dragonflylvr21

Here Are mine..

Update: I was actually stuck on snow peas ... Yuck ... No more for me .. Ever! My band was empty for a week and I actually lost a pound! I was aware of everything I ate because with an empty band ... my appetite came back full force! I hade 6.8 cc's in my 10 cc band and now I am at 4! Not the same as 6.8 but happy I have something! He said he will take me to 7 in 5 weeks! Hopefully by then I will be back in the green!

Well.. They drained my band and the food passed! Lesson learned .. That no matter how well I chew.. I can't eat some things!

No .. Still stuck in ER ... Getting shipped out to Harrisburg PA

I ate small pieces of beef and peas... Ate slow and at the end felt stuck! Weird!

I am stuck!!!! Usually I am never stuck this long! How long have others been stuck for? This has been over an hour!

Yay! So happy for you!

I Would like to take a moment and thank my lap band! Yes! Thank you lap band for giving me the power to figure out how to do what I couldn't do alone! The power to chew food slowly, take small bites and for the first time in my life.. Learn to listen to my body! Thank you for helping move towards a diet full of protein and produce! Whole foods that fill me up and are good for me! Thank you for helping give up soda and tea... Things I miss but feel better for not drinking! Thank you for teaching me patience because Bandster hell was awful!!!!! Thank you for making me realize how I abused my body with food! Most of all Thank you for letting me find myself... So I can live my life to the fullest!

We are asking the same question! I have 6.5 in my 10 band and feel different! Last fill there was little difference but this was different! Satisfied quicker and not hungry after three hours! I only got .1 cc's today so I didn't think it would do anything! Hopefully I am green!

I had a fill today and am on soft foods! Only got .1 cc's so I am at 6.5 in my 10 cc band! How immediate is green when your this close! I can drink and eat with no problem but after 4 bites I was done! I know I could be swollen and it might loosen up ... But for those in green is that sensation that I don't want anymore going to stay??? Not a full sensation.. Just a sensation that I don't need anymore! Hoping for green!!!!

Well ... I am down 40 lbs not gaining but losing slowwwwwwly! Got a fill today and I think I am real close to green!

Oh no.. ...

Decisions .. Decisions! I am not an expert in the sleeve ... But here's what I know about the band! The band works if you work it! It's purpose is to trick the body into thinking it's full! It's not about being full! Your stomach is squeezed together not so you can fill a smaller portion of your stomach! As you eat the food passes threw the band and touches the sides of the stomach squeezed together! As it does this it sends signals to the brain that you are full! When you feel no hunger for 4 hours you are in the green zone! Your adjustments (fills) help you get to the green zone!

See .... this is where this gets tricky! My truth is ... I love my band and MY surgery choice! Her truth is .. She lost 125 lbs and looks great! I haven't and she thinks my surgery choice was a mistake! She can think what ever she wants and I respect that! I asked her to respect my choice and just be my friend! So her weight loss or success as she sees it ... Well I don't see it the same way ..... so ... No the truth of how she lost her weight doesn't hurt!!!! The way she treats me does! NOW don't beat me up for saying that! I am just being honest! For ME her weight loss and surgery choice wasn't one I would have chosen! Many have and it works for them! This isn't about surgery or weight loss ... It's about respect and I got the short end of the stick! Hurt... Yes ... but not by her truth!

Fluff - I agree 100% ... But I have given and given and I am all given out!