NCsQueen

Well he gave me a choice either a 7 day liquid diet or a 14 day high protein low carb/fat diet. I chose the 14 day diet so that I was still able to have valentine's day dinner w/my hubby. As for after surgery I was very sore at the port incision and I have gas pains in my shoulder and chest. I feel a lot better today but still a little sore. Dr. Smith is wonderful trust me. And good luck to you! Keep in touch!

Congrats on your weight loss!! Did your fill hurt?? I'm doing pretty good, I stalled at 219 for about 2 weeks and weighed myself today and I'm down to 216 so that makes me down 31lbs I'm doing the shrinko de mayo challenge, trying to lose 15 lbs by 5/5 bringing me down to 207, you should do it with me!

Congrats on making it to size 12 and your weightloss to date. I cant' wait to only have 30 lbs left to lose. I wanted to know besides calorie counting what types of exercise do you do?

Thank you!! So what's been the hardest part for you?

Thats so weird right before I got my fill I gained back 4 lbs too! The fill will help trust me. I hit a little plateau too, I'm ranging between 217-219 right now. We finally got our taxes today so hopefully by the end of the week I can get my elliptical. You look great though in your new pic you posted!!

I'm starting out at 245 and my personal goal is 159 I'm not sure what my doc goal is yet. Just like you I guess I'll find out at my appt.

yep no problem except make sure u eat really slow!!! trust me we may not have that much restricition yet but you will feel it if you eat to fast.. kinda like you wanna burp and throw up and the same time but its just stuck. i'm sure if you tried a little mushy food it wouldn't hurt too bad.

Thank you for your pic comment and to answer your question I got it b/c my starting weight was 247, I just carry it really well

Pretty good..still a little sore but a lot better than monday

Of course we can keep in touch thank you for the picture comment! So where are you from? by the way my name is Alcine

Hey thanks for the friend request! By the way you're gorgeous girl! When were u banded?

Oh ok right after me. My surgery went very well now i'm just trying to get through my monthly gift from nature... i swear this is more painful than the surgery right now. I'm just all uncomfortable. How was yours?

hey chica i see ur still having some trouble slowing down. I use a coffee straw right now. I started that about 2 days ago and thats helping me right now. Also as for my bandages, I was able to take off that plastic wrap without removing the steristrips. I have my post-op appt. tomorrow so I'll see what else my doc says. Also have you weighed yourself yet? I've lost another 10 lbs according to my mother in law's scale. 228 can you believe it! Well I talked to my older sister (she was banded 12/5) and she said she also lost 10 lbs her first week but gained it right back b/c she didn't feel any restriction before her first fill. So basically I gotta be real careful not to over eat until my first fill.

Just stopping through to say hey! Are you getting excited yet?

Hey Debbie just stopping through to see how you were doing. Hope all is well

Hey LadyDiva, thank you and I've lost about 32lbs so far. I haven't expierenced any hair loss but I was told from my doctor that as long as you get your protein in then you should be fine. Trust me I make sure I get that in!! Good luck tomorrow with your doctor. I'll be honest, I have no regrets so far. The only small complication I'm having right now is left shoulder pain when I eat. Other than that, this was the best decision I ever made. Keep in touch!

I'm good and you? :-)

Just stopping through to say Hey! Hope you're doing good and I saw your other pics you posted on flickr... you and your DH are so cute!

oh wow that was super quick! Congrats girl!! **Happy Dance** lol

Oh I know OMG!! I started my pre-op diet yesterday basically I'm on the Atkins diet so no more rice! I did find a pretty good alternative though, cauliflower! I just put in my food processor so it came out like rice. It was actually pretty good :-) And yes I'm both more excited than nervous though. I can't believe in less than 2 weeks its happening!

Aw I'm so sorry to hear that. Yea I have to be honest, I thought this would make things a little easier and it doesn't seem so. I've noticed when I eat I've been getting these pains in my left shoulder. I mentioned it to my doctor during my last fill and now they want me to have and EGD on the 12th. I'm kinda nervous about it but its getting to the point of being really annoying. Also my weight loss has again stalled. I keep bouncing between 214-217 again. I got my wii fit and its fun. I'm trying to do that everyday but thats proving a lot harder with work and life getting in the way. Thanks for checking in with me. Don't worry we'll get through this. I'm still keeping faith that next year this time we'll look back at this u kno. Later chica!

Yes if I eat too fast!! I mean I dont' feel the restriction of only being able to eat 4oz of food, i can definitely eat a little more but am staying fuller a little longer now. You should to the shrinko de mayo challenge with me!

Wow your started about at my starting weight! I'll be banded on 2/16. Congrats you look great!

Oh your fine lol it took me a little to figure it out too

Thank you for the response in my thread!