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I was banded 5 days after you and i have lost 23lbs and have been at a stand still for a week so no worries. I even posted that my husband hid my scale so i wouldn't get on it every day so i could see the changes every week. As long as i follow the rules i know the weight will come off no matter how slow.

Being able to play strip pocker and look good (just joking) not having back boobies being able to wear heels and them not kill my feet 5 mins after i put them on being able to buy regular size clothing

I found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess were it was? The little booger hid it in the deep freezer. I told you he was good at hiding things. I never use the deep freezer it has all his deer meat in it but my brother stopped over and asked for some deer meat and i opened the lid and right there it was. Tee hehehe he will never know i found it.

Anemia can cause dizzyness. Which is a lack of iron. You may not be getting enongh iron in you diet and may have to take a iron pill. But i am not a doctor so please get checked.

I am also a little embarassed. I found also that the kids menu is fried foods and high in calories. So what i do is i order a healthy meal and split it with my 6 year old who eats like a bird also.

I have really good restrition and i can eat about anything. As long as i chew really well. If i don't chew really well sometimes i feel the pain in my chest untill it gets down to my pouch. I can't eat bread alone but if i eat it on a sandwich or something it goes down i think that is because you chew it up with meat and stuff so it isn't as gummy going down.

Here is what it was told. The pouch can hold a certain about of Volume weight has nothing to do with it. How much something weights isn't as inportant as how much volume it has. For example if you eat something that only weighs 2 oz but has the volume of 1/2 cup you still are going to fill up you pouch on that 2 oz because of the volume. So what i do is i messure all my meat on the scale and then veggies and everything else in cups. This is what i was told by my nutritionist but i think it is going to depend on who you ask every nutritionist is different and some people are going to get different answers.

Here is what my lap band surgeon told me that once i weight in with him during my first consult that is the weight that they us to get the approval.

Hey this is good Ammo. I will tell him that in the name of science he has to give me back my scale hehehehehe:tt2:

I do believe that once soda is frozen that it looses all that CO2 and since it gets mix for so long in those machines i could propable bet there is no more bubbles left. But it would be the calories that i would worry about.

B- oatmeal-160 L tuna light mayo crackers-260 S chicken and baked potato-400 Total 820

Still haven't found it. I am having withdraw. hmmm i wounder if it is in his tackel box (ya right it wouldn't fit or would it). I am going to look.

I have only drank once since being banded and i feel really guilty about it because of all the empty calories (it was bike week). Even though the drinks i was drinking were mixed with diet ice tea i went a little overbroad. I told myself after that if i can't just have one then i will have none at all. it has stopped my weight loss this week because of all the empty calories. No more for me it just isn't worth it.

I had a problem with my large incision it keep getting yuckie at the end because i had a stitch sticking out of skin so it couldn't heal. it final desolved enough i could put it out and now it is scaped and healing well.

I guess you learn as you go. My doctor handed me this form with it highlighted no more the 1/4 to 3/4 cup in you band. And you are right Kathy those instructions do help you not eat past the the full signal. I am the same way i don't care to eat anymore. I still have the problem of overloading my plate (mind thing looks better full) then only eating my cup of food because i don't care to eat anymore.

My husband hid my scale this morning. I have always be a person who is Obsessed with the scale. I would get one it everyday. Even though i have been doing really well with weight loss i think the scale Obsession has gotten worse. My husband told me that i am only aloud to have it once a week ( so i can see the change and not panick at every little change). I must have been getting on his nerves with the OMG how could i have gained .1lb. Anyone up for a treasure Hunt :thumbup:. He is good at hiding things i probably won't find it.

I am very happy with 1 cup since i am losing and feel full after one cup and stay full it was just confusing to hear that you shouldn't be able to fit more then 3/4 cup from the doctors i started to worry about stretching. Thanks Amy least i am not alone on the one cup and it does make since what you said about eating all protein and eating protein with other things. I guess as long as i am not overstuffing and not having pain and just feel full then i should not be stretching the pouch. Hey 1 cup at meal is way less then i ever eat before.

I had 4.25cc put in during surgery and then 1.5cc but in during the first fill for a total of 5.75cc after the first fill.

Ok so i am newly banded only 6 weeks post-op. I had my first fill on June 15 and have been losing weight i have lost about 24lbs so i am very happy with that but i am so confused on some things. The band has given me very good appetite control and will power. Before getting my first fill i dieted and messured my food so i didn't go over a cup. When i got my first fill he put 2cc in (had 4.25 at surgery) and i couldn't get the water down so he backed to 1.5cc. So you would think if that is all he could have gotten in then i would have great restriction. I can stay full for hrs but i still can fit about a cup in my band. Why is that? Is everyone different? The doctor told me during my first semimar that i won't beable to fit more then 3/4 cup in my band. Do i not have enough fill? but how could that be if he couldn't fit anymore in? SO CONFUSED!!! I am afraid that if i can fit a lot in my band that in the long run i will lose my will power. Will i stretch my pouch eating a cup of food i don't have anypain i just fill full when i am done? Sorry for the long post

Girl you are beautiful just the way you are no need to tan. But if it bothers you and your really want some color Bare escentiauls (Ulta, sephora, QVC sales it) has a really nice self taning and it has color so you can see where you are putting it and i never turns orange and i am the lightest person you will ever see in you life (can't find foundation light enough some times)

i had the same problem i went from liquids to soft foods and gained 2.5 lbs i was so upset when i went to the doctors for my 2 week appointments i was almost in tears because i had gained he told me that it was normal and that (TMI) because i was on liquids for so long that my bowls were empty (you are filling them back up) and you have less water in you because you get water from food too i wasn't gaining fat that my body was adjusting that was the best answer he was so nice and that week i lost the 2.5lbs plus 3 more so don't worry.

No i havn't PB or sliming i did have some pain i take to big of a bites without chewing really well. I have got to learn to chew better.

I just had my first fill on monday june 19 so it has been 8 days from my last fill and i have lost 6lbs already so i couldn't be happier because i have read so many posts about bandster hell and how it takes people several fills to start really losing i have great restriction but i also have a good bit in my band my doc put 4.25 at surgery and then 1.5 at the first fill so i already have a total of 5.75cc. Don't worry you will get there this isn't a race you will get to the finish line.

My bras are no longer squeezing the life out of me. i have an 11month old and i can now fit back into the jeans i wear before i got pregnant. It is amazing what 23lbs will do.

I think my first fill went great. I had my first fill on June 15 under flouro. He tried to put 2cc's and i could get the water down so he backed it to 1.5cc and that was perfect i have great resriction. He said i have a total of 5.75cc in my band so i must of had 4.25 at surgery which i also didn't know.