Hi newbie here

[loribrak 0]

I had my surgery on March 16 2010. I weighed 280 and am now down to 228. I had the 9cc realize band and am on my 4th fill to 5.5 cc's. I have good restriction, and seems like it has been good since the first fill. At the end of each month I feel like I can used a fill. Total lost is 51. My goal is 130 as I am 5' 7". If I start to look too skinny before I get to my goal, I will stop there. The scariest thing I have had happen so far is after my last fill. I had eaten a little bit of hamburger that was cooked small and soft. I started to vomit in my sleep and didn't realize till my bf woke me up. My short term goals are to lose 4 to five pounds over the next 2 weeks and another 4 to five over the next 2 for a total of 8 to 10 by the 1st of October. I have a goal of another 35 lbs to be gone by Christmas. Looking forward to meeting many new people in my situation.

Lori

[Cocoabean 430]

Hi Lori!

Welcome to LBT, great place to be for support.

You are doing awesome! Keep up the good work.

Loose cooked hamburger was behind one of my worst stuck episodes. I spoke with my surgeon the next day, and he said that even thought we break it up to small pieces, hamburger is very hard on banded folk. It has a lot of gristle in it and is hard to chew, so we tend to swallow pieces that are bigger than we realize.

When I then did a web search on it, I found hamburger right up there on the list of things most likely to get stuck.

I rarely eat it any longer, and when I do it is with much caution, tiny bites, and lots of chewing. I find I do better with ground turkey if we are having something like Chili. If we are doing burgers, I'll get a veggie burger, then I just have to contend with the bun, which I normally use as a handle and tear away as I eat. Kind of wasteful, but at least I get the burger experience! :smile: