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To be honest I haven't had that full feeling since before being banded, you know that feeling like you're going to explode because you ate too much. I eat till my hunger goes away so I never feel full but satisfied and no longer wanting nor having an interest in continuing to eat but also I am in the greenzone and have been so since last October. Before being in greenzone I would just eat my allotted amount which was no more than one cup of food three times per day and only eat when hungry, the days I would be extra hungry I just drank tea or Water or go for walks or distract myself with other things. So full to me now feels like I felt before I started eating but satisfied with no hunger feelings if that makes sense.

If I remember correctly it took a good month for all my bloating to go away and in that time no matter what I drank or ate made me feel as if I had sat down to a banquet. Give it time and everything will go down and you will start to feel normal again with no bloating. For some it resolves much quicker than others but it will get better.

Hi all, haven't been on in a few months, it's been a roller coaster ride since mid April. My family and I went on vacation first week of April, the week after we get home my lower back went on me then that progressed to mid back pain then my neck, guess I overdid the walking that week we were away. I was walking no less than 8 hours a day because we all walked everywhere and I was so proud I could keep up. Then in the middle of it ally mum had heart failure which resulted in her having a pacemaker put in, she's fine now and I'm back to normal thank goodness. Anyways 2nd July was my band anniversary and my goal was to melt away 100 pounds of fat, I somehow managed to achieve that without being able to exercise the last few months. It's been harder to shift the pounds without my daily walks but I stayed strong and determined to reach my personal goal. I would have lost much more had I been able to keep exercising but I'm still happy where I am today compared to a year ago. Some days were tough being on meds that made me want to graze all day and believe me some days I did and my weight would be up and down a few pounds but without my band I probably would have stacked on more weight. I've had some amazing reactions from people I haven't seen in a year, in a way I was proud and in another way also disgusted that I had let myself get to where I was when I started my new lifestyle with this band. I started at 366 pounds and today I'm at 260 pounds. I still ha e a way to go to get to goal and now that I can exercise again I'm going to melt the rest of my fat away. This last year has been a journey filled with fear, confusion, frustration and a huge learning experience living with my band. It's now a part of me every day and so much easier a year down the track. To those of you starting out you will go through so many emotions and roller coaster rides but know that if you work your tool you will be rewarded. You will have days or weeks of frustrating plateaus and that's also normal but if you persist those scales will move, for some slower than others but we are all different. As soon as I get a current picture I will post my before and now pic so hopefully it will encourage those that are starting out or at a frustrating stage. I know a lot of the before and after pics have been a huge encouragement to me this past year. I wish everyone the best in their journey and those that I have come to know on this forum this past year continued success.

I remember about two years ago I had gone to the local butchers to get meat for our dinner that night, parked my car and went and ran my errands. When I got back to my car another car had parked a little too close to mine and even though I could open the door I couldn't get into my car, I tried for a few mins then gave up in embarrassment, I'm sure people noticed. I even tried to get Into the passenger's side and climb over but couldn't even manage to do that. I was so humiliated and had to wait outside my car for a good hour in scorching heat till the owner of the other car returned and drove off. I was close to tears with being angry with myself and humiliation. After that incident I always made sure I parked where there was lots of room. Even today when I'm in that situation I cringe thinking OMG what am I going to do but it's no longer a problem I actually can get into car if another has parked too close. Whilst on holidays recently we had to go through a few turn styles and I was already in a pannick that I'd get stuck but I didn't, I walked through like every other normal person walking through. Only once someone yelled out why don't you go to weight watchers but I pretended I didn't hear them and cried inside so noone else would notice.

Lol then no I have no idea about kaiser insurance!

Beautiful lady, you look amazing and I love my band too!!

You look great and have come a long way. Remember slow and steady wins the race, this is a life time change. Keep up the great work, huge difference in the pics!!

Nice NSV and maybe take your daughter to some seminars, she is seeing what you're going through. Ask her if she would be able to deal with it all. And yes if you can help her get to a healthy weight at this young age then it's a great idea. Or maybe ask her to work with you, follow what you are eating and exercise together then if she has really given it her best shot and didn't succeed help her look into banding. My daughter is 15 and my sons 15 and 18 they are all within a healthy weight range. From the day they were born I made it my goal for them to never have weight issues ( highly likely as I did have issues). I kept them active from a really young age and encouraged them to find a sport they loved and would stick too. My daughter choose gymnastics ( been doing it since she was six) she has a beautiful slender strong body, my sons choose rugby and archery ( both fit and muscular), I also cooked every meal, rarely bought them take out and always encouraged them to eat fresh fruit, it's paid off thank god even though I didn't follow my own rules. Lately my daughter has started nagging me about buying her some skinny tea program to loose weight. I keep telling her no and to not start with fad diets ( she doesn't need to loose anything but her friends are all doing it), I keep reinforcing that she needs to eat good Protein, vegetables and hardly any processed foods as she needs good clean foods for the 12 hours of hard training she does every week and if she starts these stupid fad diets her sport will suffer and she can start to mess up her metabolism ( what happened to me over the years). Teach your daughter what she should and shouldn't be eating , I know she is old enough to know but we tend to loose the idea of what's good and what's not, work together as each others support. Best wishes to you both.

Hmmm took me longer than a few days to feel normal again, more like a good month. I used to get the dizziness also and for a good three weeks it felt like an elephant sitting on my chest till ally swelling went down and I healed. All normal some heal quicker than others.

Ouch I remember hurting when I woke as I would flip onto my tummy throughout the night. I started to put a pillow in front of my tummy so if I'd flip over I'd have the pillow as support. Hopefully your pain med will kick in quickly and you should settle, you're just going to be very tender till healing is complete.

You're a very pretty lady Donna, you are looking great and can certainly see a huge difference with the pics! Keep up the great work oh and I love your black and white top.

I see a big difference also, looking good!

At this stage just light walking anything else could cause pain.

I've eaten kaiser rolls, just had to go very slow though to avoid getting stuck. Actually this type of bread with the hard crusts are much easier to eat than the soft gooey breads. And if you can tolerate it every now and then is fine.

Full and stuck are two very different things. You can keep eating beyond the twenty min mark and you will feel overly full. As soon as hunger goes away we need to stop ( satiety) usually twenty mins or less. Stuck is swallowing too big a bite and it won't pass through, it just sits there like a rock till you either pb or eventually the food passes, not fun.