I made a mistake by coming back to work tonight. I feel terrible. I never thought about having to bend over if I drop something or the weight restriction, not being able to lift over 10 pounds. I feel like an invalid....and I am in pain. As I sit here, drinking ice water and eating watery grits while everyone around me is eating juicy cheeseburgers and fries I wonder,,,,,if one would have told me how intensely hard that it would be to fight the urge to eat, and that it would take every ounce of willpower that you ever could imagine to stay on this liquid diet,,,,would I have still agreed to this? I just keep thinking what have I done. I could have just been fat and happy....This is a living hell...not to mention the pain when you have to burp feels like being punched in the sternum with a baseball bat.....God give me the strength to do this.....this is so much harder than I thought it would be.

first few days seem like hell! especially when my mom was here cooking for my kids while my husband was working and she would cook these unbelievable turkey burgers. wow turkey burgers never smelled so good lol. but u know what a couple weeks after that i tested myself and could start eating and now im 7 weeks out and able to eat whatever again. well for having the lapband lol.

be strong remember its day by day. take it one day at a time! u can do it!

I just want to say good luck. I was banded on 12-28 last monday and I have to go back to work tommorow. I made the mistake yesterday of making a bunch of thin pureed soups in the kitchen all day and over did it and it sent me to bed the rest of the day. Going through the holidays was pure hell for me. While everyone was eating wonderful meals and snacks at the holiday parties, I was drinking shakes. What torment. I have managed to lose 20 lbs in two weeks so that is what is keeping me going. I really believe this will get easier. One thing I am really upset about is as soon as my surgery was over my back was in really bad pain and has been that way ever since I am really P- Off about it. My sister is in the medical field and she said they just misshandle people all the time while they are out. I am definitly complaining to my Dr when I see him this week. Keep up the good work! This whole thing will work out!!!!! We will take it one day at a time!

Thanks for the encouragement. My back is hurting too. My biggest incision is so sore I can hardly bend over....I just keep thinking it will get better and I hope it does....Good luck on going back to work...don't push yourself physically....take care:)