Success in lapband

Lets all Celebrate our successes And I definately think that eating only 1 piece of pizza verses the whole damn thing is a HUGE success! Congratulations on that NSV (and sharing it)! I also think that not gaining this week (but not losing either) is another huge success. I think these are successes BECAUSE it is in the direction of my goal, it may not be the bulls eye right this moment but it is FAR closer than it was 8-12 weeks ago. Some days the glass is 1/2 empty and some days the glass is 1/2 full. Seriously it REALLY depends on how satiated (hungry) I am at that moment. Life is always so much sweeter when I am not hungry and when I am hungry the sweetest smelling rose stinks! Lighten up on yourselves, slow and easy. WOW!!!!! Obviously some of us is experiencing alot of hunger right now.

So if you are going to cheat, try and cheat with Proteins.... You will always be able to eat chips/cookies/chocolate, even at restriction, they just have a way to get through the band with no problem for everyone.

HEAR YEA HEAR YEA!!! I HAVE HIT RESTRICTION! I love the fill nurse FINALLY. I still at every meal THINK that I won't have restriction BUT I STILL HAVE IT! I am sooooo tickled to death. Alot of the wrong foods slide right through the band BUT if I eat the right foods (solid proteins) I have restriction. At last..... Lets get this party going!!!!! Yahoo.

Girly: I almost PM'd you because I had not "ran into you" lately since the last post I read on you was that you were in shoulder pain and considering going to see the Dr. That shoulder pain should subside sometime in the next few days, and really I think the "cold" weather we are having is keeping with you longer. It is a nerve that needs to heal; try a heating pad a few times a day even if it is not hurting until the pain goes away completely. Are we planning on meeting for coffee or lunch still? What part of Reno do you live?

Salad: So many people say they can't eat salad. I LOVE salad and my fill nurse tells me NOT to eat salad because it slips through MY band too easily and causes me to overeat on salad dressing etc. I can't eat roasted turkey!! I am totally bummed but I eat two bites and am stuck for quite sometime. I can eat deli sliced turkey~just have to take it REAL slow....

Can I share something???? One of the NSV for me was, (if you read my posts I am a slow loser) BUT I have more self confidence and self esteem than I ever had had in my life. You maybe can understand when I share with you that I would avoid any situation that involved seeing people that had not seen me in awhile or meeting people for the first time after we had met over the phone etc. because I could see it in their face the (OMG) this person is not who I thought she was over the phone or look how much bigger she has gotten. I will write more later...

I wish I could write this in BIG BOLD HUGE LETTERS. But without jinxing myself. I THINK I HIT RESTRICTION!!!!!! If this feeling stays I will be in heaven! My last fill was only .2 and I think made all the difference in the world NIGHT AND DAY difference. But again I am really skeptical right now; we will see what happens but I am very excited, and very hopeful..... YAHOOOOOOO Girlygirlz; Yes I think we are about the same size; I would love to get together, what part of town do you live in???? I am praying somewhere by me.... I live in Donner Springs off Rio Poco and McCarren Reno

Ladies and Gentlemen: I dont think I have seen it posted BUT (no pun intended) Get yourself some baby wipies, it certainly helps with the personal hygeiene. You will love them and never give them up!

Yes what you are going through is normal. As a matter of fact I looked at a picture 2 days post of and I looked like a huge balloon because of the bloating. The shoulder pain is from the gas they used to inflate you; to do the surgery and it usually settles in the shoulder before it subsides. Try a heating pad and I can't remember the other homeopathic remedy (look on this website for ideas). I remember kinda that the shoulder gas pain came and went inconsistently for about 2 weeks, then completely was gone (thank god!). But you did it!!!!!! Yahoooooo!!! Congrats! Sincerely! Best thing you probably ever did for yourself right? My port also hurt a little for awhile so I pushed it in while I walked to subdue with the ache. Update on me? I think I hit restriction (but I always say that after a fill) Your next issue will be possibly that you are going to be hungry and anxious for a fill and you must wait 4-6 weeks for a fill and you are going to be nervous your gonna gain all your weight back. ~Hang in there~you will get there. !!!!!!What an exciting Christmas present to yourself!!!! I am sooooo excited for you. ~Write me back ~with your update. How tall are you? If you are 5'3 or thereabouts do you want some of my clothes? What size do you currently wear?

Dr. Watkins: I also have joined this band wagon as stated below: I (personally) was banded 3/1/07 and have no restriction. I am at 4.20 in a band with a capacity of 4.0. What would you do, if one of your patients experienced this? I am going to "hang in there, till Jan/Feb and I am thinking of going to your Seattle office. Can you give us any "insight"? Pam banded 3/01 thanks every one for the tips and info.. does anyone experience what i have.. banded in may,, 3 fills under fluoro, and i have been told the band is totally full up. and my restriction isn't very much.. its seems that if teh band is full up.. that it !! the band has nothing left to offer me regards paula I am in your boat and I don't know what to do either. I have had 4 fills and am totyally full. I never felt the first restriction until the fourth fill. I feel like to have enough restriction to lose weight properly I would need one more fill and that doesn't exist. My nurse acts like I am the only person that the lap band doesn't work on properly. She tries to find excuses of why it is my fault that it isn't working. I know what restriction is and I don't have enough of it. I had my surgery in Aug. and I have lost a total of 7 pounds.

Tomecia 25: How did you get it for $249 ???? The cheapest I found was 349 less 50 discount from 24hour. I always admire people who can get a better deal than me; but I was curious where you found it and where I did not look. Fun, fun, fun! We are "somewhat" using a pedometer and we had 16000 steps shopping for Christmas. I am wondering if the pedometer is reading wrong because I did not "feel" like I walked that much.

Pjrugby!!! Please read! I was banded 3/1 (go look at all my posts) We are exactly alike. I am at FULL on my band. I am going in on Tues and Dr. said he may give me .25, he also said there are people who never feel restriction. I am going to make other decisions after the holidays. ~pam

I looked HIGH AND LOW for a promo code for a discount on the body bug because truthfully it was out of our budget. I was not able to find a discount anywhere.