yvonne74

I try to stay under 1200 calories but usually around 800-900 lately. I do not use up my extra calories from exercise.

I am unable to reply to posts again. The same thing happened about a month ago and now its happening again. Help?

I was told I could have it as long as I could tolerate it.. I choose not to have the soda b/c (for me) it was too addicting. I was a BIG soda drinker (one bottle right after another 20oz bottle). I was told I could have all the SF drinks I wanted and now a big SF kool-aid drinker. To mix it up I drink the flavored water by Nestle or Propel.

Sorry, I can't help.. My only tattoo is over my shoulder area.

Anyone can add me. I love looking at the food diaries to get some new ideas. Username on MFP is weightloss_dreamer

I use MFP as well and it helps hold me accountable.

Good Luck! I was told my insurance fully covered the surgery and then I got an $82,000 bill which insurance covered most of it but a little over $4,000.. So I was not expecting to even get that amount

When I was in the hospital, they gave me a multi-vitamin and before I saw it I asked if it was chewable. The nurse looked at me like I was crazy. It was the swallow kind and I had always read you shouldn't/couldn't take whole pills, etc.. It went down fine. However, at home I have chewable centrum, chewable calcium and liquid B complex.

What a great feeling!! Keep up the good work!

My dr did not require me to be under a certain weight in fact, they called me to tell me to begin the pre-op diet and didn't see me again until I was in the OR. Some doctors don't require a pre-op diet at all. My Dr's office had me start the diet before I had my approval since I knew what day I wanted to have my surgery on but we had a date already picked out.

Every insurance is different but I got my approval back in 3 days which my Dr office said was amazingly quick. If you have a sit down job, I would say a week is plenty of time off. Just make sure you get up frequently to walk around/stretch your legs. Good Luck!

I was banded in SA at the Nix on March 9th but live in Killeen. No one here knows that I had the surgery. Where did you get banded?

I was banded on March 9th and on surgery day I weighed in at 277.. My scales this morning show 245 so in about 2 1/2 months, I have lost 32 pounds.

I don't have any problems with them but I don't eat them too often.

I ran all of my Nortons and scans again.. So now I am able to reply.. (Hope this posts). I am on internet explorer 7, btw...

test.. haven't been able to post so just seeing if its working yet..

I have Tricare Prime and was told they covered the whole surgery. However, I have a bill saying I owe over $4,000 ... Hoping my issue is the same as yours, that something just wasn't coded right

I had my 4th fill last week and am finally in the green zone. I can go almost all day then it will hit me, "hey you haven't eaten today"... I still have the bad habit of eating too fast and thats usually just at work since I get very little time to eat.. My band definitely tells me when I have had too much and/or too fast. The weight (to me) seems to be coming off slower and slower. However, my Dr is happy with what I am doing so far... Despite these past week and half, I have lost my motivation/interest in exercising. I am hoping once things calm down at work, I will have more desire/energy to exercise again.

I do! I get 30 minutes for lunch and the past two days, my time hasn't been the whole 30 mins. so I rushed to eat.. Then it hit me, ouch! My band quickly reminded me to slooooow down. I am always on the go and I definitely need to pay more attention.

Sorry for your loss! Sending prayers for you and your family