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Erink, Congratulations on the carb breakthrough!!! It's a great thing. I shudder when I think how many carbs I used to consume. I now consider myself to be much more normal.

Have they rescheduled you for Wednesday? Did they give a reason why the surgeon couldn't fit you in? That has to be extremely frustrating! I know I wouldn't be happy at all and would be demanding some answers especially when it is inconveniencing my entire family. Hope things work out okay for you.

It's been over two months and you aren't on regular food yet????????????? Holy smoke!!!! I was able to eat real food after three weeks! I usually don't advise going against doctor's advice but two months is just silly. Eat some real food especially Protein. It will help with the hunger.

I was put on low carb three weeks before surgery. Lost 20 lbs pre-op! My doctor also requires clear liquids two days before surgery. Sounds like you have a good plan. Stick to it. It is important to shrink your liver prior to surgery to reduce the risk of complications. Good luck!!!!!!!

Cindy, I've lost most of mine watching my carb intake. That is what my doctor prescribes while you are trying to lose the weight both pre and post band. He requires no more than 30 gms of carbs a day excluding green leafy vegetables.

Sharon, you should definitely feel some restriction. How long it will last is another story. It seems that everyone is different. I can already tell that I'm able to eat more than I did right after my fill and it hasn't even been a week yet. We will get there though!

Angie, I'm right with you about the restaurants. We eat out all the time! Things are going to get interesting now though as my husband is starting a new job tomorrow after being unemployed for over a year. I was laid off back in August and am still looking so we have been living a life of leisure for a while now. It will be interesting to see how we adjust to having a schedule! LOL

Becca, I don't think it was the butter. I eat butter all the time (margarine has carbs). It sounds like you behaved yourself really well so I know it has to be frustrating. Don't worry, it will go back down and then some. You just can't tell sometimes why the scale moves the way it does. You could be retaining water for one reason or another. Just keep on track and it will happen. (I'm proud of you for not resorting to the ice cream)

Oh I can empathize completely. We do a lot of riding on the weekend and we aren't on any schedule so we grab food when and where we can. Weekends are definitely the hardest. Add to that the fact that my kids and I went down to Lakeland this weekend for my ex husband's annual St. Patrick's Day party. This year was a small party and included was 5 corned beef briskets 1 whole 60 lb pig two huge shepherd's pies cabbage and potatoes soda bread plus everything that other people bought which included numerous Desserts I did very good though. I had some corned beef and some pork and some shepherd's pie. Didn't do so hot in the alcohol dept although the drinks I made were mixed with sugar free tropicana orangeade LOL I think the worst thing I did over the weekend was have some thin crust pizza extremely late on Friday night after we got into the hotel. But we were hungry and there weren't very many places open at 11:00 on Friday night that were healthy. We will see how much damage I did in the morning when I weigh in.

Angie that is fantastic!!!! I'm finding myself eager for my next blood work to see how my cholesterol is! LOL

Hi Eddie! I'm St. Johns County too! Near the corner of US 1 and 210. Nice to meet you!

Well shoot, I was hoping that there would be one day that was left open where everyone would be able to meet. Looks like we may need to just mix it up a bit and meet on various nights of the week.

Gibson, you're so funny!!! Glad you found yourself a treat!!! I've been big on Atkins vanilla shakes, with two packets of splenda and some vanilla extract. Tastes almost exactly like a vanilla shake. Now I have to work on freezing it! LOL

Sounds like a goal to me!!!!! I'm gonna have to think about that too! Plastic surgery may be my reward! LOL

You know they finally made amenda don't you? LOL I forget what the original feud was about though. Now I'm going to have to Wikipedia it or something!

DANG!! We sure have got a bunch of LOSERS around here!!!!!!!!!! LOL Keep going strong drkel!!

Ouch!! Well that'll learn ya!!!! LOL

Great job Malisa!!!!!!!! You're doing wonderful!!! Keep it up!!!

It's a conspiracy! LOL

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it's going to be a memorable one!!!

Yeah the hug icon is a little odd. LOL To be honest? I don't know if I would wait until April. If it were me I'd be making an appt and asking him why you paid all this money to have an unfilled band inside you. The band won't work if it isn't filled (usually, there are some rare instances where someone can lose weight will no fills but they are few and far between) If you are hungry, if you are eating too much, then I would be demanding (not begging for) a fill. Just to show you have different doctor's are. Mine won't give you a fill if you aren't losing weight! Which doesn't make sense to me either. Doctor's should base their decisions on whether their patients are hungry and how much they are able to eat. Like you, some people are losing weight by shear willpower, but that's not why we got the band. We got it because we need help to lose weight.

So did you have the three smoke WHILE you were walking the twenty miles????? LOLOL

Oh Gibson, that's terrible!!!! Basically that gives you carte blanche to go pig out just so you can get a fill. That's not right. I just want to give you a big hug.

Sounds great candle!!! That's a big fill!! Work that band!

I love it cause I feel like we have our own little niche here where we can mope, complain, celebrate, or just shoot the crap for a while. There are a lot of February bandsters though. More should be posting!!!!!!! (sorry Gibson!) Hurry up and read!