Humming Bird

You may be at your sweet spot. After a stuck or throwing up episode you should do liquids for a day. I can not eat eggs. There are many things I can not after I had tight restriction. The choice is up to you. If after another week you are tighter than you can handle, get a very tiny unfill.

I added milk to the oatmeal and cream of wheat type stuff to make it runny. The soups and other stuff I just took very tiny bites and ate very slow to make sure I was not going to have trouble with anything.

I didn't throw anything in the blender or "puree" anything. At that stage I ate things like yogurt, oatmeal, cream of wheat, cream soups, apple sauce.....

Can you just get another band and ask the surgeon to make sure it is stiched in place very well? I know my surgeon wraps part of the lower stomach over the band and puts at least 8 stitches in to prevent slipping. Were they doing that when they first placed your band?

All good ideas. If you feel like it at the time, you could explain about how the band works ..... fills.....restriction.......

It is a list of things one CAN'T eat

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Cindy, Great weightloss!! WOW!

My band has been very tight since Sept. There are so many things I just can not eat or it will cause much pain or slime or other bad reactions. For me this is a good thing and it keeps me in check. Many others have said potato chips are a slider food and you can eat them around the band. I do not agree with that. I can not eat them. I also can not eat hamburgers, french fries, pizza, bread, paistries, steak, pasta ..........my list is long. It is interesting going through the grocery store.

Loved it ! You are already beautiful ! Love your smile and attitude ! Can't wait to see progress video in the future! and OMG! you already look great in a short dress......watch out in the future! You will have the guys trailing behind you like rats to the pied piper!

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Woooo Hoooo! I have dropped 70 pounds in under 7 months! Unbelievable......sometimes hard to wrap my mind around it......But I'll take it! 70 pounds! Whooo Hooo!

Woooo Hoooo! I have dropped 70 pounds in under 7 months! :smile2: Unbelievable......sometimes hard to wrap my mind around it......But I'll take it! 70 pounds! Whooo Hooo!

Yes, I still have restriction. In fact I am almost too tight, but I fear if I get even a tiny unfill the weightloss will slow or stop. I am at 5.3cc in a 10cc band. Everyone is so different. Maybe my stomach tissue that is inside the band is thick. They also include some fat inside/under the band.

haha! Too Funny! I love it :biggrin:

Please do not take this the wrong way, but you need to get a job. Even a part-time job would be a good place to start. That way at least you can have a little money to buy some of the food you should be eating. My son has had to move back home several times as a young adult, but he has no say about what goes on in my house. He is an adult. He can go out there and struggle to make it on his own just as I had to. I was a young single mother and my son is a young single father, so I know everyone has a different story, but in the end it is really much the same. If you don't like the way things are at your mom's house, do something to get out on your own.

I agree, if you are getting stuck, you have restriction.

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If they used the proper size band for your anatomy, then you will need at least one or two fills. The stoma needs to be large enough for the swelling at first. Then after the swelling goes down, you need at least one fill to get proper restriction. I think If I wouldn't have had the 2 fills I've had, I would have to work way too hard at dieting and there would have been no point in getting banded.

Everyone is very different, but I found the colder the things were that I drank, the better the swelling went down. I also used an ice pack on my stomach longer than they said to and it really helped.

I can only tell you from my own personal experience. The band has been working very well for me and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I wish I would have done it sooner. I am very happy with my weightloss results so far. The band does prevent me from overeating. I do not count calories, but I also do not live on candy bars, icecream, Cookies or alcohol. To tell you the truth, I put very little effort in. It has not been a hardship and does not control every minute of my life. The only negative for me has been thinning hair. I think I am more at risk for this than some others may be because my hair is naturally baby fine, thin and straight. At almost my 7 month mark, I think the thinning is slowing down. Good luck to you with the surgery, the weightloss, and a better future! :biggrin:

I have lost 69 pounds and have 45 more to take off (maybe more, we'll see). I still feel like a thin gal trapped in a fat body. I am still classified in an "obese" catagory, but just feel "overweight". At least I no longer feel "morbidly obese." This journey has been pretty good for me, with the exception of thinning hair. I would do it again in a heartbeat! Looks means quite a lot to me as a woman and I hope I will feel better about the way I look very soon. When I feel better about myself, I know it shows in my overall attitude. Over the years I have noticed I get treated very differently by others depending on how I look that day. My son (age 27) has noticed it too, so I know it's not just all in my head. An example of this is when I was shopping for a used car. I take my son with me as he knows more about cars. When I go to a dealer wearing my hair in it's natural stick straight style, they act like I don't have enough money to buy the cars I am looking at and they won't let me test drive a car without someone riding along with me. I can go back to the same dealer after curling my hair (same clothes/same make-up), and they treat me so much better. They just toss me the keys to any car and say, "take it out on the interstate and see how you like it." I come back and they have another ready for me to take out. It happens all the time! I really do believe that as I get thinner, people treat me better. sad, but true.

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FUN ! :smile::bored::smile:

One of the best ways to cook country style pork ribs: Broil/brown the ribs a bit on all sides to cook off some of the fat. Toss the ribs in the crock pot and pour a jar of any BBQ sauce on them. Cook on low all day. You could use the same idea with any meat. The Italian dressing works well on just about any meat too. Crock pot is great for Chili.