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YAY!!! Your a Bandster Congratulations!!! Try using sippy cups so you wont be tempted to gulp works wonders! I bought the cute little plastic take alongs...perfect!

YAY!! Mushies hahah! I'm stuck at 14 pounds too!!! I'm getting angry cause I dont eat any more than a child! My dr. wants me to push 60-70g protein each day....that is a task. I dont feel like all that protein is allowing me to lose the weight...but i'm gonna keep on it cause thats' what the dr. ordered I'm hoping I will wake up and hop on the scales and be down another 10lbs It was falling off like magic the first few days...are you having this problem??

So I think its' the calcium pills that are making me sick I gotta find a replacement now. I didnt take them yesterday or today and I didnt get sick. I'm stuck at 14 pounds it's making me angry!!! My dr. wants me to take in 60-70g protein each day...but i'm scared i'm not gonna lose the weight. I need to exercise but I cant push myself just yet (just a week after surgery). I am walking...but guess it's just not enough.....need that wii hha. My name is April...Skippy, Skip, Skipper was a high school name that stuck w/ me Isnt it great that our spouses are supportive? I just feel so lucky! Some people dont have that support at all. High five to tha wife

I am eating more now...since I gotta get the protein in. But no more than 1/2 a cup at a time. 4 to 6 times a day. and at least 64oz fluids N Between. It's a chore! Well...keep me posted on your surgery I'm excited for you!!

HI MIKE STILL NOT GETTING HUNGRY!! I DID GET KINDA SICK THIS MORNING...I WASNT HYDRATED ENOUGH AND I WASNT GETTING THE PROTEIN THAT I NEED SO...I AM PUSHING 60-70G. PROTEIN EACH DAY AND AT LEAST 64oz FLUIDS. I FELT SO BAD...DIDNT VOMIT...BUT GOT REAL SHAKY AND BROKE OUT IN A COLD SWEAT...VERY WEAK AND BAD HEADACHE. BUT ALL IS WELL NOW...I'M NOT GONNA GET MYSELF IN THAT SITUATION AGAIN!!

MY HUBBY IS NOT BANDED...HE IS ONE OF THOSE "GIFTED" PEOPLE THAT CAN EAT WHATEVER HE WANTS AND NEVER GAINS AN OUNCE HAHA! BUT HE IS WALKING RIGHT BY ME THROUGH IT ALL...VERY GOOD SUPPORT

Girl...you are gonna be just fine i am the biggest cry baby out there! I was so scared of surgery...had never been put to sleep til i got my band...but all in all...the going to sleep part was nothing. I was scared when i woke up...but girlie...it's over with before you know it you are gonna do great!!! Tell them you are scared and they will fix that keep me posted.

Yeah...i will have to try that. Glad to hear that i'm not the only one w/ the burp problem it's really not a biggy...just different. How much longer you have on liquids? I bet that's getting tuff hugh? But at the same time i bet you have lost more weight

Hey nope...dont hurt at all! It's crazy cool!! Tonight i tried blended chicken w/ rice and gravy...i couldnt eat much of that at all...it just felt heavy if that makes sense? And i'm having a tuff time burping...it's like i have to burp...but it just rolls up and sometimes dosent come out when i want it to. Exercise....i'm walking when i can now...not far, just maybe to the mailbox and back or a few laps around the house. I go back for my visit in a few weeks. So i'll find out more then about when i can start pushing myself. My hubby is gonna buy me a wii fit we thought that would get more use than a machine.

I go back for my check up in 3 weeks...i dont think i have anything in my band at this point. I do feel full tho...kinda like b4 the band i would over eat and get that feeling that food was just setting there...i kinda feel like that. I'm only taking in about a 1/2 cup of mush 3x's a day. I'm so blown away how the band is working. I am having a lot of back pain tho...and a bad cough...dont know if i have a bug or if it's from being put to sleep. Oh...and i'm having a hard time burping...it's like it rolls up and sometimes it dont come out right away have you had that problem?

For the most part i'm eating whatever my family is eating...i'm just blending it up yesterday was my 1st day i had 1 egg and a few bites of potatoes for breakfast...scaloped potatos, fish & green beans for lunch, and scaloped potatos for supper. Today i had a carnation breakfast shake...they are pretty good

Hey i was banded on the 16th...i'm pretty sore today. I tried to lay down in bed last night to rest...it didnt work out very well...i just couldnt get comfortable. I am down 12 pounds this morning yippie!! My goal is 175...and i started at 330. Long journey...but i'm ready for it best of luck to you...how are you feeling??

Hey everyone i'm so excited this morning!! I got on the scales and i'm down 12 pounds!!! Yay!!!!

Wow! You are losing it! And you will on the liquids much faster. I think i have yahoo im "cartersplus2" is my screen name (i think) aww that's awfol i dont know what i have. I do have facebook...are you on facebook?

I havent felt my stomach growl at all since saturday morning before surgery! That's what i'm finding is so cool! I'm not getting hungry at all (so far)...i'm measuring my food to 1/2 a cup 3x's a day. I did read on someones blog to drink out of a sippy cup...i'm doing that and it is working quite well. No gulping. I was sore today...but thats' what the pain meds are for today for breakfast i had an egg and a few bites of potatos...it filled me up!! I am amazed at how this "tool" works!! it's great!!!

So what is your goal weight? I have a lot to lose...so i'm setting my first goal at 250

Yay!! we are bandsters!! Just think about all that weight loss to come!! I get so excited just thinking about what i'm gonna look like! Now my dr. has me starting out on blended foods...I was on liquids the day b4 surgery and right after surgery. Alrighty...I'm back to walking around the house...dont wanna set too long Best of luck to ya!!

Hi Mike! I'm doing pretty good today...more sore than yesterday...but it's all good. I am getting up walking around as much as possible...and that helps so much. I was shocked to hear that I can start blended foods now...I was only on an all liquid diet the day b4 surgery and when i came out of surgery. You are gonna do great! I know your excited!!

Glad you are doing so well!! I'm sore this morning...I slept setting up last night (scared to lay down flat cause i dont want the gas pain). I'm thinking about what to have for breakfast...i'm on blended foods for 3 weeks i'm glad it's "food" and not just liquids from this point. How did you do waking up from surgery? I was hurting and had some nausea...but meds took care of that. Well...off to take another stroll around the house We are bandster buddies!!! YAY

After surgery was not so great...i felt sick on stomach & was in some pain....but soon as they gave me stuff in my iv everything started to ease. I had a two hour drive home...i slept most of the way. And i've been sleeping most of the afternoon. I just woke up from a two hour nap. I'm very thankful for people on here telling me to set up as soon as possible and walk walk walk...i did just that and i have had very little shoulder pain...when it starts aching i get up and walk. I have 6 incisions...the largest about 3 1/2 to 4 inches long. I did it everyone being put to sleep was the easy part for sure!!! That's what i was worried about more than anything. Thanks to you all for the very best support!!

I did it yay!!! I'm at home now...feeling sleepy and sore. But i made it thanks for everyones support!! (my dr. Is partial to the realize...so that's what i have).