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Karen, you'll get back in the groove in no time. i do remember seeing somewhere on this site that weight isn't counted till it's there for 3 consec. days. maybe that'll help amanda

well ang , all the better, hope that means less excess skin... hope your next fill finds the sweet spot amanda

that could not be funnier amanda

Who's that touching me. i was walking through walgreens today and felt something touch the side of my hip....i turned to see who or what it was IT WAS ME!!!!!! My own hand brushed my hip when i walked....due to my upper arms and torso weight my hand had not brushed my hip in a very long time...also i can now pretty comfortably cross my legs.....whooo hooo my loss so far is 32 lbs....just can't get in my head how much that is but little things like what happened today put it into concrete real terms for me can't wait till tomorrow love my band amanda

Hey guys, i too am stuck and i just got a fill 2 weeks ago....i have restriction and have had a couple of violent pb episodes...so much so that i'm on liquids today...i know that i'm having a no poop issue right now even though i take Fiber supplement every day. any suggestions and jax angie and crystal have you ever been able to lose weight this fast before...it looks like ya'll are doing a phenomenal job......gotta give yourselves credit.....but boy do i look ever so forward to fill apt.s when i lose that filled feeling. hang in there you bunch of "losers" happy to be a loser and a double VV amanda

the other day i was in the store alone on an isle and just let one slip out...i was so pleased with my self for having found a secluded moment when another woman rounded the corner. The initial friendly smile she wore was replaced with a look of disbelief and nausea LOL! I did what any reasonable southern woman would do i smiled turned and left. A moment later i found my husband by which time i was laughing likea hyena on crack. By the time i could tell him what had happened we were all rolling and in tears. What's so funny is that i was born and reared as a proper southern belle. I would deny that ever a sound or smell emanated from my body here to fore. Well hell i'd rather be a skinny healthy burping/farting redneck than my old smug silent fluffy self..Next time i'll blame it on the dog/ Amanda

Why is it that when i get some "good news" on the scale that i start sliding back down a bit. Still my overall direstion is positive,and i'm excercising. overall loss is 32 lbs. and a couple of sizes. i love my band amanda

Thank god my next fill is tomorrow. As per usual i have been starving for around 5 days pre next fill. I am an emotional eating machine right now... My 2 1/2 yr old niece had emergency exploratory surgery last night due to a perforated bowel or other in her abdomen. at baseline she is a special needs child. both her parents are terribly sick with a GI bug as well as one of the other children. My DH stays at home with our youngest, but today had our oldest with a sore throat and 102+ fever....I feel like i'm the last one standing. Soa after work i went to the pediatric ccu to be with my niece for awhile...i feel so badly for my sis in law how awful to be kept from your child by your own illness.....None of this is lap band related except that i fell back on food as comfort for my very overwhelmed and exhausted feeling.. In short my fill tomorrow will help get me grounded and reaching out to our wider support here will help me to get out of my food=comfort.. i want to be back to..food=nutrition so that i eat to live, not live to eat Whew thanks for the shoulder i needed that:rolleyes:

hey guys, we don't have a thread like this...i saw elsewhere on the boards if you are sliming and pb ing that it is more of a behavioral (chewing and bite size )issue than a restriction issue. Last week i had an awful time with pb and sliming....and i was always distracted and in a hurry at mealtimes. Taught me a lesson. does anyone have any experience on how to tell if you're too tight vs are you getting pb because of not eating in the correct form amanda

hey fill update: i am tracking along the same from surgery (felt restricted for 2 weeks) to my first fill felt restrictrd for 2 weeks. I'n so glad my doc sees me every 3 weeks. I got a 4 cc in a regular ap band almost 3 weeks ago. i had good restriction till the last few days. i can get full...just can't maitain satiety. i see my doc on tuesday...i need a bump in my band to hold my satiety. amanda

hey lefty, the preop diet of dr morton is 2 Protein shakes atkins advantage to me taste best...and then a higher protein lower frozen carb dinner for 2 weeks...this is to shrink and firm the liver so that there's less a chance to injure it durin the surgery.. amanda

okay, today i kept my healthy meal plan, drank my Water didn't get my excercise...and did have a crappy dinner milk and Protein bar, a piece of cheese and a few chips, 1/2 cup of s beach Cereal...no time to cook..my daughter has a virus with T 103...so just grab and go but overall pleased with turning things around i need a bit more fill... amanda

putting the FUN in DYSFUNCTIONAL... okay aunt flow isn't quite done with me yet. tonight after having a good food an Water day, i for some ungodly reason ate cookie dough from my fridge All my DH can say (Itold him the moment he came home-he even knows my real weight) is that well babe it had oatmeal in it that's some Fiber i was laughing my ---- off and rolling on the floor. Here's the scarry part..i don't feel one bit sick wow i was convinced that i would likely have some immediate consequence. Even chicken moist and tender has been sticking lately. I think I'm gonna have to go back to softer textures on my Protein. Here's my commitment For tommorrow I have a lunch conference..have preordered Tilapia steamed vegs, and sweet potato. I will get in my water, and will walk for 15 min. Even still my bad day is nowhere near as bad as a good day was before my band. Thanks for sharing your stories...it helps so much.. needing the fun and not the dysfunction amanda

Hi All, I just got back from a week long business trip, and really struggled with my intake. Old Aunt Flow was in the mix making me fill "hungrier craving er " than I've been since this band. A MIRACLE...I thought I was being "BAD" and after 1 day at home I'm down 4 Lbs after being up 2 Lbs from my trip. What is dawning on me is that my BAD now is so very very GOOD compared to what my NORMAL was before my beloved band. I know now that by the grace of my band I was able to stop eating most of the time within reasonable moderate parameters (new thing for me). I also know that had I given better effort with Water and excercise on my trip I could have lost more....but there's the learning that I'm having to do. My gratitude to you dear friends for the support that we give and receive. Loving my band Amanda

way to go gibson, this was just what i needed. i've been out of town working this week. i had gotten a fill one week before. i had such a hard time eating. i was giving presentations at Breakfast lunch and dinner meetings. the whole talk abd eat thing didn't work so well. i got stuff stuck several times. so i was grazing, and did i mention the deserts. why is it that they always seem to be soft and easy to swallow. to add to the hell, i was 2 weeks late, and aunt flow finally showed her late butt up on thursday. the intensity of the cravings and the "i'm starving" feeling has begun to subside today. as of this am i'm up 2 lbs from monday....i know that Fluid has a lot to do with it, but i'm sad for the opportunity i've missed to lose weight. monday is a new day. by then aunt flow should be slowing up, and my Water and excercise regimen should be returning to schedule. so glad to be back home...it's so much easier to manage here amanda

oh and patti yeah for you in onederland...i'm so jealous....lol yeah for us all and our health returning amanda

hey patti and gibson, my DH was very careful after i had my obstruction experience, and then got some glucophage pill fragments hung to get some liquid tylenol and motrin....my doc also allows liquigel caps of motrin...but i'm not going there...liquid is my deal...especially since my first fill, pills and i are cautious of each other. that pain you're descrining patti sis it feel like a golf ball etc. in your chest...too bad you couldn't pb it would have felt better at once....but for sure use the liquid form of tylenol and you'll feel better amanda

dear slc mommy4, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. did you have the compression devices when you went into your lap band surgery...just wanted to know for the benefit of anyone reading this who is considering surgery...my doc does a lovenox (heparin) injection and uses the compression devices get well soon ...see you soon in bandland again amanda

Hi friends and neighbors, Just had my first fill yesterday. It was so easy! I got 4.2 cc in a 10cc band It was not a moment too soon. The last 5 days had been bandster hell. I'm very grateful i didn't have to wait longer. Thankfully i hung on and didn't gain anything back when i was feeling little to no restriction. I managed to just bounce 2 lbs up and down for about 9 days. I'm really interested to see how things go tomorrow when i can move back to mushy then regular food....can't wait because i need and long for the not hungry feeling that i get when i'm restricted and eat solids. I return for my next eval and or fill in 3 weeks say a prayer that i feel that good band feeling:biggrin: amanda

hi bandland, my fill has helped so much. i'm not pb ing or sliming...i can drink Water fairly quickly...have to slow up sometimes...but my scales have been moving every day...another pound down today total 23 since preop....this may just be a honeymoon period , but i'm eating real food again (chewed to death of course)...so her'es hoping amanda

for whom ever does the fill my doc emphasizes the use of NON_CORING needles. i don't know if chemo port needles are non coring or not. if any of my doc's pt's are traveling somewhere he sends a non coring needle with them just in case they need medical attention that could involve the band. standard needles can result in the port becoming fragile and failing/leaking for what it's worth amanda

hi, i'm on my first day of mushies today....i had my Breakfast cheesecake (recipe in that section) 1/2 cup. then mid am 32oz Water (can drink pretty fast) and for lunch had baked chicken on salad...ate 1/2cup chicken and 1/2 cup salad..feel really full. i haven't had near the restriction that i did postop...of course my first surg was obstructed...but even after the second i had pretty good restriction till last week. MY restriction from postop faded gradually. All i can say is that salad was my saving grace when i felt so un restricted...because i could get that feeling of fullness....i have seen JACK say in other places on the site about going for not hungry in stead of full....i think i'm going to need a little while before i completely can get that concept. just another step in my screwy eating patterns to mend. i will go for an eval/fill in 3 weeks....will let you know amanda oh and i'm down 1.4 lbs since my fill

hey bandland, I'm 23 days out now and had my first fill 2 days ago. It's so nice to have restriction again. wow how i missed that!!!! I'm full of gratitude and feeling like 5 years of wear and tear have been removed from my body. i weighed this am and am down 1.4 pounds since my adjustment....i had yo yoed 2 lbs for 9 days previous. and here's a funny...i looked at the scale and said to myself oh good i'm at 276.2 now......as i was walking away i did a double take to realise it is 262.2 now. i haven't seen 260's in 2-3 years...took a minute to sink in today i've been band compliant, and have lifted weights on a break from work for 5-8 min. and went on my usual lunch time walk /head clearing for 25 min i never could have done as well without my precious beloved band amanda

hey guys, for me when i was just so hungry it hurt.....i would make a salad with equal parts lemon juice and canola oil for dressing, and garlic salt to taste..i could use it like a snack and not feel so painfully hungry. maybe it will help you too amanda

hey gibson, so glad that cough didn't keep you out of bandland. Hope that bad boy doesn't trouble you postop take it easy amanda