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on March 17, 2007 9:09 pm
Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted. What can I say? My intentions were to make a post at least once a week starting with my pre-op phase and beyond. I've kinda messed that up, but will try to do better from this point on.
The most exciting new I have is that I've been banded! I'm hoping all of you on the losers' bench will scoot over to make room for me! My surgery went well. I went in around 11:00 a.m. and was home by 7:00 p.m. The real fun began the day after surgery. All of the excess gas wreaked havoc on my body for about a week, but it seems I've finally kicked it's butt. The only pain I'm having now is a little pain around the port area.
With regards to eating, I've graduated from liquids to mushies. I love the mushies stage, but it's definitely been a time of experimentation. I've pushed it a couple of times with what I've considered to be mushies, but as soon as I figure out it's a problem I stop. I'm trying to be very creative with my meals so I don't get bored.
With regards to exercise, I've taken it pretty easy since surgery (except for returning to work). I plan to start walking this coming week and hope that I see the scales start to move again (they've been stuck since moving to mushies. We'll have to see what happens!
I'm so glad to be here and hope that I can be an inspiration to you as much as the other folks on the Lap Band message board have been to me. So long for now...and happy banding!
Weight Stats (home scale) - 249.0 / 234.5 / 135.0
Be the first to leave a comment.The most exciting new I have is that I've been banded! I'm hoping all of you on the losers' bench will scoot over to make room for me! My surgery went well. I went in around 11:00 a.m. and was home by 7:00 p.m. The real fun began the day after surgery. All of the excess gas wreaked havoc on my body for about a week, but it seems I've finally kicked it's butt. The only pain I'm having now is a little pain around the port area.
With regards to eating, I've graduated from liquids to mushies. I love the mushies stage, but it's definitely been a time of experimentation. I've pushed it a couple of times with what I've considered to be mushies, but as soon as I figure out it's a problem I stop. I'm trying to be very creative with my meals so I don't get bored.
With regards to exercise, I've taken it pretty easy since surgery (except for returning to work). I plan to start walking this coming week and hope that I see the scales start to move again (they've been stuck since moving to mushies. We'll have to see what happens!
I'm so glad to be here and hope that I can be an inspiration to you as much as the other folks on the Lap Band message board have been to me. So long for now...and happy banding!
Weight Stats (home scale) - 249.0 / 234.5 / 135.0
