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hey Trish welcome! Good luck on the 29th. I did have a pre-op diet for a week, and it was hard...and then liquids for the next week after...it was super hard....and talk about cranky!!! Forget about it!!!! My poor kids! Anyway luckily that is behind me! The only food I have had problems with has been hamburger, and cold cereal....(a little tight in the mornings) How did the fill go Sandy....I am sure that the eating is mostly the fill problem....When I first got my first fill....I was so full all the time...couldn't eat more than half a cup...and never thought about cake, or ice cream or candy....now the fill is a little loser, and I think about all those yummy things....you will do great as soon as you reach your sweet spot....don't be so hard on yourself...this is a difficult process, and I definitely have done my share of eating the wrong foods....and at least I am not eating them in the quantities that I was before the band! Take care everybody.....how is the cookie dough situation JD???

Still here, just been busy, and internet was down for a while. You guys sound like you are doing pretty well. Lost another six pounds, but still feel like I could do with a little more restriction! February 13th is my next one. Okay here is my confession. I had 10 m-n-m's like two days in a row, and some cheetos!!! oh.....need that fill! I have a really hard time getting all the protien in!

I have got a question, I am wondering if I am eating too much. I got my first fill on tuesday. I started on mushies today....for lunch I ate 1/2 cup of refried beans with cheese, little salsa, and ff sour cream. Ate this about 1:45pm. It is now 4:36pm, and I am getting this sharp pain off and on between my rib cage...top of stomach....has anyone felt like this??? I also took two tyleno....maybe I am stuck????

Oh Brandi....just know that it really is him....what secrets is he hiding???? It sounds to me like he has some huge major issues! What a dork that he doesn't want an intelligent, beautiful young woman!!! Well, My relationship history really sucks. I got married for the first time at 19. We had a child one year after that, and he had significant brain damage. The stress that put on both of us....well things didn't last long. Then I met a man...(well can I really call him a Man???) I thought he was the perfect guy! married four years then I find out that he was gay...well should I say there was finally postitive proof after four years....so then I lost a huge amount of weight....dated a ton of men to prove to myself that I was lovable and desirable....that was a very destructive time in my life. Then when I was 36 I finally found a kind and gentle man that wanted to spend his life with me, and have a few kids. I also don't tell my story very often....but at least you will see that we all go through a lot of crap until we meet the "one".....which you will....you are already on the right road!!!!

hey like my mom always says the squeaky wheel....Sweet hot....he works for you....he is getting paid so don't give it a second thought about being a pain!

Bevers.....happy happy birthday.....did you eat any cake???? My birthday is Saturday the big 40!

Hey guys for those that are using that bariatric eating protien stuff what are the calories for a serving....like for the hot chocolate???? I know Bman uses it.....anybody else???? Cant find the info on their web site....thanks.

Sweet hot...I am feelin for ya hun.....do they want you to get to goal before a fill!!! That makes a whole hell of a lot of sense....wish you could have had the surgery here.... Annie...you will do okay....I think pbing happens more after fills....if you have had no problems with getting stuck on mushies you shouldn't have a problem with real food. I ate meat and cheese, cereal, pretty much anything....the only things I really had a problem with was bread and hamburger....just got stuck for a while no pbing! As long as you chew well you should not have a problem! (especially if you are getting hungry because that means the swelling is down and your hole to the lower stomach is quite large enough to accomodate most foods....which is why the weight loss is so much harder now dammit!!!!) Nat and BK....I am with ya'll!!!! Naps are so wonderful....why don't kids think like that! Bye the bye nat what do you do??? Bevers....I so hope that your dad is doing better and on the mend...we sure do miss you girl!!! Mystique...sorry about the test.....but congrats on the weight loss you are doing so fantastic!!! We are proud of you!!!!

jd...hey thanks for replying so quickly...I think he told me it holds 5 ccs....which freaks me out....because I don't think I have much restriction.....been hungry all day long.....of course still on liquids.....but I want to eat!!! There is cake in the fridge that I want so bad....I don't think I would want it if I could eat...I just have to throw it out...I am torturing myself!!! Why do I want to eat so bad after I went through all this trouble to get thin! It really makes me mad at myself......

Okay....for decades now....my biggest lust fantasy guy is Kurt Russel!!!!! Oh man in escape from NY movies....so very scruffy and yummy.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....now I can't think of anyone else. My dh Cameron Diaz Drew Barrymore Jennifer Aniston

ps.....according to my docs scale I was only down 13 pounds....so I was a little disappointed...however, my doc was very pleased with my progress, and asked if I had ever lost 13 pounds over the holidays.....NOOOOOOO so I am at peace with it! Have a great day everybody!

Hey everyone....on the food question I think every doc is different just like some docs do fills at 4 wks and some at 6 wks. I think the weight loss stalls because we are just naturally eating more....because the band needs a fill. Just an update on the fill experience.....no flouro or xray....my doc found it right off.....only one stick too......but around evening time my port area was so damn sore... I was really hating life....but better today....sorry so short....screaming kids in the backround....bottles and naps for everyone!

Hi everybody Sandorelle, back stuff is the absolute worst. I am sorry to hear about your problems...that is depressing enough let alone the scale not moving....but it is impossible to excercise being in so much pain. Take care of yourself!!! JD...I got 2.2 in my band....is that a lot or a little???? I am feeling restriction, but yesterday was very hard was still very hungry but of course was on the Clear liquids. I have to say I ate some string cheese just could not stand it!!! Today on full liquids...and already ate a bannanna....I could definitely feel that going down! Do you know why they make you go back to liquids after a fill??? Just curious. I am hoping it is not to prevent a slip or something bad like that.....since I can't control myself....imagine cheating with the band is eating cheese and a bannana....

Hey everybody.....first fill is now in the past!!!! Wasn't bad at all....he gave me a numbing shot which I barely felt, and then he found the port and put in 2.2 ml of saline....man I feel full!!! on clear liquids until tomorrow then full liquids and mushies for a few days.... Nathalie...I think you were the one that told me to journal...I made a pact with myself that everytime I felt an urge to eat when not hungry or eat the wrong thing, then I would journal until the craving was gone. I have been doing it for the last couple of days, and it is really working! Thanks! skinnymom why do you think you made any of us mad....that is really silly...quit apologizing. It is pineapple juice not grapefruit. Eventually it should pass....if it were me and the pain continued I would call your doc. Steph is it tomorrow that you get a fill ? Good luck it is a bit of relief to feel restriction again! mystique....I had two boys first, and then two girls on the end....and they are so worth it! So fun to go shopping for! Sweethot...I can't believe you have to wait that long for a fill....Torture!!! I would call the other doc and talk to him about it! Wow a yr without dh.....I feel for you!!!!It is so hard doing it alone. Tell your hubby that he has my support in iraq, and hope everything will go great and he will be home soon...( my prayers are with you guys.) I know that i have missed alot but got to go feed a hungry baby....toodles!

Hi Jessica...I actually just got my fill this morning...I am feeling very very full right now...it has been a while...did you feel the same way...and how long did that last??? glad you are feeling some restriction...it is a little frustrating when you don't! Hi everybody hope you all are doing great!

Thanks for all the support guys....I will write more tomorrow...am going to bed now......half asleep the way it is....you guys are so great!

Well I also had a bad day today.....I am really learning what triggers me wanting to eat....and a biggie is stress from my children!!! Yesterday at 4:00 pm my two yr old...Belle sustained a concussion from falling off the back of the couch onto the wood floor...okay I have told her not to do this a bazillion times.....why does everybody ignore me???? So I am cleaning up throw up....waking her up every two hours....then she woke up at 3:00 am starving and could not get her to sleep until 5:00 am then the other one wakes up at 6:30!!!! My dark circles are so bad I look like I have black eyes! To top it off my husband is gone for three weeks working in Colorado!!!! So then my son wants me to make a cake today....and what do I do....oh sure of course I will make you a cake....and then I decided to make cookie dough!!!!! Oh man, I did take little bites of both....nothing like a pre-banded binge but I absolutely have got to figure out a better way of dealing with this stress. (Now all you youngins I don't want you to think that having children is hell.....well it kind of is....but right now I am watching Belle dance to 12 dancing princesses in a crown septer and princess gown.....pretty funny!!!! ) I guess I really regret the way that I deal with stress....because I am finding out how I became this way...and I really want the band to work!! Transformer....I was looking at your stats and we are almost identical....my starting weight was 281, and I am around 265! Kind of weird....it will be fun to compare our progress! Steph....I go Tueday morning to get my first fill. I will be a little more than four weeks out. So KIRSTEN I doubt that our doctors would give us a fill at four weeks if if ripped stuff out.....doctors are too afraid of lawsuits.....plus some people get their first fill in the operating table....and I am with you.....it can't come to soon! Carol....I sympathize...I doubt you did any damage....especially without any pain...but if you are worried call your doctor...I think he could put your mind at ease. Well got to go and get the little rugrats iready for bed. I just want to say thanks to all of you for letting me vent, and thanks for letting me destress on you....it does help....to get it out here instead of leaving it in my head!

so how was the fill experience? How painful? How is your resriction now.....can you tell a difference?

okay the authors name is Toni Wechsler, toni with i and not y..sorry....and then look up www.ingfertility.com the author actually recommends this stuff in her book. I didn't use it one month, then the next month I used it....and bam was prego! You also have to know the signs of when you actually ovulate which is what she helps you figure out....it really works, there are so many variables to fertility, and it is actually a lot harder to get pregnant than what people think! Look forward to a birth announcement in the future from you guys!!!!

BK I took clomid....It usually took two months to get pregnant....the weight coming off will help too. The thing that helped the most is a book called taking charge of your fertility, by Tony Wechsler. Also this stuff called preseed, you can get it online I will do a search for you....it is the only lubricant that does not kill sperm, and actually helps the sperm move on up....I credit this stuff for my little Rose!

ooooo that is a keeper.....I too drink hot chocolate every morning....thanks!!!

I just was not aware that plus sized clothing causes obesity.....damn....if I had known that I would never have bought them!!!!! Maybe warnings on trans fat, and over prossessed food might be helpful! This is the most prejudicial and ridiculous idea I have ever heard of!

Okay, kids in bed......I finally have some spare moments!!! bevers...so awesome....that is the best to go down in size, if they go right on....I bet you could go down the next size!!!! That is so great!!!! Patty....I don't know about this video.....why did it freak you out so much....my 1st fill in Tuesday.....you got me worried girl! Mystique.....My doc did not even give me a goal weight. I am only 5'3, and I would really like to be around 130....but I haven't been that since about 9th grade.....so not sure if it is possible...but sure gonna try! Sweethot.....hope that pain goes away soon! If you still have it on Monday I would definitely call your doc. and on the burping thing....I never ever used to burp....now I do it all the time....and probably because I am gulping, and eating way too fast. I am afraid my fill is going to be a very rude awakening for me! Nathalie....the potty training experience is stressfull....I wanted to eat sweets all day....I guess stress is a big trigger for me as well as boredom, anger, well you name it.....it's a trigger....I hear you about the daiper situation with a toddler...not good.....lots of people say to wait until they are ready....but I think if you wait too long....it is such a habit....and they are in their comfort zone and don't want to give it up.....but you can't start too soon either....its a hard call.....and everybody is saying boys are harder.....but hey....maybe your guy will just take right to it....peer pressure works told my little one her cousin was in big girl panties.....that helped and bribery!!!!! ps congrats on the 22's....I can't wait I have lots of cute clothe in that section of my closet! (anybody else have sizes ranging from 24 to 7's?????? VAbandster....I did the jelly thing....had some yummy homemade raspberry freezer jam....tasty....but I think the outside has more to do with the craving than the jelly, unfortunately....lol...someday....the cravings will go away..... BK....how is your port pain today???? That is so cool about your possible adoption!!!! I will pray that everything works out for the best. My husband was adopted at age 8....it is so important that people adopt older kids you guys are great! Also the pregnancy thing....I had a lot of trouble and used clomid for two of my kids....but I stumbled onto a great book about fertility, and that helped me get my last two with out using the drugs....it was great....I have loaned it out, and can't remember the name....but I will get it to you....invaluable!!! Kay thanks for the tip on the protein drinks....I have been having major issues with the two flavors/brand I have...and well....really hate them. I will definitely spend the 20 bucks for samples....it is soo expensive and you buy these huge buckets of the stuff and it tastes like flavored sheet rock!!!!! It kind of pisses me off! Well ladies hope all are doing well.....oh, I finally caved in and weighed myself tonight....I am down 16 pounds....so I am really super happy! I am going to try for 20 by the time I get to doctor! off to bed I go!

Man I am ready for no snow....I was really hoping it would be a mild winter so I could get out and walk occasionally....bummer...I hate indoor excercise. Sandra I hear you about the food obssession....it is tough. I went out and got dr phils book....hoping that will help me "get it". I so want this band to work....but bandster hell sucks....I just keep reminding myself that the successful ones were successful when they got the right amount of restriction!!! so don't be too hard on yourself.....if we could have done this on our own we sure as hell wouldn't have gone under the knife to lose some weight! I just was looking at your dates....you got the band in september and just barely had your fill????? Now that totally sucks.....I could not have waited that long and kept up the bandster diet.....no way.....how come so long????? Hang in there.....good night to all and JD thanks for your encouraging words!!! You are great!

Bk just read about your port pain....I have port pain....and I notice it is worse when I am tired and when I have been picking up my girls a lot....have you been really active or anything???? One time I got a totally searing pain that woke me up in the night....not fun....don't know what that was about.....but hasn't happened again.....by the way talking about night......are any of you guys having food dreams????? I have dreamt twice that it was Thanksgiving dinner, and no one would give me any food....and then last night I had a Homer Simpson donut dream, and woke up so sad that I will never eat another jelly donut.....well I guess my health is more important...but damn I wanted that jelly donut!