Hey All,

I am starting this thread for anyone having their band done next week. I am scheduled for surgery on the 11th. I am so excited!!! I have visited a lot of threads on here and have met some incredible people with incredible stories!!! Have met some not so welcoming people to threads too but we won't focus on that Anyway, just want to keep connected to people as we go through this journey. Anyone interested come on board and let's do this together!!!! Good luck all and God Bless!!!!!

Does anyone know how I can get my "weight loss ticker" thing to show up on these pages? I got it on my personal profile page and can change it as I loose but I cant get it to

show up on these pages.:laugh:

Does anyone know how I can get my "weight loss ticker" thing to show up on these pages? I got it on my personal profile page and can change it as I loose but I cant get it to

show up on these pages.:laugh:

You use the first code on there- bb code or something like that- Then, when you go to your user cp, and edit signature, you just have to paste the code in there. If there are too many lines, it won't let you do it, so preview it before you save it.

I'm going to get banded end of june! I'm 60 and don't know how to get on this thread ...hoping this will work..but don't know how to get back on once i close down the computer??? Thanks for any help....terri :laugh:

How're my Banded Buddies doing? Just checking in...

Man- I am having a really hard sticking to this liquid diet!! All I want to do is eat. I am home alone, with a kitchen full of cookies, ice cream, chicken fingers, fries, and loads of other sweet and fried goodness-

I had to sell my home to be able to afford the band, so I live with my mom. I can't expect everyone in the house to suffer, just because I have to- But it's super hard to be here with all of this food! So far, the only cheat I've done is having a spoon of sugar free ice cream. Not too bad, but I'm only one week down. I have to survive a whole nother week of this!! Plus endure a birthday party, and grocery shopping! I want to go crazy, and eat everything I see.

This is HELL!!!

Im doing good physically. But I know what you mean about wanting to eat. I have to turn away from the TV commercials! I just have another protein drink in a flavor I like and everytime I get on the scales I feel great. Try some

sugar free jello or sugar free pudding.

Man- I am having a really hard sticking to this liquid diet!! All I want to do is eat. I am home alone, with a kitchen full of Cookies, ice cream, chicken fingers, fries, and loads of other sweet and fried goodness-

I had to sell my home to be able to afford the band, so I live with my mom. I can't expect everyone in the house to suffer, just because I have to- But it's super hard to be here with all of this food! So far, the only cheat I've done is having a spoon of sugar free ice cream. Not too bad, but I'm only one week down. I have to survive a whole nother week of this!! Plus endure a birthday party, and grocery shopping! I want to go crazy, and eat everything I see.

This is HELL!!!

Hi Malysa,

My name is Melissa too :smile: I would tell you to throw it all out but you don't really have that option with other family members around. They can really sabotage you whether they mean to or not. :thumbup: My Dad doesn't give a $hit what he eats in front of me and his attitude is one of "well, she's gonna have to learn how to eat around people." I hate that and I'm glad I live with a very supportive husband. He's doing Atkins which is similar in many ways to the high Protein low carbs that we are on. Good luck with your next week and just try to steer clear of the cabinets that you know have your favorite junk in them. That's what I do when I go over to Mom and Dads place. Best of luck,

Mikissa

It would be much easier if I felt any restriction. Today is my one week mark, and I feel like I could eat a normal portion without any problem. I'm supposed to drink 3-4oz of a protein shake 3 times a day- I can easily drink almost twice that much without feeling full. Then, I am hungry again in no time- I'm going to call my doctor about it Monday- I shouldn't be able to take this much in at a time- If I wasn't hungry, I wouldn't be having such a hard time with it.

And if I had the will power not to eat on my own, I wouldn't have needed the band to begin with!

Can't wait to get a fill-

So now that it is almost June how is everyone doing? :cursing:

So now that it is almost June how is everyone doing? :cursing:

I am doing much better now that I feel more like myself again!! honestly, it took about a week and a half to get here.. :cool:

I am down 12 lbs since banding... I am going in for my post op on the 1st and then back to work (got a little vacation.. lol) can't wait for my first fill on the 14th! I have four incisions and three are pretty much healed.. I still have the steri-strips on the port incision. My clothes are a little looser AND my rings go on without a battle.. I love it!

can't wait to start working out... I am cleared to do the elliptical for 30 minutes a day starting when I go back to work... I've been walking every night and am up to 1 mile and making it in to a family thing! :w00t:

can't wait to hear how everyone is doing!

I am down 20lbs and feeling better!! I have much more energy! I am having a hard time not eating everything I see! I have no restriction and that makes it so hard! I am getting my first fill in 4 weeks...can't wait!

I am down 17 lbs in a little over 2 weeks. My doc said I could start solids 10 days from my last appointment which is today. I had a little grilled chicken and it seemed to go down just fine. So far no problems with any food. Of course, I don't have any restriction yet but I'll get my first fill in 2 weeks.

Well...I guess my dr. is pretty conservative. I just moved to mushies, and am on them for 2 weeks then soft foods. I am down 25 from before pre-op diet, and around 15 since surgery on the 13th. I am glad to hear everyone is doing so well.

Sydney

I got my first fill yesterday. 2cc in a 10cc band. The injection itself was virtually painless as they use local anesthetic first. But trying to sip the 3 cups of water afterwords...at first if felt like I had swallowed a big baseball my esophagus hurt!!! Water went down fine but I had alot of air that wanted to come up. It got a little easier by the time I made it to the third cup of water (45 minutes later). I couldn't even drink my protein shakes yesterday I just didn't feel hungry!!! Today it's a little better occassionally throughout the day I will have that "stuck baseball" feeling again and it hurts!!!! I have to "burp myself" and the pain goes away. I hope this is not going to be a lifelong thing! Tomorrow I am supposed to be able to start eating for the first time since April 26th! I am a little leary but am looking forward to trying some blended fat free refried beans and salsa!

It was my 1 month post op and 1st fill. Didn't hurt a bit. They put 2 1/2 cc's in so now I have 3 cc's.

I am down 14.7 lbs since surgery and 33 lbs total since March.

Mine also felt like the water was getting stuck. I had to eat mushy foods yesterday like cottage cheese and mashed potatoes. Today thing still feel stuck. I am trying to get to used to my limits with this fill. I overdid it and had some minor sliming and frothing. I didn't throw up but it eventually slid on down. Weird feeling. I need to take it slower. I had an egg at 10am and didn't feel hungry again until 3pm so I am on target right now. I go back in 3 weeks to evaluate how this fill is doing. We shall see.