GonnaBeFit

I so hear you! I am soo incredibly lazy and it pisses me off that I am like this! I havent gone to the gym in a few weeks and I have absolutely no excuse. Except this week since my daughter was off school I couldnt go with her. I'm going to start again tomorrow when she is at school ... but yes, its so easy to get frustrated with ourselves when we know we need to be doing something and we're not ... good luck to you and hopefully we both will get back to work on this!

I would call your doctor, He might want you to come in ASAP. That isnt normal and if you were able to eat fine before and now you cant then somethings wrong. I hope you feel better though!

I've heard the carbonation can cause some troubles for your pouch. Like it can cause it to stretch? Also it can cause you some discomfort because it creates all these air pockets in your stomach ... think back to when you had gas pains after surgery. It can be like that I guess. I've had one since I've had surgery and it was alright but It was a small one and I drank it really slow and it was filled with mostly ice. I dont want to risk getting sick or anything so thats why I drank it that way. I probably wont have any more though because I felt kinda weird afterwards.

Congrats on your surgery and starting to not isolate yourself! Its hard to do sometimes! That could be your port. Mine is probably 2 inches or so up and to the right of my bellybutton. The PA originally told me it was up by my ribs right under my boob ... not so much! I'm sure everything is fine! Oh and that discomfort you feel could just be the muscles sore from the surgery. I had a sore muscle where the PA said my port was and I couldnt reach or twist for a few days because of it.

I have thought the same exact things. I went in for my first fill on the 18th and I only got 1ml ... absolutely no restriction as you can imagine. I really need the restriction and I'm having a hard time with it actually. I guess its pretty normal from these posts but its sooo frustrating!! My next fill is the 16th of Dec and I dont know if I can wait that long! Hopefully I get more than 1 ml next time.

I am a size 18 .. I am 5 ft though so its ginormous ... I have lost weight. I started my pre-op diet at 228. When I went into surgery I was 219. On my post op diet I got down to 199 (for a day). I was really sick because of all the gas and my body wasnt reacting well to it at all. But when I was able to finally eat, thats when I started gaining weight. I got back up to 210 but today I am at 206.6. When I talked with my PA it was all because I was taking too big of bites. Supposedly LOL. I have PCOS, a condition that affects your hormones and makes it very hard to lose weight. Before surgery I was eating a clean diet and working out but nothing helped and I just stayed where I was weight wise. It is frustrating for sure ... I know it will take time but I'm just ready for some progress. This takes me back to all my feelings I had before surgery when I would do everything I could and nothing helped and I lost all determination because I felt like "Whats the point?" ... I just pray for some changes SOON.

You would think so Kelly LOL ... I mean I know its a tool to help but I just dont feel like it helps right now. The PA said to eat smaller bites and eat slower ... well its really hard to eat smaller bites when you dont *have* to. If I felt restriction then yes, I would be eating smaller bites ... If I could do it on my own then I would have. This was my last option and I feel like its failing me so far ... I'm really hoping that as time goes on it will be better ... I need a bit more of the aggressive fills and not the conservative right now.

Congrats on doing so well and that is so awesome about how accommodating the restaurant was! And that soup broth sounds really good! Its always good when you can voice your concerns or opinions instead of shoving them down with food ... its still a battle with me but I'm getting better. I didnt even know there was a chat, so I'm not help on that question!

So today is my first fill .. I hope at least! I'm literally 15 minutes away from walking out the door to head out to the docs office. It will be the first time I'm seen in the office since before the surgery since I was in there 2 weeks after surgery because of my complications. I'm not really sure if I'm supposed to eat, fast, drink water beforehand or not. And the office isnt even open till 9am! Oh well, I guess if I go in there hungry, and I get the fill that will take care of it for a while LOL. I'm alittle disappointed going into this first fill. With myself that is. I got down to 199 (YAY!) but then I started eating real foods and I gained 7 back. I forgot to weigh myself this morning in my birthday suit (which coincidently happens to be on Tuesday! My birthday that is lol) so I will weight before I leave to see how my scale matches theirs. Anyways, I'm really bummed I'm still not under 200. I hate the 200's. Its just been such a hard month for me (family and personal problems, that arent going away) and granted I probably had 2 pieces of Halloween candy per day but BLAH ... stress/emo eating sucks! I want to be losing faster (Stop eating junk Laurie!) ... I was doing great on liquids, loosing like 2lbs a day or so ... I know thats fast but it was progress ... right now I see no progess. Hopefully tomorrow and thereafter I will see what I want. Wish me luck, I really need the fill today!

Good luck! Tricare moves fast! Was it a referral to see the doc? From the time my PCM sent the original referral to the surgery date was about 2.5 months or so ... be prepared, it can go fast

You look so good Beth! Great job on your successes! Look out your gonna be smokin' in no time!

Tricare is pretty good, I got approved in a week. Good Luck!

Ugh .... I was on mushy foods for like 3 days then realized I could eat real food and moved on to solids. I have no restriction what so ever and can basically eat anything I want. Today I decided to look in my handy dandy information book the surgeon gave me and it says not to move on to solids until day 25 out. I moved on to solids 16 days out. I've gained 8 lbs since I started on regular foods ... granted I was so excited I was basically eating whatever I could get my hands on. :smile2: Plus halloween candy being around really sucks!! So yeah I've resolved to eat better, going to the grocery store today to get some healthy foods ... but ... should I go back to mushy or just eat healthier solids? I am so ready for my first fill so I can not have such freedom and screw this up for myself ... could someone please help me??

I have PCOS as well and before banded I was doing really well with clean eating but not losing. I got to the point where I thought it was completely pointless to even try to lose weight since my PCOS wouldnt let me. I am having a hard time getting to the point of saying now there is a point and i cant treat my body that way anymore ... so thanks for saying self evaluation for self control ... definitely dealing with it right now! good luck to you and your journey!

Thanks winks ... I hate cottage cheese though! lol So canned chicken/tuna and cheese omelets? I think thats what I'm gonna do ... I cant keep on this path, last time I stayed on it I got up to 230 on my small 5ft frame!

Wow what progress!!! That is so great, congratulations on such great work so far! Keep it up!!

OH MY GOSH!!! I'M FROM SAVANNAH! And from your description of everything I bet you are going to Memorial? I just had my surgery on the 19th there with Dr. Whipple who is amazing! Message me and I'll talk more with you! Good luck with everything!!!

That is GREAT! I have PCOS as well and understand the struggles. Congratulations on the baby and getting back on the wagon

I reply to people if I know the answer :cursing: I"m just 3 weeks ago so I dont have A LOT of experience but mine is still sore and tender too .. If I move alot in like a twisting motion it gets "tired" i guess.

That is AWESOME! I love the whole stomach being married to the body now! :cursing:

Please dont worry about not exercising! You need this break and time to heal! Prayers are with you my friend! I was hit with the realization of taking things for granted as well today .... everyday we need to give thanks to God for everything we have! Love you LB friend! :cursing:

Oh my gosh! I had to wait 2 weeks to move to mushies and mashed tators were my first meal LOL SOOOOO good! :cursing:

YAY! Thats fantastic Beth! I just started and my size 18s feel comfortable, not tight ... I cant wait till I can say that about 14th!! Way to go!

That is beautiful Beth ... I bet she would be supporting you, along with everyone else here! You are doing a great job!

Okay, so I've been feeling nauseaus sometimes (I'm 13 days Post Op and still on the liquid diet). Its like all I have to do is burb. Sometimes, like just a few minutes ago, it got so bad I could have sworn I was going to throw up. I got up off the couch and that was it, I felt it coming. I got the hot/cold flash, the wet mouth, felt really pale and then .... I burped. Over and over and over again. It was like I was going through the motions of throwing up but it was just burps. What the heck is going on? This has happened to me two or three times before, but both were before I went back into the hossy for as gas bubble problem. I thought maybe it was PB'ing .. but I did some research and I dont think it is ... but is this dangerous? Why am I doing it? What can I do to NOT do it? Do I need to be taking gas meds still? Anti nausea meds all the time? Someone PLEASE help!! :wink2: