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Love this cartoon!

"Last supper" was too many servings of fish fry for me. Wasn't worth the indigestion. But the instinct is normal. Pre op clear liquids was tough. Glad it was only five days. I also lost 13 pounds that week.

Thanks, your post is inspiring. I'm 8 months out now and I want to keep my momentum going. My weight loss has slowed but I know exactly what I need to do to kick it up, which is exercise. It got so darned cold here in Chicago so fast and I'm not so eager to walk in the freezing cold. I'm happy to see you are committing to yourself. You got this!

Good luck and be patient. It took me four fills from May to September but I'm in the green now and it's wonderful.

Stuffathon! LOL

Amazingly, I have no fear or anxiety about Thanksgiving this year. Last year preparing for surgery, the thought of not binging on Thanksgivings after surgery gave me such sadness. This year I am banded and in my green zone. I'm looking forward to all the special foods I make only at holidays, and I know I'll have small portions and stop when I am no longer hungry. Good article. I will definitely have a plan, and some changes I am making include more healthful choices at the table. But the gift of my band is that I will truly be able to enjoy the meal without overdoing it. Thankful? You bet!

I haven't taken a Prevacid in many months. Weight loss seems to have cured my heartburn/reflux. I'm a bander.

Or during lunch. I was occasionally walking around the neighborhood where I work during the autumn weeks. If I could find an indoor place close enough maybe that would work. Before work ain't gonna happen. I know me too well. Lol.

One more note and then I'll shut up, but you did ask so here goes. I was one of those people that had surgery on Thursday and went to work on Monday. I was absolutely fine. However, you cannot predict if you will have an easy breezy surgery. If part of your concern is to not let down the group, then I think you are willingly going into an uncertain situation where you may actually have to cancel on them. If that is truly a concern of yours, then choose the later surgery date. Good luck either way. And I truly hope for the best for you. As I said, mine was a breeze. Hoping yours is the same!

Sounds too iffy to me. I would take the date a few weeks later because you cannot predict how you will feel after being cut open. Three days later an 80 mile car ride and a stressful mock trial? No way. You put this surgery a couple weeks later and you have no unnecessary stress. I cannot emphasize this enough: this is major surgery. It sounds minor. It is not. Good luck and take care of your body.

198.0. Down 0.6 this week. Time to step up the exercise. Going out today with friends to walk in nature. It's cold here and lightly snowing but I'm putting on my boots and gloves and doing it. I want to walk more. I get cold and "don't wanna" so I've been slack about it. My food is pretty much where I want it to be, so if this weight is going to drop more, I need to move more. I've been really busy with evening commitments and I'm pretty tight on funds right now, so I can't afford a gym. I think just maybe I'll try walking in a mall and see if that's something I can do a few evenings a week. I must be crazy thinking of malls during the holidays. Ironically, I HATE shopping. Well, for now it's just an idea. Happy Sunday, everyone.

198.0. Loving Onederland.

Yeah I'm trying all decaf this week.

I've landed on "process".

My team had me on a treadmill starting the day after surgery. I was instructed to walk 15 minutes at 3mph no incline, and add a minute every day until I reached two miles. It was hard but it helped with the pain, especially gas pain.

Hiccups can be a soft stop signal for some people. I too had to slow down. I still have to slow down eight months out. Stop signals for some people can be: a hiccup, a sigh, a burp. The slower you go the more able you are to notice it. You're doing great!!

I was banded 8 months ago. I didn't see most of these scary band stories on here until after surgery. I didn't have anyone in real life to talk to who had WLS. This forum, books, YouTube, my surgical team, and real life WLS support groups from three different hospitals were and have been my research and resources. I am 53 years old. I once lost 130 pounds at age 28 without surgery and gained it all back. In February I started at 302. I now weigh 198. I have gone off the following medicines: one of two blood pressure meds, Prevacid, prescription NSAID for arthritis, cholesterol medicine, prescription pain medication, a diuretic, Fiber supplements. I couldn't walk one block without back and knee pain before. Now I walk daily and enjoy watching the miles (MILES!) accumulate on my FitBit every day. My dog loves it too. I have reduced the frequency of my cortisone knee injections. My knee pain is controlled with Tylenol and most days I now forget to take even that. I have had four fills and am at my green zone. For me the green means I eat moderately and on a schedule three times a day. In between I have coffee or Water or tea. In between I am not hungry at all. I become mildly hungry about a half hour before my meal. If I am ravenous or thinking about food, it is almost always a sign that I am stressed. I've learned to recognize this sign and to NOT feed it with food because food will NOT make that restless feeling go away. I have learned to substitute self care by food with self care by: walking, music, 12-step meetings, foot massages, socializing with people, praying, counseling, going to the movies. Head hunger is real. Head hunger wasn't cured for me by WLS but it became easier to recognize, because I now feel and recognize real hunger three times a day. I am still a newbie but the thing I had to give up when I got banded that maybe some people are not ready to give up is this: I can never binge for comfort again. I got WLS to make that happen and yet it is the saddest thing to let go of. If you are ready to do that then you are ready for WLS. Knowing it and doing it are two different things. I was ready. I was motivated. I decided. Then I got banded. And still, after surgery, when it hit me months later during the most stressful time of my life that I couldn't turn to binging on food for comfort, I hurt so bad. I cried. I was simultaneously glad for the band and scared to death because my go-to coping mechanism was gone. I knew and expected that to hit me at some point. Still, it's a shock when it does. I survived the feelings. I developed an inner resolve that no matter what, I was not going to cope the old way anymore. I am a new woman and I am teaching myself new ways to cope and a new way to live. I get stuck on certain foods and I'm still training myself to eat slowly. Yes, 8 months post op I still am in training. It's okay. I have the rest of my life to get better at it. When you are ready, you are ready. And nothing will stop you.

I'm so happy for you!!!

Oh yeah. Mine can be loud and most inopportune at times. I've gotten used to it. It's not daily though. Still not sure what, if any, pattern there is.

Much better, thanks. I had a normal small dinner of a few bites of soft food (pastitsio and moussaka) and no problems today. That stuck episode was scary!

My big sweater at work has to go. It's enormous on me and it looks like I'm sleeping in it.

Great post. Congratulations!

Great news and congrats to both of you!

You are both beautiful. And boy is there a strong resemblance !!