Hey everyone! I was just banded on November 30, and so far so good! I am so excited to begin this amazing journey to the new me. I would love to hear from anyone out there who has some tips for me as far as what is good to eat in this first stage of the game. I welcome all e-mails or posts from anyone in my shoes just wanting to talk too! Please respond!

Welcome conniesueb!! I was banded on November 8th so I'm new at this myself. We have a thread under the General Discussions titled November bandsters. Come check it out! We discuss our struggles, our hopes and ask each other lots of questions. We would love to have you join us!! Best of luck to you!!

Thanks Denise--I will definately check it out. By the way--how do I add the statistics at the end of my posts?

Welcome Conniesueb

Congrats on the beginning of the rest of your life...great to hear everything is going great! I have had the lapband since oct 05 and am loving it...a bit of a slow looser but still loosing so all good! Keep us posted on your progress.

:xena_banana: becky

Hi there!

Go to www.tickerfactory.com to create your weight loss ticker. You can pick a background and an icon to mark your weight. It asks you to set your starting weight and your goal weight. When you are done, you can right-click on the ticker and select "copy."

Go back to the screen for customizing your signature on this website (under the User CP link in the blue bar at the top of the screen) and right click in the signature space and select "paste."

If you save your ticker with a password on the Ticker Factory website, you can log back in periodically to create an updated ticker as you lose weight!

Hope this helps!

Hi Connie, I have been banded for 6 months. The post op diet is important to follow. My doctor recommended anything that could pass through a straw. Start with you liquids then move to soups and then creamier, heavier soups. I also ate yogurt and pudding post op. Good luck to you.