Anyone have Dr. Marsden for their surgery? Tell me all about him! I'm scheduled with him for April 5th.

I also had Dr. Mardsen, and my surgery was also on April 5th 2013, in Richardson, Tx. I had to be there at 9:30am, my husband and kids were all there with me, I was so scared. I've list 35lbs since then, it seams to have slowed down, I go for my next appt. on May 29th, hopefully I feel more restriction. I have 4cc in my band now.

Awesome! We had surgery on the same day!! Whats typically on your menu for the day? Are you using My Fitness Pal to track what you eat? I feel like I need more guidance in the nutrition area but haven't found time to call. I have 3.5cc in my band and dont really feel like I need a fill. I dont find myself to be hungry usually but I think thats due to 2 months of super low calories. I have a hard time getting over 800 calories a day because I am trying to minimize my carb intake. I dont have trouble eating anything except when I eat chicken if i take too big of a bite it can be quite uncomfortable.

Sounds like you are doing great!

Hope to keep in touch and watch your progress!

Sounds like your doing great, how do you know if you need a fill or not, I was thinking it felt like there are some things you can not eat, but I can eat anything, I read about restrictions, dont know what that fells like. I've have two episodes of "sticking", 1 was a hard boiled egg, (I guess it was the yolk), and the other was a piece of watermelon, (I swollowed to big of a bite), the egg was the worse, it lasted about 10 minutes. Have you had any episodes of "sticking"? Iam not using My Fitness Pal, maybe I should, I just try to eat low fat and sugar free foods, I also stay away from carbs, basically anything white I will not eat it, bread, rice, Pasta etc... Are you exercizing? My husband and I walk 2 miles a day, it takes us 45mins. We started hiking at The Audubon Dallas, 7171 Mountain Creek Parkway Dallas, Tx. 75249, its quite a hike, but we enjoy it. I eventually would like to start jogging, I havent jogged since Highschool. Keep up the awesome job!!!

I know exactly what you are talking about with the "sticking" ... it has happened to me a couple times too. I can eat anything too. I don't want a fill. I have 3cc's in my band and when I eat stuff like chicken and broccoli I can only eat about 2 ounces of chicken and a half cup of broccoli. I dont like that I can barely get in 700 calories so I am trying carb cycling. I read the book Choose to Lose by Chris Powell. It sounds like my body will love it and it reintroduces some foods I have cut out completely. I was trying to do low carb all the time. This plan you do High carb, low carb, low carb, high carb, low carb, low carb, Cheat day. So you are constantly changing what your body gets and it doesn't get used to the same thing all the time. I have gone walking a few times but havent started a daily plan. I am going to join the community center here because I can go after work at 6p and they have free child care.

Hey lilmis and brigida! I was banded by Dr. Marsden on May 6. I too have had sticky situations. It's like you can feel every inch as it goes down. Do either of you have trouble with cold Water? Sometimes i can feel that going down too. Brigida, have you gone for your first follow up at True Results yet? I'm going in a couple weeks. Still don't know if I want a fill yet. Sometimes I can go 4-5 hours before I'm hungry and other times it's 2 hours.

Lilmis, I read that book last summer and did it for a couple months. I lost like 12 pounds. It's really a good diet. Not as restrictive as Atkins. My problem was my cheat day got out of control and then I stopped losing weight. That can't happen anymore because of the band. The EXACT reason why I'm happy I did it!

I already had 1 fill, I have 4cc in my band now, I go tomorrow for another fill. Iam not loosing weight like I was at first, I wonder if the solution dissolves some. I've lost about 40lbs, but I think I should have lost more. I can eat just about anything. I get hungry within 2 hours after I eat, then I'll eat fruit, veggies or something like pudding of applesauce. I guess I'll see what happens tomorrow.