Once you have had your surgery come on in to this post from the "pre-op" side. Share your experience.

I am sitting here reading all the posts.Thank goodness for all of you and this site.When I am frustrated I turn to this site to get me through..

It will be a long journey and there is no easy quick fix but in time we will all be where we want to be and that is the main reason .In time I am going to get into that black dress I have always dreamed of.

Cheers to us!

Yes this is a wonderful place to settle at the end of the day or when in need of a little lift. I was banded on 1/21/14. Its my first day off liquids. The puree is good better than I expected it would be. Hunger makes choices clear. GRITS they are the food of the Gods, I am a southern girl living in New England but does nothing to stop my desire for the down home stuff. Enjoy your grits my friend cause I will join you soon. This is my first day back to work and of course a snow storm will make it hectic . THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. LATER.

I was able to move off clear liquids today and into whole liquids! I never thought I would be so happy to have something like yogurt or split pea soup. Being able to drink protein shakes also gave me so much more energy today. Energy, that was much needed; today was also my first day back to work. I just got back from a mile-long walk with the puppy dogs, it was a beautiful evening for that. Now I'm beat!

Hi Ryan from Australia here.

Had lap band on the 1/28/14

No pain meds needed now but I'm worried I'm not getting enough fluids in me!!

I can tolerate a small amount but I'm not getting the recommended 1.5 lt per day. I'm feeling ok I've lost 9 kilos already start weight was 112.5 kilos..... today I'm 102.6 kilos !!

How long will it be until I can eat something normal with flavour??

Im dealing with return appetite too. I need to have restraint bcuz what happens is im real hungry and about ten minutes after i eat i feel extremely bloated and miserable. If i can have the will power to eat a small portion THEN c how i feel i will do better. I dnt want my band to slip from eating too much but without the fill its difficult

Ok, this grits thing is intriguing me! I found some in Spinneys our supermarket here. Anyone have a good recipe and I'll make some this weekend!

The bad part about grits (especially for us southern folks) they taste best with lots of butter and salt. As far as any good recipes, I usually would just use the store brands (but not the quick grits version). There is nothing respectable about instant grits.

Ok, this grits thing is intriguing me! I found some in Spinneys our supermarket here. Anyone have a good recipe and I'll make some this weekend!

This New Jersey snow is really getting in the way of my walking! I don't like it.

I hit 30 lbs. lost today! (Included with my pre-surgery diet) I'm starting soft foods next week! I'll be happy to be out of my liquid diet.

I hit 30 lbs. lost today! (Included with my pre-surgery diet) I'm starting soft foods next week! I'll be happy to be out of my liquid diet.

Way to go als41 on your weight lost. My favorite soft food was egg salad!

30 pounds is fantastic congrats! I have hit a stand still. I went to the doctor today and he was going to give me my first fill but my port is still sore from healing so he said to come back next week and he will give me a fill. He was happy with my loss so far but I will be happy when the scale starts going down again.

Way to go als41 on your weight lost. My favorite soft food was egg salad!

Mmm I love egg salad, I hadn't thought of eating that!! I'm so ready to be done with liquids.

30 pounds is fantastic congrats! I have hit a stand still. I went to the doctor today and he was going to give me my first fill but my port is still sore from healing so he said to come back next week and he will give me a fill. He was happy with my loss so far but I will be happy when the scale starts going down again.

Thanks Iasal. I'm sure you'll break through your stand still. I'm scheduled for my first fill at the end of the month.

I've hit a standstill too, although I haven't gained any weight so taking that as a minor win. Reckon the losses will kick in again once I've had a fill and its tightened up a bit

Yeah I know they say the slower you lose the more likely it is to keep it off and I am trying to keep that in mind but I would really like to lose another 20 by mid April. Is that realistic?? Thats when we go on vacation and I will have to put a swim suit on.