nomorejellybelly

Good luck to you. It's exciting.

I did it cold turkey and the first day was the worst, but it got better.

P.S. I already met several conditions. Morbidly obese and family history of diabetes, my pcos and cholesterol. for example.

I got really lucky and only had to do labs, a check-up and pysch eval. I think that's all I had to do.

I was banded on 09/08/10. I took off the day of surgery and then 4 more days. Plus, the weekend fell in the middle of that. So, if you can, schedule your surgery for the middle of the week and you'll get the weekend too. Good luck.

I try not to drink anything for 30 minutes after eating, but will take a little swish of liquid to rinse if I need to. The PA lady who does my fills, told me during my first fill that it was okay to drink while eating. I'm not totally listening to her.... I have to remember though, if I do drink during eating, to not eat any more than what I measure out. I do always make sure to not eat for a minimum of 4 1/2 to 5 hrs after I eat. Good luck to you.

Sounds like you're doing pretty good. Liquid diet is a little rough, but not horrible for me, because I wasn't hungry. Good luck.

It seems early to me. I hear alot of people get the first fill at about 4 weeks (like me). At 8 weeks, I have already had my second one, which I thought felt better than the first.

Good Luck to you and let us know how you're doing afterwards. I got the band on 09/08/10 and have lost roughly 30 lbs. The last couple of pounds keep fluctuating. I just had a fill last week (I think it was last week) and think I could stand to have another in 2-3 weeks. I think I should spread it out. I also have thought about it being drastic, but I am having success, even though it's a little slow right now. More and more people are noticing and it makes it worth it. It is hard to think about eating just a cup of food, but I am getting used to it. Using the smaller plate, really makes it seem like you're eating a lot. Friend me on here, if you'd like.

Can someone please explain the Sweet Spot? I know it's something like when you're doing really good, but I don't know. How do you really know you're at the Sweet Spot?

I think it sounds like you're doing pretty good. I'm 8 weeks post-op and have lost about 30 pounds. The last couple (or three) weeks have been slow, but I'm hanging in there.

I've been on both Synthroid and the Levothyroxine and have waited an hour before eating and waited for 4 hrs after taking each.

I was banded on 09/08/10. Definitely at least drink protein (I used a lot of Slim-Fast type drinks) and chicken/beef broth. You'll be fine. Just take it easy and don't do anything too strenuous. Oh and take vitamins. I ate gummy vitamins at lunch time . Vitamins should help you also. Take care. Let me know how it goes.

That is awesome! Even though I am married (not happily), I am looking forward to being noticed and hey, if I am out and someone wants to buy me a drink and chat me up, why not?

Go for it, Billy. I don't know how it works, but since you already have the band, maybe you'll just need to start getting the fills. ...but your stomach pouch may have stretched, so maybe they'll need to do a scan of your stomach to see. Good luck though. Go for it.

I know that potatoes aren't a great choice, but I'll sometimes have about 1/4-1/2 cup of diced potatoe/peppers/ham mixture and scramble an egg into it. I'm working toward doing an all veggie or lean ham version, but I don't think too much about having the potatoes, because I feel that I eat well the rest of the day. Other times, I'll have a hard-boiled egg and a string cheese. I also like cottage cheese and have started doing a spoon of low-sugar strawberry jam in it. Yummy.

I can, but I try not to eat much of the bun if I eat any of it at all.

Way to go!! I need to check what range I am in, the next time I go for a fill appt. I look forward to being just obese, then overweight and finally just skinny.

I've had milkshakes (like JavaChiller from Sonic) rarely, but I really, really stay away from icecream, because I know that I shouldn't be even eating it.

I take the generic of Synthroid (Levothyroxine) and you're not supposed to take any Vitamins for 4 hours after you take your Synthroid (Levothyroxine). I even have asked about any other meds, like ibuprofen and was told to wait at least 3-4 hours before taking that after my thyroid meds. Good luck to you. P.S. I'm having to get labwork done, because of my weight loss, my thyroid levels are off. I can tell, because I've been having some symptoms of that.

Funny! I had some jeans that were falling down on me, while I was doing some stuff in my back yard recently and that's definitely something that's not happened to me either.

I never ate baby food. I just made sure I really, really chewed my food, so it was good to go down.

I drank it during my pre-op diet and would maybe drink it more now, but it's a little pricey for me. I do drink Slim-Fast like drinks for some protein, even though they don't have near as much protein. They still help me anyhow.

I have not been keeping track of my protein intake although I do try to make sure to get protein daily.

I think we're allowed to drink as much or as little fluid as we like. I try to stay away from calorie containing drinks, but don't feel bad when I do drink them, because I'm being so careful about everything else and I'm doing great with my exercising. I need to be better about not drinking for 30 minutes after meals, but the lady who has done my first two fills, says it's okay to drink with meals. I try not to as much as possible though. I think you're probably okay, just pay attention to if you have really bad pains in the port or band areas. Good luck to you. P.S. I was banded on 09/08/10.