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Yesterday Oct. 7th, I got my first fill. It was painless. I only lost 1 pound since the last visit 2-3 weeks ago,  so now Im down to 211. I was hoping  to be under the 200 pound mark by now,  but now I see I am going to have to work extra hard to get there.  I started school and the job has gotten hectic, so I havent had a chance to work out at all.  I know that school is important and I need to hold onto my job but i have to find an even ground that will allow me to work out as well. My eating habits have changed somewhat for the most part Im on liquids most of the day, and eat only once a day,, i guess its good that my weight has stabalized and i  havent gained any pounds,  guess i will see more progress once i work out. I know I need to stop beating myself over the head and realize that I didnt get this way over night so Im not going to have overnight results.

I know I havent posted in awhile, but Im doing fine, I guess.  I went to my endocrinologist last week and she was impressed with the progress I've made so far,, she was so impressed that she wanted to send the wls surgeon a letter and refer more patients.  Im happy but wonder why I cant drop more weight, I have to realized that my band has not been filled yet, I've only lost 17 pounds since August the 1st, when i started my liquid diet and August 11 when i had my wls. The doctors told me to just be patient and focus on working out harder.  I work out atleast 30 minutes a day, in which Im going to have to increase that to an hour a day.  The doctor also informed me that my body type and metabolism is not one i could just sit back and watch the weight come off I have to really work hard at exercising and doing the right thing. To be honest i do the right thing the majority of the time, but i do have days that i slip. Most days im on protien shakes twice a day and a meal of my choice once a day. I wanted to be under the 200 mark by my birthday, it doesnt look like thats going to happen, but im going to work have and stay focused to achieve that goal by Oct 25.  I will keep you all posted.

Hi everyone,

Im 3 weeks post op and struggling, trying to do right and learn how to make this band work for me.  I havent lost any weight since i last posted, i may have picked up a pound or two, i dont understand what im doing wrong, im eating the right things and im working out at least 30 minutes a day the only place I maybe lacking is with the water consumption, and making sure i eat several times a day.  I often lose track of time and end up eating once a day or drinking one of two protein shakes when i know i need to have more protein in my diet and not drinking enough water.  I find that im not using the restroom regularly either, ,maybe what i eat is just sitting in my body and my body is holding on to it wondering when it will be fed again, or maybe i dont drink enough water to flush things out of my system,,, who knows,,,  If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know,, I have to do better,, I will keep you all posted.  Please pray for me.....

Hello OH Family
Tomorrow will make a week since I had the lapband surgery, before the pre-op diet, i weighed in at 230, today I got on the scale and I now weigh 215. I know I am suppose to be taking it easy for the most part, but i was pretty bored staying in the house. I took a drive friday night, and have been out driving and walking around stores ever since. I still fell a little sore on the left side of my stomach, but other than that I am fine. I want to go and work out tomorrow, so that i can stay on the losing side of this battle, but i dont want to over do myself. I started mushy food today, which is 1 day early, I ate some scrambled eggs w cheese, everything went  down without a problem and my band has not rejected anything as of yet,however I do get this strange feeling like I need to belch, it fells like the belch is happening inside  of me, then the feeling goes away, Im not sure what that is about but i will be asking the doctor.  It kinda feels like heart burn but Im sure its not because I have eaten much of anything and its been happening since the surgery.

I am happy to say that I am now banded, thanks to all that prayed for me, and supported me. My surgery took place on Monday, August the 11th at GWU Hospital. Everything worked as planned, Dr. Brody was excellent, all of the nurses, and other support staff were very helpful, which made my stay at GW pleasurable.  My only complaint is that I wish I could have stayed in the hospital another day or two because once I got home reality set in and now Im forced to try and handle everything on my own, last night was my first night at home and I couldnt sleep, It hurt to lay in my bed, or on the sofa.  I ended up sleeping im a chair all night with the ottoman under my feet, and thats how I will probably end up sleeping tonight.

Im so excited because tomorrow is the day that I get banded, my appt is at 7:30 am.  Please keep me in your prayers and I will keep you all posted. 

i've completed the first week of the pre-op diet, 2 more weeks to go, i would be lying to you if i say i didnt cheat, but i follow the diet to a t-  but decided to have one meal on Friday, which was fish, greens and potato salad.  I know i could have left the potato salad out but oh well,, Saturday, I went back to my normal opti-fast routine. Optifast  is not that bad but i  rather drink mine like hot chocolate, Im surprise i managed to stay on the diet this long,, its not that bad once you get past day 3, and learning to ignore smells and the images of foods that you are going to see that you cant have.

I started my pre-op diet today, not as bad as I thought it would be  the protein drink was ok, i should have froze it so it would be more like a shake, the soup was little  better than the shake. I think I cam make it through this day because Im not hungry or craving anything, I have to make myself eat the soup or drink the shake. I have also been getting my water in, and will hit the gm for about 30min and will increase that time gradually.  My only concern is that my nurtionist/doctor wants the patients to be on a 1200 calorie diet and being as though im doing just the shakes and soup , im only gettin 800 calories. i didnt buy the protein bars but had i bought them them i would be up to my 1200.  Do anybody have any suggestions or comments about this im going tohave to ask my nutritionist about this because im not hungry but i dont want to get sick either.

It is now Sunday night July 20th and tomorrow is the day that I start the optifast.  I have to be on this optifast liquid diet for 3 weeks.  Im going have to be strong because I never been without food, but if I want this all to workout for me , i have to do whats best and stick to the diet.  I have eaten everything I could possible crave for this past weekend,  it wouldnt surprise me if i gained several pounds.  Y'all wish me luck, a girl is going to need it.  i will keep you all posted. I;ve  spent money for various things ie the  450 for a psychiatrist,  350 for the nutrition program and over 300 dollars for this optifast products and i dont want to blow my money as well as my weight loss efforts, so im going to do whats right.
To my fellow bandster and friend Meemz, this is what we've been waiting for,the process has really just started for us and we are going to do  the damn thang!!!!!!!!