emily111

ugh this is the worse part!!!! I had surgery july 16th so Im post op 6 weeks I will have my first fill on thurs the 28th and I have to tell you I have been starving... It seems worse now than before surgery although I have been keeping my intake below 1200 and exercising I have lost no weight since the 2 week mark. It sux!! But anyways this is normal to be hungry now

I feel you I am post of for 5 weeks and I have not lost any weight in 3 of those weeks I just am so depressed really. Its hard.. I cant stay motivated when the scale is not moving. But I get my first fill next week So I am hoping that will help :w00t:.... Now as for you... try not to be hard on yourself and try to clean out your cabnits of junk food. Try to start exercising and logging your food intate so you will know what your taking in. Maybe start a blog this is what I did it really helps... what I do is share one with my cousin shes dieting to loose weight then it helps us motivate each other. Try something like that. :tt2:

HI I am one month post op tomorrow. When I started this process and I read how some people lost weight so slowly I was sure that would not be me since I dedicate myself 100% to things. Also I lost 60 pounds in just about 4 months... of course I gained it all back thats why I had the surgery. Anyways so now I am post op 1 month and only lost 10 pounds since the surgery and 10 pounds on my pre op diet. The 10 I lost after the surgery was the first 2 weeks.. the last 2 weeks I have lost NOTHING!!!! I blog what I eat and I exercise every day for 30 mins to 1 hour. Now before I had the band if I did this I would loose at least 4 pounds a week.. and now nothing?? At first I said well I am not loosing because I am gaining muscle but come on how long can your body stay at the same weight with such low calorie intake and so much exercising? I am getting my 70 grams of protein and low carbs everything sugar free I am doing all I am supposed to do and I am getting discouraged!!! So if you started out like me with a BMI around 40 please let me know where you were at 1 month post op. Thanks

pineapple juice trust me it works... start keeping it around in case u need it

why we sound just the same!!! well at least we know now that this seems normal!! But its still hard to accept. I put my scale away because I couldnt take it anymore

oh good work you can tell alot.. you look great!! Red looks good on u :frown:

Thanks everyone!!! Your really helping me :thumbup: I think maybe I should have more carbs since I have never done low carb in my life maybe my body needs them :sad: SO I will try this and see what happens.. I am so happy I have lost 20 pounds and even more happy that I made this life change :tt1: I hope to start loosing again soon thanks for your support!!!!

My incisions were glued by my surgeon no stitches or staples. Today I woke up the glue is soft like its slowly wearing away and the incisions burn and hurt like they will pop open. Is this normal for anyone else? Im scared to move and I know I need to be walking so I dont get blood clots. Any info is helpfull :scared2: Thanks

yes very normal I was starving when I woke up from surgery.. Some ppl it takes a lil longer to start feeling hungry but you will feel like that until you have a fill from what I understand.. I cant wait for a fill!!!

OK Its monday day 5 :smile: Last night I am happy to say I had my first full nights sleep :sad: I also woke up flat on my back and I was comfy this morning not feeling any pain or gas. I have been sleeping sitting straigt up. I dream everynight of food. Last night it was donuts lol.. I believe its been 16 or 17 days now that I have not eaten anything. Who could have guessed I could go that long without food!! Not me I didnt know its possible. I have to say that I owe my good sleep to someone on this website who said Gas X strips were not working for her so she bought walgreens brand malox. I sent my husband for some took it before bed and had a good night sleep and I dont feel bloated right now :tongue2: Thanks for that

no Im didnt exercise before the surgery for 6 months because I was dealing with trying to get approved through the ins. I havnt measured to see if I am loosing inches. I know Im getting smaller because my clothes are more loose..I dont understand If Im burning more calories than I am consuming even if I am gaining muscle I think I should be loosing something.

I dont know but I am upset about it.. I have not lost any weight in 10 days Im not even 4 weeks post op and have only lost 10 pounds the other 10 was before surgery. I write down all my calories.. max I have 600 a day and I exercise between 30mins to 1 hour a day... So I cant explain it but I know i dont like it or understand how thats possible

I was given a medical device card in my packet for surgery. They said I need to keep it in my wallet. Thats odd they didnt give you one. It came in the lapband packet I received. All of the ppl I know who has flown since the surgery has not had any problems have fun in disney world!!!

thats odd he gave you vicodin I know usually they want to prescribe something that you dont have to eat with... I would call the dr let him know and ask for Mepragan Fortis.. This is what I was given its a special pain med with anti naseau meds in it. Hope you feel better soon.

mines numb also I dont know why but from what I have read its normal :w00t: Also Im still swollen in the port area

:w00t: I will share some info with you that someone shared with me a few weeks ago that saved me. Buy the walgreens brand maylox. It works!!! I had relief within the first 20 mins from taking it and hadnt had a problem since I found this life saver. :eek: Try it.

Ugh I am having this problem but I have only been having it for 1 week now so I am not trying to get stressed yet. I am 3 weeks out and the first 2 weeks I lost 10 pounds this last week I have lost nothing. I have started to exercise and since I started to exercise I have not lost so I am hoping its because I am gaining muscle. Maybe I should up my calorie intake since its only between 400 and 600. hmm dont know we will see. But dont get discourged just try different things :w00t:

I was just going to post a question about not loosing... Im only 3 weeks out and have not lost anything in 1 week. I count everything my calorie intake stays below 500 and I get all my protein :cry_smile: But I started exercising 1 week ago also so Im guessing im building muscle. AT some point I think the scale has to move lol I mean how long can my body go on so little without letting go of the pounds? I dont know lol

:thumbup: thanks... well they didnt take my gal bladder out either they said its fine.. My family was upset about that because mom had to have emergency surgery to get hers out she almost died and 1 week after my surgery my brother who is 26 only 1 yr older than me had emergency surgery to have his out. So they thought I should just have mine out now. But all is good right now :thumbup: You will love the band we all wake up and think what did I do ... but trust me once your healed you will love love it

yeah!!!!!!!!! :thumbup: I dont really know what you mean by social worker? Is this you psyc. Apt? Well whatever it is I know its a step in the right direction :thumbup: I had to do the 6 month diet before I could submit to my ins. And it was the hardest 6 months of my life. My dad passed away suddenly at only 44 and They found cervical cancer when I went for a pap. But I made it and I was approved and got the surgery. Its the best thing just to see the scale move in the right direction. Dont worry about your husband they are always worried at first for many reasons. But he will come around he has to

I was told to drink as much as I wanted and I did :thumbup: Just dont gulp the water down. Drink as much as u can but take lil breaks you dont want to throw up or hurt ur band :thumbup:

well for a while you will be on protein drinks you will be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks after the surgery and I know the drinks are expensive but its a must. I like the atkins protein drinks. Make sure no sugar or carbs in the protein. OK when you start on foods the mushies your allowed fish. I buy the box of individually wrapped tilapia they r 4 oz each. I season with blackening and cook in non stick skillet. Yum 20 grams of protein each with 100 cals and only 2.5 fat :cool2: just be creative you will get it :thumbup:

i was banded on july 16th and i eat 4oz at a time.. this is on my post op mushie diet.. we r allowed fish so i eat the 4 oz tilapia grilled its 100 cal 2.5 fat and 20 grams of protein. I am really starting to get hungry but i am having a fill aug 28th :cool2: dont worry just try diff things thats more feeling and no bread :thumbup:

:cool2: you sound just like me!!! I had my pre op class and everyone in the class was in patient except me. I was so upset I tried to change it to in patient and they said I would have to change my surgery date so I declined. One good thing about out patient means that your healthy thats why I was scheduled as outpatient. You will go in they will get you ready let your family sit with you until they give you the silly meds and off you go. If you live in town then you can go home as soon as you wake up but if you live out of town dont go home until the next day. :thumbup: If your nervous about throwing up let the anesthesiologist know and he will put special meds in ur IV also I was given special pain meds called mepragan fortis it has anti nasuea meds in it and its great :thumbup: Dont worry I worried for nothing and like my doc told me if anything happens they will bring you to the hospital for an over night stay :thumbup:

Mine was submitted on a friday and I was approved on monday evening.. you have to call the ins if you want to know quick.. they didnt call me and I got the letter like 2 weeks later. I have bcbs of MN I called on tues and then I called my dr let them know and then they got it from the ins. if not I would have been waiting alot longer :biggrin: Stay on topp of it.