Honestly

I too am in the recent promotion bunch into a high stress and demanding jjob (you know everything is on fire all of the time) one week after i can back from my loa for band placement... You need to prepare prepare prepare.
i keep helthy high protien food in the fridge and freezer. i kept Protein Bars everywhere.. i keep Water bottles that i drank and dried filled with one portion of powdered Protein mix.. gallons of Water under my desk along with my tennis shoes and a bunch of sock... prepare yourself to be successful put reminders in outlook or your phone every 4 hours that say...have i eaten, make a good choice

make sure it is moist and make sure you are talking bites the size of your pinky nail

It is supposee to lift and tighten your butt

Im a stomach sleeper. The first month or so it was uncomfortable, but now do it all yhe time with no problem. The big thing is to watch your bite size, eat slow and chew to mush. When I got my second fill I tried to go back to business as usual and the band said no way

Im a stomach sleeper. The first month or so it was uncomfortable, but now do it all yhe time with no problem. The big thing is to watch your bite size, eat slow and chew to mush. When I got my second fill I tried to go back to business as usual and the band said no way

Is there anything that you suggest here? Because I'm looking for answers which I think it needs to be prevented from birth.

I'm pretty much an open book with everyone at work and in the world. It makes my life so mucb easier. I dont worry about who knows and who doeent and how they found out.

Mine is reviewed ever 6 Weeks....but on liquid for a week after fill ugh

I am noticing I am having the most trouble when trying to eat in the morning. I have also been having a problem with mucus. When I am getting
sick , most of the time I am throwing up mucus that has trapped the food I ate. Also things I could eat a few months ago I can't eat without problems now. But again most of the time the mucus is the problem. Is anyone else having issues like this?

Thos post made me reminisce when my daughter was a baby how excited you were about every poop. Hurray for you

Over 25 years ago I bought a pair od Gap brown leather pants in a size 16. I have never been able to wear them, not even when I was a 16. Im going by size of clothes because the scale is not moving . Ive given away all of my 24, and recently the 22. My goal is to get rid of all of the clothes that I have has forever from 16 to 24

Over 25 years ago I bought a pair od Gap brown leather pants in a size 16. I have never been able to wear them, not even when I was a 16. Im going by size of clothes because the scale is not moving . Ive given away all of my 24, and recently the 22. My goal is to get rid of all of the clothes that I have has forever from 16 to 24

Awesome...good job

I was banded on Jan 10. For the gas, walk walk walk and then walk some more. I have never burpped and tooted more in my life

You should measure your self and go by inches lost...I was driving myself batty with the scale going up and down, but regardless of the scale my clothes were just getting looser and that is what I focused on

You should measure your self and go by inches lost...I was driving myself batty with the scale going up and down, but regardless of the scale my clothes were just getting looser and that is what I focused on

You look amazing. Good job

Just wanted to thank you for the info

very sorry all this happened to you.
but for me right now, i am most pleased with the band.
my dr advised me prior to surgery of the pros and cons
and especially about things that could happen and made me aware.
so there was no oh my gosh, why did this happen BS.
i accept you hate the band and can understand that.
but if anyone struggling with having recent surgery or about to have surgery, i feel you are doing a disservice to them. preaching horror does no one any good. not even yourself.
i do recommend you visiting another site called OH com as they have alot of people just like you who also want this so called vile band out of them. i am positive you will fit in nicely.
PS: odd that you had the band for 3+ yrs, and your first post on this forum is a horror story. granted bad things do happen, but not always. and like me, you chose to have the band. so you can choose to have it removed.

I was just banded on the 10th. I was excited and nervous and everything else in between. Wish you a quck recover and learn from my mistakes.
make sure you can slide off your bed. I had flannel bedsheets and cotton pjs and I had a hell of a time that night and the next day. In addition, my bed is high and I didn't have a stool.
make sure you make accomodations for those first few days.

The two week diet before. I haven't really been hungry as much as I've had cravings for ribs (because I wanted that to be my last hurrah but was good and had chicken instead)
The gas is not fun, but the weight I am at is not fun, I figure that the pain is temporary so that I can live a better life

Sitting on my hospital bed waiting for 9 am

I created a group names January 2013 Bandsters and will invite you to it. Good luck next week!