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I'm a year and half out and the gas is the worst thing of all! A friend of mine is the same way and she is 10 months out. Doesn't matter how we change our diets or all the gas x, beano, phazyme you take, it doesn't help. Fortunately, my husband just laughs and goes on about it. But it is horrible when you have to work and you have to find corners or go outside before you bust! I would love to give you a word of encouragement, but I think it's here to stay!!!

My surgeon described a goal of being satisfied on a tennis ball sized portion (his lingo) for 4-5 hours. I'd have one but not the other. Glad we kept going and you, too, as it sounds like its's working!

I just felt that it was unrealistic, but I can tell you, that it's been a week tomorrow, and after about 4 or 5 bites chewing really well, I'm done. Sometimes it only keeps me satisfied for a couple of hours sometimes longer.

No. And I am nine years out and a success story! 2 or 3 bites of food and feeling full?? IMO ths wouid be too tight, we shouid always be able to eat a reasonable amount of food as long as we chew well. The band shouid never actually stop us eating,
I just had my dinner (European time!). I had a piece of salmon fillet, probably 4 oz, two very small potatoes and about three tablespoons of peas. I am not hungry and still won't be by the time I go to bed in about 4 hours. I could eat more! Without doubt. But I am not hungry. After just three bites, I still wouid have been!

In at 7.7 in my 14cc band. I'm at green. I eat slowly and chew well. If I do that I get the stop signal at about 3 oz or 4 0z of Protein usually. Salads could go on forever. It's all about solid protein and chewing slowly. Mornings I am tighter. This morning I stopped eating my 2 scrambled eggs at about 1-1/2 eggs. In the evening I'm sure I could eat a whole omelette.

It's a whey protein mix for shakes. I get the vanilla and add fresh fruit, sometimes Peanut Butter powder and sugar free chocolate Syrup.< /p>

I had surgery on 9/5 and just had my sixth fill two weeks ago. I don't think I'm in the green yet, but I finally feel restriction. I now have to be careful how I eat which is a learning experience! I now know I can't eat rice or hash browns. My weight loss practically stood still for almost 3 months and finally I see scale movement again!!! One other victory..... I finally found a Protein mix that I can finally actually enjoy drinking......."Delicious Protein" you can get at GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe.< /p>

I had surgery on 9/5 and just had my sixth fill two weeks ago. I don't think I'm in the green yet, but I finally feel restriction. I now have to be careful how I eat which is a learning experience! I now know I can't eat rice or hash browns. My weight loss practically stood still for almost 3 months and finally I see scale movement again!!! One other victory..... I finally found a Protein mix that I can finally actually enjoy drinking......."Delicious Protein" you can get at GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe.< /p>

I had surgery on 9/5 and just had my sixth fill two weeks ago. I don't think I'm in the green yet, but I finally feel restriction. I now have to be careful how I eat which is a learning experience! I now know I can't eat rice or hash browns. My weight loss practically stood still for almost 3 months and finally I see scale movement again!!! One other victory..... I finally found a Protein mix that I can finally actually enjoy drinking......."Delicious Protein" you can get at GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe.< /p>

I had surgery on 9/5 and just had my sixth fill two weeks ago. I don't think I'm in the green yet, but I finally feel restriction. I now have to be careful how I eat which is a learning experience! I now know I can't eat rice or hash browns. My weight loss practically stood still for almost 3 months and finally I see scale movement again!!! One other victory..... I finally found a Protein mix that I can finally actually enjoy drinking......."Delicious Protein" you can get at GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe.< /p>

I'm 6 months post op and have 5.7 cc in my 14 cc band and am just now started to feel restriction, but that's after 6 fills. My weight stood still for 3 months but I'm finally losing again. You have to look at this as a journey, it's not quick loss. Don't get me wrong, I was getting discouraged but I have lapbander friends who are still encouraging me. Remember, it's a journey and a tool, you still have to make good food choices AND exercise. My stall was a lot of my fault, my portions were much smaller but my food choices were not good and I sat on my butt and was lazy during the holidays.

I'm 6 months post op and have 5.7 cc in my 14 cc band and am just now started to feel restriction, but that's after 6 fills. My weight stood still for 3 months but I'm finally losing again. You have to look at this as a journey, it's not quick loss. Don't get me wrong, I was getting discouraged but I have lapbander friends who are still encouraging me. Remember, it's a journey and a tool, you still have to make good food choices AND exercise. My stall was a lot of my fault, my portions were much smaller but my food choices were not good and I sat on my butt and was lazy during the holidays.

From 250 to 183!

I recently found Protein 10 smoothies, they are a 2.5 oz protein shot with 10 grams of protein, 64 calories, 0 fat, and 5 carbs, not to mention delicious and I got them at the Dollar Tree. These help fill in the protein gaps when I need them.

I have a question, I just got a fill last Wednesday, which was my second fill. After my two days of liquids, I ate normal portion controlled amounts and had no problems and felt no more restriction than before for the past three days and then last night, I had a "stuck" episode which got my attention, I was able to get it down with some Water. I may have taken too big of a bit or didn't chew well enough. But my question is, has anyone had delayed restriction after a fill, say didn't feel the restriction until a week later? I would have thought that the stuck episode was an isolated incident but I just took a couple of Advil capsules, one at a time, and they felt very weird, as if I could still feel them in the center of my chest.
Thanks in advance for your comments.

Calling all vets! Our help is needed.
I know the new site is frustrating and a lot of us have posted less (myself included), but there are still a lot of people that need our support and stories. Let's not forget them in our frustration.
They have questions, we have answers. They are scared, we understand (been there, done that). They need friends, THEY NEED US!
So let's get out there and post. Don't let a topic go unanswered!
Side note: CG I'm talking to you too.......YOU ARE A VETERAN!!!! (whether you will admit it or not, lol)
So let's give back to our fellow bandsters and post!

You're very welcome!
The chat system we're currently using is only a temp solution. We plan on implementing a multi room system in the near future.

I've been banded almost 3 months and this was my total support team other than family and now I rarely see the "Gurus" who I so enjoyed reading their posts. I can't seem to navigate like I did on the old system, it just doesn't seem to be as user friendly. I also tried to download the app for my Iphone and I never could get it to work. This new site is very overwhelming with so much information. It's like the chat rooms, I liked having just lapband patients on their. As a "newbie" so to say, I wanted all the information I could get, now it seems that we spend most of our chat time asking "which surgery did you have?" I know some may enjoy reading about all the types of surgeries which is good when you are trying to decide which surgery to have, but once you have surgery, I really want to talk to those who had the same surgery as I did. Maybe you could have separate chat rooms??

I've been banded almost 3 months and this was my total support team other than family and now I rarely see the "Gurus" who I so enjoyed reading their posts. I can't seem to navigate like I did on the old system, it just doesn't seem to be as user friendly. I also tried to download the app for my Iphone and I never could get it to work. This new site is very overwhelming with so much information. It's like the chat rooms, I liked having just lapband patients on their. As a "newbie" so to say, I wanted all the information I could get, now it seems that we spend most of our chat time asking "which surgery did you have?" I know some may enjoy reading about all the types of surgeries which is good when you are trying to decide which surgery to have, but once you have surgery, I really want to talk to those who had the same surgery as I did. Maybe you could have separate chat rooms??

I've been banded almost 3 months and this was my total support team other than family and now I rarely see the "Gurus" who I so enjoyed reading their posts. I can't seem to navigate like I did on the old system, it just doesn't seem to be as user friendly. I also tried to download the app for my Iphone and I never could get it to work. This new site is very overwhelming with so much information. It's like the chat rooms, I liked having just lapband patients on their. As a "newbie" so to say, I wanted all the information I could get, now it seems that we spend most of our chat time asking "which surgery did you have?" I know some may enjoy reading about all the types of surgeries which is good when you are trying to decide which surgery to have, but once you have surgery, I really want to talk to those who had the same surgery as I did. Maybe you could have separate chat rooms??

Ice packs.

I'm 2 months post op and am now going to Curves 3 x a week and Zumba twice a week, but what I want to do is step aerobics at home in addition to what I've been doing. It may sound silly to some but it's big to me, I started a couple of days ago with 5 mins and I was so winded I could hardly breath, so my goal will be to add a minute to each day and be at 30 mins by the end of the month, I did 7 today, so I need to catch up so I will do 9 tomorrow.

I'm 2 months post op and am now going to Curves 3 x a week and Zumba twice a week, but what I want to do is step aerobics at home in addition to what I've been doing. It may sound silly to some but it's big to me, I started a couple of days ago with 5 mins and I was so winded I could hardly breath, so my goal will be to add a minute to each day and be at 30 mins by the end of the month, I did 7 today, so I need to catch up so I will do 9 tomorrow.

I'm 2 months post op and am now going to Curves 3 x a week and Zumba twice a week, but what I want to do is step aerobics at home in addition to what I've been doing. It may sound silly to some but it's big to me, I started a couple of days ago with 5 mins and I was so winded I could hardly breath, so my goal will be to add a minute to each day and be at 30 mins by the end of the month, I did 7 today, so I need to catch up so I will do 9 tomorrow.

Although I am not ready to share body pics, I wanted to post face shots since my lap band journey began 10 months ago.