SkinnyKathy

Hi all, I just joined this forum. I was banded on September 9 so I am now one week post-op. Everything seems to be going smoothly so far. I only had pain for about two days, and I could manage it with alternating Tylenol and Advil (liquid gel caps). I felt a lot of restriction at first, even to the point that drinking Water was somewhat difficult, but now I don't feel too much restriction. On the other hand, I haven't been too hungry yet. This afternoon I got a bit hungry and then I realized that I hadn't really eated much of anything today, just drank water and unsweetened ice tea and an Isopure Protein beverage. So I had some Soup and I feel much better. This liquid diet is gonna get old quickly, I can tell you, though. At least I only have one more week of liquids and then I can go to mushies. One interesting thing I am noticing is that the skin in the area of my incisions is so itchy. Is anyone else experiencing that?

Hi everyone! I've been browsing on this forum for a while but I thought it was about time I introduce myself and start posting. I just got banded one week ago. So far so good. Healing is coming along nicely. I am still on the liquid diet, and I am just starting to feel hungry. At first after surgery I felt quite a bit of restriction, but now I don't have too much. I've got quite a lot to lose, and I'm not really sure what I should select as a goal weight. Since I'm starting at 433, to be honest, I would be happy getting below 250. Funny how that as a goal weight would be higher than many people's starting weight... But I would really like to get down to more like 170. For my height (5' 9.5") that would probably get me down to size 14 or even 12. I suppose I don't have to decide right now, my first mini-goal is to get out of the 400s! That shouldn't take too long as I am already down 13 pounds in the last week. Well, I think I will be around here for a long time...!