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I am in agreement with Betsy. I hate taking off work to have a Dr appt and always have to drive 30minutes across Dallas traffic. BUT.. once I have escaped the office, the cell, the pager and, people standing infront of my desk, I am content. Especially if I have time to take a deep breath before getting called in. Getting out of the office and rushing to an appointment is the worst. Once I get there I have no problem waiting.

You rock! Your success is inspiring.

I am only 3 weeks post op, and my motivation factors will probably change. But, for now "fear of failure" is what keeps me motivated. I used to work out in a personal training group that also required everyone to read their food journal in front of the group daily. I wasnt honest about what I ate.....or atleast how much alcohol I was consuming. This time I dont have to lie to anyone, but myself. And I refuse to have a need to lie to myself anymore. I bought a gym membership 6 months ago and actually went today. I swam for about 20 minutes and plan to go daily until I return to work in a week.

stateofzen, Would you be open to sharing your egglant recipe? It sounds yummie.

I havent gone back to work yet and am sure I will weigh myself less once I do. But, for now, I weigh myself when I get up at 6:30, then again when I wake up at 9:30, and finally when I get up for real at 10:30. Each time I get up I go to the bathroom, so the numbers do change. Except this morning, I was at 320 at 6:30 and by 9:30 I was up to 321.5!! And that is after using the bathroom again. That made me realize that you just cant count on the scale to be accurate all of the time. As long as the trend is downward, that should be enough.

I, for one, think that popcorn and the movies go together. I am about 3 weeks post op and have been to the movies 3 times so far and have eaten popcorn just fine. I dont eat the kernels, just incase there is a problem with them. I am mindfull of the carbs, but havent had any problems. Maybe after a fill or two.

I hit 19lbs down today and scheduled a massage for next week. I figure I will be down 20lbs by then. I have decided to get a massage every 20lbs down as a reward. What rewards are you granting yourselves for progress?

I find it pleasant to see how much exercise everyone is doing. I can only do .8 of a mile walk or 20 minutes on the stationary bike. I seem to be the lowest exerciser here. I know I have been sedentary for years and have a high bmi, but I want to be able to last longer.

I was really happy with my loss preop and the first 2 weeks of postop. Then we hit week 3. Mushie/solids are ok now and I have been eating food on the ok list. I havent gained any weight, but havent lost any weight this week either. My son was here for a visit and I also didnt exercise. Now that he is gone I am thinking of going back to liquid for another week or so, and go back to walking a mile daily. I know introduction of food is definately to blame, but I am hoping someone will tell me it is ok and I will start losing again. I hate to be stressed this early in the process.

Mine was only $56,000 without the hernia repair. I dont owe the hospital anything because I work there, but still have to pay 20% of the doctor and anestesioloist charges.

I am two weeks post op. The first week I crushed my drugs 9and I take alot of them) and hated the taste. Once I got into mushie food I tried taking the pills whole and had no problem. I asked the doctor how much Fluid I had in my band and he said only enough to prime the band. I am sure when I have more fluid in the band I will have to crush, but for now, it is working just fine.

I am bipolar and lean towards depression so I can relate. I would call your doctor, as he is the final decision maker besides yourself. Sometimes I "think" I am having a tough day and all of a sudden am just certain that it is going to excelerate one way or the other. Usually I sleep on it a night or two and by then I know if I really am having symptoms or just stressing. You know your body better than anyone, so trust your decision.

It all depends on the doctor. Some require a certain amount of weight loss. Others are comfortable that you will lose weight on the preop diet. I was 340 when I started this journey (I had already done my 6 mo supervised diet the previous year and gained weight). I only lost 2 lbs on my preop diet even though I didnt cheat and my doc didnt say anything to me.

Has anyone found which spagetti sauce is the lowest in carbs? Since I am finally on mushies I want to make the layer lasagna without Pasta tonight.

When I first asked my doc is I could have a month off I invisioned taking twice daily walks and perfecting my diet. Fast forwad to today. My 27yr old son is flying in for a visit Sun through Thur. I am incredibly happy to see him but not sure how my plan will work. My sister wants to take the following week for a vacation. I could skip this except I havent spent time with her in 3 yrs. Some of this may be easy to follow the diet, but I am afraid it is too soon to become proficient.

I am just finishing up my 2 week post of liquid diet(I also had 2 weeks of Clear liquids before surgery). My Dr didnt allow yogurt or sf pudding. The closest to normal I got (besides the clear soup) was sf Jello and sf popsicles. My next phase is 4 weeks of pureed/mushes. I have to admit I am thinking of staying on liquids another week because I have made slow but steady progress while on liquids only. The first few days are the worst, but after that you accept the limitations and make due.

ON day 3 I woke up dizzy and called in sick. I had a Protein shake and some more sleep and went to work. After that day it got better. sugar free Jello was my salvation as it filled up the nawing hunger I had. Be sure to drink enough protein, that makes a big difference.

I am only a week or so post op but I am already having feelings of self sabatoge and strong desires to eat the wrong things. I am on creamed Soups now but have 3 weeks of pureed before real food. I very much want this to work and am contemplating getting professional help so that I dont lose any time. Who is the right person for this? Does anyone see anyone for this same issue?

You are fine. I expected to PB on day one and was very anxious. But nothing happened. I could hear a girgle when I drank alot of Fluid, but that was it. Once I got passed the first few days I felt normal again. I am still surprised that if I follow the liquid diet (I have full liquid for week 2 and pureed for weeks 3-6) I am really not hungry. I expected to be passing out from lack of nutrients. Wonders never cease to amaze me.

I was banded on 10/4 and had my 1 week (and 2 day) followup appt. I have been on the scale every day and was upset because I was 1 lb lower yesterday than today and thought I was failing (I am extremely hard on myself and hope learn to cut myself some slack). So, here I was thinking poorly about my loss. When I got weighed at the Dr office I was down 8lbs since my preop appt and 10lbs total since the appt before I started my preop diet. So much for thinking I was failing. What I learned from this is forget weighing every day as it will just cause disappointment in the short run. I am putting up my scale until I am better able to cope with it and will just wait it out until my 4 week post op appt.

That is simply wonderful! I am so proud of you and all the hard work you did to get there. I was going to have Dr Cribbens but as I work for a hospital, I had to have the surgery done that and he wasnt on staff there. I liked him.

I had the runs for about 5 hours. Then poof they were gone. No problems since. Today is day 4.

I live in Frisco, just north of Plano. I was banded 10/4 by Dr Victor Gonzalez at Medical City Dallas.

Mishay, I had my surgery yesterday as well, but didnt have to spend the night. I slept most of the day due to the pain meds, which was totally find by me. I have almost no gas, so no gas pain. I am most happy about this. I am also able to consume the same amount of liquid that I did before surgery. I am trying to stretch out the hydrocodone by using tylenol in between doses with some success. Some people say day 3 is the worst, but I dont expect much more than I have had today.

I was banded yesterday. So far the recovery hasnt been bad. At one point there was a question if I would get the surgery as my sodium level was too low. They did a stat lab test and it was up so we were ready to go. Upon waking up I hurt and had nausea but they went away quckly when I was given meds in my IV. Mu surgery time was 11am and I was releassed at 6pm, follwoing a fluorscope to see if I had any leaks. I havent had gas pains, other than 3 good belches. My pain is relieved with the liquid hydrocodone that I was given and I sleep alot. I am sure this is related to the pain meds but that is ok, I will cut back tomorrow. I only put 3lbs back on during surgery. I have been able to drink just like normal, but am not yet hungry, only thirsty. I really havent done much walking, even around the house becuase I feel spacey from the pain meds. I do feel like I have a big ball in the side of my stomach where the band it, but I would expect that. I understand day 3 is the worst, so I will see how that goes tomorrow.