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Musicalmomma I know how you feel! I didn't really see allot of change until I started walking and now that I'm doing the water aerobics I can really tell! They ain't lying when they say that exercise makes allllllll the diff in the world! Also I think that not being strict for about a wk or so then go back on it will also help you too! If you go back to the liquids your body may not react the way you want it to! Just try to add a few things that you haven't allowed yourself but that you REALLY want ya know? With me it was bread. I ate sandwiches like crazy for about 2 wks then I went back on it really strict and WHAM!! Now I can't tolerate bread! GO FIGURE! hehehe

Hey guys! I can't believe this!! I went in today to weigh "just to see" if anything had changed because I now feel like I have MAJOR restriction! Like I can't eat more than 2-3 oz at a time!! SOOOOO I found out that I have LOST 3.4 lb since Mon!! WOOOOOHOOOOO They were really worried at first until I told them everything that I was eating/drinking and they were like oh ok!! I have also been to water aerobics 2X this week and I LOVE IT! There is NO WAY I could 10 min of the workout out of the water but I can do the whole hr workout in the water! :-))) So yes I'm feeling good today!

I had my 2nd fill Mon 8-20. I had 1.5 cc in a 4cc band and he added another .9 cc soooo I have a total of 2.4cc I'm still on the liquid phase which I think is a CROCK but oh well! I did have some creamy chicken noodle soup last night and that was WONDERFUL!! LOL I could feel the restriction w/ the soup WOOOHOOOO I sure hope it stays! BTW I know I posted it in the main page but I've lost 50 lb!! I'm sooo psyched!

Hey guys!! I went in for my 2nd fill today and found out that I have a 10 centimeter band but that it only holds 4cc's of saline!! I was like OHHHHH really? Anyway I have a total of 2.4 cc's in the band now (he gave me 0.9cc today). I can't really tell anything diff. but then again I'm just on liquids till Thur!! UGH This is the WORST part of getting a fill!! I am hungry STARVING all the time on liquids! So therefore I'm VERY grumpy! GOOD NEWS I have officially lost 50lb!! I was sooooooo excited I did a happy dance on the scales!! LOL They just laughed at/with me! So I'm right on my goal of 10lb a month! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO

Well guys i'm happy I had a loss but it sure wasn't an 8lb loss! :-( Only 3 lbs in 10 days!! GRRRRR I was hoping for AT LEAST 5! But oh well at least I'm going in the right direction!

I have another little shake/smoothie that I made up and it's WONDERFUL! I use 1c skim milk 1 scoop protein powder (chocolate) 1/2 a banana (a small one) a cpl spoons of Bryer's carb smart ice cream put it in the blender and YUMMY tastes like a banana split!! MMMM Also I LOVE cottage cheese 0% plus by purity with some wheat crackers. Very good and filling snack.

Ok so have we come up with a month or date yet?

I went to Cato today to just "try on" some stuff to see if i'd dropped a sz yet and while I can get some of the 22/24 on it looks REALLY bad but the 26/28 fit great w/ a lil room!! YEAHHHHHHH BTW I was a sz 30/32 and a 34 in somethings or a 5X!! I'm soooo glad for some of my "fat" clothes to NOT fit me!! I need ENERGY so I can get up off my "lard bucket" and work out!

Well every time I get on the scales they have moved (one way or the other) Everyone that I know keeps saying how they can tell how much I've lost yadda yadda and I'm just like yeah ok thanks but can't really tell it myself! UNTIL ............ Saturday my hubby talked me into going to the pool with him and some friends and when I put my suit on I could really tell it!! I was like WOW no way!! Then just for "kicks" I tried on a pair of my husbands shorts they were a lil snug but hey they fit and WORE them over my suit!! LOL Just to let you know the sz diff in he and I ... Pre-op I was a 30/32 one skirt was even a 34 UGH and my hubby wears 2X in everything but pants and they are 46 soooooooooo yeah you bet I did a happy dance all the way to the pool!! Now today I went to Cato "just to see what sz" I could wear and I can get the 22/24 on but it sure ain't pretty the 26/28 still fits pretty good! YEAHHHH that's one sz down with almost (hopefully) 50lb!! Yes I am weighing in tomorrow and I am hoping my Dr scales are the same as the diet centers scales cause if they are then I've lost another 8lb!! WOOOOHOOO Will let you know tomorrow after support group!

Yes I drink the New whey protein liquids they are REALLY good!! I use the fruit punch 42g diluted 1/2 with water and just drink it with my snack or sometimes instead of a snack! My Dr (I haven't seen a NUT yet) has told me to eat the 5 small meals a day and I am to get in 130g of protein per day!! Usually what I do each day is : shake for b-fast 4oz cottage cheese with crackers for snack a Tuna to go lunch pack for lunch Then chicken or fish for dinner with some kind of veg's. I have a hard time fitting the 5th meal/snack in but it is usually cottage cheese too! I have found the 0% plus Purity small curd is WONDERFUL!! I will use either multi grain/whole wheat crackers or wheat thins crackers. I LOVE the sun dried tomato and basil flavor MMMMM they are my NEW addiction! ALSO for chocolate/candy freeks like me the Russel Stovers sugar free candies are WOW! Hope you all have a good day/evening! "IF" my chiropractor's scales are the same as the centers then I have lost another 8lbs!! But will find out tomorrow at support group!! HMMMM

Mornin everyone! Last night I had my first experience with slimming!! UGH I was eating dinner with my family (VERY embarrassing) I don't know which I swallowed to quick the chicken or the broccoli! At any rate one or both of them got stuck and ow I tell ya what OUCH it hurt! I tried to throw up to make it go away quicker but no can do! Sooooooo by the time it finally passed the family was done eating but stayed at the table for me to eat and talked to me!! awwww I know they are sooooo sweet! This has been one of my dad's worst fears is seeing me in pain from eating something to fast and bless his heart he had to see it last night! :-( I am fine now though and STARVING!! I was supposed to get my 2nd fill yesterday (yes only a wk after my 1st) but I had to work out of town all day so I had to cancel it hmmm Not really for sure if I need it or not now! Oh well we will see! Hope you all have a great day!

April sounds great to me too! Like I said before my hubby and I have a time share there so we will be using that instead of a hotel. As far as time of the week I prefer to fly during the week because it's cheaper then. If I'm not mistaken though we can only check in our time share Fri-Sun and have it for a whole week sooo there you have it!! When we go we go for a full week to get our money's worth out of the room!! haha So basically you tell me when you all want to meet there and and we will do our darndest to be there! :-) looking forward to it already!

I read a cpl other threads every once in a while but not like I read this one! I didn't know about the general lbt going! It sounds cool to me either way! I have been to Vegas 2 times once in Feb and once in April. Feb is MUCH better weather as far as not burnin up!! April wasn't to bad either really and when I loose 100 lb It really won't be that bad I don't think!! LOL My personal vote is for early spring (Feb-Apr) or LATE fall (Oct-Nov) I HATE HATE the heat in summertime here in TN much less in Vegas! Can I hear an AMEN???

Good evening! I am also for us getting together in Vegas next yr! I know it would be "cool" to be together in June since that is our band month BUT... It is sooooo stinkin hot there in June! Feb - Apr are GREAT months to go! My hubby and I have a time share there so just tell me when and I should be able to make it! I am having some restriction today which is GOOD!! It took me from 7:30-3:30ish to drink 2 shakes and 1 liter of water!! Wheewww Now i'm starting on my 2nd round of shakes hopefully I can get them all in b4 bed tonight! I sure wish I had some energy!! My butt has been dragging since b4 surgery! I don't have 1 extra oz of energy for ANYTHING!! I feel like I could sleep around the clock!! You guys make me sick w/ all your unwanted un-needed energy!! :-P~

Well I just thought I would let you all know that I had my first fill today!! It was kind of crazy though! I called in this morning to "ask" if they would go ahead and give me one this week welllll today is the only day this week the surgeon is in the office and he likes to do his own fills sooooo there ya have it! I still feel pretty good. I had a shake when I got home (it had been 5 hrs since anything had hit my stomach) It went down really good and easy! I am to be on liquids today and tomorrow then slowly progress back through mushies etc. He put about 1 1/2 cc in my 10 cc band! It was weird when they were having me drink while doing the fill because when they put 2 cc in I couldn't get water to go all the way down!! I was like WOW that's unreal! Oh yeah and even after going to a family reunion that lasted ALLLLLLL weekend with nothing but BBQ Gumbo Fried chicken pot roast etc I STILL lost 2 lbs from Fri to today!! WOOOHOOOOO I was excited!

Has anyone else gained weight 2 wks post op? I gained 2 lbs last wk and I am TICKED OFF about it!! GRRRRRRRR I am ready for restriction baby!

Waters my dad keeps saying the "I can't believe you stuck with it"! His health is one of the reasons I made this choice! He is a diabetic on 2 shots and other oral meds a day!! I have watched his health go down drastically in the last 2 yrs! I keep telling him I want him to be around to see my little boy graduate kindergarten and he's 4 now!! Thanks for helping me not feel like such a slacker :-)

I'm glad this thread is here! I have been trying to get preg. for over 2 yrs and have finally come to the conclusion that I am just too darn fat to get preg right now! Soooo almost 3 wks ago I was banded and am doing great! It is very interesting to read about the complications associated with preg and band land! How soon after surgery did you have sex also how soon after did you get preg? How does pregnancy effect your further weight loss?

Waters you have cracked me up!! I was sitting here literally laughing out loud! You make me feel like a slacker! Last night I think was the first time I have cooked for my family since I started on the 2 wks of shakes pre-op!! So um yeah that makes 4 wks of me NOT cooking!! I know I know bad bad wife/momma!

I feel allot like Insub. I do remember being a small child (before school) and ppl saying that I was too skinny!! That is the LAST time anyone has ever said that to/about me! When I was 13 or so I was sharing my mom's clothes and shoes!! Talk about feeling like a freak! My dad was an evangelist (traveling minister) so I was constantly meeting new ppl which has always been hard for me! There was one time I remember being with this one family who invited us to eat supper with them and I was freaking out because they had 3 daughters all who were VERY thin! So I barely ate anything at supper but when I got home I ate like 2 -3 bowls of Fruit loops because I was still so hungry! I was 386 when I started my pre-op diet so yeah I can relate with the feeling of OMG I don't want to be 400!! My heart goes out to ppl who are SMO because I feel their pain! Yes I have the emotional issues and some physical ones as well! I am so thankful that I have the most wonderful husband in the world who loves me the way I am but is still encouraging me to do better and keep up the good work! I have lost less than 40lb total and he is already calling me "his skinny girl"! When we got married I weighed 300 I was 250ish when we met so he does know me a LITTLE thinner than I am but he is in for a BIG (ummm little) surprise when I get down to my goal of 150-165!! I can't wait to show that ME to him! He is my daily inspiration!

LauraG I am in Manchester but I had my surgery in Mboro w/ Dr Eckles and Dr Westmorland! Isn't Dr. Dyer at Centennial? My mom is in the process of trying to find a hospital to accept Americhoice/TennCare and has just been cut off by Cent!! She is getting VERY discouraged! I feel for her so much! BTW I noticed that I failed to mention that I have stopped when I feel full and have only felt the "OMG I'm so full I can't breathe" feeling ONCE and that was with a protein shake with part of a banana and some Bryers carb smart ice cream! If I would have stopped with ONE shake I would have been OK but I fixed the 2nd and didn't even drink 1/2 of it!! I was miserable for about 2 hrs afterwards!! UGH Won't do that again!!

Derbygirl thanks for reply! I noticed that I failed to mention that I have stopped when I feel full and have only felt the "OMG I'm so full I can't breathe" feeling ONCE and that was with a protein shake with part of a banana and some Bryers carb smart ice cream! If I would have stopped with ONE shake I would have been OK but I fixed the 2nd and didn't even drink 1/2 of it!! I was miserable for about 2 hrs afterwards!! UGH Won't do that again!!

Ok so I copied and pasted my post from another page that had "heat" yesterday obviously that didn't apply to this page!! SORRY!

Hey guys! Looks like we had a little "heat" in here yesterday! I understand where MOST of you are coming from with all the advice! I take some in stride and some I just skip! LOL Anyway I weighed in yesterday and much to my dismay I had gained 2 lbs!!! GRRRRRRR I was sooo furious! BUT... I know it is mostly my fault! When I say "mostly" the reason is ... the Dr said for me to "eat till you feel full then quit" so that's what I've been doing!! Yes I know I have been eating more than I should be ABLE to eat yet they said to eat till full soooo what do ya do?!?! So I just happened to see the Dr in the hall yesterday and he kinda jokingly said well if you want to loose the weight rapidly go back on the liquid diet!! I didn't know whether to laugh or smack him!! LOL Basically what they have told me is to go back to 5 small meals a day which is a pain but when I was doing that I was loosing! Hopefully I will get better news from the scales next week! You guys have been talking about "criticizing" family and friends about how much they eat and I can totally relate! The main thing I have gotten on to my hubby about it he eats SOOOOO fast!! Therefore he eats to much! He has told me repeatedly he is in this WITH me because he needs to loose about 100 lb himself! So far he has taken all my constructive criticism very well!! It was kinda funny last night at dinner he got so bored with eating because he was eating so slow! I was like yep I feel ya baby honestly I do! LOL He is a great sport and I'm glad he is doing this "with" me and helping me along! The only things I eat that he refuses to eat is Tuna cottage cheese and yogurt! He is definitely cutting back and I am proud of him! I know my Dr told me but for the life of me I can't remember ... how long to wait post op before being intimate? I am 17 days out and trying to remember if it was 2 wks or 4 wks? If anyone can help a sista out it would be greatly appreciated! BTW I was practically begging my Dr yesterday for a fill and he said NO WAY not for 2 more weeks! I was kinda excited that he would consider one before the 6 wks! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO Sorry for the LONG post!

Hey guys! Looks like we had a little "heat" in here yesterday! I understand where MOST of you are coming from with all the advice! I take some in stride and some I just skip! LOL Anyway I weighed in yesterday and much to my dismay I had gained 2 lbs!!! GRRRRRRR I was sooo furious! BUT... I know it is mostly my fault! When I say "mostly" the reason is ... the Dr said for me to "eat till you feel full then quit" so that's what I've been doing!! Yes I know I have been eating more than I should be ABLE to eat yet they said to eat till full soooo what do ya do?!?! So I just happened to see the Dr in the hall yesterday and he kinda jokingly said well if you want to loose the weight rapidly go back on the liquid diet!! I didn't know whether to laugh or smack him!! LOL Basically what they have told me is to go back to 5 small meals a day which is a pain but when I was doing that I was loosing! Hopefully I will get better news from the scales next week! You guys have been talking about "criticizing" family and friends about how much they eat and I can totally relate! The main thing I have gotten on to my hubby about it he eats SOOOOO fast!! Therefore he eats to much! He has told me repeatedly he is in this WITH me because he needs to loose about 100 lb himself! So far he has taken all my constructive criticism very well!! It was kinda funny last night at dinner he got so bored with eating because he was eating so slow! I was like yep I feel ya baby honestly I do! LOL He is a great sport and I'm glad he is doing this "with" me and helping me along! The only things I eat that he refuses to eat is Tuna cottage cheese and yogurt! He is definitely cutting back and I am proud of him! I know my Dr told me but for the life of me I can't remember ... how long to wait post op before being intimate? I am 17 days out and trying to remember if it was 2 wks or 4 wks? If anyone can help a sista out it would be greatly appreciated! BTW I was practically begging my Dr yesterday for a fill and he said NO WAY not for 2 more weeks! I was kinda excited that he would consider one before the 6 wks! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO Sorry for the LONG post!