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Hey Cindy, congrats! how did you find this thread? its almost a year old. i had my band for almost a year now and dropped about 50 lbs which is 1/2 the weight i wanted to lose. 50 more and i am at 170 which is my goal. good luck!!!

last night i overate and today i can not get food down and barely liquids. i am not sure if it is swelling or slippage but if anyone has had this happen please let me know

daily intake since last fill wake up at 11am 11am - coffee and Water till 12 12pm - Protein shake with extra Calcium 1-4pm - water 4pm - one or two bites of a fruit, veggie, or meat. 5-7pm - still feel full but able to drink some water 7pm - dinner - a few tiny bites of chicken or maybe 2-3 bites of salad or a bite of each which is what i have been doing. 8-11pm water 11pm - 2 bites of something that looks good(sometime fro-yo which i can still only have 2 bites of even though its ice cream) but mostly healthy stuff. rest of night i drink water. i prob total 50oz of water daily it has been a week since my fill. i am going to give it a few more days and hopefully i open up a tiny bit. i also forgot to mention i take a mens oneaday. i am not fatigued. i have energy to do my exercises everyday. i am tired when i am done but i think i should be. any thoughts or ideas on any part of my day i would really love to hear. thanks everyone Jeff

i am going to also post this in the food and nutrition forum(just realized there is a forum for this) any mod can also move this to the other forum. replies still very appreciative in this forum. thanks again

daily intake since last fill wake up at 11am 11am - coffee and water till 12 12pm - protein shake with extra calcium 1-4pm - water 4pm - one or two bites of a fruit, veggie, or meat. 5-7pm - still feel full but able to drink some water 7pm - dinner - a few tiny bites of chicken or maybe 2-3 bites of salad or a bite of each which is what i have been doing. 8-11pm water 11pm - 2 bites of something that looks good(sometime fro-yo which i can still only have 2 bites of even though its ice cream) but mostly healthy stuff. rest of night i drink water. i prob total 50oz of water daily it has been a week since my fill. i am going to give it a few more days and hopefully i open up a tiny bit. i also forgot to mention i take a mens oneaday. i am not fatigued. i have energy to do my exercises everyday. any thoughts or ideas on any part of my day i would really love to hear. thanks everyone Jeff

i wish i was in your position. i am ok in the morning but by dinner i am hungry. consider yourself lucky. good luck with your band and diet

awesome! i called the doc and i am set for the 31st

when i got my fill the doc said normal is 2 months but i didn't know at the time what the restriction would be like. i guess i should just call. thanks for the speedy replies

how long after the first fill can i get my second fill? the first fill did absolutely nothing for me and would love to have some restriction. my first fill was 3cc

wow are you not kidding...its hitting me hard right now

its edy's choc fudge. its so good there has to be something wrong with it. thats why i am here asking about it

fat free no sugar added ice cream?

thanks jack i am worried 6oz is too much. one reason i drank that much was because i have not been getting enough Protein in. this morning was the first time i felt ok drinking it so i finished it. i am full still though. a question about pbing. does it just happen or do you make it happen?

i am not even one week out and just had my protein drink for breakfast. i was able to drink 6oz over about 20 minutes. is this a big problem?

thanks so much for responding. this is great. i don't even care if it tastes bad, 3 oz is cake. i ordered 2 different products freshstartprotein.com and "ids liquid protein". the freshstart ones have 42 grams of protein and i think i got the ids ones with 48 grams. i got the ids ones from amazon.

i just tried some choc protein powder mixed in with sugar free choc pudding. it is tolerable. i am still experimenting, this is the first thing i can handle.

i was banded tues the 10th

is this Protein deficiency? i find it almost to get the recommended amount of protein in. i almost get none. i have yet to find a Protein Drink i like. even if i did, i can not drink enough to get the recommended amount of protein. i am full all day and barely drink anything

i am def feeling better and better. one thing for sure is that i get exhausted really easily. just walking up 2 flights of stairs gets me winded. is anyone else having trouble getting all the Protein in? i am so limited on the amount i can drink and the Protein drinks are so tough to sip on.

i was banded on the 10th. every time i stand up i feel like i am about to burp but nothing happens. not really any gas coming out the other end either. did you all go through this? surprisingly, sucking on ice pops brings real real tiny burps up. should i continue this?

thats what i needed to hear. i just got back from a walk and do feel a little better. i am slowly getting my Water in. thanks

having a real hard time getting in the Protein and fluids. any advice? i feel full and don't want to drink anything. the Doc gave me codeine with acetaminophen and it doesn't help with any pain. i am thinking it might be disagreeing with my stomach so i am going to lay off it for a while. is this common?

hey all tomorrow is my day as well. Good luck! are you both drinking shakes today or just Clear liquids?

for me the whole process took 3 months to the date. on my first visit to the docs we scheduled the surgery and he gave me a bunch of referrals to other docs to start getting tests done. i did most of my tests within the first month but i had one mix up. originally i was told i didn't need a stress test but ended up needing one. before i even did the stress test i was OKed by my insurance company. i did not have to do any paperwork myself, the docs office took care of all that. they have a very good success rate of approvals so they knew exactly what needed to be done. i am having surgery in 2 days which will be 3 months from the original appointment i hope that helps. feel free to ask any other questions

Mac the more reading i do the more i see how not only is every surgeon different, but i guess age, weight, bmi, gender, maybe even ethnicity play a role. i am still going to play it safe and do Clear Liquids and Protein Shakes or the next 48 hours