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Opps I had a brainfade!! Yes, I do know how to spell APRIL not APIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am on summer vacation mode and my spelling has suffered from it!

Hello Apirl Banders, I am so glad I finally found this thread! I was banded on 4-3-06 and I havn't had a fill yet! My first fill is June 13th and I have many emotions about it. I know I need it because I feel like my "old" appitite is coming back! Thank god my concious won't allow me to eat like I used to. I have support group tonight and at the last one it seemed like I was doing better than most of the patients so I really wasn't allowed to voice my feelings. Even though I am loosing weight I find it frutstrating at times because the weight came off so fast at first (which I know and understand that is normal) and then I have lost and regained the same 3lbs for the past 3 weeks!! Hopefully this will change next week when I get my fill! Good luck to the rest of you!

Wheetsin- Ok this is probley a silly question and I should know the answer to it! What are you using for measuring and the fat analyser? What is that?? I totally can relate on the loosing and regaining the same weight with me it's 3lbs that keep coming on and off! I am just watching the scale instead of doing these other things. Did you just get a tape measure and measure at home?? If I have a visual of the inches falling off maybe I won't be so discuouraged. Thanks, Jen

Hi Girls, I am in Bakersfield!! I know not to exciting! I do go to LA a lot, so I would LOVE to get together if anyone plans another outing. I noticed when this thread first started someone planned a lunch date, that would be fun. Let me know!! Jen

Thanks to all of yoU!! I so needed to read this thread, I don't have my first fill until June 13th. I have been very hungry lately and fill like I can eat anything. (I limit myself but it's taking willpower!!) I was loosing really fast at first and now things have come to STOP!! I have spent the last 2 days just reading different threads and I feel so much better now. I am still discouraged but I now know that these feelings are normal. I weighed in at 282 a month before surgery and I am now 241. The most frustrating thing is I have lost and regained the last 3lbs, about 3x's in the past 3 weeks!! I am hoping that once I get a fill, that feeling of fullness will be back. I love the support from this website, thanks so much for all of your input!!!!

Sarah.... Thanks for the info!! This was my first response and I really like the fact that I can talk to others about this surgery. I only know 1 person who has had and she I am sure is sick of me asking so many questions, so I am so excited to have found out about this website!!

Hello All, I am so excited to read about salad! My husband got on me so bad the other night because I put a piece of lettuce on my plate and I have only been banded for 2 months. My doctor suggested no salad for the first 6 months, but I did have a small salad yesterday and it went down just fine!! My problem is that EVERYTHING is going down fine and I have gained and relost the same 3lbs over the past 3 weeks. I started out doing well until I got to eat real food. Salad is my ultimate favorite lunch meal and without being allowed to eat it, I have been eating other things that arn't so good for me. I do work out 4 times a week (1 hour cardio) so I am hoping that I have created muscle weight. It just worries me that I have had no problem eating. Nothing makes me sick, nothing gets caught, it all goes down well. I don't have my first fill until June 13th. Is this normal?? Normal...meaning to be able to eat more than 2-4 oz of food. My starting weight was 282 and I am now at 241. I did loose 17 of those pounds before surgery. Thanks for reading!! Oh.......how is everyone with straws?? Are you allowed to drink from them? What has your doctor said about it??? Jen:faint:

Hello All, This is my first time to this sight, I heard about at support group last night. I was banded on April 3rd! I have lost 23lbs since surgery, and 17lbs prior to surgery. I always have questions so I am so excited to have found out about this site! One question I do have is, what has your doctors said about drinking from straws? I was just curious, because I have 2 small children and although it sounds funny........drinking from a straw is convient and I miss it!!!!!! How do you get those cute time charts from timetracker.com to move over to your profile? Looking forward to chatting with all of you!!