Chris_NJ

Hello all ! Just wanted to step in and join for the larger bander's thread. Weigh in before the pre op diet on 4/27 was 389. Weigh in on surgery date 5/9 was 371. Since surgery as of today I am around 357. I will say I already love this band considering I have lost 32 pounds in 23 days. I went from a 55.8 bmi down to a 51.2 bmi already. I am feeling a lot better already. I think I am loosing quick because I walk 2 miles a day already. Well just wanted to say good luck to everyone.:clap2:

Ok today is 6 days now since surgery and went to the Doctors this morning and got weighed in. I lost 3 more lbs :youcandothis: So that makes 21 lbs since like April 27th.:clap2: Thats not bad for 19 days. I hope it keeps up. I am finding it hard right now to get some calories down. Any recommendations ?

How is your carb intake? Just sounds odd to me.

Had my surgery and went home the next day. The guy in my room next to me had gastric bypass and he had to stay at least 1 more night. Like stated it sounds like they have the two surgeries confused.

There needs to be a set night and time to get an organized chat going.

yeah no kidding I am going bananas. DAMN this Isopure ! LOL :biggrin1:

:faint: ugh I spoke to soon. Went again today and it was not normal LOL :phanvan

hmmm I am just the opposite. I finally went today for the 1st time since the 9th.

Cowboys ! Blah !!!!!!!!!!! Go Giants !!

....... going to complete Kama Sutra ! :clap2: :)

Update* I just walked in from the hospital and my god the gas pains suck ! Other than that I don't feel to bad. The gas is coming from both ends and never ends.:nervous Surgery went well according to the Doc. So now I am an official bander. Chris

Go get some of those 10 calorie frozen ice pops that you can buy in crate size lol . I love them things. Another thing I have been doing is making slushy's out of crystal lite with a blender.

I wasn't over 400 but close to it. I was 389 less then 2 weeks ago and getting banded today at 371. If there is anything I can help with just pm me if you want .

Well about a week and a half ago I went to the Dr and weighed 389 so he told me he wanted to loose at least another 10 lbs before my surgery tomorrow. Needless to say I almost gave the man a heart attack and weighed in today at 371 :biggrin1: . He was in shock that I lost 18 pounds so fast. I guess wish me luck ! Tomorrow is a go for me and I enter band land officially. I am all kinds of emotional. Excited as hell but yet scared at the same time. I guess that is normal. Isn't it? Going out for the last super tonight. Fajitas baby ! LOL :hungry:

Dr. Washington at Centre State Hospital in Freehold. I can't wait I am getting a little nervous. Its supposed to be on the 9th. He may postpone it 2 weeks if I can't loose another 10 lbs by then :faint:. I should be good though.

I get mine in less then 2 weeks and I have told everybody and there mother. I figure now I have no choice but to bust my but and make it work.

a simple way is to open the picture in your "Paint" program that comes with windows. Then on top click on "Image" then go to "stretch/skew" you will then see a little pop up menu. In the stretch part of the menu you will see horizontal and vertical with 100% next to them . just change them to a smaller % and click ok. Once you do that see if picture is small enough and if it is click on file and save. :gluck:

Hello all, I am moving to Deerfield Beach in July and I am being banded in a couple weeks. Does anyone know of any good fill Docs in the area. Thanks Chris

I go for my endoscope tomorrow ! :nervous Only a couple more weeks till D-Day !

May 9th ! :clap2:

Nice to meet yah ! Banded in 04. How have you done?

I hope I have the same outcome you did ! :clap2:

woohoo all us May Banders ! LOL

I know how you feel. I just received my date today (5/09) and told my family. They are all supportive of me getting it, but with strings attached of course. I get the digs once in awhile also. Example is tonight my father made the comment " I hope this surgery puts a little scare into yah" I was thinking to myself wtf is that supposed to mean? You think I am not scared and thats why I am getting this surgery because I don't want to die young. What I have done is come to the conclusion is that people are just ignorant and think they know everything. They don't though. So I just except that fact and figure I will just defeat them by succeeding with this ind ever. They do love you but are stubborn and scared themselves so this is how they express it.

My Dr is at Centre State Hospital in Freehold.