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Quote: Originally Posted by Suzzzie. Marga - you make me laugh so much! I'm not sure on the PB thing. Haven't done that one yet... but I haven't gotten my first fill yet. I have slimed several times though - from not chewing well enough. Faith, I said earlier that I drink about 6oz with meals now. ANd it is in small sips (vs. the giant gulps I used to take) and it will last me all meal. Again, I apologize, I must have glossed over the part where you said 6oz and just focused on the 8oz part of your post. __________________

Terri's right, scroll down tot he bottom of this page and you'll find five more threads about this topic. There should be more insight there.

:welcomeB: Bandland is a great place to be!

It sounds like you are restricted from teh swelling around the band from surgery. Many folks describe their restriction as a golf-ball feeling. It does get better. Are you gulping or sipping? Is the fluid ice cold? I also would suggest you try some warm tea (decaf of course) or broth, it may ease that tight feeling a bit. And SIP, your goal should be about 4-8 oz an hour for the first few days. I was instructed to try for 1 oz every 15 minutes initially.

Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk. That is the number one thing you can do. I used a few Gas-X thin strips (they dissolve on your tongue) and they helped some. The gas is not in your GI tract, it is floating around in your peritoneum, it will have to be absorbed by your body, but you want to get it moving and walking is the best for that.

Liz, I had to lose I think 12 or 16 pounds in a couple of weeks to get approved for surgery. I chose to drink 2-3 Slim Fast CARB CONTROL (I put it in bold because the Carb Control is MUCH better than the High Protein or the Optima Slim Fast. It is rich and thick and satisfying and it has loads of protein in it (more than Optima or High Protein, even), and had a big salad with low fat dressing and about 1 oz of nuts per day for a snack. I lost FAST.

It's lemon, lime or orange flavors crystallized and in little packets like little sugar packets that you add to water to flavor it. They have NO sugar and NO sweeteners of any kind in them. I LOVE them, you can ususally find them in the juice aisle, with the Kool-aid or with sweeteners in your local supermarket. Here's a link so you know what you're looking for: True Orange, 0 Calories, 0 Carbohydrates, Excellent Source Of Vitamin C

I didn't tell anyone, why should you have to? The weight loss isn't as fast (usually) as bypass so you can get away with saying that you've made some lifestyle changes and are eating better to lose weight and get healthy. That's what I've said, no one has questioned it at all.

If we want the PS bad enough, we'll find a way to pay for it. I figure that I wouldn't get PS until I've been near goal for at least a year, maybe more. That way I can save all my pennies and sell myself in the corner for it (just KIDDING), and so I have time to do LOADS of research for where to go.

Well goodness, I don't think 1/2 glass (as long as it isn't a 32 oz glass, I mean) with dinner is that bad. It sounded like you were drinking lots more than that earlier, I apologize. Your NP is right, that's an amazing feat to have cut back that much. Goodonya! I drink a LOT of water, too. Though it comes in spurts for me. I LOVE water with lemon (I've fallen in love with True Lemon and True Lime and True Orange).

I think I will also wait to get a fill until I am no longer losing weight, or until I am feeling that I am really struggling and starving. Right now I feel like I still have really good restriction, I'm not physically hungry until about five hours after I've eaten, but I'm battling significant head hunger right now. I think we all do, and I am really trying to listen to my stomach, not my mind of my taste buds.

Suzzzie, I think you're going to have to conquer that drinking with meals monster. One thing I read in another thread where someone who was having significant difficulty with not drinking during meals said their doc suggested they put a glass filled with ice CUBES (crushed ice melts too quickly) by their plate and whatever melts in the glass they can drink. I agree it's tough, and I occasionally take little sips, but I do notice the difference after a meal where I drank with it and one where I didn't, I am fuller longer when I don't drink. Though if you are losing well and happy with your progress, that's all that counts!

Thanks very much for posting the pic!

Here's the link, the before pic is on page 2 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f12/lipo-breasts-warning-graphic-images-37820/index2.html

Go check out her other thread, there's a before pic there.

YES! We DO want to see and want to know, and you can (or I can because they're probably reading my response) tell whoever complained to you that they can go fly a really big kite to another land. This is REALITY, this is WHY we are losing weight, isn't it? To look good and be healthy if only for ourselves? And I challenge ANYONE who tells me that they aren't interested in losing weight for how they look. Saying that is like saying you've never been a "Master of your Domain." You're lying if you deny that there is at least a small part of this that is about looks. I THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for posting all of these pics. I especially appreciate being able to see the under the breast access scars and the around the nipple scars. I think it's incredibly wonderful that you are posting things like this for us. You are so right, breasts are NATURAL, many of us fed our children with them, they are NOT completely sexual parts of our anatomy. We are toooooo hung up on nudity meaning something sexual. It's they way we come into this world, why should we be ashamed? I love ya, Jenna!!!!!

Garth Davis is fantastic. He wasn't my bariatric surgeon, but I knew him very well when he was training at UM, he was a good friend of mine and one of my all-time favorite surgical residents. What a great guy!

Here's my belly on the 10th of July, 19 days post-op as compared to I think three days post-op:

Juli, I think I have likely tried everything there is to do, check out my post a little higher on this page. I did read on Dr. Curry's board that they reccommend getting a minimum of 5 mg (5000mcg) of Biotin a day. So I'll increase that, and increase Vit D intake. But that's all I can find. I hesitate to use Rogaine because as soon as you stop using it, whatever you were able to keep in your head, then falls out. That's the way Rogaine works.

I read everything based on clicking on New Posts, so I read most all the forums and saw the threads about the other Vegas trip, that why I mentioned it. I think it would be great to wait until later in the spring for a June bandster trip as well. I don't know if I could swing a June trip, though.

That's a question for your group's nutritionist. My surgeon's nut says 2-4 oz protein and 1/2 cup of each of a mushy vegetable side is what I should aim for, but that puts me at 1-1 & a 1/2 cups of food. Many people on here say that their nut only wants them to eat 1/4 cup or 1/2 cup at a time. The best thing to do is to call your nut.

It doesn't make much sense, does it? But then again, as you said, maybe you don't want to work for them if they are going to run their place like this. If you are a known commodity with a proven good track record, there is no justifiable reason I can see (unless they are union, and being non-profit, I can't imagine they are) for doing another candidate search. Maybe someone somewhere is telling you that something more perfect is waiting someplace else.

Name.............................Starting….......Current …...Goal….....To Go losingjusme........................293............ ..293..........266...........29 juliegeraci..........................226.......... ...226...........206...........20 areellady...........................251.5......... ..244...........230...........14 punkeyb88.........................306............. 238............225..........13 Chris_NJ............................326........... ..318............290..........28 PaulaD..............................222........... ..222............200..........22 MM...................................248.......... ..248............230...........18 sdakotaRN...........................255.......... 255............230..........25 Babygrl1234.........................224........... 218...........199..........19 faithmd................................312........ .310.8...........285.........24.2 Jan421................................267......... ..267............247..........20 Metalband...........................203........... 201.............183...........20 tann....................................223....... ...218............198...........20 Banannie.............................182.........176.8...........162...........14.8 Josette................................322........ ..322............299...........23 chickatee............................217.......... ..217..........199...........18 beachgirl.............................270......... ......220.... .......155...........65 Marlluvia.............................220......... ......220............200...........20 Jennifur...............................222........ .......219............200..........19 KariK.................................179......... .......179............155..........24. MarCar...............................296.......... ......291............276..........20 Punkeyb88.........................238............. ..238............ 220......... 18 Jadrad7..............................243.......... ......230............220..........23 Denise...............................330.......... ......265... .........240..........25 Wen..................................303.......... ......303.. ...........285.........18 SWEETY...........................217.............. ..210..............199.........11 Lochnagar..........................249............ ....249.... ........221..........28 glinadb...............................285......... .....285.............260..........25 Denise...............................330.......... ......265.............240..........25 mel....................................254.4...........248.4..........230..........18 .4 Amelia40............................285........... .....285............255...........30 Crabby54...........................257.................245............232.........25 Sunny 112...........................219................181.............165........16