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YAY! Isn't it wonderful. Congratulations... May you find more and more of these moments happening!

So I was visiting my daughter and grandchildren yesterday... (Nobody in my family knows I am banded) and I'm sitting there and she says to me... "Mommy, what happened to your Calves?"... I reacted weird (Defensively) becasue I thought something bad but then she said, "They are Sooo Skinny"... I smiled and told her it must be from all the Physical Therapy! (because I had reconstructive Knee Surgery two weeks after being banded...) Now this was very exciting to me as I have not been called Skinny since Phen-Fen 12 years ago.... Later when my other daughter popped in for a visit, while I was making lunch for the grandbabies, She also made a comment (And this one is very tiny, at 5ft 9 and weighing 104 pounds)... She said "Mom, your withering away to nothing! Whats going on?"... Again, I was smiling from ear to ear! I still have 50 or 60 pounds to go... What will they think then??? I just had to share my feel good moment.... Now if only my live in boyfriend would notice! He still can't see it! The crazy old fool... Maybe I'll take him for an eye test and see if he needs a new prescription... Better yet... I'll go away for 3 months and come back. I bet he'd notice then. LOL... Bwahahahahaha...

OMG... How terrible... I've never heard of such a thing.... Okay, I always knew in the back of my mind any number of things can and occasionaly do go wrong, but had hoped it wasn't true... I wish her the best and will pray for a speedy recovery... Keep us updated on her progress as to how well she heals etc....

Congratulations! That is wonderful... Keep up the GOOD work... This is not an easy journey for any of us and we all appreciate these milestone moments.... It's very inspirational and motivating...

My Second fill brought me from 3cc to 5ccs and I was unable to each anything for about 5 or 6 days. I had to stick with Liquids and creamy soups... Finally a couple of days ago, I was able to actually eat my oatmeal at a normal consistancy without making them practically liquid... I lost about 2.5 pounds during that time though... Yay me... Now I have been back on full regular foods since Tuesday and as long as I remember small bites and chew chew chew I'm doing okay... I slimed/PB'd a couple of times due to my own stupidity... Otherwise, I'm doing good. I go back on the 9th and I don't know if he will do another fill or leave me as is... I think maybe .5cc might be perfect.... Just a touch more restriction...

Since being banded I always ask for an elixer or liquid or chewable med... However, the liquid Antibiotic is just as bad... It is very thick and bitter and gets stuck inbetween your teeth and your tasting it for 30 minutes after taking it. Sometimes the pharmacy has something thats equivalent to waht was perscribed and they just issue it, but if they don't they just place a quick call to the Dr and explain I need the liquid or chewable and ask them to fax over a new prescription... My Regular Doc does not know I have been banded However, I will advise him when I have my next physical and he questions how I have lost so much weight finally! Plus, I'm sure it really should be in my medical file.... I just don't want to tell him until I can show good results because he was dead set against it for the last 5 years as I begged him at each physical...

It is soooo Tempting to hop on the scale everytime you walk by it... I have one like the Dr's office that I got a few years ago at a yardsale for 5 bucks (It sat at my Ex Husbands house until I had the Band SUrgery then I told him I wanted it back...)... I'm now a whore to it.... I am on the thing like 10 times a day.... I keep it on the wieght I'm at each time and see how much it changes each time by how much I have to move the little slider... It always starts off about 3 pounds lower in the morning and by bedtime it's always up! I hate that.... But it helps to controll what I eat all day as I am terrified up the upward slide... Whats nice is to see it at 2 or 3 ounces less all of a sudden one morning compared to the Morning before... My Dr told me to cease and desist immediately and to quit being so Obsessive... He wants me to only weigh in when I am at the office. NO WAY... It's like a train wreck. You know you shouldn't watch but you can't help yourself...

I was experiencing that same pain especially when walking I felt it with every step I took, and after two weeks of it not getting better, I started wearing a girdle and it made a 100% difference. I lived in that thing for 2 or 3 weeks... I strongly recommend some kind of binding for the tummy area as it seems to hold everything together and firm... Now, I have graduated from the girdle to pantyhose that I wear all the way up under my boobs. LOL... (However, I was doing that even before the surgery for years just to firm up my jelly belly... My Kids love to make fun of me for that! haha)

Well Said. LOL... I got stuck after stuffing two of my grandsons potato chips in my mouth! I learned my lesson... Haha... I use the Stuck episodes as an Aversion therapy... I tried it, it didn't work and caused me pain and I don't want to do that again, so I will avoid the temptation next time... Aversion Therapy... It works. haha... Next year, I will be the "belle of the Ball" at my companies Christmas party instead of hiding in a frumpy outfit in the corner!

Jen, I am so sorry to hear about your Mother... I think the broad needs to take a class that will teach her how to listen.... If she had listened, she would have realized that you had a much more serious issue at hand than the fill at the moment... I know that Dr's office's get hectic and can be over booked, but a lot of the staff have very poor "bedside" manners when dealing with patients... Even if she was "concerned" about you getting your fill, she should have showed some compassion for your situation...

Nope.. Not here... More like constipation here, but it's always been like that for me so it's nothing new... My Daughter has what you mention every since her gall bladder came out 4 years ago... Okay, TMI here, but I love to get on a scale before and after I go! I seriously can lose as much as 2 to 5 pounds at once! No Exxageration... Okay that was pre band... Now since I'm eating less, it's closer to 1.5 to 2 pounds... Thats going twice a week...

Yumm-O.. I'm going grocery shopping today... What is greek yogurt... I'm not a fan of yogurt in general but I keep seeing it being posted about... Where do I find it? With regular yogurt or do I have to go to a health food store? I don't really care for cottage cheese but I have found that a can of Tuna, two hard boiled eggs and a couple tablespoons of cottage cheese go good together and make about three nice lunches...

Now that sounds fabulous! How long and how hot do you bake them? Funny how I hadn't even thought of eating hummus with raw Veggies... LOL... My Mind set was that it was supposed to go with bread... Thanks for helping me to think outside the box!

Yummy Thanks! I've never tried the flax seed anything... Maybe I'll give them a try.

kansas, do you make your own Hummus or is there a really good brand to buy? I love Hummus and tried to make it once and it just wasnt the same as this one restauraunt I used to get it at that has now closed... I tried the one from costco and it tasted rancid... I was surprised becasue Usually Costco is my no fail place to get delicious food! I would love a recipe if anyone has a good one! ANd what do you eat it with thats healthy. The restauraunt used to serve it with hot homemade indian bread which is thin almost like a pita... I'd like a healthier alternative... Maybe just eat it plain? like a side dish?

I could have written this myself!!! Sometimes I'm feeling great and beautiful, then I see a picture and it's like it's not even me and I hate myself for getting so fatty fat fat... Taking pictures is meserable becasue I feel like I have to pose and hold my chin and face just right and stand behind anyone else in the picture to hide my body.... It's a lot of work trying to hide being fat!

A couple of weeks ago, my daughter, who does not know I am banded, wanted to meet up with me whille we were both in town and have lunch... Since I don't see her often I agreed. We went to Rubio's which is like a beach themed taco place. I ordered a small "thing" of black beans for .50 and a "street taco" and it was delicious and just the right size. The container of beans is about the size of what most places give you salsa in.. Maybe 2 ozs... and the taco was like 2 1/2 inches long with shredded pork, a touch of guacamole, onions and cilantro... real small. My Daughter kept asking me if I wanted a couple more when I was finished eating... I didn't tell her that I was so full I felt uncomfortable... I just smiled and kept saying No Thank You... It felt wonderful to eat out and have such a small portion. I used to go to taco bell and have 3 regular tacos, a bean burrito and cinnamon twists! Haha... Not anymore!!!

OMGosh you are reading my mind... Well, okay truthfully I'm not starving or anything, but for the last few days, I have been really craving one of them big fat Kosher costco hot Dogs! I bought a package of the smaller sized ones a week ago but since my 2nd fill on Tuesday I can't eat hardly anything, so they are sitting in the freezer... And I think about them constantly! I keep telling myself, that this too shall pass... For now, I am living on broths, cream soups and super runny oatmeal or refried Beans as everything else keeps getting stuck in my throat... Good luck and stay strong....

Congratulations! What an awesome thing when you discover what size you are buying compared to what size you thought you were going to buy! I can't wait til MY moment... Keep up the good work!

I am very fortunate to not have this issue with my port. I have hard to find or get veins so whenever I need lab work I get the dig, root and multipoke thing so I know how you feel... Good luck and I hope things get better for you! Congratulations on the weight loss you have had so far...

So since this is my first "challenge" I'm not sure... Do we check in each week? I joined last Tuesday and just did the Monday Weigh in and I'm down 2.5 pounds... I am able to eat runny oatmeal now and runny refriend Beans but otherwise am still limited to cream Soups and broths or Protien shakes... The Oatmeal is iffy becasue I can feel it sitting in my throat after the 3rd or 4th bite.... And a bite consists of about the amount of a "baby" spoon... I little scrapping of food at the very tip of my teaspoon... My Follow up is on the 9th so hopefully I'll be able to eat more things by then and this will be my sweet spot...

Haha.... This had me laughing because I can SOOOOO Relate... So I have size 18s and I can still wear them however, I can pull them down or off and on without every touching the buttons and zippers... LOL... Because I am used to weight flucuations I have clothes that are between 18s to 14s as well. Last week I found a pair of the 14s and they fit beautifully and on the loose side NOT stretched across my BUM like they wanted to split/burst open like the last time I wore them a couple of years ago... I was soooo excited and my Physical Therapists commented about how much weight I've lost and how fantastic I look... It felt good hearing it from her because she is so cute and tiny.. Probably 90 pounds soaking wet which means I am still a bohemeth next to her yet she noticed! Now if only I can get my Boyfriend to notice.... Okay, in his defense... His eyeglasses are like coke bottles they are so thick... Haha.... And he is almost 60 years old, so he does not focus on how much or how little I weight.... He just loves me for who I am, I guess...

I figured slime was saliva the other day when it happened to me for the first time... I had eaten a couple of my Grandsons potato chips and I could feel the chest pressure and the chips seemed to be sitting in my throat... I fought throwing up for several minutes as my mouth kept salivating I thought it would wash the chips down... As I kept swallowing the saliva I could feel it sitting there on top of the chips and not going past or washing them down... Finally I gave in to it, grabbed a couple of napkins and just let it roll out of my throat... It wasn't really like a "retching" throw up... It just rolled up and out very easily... There was about a 1/2 cup of gooey gross slim and then it was over. The chest pain was gone as well as the guilt I felt for even eating a chip... lesson learned... No More potato Chips... Since my second fill, 6 days ago, I am only able to eat runny refried Beans (about 1 Tbsp) or about 1/2 cup of cream Soups (Taken very slowly or I can feel it sitting in my throat), or a Protein shake (Taken very slowly or it sits in my throat) or about a full cup of broth... I have lost 2.5 pounds since then... The only problem with being on a liquid diet is that I feel hungry quicker. About 60 to 90 minutes after I finish some, I am ready for more... I don't want to be in a habit of needing nourishment every 90 minutes... That won't work for me in the long run...