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Janet and Phyllis you two crack me up! I have erased HOPE from my dictionary and will now be using WILL in place of it, lol. I also suffer from constipation so was glad to see the recommendations above. I'll have to try some of the Fiber bars, that might be good for a change. Today is my 5 week bandiversary and the first day that I have no restrictions on my menu, yippee!! Well, when I say no restriction, I still have to avoid/limit high fat foods and foods with high sugar content, but I'm ok with that. I feel like I'm officially on my way to a healthy life today since I can make a wider choice of foods. This will only be a couple of days worth of picking the newer foods though, since I get my first fill this Friday and then I have to go back to liquids for 24 hours and then back to softer, bland foods for 2-3 meals, but that's ok if I get some restriction back, I can handle this!!!

Lynn, Way to go for 2 lbs this week, that's great, keep up the good work. Janet & Denise, Congratulations on your making it to goal Denise, and Janet not far behind her. I can only hope that I do as well as you both have done. Great job!!

Hi Needtolose, I go in Friday for my first fill and I'm also nervous about it. Let me know if it hurt and how long it took to do it, I'm more nervous about them sticking me with the needle than anything..

Ghost, thank you for the invite to the group last nite, I enjoyed myself and I will be back next month. I'm sorry I didn't take the time to formerly introduce myself last nite, but I had to hurry home after the meeting. I'll take care of that next month, lol...

Hi Queen, I attended the support group last nite for the first time and I thought it was really good. I would say there were probably 15 people there, 3 or 4 of which have not been banded yet. Apparently, this group had stopped meeting about 14 months ago and just started meeting again 3 months ago, so last nite was the 3rd time they have met since starting up. We discussed our what we thought our goals would be 6 months from now and then just basically had question and answer session and everyone discussing their journeys along the way and the problems they might be experiencing now. The next meeting is May 12 and then another will be June 16. Dr. Hoehn/Hitchcock have their support group meeting this Thursday at 6:00 at SMMC - Human Resources area if you want to attend this one. I can't remember if you were against going to their group or not, but just letting you know it's coming up. The group there is quite a bit larger, probably 50-75 people but is still a good group in my opinion. Regardless, hope to meet you soon at one of the meetings.

Well, today was weigh day for me at home after putting my scale away for a week and I lost 3.6 lbs, yippee!! This brings my total since surgery of 14.8 lbs plus the 20 I lost pre-op for a grand total of 34.8 lbs gone!!! Guess I'll continue with the once a week weigh in and see how things go for awhile. This lost also put me under 250, which was another milestone for me. I haven't see 248 for a couple of years now!! Well, I survived at our dinner theater last nite. I ate a few bites of salad, a couple of ounces of chicken and fish, a couple of bites of mashed potato and a bite or two of pasta and 1 small baby carrot. Oh almost forgot, I also had 2 delicious bites of DH's chocolate cobbler for dessert, this is a chocolate brownie with a scoop of ice cream on top. I have to say this is the first time that I have cheated since surgery, but I kept telling myself that I wasn't really cheating since I only had a couple of bites and I considered this part of my changing lifestyle. (SMILE!!) Also thought my scale might have gone down a little more if it weren't for this dinner last nite, but I'm not going to get down or think about that since my scale went down in the right direction for the week, maybe it will be more next week, even though I can't complain with 3.6 lost for the week, at my age!!

Fenton, Congrats on your weightloss and book deal, keep up the good work. Well, this morning was weigh in day for me after I put my scale in hiding for a week and when I weighed I was down 3.6 lbs for the week. Woowhoo!!! That's 14.8 lbs since surgery plus 20 pre-op for a total lost of 34.8. I think the key to weightloss for me, must be staying off of the scale all week, lol. Well, I survived at our dinner theater last nite. I ate a few bites of salad, a couple of ounces of chicken and fish, a couple of bites of mashed potatoe and a bite or two of Pasta and 1 small baby carrot. Oh almost forgot, I also had 2 delicious bites of DH's chocolate cobbler for dessert, this is a chocolate brownie with a scoop of ice cream on top. I have to say this is the first time that I have cheated since surgery, but I kept telling myself that I wasn't really cheating since I only had a couple of bites and I considered this part of my changing lifestyle. (SMILE!!) Also thought my scale might have gone down a little more if it weren't for this dinner last nite, but I'm not going to get down or think about that since my scale went down in the right direction for the week, maybe it will be more next week, even though I can't complain with 3.6 lost for the week, at my age!!

Janet and ThinnerDenise, thanks for your replies about the salad. The dinner theater is tonite a couple of hours from now. Not sure if I'll venture into the salad or not, my tummy has been churning today and I've already had 4 Mylanta tablets today, so I'm going to need to be careful tonite. Anyway, I'll report tomorrow on how my experience went tonite plus I'll weigh myself in the morning for my weekly weighin to see how I did over the last week, so I don't want to blow anything tonite by overeating.

Hi Liza, I'm only 4 1/2 weeks out post op and I was told no heavy lifting over 10 lbs for the first 6 weeks, please be careful I'd hate to see your band slip or your port flip, don't forget this is the healing period. Congrats on your weight loss, that's fantastic!!

Hi Kerri, I was 1 month out yesterday as well and I'm still getting the achy feeling around my port area too. I notice it more when I'm up doing things around the house, it's more of a ache and not really a pain. Like you, I can feel my port when I put my hand over the achy area, at least the actual pain is finally gone. I think what we're experiencing is probably normal and you probably did exert yourself more than your body is used to, I'm sure you'll be ok.

Thanks Ghost, I'm planning on being there. I'm looking forward to it. See ya then!!

I haven't been online the last few days either, no excuses here, just been being lazy when I get home from work. I have been doing my treadmill 45 minutes every other day, so that's a good thing. I've also managed to stay off of the scale since last Monday so I hope it shows a downward sign Monday morning. Going to dinner theater tomorrow night, first time since surgery. We have season tickets and go 5 times a year, this will be interesting to see what I can find to eat off of the gourmet buffet. I figure they will have garlic mashed potatoes and some kind of chicken and a vegetable, so I should be ok. They also serve a salad before the buffet which I absolutely love, but my dietician's guidelines say lettuce is best tolerated after 6 months, so not sure if I should eat any of it or not. I haven't had any problems so far getting anything else down, but I'd hate to have a PB at the theater. Has anyone whose only out 4 weeks eaten a salad yet? Did you have any problems?

Scrappy, congratulations on your 5 lb weightloss that is quite an achievement. I've been waiting to weigh myself on Monday and keeping off of the scale this week so I'll let you know what it says when I weigh Monday. Hopefully, it's going down in the right direction. Tomorrow night DH and I are going to the dinner Theater for which we have season tickets. This will be the first show since surgery, so I'll have to pick and choose what I eat off of the buffet. I'm going to try my best to stick with as healthy as I can get food of this gourmet type buffet. It will be interesting to say the least!!

Congrats on the grandbaby. I have to say that I'm a grandma to my step-daughter's little girl who is now 3 years old and I love it. The only thing better that could happen would be for my son and his wife of 6 years to have one of their own, but regardless I love em all to death. Enjoy being a grandmother, it's awesome!!

Kerri & Rugman, thank you guys for the input into the amount of carbs you are trying to stay under. I did the low carb diet many many years ago and thought 30 was the magic number, but I wasn't sure. I know that I am getting more than 30 carbs a day now. I'm going to try and be more conscious of the carb figure now too and see what that does for me. Also, Kerri congrats on your weight loss, that is so awesome!! I've finally gotten myself somewhat motivated to using my treadmill at least 45 minutes every other day, so the extra activity should help make my scale inch down some hopefully. My clothes are beginning to feel really loose and that's also making me feel really good about the way things are going. I'm going to get in my closet this weekend and see if I can get into any of my smaller clothes.

Fenton, I've been watching that series too and trying to follow his 4 Golden Rules. I truly believe that is the secret to being thin and I'm trying to incorporate it into my band lifestyle, as well. I'm also trying to get DH to follow those rules, but it just seems to go in one ear and out the other. :rolleyes2:

My scale has been stuck the past couple of weeks also, but I did manage to lose 2.8 lbs last week for a total loss since surgery 11.2 lbs plus 20 pre-op for a grand total of 31.2 lbs so I'm happy. I decided Monday when I weighed not to weight again for a week (hope I can make it that long) and hope the scale moves then. I've been hungry a lot more the last few days more so than I have been. I'm not due for a fill til 4/25 and I'm ready. For people who are watching their carbs, how many carbs are you trying to stay at during the day. Mine vary and I really don't know what my target carb rate should be. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My calorie content is still averaging 500-700 calories a day and I'm on second stage of mushies where I can eat chicken, beef, pork, Peanut Butter, etc.

Texgirl, don't beat yourself up over your slip up this past weekend, today is a new day, just make better choices today!! Remember this is a lifestyle change and we will have "slip up's" once in a while.

Blyn, I wasl also banded on March 19. I find it hard to get all my liquids down during the day also, and what I have to do is start drinking when I first get up and I only stop 30 minutes before I eat, during, and 1 hour after, then start drinking again. If I don't do this I don't get all my liquids in either. I am managing to get in between 50-64 ounces daily depending on when I get started and when I finish at nite. Are you drinking more than this and if so, are you chugging your drinks instead of sipping? If so, this might be why you're puking. Try slowing down and not to drink more than 8 oz per hour, this is about 2 oz per 15 minutes, this is what my dietician has told me. If you are already doing this and still puking, I would suggest calling your surgeon because if you are puking very often you can risk having your band slip. Keep me posted and hope things get better for you.

Diva, thanks for the Happy Dance, I need all the encouragement I can get. That awful scale is going to get the best of me, if I can't keep myself off of it all the time. Beginning tomorrow, I'm going to try to wean myself into weighing just twice a week, in preparation for weighing just once a week which I think will be better for me in the long run. I just can't bring myself to doing it just once a week yet, that darn scale!! Hopefully, when I weigh tomorrow, I won't have gained that 1.2 lbs back again!! :biggrin: Fenton, your steak dinner sounded wonderful. As for me, tonite I'm going to enjoy a bowl of chicken chili that I made a month or so back before surgery that was quick and easy to make in the crockpot. I got the recipe off of this website and it's full of Protein and was very tasty. I'm looking forward to it. If anyone wants the recipe let me know and I'll post it here. Harley glad to hear your scale finally moved, congratulations. I think you're the one who made mention the other day about everyone being stuck on this darn plateau, I'm hoping I'm over that hump now and hope to see the scale moving downward again too. Enjoy your walk, sounds like a good day for it. For me however, it's cold here today, so I'll opt for the treadmill. :tongue:

Bill's wife, Wendy's chili, yum yum, I hadn't thought of that, but I would say it's ok for the mushy stage, as long as you've been cleared for beef and chew, chew, chew. That gives me another menu item, thanks for asking about that, lol.

My scale finally moved today for the first time in a week and a half, down another 1.2 lbs, woohoo. I've upped my exercise and been using the treadmill at least every other day now and going for 45 minutes each round plus I started, what I'm calling real food a couple of days ago, so now I'm enjoying chicken, beef, pork and a few other things. I'm still trying to keep my portions to no more than 4-5 oz of food and I am finding myself getting hungrier but with all of my Water in between food I'm doing ok. Good thing, since my first fill is still 2 weeks away. Keep up the good work everyone, we can do this!!

Egors girl, I'm glad everything went well, welcome to bandland!! Lynn, I agree with Denise, your posts are awfully tiny and my old eyes aren't as good as they used to be, you might change your font to make it a bit larger for all of us with bad eyes, lol. My scale finally moved downward for the first time in a week and half, I'm down another 1.2 lbs this morning, woohoo!!!

Queen, yes, I had to 3 pre-op visits to the psychologist and now have to go once a month just to keep on track with things. I'm newly banded on March 19 and it really isn't too bad. Hang in there, you one step closer to banding! :sad_smile:

I was just banded March 19 and I was sleeping on my side. It didn't seem to hurt anything, however, on about day 9 or 10 I began to feel like some pulling inside so I called my surgeon's office and was told to try and not lie on my stomach, so I have tried to avoid lying on my side too just in case I was lying on my stomach some at the same time and the pulling sensation went away a few days later. As far as your cough goes, I had that too for about a week after coming home and I finally called the surgeon's office and asked about that too, they told me that I needed to call my regular doctor and tell them about the cough and to let them know I had lapband just done to get something for your cough. The nurse at the surgeon's office said it could dislodge your port. I think mine is ok and your's probably is too, but just letting you know what I was told. I'd call your doctor.