Humming Bird

I have fibromyalgia and CFS. I find it very hard to exercise and it is even worse in the winter months. Walking seems to work the best. I have found that the fibro pain decreases when my general life stress decreases. I have also had trouble because after being banded we are not supposed to take NSAIDS.

I can give you an alternative to soda. Fill a 2 qt. pitcher with VERY HOT Water. Hang 4 reg. size Lipton tea bags in it and let it seep for a couple hours. Then add 5 sweet n low packets. Fill the rest of the pitcher with ice ........yum.

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Masterpiece ! (couldn't resist)

Woooo Hoooo! I have dropped 70 pounds in under 7 months! Unbelievable......sometimes hard to wrap my mind around it......But I'll take it! 70 pounds! Whooo Hooo!

I did not say throwing up is an indication of the sweet spot. I just mean that after I was at my personal sweet spot I could not eat the same foods I ate before.

It is still the first band, then it slipped, then an unfill, then more fills and the same band slipped worse. correct?

You may be at your sweet spot. After a stuck or throwing up episode you should do liquids for a day. I can not eat eggs. There are many things I can not after I had tight restriction. The choice is up to you. If after another week you are tighter than you can handle, get a very tiny unfill.

I added milk to the oatmeal and cream of wheat type stuff to make it runny. The soups and other stuff I just took very tiny bites and ate very slow to make sure I was not going to have trouble with anything.

I didn't throw anything in the blender or "puree" anything. At that stage I ate things like yogurt, oatmeal, cream of wheat, cream soups, apple sauce.....

Can you just get another band and ask the surgeon to make sure it is stiched in place very well? I know my surgeon wraps part of the lower stomach over the band and puts at least 8 stitches in to prevent slipping. Were they doing that when they first placed your band?

All good ideas. If you feel like it at the time, you could explain about how the band works ..... fills.....restriction.......

It is a list of things one CAN'T eat

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Cindy, Great weightloss!! WOW!

My band has been very tight since Sept. There are so many things I just can not eat or it will cause much pain or slime or other bad reactions. For me this is a good thing and it keeps me in check. Many others have said potato chips are a slider food and you can eat them around the band. I do not agree with that. I can not eat them. I also can not eat hamburgers, french fries, pizza, bread, paistries, steak, pasta ..........my list is long. It is interesting going through the grocery store.

Loved it ! You are already beautiful ! Love your smile and attitude ! Can't wait to see progress video in the future! and OMG! you already look great in a short dress......watch out in the future! You will have the guys trailing behind you like rats to the pied piper!

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Woooo Hoooo! I have dropped 70 pounds in under 7 months! :smile2: Unbelievable......sometimes hard to wrap my mind around it......But I'll take it! 70 pounds! Whooo Hooo!

Yes, I still have restriction. In fact I am almost too tight, but I fear if I get even a tiny unfill the weightloss will slow or stop. I am at 5.3cc in a 10cc band. Everyone is so different. Maybe my stomach tissue that is inside the band is thick. They also include some fat inside/under the band.

haha! Too Funny! I love it :biggrin:

Please do not take this the wrong way, but you need to get a job. Even a part-time job would be a good place to start. That way at least you can have a little money to buy some of the food you should be eating. My son has had to move back home several times as a young adult, but he has no say about what goes on in my house. He is an adult. He can go out there and struggle to make it on his own just as I had to. I was a young single mother and my son is a young single father, so I know everyone has a different story, but in the end it is really much the same. If you don't like the way things are at your mom's house, do something to get out on your own.

I agree, if you are getting stuck, you have restriction.

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If they used the proper size band for your anatomy, then you will need at least one or two fills. The stoma needs to be large enough for the swelling at first. Then after the swelling goes down, you need at least one fill to get proper restriction. I think If I wouldn't have had the 2 fills I've had, I would have to work way too hard at dieting and there would have been no point in getting banded.