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I had my first fill last Friday. The doc who usually does the cosmetic surgeries did it. My doc was eating lunch, but came out straight after my fill. I wonder if they were letting him practise..... I got 2ccs. My doc previously said he would give me 3 ccs, so I'm a bit miffed I didnt get 3, as I totally cant notice the 2. Well I lie, I can notice the 2, but I need more. Since the fill, I'm getting stuck on foods that were previously fine. In 3 weeks, I've recovered back to my normal self, and I'm eating less and better, but I know I can do better. My mum sent us (ok, my 2 year old) some easter eggs. I ate one. I thought I should come and blog it so someone can slap me on the face!!

I had my first fill last Friday. The doc who usually does the cosmetic surgeries did it. My doc was eating lunch, but came out straight after my fill. I wonder if they were letting him practise..... I got 2ccs. My doc previously said he would give me 3 ccs, so I'm a bit miffed I didnt get 3, as I totally cant notice the 2. Well I lie, I can notice the 2, but I need more. Since the fill, I'm getting stuck on foods that were previously fine. In 3 weeks, I've recovered back to my normal self, and I'm eating less and better, but I know I can do better. My mum sent us (ok, my 2 year old) some easter eggs. I ate one. I thought I should come and blog it so someone can slap me on the face!!

Congrats on being banded!!

I wonder what can I do because I'm not feeling very hungry but I feel like I should eat because its breakfast time, or lunch time, or dinner time, and when I eat, I can eat too much. No restriction, unless I ate bread. And what to do when everyone else is eating, or eating is an event, or people are always asking me out to eat? It feels like eating used to be something I did, and now its the center of my life because I'm trying to avoid it, or I spend alot of time choosing what I can eat, or worrying if I should even eat at all, because really, I'm not hungry enough to be having a meal. And when you pay good money for a meal, but you are full and you should stop eating, but you dont want to waste it, so you keep going. I'm such a tight ass, I really feel bad to leave my meal not finished. And when I'm at home, if I feel bored, I start to check the fridge. Or I even forget about the band and gulp down a drink, and then hiccup like crazy for the next 15 minutes, or dont chew enough and get stuck and curse myself for another 15 minutes. It's these habits that I have to learn to change, and they are hard to change. The band can only help me so much, the rest is up to me. My weight hasnt changed in a week, and I know its because of all these things I havent learnt to fix yet.

oh, when I said "help her go with you as much as you can" I meant go with you on your weightloss journey, to help her on hers. Of course she has to be able to trust you to go places alone!

Bread!! I've had issues twice this week, took big bites, forgot to chew enough, and got stuck. I didnt even have to try to be sick, my body was like, no no NO! I guess I have to give it up, because its not working for me!! I'm gonna miss bread.....

I hope the surgery goes well, it will definately make it easier to exercise if it doesnt hurt anymore. good for you on those 70lbs!

My weight isnt falling off anymore, and I'm 2 weeks post op. Now it's time to work hard for it, but I think the best thing is, when we do lose the weight by working hard, we can make it stay off!!

I totally just posted about the same thing! I'm glad I'm not the only one, and I'm positive we'll learn soon enough. It just takes time and the right motivation. We need to reach our goals as much as we want to reach them, to live a healthier life. Maybe we just need to make a few mistakes first.

Wow, who knew a man could be this insightful? It really is great youre aware of her feelings so well. I hope you both continue to be open, and your transition goes smoothly. It would be great if your changes can also help her choose a more healthy way of living too. My husband recently admitted more of his true feelings about me being overweight, which he has kept to himself so far. I wish he had kept them to himself until I loose more and can feel better to take the words he said. At the moment, only 15 pounds down, I dont feel different enough that my weightloss will be permanent, or that I can keep losing. He was aiming to motivate me, so I know his heart was in the right place. But that doesnt change the fact that women are sensitive about their weight. I feel like I used to be beautiful when we met, and now I'm fat, I imagine people think, why is he with me? I want to match my husband again. I think your wife is feeling a bit like this, and that youre leaving her 'level'? the more weight you lose. Help her go with you as much as you can!

I wonder what can I do because I'm not feeling very hungry but I feel like I should eat because its breakfast time, or lunch time, or dinner time, and when I eat, I can eat too much. No restriction, unless I ate bread. And what to do when everyone else is eating, or eating is an event, or people are always asking me out to eat? It feels like eating used to be something I did, and now its the center of my life because I'm trying to avoid it, or I spend alot of time choosing what I can eat, or worrying if I should even eat at all, because really, I'm not hungry enough to be having a meal. And when you pay good money for a meal, but you are full and you should stop eating, but you dont want to waste it, so you keep going. I'm such a tight ass, I really feel bad to leave my meal not finished. And when I'm at home, if I feel bored, I start to check the fridge. Or I even forget about the band and gulp down a drink, and then hiccup like crazy for the next 15 minutes, or dont chew enough and get stuck and curse myself for another 15 minutes. It's these habits that I have to learn to change, and they are hard to change. The band can only help me so much, the rest is up to me. My weight hasnt changed in a week, and I know its because of all these things I havent learnt to fix yet.

Congrats! I'm going for my first fill sometime next week. Last week when I had my check up, I was still so tight after the operation, but now I can eat everything again (not good). Maybe I'll get to meet you there one of these days!

One week later, I felt better. But when you do feel better, dont overdo it! I took some gas medicine, that gave me some relief. Lynn is right, it just takes time, you just have to make it through everyday until then.

Well done!! Happy birthday, and have fun enjoying yourself!

nope, I didnt get one of those. But I guess my surgery is not the typical american kind, ie, I had my first appointment on mon, and the next day I decided to go for it, and surgery was on sat. no pre op diet, and barely any info for what foods to eat after. my doc also was going to give me my first fill a week after surgery, and it seems like my fills are totally up to me. good and bad points I guess.

I went for my 1 week check up today. My doc checked my wounds, and asked me if I wanted a fill. I have so much restriction right now, I do not need one. I can barely eat, and am rarely hungry. I said no fill for me, and he was fine. My doc said he wanted me to hop under the xray to look at my band and port. He said, some docs put the port into muscle, but he doesnt. so it can move a little. He said, the xray doesnt show which way around the port is, so he wants to put the needle in to check:blink::redface: Here I was, thinking I was avoiding a fill (and happily avoiding a needle), but then turns out he still wants to jab me. I tried to get out of it, but I lost the arguement. It barely hurt, and I felt like such a baby. I wont be scared next time I go when I actually need a fill. But I wonder, when will that be? I feel tight all the time. My trip to the doctors, 1.5 hrs each way, was my first excursion since my surgery. I've just got home, and I'm very sore, stomach muscles aching. I think I overdid myself a little. On a good note, yesterday I went to my chemist, and asked for something to relieve the gas, and I took whatever it is she gave me (its written in Korean, so I have no idea!). This morning I woke up and did 2 of the biggest farts since my surgery. I felt so much better!! Seriously, TMI, but who cares. Relief!! Thought I should put my typical eating at the moment: Breakfast: Cup of Yogurt (runny kind) Lunch: Soup (either corn, mushroom, broccoli, or pumpkin. very basic.) one pack is 150g, and I never finish half. Smoothie: 100g yogurt, banana, and some milk. Dinner: One scarmbled egg, (hard to finish, last night) or tonight, 2 pieces of large spinach mozarella ravoili, cut up and chewed a gazillion times, and 1 tablespoon of mashed potato with milk in it. I try to drink as much water or very watered down juice as I can in between meals. The waiting to drink after a meal is hard. I know I need more, and I'm hoping to get some protein shakes this weekend to help me meet the minimum. I'm probably only managing 20-30 grams so far, and I think thats being generous. I was 105kgs pre surgery, (231lbs) I'm 98kgs, (216lbs) 7kgs/15lbs in less than a week? I think I should start my ticker!!!:frown:

I have some pains, but sometimes I wasnt sure if it was hunger pains, or one of the other gas pains I'm feeling. so I drink or eat something, depending on when I last ate. It really is hard for me to eat alot, even drink alot. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones, I've read many people saying they are still so hungry after surgery. But I feel very tight, maybe its because I had the surgery so recently, and im still swollen. Who knows, maybe next week when my stomach is less swollen, all this restriction will go away and I'll be hungry again and then I'll need my fill. What about you?

I went for my 1 week check up today. My doc checked my wounds, and asked me if I wanted a fill. I have so much restriction right now, I do not need one. I can barely eat, and am rarely hungry. I said no fill for me, and he was fine. My doc said he wanted me to hop under the xray to look at my band and port. He said, some docs put the port into muscle, but he doesnt. so it can move a little. He said, the xray doesnt show which way around the port is, so he wants to put the needle in to check:blink: Here I was, thinking I was avoiding a fill (and happily avoiding a needle), but then turns out he still wants to jab me. I tried to get out of it, but I lost the arguement. It barely hurt, and I felt like such a baby. I wont be scared next time I go when I actually need a fill. But I wonder, when will that be? I feel tight all the time. My trip to the doctors, 1.5 hrs each way, was my first excursion since my surgery. I've just got home, and I'm very sore, stomach muscles aching. I think I overdid myself a little. On a good note, yesterday I went to my chemist, and asked for something to relieve the gas, and I took whatever it is she gave me (its written in Korean, so I have no idea!). This morning I woke up and did 2 of the biggest farts since my surgery. I felt so much better!! Seriously, TMI, but who cares. Relief!! Thought I should put my typical eating at the moment: Breakfast: Cup of Yogurt (runny kind) Lunch: Soup (either corn, mushroom, broccoli, or pumpkin. very basic.) one pack is 150g, and I never finish half. Smoothie: 100g yogurt, banana, and some milk. Dinner: One scarmbled egg, (hard to finish, last night) or tonight, 2 pieces of large spinach mozarella ravoili, cut up and chewed a gazillion times, and 1 tablespoon of mashed potato with milk in it. I try to drink as much water or very watered down juice as I can in between meals. The waiting to drink after a meal is hard. I know I need more, and I'm hoping to get some protein shakes this weekend to help me meet the minimum. I'm probably only managing 20-30 grams so far, and I think thats being generous. I was 105kgs pre surgery, (231lbs) I'm 98kgs, (216lbs) 7kgs/15lbs in less than a week? I think I should start my ticker!!!:crying:

Congrats Reshee, glad to here youre feeling good!!

I need to do two posts. First, I wanna talk about how I've been since the surgery. I'm still dealing with gas pain. It bloody hurts. When I change sides while sleeping, I can feel the gas move too. Now I've realised, if I'm sitting up and start to feel the gas, if I stand up straight away and walk around a bit, it doesnt hurt as bad as if I kept sitting. But the more I eat, like soups, or yogurt, even water, I can feel I'm swallowing air. And that means more gas in my stomach, more pain. I'm afraid to drink my liquid food. I'm afraid to drink water. The problem is I'm only getting about 15-20g of protein in, and not even 2 glasses of water. And even if I wasnt afraid, my stomach isnt letting me drink more. I tried to have some water last night, and it led to a serious vomiting episode. I spat up water, saliva and blood. I'm just hoping everyday gets better, and I'm waiting for the time I can feel good with my band. I mean, it's not like I can do anything else.... but please let me feel better soon!!

wow you are hot!! Even though I'm hurting at the moment, I'm still sure the lap band is the right choice for me, and your before after pics make me more sure!!

looks like fun!!

I WANT to loose weight properly with this band. I WANT to eat healthy foods, and stop when I feel the restriction from the band, and I WANT to exercise. At the moment, I cant eat enough, I cant exercise enough, and I cant loose weight properly. But regardless, I am losing weight. I will appreciate this weight loss now, and promise myself to keep trying to do it properly when I am able to. My first goal, was to go from 105kgs to 99kgs, get back into the double digits. I planned to reach this goal in one month, March 13th, my son's second birthday. Those 6kgs, I have been unable to lose in one year. I got down to 101, and put it back on again at least twice last year. But today, my scales say 99.6kgs. I have not seen this number since my son was 5 months old. I dont feel I accomplished it, it's probably lost water weight, or the 5 days on barely any food, or both. But, if it is gone, I hope it stays gone. And soon, I WILL make the rest go by my choices.

I WANT to loose weight properly with this band. I WANT to eat healthy foods, and stop when I feel the restriction from the band, and I WANT to exercise. At the moment, I cant eat enough, I cant exercise enough, and I cant loose weight properly. But regardless, I am losing weight. I will appreciate this weight loss now, and promise myself to keep trying to do it properly when I am able to. My first goal, was to go from 105kgs to 99kgs, get back into the double digits. I planned to reach this goal in one month, March 13th, my son's second birthday. Those 6kgs, I have been unable to lose in one year. I got down to 101, and put it back on again at least twice last year. But today, my scales say 99.6kgs. I have not seen this number since my son was 5 months old. I dont feel I accomplished it, it's probably lost water weight, or the 5 days on barely any food, or both. But, if it is gone, I hope it stays gone. And soon, I WILL make the rest go by my choices.