Hello all,

My name is Claudia and I have been recently banded! ^^

After 2 rejections from my insurance I finally got my approval for surgery and had my Realize band implanted on 8/3 at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills by Dr. Kai Gregg Nishi.

I am currently on week 2 of a 3 week liquid diet. Week 4 will be mashed/pureed foods and after that will be solids.

So far I am down 11.5 pounds which I am sure is Water weight.

I have a few questions that I will post to the appropriate forum ^^

I do have a blog/vlog that is separate from the blogs here at LBT, however I will see about doing some cross posting if possible.

You can visit me at

Soul Eating

I am eagerly looking forward to learning more and talking with all of you!

Claudia

That's awesome, Claudia. Sounds like you're on your way! Good luck!

My god I hope so! :drool: I have very little restriction right now so everything liquid is going down very easily and unfortunately I've been having a few higher calorie Soups to keep me from going NUTS. I've evened out at 11.5 but as I always say "hey, weight, is weight. It could be gold or Water, it doesn't matter"

I'm just trying to be patient with myself and heal until I get my first fill and really get down to business

This looks to be a FANTASTIC site. I've already gotten answers and support to my questions!