MsScorpio67

I want some of this action. I would love to lose 10lbs by new years. my weight has been at a stand still and I was looking for some motivation to get my butt in gear. Thanks.:grouphug::thumbup:

For me Tortilla chips are the one guaranteed thing that will go down. It something about it being hard a crunchy that makes it go down with no problem.

I'm three months post op. I recently had a fill 9/9/2008 and thought I felt a little tight. I could still drink liquids so I wasn't too much worried about it. I hadn't had any serious problems post-op and I felt that I had the hang of this LAP BAND.

Well I went out with a friend to the Sizzler to have clam chowder. It was soo good and hot. The heat relaxed some of the restriction I was feeling and I got carried away. I started to eat kinda fast. Not really chewing cause I felt there wasn't much to chew. Before I knew it I ate the whole thing. It took 5 mins before I felt the effect. It felt like a bubble was forming in my chest, real slow. My breathing started to feel slightly labored. My friend looked at me and asked if I was alright. I said no. I told him I was gonna walk around. My old faithful way of walking to dislodge whatever was stuck, was not working. I eventually went to the bathroom and suddenly my mouth was watering perfusely. Is this slimming??? OMG am I gonna throw up???? Well to make a long story short and not so graphic, I threw up 4 times. The 4th time I was infront of emergency about to walk in. I never felt so awful. Emergency didn't do anything for me cause I felt 10 times better. I am so careful now of what I eat, how I eat, how fast I eat. Cause i don't want that to ever happen again.

What was your experience like of getting stuck and what worked for you?

Hello My Sistahs,

My name is Tonia

I'm a single parent of a wonderful and animated (Like myself) son that's 15 yrs old.

I live in Hayward, CA

I work for the government part time and I'm a Longshoreman the rest

of the time.

When I started this process, I went to my first orientation July 23, 2007. I weighed 299.6 and I was floored. I couldn't wait to get on the phone quick enough to call moms. She said, "YOU WEIGH 300LBS?!?!?!?!???!?! And I said NOOOOOOO!!!!! I weigh 299.6 Hahahahahaha

The funny thing was when I was cute and had a booming body I was so freakin shy. If you didn't hear my quiet giggle you wouldn't know I was there. As I got older and started putting on the lbs. I became very outgoing. I was funny, bubbly and animated. I had to make jokes about my weight before anyone else did. As a defense mechanism.

Now I just want to put together the great personality and the booming body together. And stop using food and the fat as a way of making excuses for not doing some of the things I always wanted to do.

I'm with Kaiser and they give fills every month until you've reach your sweet spot.

Now when I went in for my first fill, I thought it was kinda aggressive that he put in 2ccs. But when he gave me a bit of Water to make sure everything was going down okay. I was having problems. So he wanted to take out 1cc. I asked him not to. He told me he could take it out now or Saturday (Which was the next day). Puzzled i said tomorrow? He said when you realize after 24 hrs that you can't eat or drink anything. I would probably be seeing you in emergency tomorrow. So Doctors have to be careful on how much they put in your bands. And that time gives you the opportunity to adjust to it. Cause I'ma tell you I just had my second fill on 9/9/08 and I'm almost at the point where I think I'm too tight and he just put in 1cc. I have to remember to eat and drink.

Also your band has periods when it's just tighter at that time. My band might be a tighter in the mornings. Sometimes it's even hard to drink my Protein Shake. A couple of times it's been tighter at night and sometimes I think it's because I've been eating light all day then I try to have a meal and it's like "Oh Hell no!"

I know how you feel. I have been working out 5-6 days a week. I know I cut my eating in half and I jump on the scale and NOTHING. But I went from a size 24 to a size 20. So i know something is going on. People tell me it's the muscle that I'm gaining that is keeping my weight the same. I sure hope so...But I'm due for my fill tomorrow. I've been waiting on this day like Christmas. This will be my second fill.

DO NOT LET THIS SET BACK, MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU FAILED!!!!!!:thumbup:

As I'm sure you have heard, you didn't gain this weight over night, yadda, yadda, yadda.

This band is such a learning process. And it takes a while to get the hang of it. Don't beat yourself up. And plus you know where you went wrong. You made the best choices you could make given the circumstances. Give yourself a chance to enjoy life and then get back on track. You have proved to yourself that you could lose the weight and you hadn't even gotten your fill yet. Hang in there.:teeth_smile:

Yea I agree with everyone else. You maybe too tight. I had my first fill on July 25th. He put in 2cc and then told me to drink some Water, or to better clarify, sip some Water. First sip...cool, second sip, I took a larger gulp and it got stuck. He was just about to take off his gloves when he turned and saw me having problems swallowing. He asked was it going down and I said no and he said, well I guess I'm gonna have to take some of the Fluid out. I protested and he said, "Tonia, I can take some Fluid out now or on Saturday. I gave him a puzzled look and he said cause it will take you that long to realize you can't eat or drink anything and running back to emergency to have me take some of the fluid out. So even though I protested I gave in and I feel so much better with good restriction.

I don't know if all doctors does the little drinking the water test, but thats a sure sign if your too tight. But you also have to take small bites and chew slowly. :teeth_smile:

I know how you feel. My period started a couple days before surgery. So I know the emotional roller coaster your on. But it will pass. I didn't go through a deepression, but I felt bad cause I was begining to realize how much my life revolved around food. I'm 7 days post op and it seemed everything I did eventually ended up with me eating or snackin on something. I went to the movies and felt so left out that I didn't get to have popcorn or go out to dinner afterwards. And you might be sad at first. But I lost in 15lbs in 7 days and I love the way I fit in my clothes so I keep that in mind and I don't feel so bad. Remember you had major surgery. You gotta let your body heal and once it does you will feel sooo much better. It gets better everyday, believe me.:teeth_smile:

OMG i forgot about the back tits!!!! I haven't wore a tank top out in public cause I can't control the back tits, hahahahahahahahahaha

Hello Everyone...This is my sugery story.

I decided to stay at my moms house because she lived closer to the hospital. So we get there around 7:45am for my 8:00am appt. We go to the admitting office, sign all the necessary paperwork and then she sends us to another waiting room. We were only there a couple of mins when this cute silver haired nurses assistant comes and gets me and leads me to a room where there are a bunch of beds and nurses. A nurse asks me my name and leads me to my bed. She tells me to change into ever stylish hospital gown and gave me my brown treaded socks. They directed my mom to where I was and she sat next to me with her coffee and some Cookies the nurse gave her. The nurse puts in my IV. He had a hard time finding a vein in my hand, but that's normal cause I have very fine veins in my hands. They ended up putting the IV on the underside of my wrisk. I was visited by the OR nurse and the OR anistisologist. My mom wasn't feeling too good so she ended up leaving earlier then I wanted. So here I was, all alone. But that's okay. I didn't tell a lot of people about the surgery so I was okay with the whole deal. They came and rolled me into OR and they moved me to another table. I heard them talking and that was it. I was out. Next thing I know I'm in my room and and my nurse Maureen is talking to me about the contraption they got me hooked up too. I was not to have any food or drink for the next 24hrs. My throat was sore and dry from the ventilation tubing down my throat. And I slept off an on all day. As far as the pain was, the gas was the worst. I felt it all in my shoulder and left side. I only felt soreness from the incisions, but nothing serious. So I hardly took any of the pain medication. Which is funny cause the contraption that dispensed it was not working anyway. I walked a couple of times that night and in the early morning. Anything to ease the gas pain. The next morning I was told that I would be gone by 11am. But that definately didn't happen. My doctor visited and told me I had to take x-rays to make sure everything was in it's proper place and working and then I would have something to eat. The stuff they give you to drink for the x-ray was soooo awful. It shouldn't be the first thing you drink when you have had nothing for 24hrs. But everything turned out fine. They gave me stage 1 foods which were chicken broth, Jello (Nasty) some suger free juice and tea. I liked the broth cause it was salty and I had some of the Jello. When they saw I had no problem with that, they brought me some of the stage II foods to make sure I could handle it before I go home. That consisted of cottage cheese and a thicker Soup. No problem. So my bestfriend, christopher, arrived and the nurse sent him to get my medications. We sat there for a while to make sure stuff was gonna stay down and We packed up and was on our way home. It's been three days post op for me. Getting down all the liquids and Protein is so hard.

What I recommend:

Gas-X strips are essential :incazzato:. They definately help with the gas.

WALK. All the freakin time. It also helps with the gas and it's good for the weight loss.

Sip, Sip, Sip your Water. But always have Water with you. Remember you will have an IV of fluids in you while your in the hospital. If they think you need all that liquid, your gonna need that when you get home.

My Surgery was done at South San Francisco Kaiser Permanente. My Doctor was Doctor Li and the best nurses in the world were Maureen and Victoria. Actually everyone was so nice and friendly there. It was great.

I hope this helps anyone about to have surgery.

I won't miss:

Not being able to ride roller coasters

Waiting for someone big to come down on the Water slide so I can feel comfortable

Being a house bum cause I don't have the energy to do anything

Being a house bum cause I don't have anything to wear

My hips being uncomfortable in movie seats

Fat jokes

Or making jokes about myself before someone has the chance too

Hearing: Your pretty....FOR A BIG GIRL

Passing by old friends but not saying anything cause they didn't recognize you.

Hating when they do recognize you!!!!

And I heard Biotin Vitamin to take for hair.< /p>

The little advice I can offer when it comes to doing the liquid diet is to find a good shake that is tasty. Low in carbs and sugar and is kinda thick to keep you feel. Follow with some Water and you should be find. And always trust your feelings when you think your full.

I was riding the fence for a long time on which surgery to have done. What made me choose lap band was something my doctor said. She said with RNY surgery it doesn't take a lot of work to lose the weight. The work starts when your trying to keep it off. With Lap Band you have a little insurance. If you feel like your gaining a couple pounds or so you can always have a fill and it keeps you on track. That was the selling point for me. And Bandsters don't lose too much hair....

Well the funny thing is, reality didn't really hit until like yesterday. I was on a mad dash to try to find some good books on lap band and the only one I could find was weight loss for dummies. I feel like I'm not prepared.

Good luck on your day. I share that day with you, wooo hooooo

Thank you. Are you nervous?

Hello Everyone!!!!! I'm Tonia and I'm from San Francisco. I am a Longshoreman. I come from a long line of Longshoreman but all of them were men. For those of you that don't know what a longshoreman is, we load and unload cargo ships that come to the port of Oakland. I mostly drive 14 wheeler tractors. I'm a single parent of a wonderful 14 about to turn 15 this month, baby boy.

I have struggled with my weight for years. It has definately put a hamper on my outgoing and bubbly personality. And it really makes my son sad when i tell him I can't go on a ride at an amusement park cause they don't make rides for BIG GIRLS, cause if I say fat he is highly offended. I just want to enjoy my life like I used to before I used food as my national pass time. My surgery date is June 5 and I'm nervous, but happy. It hasn't really materialized as reality until this week. Congradulations to all of the Lap Banders with their new Birthdays this month.

I am so nervous and excited at the same time. I'm afraid though, because I'm not down to the weight I'm suppose to be at. I gained about 4lbs so I am desperately trying to lose it. Where are you at in the process?

I am so excited. My date is June 5th. I'm doing the booty dance......

Hello, I'm looking for a buddy as well. I'm very new here, but I don't have MSN. I have yahoo. I will be banded on June 5. But that shouldn't stop us from being buddies.....