marknj6241

Hi All, I had my band surgery on May 5th and I have lost 45 lbs. I am going for my first fill next week. Hope all go well..... Mark:thumbup:

My name is Mark and I live in Central New Jersey. I'm 46, married to a woman who will be having the gastric band surgery in two weeks also. We’re doing this together to help support each other and hopefully life and grow old together. We both weigh about the same. I weighed 339lbs before my surgery. I am an accountant, so I work at a desk everyday. I have had a weight problem since I was a young boy. Eventually I found myself wearing size 58 suits and topping the scale at 339 pounds. It got to the point that I needed to change my life or soon my life would be over. I met with my doctor and we talked about my options and at that time I made my decision to go with the Realize Band. Good luck to everyone. :w00t:

I must say that I do enjoy it.......

HI I was banded 19 days ago and I was on Clear Liquids for the first week (500cal, 50 g protein). I had the realized band and they a great web site for support. The have a place to enter all of your food and keep track of. The second week I was on soups (split pea, tomato and broth base Soup.) The third week I moved up to 1200cal and 70 to 100 g of Protein. I was told to try to stay under 100 g carbs. Mark:cool:

Hi, I was banded 19 days ago and my first fill is June 17. So far so good. I lost 31 lbs ..... Mark

HI Carol, Today is 19 days after surgery and I am down 31 lbs...... Yes, your corect it a very personal decision. I hope your husband changes his mind. Wendy (My wife) has been overweight since I know her about 25 years. She's been on every diet that as inventered. She did the best on Richard simmons. At one point she lost 50 lbs but gained it all back with more. We have been maried now for 20 years and I had small weight gains each year. I topped out around 340lbs. I know I needed to do something. Out of the blue, I asked my wife which is the least agressive weight loss surgery and she said Lap-band. I told my wife to make an appointment with a lap band doctor that I wanted to have the surgery. We met with the doctor and I liked what I heard. The next day, my wife said she wanted to have it too. So we schedualed them three weeks apart. Good luck with your surgery in June and if you have any questions e-mail me. I would be glad to answer any questions. Mark

Hi Jami, I am on day 19 and I have lost a total of 31 lbs. I have gone back to working last week and I startd to walkh. Everything is going well. Wendy (My Wife) is on day 4 from her surgery. She is doing well. I am on ground food and wendy is on clear broths. E-mail if you have any question.... Mark

HI, Thanks for wishes... Both Wendy and i are doing great. I am on day 19 with a weight loss of 31 lbs and Wendy is on day 4. She has not weight herself yet.... Good luck to you, hope all went well on the 27th. Mark