Eficka

Hi everybody, Im just curious how are your scars after couple of weeks.These are my scars after three weeks:-) Look how my belly is smaller too:biggrin1:

Hi Linda, welcom to LapBandTalk.To give you specific detail it would take to write a book.You will learn almost everything here at the LBT,just read through:-) Good luck on your journey!

Haha ha of course Im not allowed, he asked me if I put into my coffee skim milk.But truly said could you live forever on low fat? And also I think that the surgeon wants to see some good results,me too but I dont want to overdo it and loose healthy.If I was on low fat only then I wouldnt even hit 500cals per day,because he said I dont need the Protein drinks...So Im doing it my way.And my mom found an article where the scientists found that if your cal intake is under 3200KJ which is 760cals then your brain isnt fed enough and you might lose your insanity.Dont wanna risk that:biggrin1: although some think Im insane already:biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1:

Hello my fellow badsters/bandits :biggrin1: I made a commitment, once I lose my first 20kgs I will treat myself to Louis Vuitton or any designer bag I like:nervous I know it might sound a bout superficial but I always wanted one and there was no real reason to get it:biggrin1: Its gonna be my prize for the half way victory:biggrin1: I just hope that I will reach the point soon. Today I got my stitches out and it was quite ok.Since the surgery I lost 7,5pounds.That doesnt look to much to me.I guess its better than nothing:-) Have a great day everybody!

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Hi everybody, I guess Im bit overdoing the mushies, Im eating just apple sauce, mashed potatoes,yougurth and protein shakes.Oh and last week I had tunafish with a bit of mayo and onion. Ok for soups lovers, I made up this recepie and its sooooo delicious:-) I chop some onion and put it on a saucepan with a bit of olive oil,then I add some chopped spinach(I use frozen one so its like one cup),add milk and some cream.Then boil for two three minutes,of course add salt,then put like 2 oz of chees (I dont know how you call it but it comes in tin foil and you can put it on bread like spread:-) then add 3-4oz of blue chees. I put it into blender for a while and you have a great tasty soup!:-)

:welcomeB: Kate, Im from Czech Republic, Europe and I was banded 25th April. Life is good now Im not eating huge amounts of food anymore and feel great. You wont regret your decision:) Good luck to you!!

Hi girls, it definitely works for me to drink a lot and for some weird reason to eat bout 950cals as opposed to ´600-800cals a day. I guess my body was on strike before because iit didnt have enough energy so it was not allowing me to lose weight:-) And think about it we just cant lose everyday a pound:-)Im slow with my weight loss,but I have to be patient,anyways Im losing more than I would normally and Im not hungry nor bitchy:-)) Im more than happy to have my band:-) Good luck to everybody

Hi everybody,I was banded last Tuesday and truly said I feel quite good.Although I still cant sleep on my belly:-)Im not very tired and I thought that I wouldnt be able to move.Im not that hungry but I have terrible cravings,so if I cant stand it I chew the damn piece of bread or chicken and then I spit it out.The taste cells (not sure about the correct word) are only on your tongue so theres no need to swollow that "forbiden" food:-)I guess that might help. A asked my doc like ten times about the protein drinks and I was always told that I dont need to use them.Anyway I bought one and I will have it for breakfast:-) Good luck to you all,we can do it!!!

Hi everybody, Roberta:yep we will croos the finish line together:-) Today I walked by Louis Vuitton store,actually I went in and decided that after first 20kgs (44pounds) down I will treat myself with their handbag:-) I know,but I have been dreaming about that bag forever so now I have motivation:-) Amourette:yes my mom is here she helps me to put the socks on ha ha ha.Now I can do pretty much what I want, we went for a long walk today I guess it must have been something like two miles and my port area started to hurt.But its ok now.They will take out those stitches next week and the scars (except for one) look great once they take out the thread:-) And yes we still have that wheel in the tree:-))) Im kinda on liquids and mushies I guess yougurth is a mushie,havent tried yet any mushies like apple sauce or mashed potatoes.I guess I will start with regural mushies next week.The only thing I have to watch is my water intake.Cause I was used to drink a lot but not all day,so now I have a bottel in my hand all the time and try to sip every once a while:-) Does anybody have pics of their scars? Im interested:-) Love from Eva

:update: Hi everybody Im back,actually I was back yesterday but I was quite tired:-) how is everybody doing? surgery went well,no poblems with aenesthesia,just some bleeding in the port area so they had to put some extra stitches inside.the port area hurt extremly but its possible that it was due to the extra stitches.I guess the worst thing is the gas from operation although I was walking 5 hours after the surgery (I guess its not common here cause the nurse said that she has never seen anybody walking so soon after the surgery).on wednesday I had terrible problem with the gas so I asked the doc to give me some medication.that helped,thank god.one day after surgery they gave me plain yougurth for breakfast and then chicken broth.No I eat yougurth,pudding,chicken broth and sometimes one piece of hard candy.I try to drink a lot of water,some redcurrant juice, and roiboos tea. I feel good and from yesterday I can sleep on my side (of course not port side:-).If you have any questions just ask:biggrin1: have a grat day and congratulations to you all :whoo: :gluck:

Hi everybody, it might sound stupid but I need a help here:-) Dont know how to load a pic to a reply on a thread. Any suggestions? Thank you all

:update: Hi everybody, today I had my preop.It was ok they took my blood,urine then EKG,Spirometry and some other tests. The doc said that everything looks fine and Im ready to go. Im still questioning the protein drinks because I asked my doc about it specifically and he said its not that important so where the heck is the truth? I will have to crash pills to powder for at least a mont,I was told that and afterwards I can cut them into quarters and try it.Doc said that they had someone whos pill got stuck and it wasnt nice. I also met some ladies who already had the surgery and they were excercising after 6 days???They also said that there were no problems with the gas and burping (I spoke to six ladies) nor the gas from the operation. I was also told that if I have excessive skin on my stomach that they will make reconstructive surgery,charge my insurance company and tell them that its because of hygienic reasons (you can get mold or some infection) so I wont have to pay for it. Maybe you could use this reasoning as well:-) Good luck to you all and keep updated:)

Hi Tipper, yes I want the band and jumping through hoop has been my disipline for 3months already:-)As you said I think its kind of normal to have doubts,the idea of being normal again keeps me enthusiastic:-)) Thank you for your reply. How is after banding? Good luck to you:-)

Hi Thessi, I dont know if you speak Englis but I understand Polish although I cant write Polish:-)I am from Czceh republic:-)

Hi Traceylou: do you mean the clogs that might occur in your veins and stop the blood? Well I was told to put down at least 5kgs (to make the liver smaller) and I was told to get of my pill (anticonception) since it thikens the blood.They said its ok to go from the pill a week before surgery,but I stopped taking it already at the end of March. I guess the docs will run some blood test and you should be ok,they know what they r doing and they deal with fat people all the time so they should know the problems that might occure.you will be fine dont worry:-) Yllyria:well Im size 20-22 at Marks&Spencer but it just doesnt look that good on me,I cant wait to drop few sizes. I hope that my skin is gonna be ok,but I already have bad stretchmarks all over my belly and tights,so I guess my skin isnt that good anymore:-) I take the plastic surgery as an option and I already started saving money:-)My parents would help me as well but I want to be prepared for everything:-) You have done such an amazing job with the weight loss! Tracylou:there is a thread 2006 April bandits or bandsters,there are all of us who are going to have the surgery in April:-)Log there,there's a lot of info:-)

Hi everybody, I have a slight problem, here in Czech I cant get chewable vitamins and calcium.What should I do? Any ideas?Thank you for your answers

The wheel is something is kinda antique thing its from my grandpas dad they had horses and thats from an old cart (not sure how to call it:-) Its at our summer house and here in CZ we have stuff like that in trees :biggrin1: :nervous

C´mon u look beautiful! I know the feeling when u dont know if u look ok and when someone tells u that u do, u still think that they say it from pity. Hey stop thinking like that I quit it some time ago and it damn helps:-) Also I know that my friends and my family love me for who I am and not how I look and I bet u whatever u want that its the same with u! U r beautiful, smart young woman!

Amourette, you have beautiful face:-)I love the skirt! it so sad that here in CZ we have only one store with chic fat clothes and they have only one collection (like two pair of pants, few jacket, and two kinds of skirts) not like torrid:-)I wish I could go shopping from time to time to the US. Hopefully I wont need it in couple of months.

whoa here we go:-) fat me in a picture, I dress much better after I saw this pic

Oh PhotoNut helped me with posting the pic so here is how to do it:-) Click on Post Reply (or Edit if you want to add the pic to an existing post) Click on the paper clip icon (attachments) and a new window will open. Click on Browse. Browse to the picture on your computer, click Ok. Click on Upload. When the upload is complete, close the window. Click on the paper clip icon again. You will see your image listed there. Select it and the image will be placed in your post. Now I wanna see some of ur pics:-) Its hard to find any "whole body" pics since I try to avoid them. As I say I look the best from my neck up:-)

PhotoNut Thank you so much for your advice :-) I loaded my first pic.

I compiled a list of dates for all of our bandings. If I forgot or overlooked anyone I am very sorry. Please add your date to this thread. I thought it would be nice if we could all kind of go through this together and share our experiences as they happen. JenRN 4-3 and Picardy3 4-3 Angelu 4-4 and brneyezz 4-4 Disneynut 4-6 Indababy 4-7 little one 4-10 and Nissi69 4-10 tlj 4-11 and Reyna 4-11 and Vickie1177 4-11 Infaith 4-12 dsrjrr 4-13 Ceparano 4-17 and Shackdog 4-17 and Amourette 4-17 Kathi 4 -19 Tracylou 4-26 Jellibeanz 4-28 Good luck to my fellow April Bandsters (or Bandits as some like to be called) Indababy :-) Please add me in:-) dont wanna be left out of this great group:-) my date is 4-24. Im gonna find some photo and hopefully load it up.

Guys I didnt want to offend you I just said what my doc said and I didnt say I agreed with him.After reading a lot about erosions here I didnt find his information complete.I agree with ypu that its probably not the only one reason why that happens. Good luck to you all and hopefully they will find soon what causes erosion:-)