Meagan

I guess i have a different opinion then everyone else.. i actually think coffee helps with my hunger. it fills me up and i stay full for a longer period of time. it also is like my lil treat in the morning. i love coffee and its easy to make it very low in calories.. equal and a lil milk.. i think i waited about a month to start drinking it again and i drink it usually everyday.. just one cup tho!

I know its hard, i was starving the first week. but i promise that it will go away. my hunger pains actually stopped by day 7. i was hungry but if i had the shake it went away immediatly and it didnt hurt like it did the first week. dont cheat! you can risk the band slipping and or not healing properly. just think the pain is weakness leaving your body. you will get through it. also what got me through it was .. i have eaten whatever i have wanted for 22 years i can sacrifice a month of not eating. i didnt think i would be where i am now, but i got here and the time flew by

Hey... well im like 4 pounds shy of 100 pounds lost in 6 months.. i try to switch up what i eat daily.. but its hard todo that sometimes.. im very strict i really dont cheat and the little things i follow like no drinking with meal.. Breakfast - during the week when i get up early i do fatfree yogurt with some dry oat meal in it.. sometimes a slim fast shake if there is no yogurt.. and weekends if i get up on time i do 2 eggs. Lunch- tuna salad (i always do reg mayo HATE fat free).. chicken salad.. sometimes i have cold cuts like turkey and eat like 6 slices of that and ill have some fruit with it maybe half a banana with a lil Peanut Butter or a small apple with peanut butter dinner is like the exact same as lunch. ill do an omlet with like ham and cheese. or tuna. grilled chicken, chicken parm (no fat free stuff) and ill do some veggies or some fruit with that for lunch and dinner i do like 6 oz of protien and a small portion on the Fiber (fruit and veggie) i really dont snack at all.. i dont cheat. since my surgery 5 months ago the only bad thing i had was a tiny bit of ice cream. thats it. if you do need a snack i will do fruit. it solves my sweet cravings and it works for me. i dont crave anything really anymore. no bread (unless the chicken is breaded) no sweets no Snacks. i hope this helps!

I think that you have too much fluid in. if liquid is getting stuck then you need to go back and get some taken out. take the fills very slow. your like me i only need a tiny bit at a time. i have 3 ccs in a 10cc band and i was banded 5 months ago. and imfine. and make sure you chew chew chew.. also dont have dry dry food. if you have grilled chicken dip it in some fat free dressing or something to moisten it which may help it go down a lot better. GOOD LUCK! i hope this helps

I DID IT! this was my second goal.. and ive reached it. now all i gotta do is take it home to 160 and i have done it. this is the first time since i was 13 that i have been under 200 pounds thats almost 10 years. im soo happy i love this band! i started at 296.. then may 21st of 09 i was 275 that was my surgery.. im not 199! IT FEELS SOOOO GOOD!

I DID IT! this was my second goal.. and ive reached it. now all i gotta do is take it home to 160 and i have done it. this is the first time since i was 13 that i have been under 200 pounds thats almost 10 years. im soo happy i love this band! i started at 296.. then may 21st of 09 i was 275 that was my surgery.. im not 199! IT FEELS SOOOO GOOD!

the biggest part about the first month for me was will power. you need a lot of it. all i kept in the back of my mind was do i want this to work. do i want my band to slip. if you do over eat or eat foods that are too tough in the first month it can cause you band to slip cause it not healed yet. thats why you have to be soo careful. and your in band hell.. you have to wait for a fill to start feeling any restriction. but right now i would tell you to fight through the hunger. stick to the plan the dr, gave you. i was one liquids for 2 weeks and mushie for 2 weeks. think that the suffering now will pay off later. stick with it i know is hard but itll be over b4 u no it!

i cant handle a lot.. i only have 3ccs in a 10cc band. i have 1 put in at surgery. i was fine then i did 2 more fills 1 cc each time. i feel good. and i have restirction and when i start to feel hungry too fast ima go get another fill. i think everyone is very different.

1 cup of food.. i dont no if thats enough.. it also depends what your eating.. are you eating enough protien and veggies.. and are you getting enough calories in, in just that 1 cup of food??? i would most definetly take a better look at wut your eating and maybe you should talk to ur doctor.

I still go out to eat.. just need to make smart choices.. and i def still go to the bars. sometimes i dont drink and sometimes i do. and i only drink like 1 or 2 times a month and i have gotten drunk since surgery, doesnt take too much be careful. you still gotta have fun!

It is soooo worth it. its by far the best thing that i have ever done in my life and i wouldnt go back for a second. yeah you have to make some changes but i do not have trouble with food. they say like pineapple can get stuck cause itsfiburous like very stringy. and grapes cause of the skin. but those are my 2 favorite fruits soo i eat them. and they dont give me any trouble at all.. they also say things like nuts or dry fruit but i dont eat that stuff anyway so its all good. and of course if your doing this you wanna be smart i havent had bread for 5 months, and i no some ppl eat it i just choose not too. i eat mostly protien fruit and veggies and yogurt. and i occasionally have peanut butter thats it. i dont snack and i dont cheat. no cake chips cookies. ive gone a long time without it i dont crave it at all anymore. and i was a big sweets person b4 now fruit really stops my cravings for anything sweet. and really veggies i have no problem with either. of course everyones different but you will be able to eat most fruit and veggies. and def lots of protien you will also be on lots of vitamins like calcium and a multi so you do get your nutrients. anyway i would do it. i love my life now. good luck!!

I did low fat ricotta cheese with a lil low fat mozz cheese melted then i put some tomatoe sauce in it yummy.. it was like zitti without the pasta..

hey .. yeah it def takes some time to get used to. just dont have any beverage near you while you eat , cause we have that instinct to just grab it. and you wont be tempted. also drink before you eat like at least a good 20 minutes then eat.. and afte ryou may feel thirsty for like 10 minutes but that willl go away.. its really not that bad i promise. you def get used to it. and trust me its worth the annoyance cause u dont wanna wash your food down.. goodluck!

Hey i would say your only plateaued for 2 weeks. thats not bad id stick with what your doing and give it like another week or 2.. and if your doing 1000 cals a day id switch it up.. one day take in like 1200 and another 900. and switch up your diet a lil dont eat the same foods allthe time. you dont need to consume too much more to get out of starvation mode just by eating at different tmes during the day and fluctuating the amount of calories you take in a day should help to kick start it again.. also when you work out you doo gain muscle soo your body might be adjusting to that now. but its good cause ur loosing inches maybe not the scale,.. def give it some more time. goodluck!

Yeah its def normal to be tighter in the morning i am a lil tighter in the am dso i have yogurt but im fine by lunch. maybe since your only doing shakes and yogurt almost the whole day your not getting enough calories. youshould be getting about a 1000 a day. and if your doing yogurt and a shakr that may only be like 300 calories for the day and then dinner youd have to consume 700 thats a lot in one meal. i would try to find a way to loosen you up in the afternoon. drink more water b4 lunch. and try to eat solids just slow down and chew very well soo it ccan go down without a problem. and also if you havent lost any weight in 2 months u def hit a plateau. but if your working out a lot you could be justgaining muscle and getting toned, anyway good luck keep workin at it.

reading your message made me really upset. i love the band and i no that its hard sometimes but u have lost a lot of weight. and your working out 6 days a week! your gaining muscle thats why you proly havent lost much and think about it.. its good that your not loosing too much while you work out bc that means its working. ur getting more toned. you may not see it now but if you didnt work out and you lost weight you wouldnt look soo good when you were thin. but being you work out your body is gonna look 10xs better then if you didnt. and bypass i have seen failed soooo many times. ppl drop the weight so fast that it goes back on right away. and you cant have any sugar like ever again wth the bypass. and now there is a surgery to help bypass patients loose weight again cause there is such a high percentage of ppl putting weight back on. i hope that makes you think a lil more negatiively about bypass and better about the lap band, it may be coming off slow but its coming off dont gve up.. dont go back to ur old ways you can do it. trust me you can!

ok well i have had a kidney stone on both side.. one i got blasted the other i gotta deal with. its horrible horribe pain and it tends to travel you will feel the pain kinda moving as the stone passes through you. i had an attack while i was in jamaica on vaca and had to go to the hospital OMG HORRIBLE! i cried to my mom if i need surgery im gonna die. lol anyway if its a urinary thing you should no right away the test for that is fast they can usually tell ou right away. and if you knok that out go get the scan for the stone and find out. cause ill tell you if it is one and they can blast it for you do it bc the attcks will come and they will suck! ohh and my urologist told me that one cause of them is a crash diet! goodluck ps. lots of pain meds!

SO i am almost 4 months out and ive lost a significant amount of weight and i couldnt be happier. i feel amazing in every way. i can walk into anystore and buy clothes AND IM NOT THE BIGGEST SIZE.. unless its like holister but im not gonna stress that lol. my weights been going up and down the past few weeks but its about 212. from my heighest at 296 im soo happy. i wanna be under 200 by holloween. soo i bust my ass in the gym at least 5 days a week and still eat good during the day. we will see what happens. if anyone is reading this and is unsure about getting the surgery id say DO IT. its by far the best thing to ever happen in my life. im soo happy. motivated. have energy. feel good in every single way. and it doesnt help with the boys lol.

SO i am almost 4 months out and ive lost a significant amount of weight and i couldnt be happier. i feel amazing in every way. i can walk into anystore and buy clothes AND IM NOT THE BIGGEST SIZE.. unless its like holister but im not gonna stress that lol. my weights been going up and down the past few weeks but its about 212. from my heighest at 296 im soo happy. i wanna be under 200 by holloween. soo i bust my ass in the gym at least 5 days a week and still eat good during the day. we will see what happens. if anyone is reading this and is unsure about getting the surgery id say DO IT. its by far the best thing to ever happen in my life. im soo happy. motivated. have energy. feel good in every single way. and it doesnt help with the boys lol.

Hey.. well i have a bad knee and now what keeps me motivated is those results... i see my body looking better and i wanna keep that up so i excersize like 5 times a week. and since i have a bad knee i motify some of my work outs. you should definitly talk to your dr and see what excersize would be good for you. i also have found that my knee has been getting a lot better obv. cause of the weight lose but also cause im building the muscle in and around my knee. its hard to get started working out but i promise once you do youll keep it up bc working out is such a feel good thing. its like a high after a good work out. start out by walking a mile or 2.. good luck!

ok so i had my second fill on friday. i did the liquid diet for 2 days and i was fine.. monday i went jet skiing and it was really bumpy it kinda hurt my stomach, but the pain went away. Then yesturday when i was doing my crunches i had soo much pain in the center of my tummy right below my ribs. it felt like where the band is and i had to stop. all last night it hurt and today it hurts. i pushed down on that spot and it was hard, i dont know is that was my band or if it was swollen. but im still in pain.. HELP PLEASE!

nope, i asked they said well its another needle, so i was like ok ill just do with out the numbing.. HAHA umm both times i got my fill i got poked 3 times! once cause the fill was stoo much she had to go back in to take some out and with my luck she couldnt get it the second time so took the needle out and right back in.. my 2nd fill the one lady poked me 2 times cause she couldnt find my port at all! she had to get another lady to get it.. soo next time i might opt for the numbing shot instead of feeling the needle 3 diff times.. but im sure not everyone has had this experience.

YOu are in the hardest part post op. its sooo hard not to wanna eat everything BC your starving. You said your hubby doesnt follow the rules, soo let that give you a boost to do exactly what you should and show him he should do it too.. stick with it right now i promise it will pay off. and when you get your first fill things will get easier. i was a big eater as im sure a ton of us were and your gonna get hungry just say yes to the good foods and no to the bad ones and push through the hunger ONLY A LIL LONGER! you can do it!