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I would put money you are experiencing water weight gain. Most of the foods you described are high in salt when you have been on an extremely limited diet.

I havent had any site specific pain with the band. Just overall discomfort so far. The sugar free pop cycles really did help in the first day or two. They felt good on my stomach.

Artificial sweeteners always make me carry water/bloat. I try to limit them to a very minimum. Iced tea and herbal teas are an excellent substitute for the powerades.

One-a-day gummys right now.

Yall can add me to the Sept banded.

The pain was worse than I thought it would be too when I woke up. But fortunately, when I walked the first time I REALLY helped. Before the walk, I didnt think I was going to be able to take it. The walk helped me a bunch. My whole tummy is swollen real bad. It looks really funny to be so swollen right under my boobs. LOL

I am one day out. I went in at 6:30 am and was banded a little after noon. I didnt make it home until around 5:00 pm and I was dying of thirst. First day I probably sipped my tea and Water a lot faster than I should have. Day two, I got one pack of tomato soup Protein down and a bunch of water and tea. I went to the store and bought a bunch of veggies to make veggie stock. Tomorrow I plan on making a big pot to suppliment my liquid diet. I called the docs office to see if I could use 3 tsp of olive oil in my stock and got a fairly negative response. I told them the sheet says I could have stock soup. She said something about store bought and I just dropped it. Store bought is full of MSG and other stuff I dont want to consume. NO idea why she would be so negative about home made.

Hey, I was banded yesterday. Today is a little worse than yesterday as far as pain and discomfort. Hope you do well and get home soon.

Raw black walnuts are high in Omega-3 and Omega-6. But I dont know if you can have them.

I was banded yesterday and did a lot of walking around. I dont feel so bad this morning, but I am taking my hydrocodone. I was surprised how good I felt yesterday, but my SIL reminded me I had 2 cups of liquid pain killer and a shot of it into my IV after surgery. Usually I am not one to take pain killers, but since I felt o good yesterday I kept sippin it today. Good luck sweetie, I hope you get to feelin real good soon.

I bought a little pouch to add to my shoe laces so I can use the Nike + iPod sensor to track my walks. I wanted some of the Nike+ shoes, but couldnt find a good fit. How has everyone else been doing with their Nike+ walks? I did a quick search and didnt really find anyone speaking directly to this gear.

I should have posted over here. I was looking for a thread for the Nike+ system. I got a pouch from BestBuy because I couldnt find the Nike+ shoes that fit properly (and I really didnt want to put out that much money in the beginning). As soon as I get set up, I will post my ID. How is everyone liking their system?

Has anyone had doubts? I went thru the 3 mo program to qualify, the whole time thinking I didn't have to make a decision on whether or not I wanted it until it was approved. I sorta expected some problems for approval. To my surprise, they approved within days of my paperwork submission. Now I am having second thoughts. I have started my liquid fast and am preparing, but I am seriously unsure I want this. Anyone else relate? Anyone know someone who was approved and changed their mind?

If you have a TV, look for a program called "Sit and be Fit". It is exercises for seniors and comes on daily.

I am having it done on 9-22.