lovecats85

I use IsoPure - its clear and taste fine and it's 100% pure isolate protien (absorbed better than whey protein) and has 50 grams protein per sertving. It's 50 bucks for a huge can at GNC. It last longer for me b/c I use only one scoop at a time, not two.

I cannot do the chat room - Alice freaks me out! She won't stop asking me if my dream are coming true.

we're glad you are well! I have heard that the initial wight loss is faster the more invasive the surgery. heck, my mom lost 20 lbs in the month after her facelift just from the physical effects of surgery - so you ride that train as long as you can!!!! how is your eating now,,, did you have to do a liquid or mush stage or anything like that? what and how much do you eat compared with when you were banded?

I got 1.6 in a 4 cc band - I waited 8 weeks to get a fill and the doc said I should have gotten a fill after 4 weeks so he gave me a huge fill to "catch me up", and still that 1st fill did NOTHING! Now I have some restriction w/ my 2nd fill, but not as much as I want so I am going to get another small fill soon.

When I don't exerize the band makes me maintain my weight, but I lose when I exercize. I am AWFUL exersizing as much as I should. In fact I hardly did at all the last month b/c I was so busy with finals,,,, and I didn't lose all month really. You have to exersize for the band to work at maximum capacity.

Yeah! Good for you!

I got my money just now!!!!!

I did my swallow IMMEDIATLEY after SX. I hardly even remember it. Then I went home 3-4 hours later.

I think she meant the fill was taken out while preggo - not the band

Anyone who is discouraged by some of the threads on this site should now see that over 100 people are 100% happy with thier bands! That's GREAT!!!

I had a teensy insignificant PB on some cracker and artichoke dip.

I am at 2.3 cc's and I can still eat about 1 cup of food per meal. I thought most people ate 2-4 ounces at the appropriate restriction. I am going to get another fill, but I am concerned b/c as I look at peoples sigantures on here it seems that noone has thier 4 cc band filled more than I do already. I have restriction but not as much as I think I could have. Also, when I got my 2nd fill I had ALOT of restriction for about 2 weeks but now I don't have as much. I thought fills were supposed to kick in after 2 weeks, not loosen up after 2 weeks. What is the deal? I'm so so so paranoid about being slipped!!!

Apparently I am one of the ones thats band opens wide up during my period. I was so hoping to be one of the ones thats band closed shut,,, but it opened on up for me to pig out on Xmas dinner. Of course, it was ALOT less pigging out than previous pre-band Xmas dinners so for that I am thankful. I hope you all had a happy happy holiday!

I wouldnt have noticed if you hadn't metioned it. You're a hottie!

ALOT of people, inlcuding myself had NO restriction before flls. I could eat like always after I healed and evern after my 1st fill. Now i have 2 fills and have some restrictyion but I am still going to get another fill soon. When you are filled you phsically cannot overeat. Like today - Xmas dinner - I couldn't eat tons of food, I phsically couldnt! You will feel better when you start getting fills. I went thru the same thing!

I had the same problem but it went away when I got back on a regular diet (no more mushies, etc). I basically just ate breath mints 24/7, carried binaca, breath strips, those Oral B Brush ups are great to stick in your purse. I was mortified by this problem but thank god it went away! Also, eating parsley supposedely helps. If you are on mushies, sprinkle a tsp of dried parsley in soup, mashed potatoes, etc.

No complications thus far for me!

I'm on it - no problems now. At 1st I lost weight (whoo hoo) and had a major deacrease in sex drive but now that I've been on it awhile I have no side effects. I had bad anxiety and it cured me.

My doc didn't require a phscy eval - you should try him. www.drwbarker.com

well, here it is 2 days after I posted this and I got my period!

can you see what other people are eating? I always want to compare with other bandsters.

I think you sip right after surgey b/c you are swollen and stuff, but now I have 2 fills, a decent amount of restriction, and I gag if I try to chug most drinks, but I can chug water like you couldn't imagine. I've never had any problems drinking alot of water at a time.

my 1st fill did nothing for me, my 2nd one was good the 1st 2 weeks, but now I think i could use a bit more fill.

I was just curious if maybe some people lost faster b/c they had more to lose. Please post your pre-surgery BMI and your lbs per week loss so far and we will evaluate if my thoery is correct. I'll go 1st: presurgical BMI 38 loss so far: 1.6 lbs per week

Barretts is caused by long term reflux - it can be treated - just take meds and you'll be fine!!!