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Hi Katydid and Piglett Glad the sickness has passed Katy. You still have a long way to go so good to hear you are resting. Keep it up! I had an emotionally blackmailing mother too. She also suffered from severe depression so had low self esteem so tried the emotional blackmail thing to see if she could demand love. Not good. She was the main reason I got married young (to escape) and then, when that didn't work, why I left Ireland and came to Perth. She has passed away now. Keep strong Katy and put yourself first. Cheers.

Oh Katy you poor girl! We have been thinking about you and mentioning you here on the site so you know our thoughts were with you. What a lot you have been through. I have been in Bethesda too and know it is a lovely place and you had the best of care. It's great to be home in your own bed but do not attempt to try to do too much. Once again I am offering to do anything that may help you. Or if you need someone to talk to or would like to borrow some books, or need a lift anywhere. Don't know where you are but I live near Highgate/Northbridge. So maybe I could pick you up when you are feeling better and we could have a coffee out somewhere. I know this is the least of your worries now but - how is the weight going? How do you feel with your band unfilled. Take care of yourself and thanks for making the effort to get in touch. Cheers.

Hi Chris Welcome to the site. It's a very helpful and supportive place. Good to know that other folk are going through the same things. Well done on the weight loss so far. It must have been very frustrating during the 3 months when you were not losing. But you are on your way now. I was banded on 10/10 and have lost 6 kgs in the first month. Had my first fill on 7/11 of 3mls and have only dropped one kg since then. Still feeling quite hungry but not eating as much, of course, as before banding. Still not doing the right thing all the time! Pigglet, I see you have a fill of 3.5mls and have restriction. I have 3mls but not feeling any different. I hope to feel a difference after my next fill. Well done, 35 kgs is great. I think you got banded in June? Keep on keeping on! PS Still no word from Katy. Still thinking about you. Hope everything's working out.

Hi Pigglet Thanks for the advice about the small bites and the chewing. Yes, I'm not doing that really either as I don't have to. However, I am keeping my portions smaller. I'll take your advice and start practising for when I need to do it. When you say the cup measure - do you eat a full cup or a 1/2 cup? I'm amazed to read on here that some people can only eat 1/3 or 1/2 of a Lean Cuising meal. I can eat the whole thing! Great to have the advice and suport on this site! Cheers. Hope Katy gets in touch soon. We're all sending you good wishes. :eek:

How are you Katy? It's a week now since your op. Let us know how you are going. Hope the vomiting has stopped now as that won't be good with stitches. I've had my first fill - 3mls and I don't feel much different. I suppose I'm not as hungry as I was the last week before the fill. I can still eat everything which is great. I went out for my first social dinner last week, the night before the fill. I just had an entree (4 scallops) while the others were having their main. I also had a taste of their entree and a taste of their dessert. Oh, and 3 glasses of red wine. It was fairly hard but not as bad as I thought it would be. I had a bad night last night. I wasn't hungry as had too much for lunch so I drank over a bottle of red wine instead. Of course that made me want to eat so I had about 20 Ritz crackers and a bag of microwave popcorn. It's come to that as there was nothing else nice in the house! Boy, did I have an hangover this morning. So I had to go to the local Asian to eat something for a cure! Just had chicken and a little rice but feel very uncomfortably full now. Guess that's another lesson learned - stay away from the booze. I have actually been very good since banding (4.5 weeks). I have had some red wine but not too much and about 3 beers. I have found that I haven't wanted beer (and I was worrying about missing this before I started this journey). I guess this gets easier when you see the weight going. I can't notice much difference at the moment. Hope everyone is OK. Cheers. :rolleyes2:

Thanks so much for the advice Pigglet about the Metamusil and eating after fills. I will definitely take that advice and go with Fibresure as the whole experience was dreadful and I don't want that again. It would be a dream come true if I could just eat everything but in smaller portions. Have to wait and see how I go. I will take your advice here too and not go for too much fill. Getting sick is the last think I want. Cheers.

Hi Katydid My heart goes out to you. I don't know how you are keeping going. Thank goodness the surgeon removed some fluid. Hope that helped. I couldn't believe that he wanted you to keep going in that condition for another 2 months. I don't think anyone could tolerate that. Best of luck on Monday. I will be sending you good thoughts on the day. I have been in horrendous pain with constipation. Far worse than childbirth I reckon (or maybe my memory of that has faded as it was so long ago!) . Nothing worked and it lasted 3/4 days. Better now and when I weighed myself this morning I was 1.6kgs lighter. No wonder I was in pain! I drink fresh vege juice in the morning - celery, beetroot and apple and take Metamusil 2 a day and I will now add the prunes as advised. Hope that is the last of it. Lost 6.6kgs in 3 weeks. Very happy with that. I have a question though of you folk that are further down the track. I have been able to eat everything. Will that change when I have my first fill next week? Is that when the problems can occur? Don't really know what to expect. Good luck everyone and Cheers.

Hi Katydid That is a fantastic weight loss. You must be very proud. What a difference it will make to your life when you are feeling better. Yes, imagine carrying all that extra weight around. I am always tired too. Terrible news about your hernia. No wonder you cried. However, it is fixable and, even though it means more surgery, you have overcome this before and will be able to do it again. Are you still getting sick? Best of luck. Keep in touch. Cheers.

Well done on the weight loss, Katydid. What a great achievement! Pity about all the illness though. Let us know how you go. Not much more weight to go now. You'll be a skinny-minnie by Christmas! I'm still at a weight loss of just over 5 kgs in a little over 2 weeks. Happy with that. I have discovered that I can eat and drink everything so far, which is good, but I will have to keep away from temptation. Constipation has been my biggest problem. Speak soon. Cheers.

Emma Yep, I thought it would have been the gas from the beer as that was the only time I had it.

Hi Emma Yes, did you have it too? Could you pinpoint what caused it for you?

I have only been banded less than 2 weeks and have lost 5 kgs (11lb) which is great but the scales is stuck now. What I did is to write a loss of 4kgs into my diary for every 4 weeks (which is what the loss should be) and I will write beside that what the actual weight loss is. What this has done has helped me see the end of the goal - which will be in 11 months. Then, when I am discouraged, I look at my diary and say to myself - I'll be this weight by Christmas, this weight by my birthday, etc. Now I know it won't really happen exactly like that but it gives me something to hang onto and to visualise. Cheers.