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The main thing I notice in restaurants is that whenever I am eating with friends they will come by with the plates and without asking plop down the jumbo angus burger with fries in front of me and everytime I have to say, "actually I ordered the side salad with Soup, the angus is for my skinny friend over there" haha oh the joys of not being at goal yet.

Not un unusual, your body is in the healing adjusting phase. It can take five or more adjustment fills to get where you want to go. Each fill gives you the opportunity to adjust your eating habits, size of bite, time between bites, length of meal, quantity of meal , quality of your meal, no eating between meals, eating your allotted amount of Protein first, then veggies.
There are variations between doctors and fills. Some give larger/smaller amounts, some frequency of giving fills. Each one of us is different, each persons regime will be somewhat different. Try not to focus only on the scale, I know that is hard, but instead, use your energy to plan your food choices and amounts carefully, you need to move, exercise of some sort, you cannot out exercise a poor choice of diet.
It's ok. You are going to do fine if you give the process a chance to work. Remember, this is not a race to the finish line (again, I know we all want instant results) , but a new way of life. The band does not work as quickly as some other weight loss surgeries, patience and persistence should get you where you want to be.
All the best!

Hey all!
I get my surgery Monday March 16! I'm really nervous and excited! What can I expect after surgery? I've made sure to put gas x strips on my shopping list and sugar free popsicles, pudding, and Jello. I have the powders? utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury (sp?) Soup they've given me that's full of Protein and a heating pad for this shoulder pain I keep hearing about!
Am I missing anything?
Oh! And I also got bio oil for the scarring!

Thank you for this post!
This is so encouraging for the ones like myself who are going through this process . I am having surgery on March 20th and have had a little bit of anxiety but your post took all of that away ! .. I cant wait to have my very own post about my Lap-Band
Good luck with everything !

What is PB'ing?? Sorry not quite up with the band lingo yet x

I had my LapBand surgery 1/13/2015. No regrets yet and down 30 pounds. If you have any questions let me know, id love to share my experience.

This is so true! I didn't start off telling anyway until I got closer to my surgery date, and then I was excited...thinking my coworkers would feel the sameway for me. HECK NO!!! I got...Your too Small for surgery...my PC even said to me that I probably wont get approved because I'm too small! I told him...IN THE NAME OF JESUS I WILL BE APPROVED AND I WILL NOT BE ON ANY DIABETIC MEDICINE OR B/P MEDICINE! He said well just don't be disappointed when NONE OF THAT HAPPENS...EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE SURGERY YOU MAY STILL BE ON YOUR MEDS! I SAID!!!! ...IN THE NAME OF JESUS I WON'T!!!!
I had my surgery 11/18/14 and I'm Med FREE... HIGHEST WT. 230 NOW 194......THANK YOU LORD! I saw my PC last week in my NEW SIZE 14 JEANS and said...HOW YA LIKE ME NOW!!!! LOL
DONT WORRY ABOUT OTHERS PRAY AND ASK GOD TO BE YOUR ADVOCATE!

My surgery was scheduled for 3:00p.m. (actually had it at 5:30) so I took my 14 year old son to school like normal. I could tell he was worried, not much but I could tell...I assured him I would be alright. He kissed me good bye, closed the door and I balled like a baby! Needless to say every thing turned out fine but I too was worried.

How did it go?! I was so ready to be banded if i could have wheeled myself into the op room i would have! You wont starve lol and the pain is bearable! Just think of the new you! Good luck girl!

My surgery was scheduled for 3:00p.m. (actually had it at 5:30) so I took my 14 year old son to school like normal. I could tell he was worried, not much but I could tell...I assured him I would be alright. He kissed me good bye, closed the door and I balled like a baby! Needless to say every thing turned out fine but I too was worried.

Thank you for your support. This group has been instrumental already in the short time I've joined in this journey.
I saw somewhere a list recommended to get ready. Tricks, groceries etc. All welcomed! I got all info from doctor but you guys are the experts so help me please. ☺️
I will have hernia repaired and band tomorrow. Report at 7:15 am.

Hey Bandsters - where you at?
Let's start sharing experiences!

the pain from lapband surgery is minimal. use a heating pad on your shoulder pain from trapped gas. stay hydrated. I only took Tylenol and walk around as much as possible. You will feel fine in a week just don't overdo it. Best of Luck and congratulations.

try the Gas-X it helped me after my surgeries and my husband after hernia surgery - and the way I see it - hey it can't hurt to at least try it!

Also walk walk walk! Moving around helps to get rid of it as well!

Good luck!

i am now 7 months post op. Doing good. feeling awesome. but i have stalled right out. scale is barely moving, and it's sometimes 0.5 up, then 0.5 down, then maybe 1 down, then 0.5 up again...
feeling very frustrated. i know part of it is that my exercise has slowed down a lot. going to re-commit to exercise twice a day again TODAY. also going to try and start writing down everything again.
i know my capacity has increased a bit so i am eating a little more than i did a couple of months ago, and that may be accounting for more calories a day than I want.
just wanting to stop in and put this in writing for accountability! hope everyone is doing well