Yvette1026

Congratulations and the title of your blog "Why not sooner" is exactly how I feel, like WHY didn't I do this sooner?!!?!? Everything for a reason

I'm 7 months post op as of yesterday..you won't (shouldn't) feel bad after your fill.. you were more than likely very swollen which is what caused the feeling you felt and for the liquid to be removed. As for your energy level, check with your dr and ask if you can move to mushies or eat something of substance like cream of wheat, that'll get your energy up.

WOO HOO! Lookin' good!

I hope you shaved a few inches off being out there! It's too hot.. I stay inside and go from my air conditioned house to my air conditioned car lol AZ is too hot, I even sat out of two concerts this weekend cause I wasn't tryin' to be out there in this AZ heat lol.. Maybe all us AZ people can meet up for Fro-yo or something and cool it down

I LOVE LOVE LOVE couple's dancing.. Ballroom, Salsa, all of that.. the old fred astaire and ginger rogers movies get me every time!

So since I'm not eating as much... I've figured I better put my mouth to use in other ways. I've started singing again... (Uh huh what were you thinking?!???! lol) Something I've ALWAYS loved to do and have done forever.. I stopped singing right around 21 and now 12 yrs later, a lot of weight gain and more importantly loss later here I am. There's truth to the saying "If you don't use it, you lose it" though.. but here I am just singing away trying to get some of it back. It's been interesting.. I joined an online karaoke site and it's the most hysterical thing, you can be TERRIBLE and people will give you 5 stars, right now I have a couple of songs in the site's "Top recordings" trust me when I tell you they're not good but hey I'll take the ego boost. Anyways just one of my new hobbies I've picked up now that I'm feeling great about myself.. what interesting thing have you done or gotten back into since surgery?

So I missed my fill yesterday, I've been laid up in bed with a knee injury so I wasn't able to go. I still have restriction which is GREAT but painful as a reminder for the carb craving I've been on. Um yeah.. ask me what I ate yesterday? Biscuits. Yep just biscuits.. hot fresh out the oven with honey and butter.. that's what I ate for the whole day... Today my face is FAT.. so there will be no more biscuits. But I don't know where this out of control carb/bread craving is coming from. I don't even have PMS as an excuse. But all I want is carbs. The other night I made baked potatoes and dirty rice for dinner.. WHO DOES THAT?!!??! But I've been fighting off this craving.. it's out of control.. it's so bad even a piece of paper looks good to me.. (oddly enough when I was a kid I used to eat paper) but yeah.. I know they say that cravings mean you're deficient in something.. I've been eating balanced meals, I don't know what I would be deficient in.. guess it's time to go google. I rescheduled my appointment for the 4th, that gives me time to undo any damage I did on my carb binge.. but um yeah.. HELP.. send donuts lol j/k ok well maybe just one..

Yet another reason to NOT tell people your business. But WOW and your fellow bandster and her parking lot unfill...there's so much wrong with all of this on so many levels... just WOW

I tell people as I choose to, I don't lie or hide it.. but just as with any other medical procedure or diagnoses I don't go around reporting it to other people either, it's not their business. Like right now I have a knee issue (I rebuke surgery in the name of Jesus ) but because I'm not up and active like I normally am everyone is like are you ok..what's wrong with your leg... to some I just say "I'm good, I'm just healing" to others I'll tell them what's going on. When it comes to all things medical it's REALLY not anyone's business to know or ask, but that's just my opinion. When it comes to being banded many people feel like you're cheating and you took the easy way out as if we don't work hard for this EVERY day.. but we do, much more so than if we were just dieting but they don't understand. I choose not to argue with fools.

Congratulations on being banded.. But why are you taking pills? You should have received liquid pain meds and if not prescription then liquid tylenol. It's very important to not put solids in right now as they can get stuck or add to your swelling and slow your healing process. The bleeding is worrisome, were you sleeping on your stomach? Did you look at your incisions? Did you bust some stitches? Glad you're not in pain...here's to a rapid recovery!

You're going through changes which will definitely have an effect on him as well. Your husband has a point only if you're neglecting him or other priorities to be on here.. (Which I don't think is the case.) There's things about this process that ONLY other people going through it as well can relate to. Can your husband give you advice on being Stuck, Band friendly recipes, Band Concerns, etc??? More than likely not. Assure him that the site is mostly women (which it is) and that he's more than welcome to come on and see what it is you're doing at any time. While it's important to be open and honest with your spouse, it is also important for you to have a personal time/space/release to do whatever it is that you would like to do. Whether it's blogging, reading a magazine, or playing a video game. Whatever you choose to do. There's a lot worse things that you could be doing... he should realize that.

Chip and salsa isn't cheating.. you got this lapband for life... it's there to be a tool. I'm sure you had less chips and salsa post band, then you had pre-band right? So it's working. How long has it been since your fill? Most people don't really start to loose until 2nd or 3rd fill that's why they call it "bandster hell" you're still getting the hang of it? Maybe you need a more aggressive fill? Also proteins over carbs, remember that! You can do this! All the best to you!

If you follow my blog you know that I had an affair with Ronald under the glow of his golden arches for years. Even though I knew he wasn't good for me and I shouldn't be there, he was my old comfortable lover that knew how to do everything I liked just right. I'll admit I've visited my old flame a couple of times since my banding mostly due to lack of time/necessity during a month long moving process with a BUSY schedule.. I know I could have made better choices but I didn't. I came across this and now I know... WOW Take the next 5 mins and see this below and you'll figure out how much damage we've done with every visit... never again.. NEVER AGAIN..

You slept late, the majority of people are always tighter in the morning and then loosen up as the day progresses. This is a pretty normal phenomenon. I always test my band to see if I can eat in the morning.. I take a sip of a heavy juice like Orange or Pineapple juice and see how it goes down.. if it's slow going... I do a shake if it goes down easy I do eggs, etc.. Then there's days like today where I tested...made eggs got about 1/2 way through 2 scrambled eggs and my band said.. NOPE not any more.. so now I'm sitting here burping and feeling oh so disgusting... blogging to distract myself as well lol On the upside being stuck only lasts a few minutes I find that bending over and then stretching back in an arch of the back gets things unstuck pretty quickly but also reduces the pain level.

Don't worry about calories and intake right now and you should have been given a lapband booklet that you had to sign for that has all of the info in it.

Not because I'm embarrassed or ashamed, never have been. But because my bathing suits are TOO BIG and I don't want to go shop for another one that will be too big in a couple of weeks.. what's a girl to do.. lol Oh to have such problems LOL... YAY ME!:smile2:

Reading your post I get a very positive vibe like everything is going to change dramatically for you... I think your lack of weightloss/change will happen very soon too, besides being in Cali you can always go to TJ and have Dr Ponce de Leon do your fills for CHEAP.

WOW Way to go! We need pictures! lol very inspiring!

Oh yeah and I totally eat sushi all the time.. well as sushi as I get with my california rolls lol.. but yes I eat them, just instead of a whole roll or two for a meal, I'll eat about 3 slices and be done.

I eat rice, pasta and bread it can definitely be a challenge and it fills me up quicker. But I do eat it being an O blood type I NEED it, carbs and red meat.. need need need it... but yeah I just listen to my band if it says "no bread today" I don't eat bread.. if it says ok.. I go for it. I've found usually if it's toasted it's not an issue. Bagels, english muffins, waffles, etc.. like this morning I had eggs benedict with no issue. But then tonight I had a wheat tortilla and that was a no go. Listen to your band and body and you'll be fine. They say not to drink through a straw or chew gum, I do both and don't really notice any difference. They say we suck in too much air drinking through a straw or chewing gum, I don't know how most people drink/chew but that's not really a problem for me. Do what feels right to you!

Good for you...and trust me when I tell you to STAY AWAY FROM THE BREADSTICKS... I ate them a couple of months ago.. PAIN.. OMG PAIN!!! STAY AWAY FROM THE BREADSTICKS.. I REPEAT....STAY AWAY FROM THE BREADSTICKS! lol But you did great! I totally believe in still eating what you want, just less of it, that's the key to true success in weightloss with the lapband in my opinion.

Thank you... I figured some would agree and that others would either disagree or aren't ready to hear it.. with 65 reads and only 4 comments.. ummm I'm gonna say the majority falls in the latter.

Do you have a Whole Foods near you? Their brand of whey protein shakes are about $11 and they taste great when used as a base or alone. Also Jay Robb's Egg White Protein tastes great, little more expensive but you can find it on sale. Check out your local health food stores they ALWAYS have protein shakes on sale, you may sacrifice flavor for price but you can usually find some great deals!

WOO HOO!!! Congratulations! Keep up the great work!

Stairs are so very different... best thing I did since getting my surgery is moving to a place that has stairs lol I have NO CHOICE but to go up them lol...The first week was a lil' much.. but then I started getting used to them. Such a good work out. Zumba and any class you're not familiar with in the beginning is ALWAYS hard.. you can do it, soon you're be a Zumba master