Well I couldn't resist weighing myself because I am scheduled to start mushies today. I weighed 283 when I came home from the hospital and this morning I weigh 263. That seems crazy to me!!

I had about 3 oz of protein drink this morning and met friends for lunch at Cheesecake Factory. I had the broth from their chicken tortilla soup, which was fabulous!I also had 3 small bites of mashed potatoes and 2 teeny pieces of turkey. I was pretty full. My friends ordered a piece of cheesecake to share. I resisted for awhile basically because I was just too full to eat 1 more bite. After about 20 minutes or so I did take 2 small licks and it really was like heaven! but that was it - 2 licks and I was done!

So far I'm loving my new little tummy especially compared to life with the band!!

Isn't this a fabulous new life? Congratulations! I, too, was down 21 lbs in the first 11 days! Crazy!

Congratulations!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the sleeve -- it's wonderful!

Genepha you had the plication right?

Genepha you had the plication right?

Olivia,

Yes, gastric plication.

I started mushies so I'm at a stand still right now with weight loss. I am going to walk more next week. I can start going to the gym in about 7 or 8 days so I'm hoping that will keep my weight loss going well! I'm trying to lose another 7-10 pounds by March 7, the one month anniversary but I'll be happy with any loss!!

Well I couldn't resist weighing myself because I am scheduled to start mushies today. I weighed 283 when I came home from the hospital and this morning I weigh 263. That seems crazy to me!!

I had about 3 oz of Protein drink this morning and met friends for lunch at Cheesecake Factory. I had the broth from their chicken tortilla soup, which was fabulous!I also had 3 small bites of mashed potatoes and 2 teeny pieces of turkey. I was pretty full. My friends ordered a piece of cheesecake to share. I resisted for awhile basically because I was just too full to eat 1 more bite. After about 20 minutes or so I did take 2 small licks and it really was like heaven! but that was it - 2 licks and I was done!

So far I'm loving my new little tummy especially compared to life with the band!!

Why did you switch from Band to Plication? Scheduled for March 3rd and debating which to go with.

SD

I'm on my phone so I can't go into a lot of details but I had my band for almost 10 years, was pretty successful with it and lost about 100 pounds through a lot of hard work and effort. I had numerous fills and unfills and the process was very difficult and time consuming because my port had flipped. I could be poked up to 15 times to do a fill, even under fluoro. Last year my dr told me that my esophagus was enlarged so my band had to be emptied. After waiting 6 months for my esophagus to calm down, I was diagnosed with a slip and told that my band wpuld need to come out. I had 2 choices; a new band or sleeve, I didn't feel comfortable with either of those choices so I researched and discovered the plication and found a dr. here in California that started performing them. So far, I'm very happy with my decision.