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Thanks. Does a cup of mushies sound like way more than a bandster 17 days out should be able to eat? I just want to make sure I'm not eating too much - but I do stop when I'm full and I never eat more than a cup or so.

I know some people with GB that are happy as heck and look great and haven't gained back an ounce so I can't say what happens to "everyone" - I just know that I didn't want to be cut and re-routed! Anyways, I don't know why they say that about feeling hungry - I am only 16 days out but I hardly feel hungry and when I do I eat a little bit and I feel full!

I am confused on "restriction" - my doc says get a fill when I no longer have restriction. But what exactly does this mean - restriction as to how much I can it, or how well I can eat? I'm only 2 weeks out and I can eat big bites and not even chew that much (I'm on mushies) and I can eat fast, but I an't eat a large amount so am I restricted or not?

That helps alot. I know I am weeks away from a fill and I am healing and all that but I just don't want to end up being one of those people who puts off getting a fill when they need it.

I have no answer for this but WHOO HOO on your weight loss so far! You're doing awesome!!!!

I know I can't get a fill for 4 more weeks, I was just confused on the term "restriction"

I heard that about pre-fills, but is restriction the amount you can eat or is restriction on how you eat (slow, chew well, etc) b/c I can gulp down food but I can only eat a small amount so do I fill or not?

I guess the whining helped b/c the scale was down 2 lbs this morning!

Happy B-day! I know how you feel b/c the way my family and my husband's family are all close (distance wise) we end up having to go to like 3 dinners at Thanksgiving and Christmas. This will be my 1st year to do it with a band and I am going to try what my nutrition class teacher said which is to pick only 3 things to eat at the dinner instead of trying to taste everything that way you will have smaller amount of the things you REALLY want. And then she said for dessert to just have 2 bites b/c statstically it only takes 2 bites to satisfy the sweet tooth! Good luck!

I had similar thoughts last night - I went to a Casino party and the food was cheese cubes, fried chicken, sausage weenies, fried southwest eggrolls, mini beef sanwhiches w/ white bread, and chips and salsa. There was NOTHING mushy and NOTHING healthy! I just downed water after water until I could get out of there and get something to eat. So you can tell yourself "I don't need to eat here b/c I am going to eat as soon as I leave" and that helps more than just feeling like you can't eat at all! Aldo, having a protein shake before you go to something like that can help - or stick a canned one in your purse and take it with you! Anywas, good luck w/ your plan and I have a feeling you will do great!

Nothing - I'm just a being a baby and I'll get over it! I am however, thankful for the 14 pounds I've lost!

Don't worry about endoscopy - I had one and they knocked me out - I didn't feel a thing. I just woke up and told my DH to get me some mac and cheese - haha!

You *should* avoid it b/c of "cheap calories" and the carbonation but you can have it if you want.

Ok, so doc says it's Ok that there is a hard area of swelling with a diameter of 6 friggin inches around my port. He said it was ok and it was normal and it would just be that way for a few weeks. But I have to complain b/c this didn't start until one week out and it's growing and growing and getting super hard and it hurts SO BAD. Did this happen to anyone else? I guess it's ok if my doc says it's ok - it's not red or infected looking - just painful and hard! I am 2 weeks out - when will this go away? Is this really normal b/c I'm having a hard time believing my doctor since I've never heard anyone else complain of this on LBT and I really beileve if you guys had felt the way I do and had a big hard pancake around your port, you would have posted on LBT.

I think you should contact your doc - I was SO dehydrated the 1st few days and I COULD get water down fine - you need fluids!!! Call your doc NOW. Good luck and hugs!

Ok, so I am going to see my doc tomorrow but until then I will count on you all! On Thursday doc removed my staples and everything was ine except my 2 larger incisions hurt a little. The bigger one has started to hurt more and now it's pretty sore and I noticed it getting hard this weekend but I thought the hard spot was the actual port but now it seems a little bigger. It feels like a hard lump about the size of a nickel and it's growing and it's sore, especially when I', sitting. I do not see any puss or redness and there is no phyiscal heat, nor do I have a high temperature. It's just sore and uncomfortable and when I had a belly button ring when I was 16 my body rejected it and tried to push it out so I am so scared something is going to happen to my port. Is it normal to have scar tissue buildup or something that would make the port sore and hard. It's only been 9 days since surgery - does anyone have ideas/ suggestions/ anything? I'm scared!

Ok, I saw the doc and he said he had to poke a hole w/ his finger to get the port in place and the hole is now filling up with fluid and it will just be swollen and sore for a few weeks but not to worry. It sucks though b/c it hurts like a B*TCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone in the Dallas area wanna have a Dallas LBT bandster get together?!?!?! I DO!!

OK, now the hardnesss around my port is the size of a friggin' golf ball! It's like a huge hard mass in my belly and it hurts!!! I am going to the doc at 1 pm so I will update when I get back!

I love my band thanks to the weight loss but I can tell already I am forming bad mental habits that apper to be replacing my bad eating habits. Why can't I just be bad-habit free? I am obessing about my band - is it infected, is it slipping, etc. -- and worse, I am obessing about weight and food. I weigh myself at least 2 times a day even though I repeat my mantra of "this is time to heal not to lose". I get depressed that I haven't lost in 4 days even though logically I know it's only been 4 days and I did switch to mush so no loss is expected, but yet I still feel sad. It's so dumb b/c i never felt this sad when I would diet for a month and only lose one little pound! Also, I feel like a PIG since I went on mushies when in reality I normally eat like I did yesterday - 1 protein shake, 2 cans soup, 4 crackers, and 3 bites of ice cream - that's what I would have for a snack pre-band and now I feel like a total pig b/c I ate "all" that. My brain is so having a devil/angel argument with itself!!!! Sorry for the rant! If I didn't have you guys to vent to I could never have done this!

Any fruit I can eat besides bananas? Can I just mush up any fruit? I'm craving some canned pineapple - can I mush that up? Will pineapple get stuck? What fruit goes down easiest (besides bananas)?

Hey Poodles - I'm sorry your consult was upsetting but I hope it went well otherwise and if you get a band you'll get your BMI down to 20! I was upset my 1st meeting too b/c they said I should weigh like 125 based on the "charts" and It made me feel so much fatter than I am,,, but then I realized the "charts" are just standardized but really I do have a big frame and I could pick my own goal of 150! Anyways, that was kindof rambling there - I'm tired! Good luck!

Hey Jini! Welcome to LBT! I've only had my band 9 days but I'm loving it so far and I'll try to put my 2 cents in: 1. Does the lapband slow down your metabolism. I've read that it holds food for longer... I read that if you eat over 1k calories per day it won't slow your metablolism down (and while this is hard the 1st few week when you are healing) most bandsters seems to eat 1k-1.5k per day 2. What can I expect to be able to eat after the surgery? Will I forever be eating Soup and what not or will I be able to eat normally again? I was on one week of iquid, now I'm on 2 weeks of mush, but after that my doc says eat normally! 3. What is the best thing about the Lap Band? I've lost 15 pounds in 9 days - that has never happened before. And the non-scale victories are great oo - for example - I realized tonight when counting my calorie intake that it's so much easier to keep track of because now I eat a "serving size" - like tonight I had 2 tbsp of crap dip and low and behold that was a serving - pre-band I don't think there's anything I could have only eaten 2 tbsp's of!!! That is a mental non-scale victory! 4. What is the worst? so far just the initial pain of recovery but it was just a few days and now I'm pretty much back to normal 5. What do you wish you would have known before getting into this? I've been on here and researching everywhere for over a year so I felt like I knew most everything - do your research b/c this IS a lifestyle change - not a diet you can go on and off of - your band is for life! Good luck! We'll always be here for you at LBT!

canned peaches and some pineapple juice ought to cure my cravings for now!

What did I miss - who is this Jaxson guy and what's the story?