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I didnt weigh in last week cause my job has gone to a 4 day week so i was off last friday. But ive lost 4.5lbs in the last 2 weeks, this makes it 2 stone since my liquid diet 1 wk before being banded. Very happy.:tongue2:

well im a liquor drinker and ive had many a tia maria and diet coke with no problem other that it hurts your weight loss, after i have a good few drinks - my weight goes up by about 2 lbs. My sil is a beer drinker and she has had no problems either. try a small one first and sip it to see how you get on. I know ur not supossed to drink but i enjoy a few drinks and i said i wouldnt be happy if i got the band and then had no life...

the restricion changes cause your stomack is getting smaller, so u have less restriction, i had too much restricion last month to where i could hold down a yogurt, but as the month has gone on it has lessened and now im able to eat a small meal - like its ment to work. i asked my doc about what would happen if i reach a full band and dont have enough restriction - she said it wont happen!!! - im going to hold her to that...

Well i stayed the same this week which isnt bad cause i had a heavy drinking weekend gone.I stood on the scales on tuesday and i was up 2 pound so at least ive lost them. Otherwise happy, my restriction is loosening now i accualy had FOOD that i had to chew last night for the first time in a month. im not a candy person so i hope i dont turn to them just for the sake of it tonight. see u same time next week, good luck everyone.:teeth_smile:

Hi Irish just reading ur last post. Im the same at the min, cant eat anything solid, at first i couldnt even hold down yogurt. It has eased a bit now, the weight flew off at first but now i can hold down a bit more it has started to go up. Did that happen to you and if so did the weight start to come off again. im in ireland so my fill doc only comes over once a mth i have to wait till 5th nov to get unfill but im a bit in two minds about it cause im putting the weight back on, but im realy missing food, proper food that i can chew!!!

my sil had this problem, the fill nurse said there was hard scar tissue right beside the port and she had to inject them both to see which one was the port. she got the post the second time.

well happy days im down 7lbs since last week, the weight is flying off. After 2 mths of hardly losing anything its great, It is only because i cant eat anything solid and il have to weight till nov to get an unfill. my doc only comes to ireland once a mth. I hate not being able to eat but the scales are helping me get through it.

Well i feel i can come back on bord now. Ive had my second fill on wed, which brought me up to 5ml in my 9ml band. OMG i am feeling it now - im hoping it will loosen up soon cause even a cup of tea can be a struggle. BUT on a good side ive lost 3lbs since wed.........yippeeee.

I have had such problems so far, i just feel like i havent got a band in at all. I had my first fill yesterday of 3.5ml, and i still dont feel much restriction. I am on liquids now for 3 days cause of the fill, but before that i caould eat more or less my pre band amount. I even had a chop and that went down fine. I would say that the liquid idea is good - if anything it would boost ur weight lose.

My goal is to get married. Im with my partner 11 years and have 2 kids. Ive always said i would not be a fat bride.

I hate adding this. i did weigh my self friday but im up 2 lbs this wk. so thats why im only posting now. I have no restriction and im loosing the mind control to stop eating. :thumbup:

well lello im with u this wk im up 1 lbs.... nothing else to say apart from roll on my fill.

Hi all, havent been on lately, computer down at home and in work but im back now. ive been having a bad wk this wk, i started my mushy foods this wk but ive not got much restriction so i feel i can eat too much which has meant that ive put on weight - im disgusted. I have my first fill booked for 10th sept, i have to be 6 wks after op for the fill. So im not in the bast of mood with the band - all that money.:thumbup:

dont know if this helps my aftercare is with wlsgroup in the uk, they come to dublin once a mth, there over on 10th sept in fitzwilliam square. they do just after care alone. there mail WLS Group [enquiries@wlsgroup.co.uk]

Im a bit disapointed this wk aswell. but i still havent started excerise. I have a treadmill in the shed and a bike, but i cant lift them and my partner is not realy the get up and go type so il be on his case to get it out for a while. fiday 15th aug loss 3lbs. excerise - none.

hi cuttie, im a belly sleeper too, im able to sleep like that the last 2/3 nights now a little uncomfortable at first then relax and its fine.

thats great that u stayed the same roheryn, before my pre op diet i ate rings around my self.

Hi and happy friday to you all, weight loss: 8lbs excersise: none, but will start this wk end. congrats to everyones loss. see u same time next wk....

Im up for that as well, works perfect for me cause my new life started last friday so it will be the perfect day....:thumbup:

I was banded on the 1st also and the gas and port pain where the worst, getting better each day. I burped in work yesterday and the girl i work with was like omg thats discusting, i was trying to explain that i have to get it out and how painfull it felt. and as for the BM i was in such pain from not being able to go when i did i rang my sil to tell her how happy i was after - i was like a new woman. :w00t:

azlife - my hotel room was a duplex so i had to go up stairs to go to bed, i was the same take it very slow but not the worst. cutie good luck, anyone else getting done - good luck to all.

Hi everyone, well im officaly part of the band gang now. I have to say it was a bit more horriffic than i thought, i had the idea that i would be back to normal by sunday, and did not expect the pain from the gas either. But im not bad now a little pain in port site but back to work and all. Im on the liquid diet at the min and i would love to blow up a slim fast factory, im sick of them. i am hungry but im trying to have as little as possible cause im so bored with everything, Soup yogurt slimfast and custard. cant wait till the mush next wk. :cry_smile:

God august all stars are realy flying now. thought id share my story. I had the band in on friday, everything went well, wasnt nervous after speaking to the doc onthe thurs. when they woke me up in recovery i couldnt breath - so got a bit of a fright, they said it was the gas. Slept on and of that day. I was very sore, and i wasnt ready to feel that bad. on sat i had a yogurt and some water, both stayed down, so was went home. Got back to hotel and slept on and off that day as well, again the gas was the worst - felt my chest and stomack where expanded - this hurt and my port site was bad. Sunday had consipation - sore, still had gas but feeling more mobile. I Went home sunday evening, was sooo happy to be home which i think helps u get ur head together better. Im back in work today, no sick pay and no hols left to take. Im feeling very normal today. Sorry for my not so nice story but on the other hand im fine now and even when i felt crap i didnt regret getting it done. and some of the people i was in with where fine. Its just pot luck realy, but if ur feeling bad after it just remember it gets better.:cry_smile:

OMG jill best of luck for tomorrow. im finished work on an hr then of to airport. this is it no going back. hope everyone guardian angels are looking down on them. good luck to everyone getting banded in the meen time. Talk to u on the other side.... xxx

thanks jenbug - this is a real friends helping each other through it site. I do feel my weight is my problem with everything and i think i will need some help with getting over my own problems that everyone has fat or thin. as for the tickers at the moment they seem to be on the blink but go to ticker factory and set it up - copy the first url thing then on this site edit ur profile - edit signiture - paste on the large page and save it should come up, there is a preview to see. at the min anytime i go into my edit signiture i get knocked out of the site totaly and ive tried on 2 computers.