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I get a pain like that when I eat too fast or sip to fast it hurts right into my upper shoulder and into your back...you feel so many new things it is a bit scarey!!!! I saw my dietitan today and I am allowed mushies!!!! i am so excited yesterday i gotta say I was over soups I had cornflakes all mushed for brekky no probs I cant wait to have some potato havent had any 4 five weeks ohhhhhhhhhhhh and the big news I lost 5 pounds since banding 1 week so thats 24 pounds all up in 3 weeks i am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy!!! Hey gibson where are you have you been banded yet!! id love to hear how your going

I spoke to my nurse today and she was a lil suprised that I was still feeling discomfort. I guess im not too sore but pretty uncomf cant lie on my side, cant bend down without a struggle and i feel very tight in my upper tummy grrrrr I just wanna get my crap together and get going and I feel stuck does anyone else have this problem or felt this way

thanks heaps. I am feeling better each day just not as much better as i hoped lol im impatient!!!! I tried my side a bit this morning but still hurt goshhhhhhhh glad im inda normal. I guess the nurse has never had banding done herself..... I feel better this morning so thats good

hows everyone feeling today. Its a week since I was banded geeeeeeeeeeeeeees its gone fast. I actually got some sleep this morning so i feel a bit happier than yesterday. hopefully only a few more days on liquids n onto mushies yay no more furry teeth!!!!!

thanks so much everyone!!!

Yep Yep definately Toni, I had a reaction to the morphine n threw up a bit in hosp but went homethe next day. I am taking fluids well, not too hungry but just feel uncomfy when I stretch or bend and its annoying. I have to get back to work soon!!!! ohh im so glad to b on this forum and see others feeling like me and know its "normal" sometimes u just dont know if things are right!! Thanks heaps toni Ky

Hey gibson Im too sore to play today, but I am a great reader and as I become less sore I wil lbecome more annoying coz ill wanna play all the time lol I have how much to lose ummmmmm lol is it 250 somethingish hoping when i see the dietitan it will be under 250 pounds to lose. I am feeling quite upset n lonely today so u can chat to me alllllll u like gibson nice to meet u hun looking forward to sheding with u ohhhhhhhh and lily is a sweet heart toooo she has been lovely to me!!

I have got alot of discomfort and its worrying me I usually have a high pain threshold and I am a bit worried as to why on day 6 i still feel i guess not so much sore but uncomfy...im impatient and I wanna get myself together so its frustrating!! Did u have much discomfort?? It will be cool to have someone to follow through and share with!!!! nice to meet you Taylorsmum5

Hey guys n gals I am starting to feel hungry but I still fill up really quickly i gotta sip sip sip!!!!!! if I drink to fast i end up with indigestion. Syndy I felt the same as you the first few days...I didnt throw up but it was because I was taking too much on at a time. I then started to take almost an hour to finish my lil cup of soup and that has helped relieve a bit of the pain. You have lots a wind in there as well that may not be sitting right and might not be helping with the throwing up. Take it easy hun we are all here with ya!!! Hey lily I had my first caramel milk 2 mornings ago I felt like u did bring it on but ummmm I drank way to quick and paid for it alll day. I keep sipping soup even if im not hungry coz if i wait til im hungry i find i drink it to quick and wind up with really bad pains lol y do we do this to ourselves...I was behind the door when patience was given out Good luck hun Mpo4 gee your lucky to start on pureed stuff already I cant wait til I see my dietitan wednesday I am dying for mash potato n gravy lol Miss Bonnie how u going today girl!!!!!! I hope your doing well, bet ya cant wait for mushies to start im so over liquids but im trying so hard to be patient Im not hungry to much but pains in the belly you can call me lil puff n stuff coz i am full of wind too haha Take care everyone xoxoxox

hey chickie at the moment id love to be seasoned with a black forest cake i just saw on TV lol them days are wayyyyyyyyyy behind me now

hey john its about 2.2 pound to a kg sighssssss that makes it look like lots more I am currently at 411 pounds i wanna get to 154 and i have 257 pounds to lose ive lost 19 in the 2 weeks before banding so im on my way!!!!!! oh gee that's sooooooo much to lose

Heya Michelle over here we have 2 shakes one is called optifast and the other is sustegen my dietian said there was a like fruit juice substitute if I cant handle the shakes for some reason they go through me real bad... Im having a bad night here I feel like i got something stuck in my chest n i need a good burp but I cant funny has come 2 hours after soup so not sure wat ive done things can only go up from here well down in relation to our bodies lol hey lily good luck hun congrats on your band!!

Heya Katieann I had to lose weight too and I was scared I wouldnt do it. I couldnt take the Protein shakes they made me pretty sick so I went on a really high protein low carb diet.... day 3 was my hardest but by day 5 I didnt crave any carbs and i can tell ya I AM THE CARB QUEEN!!! I didnt feel hungry coz i grazed on food all day. If you want i can give u a list of al the things I ate. I didnt at first get y they want u on high protein so i investigated i feel so cleva lol first is that they want your liver to shrink as much as possible and when you eat carbs and protein together your liver works hard to process the carbs so it doesnt turn to fat where as protein turns to muscle...if you dont eat many carbs the liver can start working on the stores of fat (carbs) you already have in your system and the protein you eat goes straight to giving you energy!!! and omg it works lol but only in the short term i couldnt live a life without carbs but i swear now I will limit them coz I understand how my fatty lil body works lol good luck hun lilo im in brissie at the moment but I am hoppefully one day moving back to the gold coast originally i come from NSW thats where home will always be for me!!

I think its about sticking together to get through all this!! just think its 4 weeks then there are lots of "normal" foods we can have again. I know a lady who had been on the protein drink optifast here is Aus for 14 months. She was too scared to go off it in case her operation date suddenly popped up!!! now that is guts and determination. I think this is ok for me coz for the last 2 weeks before surgery I was on a very restricted diet and lost 10kg. I have got hunger pains this morning a lil so I am on here talking to all you lovely ladies in a bid to forget bout them lol. I am able to sip more today and drink more in today about 1/2 cup in about 5 mins so thats great. Bonnie im sorry to hear bout your mum....I learnt young not to take mum for granted after losing my dad I am very very lucky to have her in my life...If i could come over there id cook u some soup myself. Michelle hun my hubby as much as I know his heart is in the right place is sending me insane I wanna slap him, he has gone out for a while and i took the biggest sigh lol hes not in the best mood n to b honest neither am i, Im tired coz i havent slept well since being banded, I watched him sit down with a huge steak last night grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I had my mmm yummy soup now im sick of em!!! Toast cooking in the morning is doin my head in BUT then I think to myself go girl 4 weeks n the world is your oyster lots of yummy healthy things i can still eat n lose weight with the help of my new on board friend!!! Hey bigmarathoner stick with us n we will get through i cant wait to hear from u guys when u have your first weigh in and just think there will and i promise will b a day when u go geeeeeeeee i cant have soup anymore its a dead calorie coz it goes straight through my band........and then we will do the rejoice no more liquids dance hehe keep strong girls my hearts with yas all!!! cactussteve all i can say is U ROCK maaaaaaaan to be able to drive I wish lol I do have a high pain thresh hold....well i used too haha

Hey sunwyse where in brissie are you and who are u getting banded by... I dont think ill ever see myself in a bikini but a lovely one piece where no one stares im just another chick at the beach will be sooooooooo cooool. One day ill fly without an extension belt, when they carry it from one end of the plane to the other and they seem to talk to loud i just cringe...I was never a flyer i was scared stiff of heights...I love the heights I just cant wait to take my lil man up in a plane and not worry bout how big I am!!!!

Hey everyone. My name is Kylie Im from QLD australia I had 277 pounds to lose to get to my goal. I have lost 19 pre op so now I only have 258 pounds. It sounds like such a massive amount to lose but now I have my band I know at least I will go down slowly but surely and not yo yo all the time. I have lost probably 200 pounds in my life time of dieting and then put more than that back on Im looking for support especially when the days seem long and the weeks are even longer unless you have been here you cant totally understand the feelings of shame, the thoughts of breaking chairs, not fitting in chairs or cars, not being able to fit through turnstiles at shopping centres and the million other things at this weight you need to be so concious off. I am looking forward to the day when unconciously I can walk into a place and not think geeee can I fit here.....It will make fitting into this world so much easier

I think sometimes in our journeys we have been too alone and thats why we fail. With lots of support anything is possible, the right guidance, the right remarks and the right advice I wish you the very best of luck dont hesitate to contact me if u want a chat

thank you crazy4myk9 I have spent so long feeling like an ugly caterpiller and I knew inside was the butterfly just waiting to break out and fly free. The thoughts of not having to think before going places -can i fit in the chair -are the isles big enough -will i fit through the turnstile -how small is the toilet cubicle -will the seat belt do up in that car Life is about preparing for things but it will be nice to do things that others take for granted they can do everyday!!! Ky

Heya Tater I was banded on the 5th of feb. Im still in a lot of pain but I am still so happy to have the band!!! i lost 19 pounds in the 2 weeks pre op diet YAY its a huge decision but so well worth it good luck hun heres to lots a weight loss

Hey yellowrose I ate like there was no tomorrow after I first went and saw my surgeon. I knew that my life was going to change dramatically I already knew I was an emotional eater and I knew there was going to be a time where I had to stop and go ok if you keep going you are never going to show the surgeon you are serious about this!!! for 2 weeks before banding I think I did the best "diet " of my life. High protein, low carbs and stuck to it like glue except the last night before banding I had an hamburger and chips coz I knew I could never just go order that again......I used to even play games with myself lets see how fat the fat girl can get, sad thing is I was piliing on the weight and not even noticing properly, I was looking through myself rather than at myself. This was my last chance at losing and keeping it off. Yep ive lost 50kgs at one time but life in general and bad habits and a body that was destined to be over weight from birth made me see that this was my chance at healthiness, contentness and an ability to finally control myself and my habits!!! I was banded on the 5th of feb it was the biggest and best decision I have ever made and now my kids will have a mummy who can run and jump and play with them Good luck in whatever decision you make hun Ky

ooooooooooo awesome to see some more aussie gals n hopefully guys here thisledo im doin it tough too compared to some people who I have spoken to guess thats what god gives us :thumbup: we will all get there in the end no matter how it started Hi she smiles awesome weight loss congrats!!!!!!! looking forward to talking to u all on here Ky

Hey nat I am a disability support worker...I was having a hell of a time when I had to go on optifast pre op. In the end I couldnt do it coz It was making me sick and making me go to the loo which was not good when I was out with younger children!!!! My dietitan put me on a high protein very low carb diet. first three days were hardest but I could eat non stop. I was still aloud cheese n meats n salads n all veg except for potato. If I wanted bread I bought mountain bread and there is also a high protein low carb bread you can get from one of the natural shoppy things lol I also lived on the JOLS lollies n Jelly (I have a massive sweet tooth) after 4 days I didnt feel hungry or headachy and I coped really well at work suprisingly If you can try start so that your second n third day arnt at work that would be best Day three was my killer!! I lost 10kg in 2 weeks doing this before my banding YAY!! Good luck hun

Good luck girls Waiting I think for me was the hardest although I did only have to wait three months from the time I saw the surgeon to being banded. BUT it comes n hits u on the butt so fast and ur packing ur slippers for hospital thinking this was only a dream yesterday!!! Where is aust are you both. I know im just new to this but if i can help or you got any questions fire them away.....I didnt have very much support at first and its nice to talk to others who understand where youve been where u have stood still and now where you are going to and thats doooooooowwwwwwwwwwwn for us gals hehee Heya Lilo We are friendly me espesh atm coz im on a liquid diet therefore cant bite hehehe!!!! hope to talk to u more soon Lilo I send ya lots a hey mates from a sunny Aussie house Ky

Hi Bonniep I am lucky coz I have gone straight onto full fluids although today is the first day I really feel like them. My mum made me some chicken soup, beef soup and a potato soup. I have had the potato soup once and its divine they are all very very thin. I was told I could have chicken noodle soup without the noodles and also vegie soup without the vegies. My mind is sending me stir crazy today hubby cooked hot chips for the kids all i can think off is mmmmmmmmmmmmmm fat!!! some of the people I know have made up ice blocks and they get to bite the ice which helps your mind think ur eating not just drinking. Just keep thinking of how much settled your pouch is gunna be from not giving in!! I saw one lady on another web site on day 5 hada fillet of fish im like WHAT whay go through all this too then stretch the pouch then its useless!! Hold on to me bonnie ill sip with u girl!!! good luck Hey Michelle I hear you!!!! I think my pain has come rom not sipping slow enough I wanna huge big belch lol Its hard when your used to running a house hold and now ur rendered useless til u can bend again(i cant bend to save my life it hurts wayyyyyyyy to much) When m active i dont think of eating as much man this could send ya insane!!! Goodluck Michelle im here if u wanna chat its good to go through it with other people coz they really know how u feel Ky

Hi everyone I was banded on the 5th of Feb I have so much restriction I am rarely hungry/thirsty. I am on fluids for 2 weeks then mushies I can basically have anything that can fit up a maccas straw. Lucky my mum is a great cook n i ave lots of variety or id be going stir crazy good luck everyone else doing the liquid phase its hard!!!