Lacey8724

I think I have 7ccs in my band and I can take pills. I take wellbutrin fine, but it's round. I am currently taking an antibiotic that is a capsule and it seems to be going down fine. As long as its not time release you should be able to break it. But I believe cymbalta is time release.

Some days my band is so tight I can hardly eat anything without getting stuck. And other days I feel like I need a fill! But drinking something Hot does help. And in the mornings its the worst.

I can't eat in the morning, my band is just to tight. But if you drink some hot tea or coffee it should relax it a little. At least that works for me.

I get so annoyed when I hear people say that we are taking the easy way out! Not a darn thing is easy about it! I still have to do everything anyone else would do to lose weight. It's not some magical band that makes us lose weight while we sit on the couch eating ice cream watching home improvement reruns (I wish!). We all have to work, I just think of it as a helping hand! It's very easy to cheat the band, we still need to tell ourselves no and work out and eat healthy! It's certainly not the easy way out. I just needed to rant! * steps off soap box*

Go out and buy the hungry girl cook book by Lisa Lillian. She has low cal recipes for all sorts of yummie things! I wouldn't recommend eating them daily because it's a lot of artificial stuff! But incase of a week tooth emergency or have a craving for something fatty it's a wonderful trade off!

Hun its ok! My Weight loss slowed once I got off the liquid diet. I have had 3 fills and now I'm starting to lose weight. Are you working out? The lap band is a slow weight loss and you are not that far out of surgery. I got banded July 3 and since then I have only lost like 15 pounds... Granted I wasn't working out. But since I have been working out I have lost another 5! And that was just in a week! It's amazing what working out can do, exapecially when you are not use to it! Once you get a few fills you will notice a difference. Also you might want to try to eat more dense foods like chicken breast and stuff. If you are allowed.

Mine is protine. I'll eat a turkey burger with out bread and it keeps me full for around 4-5 hours. Also I will make my own chili and use ground turkey breast and add kidney beans and black beans and garbanzo beans... So it's packed full of protine! I've never actually added it up, but it's a good amount.

I have such a problem with this, and not drinking when I'm eating. I try to use that little sand timer they gave me... But I always forget to turn it I we. Are there any other tips or tricks anyone has learned to help them with this. I have stuck episodes sometimes, but they always go down eventually. Im just worried about stretching that little pouch.

I've never done this. But I would just tell how much you feel comfortable with, I would talk about what you had trouble with also, so others can work on that. But if you are comfortable with talking about how much you have lost I say go for it. I always want to know that kind of thing, I can't be the only one. Good luck!

I guess maybe a month or so. People were saying my face looked thinner. Today I wore a fitted shirt and my aunt said she could tell I've lost weight. I got banned on July 3rd and have only lost 35 pounds since then! I'm a little disappointed, but it's my own fault for not working out like I should. But I'm back on track now! So hopefully it starts coming off again!

I'm newly banded and am still in the mushy stage. But I'm just curious what foods you have had trouble with? I hear a lot of people say bread and pasta give them the most trouble. Just wondering, I would love to avoid a stuck episode!

Thanks. I'll just be careful and see what works for me.

Yesterday I was banded, I had to stay in the hospital over night for insurance reasons. But all in all I'm feeling ok. Friday I had to have my gallblader removed and I seemed to be in more pain with that then I am now... Knock on wood! I'm sore and bloated but I'm moving around ok. I haven't eaten much since surgery, one Popsicle and half a cup of jello, I'm hungry, just don't have a desire to eat! I also keep feeling like I have to burp but it's stuck in the throat. Is that a normal thing? If you can maybe give some ideas of what to expect the next few weeks while I'm adjusting that would be helpful! Thank you!

So I start my liquid pre opt diet on monday! It's 3-5 protine shakes a day and water and crystal lite. They said I could have a small piece of plain baked chicken breast if I REALLY need it, but that's only if it gets bad. Anyways, my question is.... What kind of things did you guys do to keep your mind off cheating!

I think mine was mostly water weight. Also I was only getting like maybe 500 calories a day because I would only have 2 shakes. Can't stand them!

I just thought this was fitting. I found it yesterday.

It's only been one day of this horrid liquid diet. All I can have is the protine shakes (which I have to choke down) SF Popsicles and jello. I have never wanted salt so bad! How do people make it through this? Lol I feel like I'm an addict going through withdrawls, I guess thats sort of what it is. And I can't watch tv, to many food commercials! I know I can't give up! I don't want to, but man... This is hard!

Boo! I have gallstones! Idk if it's going to push back my surgery date or not yet! I hope not.

Today I feel a lot better. I haven't eaten anything yet because I have that gallbladder test this morning.