Officeslave

Hey Becca - Glad to see you back. I am needing my second fill here as well and hope it helps. I had restriction for about a week and a half and it seems to be gone. Grrr... I feel your pain.

I have been lurking here since before I had my surgery and finally decided to take the plunge and join you! I had my surgery on 2-20-08 and other than being in the depths of Band Hell - starvation right now I am doing really well. No complications so far and I am looking forward desperately to a fill. I feel like I have zero restriction and could eat a horse if I wanted to. I actually slightly increased my food on my own because I was feeling weak and sick from not eating enough. I am feeling much better now and really am still eating about a 10th of what I did pre-band and making much better choices, although not 100% of the time! Hope you all don't mind taking in one more. I could use the support as well. Thanks!

I am here also but really busy at work so I don't post much. Hope all is well with you guys!

Maybe I am dumb - but what is a pannus?

My dr told me to avoid calorie counting right now (I tend to obsess!). I am just making smarter choices and occasionally tracking my protein to see where I am with that. I have never done the low carb thing so I am not sure where I would be with those.

I tried that this weekend and it was perfect for me!

I kinda wish I had a problem with french fries! They still go down easily...granted now I chew them and take bites instead of shoving a handfull in at once!

I dug into some old dress clothes I had hung onto and found 3 pairs of pants that finally fit again! YEA! I even had one pair that were too big! Now I wish I would have kept all of those clothes I got rid of when I was in my "These will never fit again, might as well give them away" phase.

I have the fear of clowns as well. UGH - I hate the sight of them! Those and mice - I can't take the thought of mice and we live in the country so we get them occasionally.....yuk!

Dairy Queen was OUT OF ICE CREAM?? That is crazy talk! Oh yea - that was a sign from God.

Had a bad food weekend all together. Ate 1/2 of the bun from a chicken sandwich I ordered on Friday at lunch....hurt like hell.....ate a salad on Friday night - but tried to eat one tiny square of really thin crust pizza on Friday night....hurt like hell and pb'd for the very first time. Ate Mexican food on Saturday night (yes we went out all weekend for different reasons with different people) - didn't hurt but I am sure I ate way too much. Why do I torture myself by eating things I KNOW will hurt? I have no idea why I do it. I won't be surprised if I didn't lose much this week when I weigh in on Wednesday.....but if I don't it is my own fault. I hate that I do that to myself week after week after week after week......grrrr.....

That is awesome! Good for you!

I think that is why I can feel where mine is more as well....less blubber! YEA. It doesn't hurt, I can just feel the lump.

Oh Brenda - No worries my friend. I am not offended or mad. I just had wished I hadn't seen it. I am not upset at you. Please do not go into the woodwork because of something that small! Seriously! We have all done things like that and people will get over it....or they won't - you can't let that get to you. Heck - I hadn't even thought about it again after I posted my message.

The Biggest Loser, Survivor, Jon & Kate+8, Big Bang Theory, 2 1/2 Men.....but sadly I don't seem to get to watch any of them consistently!

WOW! That is an awesome amount of weight in such a short time! Congrats!

I am thrilled to that a woman won, but I wish the title of your email didn't have it, I have avoided all articles on it this morning since I DVR'd it to watch tonight. I love that show!

I most of mine have been mentioned......WaRshington, irregardless, I seen..... My husband and his family will say "piney" when they mean to say peony. Where the heck did PINEY come from? People around here will also say "I done." as in "I done went to that movie already." Grrrr......makes my skin crawl.

My highest was 251 the day before surgery. I am another shortie (5ft 2in also) so that isn't good. I was around 110 when I got my first driver's license about 16 yrs ago.....and I think that is what it still says!

I had 3 weeks off. I probably could have gone back at 2 - but since I was approved for 3 I took it and was glad I did.

Can you post what you eat in a normal day? I am wondering how I compare to others at the same stage. I obviously am not good at eating healthy/balanced meals (or I wouldn't be fat!) so I am trying to figure out what I am supposed to be watching....is it more important to count calories? count carbs? Fat grams? :wink_smile: what????? What is your normal daily intake of each of those (if you know it)? Any advice/input would be appreciated!

Too funny Tara! I am sitting at my desk cracking up! I am sure my boss thinks I am losing it!

Went in last night and the dr gave me my first fill. Man what a weird feeling that was and holy crap that is a long needle! It really didn't hurt but just looking at that sucker freaked me out a little! She put 3cc's in the start and when I tried to drink Water it wouldn't go down so she went back down to 2 cc's. I am supposed to go back in a month or so for an adjustment if needed. She told me to be on fluids for 48 hours - which seems like a long time - but I am not even hungry although my last meal was yesterday at lunchtime! I may change my tune by the end of the day today, but so far so good! PS - She said I have lost -24, and I only had myself down as -20! I like her number better, but I am still going to go by my scale after I weigh in on Wednesday like I do every week.

I had my first fill on Monday. I was supposed to be on liquids for 48 hours and I was starving last night. I looked at the list I had from my post-op diet and low fat cheese was on there so I grabbed a string cheese. I was happily eating it while watching Biggest Loser last night and WHAM. It was stuck. I thought my chest was going to EXPLODE. Holy crap it hurt. I think the problem was I wasn't paying attention to the food, and was watching the show instead and didn't chew enough or ate too fast. Man - that was painful! Ouch! Needless to say I didn't eat another bite.

This may be TMI - so you may want to stop reading.................. But I had a visit from Aunt Flo for the first time in 6 or 8 months.....my dr said it would come back when I lost weight. Not really a "victory" since that whole process sucks, but it does show I am losing!