sandi1011

How i agree with you cleo. I also have been in every size.weighing from 115 to 230 and i never saw a size 2 maybe a 8, but nothing smaller and i am 5 5. On ka they say tv adds 10 pounds i think in her case, maybe a little more. But hey i give her credit for coming forward. Battling the weight is so diffcult. Only people who have been there can understand, believe me i am one. I used to weight 125 after 2 kids, wore a bikini till age 50.....then some medical problems and personal problems i gained a 100 pounds. I used to look at people who were fat and say how did they get there. Well i found out! So i do not judge anyone thin, fat, and all in between!

hi, i feel your pain. i had my surgery april 20th...on liquids for a week before surgery lost only 5 pounds. came home after surgery and gained 9 pounds. i was ready to hang myself:crying:. then i lost all that in about a week. (lost 14 pounds totaL) then gained 4 back and this week gained 2. i do not go for a fill till june 5th. my willpower is pretty good but fading fast. i have been counting calories (about 800 to 1000). i hope i am not going to regret this. i have told everyone, cause i have a big mouth. lol so everyone is expecting big things.....and i am not coming thru! i have done jenny craig and weight watchers actually did better on them than this. oh what to do! good luck! yes i am exercising eating my Protein and drinking my water!

hi, i also have 5 - in a semicircle. maybe that is a new way to do things - had my surgery april 20th.

hi, i was banded april 20th...........i have not lost much weight either. actually i gained 4 pound last week. i feel my portions are small, but maybe not. i can eat alot (but smaller than before surgery). i do not go for my first fill till june 5. example: went to picnic on sunday had some chicken dip and chips (bad i know) then for dinner had a piece of chicken, about a 1/2 cup brocoli, 1/4 cup potato salad. that was all with in a hour, so as you can see that is alot. when people on this site say they eat a cup of food all day it is very hard to imagine since i can eat so much. trust me when i tell you it has been a real struggle every day. i do not pb or anything like that, so maybe you are eating to much or to fast. good luck to you, i just wanted you to know that you are not the only one out there struggling.

Hi, my surgery was april 20, and i am still tried especially if i do alot in one day. i thought it was my age, but then i remember we were put to sleep, and it takes quite a few months for that to leave you system. so i do think it is normal for alot of people! it does get better everyday!

hi everyone, i am sitting here just so frustrated, so here goes. surgery date april 20th on liquids for 5 days before. lost 1 pound after surgery gained 5 but lost after a few days home. then lost a total of 14 pounds. i thought great ( i am on regular food, but trying very hard to keep within guide lines) i am eating between 800 to 1000 calories a day, and taking a Protein bullet once daily (26 grams). ok here goes got on scale this morning a gained 4 pounds. (i weigh myself once a week) WHAT THE HECK GIVES????????????? i had this surgery because i have been been over weight for about 8 years due to a bunch of reasons (medication stress). i am 61 and did not want to died fat:ohmy:! i know i am one of the few who was thin all my life and then wham! but why am i not losing!!!! what am i doing wrong. it has been a month and now i am back to 10 pounds lost. sample day: breaksfast 1/2 cottage cheese/ with 1/2 canned peach or 1 cup egg beaters - sprinkled with lf cheese lunch 1/2 cup refried beens with lf cheese ff sour cream and salsa or 1/2 ff cream of mushroom Soup with a small (real small) can of tuna in. dinner yesterday had a cup of ground turkey cooked topped with lf cheese. day before went out to dinner had had a childs portion of ravolli (3). snack either sf popcicle or sf fudgecicle what does everyone think? help! thanks

thanks, blklab, and everyone. still need some suggestions on good food to eat and stay full my first fill is not till june 5.

hi everyone, everything i am eating is either sugar free - fat free or low fat! i can eat solids now, just do not know what to eat!!! suggestions at wanted. sometime i have eaten some chicken from baked breast. everthing goes down fine......once i got stuck, when i was hungry and shoved a big spoon of tuna and guess did not chew well. i have even had Pasta (whole wheat) with a little sauce about 1 cup. how am i doing? thanks again

thank you everyone for the reply's actually no i am not full for very long. does anyone have suggestions on what else to eat. i am so afraid of stretching my band.. thanks again.

hi everyone, about 3 days ago i started to get dizzy if i bend down, looked down, or layed down. anyone else have that or any ideas? thanks

hi, just had my surgery april the 20th. came home from surgery and weighed myself and gained 9 pounds, i was so upset i promised myself to weigh once a week on fridays. i am losing now......makes me happy. once a week is great for me.

hi, i am 20 days out, and i still very swollen also, so i think this is the norm! good luck

thank you.......happy mom's day to you and all mom's!

woohoo! Congrats!

go to the doctors......if you just lost you job and no insurance, some place have medical charity, look into that. at least you will have you mind put to rest. alot of pain is not normal especially for more than a day or two. good luck.

WTG!!!

does anyone ever eat a piece of pizza or a small serving of Pasta, when they are able to eat regular food. thanks

will everyone i had some Pasta tonight about 15 penne (whole wheat) with 2 turkey meat balls......was just fine. actually i could have had more, but figured that was a good portion. oh yea it tasted awesome.........love pasta! thanks for all your replies.

hi, well, i had my surgery april 20th and on april 22 i wanted to eat everything in site, and it has not stopped. the doctors let me go on full liquids april 25, because i was so hungry and mushies on april 29. it has been a real stuggle for me to just eat a little. breaksfast 1 egg with some low fat cheese and salsa or 1/4 cup cottage cheese/with tablespoon of yogart. lunch small can of tuna with some low fat cheese sprinkled on top and heat in mircowave or 1/2 cup cream Soup with a baby food chicken mixed in (for protien) dinner 1/2 cup refried Beans sprinkled with l cheese, salsa and ff sour cream (1 teaspoon) or 1 small can tuna and little bit of refried beans. snack a sf pudding and believe it or not i am still hungry. i get my first fill june 5 can not wait. good luck - to anwer your question: no

i am going on my 3rd week also and feel like i could eat anything. i am also worried, so i hope there is some feed back.

thanks so much to everyone! sandi

thanks everyone! sandi

how soon after surgery can you have a salad? i am just dying for one, but so afraid to eat anything not on my list. i am on mushies.....surgery date was april 20. also have not lost a pound in 1 week actually gained 3 ozs after went on mushies. really upset with the slow process, pre op 1 week liquids post op 1 week liquids - full liquids after 5 days just started mushies last wednesday. thanks

hi, i was banded on the 20th and i feel the same as you. i probably could sit down and eat a whole dinner, but i try to stick with cottage cheese for breaksfast (2tb) or yogurt lunch - usually egg beater 1/2 cup with salsa or 1/2 cup cream soup/ baby chicken in it for Protein dinner ff refried Beans 1/2 cup sprinkled with low fat cheese - ff sour cream and salsa (love this), then i brought protein bullets that are 26 grams of protein have one of those a day. i do eat sugar free popcicles and sf Jello thru the day. it has been very hard because i have no restriction, i have only lost 9 pounds - 1 week liquids pre op - 8 days on liquids after sugery - then i am on pureed and mushy food for the last 5 days. do not go for 1st fill till 6/5 - i am praying i can do it!!!!!! good luck, let me know how you are doing.