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Hi! Are there any people out there from 2 years ago? I'd love to find you all if you are around. It will be 2 years for me next month. I have 8.25 in my 10cc band and I LOVE my band. My weight loss has been very slow, but it has been sure and I am so much better off than I was. I'd love to hear from some of you!

Breakfast: Coffe and fat free milk, 50g Protein shake Snack: coffee & fat free milk Lunch: I was having a greek yogurt with a 1/4 cup of musli and teaspoon of flaxseed but I am stuck on the 2nd bite .... grrrrrrrr

OK so far: coffee & no fat milk Breakfast: 30g Protein shake Snack: 1 round melba toast with a teaspoon of Peanut Butter Lunch: 1/2 a asian pear Snack: Greek yogurt Later I will have beef barley Soup for dinner and desert will be fat free sugar free Jello pudding.

I'll be banded 2 years this November! OMG! Breakfast: Coffee & non fat milk ..... 8oz pure cranberry juice with 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed, 1 tablespoon of hoodia, 1 tablespoon of bennifiber. Snack: Coffee & non fat milk ...... pure protein bar Lunch: 1 cup of taco seasoned turkey meat with a bit of cottage cheese mixed up with it. Dinner: I have no clue yet. Maybe some leftover soup from the other night that I made. It's got butternut squash, onion, broccoli & brusslesprouts then I blended it with a bit of fat free cream. Desert I always have vanilla jello pudding (fat free, sugar free)

Sometimes I can only eat 4 bites of food, depends on the day. Other times I feel like a burger and go get one, I cant eat the whole thing but the few bites satisfies my craving. I can still eat everything, Pasta, rice, bread, some cant some can. It depends on your body. Some days I can eat a lot and it blows me away! Enjoy your pre band days, but after the band food tastes sooo much better.

Breakfast - banana and plain greek yogurt blended with ice about 200 calories Lunch - bowl of flax/pumpkin seed cereal with no fat milk about 350 calories Dinner - TBA maybe a few oz of chicken breast with broccoli & sugar snap snow peas.

Hi Ellen, mee toooooo! Too tight right now but dont want the unfill because it's $250 and if they unfill too much? Well $500 later I might still not be right so I am just leaving it alone. Hard to make good choices when you are too tight. Like today Breakfast ... protein shake. 50g protein 220 cal Lunch ... few bites of watermellon, one cherry and a slice of thin toast with peanut butter. Took an hour to eat it and threw up a bit of it. Snack ....frozen no fat yogurt Now .... glass of white wine while I make dinner. Whole grain pasta, and home made turkey & mushroom sauce.

Hi Ellen, mee toooooo! Too tight right now but dont want the unfill because it's $250 and if they unfill too much? Well $500 later I might still not be right so I am just leaving it alone. Hard to make good choices when you are too tight. Like today Breakfast ... protein shake. 50g protein 220 cal Lunch ... few bites of watermellon, one cherry and a slice of thin toast with peanut butter. Took an hour to eat it and threw up a bit of it. Snack ....frozen no fat yogurt Now .... glass of white wine while I make dinner. Whole grain pasta, and home made turkey & mushroom sauce.

Breakfast was a protein shake (40g) Snack - 1 hard boild egg Snack - southbeach protien bar Lunch - 1 2x4 in slice of home made whole wheat cheese & tomato pizza Dinner - planning on chicken noodle soup (home made)

Wow fifty you are sure upset. I asked a very specific question directed only to someone with CP and LB that's all. I pray that you find some inner peace and stop getting so upset about a silly post on a board. We have some serious medical issues in our life now, and this is certainly the last moment in time that I will spend with you. Best of luck to you in your life, try to relax and think the best before assuming the worse, in yourself and in others.

Now I remember why I stopped posting here for so long. I reach out for help and wind up in some crazy battle. Who cares you said "IF" the point is that you both assumed the worse and its just not necesarry or right. Bummer. And obviously we have seen a doctor, and cutting and pasting is just easier when you are in a hurry. Why even bother saying anything when you cant even answer the original quiestion. Fifty and Fab, you are way too full of yourself.

Hi Fifty, It's a shame you assume he's a drinker. My husband has never been a drinker, not even the good ol college party days. You can google it if you like Mayo clinic has some great info if you are interested. Im offended, please educate yourself before assuming. Pancreatitis has many causes A number of causes have been identified for acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis, including: Alcoholism Gallstones Abdominal surgery Certain medications Cigarette smoking Cystic fibrosis Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), when used to treat gallstones Family history of pancreatitis High Calcium levels in the blood (hypercalcemia) High levels of parathyroid hormone in the blood (hyperparathyroidism) High triglyceride levels in the blood (hypertriglyceridemia) Infection Injury to the abdomen Pancreatic cancer

Nita, does that mean you have CP?

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I have been banded for 17 months now, I have a 10cc band with 8.25 in it. Mornings are always hard, I have a very regular diet (some would say boring but it works for me). I start my day with 8oz of pure cranberry juice and 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed. I mix it with 32 oz of water and have that consumed by 9am at the latest. (I bought the fat flush diet book and although I dont follow it religously love the diet). My breakfast is ALWAYS a shake, 30g protien. Then as the day goes on I open up. For lunch I am normally able to have anything just a small amount of it. Dinner the same. Good food is harder to get in no matter what. I can still eat an entire bag of doritos or chips, they just melt in my mouth. I could also eat an entire box of cookies or cake, the sweets and salts still just slip down and always will I suppose so thats my weekness, it was the problem before the band and is still my problem. I still need to fix my head, too bad I coulnt have gotten surgery on my brain to just tell me I dont like that stuff anymore!

My husband got his band a year and a half ago (so did I) however he has reciently been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. Just wondering if there are any banded in the same situation? If so, how are you doing and how are you getting your nutrition in? I'd love to find a friend to help me out since I am the one who cooks and buys groceries in the house.

My husband got his band a year and a half ago (so did I) however he has reciently been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. Just wondering if there are any banded in the same situation? If so, how are you doing and how are you getting your nutrition in? I'd love to find a friend to help me out since I am the one who cooks and buys groceries in the house.

I just re read your post. You are at 8.5 in a 11cc band??? Get some more put in! 1 more cc for you might just be what you need~!

I went through a time where I thought my band had a leak or something. I went from restriction to being able to eat everything in sight! I went in for another fill and my doc pulled it all out to make sure there was no leak, I had no leak it was all still in there it just wasnt enough anymore. So they filled me again and now I am at 8.5 in a 10cc band. Can they add more to you or is it all the way filled to the tippy top?

OK again with the judgement. I am just asking if anyone has had the same experience thats all. How dare you call me a looser, you have no idea who I am or anything about me. Why do I test my band? Umm well lets see, because I got a fill and instead it feels like I got a total unfill. And dont dare assume I am testing with hamburgers where did that come from? You know you really need to learn to post if you have an answer to a question, not to criticize someone who is posting for help, I feel shitty enough thank you. Oh and by the way, my big breakfast was an egg white and spinach omelet.

Wow, seroiusly? I was not asking about following rules, I was asking if anyone has had a simmilar experience.

So... I got banded last year and have lost 59 pounds. But after no loss and being at a standstill a while I decided to get a fill. Last Wednesday I got a fill for a total of 6.75 in my 10 cc band. My problem is that now I can eat everything in sight. I have LESS restriction now than I did before my fill. I have been eating like my old regular fat self for days now. I swear I feel like I have no band at all. Has anyone ever hadthis? I left a message for my Doc today after a big il breakfast. I was not hungry today while I ate but I tested the band all day and the food won every time. What gives? I hope my doc calls me back Monday morning.

Good luck to everyone! And a big congratulations. I was banded a year ago November 25th will be my one year banniversary and I can hardly believe its been a year! It's gone by sooo fast! Best thing I EVER DID! You will feel shitty after surgery but come around, before you know it you'll be living a regular life and melting away!

I was a size 28 now a happy 14/16 depending on the item. Still dreaming about a size 12!

Wow so I am actually glad to hear that I am not alone in the "beating myself up" department. I was hoping that all my weight would be off by now. I started way back when at about 300pounds (I have no idea how big I really got then as I stopped weighing) Got banded at 235 and was hoping it would all just magically dissapear. So NOT. I'm tall so would be happy to be 170, my goal on paper was 160 but I always knew that was too much for me. I thought 180 by 1 year would happen, well it would have if I would have been better. UGG why is it so hard to loose and sooooooo easy and quick to gain?