HaleyJ

I was banded July 24 and I've lost 75 pounds so far...I just wanted to show the difference 75 pounds can make in my face! Lol! If I can do this anyone can!

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Thank you! I rodeo and so I ride 3 horses every day...I calculate my calories and stay on a 1200 calorie a day diet...they say riding horses is a really good exercise so that's what I do and it seems to be working...33 pounds is still amazing!

Thank y'all so much! Hey that's ok 30 pounds is still really good! I bet when you get your fill it will increase....I've had 2 fills and I have the plication to with the band! You'll get there! I still need to loose another 75!

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Whoops! July 24! Lol!

Thanks! Sept 24, 2012

Thanks y'all I appreciate it!

Can the lapband be to tight with food in the pocket? I got off track and I'm paying for it dearly...I'm not sure if this is the case or if I'm constipated! Please help!

HJames7 is my name on Myfitnesspal and I need friends...I need some encouragement! Y'all please add me!

I just had my first serious stuck episode and it lasted all night and half the day! Thank the Lord my surgeon is also my brother-n-law so I had to tattle on my self... I wasn't stuck in my band, I had no trouble getting my bacon sandwich down...my pouch is were the trouble started bc the bread wasn't toasted enough...I know I know I fell off the right track but this has helped me! His advice was a 1tbl spoon or 2 of meat tenderizer and sprite....it helped it come up and now I'm dealing with a hurting stomach but lesson learned! Hope this helps!

Slimming is when u try to swallow some find of food and it tries to go down but it can't...your body makes a slim to try to help it go down and I always end up spitting the slim out on the couple of times it's happened to me...yeah I have to say I loved bread until this point but I'm definitely not ever taking this chance again

So I called my brother/n/law/Dr and told on myself about my toasted bacon sandwich...apparently the bread wasn't toasted enough and turned very gummy which stayed in the punch even though I didn't have any trouble getting it down....it just stayed stuck in my pouch and made my stomach on fire....I never slimmed but I went all night like this without wanting to bother anyone...I felt like I was dying...His simple solution was 1tbl 2tbl sppons of meat tenderizer and then a sprite...works wonders and helped me get all that gummy bread up....thanks so much for all of you and your considerate answers! I'm very sore today and will be back on liquids but this helped me get my head back on straight! God Bless each and everyone of u!

I'm sorry I'm in panic mode...my surgery was 7-24 and I haven't had any issues until now...I ate a toasted bacon sandwich and apparently the bread wasn't toasted enough...I feel like it filled my pouch up and my stomach is on fire...been like this since 9 last night...I'm feeling faint, feverish, and just plain ill...

It does get better! I had to do an all liquid diet for 14 days...slimfast, water, chicken broth, sugar free jello and sugar free popsicles....it didn't get hard for me until day 10 when I wanted to chew! I found the sugar free gum in strawberry short cake flavor, apple pie flavor, and root beer float! Don't give up u can do it and it will be worth it! I lost 15 pounds before I was banded July 24 and all together I've lost 31! Keep trying u can do it!

Thanks so much! That makes me feel a lot better!!! On a better note I'm done 5 more pounds! 31 pounds since my liquid Pre op diet started 14 days before my surgery! Happy Dance! 31 pounds down and a lot more to go! But I'm making it! Yayayayayayayay! Lol!

Banded July 24 and have done great! Now it's time for my period and I feel like a truck has run over me and I'm having so many mood swings...is this normal? I hate feeling like this!

My nipples hurt worse, my back hurts worse, and my temper is worse than normal...but I'm figuring it's bc my hormones are finally working on their on since my weight loss is good... My period used to be sporadic but now it seems to be on track...I just wondered if periods become worse after the band is put in and if it was normal...thanks for answering me

I was banded on July 24th and am done from 246 to 220...I'm stuck! But I believe the signs of my period is coming up...hurt back, nipples, and all the fun stuff! Do y'all think that has something to do with me not losing my weight? My periods never come when they are supposed to but lately they've started to happen monthly bc of the weight loss...what do y'all think?

I was banded July 24th and it's been a very easy process...today I have started getting sharp pains when I take a deep breath on the same side as my port...should I be worried??

Thanks y'all! I'm glad to know there's others besides me that are going through this or have been through it and will tell us what to expect! Hope u get to feeling better and I'm up and walking! Lol!