HI!! i was banded June 12th and had no complications. The only problem is i feel no restriction and i have no self control. Im not regretting the band at all, but i have already taken it upon my self to eat whole foods, chewing until liquifief of course, but still why did i do this when my doc said liquids only. Did i already screw myself over? Someone please yell at me and tell me how dangeous it is to eat that food now! Im stubborn and need someone to tell me no!!! other than my mom and boyfriend! Please help me stop!!

OK, here it is, STOP EATING WHAT YOUR NOT SUPOSED TO. You are so young and this is not easy to change bad habits. You need to be careful so that you don't end up hurting your stomach while it is healing with the band. ASk your mom and boyfriend if they will eat some of the things you are suposed to eat so that it will be more normal of a meal, if they are hungry later they can go get something when you can't watch. If you need some reasurance please email me. I will be checking back a little later tonight after I get my kids to bed.

Congrats are being banded, but you need to stop eating foods before your doctor said it is alright to do so. You are risking major complications by eating including band slippage. Look... you are already doing great with a 32 lb. weight loss. Keep on watching the numbers drop.

No.

Hungry? Eat!

Don't worry about weightloss...unless you want to diet.

When you get restriction after 1 or 2 fills hopefully...that's when you will start loosing weight.

Don't fight the band. Let it do what you paid for it to do. And stop dieting!

I spent 8 grand out of pocket.

I did not spend $8,000 to gain weight or ruin this little plastic pool float inside of me.

Get past the next 30 minutes and tell yourself "NO".

Your body will have an opportunity to put the band exactly where it should be for the next several decades, but you must stop eating solid foods a mere 11 days out.

You should call your surgeon's office and ask what type of diet you should go on and BE on for the next few weeks.

We paid for Nutritionists. Get your money's worth.

Grace, she is just 10 days post op. Excuse me, but what the hell are you doing telling her to eat???!!

Sigh. You might want to check out this thread.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/information-slippage-dr-ortiz-66430/

Ebeth - Please stop eating foods that are not on your list - you do not want to damage yourself permanently. You do want the band to do its job and it won't be able to do it if you sabotage it. You might not feel restriction yet, but look at how much you have lost without the band. You can do it! Hey - if I can you can.

I was banded on 3/24 and have lost 45 pounds - I had my 2nd fill today and just now feel 'restriction'.

Take care of yourself!

What you're doing is very dangerous, you need to stop and go back onto liquids.

Liquids are whatever will go up a straw. You can make healthy foods into liquids - with Water, stock, milk, canned tomatoes, whatever. You can have nourishing Soups and milk and fruit smoothies, golly, I had my christmas dinner - turkey, veges and gravy all liquified up into a Soup. You do not need to be starving hungry. If its going right through your band and not staying in the pouch at all (perfectly normal before a fill) then have a bit more, till you feel some satisfaction.

But you MUST NOT cause your stomach to churn and work to digest it. It has to be smooth and lump free.

ebth, I am not banded yet but I will say NO NO NO if you promise to yell at me when I need it. Please follow your doctors direction! We are all in this for the same reason we must get Healthy! Now put it behind you and start again. My very best wishes.

Grace, she is just 10 days post op. Excuse me, but what the hell are you doing telling her to eat???!!

Sigh. You might want to check out this thread.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/information-slippage-dr-ortiz-66430/

She should eat if she's hungry. She's healing now and should not be dieting. If she's on mushies...she should eat mushies. If her doc has her on liquids..she should do the liquids.

But she shouldn't be dieting when she's trying to heal. Sorry what I said was misunderstood....didn't say she should have a steak.

I Hearby promise to all fellow bandsters that i elizabeth with stop eating foods that i am not supposed too. I promise to follow all bandster rules no matter how bad i want food because nothing taste as good as thin feels. And if i continue to eat the wrong food i will pinch myself untill i bleed!! lol ok maybe too far, but thank you all so much for the help, i really really am going to get back on track! I had a much better day today!!! Ill keep yall updated!!!!

Call me the devils advocate but whatever!!!!

Before I transitioned back to solids I called my office's nurse and she said that the stages are just a guideline. When you feel you are ready, move on but not until you have stayed on one stage for at least 4 days.

And when I went to see my doctor post op, I admited to my skipping from liqiuds to solids and he said, "Honestly, you're young, and most young people do the same thing and it's fine"

So as someone said earlier, and my doctor said on my last visit. Don't worry about losing until after your first fill. It is not a war to indulge a bit!

I am really surprised at how little a lot of newbies seem to know about the band and the reasons for the pre-op and post op diets.

The main reason you drink all your food in the first 2-4 weeks is to allow your stomach to heal and to allow the band to settle into its proper place. The band is stitched to the outside of your stomach and you drink all your food so that your nutrition passes through the banded area with minimal churning of the stomach. By eating solids, you are causing your stomach lots of work and churning in order to digest the food you eat.

By eating solids (no matter how well chewed) you are risking your band slipping out of its proper place right from the beginning. So you want to throw away your money and the major surgery you just underwent - go ahead and eat everything you want!!!!!

get back on liquids you're on them for a reason so your stomach doesnt have to churn to digest foods while you're healing!!!