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Oh don't hold off on the pain pills. Take them, seriously. It's what you have them for.

I'm on a big salad kick lately. 95% fat free ham, cubed low fat cheese, chic peas, pine nuts, and sunflower seed hearts with fat free ranch. I absolutely love it. I'm also on a Peanut Butter kick. I have a tablespoon of it for a little snack sometimes.

No, I think it's just residual pain from the surgery. You have to remember, they cut into you. Even though small it damages the muscle and tissue beneath, causing pain. Use your pain meds. A heating pad might help too. Unless it becomes warm to the touch, the incision near it starts oozing or smelling bad, or the pain increases to an intolerable level I'd simply give it a couple days to calm and heal. Hang in there, it gets a lot better and easier

Unfortunately there's nothing you can do. If they're going to shrink, they're going to shrink.

It sounds like leftover surgery pain. Is your port on that side, too?

sils? Never heard of it.

Is it near any of your incisions?

That's normal too. Just make sure you stay hydrated, sip Water constantly. Your appetite will come back soon.

Because you just had surgery 4 days ago. You still have a lot of healing to do. Rest, drink lots of Water, follow your post op diet, and give yourself time to heal.

That is amazing and a huge accomplishment! Congratulations!!

My calories are super low on the low carb days. Today I'll be lucky if I even hit 1000. The Protein is just so freak'n filling, I struggle to even get that much in. But I won't eat if I'm not hungry so I've just been leaving it be. I know to maintain my weight, I need to eat 2388 calories a day. I know to lose a pound is 3500 calories a week, or 500 calories a day. I want to lose 2 pounds a week so I need to cut 1000 calories a day. So, the most I would ever eat (again, this is just for me) would be 1388. I currently have the Lose It app set for 1300 calories a day. I do come very close to that amount of calories on a high carb day, too. On high carb days, I pretty much eat what I want so long as it's lower fat and not sugary stuff. For instance, yesterday I had homestyle macaroni and cheese for lunch. It was sooooo good lol!

He doesn't give set amount for carbs and Protein, however he does offer formulas and charts to figure out your daily calorie intake. I will say the amount of calories he recommends is higher than I typically eat, but being a bandster I figure I need less anyway. His rule for carbs on low carb days is, have your carbs with Breakfast then cut them. I need actual numbers, so I've been staying between 30-40g of carbs on low carb days and well over 140g on high carb days. One day I actually had 223g of carbs even! I find I eat less calories on low carb days but considerably more fat- which he says is fine so long as it's healthy fat (nuts, fish, non-saturated, etc)

Congratulations!!

I found this website, it has a ton of great low fat/low calories: http://www.emilybites.com/ Best wishes to you!!

It's called The Last 30 Pounds? I'll definitely have to read that, I have a feeling I'll need it down the road! Thank you!

I eat a cup or less of food per meal, no exceptions. I never exceed that. I'm sure I could physically eat more if I wanted to, but I know it's important I limit my portions so I do. I agree with Floridays, I'm not sure why you're drinking all those shakes? You said you've been too tight twice and had a slip. Perhaps this link can help you: http://drsimpson.net/fills/Lap-band-eating/lap-band-not-restriction/lap-band-and-restriction.html Best wishes to you.

Unfortunately, it's very doubtful, especially on your tummy. Some insurance will pay to have it removed after massive weight loss. You should check into it.

Oh that'll do it. I can easily gain 3-4 pounds during PMS week. The good news is, it's gone within a week after.

I'm using almond milk in my morning Protein shakes since reading the book only because it has less carbs so it's great for the low carb days. But, for everything else, I'm still using skim milk. I use the book more as a guideline rather than a bible, I don't/won't follow everything exactly.

Oh no! I'm so sorry Don't give up. Wait and see what their reason for denial is, it could easily be something minor and fixable, like missing paperwork. Let us know how it goes!

That's for the soft cover, you can get it hard cover here: http://www.amazon.com/Powell-Chriss-Choose-Lose-Hardcover/dp/B008EAWFG0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1352500671&sr=8-3&keywords=7+day+carb+cycle+solution+by+chris+powell

It usually takes a couple days for antibiotics to take effect. If there's no improvement by Monday, insist on an actual appointment to have it checked out.

I don't mean this to sound harsh, but if he'd actually leave you over loose skin, then you're better off without him anyway. No one leaves someone they love because of a physical change- especially when it's the result of them trying to better themselves and their health. It sounds to me like he's either incredibly insecure of looking for an excuse. Either way, he will leave eventually regardless if you have the surgery not unless whatever issues are the underlying cause are dealt with. Best wishes to you. Try to remember- you have to take care of yourself first.