thelonedaisy

gals what has worked for me and i have lost 7 pounds in the last 3 days!!!!

if i am hungry i eat 5-7 bites of food

if i am hungery before the next meal i will eat 2-3 more bites

at the next meal i do the same and it has worked.

7 pounds in 3 days i am sooo stoked.

i found that to say i can only have 1/2 cup and that is all didnt work it was putting limitations almost like a diet. but when i decided to eat a few bites and a few more if i was still hungry.

now when i say hungry i am talking about actual grumbling in your belly not just the desire to eat!

you gals look fantastic!!!!!!

Count your blessings. I am only down 10. And I don't get my next fill until early December. This really stinks. I lose the week after a fill, and then struggle for the rest of the month to hang onto it. I hope the madness ends soon.

you should be able to call your doc office and request a fill sooner.

dont get discouraged sue you can do it 25 pounds is nothing to sneeze at how much are you eating at each sitting? i found that i was eating to much and when i stopped that i started losing fast. i now eat between 5-7 tablespoons of food per meal and 2-3 inbetween if i find i am hungry.

congrats that is awesome i cant wait for the day that i am just obese!!!!

but on a great note my experiment was a seccess since sunday night i have lost 4 pounds!!!!

so i plan on sticking to it woop woop for me i may reach my xmas goal after all!!!

i hear you about the diet thing but i am finding that it still plays a role in how i eat i cant just decide i am going to eat chocolate (unless period time ;0) i have to chose how an what i am going to eat. which in essence i suppose could be considered a iet of sorts. but no more get skinny quick diets for me.

slow and steady wins the race as far as i am concerned

hey all i have not been on in a while i am getting a bit discouraged with my weight loss but not totally bc the scale is still going down just slowly so i am going to downsize my portions again and try to stick with half a cup of food per meal.

thanks for the tip on the mushies.....

this liquid is killing me for some reason this time. but i can do this.

not like i have to do liquid for the rest of my life!!!

I SURVIVED MY FIRST FILL!!!!!:cursing:

for those of you wondering how it feels and if it hurts this is my story:

i went in laid down (my 5 YO son came with me) doc came in and spent the majority of his time trying to find the darn thing!!!! once he did he put in the needle and have you ever had a MMR shot???? thats what it feels like.

he got the nenedle in and then lost the port again ugh the needle grazed the port and scraped which sent my blood curdling from the sound.

he took out what was in and then put that plus 2 cc;s more in for a total of 5cc's.

i drank and feel fine.

i am on fluids for 2 days including today then back to mushies for 2 days and then on to reg food. i really havent gone to reg food bc the mushies have been o for me for now. should i have the desire for real food i will prob try that the end of the week.

hope this has helped anyone who is looking for how it feels and if not well thanks for reading!!!:huh2:

judgement is not our responsibility we are here to encourage and help you!

good for you for standing up for yourself and asking him to take some responsibility.

and good for you in trying to stop smoking.

holy smokes if i had 6 kids fat!!! :huh2: what ever am i going to do skinny!!!!

thanks froggi :cursing:

as you can probably tell we dont use BC but we do use condoms occasionaly.

i find that extremely funny and kinda cute!!!!!

i go for my first fill today!!!!!

yeah me i am strting to be able to eat just about anything i ate a whole sandwich yesterday and a bowl of Soup for supper.

and before i couldnt do that.

so i think it is time.

is there anyone who belly dances???

i have heard it is relly good for you so my older girls and i are going to learn how.

my question is if you do does your port and band ever get sore??

hi all i cant believe i just am finding this thread.... shows you how obsevant i am huh :tongue:

i was scheduled for my first fill last friday (yesterday) and they called and rescheduled for next friday but it gives me a chance to get to my first goal!!!!!

20 pounds lost!!!

my goal is 12 pounds a month.

i am curious is the band not working or you????

is that why you are having it removed???

i only know o one gal it didnt work for. and she is in the process of having it removed to go fr the complete bypass.

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so i didnt get a chance to measure myself before the surgery so i measured about 1 week after surgery so now that you know that i have news!!!

I MEASURED ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST AND I MEASURED AGAIN TODAY JUST FOR KICKS!!!!

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the thing is when you are totally healed and have the doc approval you can eat those things you love you just have to use your head when doing it.

so dont eat 3 slices of pizza eat 1

instead of 5 oreos eat 2

instead of mcd's fries milkshake and burger get a chix wrap

you can still eat it isnt like you are never going to enjoy food again.

you just have to adjust the way you take it in.

if that didnt make any sense i am sorry.

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as long as the inches are coming off the weight will follow...

now that is easily said and not so easy to hear i know.

i have been banded for 3 weeks now and have slowed my weight loss to almost a standstill but i also have no fills either that will come next week.

you are probably replacing the fat with muscle and muscle weighs more than fat.

so as long as the inches are coming off i wouldnt worry to much as the weight will follow.

hi cindy and welcome!!!!

you have come to the right place.

if you click on chat at the top of the page it takes you to a likve chat with a bunch of great fun and helpful people who will be happy to answer all your questions and give you any advice you seek.

i think you need to give your body time to adjust to a foreign object inside it.

i felt my port and band when i laid down in the beginning and now i rarely feel it at all unless i bend over on my left side extremely odd angled.

but the best advice i can give you is to ask your doc.

i have only been banded less than a month. but i love it!!!

pom give it til day 15 before you totally hate it around day 10 is usually a great day!!

and to the OP a poll would be a great idea!!!!!

then you can get a better idea.

find out if your ins requires a referal from your pcp.

i have only been banded 3 weeks and have not had any fills and have lost 17 pounds.

my insistions are all healed.

i started out at 295 down to 278 goal is 175

my ins also didnt require the 6 month pre op and i had my surgery very quickly. you will be so glad you did it but dont regret til day 15... the first 10 days fome were horrible tired sore and general ick. but once day 10 hit it was awesome!!!!