Anyone Getting Banded In September?

[Darkangel321 61]

The month is over... WE DID IT!!!

XOXOXO

Join MyFitnessPal!!! Lots of bandsters are on it... My user name is: girlswag79

Joined this morning and requested you. Really nice app.

[jarchuleta 20]

MY FITNESS PAL! You guys really should check it out. If you do and you like it' date=' please request me. Darkangel321[/quote']

Do you like it better than lapband.com. Can you enter custom food?

Jan - Nevada - Banded 9/12!

[Darkangel321 61]

Do you like it better than lapband.com. Can you enter custom food?

Jan - Nevada - Banded 9/12!

Never been to lapband.com. I will look at that one tomorrow. Yes, you can add custom food. There are foods in their database as "Homemade". I'm thinking these were custom foods added by other members.

[RhondaMarie 67]

I think My Fitness Pal is way better! Helped me so much on this journey! !

Kck11599

Add me!

[Darkangel321 61]

I think My Fitness Pal is way better! Helped me so much on this journey! !

Kck11599

Add me!

I hope it helps get the fat off my a--. You have been added.

[DesertRose80 137]

I joined myfitnesspal today and I LOVE IT! ESP the scanner!

[jarchuleta 20]

Ok joined fitness. Mine is Janner146. Add me. Lol.

Jan - Nevada - Banded 9/12!

[Tigerlily3704 8]

Feeling much better had my surgery Saturday have a lot of gas in my chest hopefully that will all go away but overall today's a much better today

[Katie S. 8]

Its been a week today since my surgery. I feel awesome my gas is FINALLY gone! And I feel normal again. I tried eating some mash potatoes today and did really good! Im so excited to start exercising and getting healthier!

[bandedinky12 3]

Today is my is week anniversary :-). I go for my follow up visit tomorrow. I'm so looking forward to it! My doctor usually advances his patients to phase 2-soft/mushy foods. I'm still not back to normal and still sore especially around my port. I haven't weighed myself since my surgery. I don't want to be come obsessed about it but I am curious to know if I've lost anything since surgery. Oh well guess I'll find out tomorrow!

[Darkangel321 61]

Its been a week today since my surgery. I feel awesome my gas is FINALLY gone! And I feel normal again. I tried eating some mash potatoes today and did really good! Im so excited to start exercising and getting healthier!

Wish my gas had gone away that fast. Good for you. I just ordered that TAP OUT work out set. Will deliver tomorrow. I will start on that hopefully Monday. Glad potatoes worked for you. :-)

[Nayelli 36]

I'm getting banded in September...Can't wait to look and feel better, but definitely nervous about the procedure and immediately post op! Sounds like more pain than I was expecting! I was thinking it would be like gall bladder surgery...anyone can compare that for me?

I though it was going to be like the gallbladder one but no. well in a way it is almost like it nut the difference is thta it takes a little longet for you to feel up to speed. with the gallbladder i was up and about within four days and the lap-band you can move and everything about it took me a good week and a half to actually feel comfortable with no pain on my back. Is it worth it? hell yeah!!

[Katie S. 8]

I just got a gym membership but im not starting it til November. I want to make sure im fully healed.

[knewland 14]

Latest are added!! Up to 71 scheduled and 5 still in a holding pattern.

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Late reporting date. I was banded on Sept 28th. Knewland1

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[Momo13 22]

Hey guys! Just thought I'd share my first week with the band...

I started my mushy stage yesterday and I've been cooking up a storm! I made Turkey Taco Chili, Cream of Zucchini Soup and Curried Chickpeas with Quinoa. I blended half and left half of the batches whole and froze it for the soft foods stage in a weeks time.

I'm finding it hard to eat so far just because I'm simply not hungry (unlike the first week when I was getting pretty sick of clear soups). What a bizarre thing!!! A typical day has been a Protein Shake in the morning (takes me a long time to finish), 1-2 cups of mushy food and 1/2 cup of apple sauce or yogurt a day. I'm taking Multi Vitamins and fibre supplements too. I've been eating out of a 1 cup bowl and baby spoon to re-train myself with these new portions. It takes me a while to eat too, another thing to get used to, haha!

The first three days post op were pretty uncomfortable and I was in pain. Hurt to breathe, gas pain in my shoulders etc. I took tylenol, gravel and codeine days 1-7 but I'm just dealing with incision pain now (I was banded on Sept. 26th). I have a post op appointment with Dr. Woo next week. I have been able to sleep in my bed on my side for the past two nights but still have discomfort when I have to roll over or wake up on my stomach and when I'm showering.

I haven't had any problems getting food stuck but I have also been chewing consciously and haven't been eating until I'm full... just the cup of food that fills my baby bowl and Im done, no if's and's or but's! The feeling of food passing through the band makes me very "aware" when I eat now, not painful or anything, I can just feel it so it reminds me to slow down and listen to my body. So far, so good!