jenontheband

Just checking in after some time and wanted to update any of you who were interested. I think it's been nice to have this thread to come back and compare to. Anyways, I am 39 down but have been stuck there for about a month. I have come to realize that I need another fill and I need to step up the exercising. I have not been consistent in that. I also notice that it is way to easy to snack on chips or add another glass of wine. Both of which sabotage my efforts. However, I am still ecstatic to have lost so much. A close girlfriend goes in for the same surgery in the a.m. I hope her the same success, or better, than I have had so far!

I'm just checking in...I haven't been on for at least a month if not more. I keep up more on youtube as I try to do that weekly. Anyways, I wanted to see how all of you August Rush types were doing a few months out. It's really nice to see that this thread is still here and it's really nice to see how all of your weights are doing. I was worried that I was losing too slowly, but now I see that we are all right about the same and that's good to see. I wish all of you lots of luck and thanks for being there when I needed a little comfort in knowing that what I was doing was pretty much right on!

Teacher, Southern California:)

My husband and children. My closest friend who is also getting the surgery. That's it.

Hey there, I'm just jumping in to post...I realize I have really just been NOT HERE! I've been so busy starting school that I haven't had a chance to keep up....still losing about one to two pounds a week and happy not to have gained during one of the more stressful times (School starting:)). Exercise has really been working for me (now up to running 1.5 miles with a little walking thrown in before and after the run) and I'm eating PRETTY well (not perfect) but okay. I was wishing I would lose volumes of weight at first but now realize that is not the case. I LOVE that I weighed two pounds less this week! I feel like I ate so much but really it was just regular and never do I gain like I did. Feeling great and happy!

So tonight I came home and ate chips and guac with my son. Nice. However, I think it was the salsa that killed me. I didn't even go over my calories but my stomach is just done with me right now! And yes, the gas thing is a definite addition to the whole new surgery thing. I can see that part of the process is finding out what you can eat and what you can't because you never want to feel this bad after you eat something wrong!!! Boy am I learning!

Okay doing much better since the fill. My stomach has settled down but there are funny things about this. One, yes it is nice to not feel hungry, BUT when I do get hungry it's almost like a hollow empty pain and I get gassy which is gross. Anyways, now it is hard to eat my allotment of calories. I can only eat a little and I never get hungry. It's very weird. I'm hoping for a better loss next week though. This past week I ate a lot of slider foods cause I couldn't get solids down and that kept me from doing my best. We'll see next week!

I had my first fill on Friday and had shakes that day. On Saturday, I had an extremely small meal and let me tell you....I am TIGHT. That night I felt like I was sleeping with a baseball in my chest. I had gas, diarrhea, etc up until yesterday night. I am hoping I am done with that. I've been back on mainly liquids since it freaked me out a bit. I am going to try a meal tomorrow at lunch to see how it goes but nothing today. If worse comes to worse, I'll go back and unfill a bit. I hope not but I can't have another weekend like this one!

I haven't been on for a week or so. I'm trying to catch up. First, I'm jealous of all that weight loss out there. Yes, I'm down 20 pounds but some of you have an extra 10 on me and you got banded after me! Good for you! I had a fill on Friday. Let me tell you, it is something. The doc gave me 4.5 cc's in my band. It was TIGHT. Of course, I didn't know that till I went home. Only shakes for two days but of course being the rule breaker that I apparently am, I ate the next day. I could NOT sleep. I felt like I had a baseball in my chest all night. I had a ton of gas and diarrhea too. TMI I know. Anyways, things have settled down but I can see how you can lean to the liquids when you are tight because you don't want to go through that feeling. I will see how I am in a couple of days when I am eating more solids before I go for an unfill. I really don't want to do that if I don't have to but I won't go through another night like I had two nights ago!

Amber, I am so like you. Hungry and not wanting to gain...9/10 isn't forever and I think I'm actually a week after you! We'll get there...!

Beachbunny, So glad to read your post this morning. It's two weeks post op for me today and I am the same as I was last week; however, I started on mushies this last week and I think my body is acclimating. It's always disappointing to look at the scale and see nothing, but I figure I not only lost 17 pounds over the last three weeks, I also kept it to the same number for a week! That's a first. Usually when I am done with a diet I sabotage my efforts for a good week or two and put it all back on. So I'm looking for the NSVs this week and pretty happy about maintaining....besides, doesn't that mean next week should be pretty good weight loss!?

I think sometimes too, it's like the old dieting we all used to do...yeah, okay it didn't work AGAIN and then you start beating yourself up about it. Lapband is different. You CAN do something...you sound much happier in your second post...go for it! Lucky to have a doc who cares enough to give them to you free too!

My encouragement is to call you doc. He/She works for you and if the fill didn't work for you then give the doc a call. On the flip side, I think you are lucky to already have a fill! I was banded 8/11 and got REAL hungry around Day8/9. I gave up and started eating...yogurt and stuff first but then moved up to the big time. Nothing crazy or anything but believe me I understand the hunger. I'm a little more sensible about it now and I do see that I have four or five hours between meals with no hunger so I know everything's working, but I guess I'm just saying I'm jealous of you already starting your fills!