Hello October Bandsters. I thought I would start us a post-op group now that we are getting ready to start out second week of banders. I know we are all going to do GREAT. We will all be loosers this month!!!! If you are having a bad day dont hold it in. This is where we can let it out. If we stick together we will go far. We can do this ladys and gents. I know we can. Set a goal for yourself and let everyone know what it is so we can help each other meet that goal.

My goal is to walk/run a 5k by one year post op. I hope to meet that before then but I am not going to pressure myself to meet a goal that is not realistic. I know myself and if I set goals I cant meet I will give up.

Good luck to all of you.

For Thanksgiving I had turkey, ham, dressing, sweet potatoes and a small piece of pumpkin pie. But later I had turkey, cranberry, sweet potatoes. I blew it. Yesterday was DH's birthday so I had a grilled hamburger, chips and cheesecake. I'm ready to throw all of the leftovers away except for the meat. I know that I'll keep eating on them until they are gone. So today I clean out the refrigerator!

I know it's tempting, so I made myself a low cal cottage salad to have over time.

Anyway,,, I know what you mean.

But I got that Dilemma beet !

My Husband is eating it all ! LOL

Better him then me...

Now it's safe to say Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS !

i am an october bandster...banded 10/25/11, i have to say, Thanksgiving was a complete victory, but mentally disappointing. I was not able to eat much of anything...i had about 2oz of turkey first, then a tiny bit of stuffing and broccoli quiche, then i was completely full and unable to enjoy any other part of the feast. I do consider the day a victory because i could just imagine how much i would normally have eaten!! But, I think its going to take a little time to mentally adjust to not being able to eat the foods i used to love.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading these posts and having the "october" group is cool because everyone is at the nearly same point in the process.

Thanks for the support,

Lisa

Now that Im on real food I've gained and my only restriction is in my head. Cant wait for my first fill on Tuesday!

I didn't do too bad either but I really couldn't list what I ate; I can say that I ate a heck of a lot less than what I used to. I am also scheduled to have my first fill on 11/30 and I am looking forward to it. I also anticipate the surgeon clearing me for exercise so I will need to get into a routine.

I was banded on 10/25/11 so I have no fill yet and not sure if I'll need one in 11 days which is my 1st opportunity. I sampled what I wanted on Thanksgiving, gained a pound and burned it off in the gym Friday. Just got home home a great workout at the gym this morning to complete my 210 exercise minutes per week. I continue to be amazed at how well my band is working and that four small meals a day keep me satisfied.

TBM

I did pretty good over Thanksgiving. In fact the scale this morning showed 1.5 lbs lost. Usually we turn the leftovers into pot pies. Not this year. Tonight I plan on chopping up the leftover turkey and stirfrying with some chopped veggies and having turkey fajitas in lettace wraps.

What are you doing with your leftovers?

I'm glad everyone had a pretty good thanksgiving. I had a little bit of the things that were important and made a sugar free pumpkin pie so I had a desert I really liked. The biggest victory.... my husband gained 2 lbs and I lost 1 so I am for the first time in our marriage at a lower weight than him. It was my first big goal and he kept losing so the goal kept moving. I'm so excited! I did 2 big workouts of an hour each this weekend so hopefully I can stay less than him.

Feeding it to the Husband, and if he has had enough,,, then the Dogs.

1/2 of the Breast I will Freeze."The Turkey was over 21lbs., so,, that's a lot of breast."

1/2 will be cut up for lunch meat or maybe turkey salad

I'm glad everyone had a pretty good thanksgiving. I had a little bit of the things that were important and made a sugar free pumpkin pie so I had a desert I really liked. The biggest victory.... my husband gained 2 lbs and I lost 1 so I am for the first time in our marriage at a lower weight than him. It was my first big goal and he kept losing so the goal kept moving. I'm so excited! I did 2 big workouts of an hour each this weekend so hopefully I can stay less than him.

You go for it fellow Band Sister...

Never look back or regret it either, because from here it only gets better.

I finally decided to exercise. i did a Leslie Sansome dvd. I started out with the 1 mile walk and I could feel it. I think I'll do a longer walk tomorrow. I'm just so happy that I finally did it.

Sounds good to me !

Wow I leave for a week and everything is different on the site. Pretty happy with myself for keeping with small plates, small portions, and lots of water. Thanksgiving apps:shrimp with guacamole, brie, mini fillet minion in puff pastry, and pumpkin soup. Actual meal was: ham, turkey, asparagus, sauteed kale, cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes. Now the cocktails on the other hand...not as successful. ..need to work on that! Didn't loose nor gain...so I'll take it.

I had my first fill last Monday (November 21). I got 1 cc of fluid and it hurt like hell! It took the doctor 4 tries to get the needle in - he said the port was "encapsulated"? Anyone ever heard of this? What do I do? Is it going to hurt every time I get a fill?

I have the same thing. It's no big deal, he put it in, and he should be able to access that port is what I told him... It's on a slight tilt. Not Flipped or anything. It's do to the way he sewed it in.

I have been stuck 10-12 times with no shot for pain. Talk about Black N Blue !

It took a Nurse to say her port is 4 fingers down from her incision. Dr. never figured this out.

Next time you go in for a fill watch were they are from your incision, tell them to measure that as how many fingers from the scar is the port ? they will know what your talking about, and they can tell you. Then you tell them whenever you go in to make your fill easier.