Debbie3sons

I use musle milk and it is milk free, also you can try mixing a protein powder with almond milk or the soy milks they have at the stores or ask someone at a vitamin store it they have lactose free protein powders or lactose free protein drinks.

I get the feeling I am going to choke so I sop I also have got the hiccups but mostley I feel like I am going to choke so I stop , but it took me 5 fills some people don't get fills and know the feeling and some have had a couple of fills or a few so just do what you think is best for you and yes measure ur food and REAlly chew till it's like mush and take your time eating , it's hard to do as we live in a fast pace world but take your time to eat. or drink and for me I don't drink but MAYBE take a small sip or 2 and not gulp or it will all come up and that is NOT a good feeling at all.

Look at the pre op & post op diet to make sure what u can have if u want to be sucsefful ,it is hard since u r so new so just make the choice for u and yes u still can be sociable but don't over do it and I didn't go out to dinner for about 2-3 months or even eat a whole meal for a while cause I didn't want anything to go wrong as I paid way to much money to get the way I did and to get the weigh that I had put on off (banded) lol so it is your choice, just remember why u wanted to get the band , hope this helped.

AGAIN NOOOOOOOOOOOOO SODA OR SLURPEES OR ICEE"S I did try aSlurpee it was not good like a rollercoaster in my body and it took all day for me to feel normal again ,so I guess it does do a number on our bodies and the band even diet so no carbonation drinks also there have other bandsters that have had trouble from what I have read. so please don't u have came to far to mess up ur body again well I just thought I would let u know, but u r the one to make the choice as I am the one who makes my choices nd I am in no way perfect as my son bakes cookie's and pies and it smels so good that I want 1 or 3 lol but I don't and op for a protein kind bar or something that is sweet like oranges, cantelope or watermelon & it satisfies me for the sweet juicy something sometimes I even blend them then drink up so hoped this helped.

These people r right but Really make sure u have the sugar free popsickles and ask the Doc for the pain meds it will help & make sure where ever ur going to sleep or sit u have enough pillows that will help with the discomfort & pain on back or shoulder also by the 2nd or third day u will want to walk just around the house a bit just to get rid of the gas and just tell everybody around u it's normal and the band is talking & doing it's job but don't over exert urself , take it day by day as everybody is different and sugar free pudding is great unless u want the sugar free jello well good luck.

Just start over ,some people not only u fall off the band wagon start with ur pre op diet then look up the 5 day pouch test and try that or do the post op diet then see how it goes u may need a fill so just start after the Holiday this Monday hope it works for you just a suggestion like I said some people do fall off,good luck.

Oh you said to name one thing sorry I put 3 lol

When I didn't have to use a cane just to walk as every one knows and trying on a xl shirt and it fit instead of a 3xl also being able to fit in a 2 sizes down from what I was wearing in pants .

I know how u feel I loved going to Olive garden just for their bread sticks ,now I just eat the tuscana soup and the never ending salad ,but noooo more bread sticks for me ,& my family loves to tease me but I just tease them back and tell them they thought they we're going to get rid of me ,but now I will probally out live all of them cause the way they eat lol so we have fun by that time after all the laughter we're all done then we get to leave and we are all satisified it's nice .

Weigh to go keep it up I bet you r so PROUD of yourself as we r to , like the play on word way lol.

I use the ocean spray to go packets no calories, no sugar or I have learned to like water and sometime I just need the caffenine so I do tea with no sugar and a little lemon juice so that helps since I used to drink two 2 liters of Dr. Pepper by myself, I had to adjust but still noooo carbonated drinks but I do carry the ocean spray packets for my water bottles so that's what I do or I have my musle milk just for at least one meal replacement.

They Rearange your insides with the sleeve and bypass and if you really don't watch what you eat then most of or al the weight you lose does come back ,the band is not a fix all it is a tool to help you adjust and when you adjust to it then you start to know and feel when you are full and when you have that stuck experience then you really know not to do it again, I am saying this cause my Aunt was a R. N nurse and she is about 67 and she has had 4 different surgeries 2 of them we're getting her stomache stapled ,cause that's what they used to do ,the one was the bypass and of course she gained back quite a bit the last one she had was the sleeve and she lost ,however I watched as she ate a double quarter pounder ,lg fri,1/2 a small watermelon then had popcorn and a big glass of soda ,she has lost but she could not get the band cause her stomache iwas connected to her liver so their we're complications when she went in for surgery for the band so when she woke up they told her that she got the sleeve so just becareful please and make sur it is your decision not anyone elses, cause your the one who has to adjust and live with it , not trying to scare anyone just ask as many questions as u want and make sure they don't u don't feel like their blowing you off also you might want to see some of the Surgeons patients in real life who have had success on the different ones and ask them questions I know I did so that's how I decided hope this helped in any way sorry for it being so long .

Bet that feel great and now you know your body does also yoo !hoo! good for you keep it up

See all the good and bad feed back your getting someone once posted it is not a fix all and that it won't make you thin it is just a tool to help you , you also have to work at it , it just helps a bit but you also have to watch what you drink & eat as with every other diet & moderation if you don't do the moderation then it does not work I have had 5 fills and I have 10 n 1/2 cc's n a 14 lg cc band also I am only 9 months out and have lost 60 lbs so it is what you do not what the band does it is there n place to help you, well good luck .

Try going on the before or after pics that r blank then go down to where it says browse click and go down and make sure to review then post I have trouble sometimes now I just e mail them to my self then I do the following steps it seemed to help ,cause I am computer illiterate so it took me some time, well good luck.

Yes please post so we can get info on how long and what the price is when you find out or make it up , thanks.

try to go back to your doctors though cause he still might need to do the x ray and find out what is going on or u may just have needed a little unfill , keep us posted about what happens as we all learn from each other, thankyou glad u are feeling better though.

I didn't feel restricted at first either I currently have 10 1/2 cc's in my 14 cc band and now I am feeling restricted but everbody is different some of us don't even need any fills and some of us do it depends on what your eating and doing ,someone once posted it's not a quick fix and u have to work with the band so just keep up your journey as I will keep up mine good luck to you .

We all have to learn what we can eat and what we can't I had posted a week or two ago that I know longer can eat hot dogs or pork chops and I saw somewhere that some of us can't do some meats especially if they are stringy oh ya I also can't do roast or anything like that found that out really quick having some bad stuck episodes so I just don't eat them anymore , we just have to try and make the right choices for us ,well let us all know what happens please so we know from your experience please and thankyou.

That's funny that you posted this cause I am only 9 months out have lost 59lbs & 82 more to go but my mother just asked me after I get to my goal weight then do I get the band out or what happens do I keep going I told her I don't know we'll find out when that time comes , who knows I may have it for the rest of my life , maybe not ,right now I can't answer that question cause the time hasn't came, they are trying to understand but they really don't get it , my Mother is a HEAFTY woman but because she has heart problems her Doctors won't recommend it and I don't get that cause I think it would help her with her Diabetes and heart problems the woman can't even walk with out breathing hard and trying to catch her breath from the kitchen to the living room, so I don't get that, and I do Love my Mother but I am afraid for her and we are only 16 yrs. apart in age, ya I know crazy .

Some people do and some don't ,however I always say you know your body and what your doing better than anyone else , all I do know is my Doc. wouldn't do it for about 6 weeks after cause I was healing but now after 5 fills I am REALLY feeling the Restriction, that's just me though , all our bodies r different , so like I said we know r bodies better than anyone.

Keep it up you look good I still have the mentality of the big girl so I will have to change that but it is changing , congrats to you though.

Well it was Soda cause I used to drink two 2 liter bottles of Dr. Pepper by myself, so I quit soda and all the carbonated drinks, now I can't even do corn tortillas , bread, pork chops or hot dogs or I will get the stuck feeling and I hurt afterward so I don't eat these things anymore as time goes you learn what you can tolerate and what you can't and you Really have to learn to eat in moderation , I am no longer starving myself but I just eat real little and it keeps me satisified fo the 4 to 5 hours , if I do feel hungy in between I eat fruit or a protein bar to satisfy and I drink plenty of water it keeps me full.

My surgeon said if that's what I need for a snack then fine but no Butter melted on it but I could add parmesan cheese , so once n a while I eat it but I agree with miss73 only the 100 calorie bag , but my doctor it's my fault if it gets stuck , he also tells me I should quit smoking but that hasn't happened yet lol one thing at a time lol