I have finally recieved my surgery day- Feb 24. I start my pre-op diet on valentines day!I am so excited to finally have a date. Good Luck February bandsters!

I too am being banded February 24th. Good luck!

I was banded 02-24-09 and I have only lost 10 lbs so far and I'm a bit upset about it. Is this normal? I have not had a fill yet, so maybe that's why? :tt1:

Don't get discouraged. I was banded on Feb 20th and I lost 11 lbs in the first week and about 5 more since then. Now, I'm at a stand still. I get my first fill on April 1st and I'm hoping I will see more results. You're not alone.

Don't get discouraged. I was banded on Feb 20th and I lost 11 lbs in the first week and about 5 more since then. Now, I'm at a stand still. I get my first fill on April 1st and I'm hoping I will see more results. You're not alone.

Thank you. I have been feeling like crap lately not losing any weight. My boyfriend says to step the exercise up a bit to see results. I guess I'm not eating too healthy either. I need to work the program to the T.

I'm not losing too much either. It really is frustrating but, it's not going to happen over night. We really need to eat healthier and I'm guilty of eating the wrong foods as well. From what I understand, we all test out what we can and can't eat. It's pretty normal. It's all trial and error. Also, I understand after our first fill - we will really be restricted and not able to eat what we're eating now. I have not worked out yet, I was told 4-8 weeks before beginning any real exercise routine. I have a bad foot and it keeps me from walking a lot.

I wish you luck. But, we have to be patient! We WILL get there!

By the way, I am 36 years old in Illinois.

Kim

Yeah I think your right, thanks for the support and I don't feel like I'm alone now. Yes, patience, something I have to work on because I feel I don't have any. lol

I wish you luck too and I am 31 from Los Angeles CA. My friend just moved back to L.A. from Illinois, she lived in Round Lake IL and my boyfriends family moved out here last year from Moline IL (I think it was). Which part are you from?

Hi, I switched my user name. I didn't like the kh60050.

Anyway, that is so funny that your friend is from Round Lake. I live about 10-15 minutes from Round Lake.

I think you're doing fine. I think we all expect too much in the beginning. I almost feel like I'm failing at this too just like I have in the past with any other diet. BUT, I know and I keep telling myself to slow down. I haven't even had my first fill yet. I go Wednesday for my first fill and I'll let you know how it goes. I am a little worried because others I have talked to say they can feel their port - I can not. That worries me.

Can you feel anything inside? I can't feel anything and a friend of mine says she can feel her port. Sometimes, I have to ask myself...is it really there?

Kim

Yeah my friend lives in San Diego with her kids now, her husband is in the Marines, so they move a lot. She wants to move back to Round Lake though. They own a home there.

Yes, I need to have more patience and start to eat healthier and work out more.

Good luck with your fill, mine is in 2 weeks. I can feel the port underneth my skin. If I touch it I can feel it. Sometimes when I get up fast, kinda like a sit up, I can feel it and sometimes it kinda pinces or hurts if I make a fast move like that.

Sometimes I don't feel like I had surgery either, except for when I ate bread today and it got stuck in my chest, it went down with time though, had to drink sips of Water. I haven't even had my first fill, and its strange how I'm getting stuck like that, but I guess that means I should not be having it.