☠carolinagirl☠

congrats on your surgery when i burp (or a hiccup), its a sign for me to stop and had enough could be that is a sign for you also

step aerobics....... tomorrow, i will also do step aerobics plus some walking i am gonna do at a mc party.... (does dancing on pole count?)

yes, go slow, chew a lot and take your time...no need to rush back as you are still very swollen inside....listen to your body/signs

GREAT JOB what does it look like? can we see it??

5 pounds of fat is the same as 5 pounds of muscle......muscle is merely more dense and sometimes, the scale stays the same or gains.....HORRID......heck no.....you seem to be exercising and doing well......here is the question.....are you losing inches? are your clothes getting to big? or they baggier?? have you went down in sizes? if so, then you are losing true/actual weight regardless of what the scale says or does not say... stay the course eat right, eat healthy/eat clean exercising and the scale will catch up.....but as long as the inches are coming off, who really cares what the scale says or doesnt say......

yes the band is working and you will do fine...you were only banded a couple weeks ago.....the first 4 to 6 weeks you are healing and very swollen....TMF is right, go slow those video's offer great wisdom and knowledge. just because one has a band does not mean they will get stuck or they can eat as they did before...although some say different...for example: i have not ever been stuck and i am nearly 20 months post op....you will learn, eat slow, take small bites and enjoy eating and def eat Protein esp when truly hungry and not when one thinks they are. again, let your body heal up properly and now is a great time for you to get your mind into the game...as now you wil find as the swelling is going down, you may start to be hungry or hungrier...drink a lot, stay busy...eat to live and not live to eat anymore.. congrats on your recent surgery.

good luck to you

great post.. i can relate to this as i feel it is true i spent my adult life (dieting and failing over and over) and lost belief that i would ever be healthy....i was destined to be fat...once i sought help, gave instuctions to follow for best results and tried and did the best i could/can, i started to get better..stronger and yes, healthier.. i see/read things of people and go gosh, maybe if i this or that and find myself slipping back into that dieting thinking/comparing me vs super person........where i know, that i am losing inches at my pace,,,,,,,and if i keep doing what i am doing, i will get there.........eventually as you wrote, it IS up to me....

i have guilt from my past sometimes it feels like it can eat me alive and i did my part by eating to mask pain.... whats done is done is what i told myself... i cant change the past..but i can/could change my future and i am doing the best i can.... fantastic post healthy....wish this post had a (love) button i could click

i dont have a support group to go to here.....i wish i did, truly so i use the next best thing.......this forum.....

whatever you decide to get, all the best

came home and did step aerobics DVD 30 minutes....focused hard on my upper arms......flapping in north carolina

cloud 14 GF........love ya/mean it

i also know that larger BMI people can lose more at the beginning also......why is vital to keep doing what one is suppose to do and realize that if you do, the scale will eventually show.....(i judge my loss by inches being lost) great post and i do watch your video on you tube

eye candy.......all i can say is i love you and i understand and happy to see you vent because sometimes, we just need to and it is the RIGHT thing to do you have wings waiting for you in heaven

sounded like a GREAT meeting to me. wish i could have went with you. i would have enjoyed it. thanks for sharing a great post.

i eat when i am truly hungry (and its not head hunger) and i dont eat when i am not hungry

if i could half as gorgeous as you do now (and even in the before) i would be a happy woman GORGEOUS woman......happy for YOU OMG, the band does work......when it is worked as instructed.. great job goal such an inspiration to us all

as you can see, some drink carbonation and some dont after WLS...my doctor advised me not too and i choose to adhere to what he told me to for best results... if in doubt or wonder why, i say ask your doctor

after playing in snow with kabo the doberman, i did my step aerobics 30 minutes

your in my thoughts/heart my friend........always

i was told to to tylenol liquid for pain after surgery (still use that to this day for fever, TOM etc) i buy the CVS/Walmart versions of it..(cheaper) and i take one night time pill that i crush....i am sure it would be okay to take whole but its just a habit now....

congrats on your surgery

after surgery (any WLS) one is swollen from surgery itself.. this may explain why you cant eat much, i found it was that way with me. agree with christian, go slow and pace yourself.....eating too fast/too much can make you feel the way you described.