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I have my first fill schedule for June 10 - I often expereince the same as GDF - I get to a certain point and then I am full. I think I even experienced a real life PB moment recently at my sister's wedding while eating some fish and veggies.....Now everyone seems to say those don't come until after you are filled.......but this was a real as it gets. I started getting hot and flushed and wondered if I should run to the restroom! I took a few deep breaths, had a sip of Water and thankfully, it began to subside. I can't imagine what it will be like when I have a fill!!! 8-)

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Thank you Thank you numbgirl!

I love this site. I come with the stuff that I don't understand, or that make me feel like "what is this", and puff, the fears are gone because other people have the same thing. It's so important. I don't even think the surgeons get some of this stuff. The other day someone wrote the the left shoulder pain got worse after walking. Well, I'd had the same. Even recently. When I'd told the surgeon, he looked like I'd said I'd just come from Mars. So I thought maybe something else was wrong with my shoulder but reading the post alerted me that the surg just hadnt hear that. And it made sense. Because when you're active, the gas moves.

Anyway, I am not eating much and my food seems to get stuck in the spot between my breasts- even when I chew alot and eat very slowly. I can't imaging eating less after the fill. Right now, to get the Protein in they want. I'm eating 5 times a day. Just the Protein.< /p>

And the good news.......I've down another few pounds....THE scale MOVED! Down 31 total.

Gwenn:thumbup:

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What is this.......lapband sibling rivalry? LOL

Maybe the easiest explanation is that I started fatter- I started at 315 and I think the BMI was like 50 something. I don't remember.

I have been walking since the awakening from the surgery. Stopped two days ago because my bad knee was acting up . I'm going to use the recumbent bike (if my husband would kindly take his clothes off it) now that I'm more healed. Nurse said not to use it for a while. Just want to burn a few calories.

And of course, my scale didn't move for days and the moment I stopped exercising - it moved. That happens sometimes.

Wanna race to goal??????

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I started at 322 but I must be taller than you!! 8-) Call it loss envy!! No, I am just trying to glean as many tips and secrets I can as I pick up the pace on my journey. Considering that you are 10 lbs out do I get a handicap?

Enjoying my new outlook and I can feel myself walking a bit taller and I've lost in my saddle bag area because the chairs aren't quite as snug (though still snug...) as they used to be!!

It is rough for me on the knees too because of all the weight - I just started exercising again this week. Oh the sweat! and I have to wash my hair......and it takes me a long time to dry it....... and.......and........ 8-) I keep telling myself I have to do it so I can out do the "normal statistics" of 40% of excess weight......I know that 100% is possible!!

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Do you know where Cedars-Sinai hospital is? I live less than an mile south of the hospital. If you don't, figure mid-city. We're just below the Beverly Hills line.

I always think I should get a handicap because I'm not tall. People think I'm taller than I am because I have longer legs than torso. And hey....I STAND TALL.

I LOVE loss envy. We have to remember that one. The stats I read were 50-60% on average- and we're not average. Remember that! I was told that gastric bypass is like 70% or more, but I know more people who have gained it all back on GB than lost. That's why I chose LB. My brother-in-law has lost almost 120 on lapband and is sooo happy.

I just have to get my stomach back in order and get back on my regular meds- the surgeon didn't want me taking full pills but mine are very small- Protonix for GERD. I tried Previcid because of hte soluable tabs but it gives me the runs. And I have been taking metamucil for a specific need for a while now, and Benefiber just isn't the same. So, I'm going to talk to him about it when I go for my first fill on Wed.

You must be close to a fill too, as we were banded the same day.

Gwenn

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Yes my fill is coming up on June 10 - I keep wondering exactly what to expect - my weight loss has been fairly decent without it - I am hoping that it only enhances it - I have done my best to follow the rules even though there is presently no fill.........

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Dogluvr.........WHOO HOO!!!! I know you feel incredible to say goodbye to the terrible 3's!!! Now just count down the decades...i say goodbye to each decade now. I'm in the big hair 80's now and the 70's are just around the corner (groovy!!).

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Dogluvr.........WHOO HOO!!!! I know you feel incredible to say goodbye to the terrible 3's!!! Now just count down the decades...i say goodbye to each decade now. I'm in the big hair 80's now and the 70's are just around the corner (groovy!!).

Wouldnt 'groovy' be from the 60's? :lol: How about Gnarly!

in the 70s - Slang Terms of the Seventies

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