bandster_1007

i agree you need another fill, but compare yourself to me...no weight loss...none at all... that should make you feel better. i know it will come, it just takes time.

i told everyone, and i totally feel your frustration. i have actually had people tell me that i wasted my money. don't worry we'll show them. (i feel like i should wear a disclaimer shirt (lap band patient: disclaimer-do not expect rapid weight loss and do not compare to gastric bypass)

i did want to add, that this is my doctor philosphy..not mine, but he says that even the most disobedient patient will still lose 50% of their weight if they do not drink with meals, do not drink liquid calories, and keep their fills up. The other 50% is what we have to work for by eating healthy and exercising.

my liquid rule is anything through a straw. last night i had pureed chicken (1/4 cup) and mashed potatoes and gravy (1/4 cup). i was stuffed.

I noticed that the September 07 bandster's are doing this, so i would like to be a copy cat in the Tenacious Tens group. Most of us are very recently filled or are still awaiting their fill. weight loss tracking isn't really important until after fill number one as we are in the healing phase right now, but i still thought it might encourage us to post now, and then post again next month. i am one month out from surgery on the 18th. my weight loss for this month is 12 lbs. i'm surprised that i have not gained, as i am eating horribly. my goal in the next month is to exercise at least 15 times in the gym, and start some other work outs at home. my goal in the next month is also to count calories 98% of the time and not allow my self freebies over the weekend. so, if you do not want to put your weight loss yet becuase we are healing, then let us know your goals for next month. this way we can all work towards them together, and we are held accountable.

after my fill i am on liquids for 48 hours, then mushies for 48 hours then solids. jennie.you may want to try to post a new thread it will get better response.

oh, and i told my doctor about how i could eat 4 pieces of pizza and he told me that he was going to make me tight..and boy did he. he was not happy that i had not lost, and that convinced him that he needed to be more aggressive in my fills, so he was.

becky. i posted about my fill today actually. i'm very tight. i feel everything that passes my lips. i've drank no Water today and i have only been drinking things that have Protein and i can barely get those in. i've been sipping some muscle milk for about an hour. and today for the first time ever, i had morning band. so, i know it's there now. before i could guzzle and gulp and everything...now i sip..and sip and sip. i'm sure i will have some help with this fill. thank you so much for asking.

does drinking hurt my stomach, i mean hurt in the literal sense. i think i may just have gas, but my stomach hurts.

omg....from you mother!!!??? i thought it was bad that my mom said, "well it looks like you just wasted $15,000".

thanks. ok, i was all excited about this fill, and i was loving the fact that i can't eat very much. well, i've had 327 calories so far today, and i feel like CRAP. total migraine, stomach hurts, feel like my heart is beating out of my chest (blood pressure), tired. sucks going on liquids

thanks fairy. how did you change your name?

had a ticker..pissed me off when it told me i had not updated in 80 days, then i was reminded that it had been 80 days and i had not lost a pound...so ticker is gone. i will put it back when i start losing though.

i have to say that wasn't a question i expected in this forum...you mean i'm the only one..even in the slow losers?????:think my doctor's input yesterday was "i'm making you tight, you probably don't even know you have a band"..ya think.. he's great. well, he did, now i feel every drop that passes my lips. sip..ha..i never had to sip, i drank a whole glass of liquid in one setting 4 hours after surgery. NOW I HAVE TO SIP!!:clap2: i'm scared to eat, but i will. tomorrow i get to move back to mushies..i'm on liquids right now. my doctor said it is actually quite normal among...get this...smaller people. HA!!! he said, "you are a little girl"...HA!! boy i haven't heard that one in a while, that one put a soft spot in my heart... he said the band is the band and each person is different. the bigger you are, the more you feel the band right after surgery. people on the lower bmi end, tend to feel the band a bit later due to a smaller fat pad around the stomach. i have an aps band, but he said i didnt' have much of a fat pad and everything inside looked real good. so i dont' know, but i feel my band now..hopefully it will stay this way and not go away and hopefully i start losing weight.

please don't be jealous!! i was crying every time someone asked me about this surgery 2 days ago. actually, i've gained since surgery. but when i told my doc that i could eat 4 pieces of pizza with crust and some more, after my first fill, and he saw that i gained, he did not hold back. i guess it really benefits to be honest.

i was singing the same tune a couple of days ago. i got my second fill yesterday (yes i know i'm still swollen), and now i can feel every single drop that passes my lips.....i love it..and i'm not hungry. i know this will go down in the next couple of days, but i also know that this is how it is supposed to be. be patient..it will happen i haven't lost anything yet, actually gained, but i'm still optimistic, and this last fill made me more so.

my goal for this month is to weigh less than i did prior to surgery. lol..and with this new fill, i just might make it!!!!

thanks you guys...makes me feel better. he said he was going to make me tight..so he did. lol.. yeah..fairy (did you change your name) i absolutely cannot imagine eating pizza right now. the thought of eating anything solid is scary. (i must say as the day passes though, i'm not so tight..i might try skipping Breakfast tomorrow and just having coffee).

SO THAT'S WHAT THE HICCUPS MEAN??? i've wondered why i will hiccup like 2 times when i've eaten too much. ....i burp like crazy. and i have gas problems on the other end of the cycle also. i really think that drinking diet flattened soda (doc says ok) is causing me terrible gas. i burp so much now that my son is always like "mom please..that is so gross", and i'm like "it's because of my surgery"..so now he thinks that i had surgery to burp...(and the other :0)

i just re read what i posted earlier. sorry about my whole sick post. my point in all of that was that i can eat anything i want right now, too, and i am not losing weight at all, but if restriction feels like it does while i'm sick, then i think we all have hope!!!!

OH GREAT...NOW ..i have my ticker to remind me that i 've been 80 days past surgery and havn't lost a damn thing..

you first fill will probably not do it either. i have a question..how do you know if your pouch is stretched???? could that be why i am not losing?

very well said, i need to put this on my vanity mirror and read it every day.

this is how i feel..i hate attention. i have been raped and sexually abused as a child (rape was when i was 12 and was continuous for a year)..i think this is why i became fat in the first place. so, yes..i am absolutely terrified of being thin. but as my pcp tells me, i have a man that loves and protects me, and i deserve to be healthy, i cannot continue to punish myself for what someone else did to me.

well..although i have not had a fill, i am VERY sick right now. i think i have pneumonia again (i've had i twice before), but i'm not sure because i'm having body aches and a headache that i cannot get rid of. and i'm very tired. and my whole face hurts. anyways, i guess from all of this mucus, i finally feel what i will feel like when i am at my sweet spot. i have no interest in food. i'm not hungry at all, and when i do eat it lasts for hours. i've lost 3 lbs since this morning..i'm not sure how that happened...lol...i took a diuretic, but i've been taking them every day almost. anywas, i think this thing may actually work when i get the right fill. i like this not being hungry thing.