Well, here I am 15 days post op and I am down 13.4lbs! :blushing: I am really enjoying this band. I am eating healthier, making better choices for myself and just over all feeling good.

I started eating real food yesterday. We went to the grocery store later on in the day and spent two hours shopping for healthy foods with low fat high protein. its the first time I actually looked at labels. I can't believe some of the food I was eating before the band. Everything was full of carbs and SO HIGH FAT! Its no wonder I ballooned to over 260lbs.

My first real dinner was so tasty! I broiled stir fry steak strips and had broccoli cooked in Pam spray with garlic. And I was so shocked that my food fit on a smaller plate! I wasn't even able to finish all the steak. Unbelievable.

the hardest thing so far is not being able to drink while I eat. But I am learning. Also, I think i am eating too fast cause sometimes, i feel a little pain in my chest, but it is fleeting. It reminds me to slow down. I am chewing to mush tho.

For the first time in my life I actually have hope. I am really ready for this change. I think I may even be looking forward to summer!

I was 307 when I was banded and now I weigh 228 and it feels so good one lady said she wouldn't have reconized me because I have changed so much.

Congrats on your weight loss!! I can't wait till I start getting comments like that!

My advice to you keep a log of things you can't eat because you forget. You will get it was so hard at first for me I threw up alot but not so much now. I ready have not tried alot of beef since my surgery. My husband wants to try a steak. I love buying new clothes, I am losing fast and I happy about that. My biggest goal is to put on my wedding ring on it been 15 years since I wore it.

I tried to eat some baked pork chop tonight and it didnt go so well. It didn't seem dry, it was pouring juice. But It was almost painful going down, so i wont be having pork again. I will have to stick to tuna or steak for now cause my surgeon said to stay away from chicken for now.