Suzzzie.

I have 6cc in my 10cc band, and it's working really well!! I'm amazed actually. Whenever I would read people that said that they couldn't eat this and that, or that 1 cup or less of food was enough I didn't believe it!! Now I do! Yes, I have restriction. It's a bit of a mixed blessing, as I'm still getting used to coping without my dear friend Food. I can still eat ice cream though - which has always been my biggest weakness. I get another fill on Sept 14th, I'm hoping for at least 1cc. I can still over eat - when I can eat. I have problems with things that I shouldn't. Like water. Anyone else slime on water? It's the darndest thing!! I'm sure it's just that I take too big of a gulp or something. And I always drink water ice cold, so I think that contributes to the issue. Tonight I made some mozzarella stuffed meatballs using ground turkey. So yummy - but I only ate 3 1/2 before I couldn't get another bite it. (they were approx 1 inch in size.) And I made about 40 of them, so by golly I'll be eating those tings for a while!!! :hungry: Speaking of not being able to eat things - any one else experiencing food wasting?!?! I hate to let things go to waste, but I cannot eat everything before it goes bad. I've never seen my freezer and fridge so full. I've had to throw out lettuce and tomatoes and peppers and milk and chicken... crazy! I didn't even really go grocery shopping this week, except for milk, eggs, and the ground turkey. I might start saving money now! Haha! Goodnight all!!

Glad your hubby is starting to feel better!!!

Lol. I was wondering why 'Whosyadaddy' was posting our chart. Hahahaa!

OK. I'm pleased. I have a pair of pants that I've had for maybe 3 years now. When I bought them they were a bit loose, then about a year ago I could barely button them, and now they are back to being a bit loose!!! I wore them last night, and I also wore a shirt I bought about a year ago, but was too tight, so I never wore it before!! It's so nice to be able to have more clothes to chose from - in my own closet! Lol. I have a bunch more I can't wait to get into. I'm also very close to having a BMI under 50!! I can't wait! This is so exciting!!

Oy. So I PB'd tonight too. I'd done it 2 or 3 times after my first fill, but nothing in a few weeks now. I got my 2nd fill a week ago Thursday and since then I can feel a huge difference when eating, so I've been super careful with bite size and chewing. Well, tonight I went out for Indian food with my super gorgeous thin friend. Lol. She ate way more than I did, which is a first EVER!! I ate about 2 cups worth, rice and chicken with this spicey curry sauce stuff (don't lecture me on rice - it was freaking delicious!) Well... on my last bite, which I had decided even before it went in my mouth that it was the last, got stuck. I knew I was already full, I should have stopped at 1 cup, but no. So I paid the price. I sat there for a few minutes and finally excused myself to the restroom. Once I got in the stall I knew it was coming back up!! Ick!! But I felt MUCH better afterwards and all was well. She didn't even know that I got up to go PB. Lol. So, that was my first public PB. Not as scary as I had anticipated, though I don't want to do it again, so next time I stop when I am no longer hungry!!

I feel the same way. I'm not getting full either. Mostly my jaw gets so tired from chewing that i give up! And I'm so paranoid about getting something stuck and PBing now that I take the tiniest bites and chew forever. People who don't know I'm banded have noticed that I eat much slower. Its insane. How do I explain that? Lol. But yeh, I don't really get full, just not hungry. Which works for me! YES!! I heated up my Lean Pocket today and it was insanely cold by the time I was 1/2 way through it!!

faithmd - sorry you're scale is stuck! Thats the worst feeling! I'd suggest that you go get a fill, it really does help!!

Yes. Yes I was embarassed. If I ever ate McD's (or any fast food) it was a grilled chicken through the drive through. I always hated what I just 'knew' the lil teenagers were thinking about the fat lady. Ugh. I'm very self conscience though. If I was craving ice cream and didn't need anything else from the grocery store I would still walk through the isle and buy some fruit and veggies and stuff too, just so it didn't look like the fat lady was on an ice cream run. Lol.

I was wondering about Toni too. I have a Weight Watchers digital scale. I bought it at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago for about $35. It weighs up to 380 pounds.

OK, here is my confession (since Stef can confess to her donut!) I started today off good with a protein shake at 7am (still having these 2-4 times a week cause I don't do good just 'eating' protein). THen I didn't get hungry until about noon, so at 1230 I had a chicken & cheese quesadilla Lean Pocket. Of course I got in about 60oz water during the work day... Then I got home. And I ate about 4-5 cookies worth of choc chip cookie dough. WHY?!?! And worse yet - thats ALL I've eaten today!! No veggies, no fruit, very little protein. I'm not hungry and don't want food - and you have no idea how annoyed I am at writing THAT!

STEF - I'm soooooo sorry but I laughed at your donut situation!! I was craving a Krispy Kreme this morning, but was scared to death of it!! Since my fill on Thursday I'm scared to eat alot of stuff. Today for lunch I had a lean POcket - and it went down very slowly, not stcuk, just slow, and it made my tummy gurggle LOUDLY! I don't know how my co-workers eating with me couldn't hear it!?!?!?!

I've never needed a seatbelt extender. Last time I flew was on Southwest going to Las Vegas just 3 weeks prior to surgery - highest weight too, at 382. I'm 5'10 though, so my fat has a bit more room to go than just my belly. The seatbelt was tight, but I was determined to NOT ask for an extension!! Lol. Next month I'm flying to see my best friend down in Houston TX and I'm excited cause I've lost about 30 pounds already and I know the seatbelts will fit no matter what... I'm not worried at all now!!

Hmmm, so I've failed this no sweets thing. Anyone else still hanging in there?

Pippz, what kid of music are you downloading? I need new ideas. And Missy, Who is that in the pic??

Lol. I wanted Sonic earlier too!! I was craving the greasey sausage, egg and cheese toaster sandwich and a m&m sonic blast! Haha. But I didn't go there. I came home and ate some cottage cheese.

The joy is gone... Ya know, I've heard this before, and I know its true - that food addiction is the single hardest addiction to have. It's not like an alcohol or heroin or gambling or sex addiction. Those are optional things in life. (Yes, sex is optional, Lol.) But food is a necessity, you cannot live without it. We have to face our addiction every single day, several times a day. We have to eat, and we have to be strong enough to stop and push the rest away. We have to be constantly bombarded with food commercials and pizza coupons that come in the mail. Heroin addicts don't have commercials rubbed in theri faces, they don't have to take just a little bit in order to live, and yet have to stop just before they have enough to get the feeling they want. It is very difficult to stop eating the bad things. I have a Lap Band, and I have some restriction... but does that make me want broccoli more than I want ice cream? No. Does it mean I'm never going to over eat ever again? No. Its so hard. But it's worth it. Even though I've only lost 28 pounds, it's worth it.

I've wondered the same thing. I mean, I know food now passes through the band slowly, so that we can't eat fast now... but it can't stay up there, or else we'd be sick, right? I mean, yesterday my smoothie was going very slowly through the band and it was uncomfortable when it was above the band.

Stef - Can't believe you've never heard of a fried Twinkie!! Lol. I've never had one, but I"ve seen them. They even featured them on the Food Network once. OK all - I'm depressed. It's cause I can't eat. Lol. Isn'tthis what I wanted? So my fill is good, for now at least. I've had to force myself to get in 70gm of protein today... and I can't imagine eating any more. Water has been a struggle too - and that has NEVER been a problem for me. It's not that I'm over-filled or its painful or anything. I'm just not hungry in the slightest. Which never stopped me before either - but I have head hunger. I want food... but I just know that it will take me so long to eat it or whatever, and I don't even bother with it since I"m not hungry. IS that crazy? So not being able to have access to binging I was wanting ice cream. Ice cream has always been my #1 comfort food since I was a little kid. ANd i knew it would go down easy. So when I was out running errands earlier I stopped at the grocery store. But I didn't even get out of my car cause ice cream didn't sound good. I wanted it cause I know the creamy cold comfort that it would provide - but then all I could think about was who sickly sweat it would be in my mouth and how even with it being a melting food and that it would go down easy, that I still wouldn't be able to eat as much as I used to... the amount it took to make me feel numb (emotionally, not from the coldness.) OK, is ANY of this making sense? And i crazy here? I"ve never just not eaten because of not being hungry. Appetite has never had anything to do with me eating... I could always eat anything at anytime. I preferred going to all you can eat buffets when I wasn't hungry because I could eat more then than I could when I was hungry - which is weird in itself. Seriously, I've walked to my freezer a dozen times today and looked at this frozen cheesey garlic french bread thing and wanted it so bad... but it just wasn't worth the effort it was going to take to eat it. Lol. I'm crazy, aren't I?

I have a co-worker who had an ovarian cyst removed last year - it was just slightly smaller than a volley ball and weighed 33 pounds!! When she came back to work she was so stinking skinny! Lol. Good luck to you and your surgery!!

OK. So I know this is too much info and all, but I wondered if anyone else has noticed that when they are on liquid diets (either pre-op, post-op, or post fill) that you're urine smells funny? I swear! I noticed it post op (my pre-op diet was only 2 days) and after my 2 fills. My urine smells stronger, more... bitter? Lol. I'm a nurse so I see and smell (not intentionally!) a LOT of urine. Just curious.

o2bthin - question about the diet... it says to have most calories in breakfast and lunch, and yet you're only eating a grapefruit for breakfast? Thats not many calories??

Glad you got your fill in Beckie. Judy does mine too, I think she's the best! I posted this on the regular Junies thread, but decided I better add it here too: I got my 2nd fill yesterday. Judy (NP) gave me 2cc for a total of 6cc in a 10cc band. I didn't feel any different when I was drinking the Water - but I'm hoping I can feel some restriction when I start regular foods again. Oh, and I had lost 6 pounds in the last 4 weeks. I was wanting more, but I knew that it wouldn't be. I was surprised at the 6! I told her I just go up and down 2 pounds all week long. I'm sick and tired of seeing the same numbers on my scale! She told me to quit weighing myself... Hmmm, now THERE is some advise. Haha

Opppps! Make that 290. I wish is was 390!

390 minutes so far. I'm slow moving!!

Hey all! I got my 2nd fill today! I have a 10cc band and last time I got 4cc, today she gave me 2cc for a total of 6cc. I didn't feel any different when Iw as drinking the water - but I hope I can feel some restriction when I start mushies on Saturday. I can't go back for another fill for 4 weeks. Thats the soonest they do them. I begged the NP today to let me come back in 2 weeks if I don't feel restricted, she said she would take bribes but then if it ended up being over-fills then she was the on call NP and didn't want to have to come back in at 3am. Lol. I really like her. We also discussed head hunger and stuff. Oh, and I had lost 6 pounds in the last 4 weeks. I was wanting more, but I knew that it wouldn't be. I was surprised at the 6! I told her I just go up and down 2 pounds all week long. I'm sick and tired of seeing the same numbers on my scale! SHe told me to quit weighing myself... Hmmm, now THERE is some advise. Haha OK. I'm worn out. Goodnight!