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You Gals look Marvelous Dahlins! I love VIne's Hair the color is the bomb! You ladies are rockin DIva Style!!!

Me too! That is the strangest but nicest NSV so far for me. I sweat in the winter, spring, summer, and fall. Now I am chilly all of the time and freezing at work. They look at me at work and say with disbelief "you are cold"?. I love it!! Vines and all you other ladies remember this you are not having Hot flashes! Just your own private summers!!! LOL

Thanks you guys for your encouragement. I am feeling better now that I am on the mushies stage. I am still in ketosis and although my doc said nothing about chewing sugar free gum that is what I have to do for the as Jack says.."goatbreath" ..hahahahaha. Ketosis produces awful breath. I know it. NOw my excersise challenge is on. I have been given the okay to do aerobics and stuff. The port site still hurts every dang on morning but after I move around I am cool. I figure by X-mas I can at least resemble the " brick house" I want to be. LOL

Thanks For the recipes! I love to try new ones.

Yall have a great time!!! Have a drink (or four)for me too!!

I too was banded on August 29th. I have moved on to the pureed/soft foods. I went to the doctor and he said that I won't even be ready for a fill until at least October. So far I have lost 19lbs. Maybe he is considering a fill because that is how he regularly does things. My surgeon said that some docs fill the band at the time of surgery. I guess they are all different.

HAHAHAHA! I love it! Right now I can only afford OMG!!!! My cousin has a lexus suv and she pays WTF!!! LOL

Paula , BeBe(Phillip) is a cutie pie and wow you look great! I saw your before picture last year June. You go girl!!! Rock that Band!!!

congratulations!!!!!

God still hears our prayers and when I prayed for your mom the other day I asked God for the lump to be benign and for him to keep her close to his bosom...He never fails me and he won't fail your mother. Everyone on this thread is praying that is alot of power!!! She will bounce back.. For this too shall pass. HUgs Dee Dee

Ebony my doctor will not think about a fill until I am post op 6 weeks. He leaves the band unfilled at the time of surgery. Some people can lose just with the band, he says. I have heard that some doctors put in about 1cc at the time of surgery. It just depends on your doctor. Liquids were hell for me as you know but I honestly did really well for the first week. Maybe you need to tell your dietician all of these concerns and if you still feel you are getting nowhere consult your surgeon. Call now or 2morrow!

My surgeon talked with my dietician and she totally revised my eating plan. He said that the diet is per Doctors orders and the nutritionist's job is to make sure calories and nutrients aren't being sacrificed. Well with that said I told him about not being able to have yogurt or cream soup stuff or sf pudding etc. He had her change the diet. I can have thin deli slices, yogurt, sf pudding lowfat cheese slices, eggs(soft scrambled or poached). My surgeon said that the liquid phase was okay for a week and full liquids does include cream soups thinned etc. Kathy I can have egg drop soup with the egg but to got slowly! I feel so much better now. he also said I ws doing very good and the weight loss is great but not typical so don't get discouraged if it slows down after the next 4 weeks. He said that all the surgeons who perform this procedure have different diet plans. Unfortunately my dietician had RNY in mind for me and that is the diet plan I was on. I guess she got confused since the majority of the patients are RNY. I had a slice of lowfat cheese..yum and 3oz of fat free turkey and ham... and I was full WHoo Hoo! I am on my way.

Well ebony I am back. My surgeon says that the doctor can modify your diet if need be. My dietician totally redid my diet. I am on a new diet that is so much better. I could ony do a week of liquids and if you are diabetic your diet should be different to allow for sugar control. Don't change your mind about the procedure because I was whining! Have the surgery, I am glad i did. My problem was my dietician had me doing the RNY diet instead of the lapband diet. Talk with your dietician call her/him and bug the hell out of them until you have a solution to make you feel better. After the surgery the liquids weren't that hard to do for the first 5 days for me it was that sixth day.

ALL the doggies are cutie pies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love em!

Mandy she is adorable!! As my little niece says " I'm in BIG school now". They are so cute at that age. Take lots of pictures. Go to all the parties! My sister teaches kindergarden and I go an read to her class on Fridays, the best Fridays of my life. Children are precious and loving. Honest too.(sometimes brutal but true)! Them pigtails are rockin'! LOL

Parvathi monday is mushies but 2morrow they may tell me to start the mushie stage. I hope so.

Heather NSV means Non-Scale-Victory. Youmay not have lost a pound(by the scale) but maybe you went down a dress size. Stuff like that .

I will Kathy thanks for the hug. U are sweet.

I cannot have cream of anything soup, per dietician. I cannot have sf pudding. I can have carnation instant breakfast but I don't like it. I am not the typical fat person because I am picky. I eat alot of what I like but I am picky about what I eat. I think that my dietician is not as experienced with Banded patients. They mainly deal with RNY patients. they have only banded about 50 people since April. I go in tommorrow to talk with her and my surgeon. Evryone is like man you lost some weight you look great but I don't feel great. I really think my main problem is that if I don't like the taste or it makes me gag I don't eat it and that's that. I did really well today I had 3 8oz protein drinks for a total of 45grams of protein. My dietician said that I should only drink half at a sitting just 4 oz. I drank the entire thing . I am beginning to think that she is confusing my surgery with the RNY. I will find out 2morrow cause I have alot of questions.

NO this is not the easy way out! I can Amen that one! Losing weight is hard we all have to work at this. The band is no quick fix it is a tool. Besides you can get more positive support here on this site than at a meeting with closeminded individuals!

Yeah! Melissa girl u are on your way. Get used to the liquids girlfriend while you can..I know it is hard but it will give you great benefits of weightloss. I am on my second week of liquids and still am not used to just drinking meals(I still say it ain't natural). Anywho I am starting to babble..but congratulations!!!

Praise God!! Thank you for keeping us informed! Hallelujah! Come on get Happy!

Estela, I too went through having a lump removed from my breast. I know what your mother is going through right now. Please tell her for me that there is no heartache or pain that Jesus cannot heal! He was with her before the biopsy and he is with her now. The results I pray in Jesus' name will be benign! You are a wonderful daughter!

Suzi the surgery is easy. The hardest part for me was finding a comfortable position to sleep in. I usually sleep on my stomach but that is out of the question right after surgery. I have new respect for the recliner. U will do great!

OKay Nana I am in this one too. I will post everything on Thursday! The cloaks are cool! I know I will look good in that purple one.. LOL!