Debbie3sons

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

I hope I didn't offend you I had said in my reply to you that I know you would ride it off as I know you, ride a few miles on your bike so good for you , it does take some of us a while to learn and get how to control our ways of eating and with that said I went for a fill yesterday and I am down to 217 lbs so I am happy it's a slow process but it's getting there, I still like your post though I was at 276 when I started this journey july of 2012 so I guess I am doing good, so you keep (riding) & posting , keep up your good work.

I have a 14 cc band and it took me 4 fills to start feeling like I didn't need to eat 4 to 5 hours later however if u do liitle healthly snacks inbetween and drink the 48 to 68 0z of water it makes you fuller longer also I am going for a fill also on the 8th , today , and I have 10cc's n the 14 cc band so I am losing it seems slow but I there are some things I can't even eat any more so I don't eat them cause I have had the stuck episodes wich I can't stand the slime or the hurt feeling I get ion my body, and my body is telling me when to quit eating but I still eat just not as much as I used to , so yes be patient it does pay off , we have to learn as we go last time my Doc only gave me a quarter fill so I may ask for a bit more but he will tell me if he thinks I need it or not , and he makes me drink water right away to make sure it's going down and I have to drink the whole 8 oz in the office so , yes just be patient you know your body better than anyone and you know what your eating so good luck .

Isn't nice when your kids tell u to hold up so they can catch up instead of the other way around , also I am glad you can walk even with your ankle wich is understandable but as time goes hopefully that will get better also , I used to have to walk with a cane cause I couldn't walk my feet hurt so bad now I don't have to use a cane cause I have lost 59 lbs so I get around a whole lot better, well good fo you..

Not good to over eat, lol u should know when to stop by now, however I know u will be riding it off so I guess it's ok , but don't get the stuck feeling it's no good .

It depends if I eat or not before I go If I eat ten I don't get the headache If I do then sometimes just a little one then it passes if I don't eat then I get a big one so I try to eat a little one but it goes away fast , so the answer is sometimes lol , , but I would mention it when u go for ur flls. so they know.

My Surgeon said no smoking 2 weeks before, however I have been smoking since I was 13 I know not good and I'm 49 now so I couldn't quit cold turkey no will power on that so I would limit my self to 5 smokes a day then like 3 days before surgery I think I had like 2 more then I had 1 the morning before surgery cause I was nervous , then the day after surgery spending 1 night in the hospital as soon as I got home I had 1 took my meds & off to sleep I went by the 2nd day of being home I started lighting up again , so I guess I never stopped and I am still smoking but I am losing though , but I have changed my way of eating so one vice at a time I guess lol ,well good luck.

I was trying to say just another Iinspirational post from a wonderful guy that has kept us up and happy with the way we have changed our lives and weight , you just behave with that mistress lol , for those of you that don't know Terry calls his band his Mistress , but his family knows so it's alright lol Thankyou so much, keep it up .

Really don't look at the needle but my Surgeon always says a stick & burn and I really don't feel it but I am terrified of needles so even if I get a blood test I have to turn my head and close my eyes lol so it only hurts a bit but hopefully the person that does your fills know what their ding my Surgeon only messed up once and I told him abut it and Reminded him the next time so no worries.

I remember a long time ago in my teens I went with my Mother to a restaurant and they had those plastic chairs well we sat on them waiting for our to go food but before we could get the food both chairs of ours the legs got weak and needles to say they both tumbled from under us we had to apologize to the resturaunt and of course we were embarrassed , we then got are food and left but even now we still feel more comfortable asking for a table and making sure we can have chairs that will hold us so we are comfortable and not have to worrie about us being on the floor in a resturaunt. even though I have lost with the band and working it.

I would ask your band Doctor just to make sure I heard and I say this is hear say so I REALLY DON'T know but if you drink too much caffeinated drinks it will erode your band so like I said I don't know how ever I do drink a glass of tea no sugar every once in a while, hope this helped just ask your band Doc to make sure if that person is alright with you asking questions I know mine is , he answers all my questions any time , I really like that.

I Stoppped in july after the first visit to the surgeon and it was hard so I drank tea with no sugar but now I cano only have it once in a swhile , however I found these ocean spray packets for my water bottles and it cures my craving , I also wasn't thinking one day I just had a craving for a slurpee so I got one then it was not good after oh ya I forgot to mention I also took two sips from a straw for the slurpee, let me tell you I didn't need to go to a amusement park cause there was a rollercoaster going on in my body all the ups and downs it felt like someone had shook me up like when you shake a soda I guess that was from the carbonation , not good I learned my lesson that day , so I really don't drink any carbonanated drinks I used to drink at least a 2 liter of soda by my self , nooooo more lol, hope this made you laugh and helped.

I use sugar free jello or sugar free popsickles I also have found a protein bar called the kind bar which have different flavors my 2 favorites r dark chocjolate nuts & sea salt & coconut with nuts this one taste just like a almond joy bar without the chocolate yum also nonfat or sugar free frozen yougurt is the best or simply natural fruit or melons yum it helps with the sweet craving for sure just make sure you can eat this stuff when your can and chew really well , ask your doctor for the band diet papers it will help you know when you can , good luck.

I am not able to eat any kind of bread or corn tortillias, but I have no problem with flat bread or lettuce wraps

What a inspiration for us banders that is to funny I love it I can wait though till I fit in a little size, good for you I bet you we're exstatic and real happy for your self , congrats.

Drink lots of water and as everybody said pickles r great , sometimes I have to have some crunch so I will do pickles ,watch eating to many sweets though it cost us a lot of money to get big and now it cost us a lot of money to help us get to where we want to be lol so be careful , but it probally is ur body adjusting and you have to train your brain to think diffrently lol that's the hard part specially on food and hunger habits, wel I hope we helped in some way.

It took me almost a mont before I could sleep on my stomache comfortabally I usually start on my side then I end up on my stomache so I did the pillow trick that a lot of pillows like siting up & sleeping then one by one I would take off till it was comfortable and that worked for my back I used a hot water bottle an some people used a heating pad , even laying on my right side bothered me sometimes and my port is on the left so I really couldn't lay on that side at all for the month , so you have to just try diffrent things till u r comfortable but the liquid meds do help so much.

I am not sure if it does either I was banded in Sept. and I still have gas it seemes everytime I eat or drink anything so I just warn people and say the band is just letting the air out lol so everybody around me is used to it , so I don't know if it ever goes away but I had Alot the first 2 months because of thm pumping the air in my stomache when my surgeon did the surgery, so I think we all deal with it in diffrent ways , I am just glad there is no more heartburn or gerd I still have IBS not as bad as I used to though , I was living on Imodium AD now I only have to take them when I get Really stressed.

Read Alex's post on planning your lapband Surgery it Really helped me to plan what I needed to take to and from the Hospital and I just stayed overnight and back home the next afternoon, then I am a side and stomache sleeper so it was hard and for the ache on my back I used a hot water bottle cause a heating pad is to soft for me , some of us slept in our Recliners the first few days luckily I have a adjustable bed but I still had to have A Lot of pillows behind me just to get up to go the restroom , hope you do good it's a beginning as we are all diffrent good luck .

I am working on this question as now I have 10 cc's in a 14 cc band and have had five fills , but I am noticing how full and stuck I get on some foods so I don't eat them any more so I am down to 224 lbs from 276 I started this journey Sept 28 , but I really quit doing soda and sugary stuff in July after my first visit to the surgeon , but like I said I had the band placed in Sept. 28th so bout oct is when I really started lol and I am still trying it seems slow but that's o k cause I don't want any back .

Mine tells me after a fill to sip the water ritght there in the office to make sur it goes down , and if it does then he says to do liquids for two days , then I can go to mushies for a day then back to solid food so I guess it's 48 hours of liquids and I still can't stand it but I guess I got used to it , since I found I like banana flavored or cookies & creme musle milk I also every day drink Ocean spray packets to go in my water bottles I really like the cherry limeade or cran grape flavor .

I try not to weigh myself till I see the Doc. then we ( Him & myself ) know wheather or not I need a fill last time I went I had lost like two lbs each week for four weeks so it was my my fifth fill and now I have 10cc's in my fourteen Cc band and I am just starting to feel a lot more restriction , believe I am really feeling it so stopping from eating too much is noooo problem at all it to from Sept to march , almost April to figure it out lol so it's going slow but it's going and that's what I care I am not comparing myself to anyone cause I did this for my self not anyone else.

No I didn't have him I had Atul Madan & my surgery was at Marina Del Rey hospital ,he also does it in Long Beach and Costa Mesa it depends on your Ins , I have heard of your Surgeon though ,,but I don't know of anyone who has had him , I live close to a surgeon like 15 min away from me but He wanted everything up front and he is in reach but I still like my Surgeon so I drive a hour away to get my fills and updates.

I also have trained my brain and my stomache, band and throat appreciate it weather I am at home or out to eat , that I don't have a cup or glass in front of me , I think about it later after my food has settled , cause if I drink while I eat I get stuck quickly and the next thing you know I will be at a sink or worshiping the porciline throne or I will have to pill over somewher to let slimer appear and I can't really call ghost busters lol so I don't have to see the glass half empty or full I am just me lol