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:thumbs_up:Thanks so much to both of you, yes i just need to jump back into it and stop making excuses (cause that's what they are) it's just that i don't live alone like i did when i first initially got the band so it made it easier to cook for only me now i have a family, my boyfriend and our baby.... but i can't get to my right filling spot, I hate throwing up:ohmy: but people are still telling me i'm losing weight i don't know how but i can kinda tell in my clothes,:sad: i think i'm losing inches if anything nothing else. However I do need to start exercising again, i don't at all but working a full time job and a baby full time where do i find the time:confused:.... Again thanks for the advice and it really does help to come on here and know i'm not the only one going through this... i went by the book when i first had my band cause like i said it was my first surgery but when i got unfil during my pregnancy that all went out the window.....:eek: lcain25 Thanks so much and Congrats on the baby and your weight lost, and becca77 hang in there i'm pulling for you and wish u luck like me !

Ok everyone it's been a long while since i have been on here and that's because i had a baby now 10 months ago, it was only 4 months after my band which was my first surgery that i ended up pregnant my baby is a blessing but now trying to do all the things i was doing before the baby like exercising, preparing my foods and eating right has went out of the door my band doctor said i need to have all the saline taken out to eat enough for the baby and me while i was pregnant, which after that i heard some woman didn't have to have that done so i don't know.... but it just seems like i can't get back on track i lost all my pregnancy weight so i was back where i left off but i just can't seem to eat correct or exercise like i was when i had more then enough time before my baby......Also it seems like i can't get to my proper fill without throwing up either cause i'm eating the wrong foods, not chewing enough, or just i'm too tight ! SO can someone please give me some advice ! I know my problems but i just can't seem to correct them HELP ME PLEASE !!!!:confused::thumbup::confused:

Hi I haven't been on in while and the reason is because i'm 6 1/2 months pregnant, I was banded last April 2006 and got pregnant in October 2006 I wasn't trying to but it happen. Well once I found out I was pregnant my band was released of all fluid and is still safely inside me with no problems, I was told u have to have all the fluids taken out so your baby can get enough nutrients while being pregnant, and after I have the baby I still have to wait a little while longer to be pumped back up with fluids if I plan on breast feeding so the baby is still getting all the nutirents she needs. Well I know u already saw everybody elses comments but I hope mines helps u out a little also, goodluck and go for it ! :clap2:

Ok guys I haven't been here in a while, but I had my band placed on 4/28/2006 the best day of my life and things were going pretty good, except for a few little bumps in the road if u go to my threads u will see what i'm talking about. Anyway not 6 months after having surgery i'm now 3 months pregnant of course I never thought I would be a mother but God had other plans for me, but I can't take it back now i'm going to have my baby and jump back on the bandwagon to losing again, meanwhile my doctor has released all the saline out of my band I have no food restriction which is not good I can eat whatever uurrggghhh !!!! :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: I just wanna know did this happen to anyone else if so what steps did u take with the band after having the baby and did u gain most of the weight u lost with band back during pregnancy ? Someone just some encouragement please !

Thank you all so much for your replies, I have read a lot of tips and I plan on putting them to use, and hopefully I will start to see results again ! Thanks again for your help !

:phanvan :phanvan :phanvan :phanvan :phanvan :phanvan :phanvan Hello everybody it's been a while since I been on here ! The reason I haven't been on much is because I have been working two jobs & I barely have time for myself, which has led me to this post ! I have not been losing weight and I have had my 3rd fill my Dr tells me after about 2 more I will lose again like I did in the beginning, I know I haven't been up to exercising as much because i'm so tired and I never have a day off & if I should get a day off I just want to be lazy & sleep:notagree and also having two jobs it lead to me to getting very UNHEALTHY high calorie food :hungry: on the go ! So I just need some advice for u guys or just some encouraging word please and, just what I can do to start losing again ! Because i'm starting to wonder why did I do this surgery at all if I can't do what i'm suppose too ! I hope I don't sound like i'm whining or complaining I just need some suggestions for on the go healthy foods for a busy person and exercise advice for me with a busy schedule ! :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

I go to pecan park's flea market most of the time, I haven't been in a while though .

susan4794 Wow I just looked and realized we were banded and fill on the same days how ironic is that ! Also we live very close to each other i'm in southeast ga but we have to go to jacksonville for the mall and the flea market and stuff like that wow !!

Nevermind Guys I figured it out thanks ! I have another question though and this is nothing to do with the fill sorry, but my signature weight lost counter, why is everybody elses dosen't have this big wide space following like I do, am I not suppose to put it on the signature thing ? Somebody please help me, i'm tired of my post looking like I have a long stories when it's a few words !

I had my first fill today, I was just like u all worked up also, I got the same amount of saline to 1.5 cc's and i'm not hungry either. I have another question though and this is nothing to do with the fill sorry, but my signature weight lost counter, why is everybody elses dosen't have this big wide space following like I do, am I not suppose to put it on the signature thing ? Somebody please help me, i'm tired of my post looking like I have a long stories when it's a few words !

Thank u and Tellymelly because it's hard to tell on yourself, and yep it was the same shirt I can't believe it sometimes myself.

Ok I don't know if you can tell in these pictures the weight lost but some body shots & some face shots of me before and now I can't really tell ! Ok I lied on the face shots I can tell but, not the body shots I look HORRIBLE on that first face shot just so ugly !! Has this group moved to another thread I know it was talk about starting another one !

Thank you all so much for your very informative information, this helps ALOT ! Thank YOU !!!

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Thank you all so much, all this really helps !

Ok i'm sorry i'm a little slow, what am I suppose to go to ?

OK i'll be right here waiting, and thank u so much for replying !

:help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: Hello everyone i'm two weeks out of surgery and I am really confused about what I can and cannot eat ! I understand that everybody doctors are different and everybody bodies are different ! But can I eat the sames food I use to eat before the lapband, of course I know I will not be able to consume as much and I should chew chew chew, but I don't know what to do please help me, I mean I want to lose weight and I know this a slow process and you want to learn how to eat healthier but I don't know this new food process is driving me insane please somebody !!!!!!! :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

My scars are doing great too, not as good as yours a couple of them are clear but the biggest one still has a scab and has lots of glue that i'm afraid to pull off, in fear that I will open my incision. And I have a couple of the little small ones that still have glue on them but the other ones look likes yours all clear no affections thank GOD !

Ok guys I use to be on phentermine before being banded I lost about 25 pounds gained it back and some, and I know all about the side effects. My question is can they help you lose more weight with the band ? Another reason I want to use them is to get rid of the thoughts in my head that makes me want to eat a cow, so to suppress my appetite too ! Has anyone try this with the band ?

Thank you, I may try this and see if it works for me ! :cry

:help: :help: :help: :help: ok i'm right along with all of you, my first fill is june 6 also and my scale isn't moving either, my doctor still has me on liquids and of course i'm still not getting my protien because I can't stand the taste of the different ones, but I am looking into the unjury.com (I think it is) to get that non flavor protien stuff to see how that does! Also I know i'm not drinking enough water in between, I feel like i'm going to over do it so I just keep forgetting to drink which i'm sure is not good. I really need help with this thing my doctor says if I call again complaining of hunger there going to advance me to the next levels of food, and I don't want that because i'm going to feel like I failed ! :cry The next level of food that they have laid out makes me feel like i'm on the atkins diet. I'm going to my primary doctor this thursday so I can get back on diet pills I hear that helps to curve the appetite now with even having the band !

We can name the new thread " Thr journey of the April Bandits" I don't know but that is what came to my head !

Ok thank you I will try and see if I can find one that I like, i'm so picky when it comes to eating !

Thanks for thinking of me Roberta and everyone else. It's me msheavensent (shelly) well like the other girls were saying, i was feeling extremely weak today, I know i'm not getting my protien like I should the shakes and the other flavor powder packs u mix with water are just horrible to me and it makes me more nauseated than what I was without them. SO I NEED HELP WITH THE PROTIENS. Next my nutrionist has me on liquids for 2 weeks that is the standard for the doctors office I go to we go to mushies on the 3-4 week. Other than that I guess everything it what I expected, I really hope I made the right decision. I have lost a few pounds at least that is what the scales says, but I will know for sure when I go to the doctor on thursday for my first post op visit. Well sitting up is hurting my laceration i'm going to take a happy pill and lie down for a while. Good luck and welcome home new bandits. With this support on here we all will do well ! Msheavensent: We were waiting to hear from you!!! Welcome home. You can battle that "food dragon". It's that head hunger that can kill you. Once you see those numbers going down on the scale, it will help you hold your course. Roberta