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I asked that question today when I went in for my first fill. We have a number of wedding's to attend this summer and other events and I would like to be able to have a drink or two at them. He said it was ok to do it "occasionally" but to remember that alcohol contains calories and sugar and will slow down the weightloss. I am to avoid anything carbonated too, so soda mixers are out. I specifically asked about a margarita and he said that would be ok, since it wasn't carbonated - just to do it occasionally - not like everything night of the week or anything - once a week at the max. But if I see my weightloss progress really start to slow down I may have to re-think my priorities!!

I had my first fill today and didn't know what to expect. He had a hard time locating the port hole to inject the solution into - that was grossing me out and making me nauseous. :faint: Other than that it all went great - I didn't feel any pain at all - just a few pricks when he was numbing it up - nothing unbearable. . I found out that I have a VG 11 band and it will hold 10cc's of solution. He put in 4 cc's today. Now I hope to see faster results and more restriction. I'm down 35 pds total so far and baby its gone for good! :clap2: :clap2: I can't believe how much more energy I have without carrying around those pounds and am excited to think what another 35 pds+ will feel like too! My goal is to lose that by Christmas!! I can't get in for another fill until Aug. 7th, so this will have to do the trick in the meantime.

I had my first fill today and didn't know what to expect. He had a hard time locating the port hole to inject the solution into - that was grossing me out and making me nauseous. :faint: Other than that it all went great - I didn't feel any pain at all - just a few pricks when he was numbing it up - nothing unbearable. . I found out that I have a VG 11 band and it will hold 10cc's of solution. He put in 4 cc's today. Now I hope to see faster results and more restriction. I'm down 35 pds total so far and baby its gone for good! :clap2: :clap2: I can't believe how much more energy I have without carrying around those pounds and am excited to think what another 35 pds+ will feel like too! My goal is to lose that by Christmas!! I can't get in for another fill until Aug. 7th, so this will have to do the trick in the meantime.

I can feel my port too (and was banded on the same day as you - AND am a Deb too! ) It creeps me out when I feel it - not sure why I keep touching it, but I do. I get my first fill on Thurs the 22 of June. I hope all goes well.

I've done the 3-day diet before and it really works great. I just might try that one again. I go in for my first fill Thurs - will ask them about it.

Well I'm still stuck at -33 pds, was actually up a couple of pds last week, and before that i was down a total of -34 pds - rather discouraging but I am hopeful that things will start to move once I get my fill on Thurs. I can eat anything I want to so far- maybe I shouldn't have done that, but I wanted to see and so far so good - but maybe thats not so good either! More later.

Well I'm still stuck at -33 pds, was actually up a couple of pds last week, and before that i was down a total of -34 pds - rather discouraging but I am hopeful that things will start to move once I get my fill on Thurs. I can eat anything I want to so far- maybe I shouldn't have done that, but I wanted to see and so far so good - but maybe thats not so good either! More later.

Hi Schel. I, too was banded at Abbott - remember me? Anyway, remember that the lapband is not a fast weightloss method. It can take up to 5 yrs for us to reach our goal! Don't give up!

hi heresdeb If I lay on my back and to the side just a bit I can sort of feel my port. Its not directly under the bigger incision scar, its to the left of it. At least thats where mine is. It kind of gives me the creeps to feel it though so I don't do it, LOL Don't stress about not being able to find it - thats there job - they know exactly where it is. :-) Keep up the great work! Deb in MN

Well the scales started to move again this week. I'm down to 247 now (-33 pds) It was such a good feeling to move that 250 marker down to the 200 one - just think what it'll feel like to move that 200 one down to the 150 one! :clap2: I'm more in control now and that has helped alot I think. Once I get a fill then things should be even easier to control. Best thing yet happened to me today - a dcm noticed that I was losing weight and commented on it how good I was looking! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: WOW - someone finally noticed! Its working. I just have to stay the course until the battle of the buldge is won!

Well the scales started to move again this week. I'm down to 247 now (-33 pds) It was such a good feeling to move that 250 marker down to the 200 one - just think what it'll feel like to move that 200 one down to the 150 one! :clap2: I'm more in control now and that has helped alot I think. Once I get a fill then things should be even easier to control. Best thing yet happened to me today - a dcm noticed that I was losing weight and commented on it how good I was looking! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: WOW - someone finally noticed! Its working. I just have to stay the course until the battle of the buldge is won!

I finally got to move the scale thingee from the 250 down to the 200 marker - what a huge accomplishment for me! :clap2: :clap2: I weighed in this a.m. at 248! My next goal is to get to under dh's current weight - 4 more pds to go. I want to reach that goal by my first fill date on 6/22. I can do this! WooHoo!! :girl_hug:

but at least I"m not gaining! I'm stuck at -29 pds and have been for a week now. Of course I started eating soft foods a week ago too and that may have something to do with it - that or the fact that I haven't had a good SHIT in a week, LOL :cool: I would take a laxative but probably will wait until Sun. nite so I'll be home in the a.m. when things start to happen. I have been being pretty good, other than last weekend. I sort of went crazy eating and sneaking stuff last weekend - like a kid in the candy store ya know? I thought I was being pretty good, but apparently not as I put on 2 pds over the weekend - might've been fluid though - it was very hot and humid. It was gone by Tues and I"ve been stuck at 251 since then. I have been doing at least one meal of liquid protein, the other 2 have been chicken or fish, and occasionally I"ve have like the topping of some pizza - two times, but thats about it. I'm basically just stuck! Certainly not over-eating at all. I found out that craig weighs 244 today - so thats my goal - my first mini-goal to weigh less than him......and when I reach that goal I'll weigh what I weighed when we got married! Funny huh. I remember how I worked to get down to that weight too - did the Atkins diet at the time....it worked, but man what a drag! Hopefully next time I write I"ll have good news to report. First to get to 249 (move that bar down on the scale ya know) and then the next goal is to get to 243! I can do that no problemo! I want to achieve that by June 22nd - the day I get my first fill. I can do this!!

but at least I"m not gaining! I'm stuck at -29 pds and have been for a week now. Of course I started eating soft foods a week ago too and that may have something to do with it - that or the fact that I haven't had a good SHIT in a week, LOL :confused: I would take a laxative but probably will wait until Sun. nite so I'll be home in the a.m. when things start to happen. I have been being pretty good, other than last weekend. I sort of went crazy eating and sneaking stuff last weekend - like a kid in the candy store ya know? I thought I was being pretty good, but apparently not as I put on 2 pds over the weekend - might've been fluid though - it was very hot and humid. It was gone by Tues and I"ve been stuck at 251 since then. I have been doing at least one meal of liquid protein, the other 2 have been chicken or fish, and occasionally I"ve have like the topping of some pizza - two times, but thats about it. I'm basically just stuck! Certainly not over-eating at all. I found out that craig weighs 244 today - so thats my goal - my first mini-goal to weigh less than him......and when I reach that goal I'll weigh what I weighed when we got married! Funny huh. I remember how I worked to get down to that weight too - did the Atkins diet at the time....it worked, but man what a drag! Hopefully next time I write I"ll have good news to report. First to get to 249 (move that bar down on the scale ya know) and then the next goal is to get to 243! I can do that no problemo! I want to achieve that by June 22nd - the day I get my first fill. I can do this!!

Absolutely! I am determined to make this work! Thanks for the pep talk!

Thanks - I owe it all to the protein shakes. I felt full and so wasn't tempted to cheat, but did have bites of various things occasionally - and realized it wasn't as good as I thought it would be and that helped me maintain control. Thanks for the info. Now I need to get me a good calorie counter booklet!

How many calories are we suppose to try to stay under every day? At my post-op appt. yesterday she told me to try to get in 50-60 g of Protein, and 2000 of Calcium daily, but didn't mention anything else and I forgot to ask! Duh. TIA

I'm in Minnesota.

Isn't it amazing! What an awesome tool! I had surgery 2 weeks ago and have lost 14 since surgery. I had my post-op check-up yesterday and got the go-ahead to start on soft foods. I was soooo nervous! Afraid I would over-eat, not chew good enough, etc., but I must've did ok. I couldn't believe how full I felt so quickly - and i have NO restriction at all yet! Imagine what I'll be like in 4 weeks when I get my first fill! My incisions are healing up great, in fact the nurse that checked me in said that mine looked better than her's did and she had surgery 3 yrs ago. I guess I am blessed with good skin? Keep up the great motivation!

Yeah, that happened to me too - I didn't gain, but I was at a stand-still for the first week, then I lost all that fluid. Remember, this is the healing phase, not the weight-loss phase. L et yourself heal!

Well I must say that I don't think it went TOO badly this week. Pain wise was maybe a 2 at the worst, but once I started taking the meds regularily for pain there was nothing. Today I weighed myself and I'm down 23 pds since the beginning of March, and 9 pds since getting banded. I'm VERY happy with this. 257 today! :clap2: At this rate I"ll be under 250 in another week. I can't believe it! So cool - and I"m not even hungry ever at all! :faint: I did develop some sort of reaction to the pain pills I think - or at least thats what they're thinking. On my face around my mouth area, and around the incisions there is a few red itchy spots. I was advised to stop taking the pain meds and use x-tra strength tylenol instead, get some benedryl and cream to stop the itch. I still have the bumps around my mouth, but the rest of me is getting better. More later!

Well I must say that I don't think it went TOO badly this week. Pain wise was maybe a 2 at the worst, but once I started taking the meds regularily for pain there was nothing. Today I weighed myself and I'm down 23 pds since the beginning of March, and 9 pds since getting banded. I'm VERY happy with this. 257 today! :clap2: At this rate I"ll be under 250 in another week. I can't believe it! So cool - and I"m not even hungry ever at all! :faint: I did develop some sort of reaction to the pain pills I think - or at least thats what they're thinking. On my face around my mouth area, and around the incisions there is a few red itchy spots. I was advised to stop taking the pain meds and use x-tra strength tylenol instead, get some benedryl and cream to stop the itch. I still have the bumps around my mouth, but the rest of me is getting better. More later!

What is pbing? Thanks

I love the bottom one - looks like a little smiley face! :-)

I am home now - was banded yesterday 5/12. Everything went great! :clap2: I was one of the lucky ones that was able to come home the same day of surgery. No regrets at all. Today I'm just tired :notagree and have a little pain in my tummy - feels like someone punched me - like a bad bruise, but totally tollerable. There was a gal in the bed next to me who had had gastric bypass a month ago, she had been in the hospital all week long throwing up green gunk. I'm SO GLAD that I didn't go that route. Lapband is the way to go imo. It might be a slower weightloss that GB but its much safer too. I felt so bad for that gal though. Anyway - I'm offically a bandit now!! WooHoo!