November Lily

Ok, I have got into a really bad habit. Especially when I am just on liquid or mushies (after a fill - just had my second). I have started to chew on food when I have cravings and then spit it out. Im worried Im doing myself some damage but I cant stop. Im also not sure if it even does anything - does anyone know if you your body still absorbs the calories? Am I alone? or have other people done this? How do I stop? Do I even need to stop? If you would rather not reply to this thread, please pm me, it will be kept private ... Thank you Lily x

First day at the gym yesterday so Ill keep checking in this thread to motivate me ... 10 mins cross trainer 30 mins weights - upper and lower body 40 laps of pool (breaststroke) 5 flights of stairs Im thinking about starting Spinning ... do you have to be relatively fit before you start? My gym offers a beginners class...

<p>I am reading but dont have much to say - I seem to have plateaued. Just had my second fill aswell <img src="http://www.LapBandTalk.com/images/smilies/frown.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Frown" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg" /> However Im not really excercising so I know its my own fault - joined a new gym yesterday and plan on starting on monday ...</p> Hope everyone else is going well ... x

Thanks for all the replies guys, its so good to know Im not alone. Do you think your body still absorbs some of the calories though even if you are not swallowing anything??

<p>Hi Guys,</p> <p> </p> <p>I have been banded for just over two months and until now have had no problems and steady weight loss. I had my first fill two weeks sgo. For the past week my port has felt weird. It feels more inflamed and sticking out. When i put my hand on my port and move it around it moves and makes this weird little sound, like a groan, especially when I pull it upwards (does that even make sense?) It wasnt doing this before. Ive also been getting intense gas pains towards the end of the day and stomach aches during the day. Things that may have caused this is I had a diet coke the other day for the first time and Ive pb'd twice. The first time was a full on throw up, the second was just a normal pb. Ive also put on 2 kilos in the last week. Ive also had too much wine twice.</p> <p> </p> <p>Can anyone help? Im worried my port has moved.</p> ps: I should also mention I currently have my period, it was 12 days late and very heavy - could this have anything to do with it?

What a great idea. Id like to copy that ...

Anyone??? Im desperate.

You look fantastic !!!

Rmarko, I was banded for the first time two weeks ago also and I have put on 2 kilos - not happy. In saying that though I am not excercising which I know will make a huge change ... Good luck with you next fill

Hi Guys, I have been banded for just over two months and until now have had no problems and steady weight loss. I had my first fill two weeks sgo. For the past week my port has felt weird. It feels more inflamed and sticking out. When i put my hand on my port and move it around it moves and makes this weird little sound, like a groan, especially when I pull it upwards (does that even make sense?) It wasnt doing this before. Ive also been getting intense gas pains towards the end of the day and stomach aches during the day. Things that may have caused this is I had a diet coke the other day for the first time and Ive pb'd twice. The first time was a full on throw up, the second was just a normal pb. Ive also put on 2 kilos in the last week. Ive also had too much wine twice. Can anyone help? Im worried my port has moved. ps: I should also mention I currently have my period, it was 12 days late and very heavy - could this have anything to do with it? <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Me too ... banded 24th February

I pb'd for the first time yesterday on rice and ended up with lots of tiny red dots around my eyes which I assume are burst blood vessels. Has this happened to anyone else? Lily x

Thanks for the reassurance guys

Thank you Synical. I live in England but Im sure I can find similar here. Last night I resorted to laxatives which is not a habit I want to get into. Lily

hmmm had my first pb yesterday and boy was it unpleasant. Totally my fault though. Im supposed to be on liquids until tomorrow then mushies for a week due to my first fill but I had been on a job all day with no food I could eat and no where to get any. I was starving so I had two bites of rice and dahl and chewed and chewed but it didnt like me. Not happy. I barely ate anything yesterday - 2 x low fat hot choc with water, a choc soya low fat dessert and I caved at about 11pm and had 10 almonds chewed to death (no problems). Still hardly a move on the scales and severe constipation. Not very happy at the moment - cant wait to move on to mushies tomorrow.

Does anyone know if colonic irrigation is safe to have when you have been banded? I used to do it every now and again and would like to continue. If you would rather not say here please private message me. Thanks guys Lily x

Thanks guys, you prompted me to calculate my calories - Ive had 582 cals and 12.4 fat grams. I know that is way less than the calories I can have but what about fat grams? My doc hasnt told me anything about how much I should be eating. What has your doctor told you? Lily x

Correction from above: Im such a pig, I just realised Ive also had a strawberry soya drink and a chocolate soya milk box thing (how could I forget?) This is is only my first day of fill and Ive had: choc soy drink (3/4 glass) strawberry soy drink (3/4 glass) an iced lolly vegie consomme (mug) tomato soup (mug) loads of water and ill have a glass of red wine at the pub in an hour Is that too much??

You guys all look fantastic. Congratulations. Ive been banded about 6/7 weeks now and had my first fill today. Im looking forward to really losing now (fingers crossed) I too am dreading lose skin, Im 26 but Ive been big most of my life - Ill definitely have it on my stomach but I also have stretch marks on my arms and inner thighs - I guess that means it will be lose, doesnt it? Any way of reducing it? Im putting bio oil on every day and plan on doing more weights and toning ... Look forward to your responses x

Thats great Platinum. I had my first fill today - not as bad as I thought it would be at all. - I forgot to ask how much he put in. I too am on full liquids for a week (is that normal?), then a week of mushies then solids again. Im pretty hungry right now but all Ive had is consomme and an ice lolly. Im about to have some tomato soup. It all feels fine, just a bit gurgly ... I cant wait to start loosing again ... the reductil for two weeks kept me at the same weight when I am positive I would otherwise had gone up (I was bad and ate quite a lot) How is everyone else going?

Am I reading a different post to some of you? I believe Hotpink said she was on liquids for four weeks after the op, only now has she been on solids for two weeks. Seems that she is doing this right - or am I mistaken? "I was on liquids for 4 weeks straight because of the surgery and the fact that i got a blood clot afterwards. So i was on stage two a hell of a lot longer then i should have been." Hotpink, I really would not worry about eating one piece of pizza and a few breadsticks, I imagine you used to eat alot more. Yes they are not the best choices but often there is no other choice or simply it is ok to treat yourself occassionally. Dont stress over it, or what your dad said, you are not ruining your band. Just make better choices tomorrow.

Well I totally sinned. I went away for Easter and ate exactly what my friends ate - which was EVERYTHING (including one beer and lots of chocolate). I did get my Water in every day and my half hour excercise everyday though. Must get back on track today. Im having a liquid only day.

Hi Guys, Just checking in. I had my first slime yesterday - lovely. Forgot for a minute and ate pitta bread too fast. Ouch!! Didnt PB though thank goodness. I have a pain in my lower back on my right hand side - would this be related??? Ive stopped losing and cant wait for my first fill in two weeks. I need to get more excercise in though - Im barely doing any. Hope everyone is doing well xx

Totally got my water in yesterday and more but didnt get a chance to excercise. Will do today hopefully.

All water consumed and 1/2 hr slow walk - must excercise more tomorrow.