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WOW - that is a great web-site - thanks so much!!

I will be 5 weeks post op Friday and if it isn't gone by my first fill August 11 may have to do something about it. Sometimes sticks out even more than other times

I eat my carbs in the morning - usually oatmeal or cream of wheat something like that and a small protein shake. Lunch is usually tuna salad or something like that with protein and dinner I try to have protein, a small steak or tonight I just had deviled eggs and a baked sweet potato and Vitamin Water. Sometimes for dessert I will have sugar free sorbet. I agree that you should eat as few carbs as possible but if you really want them have them early in the day. Think of it as like putting a log on the fire - protein is a big log that burns longer so keeps you full longer - carbs are like twigs that burn fast - do not keep you full and metabolize as sugar in your system.

a thick phlegm that comes up in your mouth and you have to spit it out you can't swallow it - it keeps coming up for about 5 minutes - it is very unpleasant but like I said I have only had it happen a few times and usually when I drink something really cold - for instance, today I had a cold sugar free lemonade and I had to stop drinking it because the sliming was so bad.

No I haven't had a fill - in fact only 4 weeks post-op and my band is very loose - I can eat almost as much as before the band - I only get it when I drink something cold -it is a thick clear phlegm that keeps coming up over and over until you can't keep it in your mouth - you have to spit it out - it goes on for about 5 minutes and stops. I cannot drink anything really cold or fast because of it - it is weird that the sliming proves to me that there is a band in there but the amount of food I can consume if I let myself goes right down. I get my first fill on August 11th and can't wait to finally have some restriction like when I first have the surgery and was swollen. Thanks!

I am eating so much less than I did before you would think that even if I didn't have the band I would have lost more than I am now - not sure the band is working yet but then I haven't had a fill yet - I have the Realize Band and it is larger than the Lap Band so maybe food can go down too easily - I am ready for my fill on August 11th. Counting the minutes.

Has your port swelling gone down yet? I am 4 weeks post op now and mine is still sticking up - not as bad as it was but you can definitely see it - I can actually feel the round port under my skin - however, if the scar wasn't noticeable above the port and it was faded out completely the port wouldn't be as noticeable but it is obvious with the scar there that something was done. I actually had a lady ask me what happened and I lied and told her I had a hernia operation. People can be so rude.

Did you reply to a post I had about my goose egg port area after my surgery? I am trying to find the person who wrote me several times to see if the port area ever went down - mine is still sticking up after 4 weeks - not as bad but not as flat as I would have liked. Thanks!

My doctor told me I could eat regular food anything I wanted at 3 weeks - I think every doctor is different -he won't do a fill until 6 weeks - I have 2 weeks to go - I have eat mainly fish and soft foods but did eat a small steak for protein at 3 week and chewed it really well with no problem - my doctor's assistant told me that the reason you are more restricted in the morning is that during the night you get dehydrated and by the end of the day you can eat more

Any time I drink something really cold and maybe it is too fast I start sliming really really bad to wear I almost have to carry around some paper towels in my car - does anyone know exactly what causes sliming?

Also, Starbucks has two new protein shakes - one is a Mango Banana Vivanno and the other is Banana Chocolate VIvanno - low calorie and has a whole banana in it and has 21 grams of protein.

GNC has some long tube like protein shots - lemon-lime, fruit punch, etc. some have 45 and some have 27 (I may be off a few) and I drink one every day just open top and drink it down - not bad tasting to me and it goes down fast.

I hiccup alot - I did not know that meant food had gone into the larger stomach. No one told me that - wondered why I was hiccuping so much - I too can eat way more food than I think I am supposed to eat. I am 5 weeks out and was told to eat regular food at 3 weeks post-op. I am depressed today because I feel like I eat almost as much as before but have this big lump on my left side and wondering if it was worth it - maybe it is too soon to give up - I didn't have willpower before so why would I have it now if I have no restriction?

I am 3 1/2 weeks post -op - have been able to eat soft foods and even steak as long as I chew it well no problem - have even had sips of tea during meals no problem - this morning I ate my usual boiled egg for breakfast, it would not go down and I got sick - at lunch I rolled up some turkey and ate it and it got stuck - feeling I needed to eat something else at 3:30 I ate some mashed potatoes and they got stuck - what is the deal? Thanks

I am slightly less hungry and get full faster but stomach growls alot

I am about the same as you - I do not know what happened - been thin all my life or at least not too much over my ideal weight - then about 2 years ago when I went through menopause gained in my mid-section - my stomach is very distended and hard - I need to lose about 40-45 lbs - have had lipo a few times - wish I had never done it - changes your shape too much - I was banded 3 weeks ago and have not lost any weight - I am eating less and not things I shouldn't - no carbonated drinks, no bread, soft foods, etc. Why can't I lose the weight? It is very depressing. I even went and had a CT Scan to make sure I didn't have a tumor in my stomach and that was what was making my stomach stick out - my legs are thin but my stomach looks like I am 8 months pregnant. My face is thin, my arms are medium - from the back look fine but when I turn around I have this horrible hard distended stomach. I paid for the band myself - not covered under my insurance and they wouldn't have qualified me anyway. Thanks for listening.

I had my surgery on 6/27 and my first fill is August 11 also - I am hoping to have more restriction than I have now because even though I am not eating like before I feel I am getting in too many calories.

I have never done WW diet but have siblings who have and love it - seems too complicated counting points, etc. I will look up the core program - do you have to keep track of everything? I really like the Atkins diet.

3 weeks and I maybe just a few lbs - am really bummed about it - I feel like it is never going to go down.

I also have a hard stomach - in fact, I am not really that overweight but look like I am pregnant and very hard stomach - no hanging skin at all so you can see my port - it sticks up. Anyway, I was so worried that I may have at tumor in my stomach which was making it stick out so far that I went and had a CT Scan and of course it was fine. I don't think my stomach will ever go down - it is very depressing.

I am 3 weeks post-op - can eat real food - feel guilty after I eat even if I eat what I am supposed to - I am paranoid my band is slipped because I feel no restriction most of the time - my first fill isn't until August 11. I also feel the fear of eating - so worried I went through this surgery and won't lose weight.

I went out to dinner tonight with my husband and some clients and if I had wanted to could have eaten everything in front of me - I hope after I get my first fill it will be impossible for me to do that - I am envious of people who can't eat as much and are losing weight. My band must be really loose. Thanks.

I can eat way too much at times also and sometimes I can't - does anyone know why it is different than other times? Thanks.

I must be one of the people who just lose weight very slow - you have already lost so much and I had my surgery 6/27 and I honestly don't think I have lost anything - I am not eating much - I think I am doing what I am supposed to - I get ful faster than I used to - I am not eating fattening foods or sweets - wonder why some people lose so fast and others don't - I do not have much restriction at some meals, I do at others which I also don't understand - I tried to eat some fruit while ago for a snack and a piece got stuck so it is weird how sometimes I feel I can eat anything with no restriction plus drink iced tea or water with meals and other times like the snack it got stuck - does anyone understand any of this? Thanks.

I hate to keep beating it to death but it creeps me out and I am worried it will creep my husband out if he feels it or sees it. I was told it would be hidden. I love the band except for this