victoriasmom98

Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind words and advice. Yes, I climed back up on the horse this morning and had my protein shake and started logging my food again. I have my dance class tonight so that should kick my butt into gear. I suffer from the first bite syndrome, too, so I'm learning to get around that and I'm still learning to take small bites and chew, chew, chew. I think I just need to relax about this whole thing and know that it will happen in it's own time --- not anyone else's! I do have another fill on November 20th that I wasn't going to go to, but I think it's a good idea. This is a great support system and thanks to all of you! Much love!

I was banded on June 18th. I did really well with the first month or so and lost 23lbs. Now I'm stuck. The scale won't move. Maybe I had unrealistic goals going into this whole process, but I really thought eating the smaller portions would be the trick and would be the thing that helps me. Some people who have been banded are telling me to go back to my liquids and see what happens, but I think I'm just too depressed to even try. I've been exercising, doing Weight Watchers healthy eating and it just didn't work. Then after my last fill I found I couldn't eat eggs or much of anything without it getting stuck and my having to throw it up. So, I went to a food that I know doesn't get stuck ---- potato chips.....they slide right down. So, that makes me depressed again and I'm an emotional eater, so that doesn't help. Then I feel like such a failure because people are like, "wow, shouldn't you have lost more weight by now"??? Yeah, probably people, but I haven't been. I know it's a matter of getting back up on that horse, but I just don't feel it's going to work. I also am a diabetic, on synthroid and just feel this will never work. Yes, I'm happy about the 23lbs, but I need to lose 80 total. I'm just really disappointed in myself.....

Oh thank goodness I came to the boards!!! I just had my fill one hour ago and you would have thought I just had surgery all over again. I am so glad to know this is normal and won't last. I, too, had 2cc's in. I'm 5 weeks out from surgery now and down 18lbs, so I'm definitely not complaining!!! But I really do hate this "uncomfortable" feeling. And where he was pushing down on my port is very sore. Ugh!!! Oh, wait....that was complaining, wasn't it??:cool2:

Hi BigAli!!~! So we are band surgery twins!!! Will your doctor keep you overnight? Here in Augusta, ME they let you go home the same day. That makes me kind of nervous! Good luck to you! My thoughts are with you! And with all of us Junesters!

I love your "no food left behind tour as that is exactly what I am feeling/doing. Being a Mainer, I had to have my lobster and steamed clam meal last weekend. I'm being banded on the 18th of June.

Hey all!!!! My banding is scheduled for June 18th here in Augusta, Maine. I'm excited! I see I share the same surgery date as Nigh --- cool! We can be banding twins!! Being from Maine I need to get in my lobster feed with steamers soon because I don't think I'll be doing that after June 18th!!!