waterlily1072

Hi Betty, we are in Gig Harbor, just west of Tacoma. We don't normally get down south of the city but maybe this summer we can plan a trip so we can go shopping or something. I think we are about an hours drive from Portland so that gives an idea that way too. I just met a lady who was banded 3 weeks ago, so the beginning of April, she is already registered on the site but is insure of how to navigate the forum so we are getting together soon so I can show her around. I already told her about all of you wonderful wise women and she is very excited. As soon as I told her I was waterlily she was like "I know you!" lol, she has been lurking and reading a bit

I hear ya Betty it was cold and rainy here on the peninsula (western wash) but despite that we did what we signed up for and helped clean the church campsite to get it ready for the camping season, I wanted to sit in the cabin by the fire but no such luck, hehe. We camped overnight in a cabin with a bunch of folks from church and had a campfire and watched the kids roast marshmallows (no I didn't have a single one!). This morning we got up at the crack of dawn to fix breakfast and then started cleaning, raking, sweeping, cleaning out the firepits etc. The camp site is huge and our little family did 2 of the long houses and surround area then we were done! Whew, my hands hurt from gripping the rake and broom for so long, lol. But I got in way more than an hour of excersise this morning so I am happy and I am sitting right at 270, just waiting for the next couple of days to drop me off into the 60's wahoo

Name...................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go losingjusme....................317.25............. ...317.25.............295.............22.25 tann...............................257........... ..........257..................232.............25 juliegeraci......................232.............. .......232..................220.............12 Josette..........................340............ .........340............... ..315..............25 Inner_me................... ...306............... .....306..................280..............26 Elisabethsew..................278................ ....278..................255..............23 Waterlily1072................278.................. ...270..................252..............18 Libra.............................230............ .........229.................205...............24 Lapbandit……………..208……………..208……..…...185……..….23 RidinMyHDDream.........281.....................281 .................256..............25

OK LapBandit first off CONGRATUALTIONS!!!!:clap2: Great job on your walk!!! OK now for the PB thing, don't worry, you were probably still swollen from this morning when you tried to eat tonight. First rule of thumb is once you PB 24hrs on liquids then try mushies then back to solids. Right now your poor stoma is so irritated from 2! I would recommend liquids only tomorrow then on Monday try mushies and if the mushies go well then back to solids. When I swell I stay swollen for a couple of days so I actually do 2 days of liquids if I have any irritation. I am sure everything is fine so relax and enjoy your evening basking in your success!!! Now for me! Last night we camped out in a cabin with 11 other adults and kids for a church camp grounds clean-up and is was so much fun! This morning we got up early and spent hours cleaning, raking, sweeping etc. to get this huge area ready for camping season. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun. DH and I came home and crashed, lol. And I am down 2 more pounds!!!

This is my biggest fear also. They are talking about doing my next fill under flouro which scares me cause if there something wrong I'm afraid to know. I do think that occaisonally going on liquids for a few days is a good idea for the welfare of our bands and our stomachs/esophagus. If I have a day where I feel like I've overdone things I will often follow that up with a couple days of liquids. I'm not sure if it helps but it makes me feel better. Well tonight we are camping out and tomorrow morning bright and early spending a good 4-5hours on a park clean up project! So I will definitely get in my excersise tomorrow and in a super fun setting! DH and one of our daughters is coming with. Packing the essentials as soon as I finish this post. See you all tomorrow...

I have never experienced anything like it. I hope your surgeon calls you back soon! Keep us posted and hope you feel better soon!

Hi Denise OK good for you on the excersise and the tracking your calories. Now, make sure you measure your food and be totally honest on your calorie count no one needs to see it but you. Once you've figured your average, try lowering it just a little and see what happens. I know many folks talk about starvation mode but honestly my surgeon and my pcp both say that starvation mode is a load of hooey and I believe them. It may take more effort to get your body to burn fat with the hormones you are taking also depending on how much you've confused your metabolism through the years with yoyo dieting. Slow and steady wins the race. I know I will drop around 20-30lbs then plateau for a while, but during my plateau I lose inches so take measurements because you are probably making progress without realizing it! And last talk to your doctor about the possibility of changing your meds. Last I heard hrt is totally optional and rather controversial as to it's safety, so ask, it never hurts to find out more. Other than that you seem to be doing everything right. Good luck and I hope you start to lose soon

Keep trying! Many insurance companies will deny the first try or two but eventually they cave in. Just keep working on getting your BMI below 50 and keep applying for approval. This board is full of banded folks who were denied by their insurance at least once and eventually got it covered. Don't give up

OK I am breezing through the pounds again yay :confused: and I am getting really close to the 60's! I don't even want to discuss the century mark, I don't want to jinx it and have a stall. Name...................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go losingjusme....................317.25............. ...317.25.............295.............22.25 tann...............................257........... ..........257..................232.............25 juliegeraci......................232.............. .......232..................220.............12 Josette..........................340............ .........340............... ..315..............25 Inner_me................... ...306............... .....306..................280..............26 Elisabethsew..................278................ ....278..................255..............23 Waterlily1072................278.....................272..................252..............20 Libra.............................230............ .........229.................205...............24 Lapbandit……………..208……………..208……..…...185……..….23 RidinMyHDDream.........281.....................281 .................256..............25

warning, melted gooey cheese has been known to be problamatic for some bandsters, now is not the time to take a risk of that sort. Later after you've healed there are healthy pizza options but for now, I would recommend passing on it.

It might seem a little decadent as it does have a bit of sugar but I love baked beans and pork&beans, they are mushie and yummy :hungry:

Well avoid the buffet's if you can but you have to eat so make sure you choose foods that fit your post-op eating plan, sounds like you are on mushies? You can try jello, pudding, soup, yogurt, cottage cheese, if possible try to get sugar free, but that may not be an option so remember texture is everything while you are healing! If possible you can go to the grocery store there and stock up on ready to drink protien shakes and sugar free yogurt and lowfat cottage cheese, of course that would require a cooler that you are faithful about restocking ice in or a refridgerator in your room (if you tell them it is for medical purposes they can accomodate you) other than that have a great time :confused: It's not as hard as you think to find band friendly food even while in the post op healing phase.

OK so we can vote on each other posts and that affects the number we see. What do the numbers mean exactly? How do we know if someone made a comment when voting on one of our posts, how do we find it? How many votes to a point? Did we all start out at one automatically? I would love some answers when someone gets the chance, Thanks :confused:

OK apparently we can't edit posts right now so I'll add one, I searched out "rep power" and apperently even the mods aren't sure exactly what it is, but I have deduced that we can click on the scales above any post and choose to approve or disaprove of a post. Those numbers get added to a persons overall rep power number. I have yet to figure out if a bigger number is better or a smaller number. I have tried voting on peoples posts but it hasn't been enough to affect them one way or another.

good question I'm not sure :cry

I like the atkins advantage bars, they are pretty tasty decent amount of protien and very low carb, they do fill you up quick though they really are a meal replacement more than a snack. I suppose on a tight day they could cause at the very least a nice sliming session as every bar I have ever tried, and I've tried tons, are all pretty dry.

Yes I have LapBandit. Are you opposed to getting another fill? I find that good restriction does help with the head hunger quite a bit. Other than that I think it's just that psychologically we get tired of always eating right and just want to have those yummy decadent things that are so bad for us. It is a trecherous slope giving in to those thigs too. Once you start it's hard to stop, at least it is for me. The great thing about the band is that even if we take time off from "dieting" the band is always there waiting for us to be ready to work at it again. Look how long my rut was, 3 months!!! Now I am back on track, I don't always like that I can't eat that juicy burger but I sure like the results of the weight loss. Let's face it we all love food, during a moment of sanity we decided to get banded so that we could control our love affair with food, some days we just need to rely more on the band than our own willpower, maybe it's time for you to take a break and let the band do most of the work and get a fill. There is nothing like a little rapid weight loss to get you motivated and in control again :eek:

Thanks, yeah the back pain is hitting right between my shoulder blades which is not where I've ever injured it. Well I guess if it is my gall bladder it will eventually get bad enough to make me go to the doc about it, until then it's nothing I can't live with for now.

OK first update. I am gonna try really hard not to get on the scale every day, but no promises :eek: Name...................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go losingjusme....................317.25............. ...317.25.............295.............22.25 tann...............................257........... ..........257...............,..232.............25 juliegeraci......................232.............. .......232..................220.............12 Josette..........................340............ .........340............... ..315..............25 Inner_me................... ...306............... .....306..................280..............26 Elisabethsew..................278................ ....278..................255..............23 Waterlily1072................278.................. ...273..................252..............21 Libra.............................230............ .........229.................205...............24 Lapbandit……………..208……………..208……..…...185……..….23 RidinMyHDDream.........281.....................281 ..................256..............25

Well we were out running errands most of the day so we stopped at Taco Bell for lunch and I tried my best to suck out the chili of a chili cheese burrito but I didn't get very far so I just handed it over to DH, I am still too swollen to eat very much, fortunately I am getting over my head hunger thank goodness, but still sometimes I hate being so swollen after a fill. By next Tuesday my restriction level should be perfect, until then I am dropping weight like crazy!

Sadly I am a moderator on a website that does have an e-mail verification step in the create an account procedure and we too lately have been inundated with spam and it's getting really old. We have started banning certain IP's, not sure if it will help yet. I think the big spammers are on a campaign or something.

Sheila, take a deep breath.... ok you are healing right now, don't worry about head hunger or calories right now. Concentrate on eating only mushies and getting enough protien and water, that is all that matters right now! The head hunger will lesson tremendously with good restriction until then just focus on what you can control, mushies only and enough protien and water. If you want the pudding have it! Anything is better than eating solids too soon. If necessary resort to ice cream, I know it sounds bad but the most important thing is to heal properly, weight loss will come later. Don't beat yourself up over what you have already eaten just get back onto mushies and everything will be fine. I think most of us fell off the post-op diet at least once and we survived and so will you. So take another deep breath and post here as much as you need to, we are all here for you.

Update for me!!! 4-3: JenRN - 263/257/223/150 - 40 total 4-3: jenn28 - 282/265/229/165 - 53 total 4-3: Picardy3 - 298/300/257.5/150 - 42.5 total 4-3: tipper - 300/290/259/165 - 41 total 4-4: Sugar1 - 311/289/231/150 - 80 total 4-4: DeltaDawn - 358/202/179 - 156 total 4-4: Dak – 255/251/205/150 – 50 total 4-4: Angels - 264/255/235/? - 29 total 4-4: Harpseal Al - 327/295/220 - 34 total 4-5: Boo - 208/203/165/132 - 43 total 4-5: siestaqh - 180+/177/117/110 - 63 total--NO MORE BAND :-( 4-6: Disneynut - 290/287/260/125 - 27 total 4-7: Guysis - 234/170/134 - 64 total 4-10: JulieNYC - 358/186/179 - 172 total 4-11: Vickie1177 - 320/297/267/137 - 53 total 4-11: tellymelly - 240/235/143.5/140 - 96.5total 4-11: Fel0816 - 307/284/265/to get under 200 - 42 total 4-11: dsrjrr - 231/230/210/130 - 21 total 4-11: truckinmama - 262/234/160 - 28 total 4-11: waterlily1072 - 354/273/150 - 81 total 4-13: Nursekathy2u - 358/356/335/175 - 23 total 4-13: NJgirl - 248/230/188/140 - 60 total 4-13: Miper70 - 217.5/187/145 - 33 total 4-17: Amourette - 22.5 total 4-17: Jeepergurrl - 242/192/140 - 50 total 4-17: MelAnne - 245/207/150 - 38 total 4-18: KAYBEE-284/198/180 -86 total 4-18: Danaclark2 - 270/260.5/259/150 - 11 total 4-20: TrustUfirst - 210/205/177/135 - 32 total 4-20: Omamoon - 220/211.5/179/130 - 41 total 4-20: KimInMD - 288/288/228/156 - 60 total 4-21: Yoda - 273/257/198/150 - 75 total 4-21: kristielynn - 310/302/237/150 - 73 total 4-22: alisonb - 286/270/176 - 16 total 4-24: Eficka - 125/117/95/69 - 27 kgs/66 lbs total 4-24: Ceparano- 255/270.5/201/170 - 69.5 total 4-24: Kat - 289/281/203/165 - 86 total 4-24: hlj25950 - 262/257/200/160 - 62 total 4-25: momof2boys - 270/266/237/145 - 33 total 4-26: Bostongurl - 264/244/184/150 - 80 total 4-27: tinaj - 226/221/210/150 - 15 total 4-27: lookingout - 185/178/165/101 - 20 total 4-27: flowergoddesstn - 214/204/190/130 - 24 total 4-27: Dimples0323 - 284/284/241/145 - 43 total 4-28: Susan4794 - 283/228/150 - 55 total 4-28: bluehill - 333/228/150 - 105 total 4-28: Irish Girl - 225/214/150/135 - 75 total 4-29: Momofsixkids - 238/188/140 - 50 total <!-- / message --><!-- sig --> <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Meltini, the VG band is a larger band that holds 10cc's of saline. It generally takes much longer to acheive restriction but seems to be preferred by many surgeons for larger patients. It closes to the same diameter as the smaller bands when full but takes longer to get there. Your doctor will likely choose which band fits your stomach the best.

I have been having weird back pains in the center of my back and sharp pains throughout my instestines from top to bottom but not all at the same time it's like it's travelling and every once in a while over the course of several hours I will feel it in a different spot lower than the time before. I know I have issues with constipation and have been using milk of mag at least twice a month. Is it from constipation possibly or could it be small gallstones? Either way it is not bad enough to go to the doctor for yet, just curious. My sister had gallstones and hers caused back pain that they kept misdiagnosing. The same foods that triggered that for her are the same ones that trigger bad indigestion for me so it makes me think hmm....