atlambros83

I could always feel mine once I went in for my first fill and knew where it was but now after losing all of the weight (150lbs), you can see the bump all the time. It gets a little annoying explaining it to people but hey I'll take that over the alternative!

I tell everyone that asks...personally I don't care how I lost the weight, I'm just happy I lost it. At my heaviest I was almost 300 lbs, a bmi of 42 and severe sleep apnea. Today I stepped on my scale and weigh 162 lbs, have a bmi of 23, and have never slept better. I'm proud of the fact that I had this surgery and have even turned several other people I know on to the lap-band because they saw it work through me.

One year, two months, and 115 pounds after my surgery, I am at my goal weight and target BMI and I am very happy with my decision to have this surgery. I researched and tossed around the idea of having this surgery for several years before actually having it though. The thought of going into something like this blindly is a little crazy IMO.

Yeah it happened to me like that too, I guess as the restriction lets up you don't really notice until its a big enough difference where you can start eating those "bad" foods again lol. But yeah it always seemed to just come out of nowhere to me as well.

My doctors took it pretty slow every step of the way and even when I thought the amount going in was a little small, after I'd get home and eat something I'd realize they were right every time and each check up I continued to lose weight.

lol yeah I have some crazy burps now after being banded. It's pretty funny when I can actually let em rip but can be really annoying to keep down if I'm out in public or something.

Do you not go to the same place for your fills each time? I don't even keep up with how much I have in my band because the doctor always tells me. Seems like the whole unfill/refill thing is kind of an un necessary step. Not to mention they basically did nothing for you once the swelling settles.

I usually take small sips during my meals, I know I shouldn't but I just can't eat and not drink SOMETHING. As long as I take small sips it's usually not a problem. There are times where I slip up and accidentally take too large of a sip though and everything just comes right up. I was banded on 6/24/09 and am now a little over 70 lbs down, shooting for 100-120. So far so good. I still have to get a better hang of eating the right things and keeping my portion sizes down though because I still end up throwing up more than I should.

True, I guess I'm just excited about losing and was thinking it would help give an even bigger push. I see what you mean though, there really doesn't seem like there's much of a point, the band will work just fine without. Congrats on your milestones though! I hope to be as successful as you soon enough. I bought the Centrum liquid multi Vitamin back when i got the vitacraves and I couldn't stomach the taste so I've been sticking with the gummies but I guess now that I'm able to have solids again maybe I'll give the chewables from centrum a try. Any other Multivitamins you guys are using out there?

lol I just rubbed it off with the towel after I took a shower and it came right off fairly easy. I was wondering how I was gonna get it off for the first few days, my fiance told me to use baby oil but that did nothing. but yeah after a couple days when you're a little more comfortable with your wounds just rub around the tape area with a wet towel.

So I had my first adjustment yesterday, I feel fine after the adjustment and all but I was wondering....have any of you used fat burners to help give you an extra boost during all of this? If so, what kind? Also, do any of you have a good multivitamin to recomend? When I first received the surgery they told me to get a gummy vitamin so I got those new one a day vitacraves but from what I've seen they're not exactly packed full of vitamins like some of the more solid ones out there. Anyways, any help you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, I'll definitely look into the Unjury Chicken Broth. That's weird about the apple sauce...they didn't list much on here for me to go by other than "protien drinks, broth, skim/lactaid milk, sugar free jello, popsicles, low fat yogurt, sugar free pudding, or baby food fruit". :thumbdown:

Hey guys, I was just banded on Wednesday (6/24) and I've finally been feeling alot better today, I actually made it out and caught the new transformers movie with my fiance earlier but along with being a little more active the applesauce and jello are getting a little boring. My doctors weren't very specific and gave me a very small list to go by as far as eating for the first 15 days after surgery. should I strictly be sticking to this list or is it safe for me to eat something like a tomato soup? I'm not really very hungry, just tired of what I've got I guess. Any help would be much appreciated.

That's awesome guys, thank you for your input. I can't wait to get started myself. Hopefully things will go as well for me as they have for you and by the time I get married in June of 2010 I will have lost most if not all of this extra weight! I'll definitely be hanging around here and giving updates though.

Thanks! I'm using a company called True Results, my actual surgeon is Dr. Christopher Hart and in total they are charging me $15,000 with included follow ups for one year after surgery. That's awesome that you're already 18lbs down in just a few days. How has the recovery been? Feeling good yet or still in a little pain? I'm supposed to hear from them tomorrow to schedule some x-rays and an upper gi test and then its on to scheduling my surgery. I can't wait! I got engaged about a month ago on a cruise in the Bahamas and we plan to get married in about a year. To think that this could actually work and I could seriously have lost this weight by then is just crazy to me. I mean, I've tried for this my whole life and now there's something out there that can help this become a reality. I'm just really excited.