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Just be really careful... I wasn't able to get down Water about two weeks ago and had to go in and have Fluid removed... I would say give till tomorrow to see if anything changes and if not def make an appt bc you'll run the risk of stretching it when you switch to something more solid and that def stinks!!

Karen thank you so much for that! I've already had my second fill and I'm at I believe 4.6cc... I don't feel a restriction yet and I believe that's why I can eat more than I'm supposed to right now. I've started to really eat SLOW because I fill like I can fill up quicker...? I'm stuck at 181 right now and so realization has hit that I HAVE to start eating better choices or it's not going to budge! I just feel like it's really hard for me. I know everyone says this but I feel like I can't get passed the eating bad. I see so many people on here that have lost so much weight and I think to myself surely I can do it to... But how did they get passed their old eating habits? That has become my biggest struggle... Today instead of eating I got out with the kids and played in the Water. That helped a bunch! I just have to get off my lazy bum and get moving and I think that will help motivate me to eat better also...

Thanks for the reply! I know that I'm not eating the "right" foods and that is what I am trying to move away from... How do you beat the temptations? I can't get passed the cravings... I try I start the day off good recording everything then after lunch about an hour or two I feel like I just need to eat something and that's where the bad foods kick in... I have two kiddos at home for the summer and i try to keep healthy Snacks at hand but for some reason I just can't beat the choc. cravings... My mom just had surgery two weeks ago and has already got to my starting weight and I told my husband that if I'm not careful she'll pass me up so I think that is going to be my motivation... I just need someone on here that can motivate me and that I can talk to about stupid issues when i don't think I can handle them myself!! Any takers?

Mine was chicken wings!! My surgery was on May 15, 2009 and on mother's day I told my husband all I wanted was chicken wings from Wing Stop!! I still lost ten pounds before surgery... lol

Yes, I have had my first fill and am at 4.6 cc and have my next fill on the 25th so hopefully that will nip it in the bud. But they also said that when your on the smaller side that you have to have more cc's before you start filling any restrictions. I just don't know what to eat really you hear that you should eat a certain amount of calories so that you burn fat and don't come to a halt but how many I don't think I can eat healthy and eat 1400 calories...

Hi there, I was just banded on May 15, 2009 and I have came to a halt on my weight loss... I'm on the smaller side so that might be a problem but right now I'm just not sure what to eat and how much or if I should be watching my calorie intake... please give ideas... I started at 208 and now I'm at 184 and haven't moved in over a week... I was at least losing 1-3lbs a week. Anyone have any ideas or am I just being paranoid...? Thanks in advance...!

Ok guys I was banded May 14th and I am hungry ALL the time pretty much... I am sick and tired of the same old thing day after day!! I was able to just start runny mash potatoes and I thought that was the greatest thing ever!! Does anyone have any ideas for me??

May 15th!!

Hello there I saw your post and thought you might be good to journey with I am 28 and have two kiddos! Also went to a seminar with my mom back in March at True Results in Dallas. Wasn't expecting to do the surgery but was there with my mom for support. Two weeks later I was in the office having a consultation!! I am scheduled for May 15! So excited!

Hi there I was wondering how you liked Dr. Fox? I saw him last week and my surgery is scheduled for the 15...

Hi there everyone! I'm scheduled for May 15th! Can't wait!

Has any one used Dr. Louis Fox out of Dallas, Texas? Is so will you decribe your experience with him and his staff? Thank you!

Thank you I really appreciate the reply's! My bulimia isn't what you would consider normal... I should of worded it a bit differently... I used to be what you would think on the verg of being hospitalized if it wasn't for my daughter coming into my life. Now it's not that I purge because I'm addicted it's because I get disgusted by eating my entire pantry when I've been on a diet for two weeks and can't control the urge to eat chocolate... So I'm not someone who gets excited to purge (if that makes any sense). I can go weeks on ends without doing it then only time I actually do this is when I've tried to diet and fall of the plan and eat soooo much that my stomach feels like it's going to pop anyways. So that is why at the seminar they said that it could get it under control b/c the band wouldn't let me yoyo diet back and forth and then feel like I have to eat the house b/c I've been eating like a rabbit for two weeks... So I haven't been actually diagnosed as being bulimic I just consider myself b/c every blue moon I fall off another diet that didn't work and literally eat my whole entire pantry and purge. Granted 12 years ago I was full blow bulimic and anything that went in came out to achieve what I thought in peoples eyes is what they wanted me to look like! I only weighed 113lbs and was fading fast. Now it's not about that it's about getting healthy for myself as well as being a good example for my 7 year old that only weighs 50lbs and thinks that she should diet bc mom is always dieting... NOT GOOD. So once again thank you I have done tromendace research on the lapband as well as the staff and dr. I know about the side effects and that it can trigger reflux and the whole nine yards... I have spoke to several people in person about the issue at hand. I think I just worded it wrong and when you read it you can take it differently. True Results has spoke with me a bit about my issue already and I go April 3 for the evaulation and will keep you posted!

Great thank you!

I am looking into the surgery for myself as well as my mom and wanted to know if anyone has had this Dr. before and would like to share their experience...? Thanks

Okay I am new to the website but have been doing a lot of research off of it the past couple of days. I went to a seminar with my mom two weeks ago at True Results in Dallas and found out a lot of information. The seminar was only supposed to be for my mom but I found out that it might help me as well. I am 5'5" and 200lbs my bmi is only around 33 I believe. Which is not bad but I am bulimic. Which if anyone knows is not the greatest thing to have when your battling your weight! I have been bulimic for 12 years now and at one point only weight 113 lbs!! My doctor told me I was going to lose my daughter if I didn't start eating and now I can't stop. My bulimia is not of course as bad as it was or I would not be contemplating the lapband. I have been told that it would help with my disorder as well as my weight. So I am here now trying to find out if anyone has had an issue with bulimia and found the lapband to be the answer?? I am setting up an appointment sometime in the next two weeks to be evaluated for the surgery to make sure that my mental state is up to par :frown: I'll be paying out of pocket and traveling out of state to have the surgery so they told me everything will go pretty fast so I wanted to research as much as I could first... I want to be there for my moms journey as well as be able to start one myself! Thanks for listening!