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I feel so dirty too! I will try that tomorrow, thanks for the suggestion!

Wow i am so jealous. I was banded the same day, and only down 4 pounds. ugh

I just started a full time job monday so I dont have much time to sit around on the comp anymore! haha Im doing alright, feeling a lot better. I wish i could get this dirty sticky stuff off my stomach though, its gross! I have only lost 4 pounds since surgery and its really frustrating, I am doing everything right :-/

I am having the same problem! I have lost 38 pounds since I started this but since i had surgery on the 17th... 4 pounds.. what 4 pounds! Ugh!!!! I am doing everything right. Maybe I should try more calories, but I get hungry fast and I eat till im hungry, how do I add more calories?

I got the depo shot about 3 years ago. One side effect is gaining weight, I was on a diet at the time and I lost! Since surgery I have only lost 4 pounds... its very upsetting to me, but I know that this is to be expected but blah!

its thick. kind of like sour cream. its good with some honey on it!

SO a week ago I got banded and when I got out I had 4 small incisions that were covered and one large one, then I had a small cut looking thing not covered. I didn't know why but I thought hey they know what they are doing. So today the butterfly bandaid about an inch away from the uncovered cut starts really bothering me and its almost coming off anyways so I took it off. Come to find out THERE IS NOTHING UNDER IT. This really bothers me, Idk who covers the incisions, if its my surgeon, that really bothers me, if its the 12 year old looking nurse, I will be upset but at least I know it wasnt my dr. Im thinking about sending an email to one of the girls in my surgeons office and addressing the concern. Am i making too big of a deal out of this?

The rest of my small ones were covered. I emailed them and this one was suppose to be covered too. She blamed it on maybe it moving when they were covering me. Doubtful. I think the nurse just put it in the wrong spot. But it looked fine, I just wanted to know why i had no butterfly on just one incision but a butterfly on NOTHING.

I started work today , I havent worked a full time job in a long time! I am sooo tired. I will def need the calories to keep me going, but even with what im eating it doesnt seem to be enough. Just whatever you eat try to make sure its filled with protein! Im hoping to start my work outs next week.. idk if im ready lol

I try to stay away from the carbs. I do eat good carbs in moderation but I cut them out after 6pm. Im sorry your going threw bandster hell. Just try to make good food choices!

Im a week post op and started mushies and today was the first day I got hungry. But for the last 3 weeks I have not been and I had to force myself to eat. You need to drink a Protein shake at least! Your body is holding on to all you have and you wont lose weight that way, not to mention not eating is bad for you. You are prolly still swollen, I am not in bandster hell. I cant eat much before I get full, Im just hoping the scale shows the pounds dropping!

I cheated by having one cookie the first week of my two week pre-op.

I weigh myself because I am addicted to the scale. I get on it at least 5 times a day. I can not wait a week to weigh myself.

I weigh two pounds more by 6pm everyday. It goes away in the morning.

Congrats!!! Good luck on everything, you can do it!

I was banded a week ago and I have lots of restriction still. Its prolly from swelling but as long as im losing weight, ill ride it out :-)

My band is open too. I kinda am hoping maybe this will stay like this forever and I wont need fills! haha i know keep dreaming.

How long after you were banded did the swelling go away and you were able to eat normal. Tomorrow will be a week since I was banded and I still cant eat much.

I was just banded a week ago and I have been able to eat next to nothing. I havent lost much weight. I was finally able to get an extra protein shake down and im already down 2 more pounds! If you dont have enough calories , your body is going to hold on to what it has left.

I know the feeling. On the liquid diet my scale was moving everyday. It has now just stopped. I know that I am suppose to be healing and that its not a miracle thing and its going to take time... but ive been fat my whole life, I want to see those pounds dropping! Dont let it bother you, just eat right and do what you are doing. Can you work out yet? I know I am not ready, but I cant wait till I am it will help with the weight loss!

The pressure was what was killing me. I couldnt handle it anymore 2 tbsp of milk and magnesia and that pain is gone! Hope you feel better.