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the leak must have come later. For like 6 months I would only have restriction after a fill then 3 days later nothing...I gained back like 14 pounds. Since surgery and seeing the doctor a week after had already lost 4 pounds. That's really cool have never met anyone that has the same date as me, our weights were almost the same...mine starting weight was 233.9/154.2now but I have been down to 144.

that sounds good...the mocha latta. I was using the Necter Protein powder the capaccino flavor and mixing it with coffee, ice, and creamer...i just have coffee burn out, and when that happens i stop drinking my protein all together. I buy the powder mm because it doesn't taste bad to me, but it's also cheaper.

i'm not using the light. Does it taste just as good. I love the regular it tastes so good

yesterday

b: 21 grams protein---muscle milk---rtd cookie's and cream

l: 2 leftover bbq baby back ribs

s: cheesy puffs...yeah I know...but oh so good

d: 34 grams protein--muscle milk---banana cream

I have a question...does anyone drink muscle milk and if so are you loosing weight with it? I only ask because my doctor's asst. thinks there's to much fat and stuff in it...i don't think so but just looking for hard evidance. Thanks everyone

I was banded January 18, 2007...and had port replacement surgery on July 6, 2009. I feel like I have gotten a second start on loosing weight. I say that because for like 6 months I didn't have any restriction except for like 3 days after a fill then nothing, Port was leaking. Now I have a question for someone anyone...I just switched Protein because I was needing a new flavor and stuff, so I'm liking muscle milk right now and the question is...Is anyone using and loosing with muscle milk?

you wanted to know if it's just you or has everyone had a rude person to deal with. Well to start my story I have always wanted a belly button ring but never did it when I was heavier. I just done it a couple of months ago. I posted something on this website about wanting a belly button ring, and had someone actually post...well if you are getting your belly button pierced you must not have been that heavy and probably didn't need lapband at all. I don't know who they were to judge, and yes not everyone starts out at the same weight, and I was heavy for my height and it was only getting worse. I'm proud of where I'm at and where I'm going because I know where I have come from, and that's why I did the belly button ring. Keep your head up, stay strong, and keep going...because no one can hold us back.

L-1/2 cup chicken noodle Soup

D-1/2 cup of homemade turkey chili

I can't remember the last time I have been able to eat so little...glad to see the new port is working

seeing that I just had my port replaced yesterday I'm still doing liquids till tomorrow.

Well had my port replaced this morning and got home about 2 hours after surgery. Everything went fine, he said he did think the port was leaking but he replaced it anyway...he couldn't find a leak. He also fixed the tubing because he was thinking that it was getting a crimp in it. Boy is my stomach sore. I can exercise starting tomorrow and drive then also. No heavy lifting or bending. He filled my band while I was in surgery.

I got my date for surgery for the port replacement it's this Monday July the 6th. I was wondering though from everyone who has had a replacement what kind of restrictions did you have after your replacement. I know my doctor was telling me that I would be like on clears for a day then full liquids, then normal food...just like when you get a fill. I was just wondering about exercising, lifting, driving, things like that.

b-southwestern scrambled eggs w/taco cheese

l-chocolate mocha Fiber One Bar

d-lettuce, sprouts, sweet peppers w/cheese and leftover turkey taco meat, and spicy ranch dressing

I just got my surgery date it's July 6th. That's when they are going to replace my port and fix my tubing. Yippie that means that I will be back onto the road to weight loss, I'm tried of gaining and watching the scale go into the wrong direction

b-protein shake

l-hummus and pita chips

d-3 1/2 ounces turkey meatloaf, 3 Tbsps. mashed potatoes, 2 Tbps. Corn

s-4 rectangels of graham crackers with strawberry cream cheese

the doctor said all he would have to do is cut me where the port is and that would be it, just that small cut once again...i also need to have my tubing shortened because when i lay flat you can see it under the skin it looks like a worm

I need to a new port. The port is self sealing, what that means is when they stick it to fill it, it should seal itself. If you have had a lot of fills that self sealing material stops working, and that's what causes it to leak. I have already put almost 20 pounds back on. That's because the haven't changed my port yet, they just keep waiting, can't decide. I'm working out trying to eat right, but it's so hard because I keep waiting for restriction to tell me to stop and I don't have that feeling.

some people have lost the majority of their weight and feel that they look great, better then what they looked like before surgery and feel good about what they have done, and want to have their belly button pierced. Some people here shouldn't be so judgemental about who they think should and shouldn't have lapband.

I was banded January 18, 2007. I have lost all but 30 or 40 pounds...it's different every other day. I go to the gym 3 to 5 times a week, and lately the only way i see the scale move is up. I hate seeing that so i hate going to the gym anymore. Have thought of hiring a trainer, can't really afford one though. I eat like a chow hound after i workout, don't know why...try to stop. Let's just say i eat less when i don't workout. Then when the doctor goes though my food journal he tells me that i haven't been eating enough. Pleaded with him to fill me the last couple of months...the first month it was your not eating enough, last month not doing it because you lost weight...i lost weight because i had the stomach bug that was going around, so all the weight that i lost due to the bug is back and it brought relatives.lol. Someone just slap me and call me done.

Has anyone ever had to have their tubing or band replaced? I was banded on January 18, 2007.... and when I got filled a couple of weeks ago, they couldn't seem to get all the Fluid out to put all the fluid back in. So when I seen the doctor this week, there was nothing in my band, even though two weeks before they put in 3.2. I have to go back this coming week to see if the same thing has happened again. That is when the doctor told me that he thinks that there is something wrong with the tubing to the band from the port.

you weren't a supermodel then, but maybe that's all he could get, maybe he's nothing to look at. He's scared though because he can see in his minds eye that one day you are going to be a supermodel, and that you may dump him for someone else that treats you better and may be better on the eyes. I believe that you don't need him around right now because you only need good support, and love. He needs to understand that.

i was banded Jan.18, 2007. I still see those weight lose ads on tv and think maybe i should try that, not that i have since surgery.

Thanks for making me take a look at my ticker.:biggrin2: I just feel like i could loose more then i loose a month.

I told the same story to my mother and father in law. I felt it wasn't any of their business, they don't care for me anyway. I finally told though. Now my mother in law is wanting to know everything about the surgery. You will tell the people that you want to know, and for those you don't tell right away you will tell them when you are ready.:thumbdown:

Looking at everything everyone else eats makes me feel bad, because i eat alot almost as if i never had the surgery. I've had fills, and unfills, and refills. I have lately just felt hungry alot. I was told no breads, Peanut Butter, no carbs. I have followed all that, and still feel like i'm not loosing enough. Maybe just not as quickly as I would like, I guess. I have my really bad days though...baked chips...love them. Tring to add more fruits and vegetables.

have you ever gained inches? I did and can't understand how. Then when I was measured this month I lost alot of inches, but still having a hard time tring to figure out why i gained inches that one month. I like your rule for weight gain.

I'm a scale watcher, and I was liking the numbers that I was getting after the fill. I liked the numbers that I got this morning, it's tomrrow that scares me to death.