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I have the same problem and found a fiber tablet that I only have to take 2. Just was told that ground flax seed is good to add to everything so I am going to get that also today...the weight really does change after a BM.

I read her message is 2-4 oz of protient from meats the rest just comes in with other foods. I have a scale and use it for meats other wise I go by potion size on the cartin and decied if I want half or a full amount.. tracking for me is more important.

I kept calling both doctors office and insurance company and they acted faster...start calling

seems like I was hungry all the time. I didn't work to much about weight loss just healing the gas was so painful. I used cream soups (made with water type) and my own home made chicken broth it seems lie forever. As I got to fill 3 everything is fine now and I don't get hungry any more and it is wonderful. I am down 47 lbs 3 more lbs to get under 200 not been there for over 300 yrs. yippee

I am glad you are thinking about using your band to get healthy. You know all the ways to loss weight from passed experiances I am sure and this is the place to get positive feed back and all you need to get the work down. I have had disabled child for the past 40 yrs and every "support" group I went to was a complaint center not support so I don't go to any. But this site I visit 2-3 times a day and its all great advise and everyone cheers you one. the chat room is also a wonderful place to get advise or help with a depressing day...welcome back you can do it and we will help all we can.

I have a digital I got at walmart a few years ago I leave it in one place and never move it..it doesn't matter what it says as long as it records the correct amount up or down and its within 5 lbs of any other scale (like the doctors).

I have frozen fruit and blend it up and ad that and sweet and low and love it as my get over the hungry or just a snack

I agree with all the above in the green zone makes it so easy to stay on track I am down another lb today and am so pleased...wow what a pleasure to eat normally for the first time in my life.GL to all

I am still shocked by the picture you put up lol a box of candy u teaser u....have you ever gotten a pill or a piece of bread stuck in your throat or further down in your chest? that's what it feels like for me.

what state? There is an Arlington, in the state of WA and one in DC to I think I live in Mount Vernon, WA and Arlington is about 15 miles from me and would love to join.

shrink my lover....lol I know u meant liver thanks for the chuckle I didn't do the pre-op but they did the surgery anyway and never said a word.

If you don't be sure to call in 10-14 days don't let them tell you, you know better how u feel. You shouldn't be hungry for at less 4 hours and longer and you food shouldn't be calling your name...you should be satisfied with your 1/2 c or 1 c of food at meal time what ever your doctor told you. I didn't know to call sooner and suffered with being hungry once I got to 6.5cc in a 10 cc band it was so easy to stay on the program. I am so glad ZI did this I now had lost more then I need to still loss and I am now lower then I have been in 30 yrs it is just amagine, I am still on ooo of this whole thing.

all of us want great weight loss as soon as we get home from having this done but there is plenty of prep work to do and the most important is to heal and learn how to change your eating...hang in there it taskes time

How is ypur eating? following the plan, tracking and eating every 4- hours? how much is in your band? the fills are the key and portion control 5 wks isn't long enough to see a true pattern of weight loss some healing is still going on. Are you having regular BM"s I found that also to be a big factor....there is a lot to learn with this new tool and you don't have enough experance yet, it will come and glad you did this.

to early for a fill if you are only 11 days post op. good luck on everything I would have failed already if I hadn't had the fills or been able to do it years ago.

I couldn't have taken 40 mins u are stronger then I. The nurse did my first one 3 times and I told she was done so she got the doctor and I told him he had one shot..he got it the next 2 were a breeze so the swelling things sounds right to me.

find out your band size and how many cc r in it that will give you some reference mine is 10cc/6.5 cc and is a good place for me I eat every 4 hours so as not to get real hungry or I eat to fast and will gab the wrong thing.

I had band in Aug 2012 and have lost 46 lbs it was the best thing I ever did for myself. the liquids diet is hard but doable and there isn't any nausa when you eat right. When the fills get right for you, you wont be hungry 4-5 hours, you wont hear food calling you. you will finally get how thin people stay thin. The opening to our stomach is to large and not sensitive enough to send the message to our brain that we have eaten that is what the band does. tome it just repair my stomach a d I feel great.

why are you watering down the broth?7cc in your bsnd at surgery time seems a lot and if that is so you should feel full a lot. most people feel in the green zone when their band is just over half full. I have a 10 cc band with 6.5 cc in it and that is my sweet spot. drink more including the broth and creamed soup made with water helped me out at this stage.

come into the chat room there are plenty of folks there that love to help. keep up the good work and I hope to see you in there.

great job!!!!!!!!!!!!! doesn't it feel great? its exciting

that is great that you are controlling yourself so well It was very mentally hard for me to do that..I did but was always hungry now that I have had 3 fills I am not hungry and feel very happy at one cup of food every 4-5 hours and have lost 46 lb . I love the fact that I don't want to eat more and temptations are so easy to control now.

wow how you have changed great work. thanks for your encouraging words it means I can do it to...

yes be glad its coming up and out. feel better real soon

you seems to have a lot of gas I think we all did take so Rolaid and use the heating pad and get to pooping quicly that will help more then you know....you will feel this way once in awhile when you food get stuck and take a bit to go down. Feel better soon this is the hardess part but it is so worth it.