jennifer1

i'm guessing you have not attended a seminar..you can get a lot of info on this site...but you can google lap band surgery..feel free to check out my blog on here...or on youtube jennypoo6043.or pm me with specific questions.

hiccups are my sign to stop eating..i havent had them recently as i think i need a tiny fill..at first it was annoying but i grew to appreciate them..lol

originally my goal was a size 14...well i reached that about 3 months early..then changed my goal to a 12...which i made 1 month early..now i want to be a 10...ohmy God..will i ever be satisfied! did anyone else go thru this..i just dont look how i thought i would at those sizes...ugh..am i crazy?

thanks again everyone.

Thanks everyone...I couldn't have made it through this past year without the support of this site and the friends I've made on here...still waiting to get my laptop back so I can post pics...tryn to be nice and let my sister borrow it..lol

We I have officially been banded one year!!!!!:-) and what a year it has been. I guess I consider myself a lap band success story. I have lost a proximately 40 pounds since last year. my clothing size has gone from 20 to a size 12. my shoe size has gone from a 9 and a half to a size 8. is journey has not been easy but well worth it. I am proud that I made my goal in 1 year. my next and final goal is a size 10. which I hope to accomplish by august. as soon as I get my laptop back I will load my before and after pictures I think god for this website because it's really help me go through my journey. thanks lbt fam

Hi lalja..how did your surgery go?

Thank you everyone...I forgot to say my YouTube name is jennypoo6043..lol

OK this will be brief cuz I don't have my laptop...ugh..but u u can go to my you tube page and see my video for today. Lost 40 pounds.went from size 20 to 12..shoe size from 9 1/2 to 8... Many nsv's..would do it again in heartbeat..thanks for al ur support! Sorry so brief but typing on my tablet is annoying..lol

That divorce rate is astounding....I told my friends if I start trippn please check me! I understand the new found confidence but geez!

Thanks girl..3 more days till my one year anniversary.

Went shoe shopping...I normally wear a 9 1/2...today I was able to buy 8 and 8 1/2!!!!!!! Totally forgot the feet would shrink..and wasn't expecting that much:-)

Went shoe shopping...I normally wear a 9 1/2...today I was able to buy 8 and 8 1/2!!!!!!! Totally forgot the feet would shrink..and wasn't expecting that much:-)

Mines is almost in the middle of my chest but a little lower

It just makes me angry when something that small gets ppl denied...I mean these ppl do it for a living so they should know exactly what will get u approved or denied when it comes to documentation...ugh..hope this gets straight soon!

I think you are confusing restriction with tightness...true restriction is when your able to eat only small amounts of food and be satiated for around 4 hours...and it may take you a few fills and maybe unfills until you get proper restriction...the first 4 weeks are really about healing so you shouldn't be on regular foods just yet(well unless your surgeon said it was ok)....most bandsters feel tighter in the am than any other time of the day...hope this helps some

It's hard to say if that's a lot since everyone gets restriction at different levels...I would just watch the restriction and not how many cc's u have cuz that'll drive u insane..lol

it's definelty a learning experience. i'm almost a year out and some days get stuck on foods i was able to eat the day before. so just be mindful that with certain foods you just may never know till you eat them since our band can be effected by the weather, TOM , stress etc. best wishes

congrats on your lost thus far. in one week i will be one year post op. it has been an interesting journey to say the least, but i would do it again in a heart beat. happy mothers day to you

How do u stretch your pouch? Have u ever had it totally deflated and started over from scratch?

Ditto what the previous poster said...same here

I get shoulder pain sometimes if I over eat.

I had to sleep sitting up for the first 3 nites...now 11 months out I am a belly sleeper..sometimes I can feel my port and have to adjust myself...as far as exercise there is only one machine at the gym I can't do and it's where u lay on ur stomach and curl the weights to work on ur hamstrings...other than my underwire sometime aggrevating my port site since I've lost weight I have no real problems with my port...hope this helps.

Have u been in to get a fill recently?