Lanette71

Just got braces today (hate them already!!:biggrin:). But just wondering what good food choices you've made to make both your braces AND your band happy? (cuz all I want is ice cream at this point!:thumbup:)

I'm glad you have had a positive experience with him. Mine has been quite the opposite. He doesn't really seem to understand the psychology behind LapBand patients, which is as important as being able to perform the surgery (IMO). I dread every visit. I feel like a 5-yr-old waiting for my punishment for being bad.

you guys are so amazing to me! and truly inspirational! i usually just lurk around here on the boards, and don't usually post my meager 37-pound loss. But just wanted you guys to know that your successes touch more lives than you can imagine. Thanks for helping me keep my chin(s) up!

I even exported my food journal to Excel and printed it to take to my last fill appt. He really liked the site (and that he could keep an eye on me!)

I've been on a plateau for awhile. Lately, I've been tracking my food intake on www.livestrong.com and it really does help. Do you use an online system, or good 'ol paper and pen?

I'm down 1.5 lbs this week ... and that's EVEN with a trip to Hershey, PA. No wonder they call it the 'sweetest place on earth' !! I was like a kid on crack!

You guys are so adorably awesome!!! My NSV from last week: was on four different planes and didn't need a seatbelt extender on any of 'em ... even the tiny, little prop plane! YIPPEE!

I don't even know how big of a band I have. How do you know? But I do agree ... it is very much a personalized event.

My doc told me that when it happens much later on (meaning not JUST after surgery), that it's because your diaphragm and shoulder run along the same nerve endings, and your diaphragm spasms when it tries to process too large a bite of food. That spasm travels up to your shoulder. It can be VERY painful. I have found that a heating pad works best for me (even better than Advil). Hope this helps.

"but I get severe shoulder pain if I eat too much." I get that too! My doc explained that it's a muscle spasm from the diaphragm upwards. I find that a heating pad helps ease it better than Advil. What do you do when it happens?

thanks for the encouragement! We discussed my food choices (in the journal I printed) in great detail. My biggest weakness is that I never eat at home ... it's all at restaurants. He asked me to spend another 6 wks focusing on good food choices, and that he thought it was better to then decide what kind of fill I need because a little weight loss by that point would make it more loose (and a fill would then be needed). So I went to the grocery last night (first time in forever, as stupid as that sounds), and bought some healthy items and easy stuff to make at home. Wish me luck!

I have a dr. appt. today. I am hoping to get a fill because I am not really feeling much restriction at all. He didn't give me a fill at the last appt. because I didn't bring in my food journal and weight tracker. I am NOT forgetting them today! I hope that a fill will put the restriction in my BRAIN, not just my stomach. Know what I mean?

WOW! Six pounds in one week! That's great! I'm the same this week. I have a fill appt. in about an hour. We'll see if I get 'the stick' today to push me along. Have a great weekend, everyone!