Before my lapbanding i weighed 152 kgs my pre op diet brought me down to 7.5 kg being on opti fast for a month then the big day came i had my op done on the 10th December 2014 they were in and out i had the gas pain in my shoulder and in my tummy over night i dropped another 4 kgs don't know how that works but i did the next day i got discharged was ok for a bit then off back to the hospital cause i was in sooooo much pain so gave me panadol and morphine after that i was good was on soft food right away youghrt became my friend for about two weeks then i could eat meat i tryied eating vegies but they don't agree with me no matter how much i chew vegies i cant swallow well but hot meat i can chew and swollow anyway i dident get a band fill for 6 weeks my weight went on a stand still during that time so only managed to lose three extra kgs and only just two days ago i got my band fill of one mil which is great and i lost another three kgs in two days my exercise is walking pushing a pram and my weight now is 137.8 kgs