OK guy's,:clap2: lets have our Own thread and take about our bands and stuff..My name is Ted and I live in Oregon . I'm going to get my band Jan. 31st in TJ. Mexico with Doc. Kuri and his team..I was on the Jan. bandsters thread but I think I was the only guy there and felt left out.. A bit back, there was a few guy's that thought our Own thread would be fun, so here it is lets get started..Ted

Congratulations Chris!

Ok, I haven't been on here in a long time and Im glad to see a guy thread. Now lets talk some sports. I live in Dallas and am a SPURS fan! It has been so fun bustin balls for like 2 weeks now that the mavs (typed in lower case letters to show disrespect) CHOKED away another season. Go Spurs tonight. And as always GO COWBOYS !!! (Jerry World is just around the corner)

Bandster question now. Do ya'll notice clothes sizes droping more than weight? I got banded in May and have only lost 12 lbs so far, but can really tell in clothing. Is this that inches instead of pounds chics talk about?

Cowboys ! Blah !!!!!!!!!!! Go Giants !!

Cowboys, Terrell Ownes no way,

Ok today is 6 days now since surgery and went to the Doctors this morning and got weighed in. I lost 3 more lbs :youcandothis: So that makes 21 lbs since like April 27th.:clap2: Thats not bad for 19 days. I hope it keeps up. I am finding it hard right now to get some calories down. Any recommendations ?

Hey guys - any banded golfers out there? I play in a pretty competetive league and was wondering how long it takes in recovery before i can swing the stix again? Dr told me up to six weeks and that even then i should only take easy swings. any comments or suggestions.

By the way i am pretty sure my dr has never even been on a golf course. he doesnt count walking 18 holes as exercise.

Hello everyone! I have been lurking for a while, and decided today to make my first post. I was banded on 5/14/07, and trying to work through the soreness. I lost 16 pounds on the pre-op diet. I didn't really think I would be this sore. Any suggestions for the first week will be greatly appreciated!

I went out about 4 weeks after and the dr. said try swinging a few times and make sure it feels ok and if so then go for it. I had no problem.

Bandito - I hate to say this, and hope this is only my experience, but I have had to give up golf. The port feels like it digs into your guts when you turn your torso sharply.

I have not posted in a while. Went for my three month post-op check, and they gave me another 2cc fill to bring me up to 5cc.

I have been banded for three months and am down 49lbs. I was hoping to be down 60lbs but, better late than never.

I have been going to the gym for an hour of cardio a day. I really want to start swimming and weight lifting but, I am afraid to scare all of th other swimmers out of the pool. I also am concerned with lifting weights now. I am at 300lbs and want to lose more, don't want to slow the losing down by putting on muscle mass. Any weightlifters, let me know where I am wrong and what I can do to maximize my gym time. I make it to the gym six days a week and would like to introduce anything new to keep the weight burn going. I do 60 mins on the treadmill - inclined fast paced walking and a cool down of 15 mins on the stationary bike.

Golf- I am going to use ban as my excuse this year for playing like crap for the sixth year in a row. I NEVER improve!

Sean

350/300/?

What's up fellas. I started playing golf again after about 3 to 4 weeks....basically as soon as the soreness went away. I've got to warn you newly banded golfers, the weight loss definitely effects your swing. I've been playing for almost 20yrs, and i was having problems getting balanced. Then it seemed like I could definitely get my hips through a lot faster (w/o a big gut in the way) and contracted a bad case of the sh&*ks. I generally shoot in the low to mid 80s and actually shot a 120 something at the low point. I've sinced slowed my tempo down and am having a lot of fun playing golf without the extra weight. Still not back all the way, but I'm still losing weight too.

Congrats on finally getting the surgery done Chris...and I agree, The Cowboys blow...especially post-Emitt

Hi, I am glad I found this site and this thread. Thanks for starting it. The site I was at was pretty small. I got my band on 05/11/07 at University General Hospital here in Houston. I have been on a liquid diet. I think I have lost about 8-10lbs in that weeks period and was a little surprised that I have not been nauseated. It seems I have no problem downing an 8 ounce protine drink at one time. The way the written material I was given said I would be lucky to drink one or two ounces at a time?? Any one else had this experience?

OK guy's,:clap2: lets have our Own thread and take about our bands and stuff..My name is Ted and I live in Oregon . I'm going to get my band Jan. 31st in TJ. Mexico with Doc. Kuri and his team..I was on the Jan. bandsters thread but I think I was the only guy there and felt left out.. A bit back, there was a few guy's that thought our Own thread would be fun, so here it is lets get started..Ted

Hey James,

I was banded on the 8th and am able to drink more than I ever thought I would too. I down a protein shake in a minute and then a bowl of soup, maybe some jello... The instructions looked more like eating that over three hours, one ounce at a time. I've never had any trouble getting or keeping the liquid diet down. I've been eating about 1000 to 1200 calories a day with about 100 grams of protein. Not feeling terribly hungry at this level.

Hust wish i could get rid of the shoulder pain. It's getting really old...

Hey woodguy,

I was banded on the 15th... not pleased to hear that you still have shoulder pain. It's very annoying, isn't it ? Especially trying to sleep.

Cheers

Mark

Brisbane - Australia