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the things i thought i would miss, i dont ...over the last 2 yrs i think i have re-introduced anything i had an ongoing craving for and learned if i could handle it. pizza used to be my fav food but now its just not worth the work to get full on 3 bites lol i would rather eat something that i can enjoy more of like salad

how did you find out there is a problem?

flinstone chewables + calcium :wub:

stuck to liquids most of the day and felt fine till i tried to go to bed and had heartburn so i got back up for a few hours..seems to have went away now, i hope it says gone

i feel the same way, seems that as soon as i have good restriction so i dont feel the need to eat the house, i end up getting sick and getting reflux from everything..i am hoping that being on liquids for a few days will allow the irritation to settle. i swear i am my worst enemy lol

I had a fill a few weeks ago and its a little tight but nothing i cant handle...i ate too much too fast yesterday, got sick and had heartburn so today i am having liquids to help ease and it has helped. tomorrow i will try mushies and see...getting back into exercising is hard

i was banded in may 2008, at 380 lbs, lost 100 lbs by october 2008, i have been at 280 lbs since and although im happy that i have kept it off, i am ready to jump start getting the next 100 lbs off but am struggling...i think i have forgot how so i came here in hope of getting my mojo back :thumbup:

i was banded in may 2008, at 380 lbs, lost 100 lbs by october 2008, i have been at 280 lbs since and although im happy that i have kept it off, i am ready to jump start getting the next 100 lbs off but am struggling...i think i have forgot how so i came here in hope of getting my mojo back

i was banded in may 2008, at 380 lbs, lost 100 lbs by october 2008, i have been at 280 lbs since and although im happy that i have kept it off, i am ready to jump start getting the next 100 lbs off but am struggling...i think i have forgot how so i came here in hope of getting my mojo back :thumbup:

I'm so glad you both decided to look into the surgery...It was so worth it to me, it has changed my life already...Im here for ya every step of the way bbf julie

1. you shouldnt lift your son or anything that is 25 lbs till you are at least a 2 weeks post op, your band is stitched in place and needs to heal..would hate for you to pull your stitches and have problems 2. your goal weight is totally up to you...i set mini goals so they seem more reachable but do whatever motivates you 3.the shoulder gas pain will go away the more you walk it out, i know for myself that pain was what i didnt like, i could deal with the sore stomach lol 4. i know the urge to drink fast is hard to resist but i wouldnt recommend it for a bit..i can do it now (5 weeks post-op) but all the swelling had to go down before my body would allow that to happen...if you drink too fast your body will let you know (it will feel like you have a big burp stuck in your chest lol) good luck jewel

swimming was one of the things listed on my 2-week post op sheet that i was cleared to do, definately great exercise :tongue2:

swimming and sexual activity were 2 things that were on my 2-week follow up info sheet i got from my dr....sexercise is great for weight loss lol

i am in the same boat with you...i was banded may 7th...lost 12lbs the first 2 weeks then slowed right now to only losing 5lbs over the last 3 weeks...its very frustrating and i even had a meltdown yesterday thinking that i could lose weight easier before i was banded lol but then i thought to myself that im sure my body is freaking out and think what in the would is this girl doing and trying to store every calorie i give it lol so i decided that if i just work on maintaining the same amount of calories each day that eventually my body will realize that its not getting anymore and start to use what it has stored lol....i also increased my calories from 1000 to 1400 a day to see if will help...i like to log my food in on www.thedailyplate.com and it tells me exactly what i have ate by calories, fat, sugar, protein, carbs, and fiber plus it tells me how many calories i should be eating in order to lose a certain amount of lbs per week...so hopefully my stress level with fighting with the scale will go down and i will start to lose weight again lol.....so although i dont have the magic answer for you, know that you are not alone there are alot of us out here that are in what we call bander hell and it will pass

my belly is my problem area too, every night when i sit down on the edge of my bed i make myself do 50 sit ups before i lay down to go to sleep and i have started to notice a difference i have lost 3 inches in my waist so far...i also try to do movements that involve stomach muscles if i dance to a song on the radio...its hard for us to tell at first because we look at ourselves everyday, mine seems to look like its having a melting affect lol with gravity pulling it down..im hope soon that it melts right off lol....

smoothies made with non fat yogurt and frozen fruit are always good, make sure you get some protein powder so that you can meet your protein goals (especially after surgery) there were many things i found i liked that i hadnt tried before i had to be on full liquids. cream of potato soup is good in the blender, also if you make a protein shake in the blender and then freeze it, it taste like ice cream....dont forget that pudding and jello are allowed on full liquids too. the bariatric center that i had my surgery at gave us a book with a bunch of full liquid recipes in it and that helped out more than anything..if you have a blender, then you are only limited to your imagination lol

My dr told me that the reason they dont want you to drink anything for 30 minutes after eating is not because it will hurt your band, its because drinking liquids will thin out what you just ate and allow it to pass through the band and take away the feeling of being full so then you will want to eat twice as much and defeat the purpose of having the band

i was told by my dr that some people (like myself) tend to get bad breath more than usual when shedding pounds

my BCBS PPO insurance was affective on april 1st through my employer so i called and made an appointment with the barix center not too far from me due to wanting to go somewhere that specializes in the lap band...when i spoke to the lady on the phone she told me that because the facility is contracted with bcbs, all i would have to do is meet criteria and i would be approved...i have a bmi of 54 (i think) and i have sleep apnea and joint pain.....so i went to my initial consult, paid my $10 co-pay and was told i needed a psych eval, so i went for my eval paid $180 due to my insurance only covering mental health at 50%, a week later the barix center called me to schedule my surgery, i had my pre-op screening on april 30th, and my surgery on may 7th...now i have heard that people with bcbs that have bmi under 50 have to jump through more hoops to get approved, but even if i had to do more test, i know i wouldnt have had to do the 6 month diet before. i actually called and asked the center about it cuz i was worried that i would have to and not have known and she assured me that they changed the rules on that and that i no longer had to....if i was you i would search around for a bariatric center that is contracted with your insurance company...it makes the whole process much smoother....best of luck

where do you live? I have bcbs of mi and was told that they stopped making you do the 6 month diet....i went through the ypsilanti bariatric center down by ann arbor and they took care of everything..only thing i had to have was a psych eval.....i had my intial consult on april 7th, and was banded on may 7th...cant ask for more than that lol.

even before being banded, i was on a high protein low carb eating habbit so anytime i ate something that was high in sugar or in fat i got all the issues you are talking about...oviously its not the textbook "dumping syndrome" due to everyone not having the bypass, but call it whatever you like its not something i care to do often lol...definately my body telling me "hey, i dont need all that sugar" so you are not alone, its happened to alot of us pre and post banding

the weeks between not being swollen from surgery and finally getting your first fill are called bander hell (according to all the post i read about it)...i was banded 5/7 and not due for a fill till 6/17 so i am right in the middle of it with you..over the weekend i made myself go out and buy little 1/2 cup and 1 cup containers to put my food in so that i am more aware of portion sizes. I also am able to eat soft foods so i have chosen to eat high protein low carb snacks and meals (eating low carb is how i lost 37 lbs before even having surgery) hopefully the time will go by quickly and once i get my fill i have get back some of the restriction i felt when i first got banded...i realize that it doesnt all come at once, but some will be much better than the little to none i have right now lol...so hang in there, you are definately not alone..anyone that has been banded in may is going through the same thing right along with ya :sad:

gas x strips and walking helped the gas pains go away quickly