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Janet, that's wonderful news. How did it come about that you were chosen to do that, I think that would be an honor and something I'd like to do someday after I lose all my weight. Congrats!!

Thanks Molly, I feel much better now too!! Today is the day 23 post op for me and I'm moving onto chicken breast, beef, pork, peanut butter, tuna salad, etc beginning today and so looking forward to it. I'll be on this stage for 2 weeks then I can have pretty much whatever I want, as tolerated. My first fill is April 25 and I can't wait, I need the restriction now....

Amanda, I know the feeling with the stuck scale syndrome, mine has teeter tottered back and forth plus or minus 1 lb the last week. My pshychologist made my goal this month to only weigh myself every other since I was weighing everyday and not seeing the results that I wanted to see. I agreed to that and it's been hard just doing every other day and even that doesn't seem to be making it go down. :huh2: She would rather I weighed no more than twice a week or once would be ideal. But I'm determined to do this, so can you. Remember, it took longer than a day to put our weight on and it will take just as long to take it off. Keep up the good work.

I've only been banded since March 19 and I take Zoloft and my doc said it was ok. No problems getting it down right now, but I haven't had a fill yet.

Hi I'm Teri, I live in Kansas City, KS. Been banded March 19 and feeling good now, not really any restriction now and will go for my first fill on April 25. I'm married to my 2nd husband for 16 years and I have 1 grown son in the Marines from my first husband and 2 grown step-children from my current marriage plus 1 step-granddaughter from my current marriage which I claim as my granddaughter, she's 3 years old and is spoiled rotten.

Ghost, thanks, I've got it on my calendar and plan on coming this time since I don't have to depend on DH to drive me this time. Hope to see you then.

I'm 3 week post op today and eggs were on my mushy list for Day 8-22 post op. Every doctor is different, I'd check with your doctor.

Tami, Welcome to the fifties group. I'm also a March bandster, banded on March 19, this is a great group!! Egorsgirl, good luck on your surgery today, you'll do great, keep us posted.

Ghost now that I'm 3 weeks out and feeling much better, I might be able to attend the other groups you told us about, when do they meet next, I'm going to try to attend, if I'm free.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience at the last support meeting. Not sure which meeting you attended, since I've only attended the meetings at SMMC, I don't think I said anything that would have offended anyone, but if I'm the one you're talking about, I apologize. So far I've had only positive things to say about the SMMC support meetings, other than the fact that group has gotten so big I don't have any problems.

Taking a quick short break here at work, I go home in less than hour, finally, it's been a long day. My schedule for food and Water has really been thrown off today, so now I'm behind in my liquids and I've only eaten a can of tuna for lunch and now I'm getting hungry again. I brought several things to eat today if I had the urge, but I've been trying to get my water and Protein drink down all day and just finished the water. At 5:00, I'm going to have some yogurt or pumpkin custard that i made the other day, not sure which, then I'll worry about more protein when I get home. Lynn, I brought to work to eat today, tuna, light salad dressing to moisten my tuna, yogurt, pumpkin custard (taste like pumpkin pie without the crust, yummy!), string cheese, and applesauce. Like I said I've only eaten the tuna so far. I'm going to have to get a better handle on my scheduling beginning tomorrow. Kerri, you look great, keep up the good work.

Erika, the staples coming out were a piece of cake. I could hardly tell he was doing anything and I know you'll feel 100% better. :purplebananna: Well I've gotten my Breakfast and lunch ready to go for in the morning, it's off to work I go for the first time since surgery March 19. Dreading going back, but have to pay bills, yuck, yuck!! I guess part of dreading going back is getting up @ 5:30 and having to be at work @ 7:00a.m. and working 10 hour days so don't get off til 5:30p.m. It will be a long day, but I'm sure I'll survive.

You look great Janet, great job. I hope I can do as well as you have!!

I was banded on March 19th and I've also noticed the last couple of days that I seem to be hungrier and could eat more than I could before. I know that we supposedly don't have any restriction yet, but I'm trying not to eat more than 4 oz at one sitting because that's what my dietician told me to do. I've also wondered if my band might have slipped but have no way of knowing. I really think that I'm able to eat more now because the swelling has gone down in my stomach, but I'd also like to find out if someone knows how to know if your band has slipped.

Debbie, sorry to hear about the loss of your grandmother. This is a great place to come for support. You've done great on your weightloss so far, welcome aboard.

Fenton, I think that goal is probably doable for you. You've made me decide to set my next short term goal for 20 lbs by June 1. We leave on vacation June 1 and I'd love to be 20 lbs less!! Goodluck to you!

Welcome to all the new Shamrocks, this is a great support group. I wanted to share with everybody the device that I'm using to log my food and exercise daily. It's been a lifesaver for me. I'm not selling them or promoting it, just thought you guys might want to check it out. It's called a CalorieSmart calculator and you can get them online at CalorieSmart,Calorie Counter,Diabetes Diet,Handheld Calorie Counter,Electronic,Portable,Diabetes Carb Counter,Counting Carbs for $79 plus S&H. My DH got it for me for XMAS and also found a $10 off coupon online by searching for online coupons for their website. It's a handheld calculator that has nutrition references with nutritional content of over 35,000 different foods, including those from over 500 brands of food and 250 restaurants. It will track your daily calories, Protein, sodium, etc. It also tracks your exercise with calories burned and your weight. I carry it with me everywhere I go and enter every bite that I put into my mouth. Another neat thing that it does, it has a recipe calculator built into to it that allows you to enter the amounts and items that you put into your recipe and then it totals all the calories, protein, sodium, etc and lets you request the caloric details for 1 serving. I love it. Just thought I'd pass it along for anyone else that doesn't particularly want to keep a paper track or have to go to a computer to log their food.

Hi DeeDee, You've come to the right place for answers to your questions, this website is great for that, however, I would suggest you go to a Lapband Seminar in your area and a lot of your questions will be answered there. Everyone here is always happy to give their opinions and answers but we're all in different stages of weightloss. I am newly banded, only a little over 2 weeks ago on March 19 and loving it. I am beginning to get a little hungry, but so far the band is keeping me from overeating, which is what we all hope for. I have not had a fill yet and I'm not scheduled for one til April 25 after my stomach is done healing. Currently, my dietician guidelines allow me to eat 2-4 oz at each meal and surprisingly enough I'm usually satisfied. Even though I am beginning to get hungry between meals since I'm only taking in between 400-600 calories a day, I don't mind having a protein snack in between meals. This has been a wonderful thing that I've done for myself and I look forward to keeping my weight off once it's all gone again!! If you want to know any more, I'll be glad to help if I can.

My surgery date was March 19. I was 283 when I attended lapband seminar in November, 2007. I lost 20 pounds pre-op. I was 263 the day I had surgery. I am 253 today for a total loss of 30 pounds since my lap band journey started!

Fenton, that's great that you're down another belt notch, keep up the good work. I went to see my pschologist a couple of days ago and she asked me if I'm weighing myself everyday and I told her "of course" and she wants me to weight just a couple of times a week since our weight fluctuates so much, so she set a mini-goal for me this week to just weight myself every other day til I see her again at the end of the month. Today was weigh day and I was down a couple of pounds since day before yesterday so that was good to see. I know others of you have the same problem as I do with the scale so thought I'd just share this with everyone.

Lynn, that's great that you're down almost 10 pounds since surgery. As of today, I've also lost 10 pounds since surgery on March 19, congrats! Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

I just wanted to toot my horn a bit and let everyone know that I'm now feeling much better after having surgery on March 19. As of today, I'm down 10 pounds since surgery, total weightloss including what I lost pre-surgery since the first of the year is 30 lbs. Woohoo!! I go back to work Monday and seem to be building up my stamina more and more each day. Thanks in part to my daily vitamins and the fact that I'm getting up and moving more than I was. Anyway, it's just a desk job but I'm glad I've been able to take off this long since surgery, I feel so much better.

Erika, I am so glad to hear you are feeling better after having the 2nd surgery, it will only get better!! I will be going back to work on Monday, and I'm glad that I've had this 2 1/2 weeks off from work to get back to where I would say that I feel somewhat normal. I have a clerical job but have found that I've been very tired and am just now regaining some energy, thanks in part, I think to the fact that I'm remembering to take my vitamins daily. I still have a hard time remembering to take all of them, but I think the vitamins and walking are helping me to build up my stamina. So remember to walk, walk, walk when you start to feel up to it.

Erika, sorry to hear you had to have surgery again. I didn't get on the site yesterday so I had no idea until today. I know you're in good hands with Dr. H. So far things are going well for me, for the most part. I've had some gas pains the last 2 or 3 days that have lasted all day long and not sure what's up with that. I've also noticed during the nite when I roll over in bed I've noticed some pulling sensation on my insides like stitches pulling or something. My DH says I need to call the doctor office and tell them, so probably will. Anyway, keep us posted and hope you're feeling better soon.

I would suggest the CMA Festival in Nashville for all country music lovers. It's a reasonable costs for 4 day long music filled events that includes the 3 1/2 to 4 hour concerts nightly with all the big name artists. They hold the nightly concerts in the Tennessee Titans football stadium so you get a reserved seat and have the same seat every night. We've been sitting in the club level which has access to an air conditioned concession level that has TV monitors that you can watch the concert on if it happens to rain or if you're going to get a bite to eat. The cost this year and the last 2 years has been only $135 but next year for the Club level it has gone up to $155, but is still a great deal for everything that is included. If you want to sit on the ground level it is a bit more pricey but DH and I prefer to sit on the club level just in case it rains since this is a rain or shine event and we can go inside and see the show in the nice cool air conditioning. The daytime concerts are held at the Riverfront and also have other big name artists but you have to sit in the hot sun with no shade but these are also included in your ticket price. They also have a convention center where they bring different artists too where you can go and get autographs and pictures taken with the stars that is also included, however, some of them are now charging for a photograph. I didn't used to like country music until a few years ago and I just love coming to this, we now make it a yearly event.