Fill

[andreerichards1 4]

Wow how did you lose 60lb since july?

I am so sorry your first experience is not going well. Flipping ports does happen but if must be a real bummer.

I am keeping my fingers crossed for you that your GP gets some good advise and is successful the next try.

My fill #1 was restricted for the first few days and then I could eat anything agian.

But my second fill was very tight, just starting to loosen off a bit now, 1 week later! The good news is that I'be only been able to eat about 800 cals per day each day this week and I am consistantly dropping weight. I am so happy.

You will be happy too... just try and hang in - we're all rooting for you!

[peaches9 3]

Wow how did you lose 60lb since july?

I lost the 1sr 40 on my own (exercise & diet & hypno. & Drugs) Once banded in July I've lost an additional 20.4 lbs....

= 60.4 gone forever!!!! 50 to go to goal.

Sweetforlife:

I am eating Breakfast lunch dinner + Snacks

I overdid it today and had 1500 cals. I track it each day on SPARKPEOPLE.com As it also tells me how much PROTIEN and Calcium & Fibre I'm having too.

Tomorrw I am going to shoot for 1000

Night night!

[andreerichards1 4]

Dr. C talk to my Dr and everything is good with my band, no problem but i don't think i will be getting a fill for a little while. since i have lost 18.4lb since august first on my surgery date.

[sweetforlife 0]

Peaches, How are you able to track your calories?

[Doddie63 6]

Hi: In case Peaches doesn't answer, you can go to two reliable websites. The one most use is Fitday. It has a areally great free program whereby you can track calories, your weight, your nutrition, and it has a journal that you can keep. The other is Sparkpeople. Both are great. Doddie

[peaches9 3]

Peaches, How are you able to track your calories?

go to WWW.SparkPeople.com

it is a FREE service... you can track your calories by clicking on ADD food

it has Tim Horton's foods in there preprogrammed

Wendy's....

McDonalds.....

as there are many Healthly choices, sometime you still need to pop into a fast food joint...they are all listed

Then the cal, Protein values, Fibre value, Calcium can all be tracked FOR YOU!

Then it goes on to provide an Excersise Program, where it will calc. how many cal. you've burned... (I love this part)

Recipes: the best part I feel... you can search for 1000's recipes of theirs complete with all the nutritional info. OR

you can type in your OWN family favourites and see how many cal. per serv. they are.. you can tweek old fav. by substituting SPLENDA, low fat Margerine, use APPLESAUCE instead of OIL in a baking recipe...etc.. add GROUND FLAX MEAL to add nutrition and fibre..

I don't know about you but with smaller B.M.'s I REALLY need to up my FIBRE just so that I can "Go"....

Have fun its a great resource, and to think I used to PAY weight watchers $25 per month for the same thing minus the excersise plan.

:faint:

[Sheila Davies 0]

I was wondering if anyone can actually feel their port. I can. It is about two inches above my belly button. It is so weird. I spoke to the clinic and was told that I am the second person who has said this. I am going for my first fill on Tuesday Oct. 2 and I was also wondering can you feel it and does it hurt or does it hurt if there is only a problem. Thanks

[Doddie63 6]

As the port is just under the skin, yes everyone can feel it. Not all the time, for instance when sitting. Unless you are a 'skinny' when it comes to needles, a fill needle feels like a small prick and over in seconds. My port is on its side so it take sometimes a few pricks but really the pain is nothing to worry about. Think about your flue shot, similar. Doddie