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Hello everyone, my name is Decarla and I recently had lap-band surgery on 12/3/2012. My starting weight was 295, day of surgery was 284 and as of yesterday I weigh 277. So far things are going ok, still some pain mostly at my port incision site, otherwise going good

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Great progress DeCarla, and welcome to the forum. Wild and crazy at times, but I learn something new every day!

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Welcome Decarla. Sounds like you are doing great. Remember now is the time to heal, try not to worry about weight loss, that will come after you heal.

Look forward to hearing your progress. Good luck!

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Welcome !! I hope you find this site to be a great source of motivation, answers to basic question and a fun way to connect with like minded people.

Congrats on taking steps to improve your health and quality of life!

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Welcome Decarla, good luck in your wls, and God Bless.

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Welcome Decarla! You will find most everything you need to know on these forums.. great people! Congrats on crossing over to the other side.. May you have all the success you hope to achieve!

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Thats really great progress Decaria, i would like to suggest you that immediately after post op, you got to be careful on your diet and calorie intake. practice some rejuvenating yogic exercise such as breathing once so that the muscels of incision area strengthen and get healed faster.

Thank you, I have started walking on my treadmill for about 30 mins daily, but will try so breathing exercises. also I have started a food diary to keep up with my calorie intake, still working on getting all the Protein in that I need. thanks for the advice.

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Welcome Decarla! You will find most everything you need to know on these forums.. great people! Congrats on crossing over to the other side.. May you have all the success you hope to achieve!

Thank you

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