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how'd it go?

Your pre-op diet sounds like mine did. 2 shakes then 4 oz of meat plus veggies. I did turkey burgers, chicken, turkey loin, tuna.. salads, roasted veggies, raw veggies. There are so many different combos.

yay! congrats! and i hope your fill helps some!

Hmmm.. weird. I have 4.4cc's and i'm hungry in the morning. But 1 egg, sometimes a lil smokey or some crumbled sausage usually keep me until about 12-12:30 (thats eating around 8ish) I feel like I have a pretty good restriction already. I've always been hungry in the morning tho?

Haha it took a lot of patience. Luckily it wasn't a supervised diet or anything, it was just monthly phone calls with a health coach. 12 very long months of phone calls! 12 months? I'd have gone out of my ever loving mind! I thought five, start to finish was bad. I admire your fortitude!

Mine was 12 months, so maybe you can look on the bright side and appreciate that it could be twice as long? haha its all worth it. 3-6 months supervised seems to be the norm around here.

I had lap-band surgery May 8th, 2014.

@@lisacaron yes! i hit it on my desk almost daily! haha so annoying. well this is good to hear. thanks!!

We have the same surgeon! I have BCBS State and they told me the same 4-6 weeks.. and i hate to say, it took 5 full weeks.

Ok, so I thought I was out of the port soreness phase, but, after a fill wednesday, then I grabbed a load of laundry in the bathroom monday night, I could barely workout yesterday because my port was SO sore. The few days after surgery, this was my biggest complaint. I was verrrry sore on my port side and getting in and out of bed and off the couch was a struggle day 1-3. The soreness went away completely at about 4 weeks out, but bumping it every once in awhile would shoot a twinge to the area. I got so nervous while working out last night, I stopped lifting (which I was cleared to do at 3 weeks) and just did cardio. Afterwards, I started to panic, thinking i ripped my port from my stomach wall, but felt my port and it didnt feel like it had shifted. I iced it, took some ibuprofen PM for the inflamation (ok'ed by my NP earlier on) and went to sleep. I woke up feeling 10x better today, but its still a little sore to bend over and stuff like that. So, I guess my question for banders further out, do you ever hit your port area the wrong way and it gets really sore? Do you ever worry about ripping your port from your stomach? I would have assumed at almost 6 weeks post-op, I would have been completely healed and have no pain.

Mine was no eating 4 hrs prior.. just clear liquids.

congrats @@cadu and everyone else! i had my first fill last wednesday, and i'm not sure if its because i'm sick or not (cold), but my band has been pretty tight, could also be swelling still, too. i'm wondering if i'm already really close to green, bc 1/2-3/4 C of food is holding me 4ish hours. my doctor drained my whole band with anything that it might have been primed with, and put in a total of 4.4cc's.

I didnt have the bad gas pains. But pains meds didnt touch the extreme soreness I had from the port being stitched to my stomach (could have something to do with the hernia repair too). Getting in and out of bed/the chair the first day made me cry. It obviously subsided more and more each day, but it was still miserable day 1-4. I was still so excited throughout all this, that it barely phased me!

You got this girl! This band takes a lot of work and you learn something new every day!

I got the clear from my NP about a week out for things like mashed potatoes. I stayed away from them and made pureed cauliflower, instead, but yeah, once i was moved to my soft food stage, thats when mashed potatoes were ok. Are you post-op? Bc my doctor gave me a list of OK foods at each step in the process.

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weight lifting (legs) + 20 minute HIIT cardio this morning, before work! better than a cup of coffee!

I looked forward to my cream of chicken or golden mushroom Soup mixed with chicken flavored

I'm not sure how much from surgery, but she took everything out, then put a total of 4.4 cc's in at my fill. What about you?

You just made my year! I wanted one so bad, but didnt get one because of the straw rules! Thanks for this info!

wow! congratss!! love seeing stories like this, esp since I'm just 5 weeks out!

Muscle doesn't actually weigh more than fat. a pound is a pound, but a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. so, during stalls, you could very well be losing inches (and fat), but replacing them with muscle.

yay! im enjoying my first fill i had last wednesday. i hope the same happens to you!

Its funny how doctors differ so much. My doctor advised me to stay away from Protein shakes as meals. She wants me to be able to be satisfied by eating my meals. not drinking them. I was told 3 - 1/2 to 3/4 cup meals a day. A snack is allowed if I'm not staying full between lunch and dinner.

Have you tried logging your meals into a calorie counter and looking at your macros just to get an idea what your daily intake looks like? I find that is most helpful to me. I'm a little newer post-op than you, but I just stick with Proteins and some veggies, never much room for more. I try to measure everything. I'm less than a week out from my first fill. I think if the 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of food arent keeping you full for few hours, you may need another fill. If its head hunger, I control that with a stick of gum and some Water.