ecolvin

:blush:Hello Everyone! I finall got the lap band on the 7th of July, 2008. I lost 15 pounds on my own by the day of surgery. Started at 323 and on the day of surgery, I was at 308. :thumbup:Ok....so I'm feeling great and by that Friday after surgery, I was up and about doing my Holy Ghost Ho-down in my garage (light workout). :ohmy: So then I find out that the banding was only placed on my stomach, but not tightened? Why did my hair stylist tell me that???? So it makes sense and explained why I was actually feeling hunger pangs. :confused: Ok...today is the 24th and I made it to my first fill. That prick was pretty painful....oooouch! Survived it though.:ohmy: Ok...so why was I able to eat an entire Southwest salad from McDonalds and a few fries???? Of course the entire day, all I had was 2 yogurts. One at breakfast and one at lunch. What is up with that? I paid out of pocket 15k for this surgery like many of you "Against All Odds" and plenty of you can do it on your own. So this can't be normal. :eek: I was getting discouraged because when I got on the scale today, I weighed 302. The doctor's office weighed me in from my first appt at 320. I have Scott & White insurance so when I went for my blood work, they weighed me in at 323. So of course, I went w/that weight. So in all reality, all I've lost after surgery without the band being tightened is 6 pounds in 17 days with lots of walking:whatchutalkingabout? Seems like I should have really lost more than that? Of course my doctor did tell me that I probably won't feel the affects of the fill til 1 or 2 days out. I sure hope so. Anyone else experience this phenomenon???? Pleazzze...for the sake of 15,000.00, please enlighten me!!!!:smile2: