs off. I wish I had 30lbs to go.. whew.

Well not only 'suffer the consequences'.. but for me, food is different. Honest to God, I don't like eating anymore. 90% of the time, I look at it as a chore, and darn I have to try to get THAT to go in THERE. I don't starve myself by any means, and I take Vitamins and Protein supplements I don't think I was doing any better with nutrition pre-band with all the crap I ate (fastfood 2-3x a day). I don't know that I would have believed it if someone told me with the band I wouldn't look at food the same.. but I don't. Once in a while (TOM times mostly) I get off the wall craving to binge, and eat all kinds of crap.. And I set myself up for failure, I get said crap.. when it comes time to binge on it.. well.. never works. I bite into whatever it was to 'start', and I'm back to.. food is too much work, I don't wanna eat. Today I went to lunch with an old friend, we went to Chili's. I got a cup of the chili (which is damn good people, I never had it before). In the past it would have been an appetizer, a full meal, and likely a dessert since I was in good company. I'm full, which is most important thing. I didn't just eat something small to fit a diet, it's all I wanted.

At 333lb.. I was in 25 bottoms (with stretch, so they were barely fitting and I should have worn higher if my store carried higher).. top was 26/28. At 290lbs I went to comfortable 25 bottoms, 22/24 tops.. Somewhere in there I don't know. At 260lb.. I wear size 19 bottoms (yeah they got funny sizes), and they're a little big on the bum.. and I wear mostly 18/20 tops but have a few 14/16 that fit. **Edit to add, I am 6'0, and I have NO HIPS and NO BUTT. My pants have to fit around my stomach.. if they just had to fit my legs, I'd be wearing a size 10 at least.

Bread is evil.. With really good restriction, it makes you hate food.. and hate that you eat food.. and hate that bread tempts you to eat it.. stupid bread.

I can't eat my favorite salad right now And of course, I'm craving it like the dickens since I can't have it. Anyone that can eat salads with stuff in it.. go enjoy a black & bleu salad for me. Sniffs.

I have heard people with these problems before, I have heard about weighing your pockets with rolled quarters when it comes to weight time.. and heavy shoes.. Hopefully someone else who dealt with that will come by and let you know what they did. I wish the best for you!

My sister was in a car wreck this morning. Luckily she's fine, and it wasn't her driving or her car.. Her friend was driving his siblings to school, sister went with him.. he had a ceisure, and crashed into a tree. The 2 little kids were hurt the worst, my sister was fine and was pulling everyone out of the car. Her friend was unconscious last I heard, so not sure what happened yet.. he's never had a ceisure before. I swear, her life is never a calm water.

Yup, me too.. I lost 30-35lbs in my first week post-op.. It slowed down after that.. and now it's even slower still and I can hardly eat food!

Woohoo Congrats!!

3 posts in a row, I got ahead of myself.. 1lb till my major milestone!! Actually 260 is a never-done-before too, I just don't remember where in the 260's I was when I fell off the band wagon. It's TOM even though I don't have one.. but I had chocolate cravings like nutso last night.. ho hum.. went to Cracker Barrel for dinner and I snuck out and bought a 1/2 slice fudge, 1 packet of coconut dipped in chocolate and 1 packet of key lime coconut dipped in chocolate. I had a pinch of the fudge last night, and let the cravings pass.. so they're in my cabinet. I planned to eat them all at once, and I was going to confess to you guys.. don't try to stop me, I'm just doin it! But then I let it go, and a pinch of fudge was enough.. whew.. I don't know why I felt the need to splurge last night. In other news, our bowling team took 1st place!!! And we won all 4 games last night, so we're stayin' in 1st!! This is major exciting, we've never been 1st place before.

Tracy- You look great!! Woo and so does your husband (wink wink). Honestly, within 10 years from now I hope to God I have a picture of my husband, with our 2 kids in little uniforms in front of the Christmas tree PACKED WITH PRESENTS! I love it. Makes me want kids today.. hah.

Haydee- I can most DEFINITELY tell. Look at the edges of your arm even, you lost a whole arm!! Pam- I hope your back feels better soon, I wouldn't wish that kind of back pain on my worst enemy. Mazie- Glad your mom is doing better!

Where in Harvest? Is this the Harvest right outside of Huntsville? Didn't know of any docs out there.. And no, your stomach swells as much or as little as your body swells.. some people swell up and can't eat for weeks.. some don't swell too bad and it's fine. Don't worry

People at work, and my dad's friends all call me skinny. With 80lbs (at least) to go. I take it for what it is, I'm skinny compared to 70lbs ago hah hah. Only bothers me when people who don't know me overhear it, I know they're thinking "Are you blind?"

I'm not lauraj anymore hah.. Anyway, another forum I'm on, the mods or some upper power guru can change names.. wanted to see if that's possible here? I don't want to make a new name, but I want a different user name. Lemme know :biggrin1:

I didn't go for an unfill on my wedding/honeymoon.. The band isn't there to come & go as you please..if you're at a good restriction, I don't understand why you would. My 2 cents