jennifer1

tanya...i am about 2 months out and i cant seem to hit the 20 pound mark to save my life..17 and creeping towards 18....ugh so frustrating, but i've taken my focus from the scale. i havent weighed myself in 4days and that's HUGE for me!

dont be upset about the lack of weight loss. as many others will tell you the first 6 weeks is about healing not weight loss.. u may even gain a few pounds. i totally understand you're frustration. BEEN THERE! sure your are getting in enough doing some form of exercise. i am about 8 weeks post op and get to 20 pounds to save my life. i can tell in my clothes and face that i'm losing. i have decided to hide my scale in the trunk of my car so i can stop obsessing over it! LOL

so happy to hear about your blood sugars leveling off! keep up the awesome work!

congrats on your decision!!!!

i have the same mental battle as you. i was obsessed with the scale. i mean a couple of ounces gained would send me over the edge, questioning why i even got the surgery. i got banded may 20th and my weight loss hanges around 15-18 pounds. i just wanna hit 20 pounds for the love of GOD!!!!! and all things holy!!! i have decided for the next two weeks my focus is on eating right and working out and not the scale. i want to only weigh myself in 2 weeks. this is going to be a great challenge for me so i'm putting my scale in the trunk of my car so i dont have easy access to it. i know that may sound crazy but i need to do something. best wishes on your goals. we can and will do this!!!!

welcome to band land!!!!!! i wasnt hungry for 3 weeks so enjoy it while you can! lol

dont beat yourself up. i used the 2 week liquid diet as a guage for myself and i did get...but have i been 100% great since i've been banded! hayle naw!!!!lol! i'm not saying i'm just eating any and everything, but if i do desire something i make myself drink a bottle of water first and if i still want it then there you go.we have learned bad eating habits since childhood probably so dont feel like that issue is gonna go away in 14 days. relax girl. it's cool. just get back on track and keep moving. i dare to say there is ANYONE with a band that hasnt eaten something "not so good" and if they say they havent their lieing!!!! LOL best wishes to you!

welcome brandi. where in illinois are you getting your band? i had LT(lion tamer...my band's name) added to the family may 20th. feel free to ask questions. this is a great site with plenty of support!

thanks for the feedback. i had a salad for lunch today and i had to make my self eat real slow. i did notice that my band seems tighter and food was still getting a little stuck despite all my chewing. is it possible that a week after getting a fill it could be tighter? i'm not complaining cuz i lost 2 pounds since the fill and i'm still able to eat normal foods and not resorting to slider foods. so am i crazy or can you band get tighter a week later?

OK OK OK OK so it finally happened. I got stuck( not the first time) but the sliming this was new! I'm a therapist and on mon. wed and fri we having staffings with the doctors. Well that means i'm running around to different conference rooms meeting with dotors and writing my documentation and eating lunch. Well today I had some string beans a turkey patty with no bun or anything. I was walking down the hallway and mindlessly eating. Well apparently the piece of turkey patty I bit off was to big and i didnt chew it well enough. Someone noticed I was walking funny and i told her I had some food stuck in my throat. ( i couldnt tell her really why i was stuck cuz only 3 people at work know i had the band and she wasnt one of them.) i've been stuck before but never like this. I was in the bathroom for 10 minutes hanging over the toilet praying i wouldnt throw up. I ended up sliming(yeah pretty gross) It was sooooo painful until it finally went through. What lessons did I learn today! 1. no matter what i must cut my food into small pieces...i can no longer trust myself to take small bites if it's not already cut up 2. i can no longer rush and eat because then i'm not paying attention Ok these may be lessons I should have learned a while ago, but after today!!!!!!! trust me i have learned them well!

Hi I was banded may 20, 2011 and it's been a journey. Let me see if i can answer your questions: 1. girl sometimes my tracker works and sometimes it doesnt. just decided to stop fooling with it! LOL sorry i know that didnt answer your question. 2.I like six star(got it at walmart) I prefer the chocolate. i add a teaspoon of Peanut Butter and a few slices of banana. I still drink this from time to time, when i dont wanna eat Breakfast or i'm rushing. 3. My surgery was done on an outpatient basis, which I was happy about. I had a friend drive me and stay with me the first two night. the most difficult thing is getting in/out of bed and i needed physical assistance with this the first night. it depends on your insurance i think most make you stay at least one night. i was self pay so i got around a lot of the loops insurance companies make you jump though. 4.Well the first thing i had to do was give them my credit card!!!LOL! I signed some final paper work, got my id bands and waited. Once taken to the back i put on the lovely gown and got comfy on the bed. A nurse came in took vitals and started my IV's. My friend came back and chatted with me. My doctor came in and we chatted a bit. i wanted to know how many incisions i would have and if he was using glue or staples or stiches. Another nurse had me swallow this really bitter solution to help calm the stomach acid before surgery. They started my ansthesia through my IV and rolled me out my room. My next recollection is being waken up by the nurse for me to get up and get in a chair(ugh i wanted to kill her, but that's a different story.) lol 5. My surgeon only uses the lap band so i dont know much about realize...sorry 6.I lost 15 pounds during my 2 week(actually 11 day) all liquid pre-op diet. 7. although my weight loss is slow(17 pounds 2 months out.) i also have hypothyroidism..i would do it again in a heartbeat. the best $12,500 ever spent!!!!! Please feel free to add me as a friend if you have further questions..before and after your get banded. i love sharing my experience with others. Best wishes hun! MUAH!

wow i assumed everyone's port was in the abdomen area. does your doc say why he places it there? interesting!

what you're feeling is normal. i am 2 months out. the feeling you're having is most likely gas. they say walking helps, and i did to a certain extent. i was plagued with the dreaded left shoulder pain, which i still get some times. i think you're doing fine. did your doc give you a lifting restriction. mine was 10 pounds for 4 weeks( and i'm a therapist..ugh), but i made it through. i didnt have an appetite for almost 3 weeks but trust me it will come back, enjoy it while you can! LOL! feel free to add me and PM with any other questions. always happy to help a fellow bandster!

i also had dermabond. i showered day 3 and it had already started peeling off. i just let it happen naturally and when it was hanging gently pulled it off

i had a hiatal hernia repaired when i had my band placed. the people i didnt want to know i just told them i had a hernai repaired. that way they know i had surgery, which would explain my pain etc. best wishes

I am 4 weeks post op and was cleared to work with my personal trainer again. I have already gone back in the gym and complete an hour of cardio. I normally would do some ab work as well, however i am PETRIFIED!! i'm soooo afraid that i willl pop a stitch or some how hurt my port. I know i am healed now, but still scared. has anyone else felt like this? How did you start your ab workouts?

man xaiver i wish my doc did fills like that!!!!

great post and i totally understand where you are coming from. i am learning to break up my goals into meal by meal as well and hopefully growing to day by day and on to weeks. best wishes on your journey!

Ok so I started back with my trainer last thursday and we did legs. i had the regular muscle soreness for the first 2 days, but then my left hip was hurting far more than i thought it should. Long story short I have a hip sprain! i'm soooooo upset. i was doing so good with working out consistently, now this! Also after my cycle left i have gained 5 pounds!!!! wth!!!! i called my doctor's office for another fill. right now the only thing that stops me from eating is myself. i know the band is not a cure all, but i only feel like i have one when i dont chew something well enough or drink a too large sip of water. I am trying not to get frustrated right now. I am almost 2 months out and i cant even get to a 20 pound weight loss!!!! i'm happy for others that are consistently losing, but i want to be one of them! ugh! i just needed to vent. thanks guys!

thanks everyone for your reply's. i went in for my 3rd fill today. it was scheduled for next week but they called and cancelled since the doc wasnt gonna be in the office on that day. i have a gazillion things going on right now, so i had to go today. I was not shocked when i went for my weigh in and i had gained 3 pounds (2 of the 5 i had gained was from my cycle). I didnt feel like they were judging me. no one yelled at me or questioned why i had gained weight. the person who weighed me just politely told me you gained 2 pounds, but we're gonna fix that. i was so glad i didnt ge the stank eye! LOL my doc just asked me how things were goin. went thru the usual process and i was done. he told me to be careful cuz i was really tight. i dont mind that at all. so i'm just praying i get this ball back rolling again. everyone wants to know how much he put in, but honestly that doesnt really matter to me right now. i think that's just something else to stress about cuz if he said something like 10 cc's and i hade a 11 cc band(dont know if those are actual numbers) then i would be freaking out. so i'll just take what i have for now and move forward.