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Congratulations! That is fantastic. When I started exercising on my bike 2 months ago I could only do 10 minutes and about 2 miles. I am now up to 30 minutes and 9 miles. I feel so good about that. At our support group the other night a leader brought up about "AHA Moments" and did we notice them. I had one just that day ... I was walking and my shoe became untied. I was actually able to bend over and tie it without being winded or feeling like I was going to topple over at any minute. Let me tell you that was an accomplishment though small and taken for granted when I was thinner. I am so happy with my LAP-BAND. Here's to a successful and thinner New Year for all!

A scary thing. Tripolarism is a new one. Here's a quote from Delarla today I8Everything, please delete your nasty comments from MY fucking thread and go elsewhere, and take Telly with you, who I see lurking around dying for blood. I haven't so much as glanced at your Sunshine shit because I think you and your pals are sick and twisted vultures that have nothing better to do than infect LBT with poison. Why are you all stalking me? If you hate me, stay the hell away from MY threads. Go play elsewhere where they steal ideas for new threads by copying everything I have already done, inventing new screen names to fool members and thinking this is a place for battle. This is a damn support group, but every time I log on I see you and the same group of people stabbing ugly comments, huge RED fonts, rotten attacks and distate towards the entire community. You just tore my heartfelt and serious thread to pieces because you knew it would set me off, so here's yet another perfectly decent thread that the moderators will lock. Many of us are starting to wonder if you and your friends were sent to LBT by another support group that hopes to shut us down. That's EXACTLY where you've taken this thread because the moderators can only delete or lock so many posts before Alex decides he's seen enough bullshit. When you see my name, stay the hell away from me. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. If anyone else starts a verbal battle of bullshit, DeLarla's about to get damn ugly. Knock it off already, all of you! __________________ www.SlumberPartiesByLisaB.com YOU CAN MAKE MONEY AND YOU CAN MAKE EXCUSES BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE BOTH!!! Last edited by DeLarla : Today at 08:01 PM.

HW 271.5 SW 246.9 CW 205.8 Goal 150. Surgeon's goal (70% of excess weight) 179. So I'm 26 pounds from my surgeon's goal. Surgery was August 23. That 179 puts me about where I was when my hubby and I got married 19 years ago. My main goal right now is to be in onederland by New Year's. I've lost 65.7 pounds. I am sometimes disappointed with myself, but I need to cut myself some slack and just stay with the program.

My surgeon said unless you are at like 9.5 cc in a 10 cc band, there is nothing to be concerned about filling it up. It's there, fill it. I read in a lapband book not to drink for 2 hrs after a meal - its really true for being fuller longer.

You are in my prayers. Update us when you can. I understand the nerves ( I was just banded 7/15/10). Reading the posts on this site helped me feel prepared, so when I felt the gas pain, or when doctors or nurses said something, I at least had an idea of what was going on. And yes, God IS in control. My surgeon was a Christian, and I had so many people praying during surgery, I know that had an impact! Blessings to you.

Yes....me! Two years out, gained 10 pounds back, and am craving everything I shouldn't and are not supposed to be eating! My willpower is at a zero.....need help getting back on track.....help!

Actually for 5 days of it. My husband is working out of town so we brought him the stuff for the five days he will be gone. Lots of shakes, soups, Popsicles and sugar free jello. This makes our journey so much more real!! I'm terrified. He's my strong man and I am so scared to see him in a hospital bed. In all our 12 years together, he has never been sick. Never been to the hospital. Very healthy. It's quiet terrifying. I know he will be healthier and I am behind him. Luckily I am able to hide the terror from him right now. He's such an amazing man. I'm prepared for anything. I'm going all liquids in support so if we are going to be crabby, it will be crabby together!!!

@Nanajoy@Sammy 10-30 glad you both are enjoying Bariatric Plan. ask any and alll of your questions suggest maybe use the SEARCH button in top right hand corner you will find that many OP have already asked the same ?, and you can learn from them. you will get answers, opinions, experiences and more many responses will be different because we are all supposed to do only what our NUT tells us to do never compare yourself to others - you'll learn many important/valuable things here. after listening to OP, medical questions should be asked and answered by your doc or NUT good luck kathy

Hey everyone- im 10 days post op and lost quickly in the first week. Seems to be slow now and Im kinda getting discouraged. Im happy with the weight I did lose but Im starving all the time and I yet to find my filler. Today I made chicken riggies for my family and i mashed up some chicken and im eating that now. I havent felt nausea or sick yet so is it too early to start eating. I have been on liquids and had mashed pot yesterday- does anyone know why I shouldnt be eating this or is it going to harm me. I need help starting to have doubts and my struggle is just yet to begin. Please help...thanks guys

Dont focus on the 10% failure rate or you are setting yourself up to fail! Every single person I've ever met regretted having the surgery in the first couple weeks; I know I did. I thought I had made the biggest mistake of my life. I did not suffer from the pain or depression issues that you are, but I definitely thought I shouldn't have had the surgery and was very scared. These feelings will pass! Getting the band was the BEST thing I EVER DID and I would do it all over again! Hang in there, the doubt will go away, and you will be on your way to a healthy life!

If it's going to happen it's going to happen no matter the rate of weight loss. Take advantage of the "honeymoon" stage, which is the first 10 months to a year after surgery where the weight drops rapidly. After that you will have to work much harder. Personally, after losing almost 60 lbs in 2 months, my skin seems to be a bit squishier and my stomach is still hanging a little low. My arms have always been big so I know for a fact I will have a lot of skin there. I am 25 years old. I'd rather have loose skin than have it full of fat. Bring on the skin!

The biopsies were "probably" polyps. .. I am of the understanding that a lot of people have polyps . .. they biopsy them to make sure no cancer. I had a scope before my surgery as well (7/15/10) and had biopsies too .. . no problems at all. I hope you have good news soon.

You men a pretty good at laying back and enjoying the ride.HA HA HA To be honest it will be a great ride full of excitment but as above make sure you know the ride you are getting onto.This is still a diet in a way ,the one you can't have a day off from.You will get results and they are achievable but there is a price and everyone pays a different price.Mine is I haven't been able to eat red meat for over 12 months which is fine 99% of the time but I have to say Iam over fish and chicken.Iam from an Indian family and am no longer able to consume rice which is a real pain as this is usually the basis of every meal.Saying that I love being slimmer,I love looking 10 years younger,I love having loads of energy.I love feeling what I think most people feel like....never worrying about how I look anymore.Being banded is great but do fing out as much as you can with preference speeking to someone first hand.Best of luck with your choices.

I a had a lap band surgery over my gastric bypass surgery originally 14 yrs ago . My problem now is I feel the difference with the band now. Still swollen finally had bowel movements today I am walking in my house and light house work . My husband took off to help with the kids 2,4 yrs old (that would have been too much for me having to lift them . Thank god for his help. I was 310 lbs started my prep diet lost 10 lbs surgery date I was 300 lbs . Came home 24 hrs later I weighted that evening I was up 8 lbs flipped out. Now I have not had anything solid in 2 weeks did not drink for 2 days in hospital big a lot of Fluids they ivs. Came home having about 500-600 a day for 2 days . I weighed my self now 304 lbs . What I am doing wrong I thought I would be 295 lbs by now . Called office they said its selling and I've fluids I got on hospital. To be patient and don't weigh my self yet . Any encouragement of advice. My current diet is a protein shake a zero fat Greek yogurt a clear broth and a few strawberries in my shake for a little fiber It's all I can tolerate. And trying to drink water as much as I can My surgery was August 25 3 days ago

I am 10 weeks put or so. I haven't had the left shoulder pain in quite some time. Yesterday I made a mistake at work and I was really upset about it and stressed out. All the sudden my left shoulder started bothering me. It felt like the same kind of pain/irritation that I had post op from the gas. After I stopped worrying the pain went away. I was just curious if anyone else had the shoulder pain cone back from stress?

At that stage I was not hungry at all. You need to occupy your mind in different activities and very importantly, exercising. I did mine in 5/19/14 and so far I have lost 100 lbs.

What is your Protein target? If your protein target is 80 grams and you are getting 70 grams on some days, then you have room for at least one 10 gram protein snack (or two 5 gram protein snacks) on those days. Do you plan out protein-focused meals and Snacks throughout the day?

hi I am almost 4 months out and having my 2nd fill on the 21. Boy do i need it. I have good days and bad just like you. I have not yet ventured out and tried bread. But i have tried out toast, tortillas. I have had only to episodes where the food (rice) went down fine till i had the 4th bite and BAAMM!! what a nasty feeling. Thankfully the 2 times where in my house. The weight is coming off slowly...and i have to remind myself that "if it took me 10 yesr to gain 100 lbs, i cant expect my body to loose it 1 year" To be honest i am not sticking to the dieat 100% bad habbits die hard. But im hoping that with each fill i will be getting closet to that "sweet spot". Good luck in your journey!! this website is great!

Ok. today @ 2:45 was my post op appointment and 1st fill. I walked in, & they weighed me. I was kind of dreading this because 1. It's that 'special' time of the month 2. I've been hungry 3. this weekend, though I still didn't eat volume wise what I normally do, ate things I shouldn't have, like bread and brownies 4. last but not least, I weigh about 4 lbs heavier in the afternoon than I do in the a.m. water retention I guess. Much to my delight I have maintained myself at 318.. I was 331.5 on the day of surgery, which means I weighed even more than that before surgery and lost some before because of the hellacious pre-op 'all food is evil so you must drink your meals' diet. So I lost around 20 lbs and have kept it off without gaining any before my fill. From what I've been reading on the forums, some people gain before their 1st fill so HOOfreakinRAH for me!:clap2: They had a "basket 'o Needles sitting on the desk.. boy that cheered me up and fast.:faint: Todd was like... well look honey.. they aren't THAT big... Dr. Morton thought my incisions sites looked great and where healing V well. They also thought my matching tie dyed undies/sports bra and socks were a hoot, I informed them that of course, I wore them for this ever so special of occasions. At this point, they had me laying down on the table in my colorful skivies and it occurred to me that this bragging on my homemade undies was a clever ploy for them to distract me from the bee sting of a numbing shot they administered to the incision on my sternum. I think Todd's fingers may still be tingling...:rolleyes but I have to admit.. it was like a baby bee sting and not one of those big A$$ scary bees.... So.. after this he sticks in the saline needle and all I feel is pressure, I was like.. wow, that's kind of weird, he then informed me that he was going to help me SIT UP with said needle protruding from my sternum. uh....:guess He gave me his hand and helped me sit up.. I didn't pass out or anything! In fact at this point, I didn't feel a thing but I guess my eyes were still bugged out like a fly in a frog pit cause he commented on my expression.. It was kind of weird to look down and see a needle sticking out of me but, it didn't hurt:) They then gave me a cup holding 9 ounces of water and asked me to sip on it. Apparently the band I have holds 4 thingies of saline (cc's maybe?) and while I sat there drank water and burped profusely he put in 2.2 thingies of fluid. He seemed pretty happy with how it was sounding and he pulled out the needle and slapped on a bandaid. I was like... 'THAT's IT?" As I predicted, I felt silly for being to worked up over this. It all took about 10 minutes from weigh in/strip down to fill up. I was grinning like a cat in the fish market on the way up front because my stomach had been growling like crazy when I got there and all the sudden.. I was FULL. HOLY CRAP>>>> I went from ravenous beast to pleasantly just ate full.... on 9 ounces of water. NICE. I scheduled my next appointment for 3 weeks from now to weigh in and see if I need more fluid in my band. I am on liquids until wednesday afternoon then I can switch to soft stuff like cottage cheese/apple sauce then gradually at my own pace, work up to real food again. I am ever so slightly sore now where my port is and he said I might bruise a little. I got a protein drink and some veggie juice for supper and right now I'm full as a tick.

I need a space to be real and accountable so here goes. Started 6month SD on 6/10/17 and really struggled for the first 10 days. The struggle was due to these factors: 1. failure to plan 2. wanting to eat crap more than wanting to lose this weight and get healthy 3. too many "last meals". So I had a come to Jesus moment and watched many more videos of others who have gone before me. I researched and planned a true low carb high protein meal plan and I went shopping to get food that is compliant and I made a video blog for my own personal use to hash it all out with myself. One thing that quitting smoking many years ago taught me is that this game is not in my stomach, it is in my head. Not to discount the very real fact that my stomach and other factors are heavies in this battle, but the real bad guy here is this voice in hy head that really thinks one more McDouble is a necessary thing because I may never eat one again. REALLY, that crap is so nasty but yet here I am like a ball and chain. So Ten days ago , I got on track. The last ten days have not been without hic-cups, for example, I now realize that carbs are not the enemy, but children's birthday parties and specifically PIZZA are the enemies. I went in with a plan and still ate pizza.. ugh. I have to realize that little things like this will still happen and while they are not to be blown off, I am not going to beat myself up over it. I WILL however look at all those caalories and assess, was bowling alley pizza really WORTH it. No. So I started 10 days ago at 268 and this morning I weighed in at 259.6. A baby loss and like any baby I need to takecare of it and help it grow, hence this thread. Thanks for reading.