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well im a liquor drinker and ive had many a tia maria and diet coke with no problem other that it hurts your weight loss, after i have a good few drinks - my weight goes up by about 2 lbs. My sil is a beer drinker and she has had no problems either. try a small one first and sip it to see how you get on. I know ur not supossed to drink but i enjoy a few drinks and i said i wouldnt be happy if i got the band and then had no life...

Well i stayed the same this week which isnt bad cause i had a heavy drinking weekend gone.I stood on the scales on tuesday and i was up 2 pound so at least ive lost them. Otherwise happy, my restriction is loosening now i accualy had FOOD that i had to chew last night for the first time in a month. im not a candy person so i hope i dont turn to them just for the sake of it tonight. see u same time next week, good luck everyone.:teeth_smile:

my sil had this problem, the fill nurse said there was hard scar tissue right beside the port and she had to inject them both to see which one was the port. she got the post the second time.

well happy days im down 7lbs since last week, the weight is flying off. After 2 mths of hardly losing anything its great, It is only because i cant eat anything solid and il have to weight till nov to get an unfill. my doc only comes to ireland once a mth. I hate not being able to eat but the scales are helping me get through it.

Well i feel i can come back on bord now. Ive had my second fill on wed, which brought me up to 5ml in my 9ml band. OMG i am feeling it now - im hoping it will loosen up soon cause even a cup of tea can be a struggle. BUT on a good side ive lost 3lbs since wed.........yippeeee.

I have had such problems so far, i just feel like i havent got a band in at all. I had my first fill yesterday of 3.5ml, and i still dont feel much restriction. I am on liquids now for 3 days cause of the fill, but before that i caould eat more or less my pre band amount. I even had a chop and that went down fine. I would say that the liquid idea is good - if anything it would boost ur weight lose.

I hate adding this. i did weigh my self friday but im up 2 lbs this wk. so thats why im only posting now. I have no restriction and im loosing the mind control to stop eating. :thumbup:

well lello im with u this wk im up 1 lbs.... nothing else to say apart from roll on my fill.

Hi all, havent been on lately, computer down at home and in work but im back now. ive been having a bad wk this wk, i started my mushy foods this wk but ive not got much restriction so i feel i can eat too much which has meant that ive put on weight - im disgusted. I have my first fill booked for 10th sept, i have to be 6 wks after op for the fill. So im not in the bast of mood with the band - all that money.:thumbup:

Im a bit disapointed this wk aswell. but i still havent started excerise. I have a treadmill in the shed and a bike, but i cant lift them and my partner is not realy the get up and go type so il be on his case to get it out for a while. fiday 15th aug loss 3lbs. excerise - none.

hi cuttie, im a belly sleeper too, im able to sleep like that the last 2/3 nights now a little uncomfortable at first then relax and its fine.

thats great that u stayed the same roheryn, before my pre op diet i ate rings around my self.

Hi and happy friday to you all, weight loss: 8lbs excersise: none, but will start this wk end. congrats to everyones loss. see u same time next wk....

Im up for that as well, works perfect for me cause my new life started last friday so it will be the perfect day....:thumbup:

I was banded on the 1st also and the gas and port pain where the worst, getting better each day. I burped in work yesterday and the girl i work with was like omg thats discusting, i was trying to explain that i have to get it out and how painfull it felt. and as for the BM i was in such pain from not being able to go when i did i rang my sil to tell her how happy i was after - i was like a new woman. :w00t:

azlife - my hotel room was a duplex so i had to go up stairs to go to bed, i was the same take it very slow but not the worst. cutie good luck, anyone else getting done - good luck to all.

God august all stars are realy flying now. thought id share my story. I had the band in on friday, everything went well, wasnt nervous after speaking to the doc onthe thurs. when they woke me up in recovery i couldnt breath - so got a bit of a fright, they said it was the gas. Slept on and of that day. I was very sore, and i wasnt ready to feel that bad. on sat i had a yogurt and some water, both stayed down, so was went home. Got back to hotel and slept on and off that day as well, again the gas was the worst - felt my chest and stomack where expanded - this hurt and my port site was bad. Sunday had consipation - sore, still had gas but feeling more mobile. I Went home sunday evening, was sooo happy to be home which i think helps u get ur head together better. Im back in work today, no sick pay and no hols left to take. Im feeling very normal today. Sorry for my not so nice story but on the other hand im fine now and even when i felt crap i didnt regret getting it done. and some of the people i was in with where fine. Its just pot luck realy, but if ur feeling bad after it just remember it gets better.:cry_smile:

OMG jill best of luck for tomorrow. im finished work on an hr then of to airport. this is it no going back. hope everyone guardian angels are looking down on them. good luck to everyone getting banded in the meen time. Talk to u on the other side.... xxx

thanks jenbug - this is a real friends helping each other through it site. I do feel my weight is my problem with everything and i think i will need some help with getting over my own problems that everyone has fat or thin. as for the tickers at the moment they seem to be on the blink but go to ticker factory and set it up - copy the first url thing then on this site edit ur profile - edit signiture - paste on the large page and save it should come up, there is a preview to see. at the min anytime i go into my edit signiture i get knocked out of the site totaly and ive tried on 2 computers.

3 more days.... Im still finding liquid diet hard, so tempted to eat anything, but havent so far. I think this diet is giving me douts cause im missing food im saying to myself "can i realy do this, and do i want to change my life this bad". Im very up and down now last wk i was looking forward to it now i feel like my life will be over. i realy love my food and drink. (hense why im getting the band). Is anyone else feeling this way. dont get me wrong i know i have to do it, feeling so shit about myself. I cant even bare to meet new people, if there is a funtion or something on where i dont know people i wont go, i dont want to meet new people and them think "man she is fat". ive only told my fella that but he didnt understand how i could feel like that. Its mad just typing this now is making me feel happy that i am going to do something about it - change it / me. Cant wait till this is over roll on friday afternoon. Keisha85- im from dublin so back to ireland for me but il be home at 10pm on sunday night. I should be staying till mon but its bank hol monday here and i want to be home asap after, nothing like ur own bed.... how are u feeling bout it now.

jenbug - i did that chart and i would save $400 a month on food and weight watchers, so its mponey well spent. keisha85, good luck to u for friday also, hope we both have a safe banding. I think im more or less sorted i going to pack tonight. knowing me ill forget something - once i have clean knichers il get over it..... does anyone know what pain killers we can take after - im taking solpadine with me, are these allowed?

hi everyone,, hope ur all doing well. Im back from a wks holidays and i ate everything in site cause i had to start pre-op diet on friday gone, i put on 4 lbs in that wk. The diet is so hard - im on liquid diet (slim fast) with 5 portions of fruit a day. All i want to do is have a propper meal, even a salad, im not craving fast food i realy want propper food veg curry or salad. Not what i thought id be looking for. I dont know how people do it for longer than the wk, fair play too u if u do u have great determination. OMG my opp is friday i have 4 full days left - nerves kicking in big time. Before this wk i was looking foreward to it thinking this is it no more feeling shit bout my self. Now its around the cornor reality has hit hard, i cant belive im going ahead with it, this is real surgery..... I havent been telling many people, non of my family know, my mother and brother died within the last yr so i dont want to give my dad anything else to worry bout. my partner knows and is totaly behind my, he says im so unhappy with myself that it worth the money, i agree. my sis in law is getting banded with my so my partners family know. i dont want others to know and watching every move i make. anyway i fly out to belguim on wed get pre op test on thurs and then "D day" is friday.... HELP...

I lost this thread, couldnt remember where it was - so ive been catching up. cutiew i had to laugh at ur list the towel thing didnt even occur to me till i read it, how great will that fell a towl all the way around ( such simple pleasures). I dont know bout anyone else but i havent started the preop diet yet so i am eating EVERYTHING in site, im trying to get all my fav foods in before i start, Im eating for the sake of eating and not feeling good on it. Im totaly looking forward to the whole process. Its amazing how crap food can make u feel (if u eat to much of it). I cant wait for the xmas sales to buy new clothes. "nothing taste as good as being slim makes you feel" - heres hopin.:frown:

This is a question for anyone who traveled abroad to be banded. Did you have to get your own insurance, if so what did you go with. I dont know if i just get normal travel insurance? :confused2:

Im so there with u momto5. Its like ive been given free rane to eat what i like. I was in weight watchers before desiding to be banded, so since than ive put on 4 lbs. all my clothes are getting too tight - but there is no way im buying anything new yet. I have the liquid diet to start in 2 wks so that will help. I know i will have to change my thinking bout food, 1 thing ive desided to do is not watch any weight programs cause food just comes into ur head - even if its someone having surgery for the weight loss im not watching them any more.