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Congrats hun!!! Sandwiches are back on the menu!! yayyyyy!!1 xxx

welcome hun, everyone is really freindly and so supportive! Wish you all the best for surgery xxxx

Hey hun, my weight has also come to a stand still, i lost 12lbs pre op and 4lbs week after the op,since then i have stayed the same. I have a fill booked for oct 11th so hopefully that will get things moving. It is quite normal for people to pt on weight untill they start getting fills, so keep doing ur thand hun with the excercise, the weight will follow I know its frustrating...but the weight WILL come off. Try not to focus on teh scales to much (like me, or like i used to do lol) let me know how you get on xxx

Congrats hun!! Welcome to bandland!!! :thumbup: You are so lucky only two incisions wow!! Wish you all teh best hun, look forward to following ur progress. You take it easy...wish u a speedy recovery! xx

Hun. Dont beat ur self up to much....if what u did was "cheating" well i had better join the club, i started all of my stages early purly because i couldnt bare starving myself any longer and was so hungry! I did check in with the doctor and he said as long as i chewed it down...literally untill it was goo..it was fine. Every doctor seems to give different rules.......but please hunny, dont dwell on it. Its time to move on, tomorrow is a new day and nobody is perfect we all learn from our mistakes...like you i was also self pay. But i dont know if its just me....i didnt feel guilty one bit...i couldnt belive how good mash potato i was eating tasted!!! lmao lol take each day at a time hunny, and were here to support you! so keep on posting xxxx

GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND!! Your gonna do great, you have a such great attiutide and great focus and determination!!! GOOOOO DEBBIE GOOO DEBBIE!! Let us know how you get on...you will be in my thoughts and prayers. xxxx

i found a great one...made by sportspharma its lactose free and the strawberry flavour os really nice. I mix it with soya milk...taste like milkshake. SportPharma Lactose Free Isolate Whey Protein shake - Strawberry Flavor

Well done on the loss! Thats great!! Wat film did you go and see? I think you are right about the afrercare, its really crucial. and as for being on custard solely.....did that woman really qualify as a dietician?? lol While i was saving up for my op i took it as a chance to really research everything...im so thankful that i did it, because i know it will be of use to me. I know what you mean about the head hunger....sometimes is just out of habbit that you go to eat something, but u really need to ask....am i really hungry??? and the majority of the time, its a no! this week i havent lost anything..AGAIN! but i am gratefull not to put on weight, but im just getting frustrated. This morning i was all ready to to book a fill, but im gonna wait a couple of weeks and see how i do. Found out on the weekend, that banana dont go down very well, so will be keeping away from those! Im still new to all this....so im just taking it one day at a time :rolleyes2:

Hi all Welcome to my first blog entry:thumbup::biggrin2:…over the next few months I will blogging my lap band journey. A bit of background first though: Im 25 and have been overweight since I can remember, I have done all of the fad diets, starving myself, drinking protein shakes only, diet pills, reducing my portion sizes, slimming clubs…you name it ive done it! My problem is I have no problem in loosing the weight its just keeping it off. This year I finally decided to do something once and for all about my weight and am going to be banded. I am trying to get banded on the nhs (national health service) but I will have a few hoops to jump through first. Even if I am excepted im not to sure how long the wait is going to be. So in the mean time I have found a private surgeon who will do the op and have provisionally booked it for sept. Hopefully by that time the nhs will have gotten back to me and I will know what is what! Im currently 392lbs (cant believe im telling you all) I normally the kind of person, if you ask me what I weigh I will start going into one and have a hissy fit, it none of your business blah blah!! Lol lol But im praying to God that it wont be seeing that number for much longer. Because I am so heavy I am embarking on a diet to try and loose as much as I can before the op. I will be doing a pre op diet from the 4th august to skrink that sexy liver of mine lol! So if you wanna here me cuss and complain stay tuned for that one lol. At the moment I am trying to make healthier food choices and step up my exercise. The exercise part I am struggling with, (any excuse lol) part of me thinks get your lazy ass up and do it and the other half thinks, ahhh …..the pain. I find it really hard to walk at the mo because of the pain in my joints but I have taken up swimming since last sept and do enjoy it. I only go to one class a week but that can defiantly be stepped up. Since I have decided to get banded I have been having some funny dreams…..in one im prancing about in a bikini, in another ive got ripped abs!! Ripped abs??? lol lol I could give you a six pack roll of fat right now…lol But in all seriousness , I know that this is the best decision I have made and whether it be down the private or nhs route, Stay tuned…… GG!!:biggrin:

I will take your advice on...will have to try get some more veggie and things like that down...and less of the carbs...i think i need to take a look at my gastric band rule book again. Because ive been doing the opposite and not eating the Protein first. lol i manages not to tell family quite easily lol...i think its like you said...i dont need that extra pressure of everyone watching wat im eating, or trying to jusify my self to them. I only told my sister. I may tell other later, but i will decide when the time comes. I felt so sorry for fern...everyone just giving her a hard time. At teh end of teh day she still lost the weight, she still had to excercise and eat teh right things. I think peeps should just leave her be. All of my aftercare is done in london, its just the op that is done in belguim. I am going to book in for a fill on monday....teh next appoint isnt till oct...so will still have to wait a lil while. xxx

as already said above, i use it as a dip with raw veggies...carrots, celery etc or i use it as a spead...in stead of using butter or margarine on my bread. I also use it for pitta pizza.... cut the pitta bread in half, spread the humas over the pita.... add red onion, grated cheese, sliced peppers, sweetcorn, mushrooms, tuna and top with a lil bit of cheese....umm its delcious!! and low calorie. xxxx

lol lol Would it be great if they tweaked part of your brain that says that you will never eat any bad food again wouldnt it be great :thumbup: I know what you mean, about the family aspect....its like they will never really 100% understand what its like to have a weight issue. Ive kept in on the hush..and not told others about it. My biggest food problem is just food!! I wouldnt say that it was one food...when i used to go on my binges it used to be the lot...for sweet stuff...donuts, choc, sweets, cakes, biscuits...but i also loved my savory...like CRISPS!! The times i finsihed of a multi pack to myself in one go i dont care to admit lol lol im still quite new the the world of bandits ....but the i was hungry on day 5/6 and had to start the mushies stage early...because i couldnt cope sipping on Soup and youghurt any more lol I will be 3 weeks post op on monday, but im finding that i can eat more and more, so i think i need to get that first fill booked up! Im a lil scared because i can eat everything without any problems, bread, chicken, Pasta, rice, veggies etc i know its because i dont have any Fluid in my band....but when i do get i fill i still wanna be able to eat the above! Nobody can deny me my carbs... lol lol xxx

Hey Becky i already changed the date for you hun! xxx (it should show up in the previous list:thumbup:) (((hugz)))