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I'm hoping that this fill is "the one". I hate having to drink soup for 2 days. Has anyone got any soup ideas? I really have to share with you my latest fill experience with you. My Dr. waits to give me pain in my stomach like you wouldn't beleive. He stuck me 5 times with that super long needle before deciding to use fluro on me ."5 TIMES". I was so outdone! I hope that i don't need a fill for a long time!!:thumbup:

I am scheduled for a fill today, but i went earlier this morning and got sinus medcine that is making me feel a little qizzy. I don't know when the Dr. will be able to see me again for my fill, should i suck it up and go or should i rescedule my appt? Dr saud I have bad sinus infection!:wub:

So what is a few breakfast ideas that you do?:smile:

Thanks Guys For Your Input. It Really Helped Alot!

I agree with you, I would not have gone to the dr. if I didn't feel that i need a fill.I am still hungry, and have some restriction but still can eat alot. But my point is I want to lose weight just like anyone else who decided to have a surgery to help lose weight. And I think it is wrong for my dr. or anyone else to think that i don't deserve a fill because i don't have as much weight to lose as a much bigger person. I have looked at my 30lbs as weight lost that is good, but also feel that i could lose alot more if my dr. stop looking at me as a person that isn't as big as the rest of his patients. Me losing weight is just as important to me as it is to a person that is more over weight than I am. I feel if I need a fill, then give it to me . If i don't then say i don't, but don't refuse me a fill because i don't have as much weight to lose as a heavier person does. :mad:

I was banded 9/5/07 and plan on losing all the weight i can before that time!:mad:

My dr. says totally the opposite. He don't want me to eat soup or drink any type of protein. He wants me to "eat' my protein. He refused to give me a fill and i have to try and eat my Proteins.It's been 6mths and i only lost 30 lbs.FUSTRATED!!:mad:

I think you all got it wrong about my insurance. I am self pay 15,000 to be exact. The first year is "free". Then i will have to come out of my pocket again if I don't lose what i need to lose before then. I agree that i might need to make some changes. But i don't want to pay more than i need to. Did i mention I only lost 30 lbs in almost 6 mths?:mad:

I will try his suggestion,but after a year, I had planned to lose the weight that i needed to lose. But if i don't I will have to pay and i fill like i should be a little closer than I am. I was banded9/5/07 and only lost 30 lbs. I just feel like he is giving me the run around so i can pay for those fills after a year. Thats just how I feel. He shouldn't compare me to his other patients that need to lose more than me. I am sure that I feel just like they do about getting this weight off, even if he feels its less weight I need to lose.:mad:

I gained weight after my surgery.Ands have had a bad start at losing. But I won't be giving up know time soon!~!

My Dr. will charge me after a year for my fill, I went yesterday to get my fill and the dr. told me that he would not give me the fill that i lost 4 lbs in 5 weeks and that wasn't bad. He told me that i needed to start eating breakfast and to not eat as much soup as i was eating. He wants me to eat more solid foods to see if I will stay full longer. That is o.k.,but then when he started talking about I'm not as big as some of his patients that i don't need to lose more than a pound a week , it made me feel like he is trying to stretch out the time so eventually after a year I will have to pay for my fills.Do you think that i could be over reacting? :mad:

It is so hard to decided if you need a fill or not. I could only eat a 1/2 piece of fish saturday and sunday i ate the hold fish with a baked yam on the side. I just never know if I should get a fill or not. I don't understand that it could be the same foods but at a different time of the day or the next day and you can't eat it sometimes and then sometimes you could eat it with a side of something else! What's really up with this lapband?:cursing:

I know that everybody is different, but how often (approximately) do you get filled. Like I said, I know everybody is different but it's good to know if your close to what everyone else is! I have been going 1 time a month.

The last thing you are is a failure! You ate wrong for years, and it's going to longer than 2 months to get use to eating right and not making bad choices sometimes. T he good thing is you mad a few bad choices and YOU KNOW IT so , move on and try not to do it again!~:tongue2:

YOUR RIGHT, BUT I FOUND THAT MEAT HAS MORE PROTEIN THAN BEANS(STARCHY)AND SOME OTHER FOODS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EAT SOMEDAYS!

MY DOCTOR SAID FOR ME TO NOT DRINK PROTEIN SHAKES AFTER BEING BANDED , BUT TO ONLY EAT A LOT OF PROTEIN, LIKE MEAT. BUT I CAN'T EAT TO MUCH MEAT. SO, I WILL TALK TO A DIETICIAN TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. BUT, MOST OF YOU SEEM TO DO PRETTY GOOD FOR YOU. SO, MY QUESTION IS, DO I GO AGAINST THE DR. OR DO I TRY TO EAT MEATS AND GAG EVERY DAY?:biggrin:

I agree, you look at food diferently. We just had Mardi Gras down here in lousiana, and I got so many compliments on how good I looked,I almost forgot about food. I only lost 29lbs,(SLOW LOSER) but it felt so good to get that attention, it really is worth not eating all that junk food. I still have almost 70lbs to go, but the food gets tempting but I would do it again if i could. 100% satisfied!!!

IT'S BEEN ONE MONTH,DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S TO SOON FOR A FILL. I THOUGHT EVERYONE GET'S A FILL AROUND THAT TIME?

I"m just reading this thread, so I'll catch-up with the easter challenge, since i'm late in the game!

WERE YOU BANDED 9/5/07?

MIA31, I REALLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW THE DR. DIET THAT HE GAVE ME. I AGREE THAT I 'M NOT LOSING FAST BECAUSE I ONLY HAD A BMI OF 39 AND WEIGHT 223. BUT I GET SO FUSTRATED THAT I AM LOSING SO SLOW. I'M GLAD YOUR ALMOST LOSING THE SAME AS I AM. I DECIDED TO TALK TO A DIETICIAN FOR A FEW food IDEAS, BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT I MIGHT BE EATING SOME THINGS THAT I THINK IS GOOD,BUT MIGHT NOT BE! PLEASE STAY INTOUCH. I'LL TRY TO TALK WITH YOU MORE IN THE P.M.:biggrin:

IF ANYONE WAS BANDED ON 9/5/07 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR WEIGHT LOSE. I ONLY LOST 29LBS SO FOR . I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE LOST ALOT MORE THAN THAT!

I WAS BANDED 9/5/07 AND I EXERCISED FOR 1 MONTH AND JUST KINDA STOPPED WHEN IT GOT COLD. SO HERE I AM 5 MONTHS LATER AND HAVEN'T LOST BUT 29LBS SO FOR. IF I START WALKNG, WILL IT HELP? MY GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO JOG SOMEDAY. BUT DO I START OFF WALKING A WHILE FIRST? OR CAN I JUST GO STRAIGHT TO JOGGING? I KNOW THAT I AM GETTING TIRED OF THIS SLOW WEIGHT LOSE, DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE THE ANSWER?

GIRLFRIEND, when you start slimming, ya'll know exactly what you are doing! It's like a big ball of slimm that comes out with or with out food. Don't worry you'll experience it soon enough!

PLEASE TELL ME YOUR HONEST OPINION FOR THIS QUESTION. I CALLED FOR A FILL TODAY FOR MONDAY. I LOST ABOUT4LBS IN THREE WEEKS. I CAN'T EAT SOME MEATS. BUT THE WEEKEND I COULDN'T EAT TO MUCH(THAT TIME OF THE MONTH) BUT TODAY I WASN'T TIGHT AT ALL, I HAD VEG. SOUP AND WAS STILL HUNGRY. YESTERDAY I ATE ALOT TOO. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I GET A FILL I MIGHT BE TOOO TIGHT, BUT I ALSO FEEL MYSELF GETTING HUNGRY AGAIN, AND I'M A SLOW LOSER ALREADY. I KNOW I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BY MONDAY. BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION. THANKS GUYS, FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ANSWERING THESE CRAZY QUESTIONS!!