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Thank you Debbie for checking up on me. Congrats on your 34lbs!!! I've gained back a couple pounds but I'm noticing a pattern, I gain right before my fill. I get my 2nd fill on tomorrow. I go to the gym with my husband at least twice a week. We try to go more often but by the time we both get off from work we're so tired. I think you're doing great. I told myself I wanted to lose 15lbs by may 5 bringing my down to 207 but it doesn't look like I'm going to make it. I hope that fill kinda jump starts the weightloss again

Thanks for the note! Sounds like we're both on the long-term post-op plan...6 weeks until a fill will be rough, guess that's why they call it 'Bandster Hell'. Let me know when you start feeling starving so I can prepare! Good luck with your check up! -BG

You just need to rest up and heal right now. I'm 6 weeks out and have only lost 10 lbs. this is the healing process time. Some people don't even lose weight in this time. Praying for you. ttyl.

Hi Courtney,

Not sure how I found you again, but I hope this message comes through. Got back Sat, things went well in MX. I'm down 22 lbs from when I started the pre-op diet.......on full liquids now for the next 2 weeks. Yesterday I did laundry, which set me back, that was stupid. Went to the grocery today, was extra careful.

Hope all is well on your end....talk soon, pb

Hey Amy Elizabeth, Hope your doing well! Just dropping by to say hi. I'm done with liquids and Puree already. Thank God! I get my first fill 4/25 which is exciting but a little depressing in that I'll have to do liquids for three days after a fill so thats a bummer but thats not bad. If I could do 10 days on liquids pre op & 10 days on liquid post op in addition to 10 days on puree, I'll manage. Keep me posted

Thanks. I went and I my fill. The kids is out for spring break so we made it a whole day out. My other two friends that had the lap band said the same thing for me not to cancel so I week. They did 2 ccs. I am up to 8 ccs. Once of my friends is up to 9 ccs (we both have the 14 cc band) She said I should feel a big different.

Hey my twin!! How are you? thanks for the pic comments So I get another fill this week and guess what... i gained a couple pounds again.. I'm seeing a pattern now lol. I just really want to get under 200 before the summer time, I need to start working out more though. I hope ur doing good. Hugs!!

Hi Thinner How are you doing so far? I am just starting the process. I went to the seminar at Mt Carmel West. Next week I am going to the seminar at OSU. I had a kidney transplant from OSU and I want to hear what they have to say.:tongue_smilie:

Hi there- Hope you had a happy easter! am doing well- got to introduce mashed potatoes and scrambled eggs this wknd- yummm nice to have something different.! Have a good week!

I hope you didn't have to postpone for health reasons...are you okay? I am doing better today than I have since the surgery. Tomorrow is 2 weeks for me and I'm doing everything the doctor said. I'm terrified of vomiting or a slippage so I have set my mind against over eating or cheating. I am moving around easier. The soreness is still there but the pain hasn't hit me at all today. Yesterday was horrible for bloating and gas and I figured out it was from drinking water or eating too fast. I don't make that mistake now. lol By the way, my name is Phyllis Couturier and my email address is phyllisjack2000@yahoo.com. I would love it if you would email me there so we can get our messages quicker to each other. I would love the emails and don't mind sharing what is going on with me.

Hey Doodlebug! How R U doing? I feel so bad that I did not get a chance this week to write to you. I started back to work this last Tuesday and Yes, there is still a mess to finish cleaning UP!

How is it going? Have U had any problems? I am down 17 pounds since Surgery 17 days ago. Have not been to doc yet, next week I will go.

Please write! Thinking about you! Happy Easter!

Haha...yea, LOST is rad, we are again weeks behind on that...our evenings have been so full, we just need to have a LOST marathon..haha. How's life treating you...I put on a pair of pants today that haven't fit for about 9 months...woot! So happy about that.

Yeah I am excited. but i mean do you feel like its the food and excersise or do your really feel like you couldnt have done it with out the band? And how was it for that few weeks after with only liquids-Im really nervous about that. Im kinda in that place like OMG what if I don't lose the weight. or should I not spend the money bc i just need to eat better and excersie......

hi saundra i'm doing well its been so busy at work lately 40 plus surgeries a day sometimes and it seems like so many of our nurses are off for their own illnesses or family members my schedule has been crazy and tonight i developed severe abd pain and was diagnosed with gallstones so doc wants it taken out. i'm down almost 60lbs and see my doc next week to see if i need a fill since i've only had one since my surgery in nov. how are you doing hope all is well carla

Hey DB,

I was so happy to hear from you. I am grateful all is going well for you right now other than being a bit sore. It does get better believe me. I am sure its not as bad as you thought it would be, huh?

I saw my surgeon yesterday for my 2 week post op visit. He was pleased that I have lost a total of 32 lbs now. I go back to see him on 4/28 for my first fill. I am able to eat soft food and I have no restriction on the band but I am really not hungry most of the time. It took me a good week to feel normal again. You will be back to normal in no time at all. Thanks for letting me know how things went for you- Lighterload

hey Sherry,

How is ur progress going? Mine seems to have come to a stand still!!! I can eat anything i want, i have no probs with bread or rice and seem to have No restriction!!! I get my first fill on April 21st and can't wait. I was out at the shops the other day and was so hungry so i went to subway and had a low fat 6 inch sub. Thought i would just eat as much as i felt comfortable eating and leave the rest..... it was then i realised i could eat anything. I ate the whole 6 inches. It was so yummy... but i did feel guilty. My will power is slipping and this is precisly why i got the band, i can't seem to stick to a diet for more then 6 weeks. I really need band power now... i hope the 1 cc fill helps a bit and can't wait till i have more fills. I will have one bad thing... an easter egg. Happy easter and i look fw to hearing from you, i'm sure ur doing better then me. i think i'm down about 20lbs.

Hey! good for you!!! Yeah you should definitely lose those 2 lbs by the end of the week. I just had my 4th fill yesterday and it is pretty tight so I am hoping to lose at least 10 lbs this month. My last fill i didnt feel any restriction so I only lost 2 lbs...my 16's would have been loose by now!...So I am teetering between my 18's and 16's. I am working on my 10 lbs this month and a definite size 16. Let's do it!:thumbup:

Hi Shelley! I have been crazy busy the past 2 weeks. I had to go out of town to visit an ill relative, then the next weekend I went on a weekend scrapbooking trip and now this week my daughter had surgery to have her adenoids removed...so....hopefully I'll have some me time now...Laura

sounds like you're doing well. i'm good... i went to the movie tonight with a friend and about half way into the movie, i got a pain in my shoulder that would not go away until i was home and laying down again... i wonder if some of my sitting pain is due to the fact that i'm so short? who knows... i'm really doing good other than random pains.

i still have to remind myself to eat, i have always had the problem of waiting until i'm starving to eat... like today, even though i got up and moving around 8 am, i didn't have my first protein shake or anything to eat until 4 pm... why i wait, is beyond me. i guess i will need to make an appointment with the nutritionist.

anyway, glad you have the extra time off, my 2 week follow up is the 13th also, but i'm scheduled to go back to work on the 14th. we'll see if i'm ready or not! :-)

have a great day!

Hey Sunshine... how are you doing? Im having a week here, kids are on a roll for some reason and determined to make me lose my ever loving mind. Want to get together sometime this week and do tea or something?

okay lady i had my 4th fill yesterday and i'm down another 3lbs. so i'm 2lbs away from 240lbs and being on this 48hr liquid diet i should be there by the end of the week. and i can feel these 18's getting loose now, we need to set another goal now !

Last week was the roughest thus far. I had so many things try to knock me off track. I just got in my car a drove the feelings away. Had a fill of 3.5cc, and feel like nothing was put in. So I am trying to reach doctor. I guess we will all have those times in this journey. I still have lost 17 pounds, and do not regret a minute. Some days are going to be harder than others. How are you? Sorry I haven't been on in awhile. Crazy at work. Take care and hope you are doing great.

I left a message on your post about going to liquids. I came to take a look around your profile to see when you were banded compared to how much you've lost. Its barely been 4 weeks girlie - you're doing great. You're averaging more than 4lbs a week. That's AWESOME! Like I said - you should be losing about 1% of your weight a week. which is about 2.5 lbs. You're doing almost double that. Don't feel discouraged!

Hey girly. I have not been on here in a while. Got my first fill last week. I am down 15 pounds. Feels good. How are you doing?

yay! the scale is still moving for me, sometimes i think it isn't but when i look back over the past few weeks and months, it definitely is averaging 2 pounds a week! i am in a tight 12, but a 12 nonetheless, and i want it tight now so that i won't have to buy new jeans for awhile!

my mom is doing well! she started chemo and is doing better than most with that, as far as not being nauseated. thank you so much for keeping her (and me!) in your thoughts/prayers!