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thanks. :cursing:

a lot of you all seem to be able to eat bread, tortillias, pasta... i cant. if you cant either are there some typical meals that you eat, especially for lunch?

you are looking good bozzj. i am sure you will meet your goals.

reminds me of sympathy baby weight.

i agree that the hawaiian fruit looked awesome. made me even more jealous that you were there.

hey everyone. i am doing better after my third fill. i am having some restriction at night finally. i too am at that time of the month and hope that my restriction doesnt go away once that is over with. i have also found that i cant eat after i have dinner. if we eat at 7 or so and then i am hungry at 10 and try to have a snack it comes back up. i am happy for this. i have found that i feel guilty when food is left over and is going to be thrown away. but better in the trash than on my butt i suppose. i hope this restriction stays. yeah fill #3 :rose:

thanks everyone for your encouragement.:frown:

well. it has been 2 days since my fill. as i suspected not much weight loss, 1 lb. :crying: i was disappointed but I am going to keep trying. it is weird though. my total weight doesnt move much but my Fat Mass goes down. this time by about 6 pounds. what is all that about? NSV: was able to wear some jeans i previously couldnt fit into. :biggrin:

I am yearning for my sweet spot. I am not hungry and have some restriction in the morning and at lunch but then I am ravenous at night and have no restriction. I probably wont even lose weight when I go back . Luckily that is soon. I hope my 3rd fill will remedy this (I hear it is supposed to). I know we've had this conversation already but tell me this gets better. thanks.

What is the best protein shake? I drank glucerna for the liver diet but I wonder if that is what we bandsters should be drinking now?

i am between my 2nd and 3rd fills and have restriction that comes and goes. somedays i can only eat a few bites of things and other days i am ravenous with no restriction at all. Anyone else experience this?:thumbup:

TQUAD64, what do you mean you lost fluid?

does anyone know WHY the band is tighter in the morning and then loosens through out the day? Also what causes the hiccups when you are getting full? interesting phenomena.

Congratulations

They feel for the port then clean the area with alcohol or betadine. Then they insert the needle (it is much larger than I thought but it doesnt hurt just kind of stings). I think this is when they insert the fluid. They then have me get up with the needle still in and stand in front of the flouro or xray. They then have me drink barium which is strawberry flavored I think and watch it to make sure it goes through. I then drink a sip of water to make sure it stays down and then you are done. It only takes about 3 minutes. No biggie.

thanks.:tt2:

thanks slim-n-tn. i did have my surgery in chattanooga. do you all know when the support group meetings are? I know someone told me but I cant find it. are there any you all know about other than the ones at gbi? thanks

Hi. I just wanted to introduce myself. I live in the Chattanooga Area and had my surgery in November. I have been doing pretty well. I have lost 36 pounds but most of that was from the liver diet. I didnt have any restriction after my first fill. I have had some with my second but I definitely need a third. I have found reading your back posts interesting and wish I had known about this site when I was going through those things like insurance and testing. Anyway, I am looking forward to getting to know all of you. :thumbup:

Have you considered pregnancy? Food cravings and weight gain? You're probably not but just something to think about.

it took about a week and a half for my appetite to come back at all. I had a lot of popsicles when I wasnt hungry.

I have used jms.com (just my size). They have sizes up to 58 J. They also have a bra finder.

how much did you lose each month?

how long did it take you to start seeing dramatic weight loss especially if you had a lot to use? I am 2 and a half months out from my banding and am at 36 pounds lost. I am not discouraged just curious. Thanks

how long did it take you to start seeing dramatic weight loss especially if you had a lot to use? I am 2 and half months out from my banding and am at 36 pounds lost. If you lost 200 pounds or so in a year, when did you lose the most weight? Thanks