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Anything with real sugar in it. The DH and I got some brownies from a restaurant that screwed our order up, I went to take a taste and spit it out. I had Ice cream on the 4th and though I ate the whole thing (I'm sick, and I thought it would at least soothe my throat) I was sooo ill afterwards.

I went to take a sip of some coca cola that had been out for at least an hour, and almost puked, it tasted raunchy... AND I'M THE COCA COLA KID!!!!! I've just found that anything that has sugar in it, like real sugar makes me nausious. I never really had a sweet tooth to begin with, but I haven't had real sugar in about 3 months, Everything has been diet or Equal. Heavy foods aren't too pleasing to me either. I've been eating a lot of salad with grilled chicken because that seems to be my safety zone. I'm a picky eater to begin with, so it just got like 15X's more complicated lol.

And my b-day is next week and the DH keeps asking me what my fav. Cake is, I have a feeling I'm going to be picking up a Gleuton/Sugar free vegan cake so I can eat something.

DH calls it the savior.

So it's a gnarly Sinus infection, and from the research I've done and talking to my doc all seems to be proven true WARNING THIS WILL BE GROSS!!!... Mucus and Post nasal drip are not the bands friend, when it enters Your stomach it coats the band, making you lose your appitite all together, even fighting the urge to be thirsty, YOU HAVE TO FORCE YOURSELF TO DRINK to keep hydrated, Thats been the toughest thing for me is forcing myself to drink, and eat too, I've probably lost like 3 lbs do to the fact I have absolutly no appitite. if I didn't have work, I'd be in bed, well actually I should be in bed but the other receptionist refuses to cover for me, but thats a whole nother story for a whole nother time!!! So bandsters, thats what happens when you get sick with the band

Yeah that would suck! Go through all of this and have " turkey neck" I am not banded but am meeting with my Dr. in the morning to get the testing set up. i am worried about extra skin because im 285 and they want me down to 140!!! That's less than half lol.

Best of luck... can't wait to see what my collar bones look like :smile2:

The jawbone is a beautiful sight!!!! The collarbone even better, though I've only seen mine in pictures, and when putting eyeliner on.. it's not noticable yet, but I feel it more prominantly now then before. This is so vein and shallow what I'm about to tell you so I appologize, Start now with the face & neck firming creams, because a lot of them claim to see results in 4 weeks (I use olay regenerist) So it will be part of your routine when your banded and start losing, and it will reduce the chances of a turkey neck, We're too Friggan young to have one!!!!:eek: BTW, Thats a realistic goal... They go by your height and what your "Ideal weight should be", My goal is 117lbs. But I'm my most comforable at like 125 (which I have been at before) For my height (4'11 3/4) I should be between 90-110lbs, YEAH RIGHT!!!! I'd look like E.T if I weighed that much. Just think about it this way, SO long as You look good, and you move from The fat girl section to the regular section and start shopping at stores you've never set foot in (and curse out all the skinny bitches that are shopping in there) Then your making progress....

:eek: Hey guys, I'm getting sick, I know it for sure, I feel like crap (stuffy nose,Sore throat, bad cough w/Sh*t coming up, Not hungry, tired, congestion etc)... Has anyone else been sick yet after being banded and if so is there anything different I should do or precautions I should take? besides the obvious of getting anti-biotics in liquid form

Let me know... I appreciate it.

Lost 3lbs this week!! making total weight loss so far 25lbs down!!!!

I haven't seen this weight since February of 2008.

Really? there is a curves like 4 blocks from my house. That would be so simple for me, Though I don't know where you live, But there is a Women only gym called Lucille Roberts near me that has a low membership rate, and $10 a month for a non commitment contract...

6 WEEKS OUT 21st'ers!!!!!!! WHO'S READY TO START EXCERCISING FOR REAL!!!!!!! (not me at the moment, though that was my plan for today (my day off) I got Sh*t for sleep last night) Though I am ready!

Has anyone else been doing this? Since my jawbone & neck started making an appearence again, I've Been going a little overboard on the skincare regimine. I've been all paranoid about the skin under my chin & neck and have literally bought 2 different types of Firming lotion, Anti Wrinkle cream and a lotion with an spf.... I DON'T WANT A TURKEY NECK!!! Who else?

It seems to me she has that attitude of "see I don't need Surgery to get healthy" attitude. My sister has that. She does weight watchers and goes to the gym RELIGIOUSLY. And now she's in a predicament that she just had a baby in March and is trying to lose the 40lbs she gained. She looked down upon me when I mentioned my surgery, and at my nieces christening, She sat next to me while I ate, and Monitered everything on my plate, and when I mentioned that I couldn't really eat a lot of what she ordered, her words were "whose fault is that?" even the salad she had I couldn't eat because I'm allergic to Bleu cheese which was sprinkled all over the salad.

There are people That want to see us fail. And the point is to turn around and say "F*ck em". Only YOU know what is good for you. There is always going to be someone who pisses you off and tries to derail you from your success.

Women are the worst. Everything is a competition. SO you need to sit her down, and as someone said above, start doing things on your own, because eventually it will interfere in your relationship. She's his sister, Your his girl, and if she starts running her mouth to him, you will seem defensive when he confronts you on it. Just Worry about you, and your health. She in all honesty can suck it. Because in the end, she'll fall off the rails, and you will still be striving.

I work in a real estate office as a receptionist. It's been pretty nuts the past few weeks. I don't know if my boss is going through menopause or There is something "BIGGER" behind the scenes, but NO human being should be treated the way I have been for the past 2 weeks, to the point where I've already touched up my resume, sent it out and am lining up interviews for my day off next week. I'm in that conundrum of being Extremely overworked and underpaid. I can bitch and complain for HOURS at this point, which Is a sign to start looking and quit before I get fired *knock on wood*

Sarah, you crack me up!!! You're going to have to change your screen name to Sarahfartzz I think. Look, they even have an icon for you::cursing:

LOL :tongue2:

LMAO, Ann, LOVE IT!!!! I've actually quieted down the past few days, I've been having a love hate thing with food all week, actually since my fill, I DON'T WANT TO EAT, And guess what?? That causes gas too!! but it was like the post op sholder pain gas yesterday, and have you (or anyone else) had those frustrating days when Your all set to eat, and someone (*ahem* your boss) Just comes along and says something SOOO out of context that you lose your appitite completely??? That was yesterday, I basically skipped Breakfast, and was all set to order my lunch, and the boss said something to upset/piss me off, that I didn't end up eating for another 2 hours, basically forced myself to eat b/c I HAVE TO EAT and ended up skipping dinner last night..... But have no fear, I've been heavily Liquidizing myself with like the hugest bottle of Water throughout the day. All I have to say is DAMN this whole economic job situation because I would be out of there if it wasn't so hard to find another job. :thumbup:

Okay, this is the first time I've had a really good laugh on this board. Sarah, you truly have guts along with farts. I will never let my husband try and set my pants on fire and when it comes to competing with him.....I'm not sure I can. We'll find out after I get banded.

Too funny.

Oh, and I'm sorry to laugh at your discomfort fellow banders, but "potty" humor is one thing that does make me laugh until I cry. I know it's unseemly, but I can't help it.

I wish you all internal air-free futures.

Guts, I think My guts have guts!!!!! and no one but us understands that it's usually painful, Loud and embarrassing :thumbup: it amuses children but grosses out the adults.- You'll see!

I can't believe you did that.

Please tell me you didn't! Please?!

Oh, Singin', I confess, We very much did. And it was not my idea. And he almost set my pants on fire with it. I sometimes wonder if I'm married to an 8 year old... it was almost his way of proving the point he's really grossed out by it, And it's really unladylike, and if I'm gonna sit there and fart like a dude, then he's gonna goof around with me like a dude. Even though I've thoroughly explained to him I can't help it and have even showed him some of the boards on people with the same problem, he's just horrified by it.

O.k..This is how bored & immature me and the DH were the other night..... We set them on fire.... Which requires holding a lighter to the farters behind to see how far the flame can go ROFLMAO...... I must say, I might have a new profession in a side show somewhere... His response to that was, See babe, THEY ARE TERRIFYING!!!! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO YOU???! WOMEN DON'T fart, OR DO #2- YOU'VE RUINED THAT ILLUSION FOR ME!!!! to which I replied, your lucky it's just gas, and I'm not wearing adult diapers, He said sometimes I wonder if you should be.

Mine Still hurts like hell. My bra rubs against it constantly, and After my fill on friday it hurt like a mofo. if I slouch or sit the wrong way it kills. and I have 2 fatty deposits around it so the doc poked both of them before actually finding my port. Mine is to the right of my sturnum, under my right boob, so a bra def rubs against it and pushes pressure down on it, so I'm forever shifting it or tucking my shirt under the underwire for relief

I got my first fill on friday, and though I have restriction, I'm absolutley Nausious after I eat or drink. And I have to force myself to eat as I have barely an appitite, and when I get the hint of being hungry, it's just that a hint, not the growling "FEED ME!" hunger pangs...

I'm able to drink no problem, and I haven't puked or PB'd, I'm just queezy. And the restriction is 100% there (thank god) any one else have this as well?

Gas X strips. Will help dramatically with the gas & the pain....

Now, it's a week later, and I feel hungry every few hours I e-mailed my doctor and he replied saying that sometimes it takes 2 weeks for the fill to "settle." I've also read some things like that on this website, but it seems weird to me.

I was told that if I don't have any restriction in 2 weeks to call him and he'll do another fill.. otherwise I too see him in a month, but so far, I have restriction and hardly an appitite. I got no special instructions on what to eat yesterday I just took what everyone else said and had some really soft Pasta last night, and I really haven't eaten today, I'm just not hungry, tried to eat some sugar free mousse before, and got horribly nausious after a few spoonfuls.

That was quite an experience let me tell you. My doctor was an hour & a half late, but: he's a sweetheart.

I got to see the pictures of my stomach with the band around it, very trippy, Anyway, I was not numbed, and it took him 3 pokes to find the port, as I still have massive swelling because of the location, my bra sits right on it in certain positions, so I have 2 chunks of floating fat around the port site. And I felt the band inflate.

I have a 10cc band. I had 1cc put in during surgery, and I was filled with .8 cc's today.

It's funny I was STARVING before the fill, and now it's 4 hours later and I have a slight appitite.

Did anyone else get REALLY light headed & nausious after your fill. I almost passed out on the train coming home, but just drank some Water (doesn't help that it was 88 degrees with a billion percent humidity here in NYC today) SO it's official, out of bandster hell and filled! :thumbdown:

Leeann, So unbelivably sorry about your neice, Well here it goes everyone!!! BANDSTER HELL WAS SHORT LIVED!!! I somehow Lost 6lbs this past week!!!!!!!!

AND I had my first fill, so I'll post that *traumatic* experience on the fill page.

So congrats to everyone that lost this week, and again Leeann, SO sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you & your family.

They seem to develop a "holier then thou" attitude. Those meetings were always humiliating, If you din't loose they made a snarky remark to you. I know sooo many people that lost weight with them, and they look like crap now 3-4 years afterwards......

My first fill is supposed to be tomorrow... I needed it like a week ago!!!!!!!!

It is strange how the appetite comes and goes like that before a fill.

I get mine in 2 weeks.

Last night I made the mistake of having baked chicken breast and it sat in my track like cardboard, no matter how I chewed those small bites. I ended up mixing it up diced in mayo, and still it sat in there like a rock half the night. Not sick, just uncomfortable. I will never eat that again! Especially post fill.

Good luck on you fill tomorrow and a step further to losing more lbs!

I've been baking chicken covered in tinfoil & marinated, it basically steams/poaches it and keeps the moisture in so it's really tender. I made pepper steak last night, and I microwaved my own plate just to soften the steak up a bit but it, like your chicken, just sat there. didn't really eat a whole lot though, about 6 or 7 strips of steak and a few peppers. Thats the learning process for us!

5 Weeks out... Who else is in Banster hell????