mstrina27

u are so welcome.. I have found out that about 75% of people dont excercise right away... but i am not the average person....lol... I want this crap off so i commend u on doing what u gotta do....

I waited about 3-weeks before i started working out again. I started on the elliptical trainer about 30-minutes 4-days a week because i could feel my port and it was still really sore at that point... My Dr. told me to wait a few months to start ab excercises and i am going to start them tomorrow.. but i would say yes just start out with 20-30-minutes.... and u should be fine.. but u know when u workout it takes u longer to loose weight because your fat is turning into muscle and we all know muscle weighs more... but eventually the weight will start to drop off...

LMAO.... u know i was thinking the same thing before i was banded but they tell u no lotion, oil, perfume, nail polish, make up, contacts, rings, earrings, neck chains, so like proactive that would be ok because i wear that.. and I wore lipgloss.... now I am a natural beauty....lol... and when i woke up got dressed and was ready to go home they were like u look like u just came from the spa.... u know i was like holla....... lol... I wore my shades and it was a wrap. Now of course i had my hair done... but when u get out of there in all of that freekin pain the last thing u are going to be thinking about is lipstick....lol.. just kidding about all of that pain part...lol....

lol.. i only read the main post, but im sure others have said what i will say... or prehaps not... u will have day's like that. I will tell u as long as u didn't eat a pound or 1/2 pound of m&m u are fine. Drink some milk of magnesia and it will push everything out of u. some days u will have cravings and what i do is to get chocolate kisses and eat a few. That normally does it for me. but i am a huge snacker, chips and crap and it is definately mind over matter.. something that i am struggling with right now. The band will allow u to eat that crap so u just have to be strong and know that the prize is u loosing weight and getting to your goal..... I have been banded for a little over 2mths and my brain is thinking 6 or so.. and i have to remind myself that I am doing damn good for being 2 1/2 mths out.... U can do it... just take one day at a time...

How many cc's did u have in your band and how many cc's can your band hold... and thanks for the info....

u know my fills are free for life....... they were included in the cost of everything...

that is the question i asked my Dr. as when should i get to that 'sweet spot' and he said at prob. 8 to 8.5 cc's and i now have 6cc's i just got a fill on thursday and i can tell that i have a restriction, but it is not like i want it to be... so i go back in 4-weeks to get another fill so hopefully i can get 1.5cc's then but depending on how much

i would go to the emergency room just so they could seal it back up and make sure there is no infection.. normally if it is not hot... red like they said there should be no infection, but puss coming out...hmmmm i would go to the e.r. i know no one wants to sit in the e.r. on a saturday but your life is more important

I am so understanding your pain.... I went today and got my second fill... my band came with a fill of 3cc's in it the 1stone i got was 2cc's and the one i got today was 1cc... Now I am still at the same weight i was the last time i went in and i know it looks like i am not trying but i am... this crap is so crazy becasue they look at u like yeah ok...... but i asked my Dr. how many fills do people normally get and he said when people get around 7 or 8 they are good and that will last

Wow u know how they say cheaper to keep her... well in this case he thinks it better to keep u nice and round... see he knows that once u start to loosing weight u are going to be noticed more... I was married about 6-yrs ago and he was fat and lazy and made me that way... i gained hella weight.. but when i made up my mind to loose the weight he was like well why now.. who is that.. and why do u have to wear that... we wound up getting divorced because of other issues but he has to find acceptance within just like i said... Just like the other post said DO U.... U already took the step to love u and to put u first... if he really wanted to help he would have started working out with u long before now... but what u tell him is baby we can still workout about a month or so after the sugery...lol... how about that..... :thumbup:... Keep me posted on how everything goes tomorrow... I go to get my 2nd fill today...

My Dr. told me sometimes it takes a few weeks for the restriction to start... and at times it will be tighter and then u will feel ok.... I would think u are fine... U don't need an unfill.. I have 5cc's in my band now and the same thing happened to me. I go tomorrow...:biggrin2: to get another fill and i can't wait because i can definately eat more now than i could a few weeks ago.... or just give your Dr's office a call..

Hey K, Well before i got the lap band i was on the same thing.... but mine was the brand name Adipex-p and it does wonders for controlling your hunger.. my only thing is, is that i have been on it too long and it dosent work for me anymore...:ohmy:... But to answer the question from 2 of the other post the reason u are not loosing weight anymore is because as i think u know u are not eating enough.. your body is use to only tetting that amt. of calories and u are basically at a platu... now i can give tips on how to break the platu... but the band will help u get fuller faster... just say u will only be able to eat 1/2 of a cup cake...lol... when u have a restriction you will not be able to finish a meal at all... i would eat because i was always hungry but now i am rarely ever hungry but know i need to eat to keep my metabolism reved up... so i just stick with the small meals.. every few hours... but it has worked wonders for me... and i go on thursday to get another fill so as of then i will weigh in...:blushing:.. but if u have any questions for me.. shoot away....

wow...i hope everything turns out ok... I play ruff with my 4yr old and he almost stepped in my stomach but i caught him and lifted him up really quick and reminded him that he can't do that because he will hurt mommy... but a 2-year old... he was just trying to get away.... ouch.... plz keep me posted....

I agree... I would have had a snack... like a small bowl of rasin bran Cereal or something like that... How in the hell are u going to go to bed hungry then u will dream about food... i have done it and since I know how my body works.. it wont hurt... now depending on what u eat... like the above quote said it's not like u are going to eat a gallon of ice crean or anything... not sure if u had your snack but next time if u don't want to eat or snack so late plan to be in the bed by a certain time......and u wont be hungry because u will be sleeping...lol...

Hey MsHooper... U are going to feel bloated for a few weeks... the gas is bad as hell.... i didn't know it was going to be as bad as it was... it has to work its way out.. I popped gax-x chewables like skittles and it seemed like it didnt work at all but it finally worked itself out.. also if u are not taking any Fiber start because your bowels will have to get back to normal.. One thing i will say is that is why i only step on the scale once every other week and record my weight loss once a month because your weight will go up and or down depending on your bowel movements.. and Fluid intake.. so ignore that and just know this is the beginning of a new life for u.... Keep in touch..

Congrats... I was banded on a thursday and went back to work on a monday.... What I can say is that for me I think it was too soon.... It is doable but if i had to do it over againi would take at least a week or 2 off so i could start feeling normal again, but just make sure u stay hydrated because i was dehydrated when i went back to work I over came it all thank God!! But i was walking around at work asking people for gas-x and stuff...but u should be ok...just wear something that is going to be confortable around your stomach...

Hey Tonya, I was having the same exact issue.... but what i have started to do is to use the mask every 3-days and even sleep with it on my face not on my entire face but like on my forehead and my jawline also... i was getting pissed off because i am a fine azz chick...lol.. and how in the hell can I loose all of this weight and my face be jacked up..... and also i bought some baby wipes fragrance free so when my face gets oily i just take a wipe and clean my face thru out the say and this helps and does wonders for me... Girl that is all of the bad crap trying to get out of your body... thats like when u shave under your arms everything is nice and smooth but when the hair starts to grow back u may get a few bumps and they might hurt because the hair is trying to poke thru the skin and it aint strong enough to poke thru... that is just like your face.. the oil is trying to get out and u are prob. not cleaning your face enough... so get some wipes and let me know how this works... and I have highly sensitive skin so when the proactive worked for me i was truly happy... u will be ok.. keep me poste...:thumbup:

u know my Dr. never told me not to drink with my meals either... I learned that from being on here... They expect u to know everything but if they don't tell u or educate u how in the heck should u know.. but congrats on being banded and getting your first fill...

You know the way u feel is normal... I researched bypass...and the band for more than 5 years but was scared to do it... But I decided to just do it.... and I can tell u this is one decision i have not regreted as of right now... I stay fuller longer and can't eat as much as i would normally eat and sometimes it pisses me off...lol.. because i am so use to eating ALL of my food... like we all are... but I have 5cc's in my band thus far and I am scheduled to have another fill on this comming thursday so at that time i will be weighing in......:thumbup:...lol.. but one thing i can say is that I can see myself loosing inches from everywhere... Now I do workout also because I want the weight to come off faster, and I know I can do it because like u said u did it before... It is a tool and if u work it... It will give u great results in return.... August 15th will be 3mths and I will post some pictures then but I am in a size smaller clothing and things are going great... One thing i can say is people that have lost a lot of weight are not on here that often... and i couldnt figure out why but I find myself not being on here that much right now either... because of me working out and such... but I hope u are successful in whatever u choose to do.....

Hey there... I went to ThornWood I went to Julian for a hot minute then my fam. moved.. how about yourself?

U go girlll thats what im talking about.... This week i am going to be brave and get on the stair master... i hope i dont fall out....lol... but i can do an hour on the elliptical with no prob... the treadmill not a prob. there... the stair master...hmmmmm we will c....

Well I would definately suggest dropping the granola bars and get this kind of granola it is called barly naked and it is all natural.. they have some with cranberrys, some with bananna chips, peanuts, and so on.. it is really good and it comes in a bag so u can put some in a zip bag and just take it with u... U know nuts have the good fats to help u to loose weight... another thing i would recomend is that u eat more protien and less carbs...not saying to stop eating carbs but like for lunch have a cut up chicken breast and cut some cheddar cheese on top of it or what ever type of cheese u like... for lunch and for dinner eat the same or some type of meat and prehaps some green veggie w/cheese as well.. and every other day eat 1/2 or 1/4 cup of rice/patato with your meal and cut bread out all together... drink pleanty of Fluid flavor it with the crystal lite/whylers lite, or even the sugar free hawiann punch drink about 80 oz of Water at least... eat a small meal every other hour and the hour u dont eat within that hour drink at least 20oz of water then wait another hour and eat and continue that... Now if u are not working out u need to cut out 200-400 calories out of your daily intake because u are not burning enough off to eat 1200 calories a day... but if u start walking at least 30-minutes a day then the 1200 calories is fine... but if u cut your calories for 1-week about 400 calories then the next week kick it back up u will notice u will start loosing weight again....It seems like your body is use to getting the same thing and u need to shock it and it will suprise u....

Oh yes it will it is made by solgar and i buy mine from the vitiman shop, and u can get it from gnc.... It is so much better than metamucil or the other stuff because it has 500g per pill... and i take 4-right before i go to sleep and like clock work an hour after i get up it all comes out.... :biggrin::tt1: what a great feeling..... that helps with the bloating feeling i had as well...

What is your eating and your workouts like...

Of course walking will help to move the gas, but what also helped for me was a heating pad, and a vibrating massager for my back... baby i felt the gas rumbling up everytime i put the massager on my back.... that was a huge help....