redhead87

Browneyesin tx are you premeasuring your chicken? Not saying you need to, just curious.

Well, in the eleven days since writing this post, I've lost two pounds, and I got stuck for the first time! It wasn't fun, and it's not a good thing, but it was actually kind of reassuring to know that there is some restriction. I think that I just don't realize how much less I am eating, and since I do chew very well, I haven't gotten stuck before. So I've lost about 40 pounds since I started my pre-op diet in July. That's not too bad.

Well, we talk about it at every appointment; he asks me if I'm feeling restriction and if anything has gotten stuck and I always tell him no. He never seems to concerned about it, which seems weird.

I got my 5th fill recently, bringing me up to 8.5 cc's in a 10 cc band. I am getting worried, because I feel hardly restriction. I do chew very well, but I've never felt stuck at all, and have never had any sliming or anything like that. I am also not the best at eating slowly, but still no stuck feeling. I do feel full sooner than I used to, but I can still eat more than I should. Ugh. I'm stressing.

Thanks everyone! I'm about seven weeks post-surgery, and I've lost 30 pounds since beginning the pre-op diet. It averages to between 3 and 4 pounds a week, and I knew it would slow down, I just didn't know how much.

Once you were in the green zone, how many pounds did you lose let week or per month? How long did it take you to reach goal?

I had my first fill on Saturday. It didn't hurt very bad at the time. However, since last night I've been having pain near where the port is. It feels like muscle pain, kind of like after surgery. When I sit up or stand up it hurts, and it also hurts when I bend over. Is this normal, or should I call my surgeon?

tifme, I think that's pretty normal. I just had my first fill yesterday, but my surgeon has been telling me since before my surgery that it (usually) takes three or four fills before people feel restriction.

I have my first fill today. How important is it to eat purées for 24 hours after my fill?

I'm only 11 days post-op, so I don't know from first hand experience, but I do have a suggestion. Does your church ever do the wafers instead of a loaf of bread? Could you get those instead?

Dragon Lady, I'm 10 days post-op, so just one day behind you. What are you eating for mushies? How much/how often are you eating? How long do you have to be on mushies? Sorry for all the questions, just curious about other people's experiences!

Before getting banded, I was a left-side sleeper. It hurt after surgery to sleep on my left side. It no longer hurts. Is it okay to sleep on my left side, as long as it doesn't hurt? Or is it bad for some reason? I'm 8 days post op.

I'm 8 days post-op. I started mushies yesterday. Today at lunch, I had some non-mushies food, like rice and chips and a taquito. I just made sure to chew to pulverization so that it was basically puréed. I feel really guilty. I wanted so badly to follow my doctor's instructions to the letter. I feel like a failure.

Thank you Colleen, as always! :-) The reason I'm not eating when I am hungry is because my nutritionist told me to have a breakfast, lunch, and dinner of 1/2 cup of food, and to have 4-6 oz of a protein shake between the meals. So I have been doing just that. And it's killing me! I ate dinner two hours ago and I'm already hungry. And bedtime isn't for two more hours. Ugh.

I should also mention, I'm hungry to the point that it keeps me up at night. I'll wake up to feed my son, and then I can't go back to sleep because my stomach hurts from being hungry. I just started a new job today, so this no sleep thing is not helping.