Pixi

So glad everything went well. 20 lbs is great! it's very important to follow your Dr's orders after surg and eat only what youre supposed to to avoid any complications . i'm almost 4 wks out and am starting my soft foods and enjoying every minute after being on liquids/mushies for so long. good luck.

they are ugly looking lol i'm waiting patiently for mine to loosen up..its been 4 weeks and i think they like where they are.

gas-x strips!

At first i felt uncomfortable about social settings but now i actually think it makes me look the best i've ever looked. before at a party i flocked to the Desserts and guarded the table for dear life and now people notice my eating habits have remarkably changed for the better and i have inspired people to look into the band (those that know) those that don't just assume i've been bit by the diet bug or i'm in love or something like that...its none of their business pretty much . much luck to you. you are doing great!! i was banded by dr hoffman also on july 27 09 .

July 27th 2009 :thumbup:

i was told no swimming /bath till ater 5 weeks post op. i am severely missing my bath time!

this girl seems like an obsessed stalker type. i cant believe he kept her after she confessed how "in love" she was with him! he's just as nuts as the rest of them

great news Erin!! i want to go swimming too...i feel ya there...

those outfits were definitely a sight for sore eyes! i would never.

i love the cream of potato also when i'm super hungry. its filling and altho pre banding i mixed it with milk, i used water this time around so it wasnt so thick. i can only eat about 1/4 cup then i feel so full. cream of broccoli i like also..i just puree it really well. cream of celery i've never tried. doesnt sound so appealing to me but maybe it isn't so bad.

exactly LOL where's my sexual peak??? it skipped me :thumbup:

so glad to hear youre feeling better! i take the flinstones chewables my dr suggested those actually. I just bought some of the WW progresso soups and strained them and gave the veggies/chunks to my dog and i drank the broth. Cream of chicken is good strained and its rather soothing and makes u feel full.

I totally have a problem with this show. lets throw a bunch of fat whining crying no one loves me women in BATHING SUITS on tv and see if any of their cinderella dreams come true. some of these women are attractive , hard to believe they've never gone on a single date before .i think its all fake.

i just slept on my stomach for the first time since surg and it was wonderful. i'm 12 days out , and it still wasn't as comfortable as before , but at least its not as sore now.

haha i've said something similar to this as well and their facial expressions are priceless

i had to lose 5% of my body weight prior to surg so i lost about 15 lbs and my BMI on surgery day was 35.1. i'm still on my post op liquids and have lost roughly another 6 or so so far

Congrats, youre doin great! let me borrow her and pretend she's my sis when you're all done and looking HOT

i'm 9 days out and i've had several hot flash episodes i can recall since surg. i've never experienced them either but they are not pleasant one bit. now i know why my mother was so miserable.

wow...congrats Big Mama. You're doing really good!

no fill yet but ....:ohmy:2 weeks on liquids does not sound fun

yikes lol lets hope its not thrush. I had ketosis real bad the first week after surgery and now its kinda going away. Erin how are you doing? have you been eating? did the chicken broth go down ok?

wow i need to start reading names backwards more often. i think it can be a totally erotic intimate experience for both partners .

hi Karlita ! i'm also a single mommy to a little boy and i was scared out of my mind before being banded last week. if you need any kind of support or advice , please ask

i think i would prob wait till i knew the guy was really into me and there was potential for a LTR .i've regretted telling even some of my girl friends i was banded because now they all want to stare at me while i eat...to just wait and see what i do... I was recently banded and i am a single woman and one thing i always looked forward to was nice restaurants/dinners on dates! the band is def gonna take some fun outta that but i'm not complaining one bit.

thanks for the reminder ! i have to place stickies everywhere because i tend to forget to take them. my dr suggested a chewable mutivitamin with iron like flinstones , calcium chewable, and liquid b12. i also take biotin and zinc.