punkigurl91

Im not sure either but im also parinoid. Im on day 15 post op and i have had some apple sause and a few REALLY tiny bites of other soft foods just cause its getting really hard. But im not sure. if u find out let me know...

Dr. Miranda will tell u that there is no soda for 6 months after being banded. so get ur self off of it before ur banded. Ive never been much of a pop drinker but i just thought u might wanna know. and the sodium in the pop is gonna make u retain water. If u really wanna loose weight before ur banded i suggest at least 4 bottles of water a day. I was just banded on the 9th and im still on the post op diet. Its down to the last week and this is the hardest. But i can eat on the 31st!! soo excited lol. Hope everything goes well. And if u dont loose the set amount before being banded, dont fret (like i did). I was off by 4 lbs ( of course i gained weight after i talked to Dr. Ortiz and had to loose more than 10lbs before being banded) and i was ok. im now down 20lbs from when my starting weight. Good luck! I love the band and i havnt even been filled yet! lol

with the broth part of the post op diet, ur not drinking much of it. I actually felt pretty full for the first 4-5 days. After being banded u eat broth and popsicles for like 4-5 days and then u can have a drinkable yogert. after 7-11 days you can work in drinkable soups. and believe me when u get to have soups it tastes SOO good lol. so im on the soups stage and the 31st i get to have regular food!! But the broth is high in sodium, but because ur not eating much of it or much of ne thing else it tastes really good and it cant be that bad for u.

HEy my name is lauren and i am also 17. I was just banded on may 9th and im still on the post op diet. I just wanted to tell you that i too have been heavy all my life and i wanted to have a fantastic senior yr. Since im closer to ur age and i just got banded i thought that if you had any questions or u just wanted a support buddy or sumthing im here.

HI!!! its lauren, your lapband neighbor! i didnt get to say good bye to you before we left. I got home yesterday around 1 and the flight was not as fun as i wanted it to be lol. Im staying home from school today because im pretty sore. im actually in a bit of pain. I have alot of gas and i havnt been able to burp yet and man does it hurt. Im also alil concerned because ive had no bowl movements since friday... but im gonna call the clinic today just to make sure everything is ok. we should plan to go back around the same time for our fills. it would be fun to go shopping and actually get to experience tijuana while we are down there. it was nice to see your up date! keep me posted and if you would, i would love your e-mail.

im looking forward too it!!!

i just wanted to say that i fly on the 8th and i am scheduled for the 9th with dr. O as well. I didnt know that they could do so many in a weekend lol.

thank you for the reply. I did e-mail Dr. miranda and she did reply with the diet and a mention of being in the last part of the marathon and that i need to stay focoused. So im just going to do the diet and see where im at. If i stick to it like i believe i will then i shouldnt have a problem. Im just worried. Even if i just make that min of 6 pounds i think its going to be ok. I belive i can do 10 tho. I should be able to. if i e-mail them my weight now and then loose more by the surgry will that affect anything. what i mean is will they say umm u havnt lost it by now then the surgry is canceled or will they wait for the final day before and see where im at? i have just a week to do it. my main concern is will they cancel the surgry and is it a reasonable goal to loose 10lbs in 7 days? also when do the HAVE to have my weight e-mailed in?

im not good with diets either. like i will do great with the actual eating the right foods part but i over eat. thats why i think the lapband will work for me. but ill do great but then i will eat a bowl of dry bran cereal or two or three hand fulls of nutts. im a snacker and i thought i had time, i have time and now time is running out. i just need to loose the 10lbs for the surgry. from there i can do it. i will do it. so what is the lemon diet because my friend told me about it in like a breif second and told me to look it up cause she had to get off the phone. i was thinking that 3 slim fasts for my meals and then things like LOTS of water with some lemon in it would be good and celery to keep me not so hungry. Dr. miranda said 3 slim fasts and greens with no dressing. plus LOTS of water. so have u been banded yet or are you in the same boat im in?

thank you for some reasurment. I think i will e-mail her and then possibly give her a call after i weigh my self tomorrow instead of this afternoon right after eathing and such. i think that if i have only slimfasts for about a week i should be relitively ok. right?

i plan on calling her tomorrow after i weigh myself again. i have her e-mail address on the paper work but that is at my mom's work because she had to fax it. do u have it by chance? that way i dont have to call her.

:lb12: I am supposed to be banned on the 9th and they want me to e-mail my weight. I dont think i am even close. actually i no im not close. im taking a full load of college courses and other things and the weight wasnt my top priority for a while. Then it got closer and i started the diet. Im at 226 and i have to be at 216 is wat they told my mom. I really want this and i dont want them to cancel my surgry. I told my mom that i still had like 10 to 8 pounds. ( i told them my weight right before easter and then easter came and i gained weight) so now im back to the weight i was origanally at and i have a week left. Will they cancel my surgry if i dont loose the weight. I no i can get some more off i just dont know how much. Im freaking out. I tryed calling to ask and the lady that i was supposed to talk to was gone and the guy i got was very hard to understand. i just want to know... and possibly any thing that may help to get the weight off. ive been doing the two slim fast and one smart one but i might just go to strait slim fast for a week... but they want my weight soon. if any one has advise or anything that would be great!

:lb12: I am supposed to be banned on the 9th and they want me to e-mail my weight. I dont think i am even close. actually i no im not close. im taking a full load of college courses and other things and the weight wasnt my top priority for a while. Then it got closer and i started the diet. Im at 226 and i have to be at 216 is wat they told my mom. I really want this and i dont want them to cancel my surgry. I told my mom that i still had like 10 to 8 pounds. ( i told them my weight right before easter and then easter came and i gained weight) so now im back to the weight i was origanally at and i have a week left. Will they cancel my surgry if i dont loose the weight. I no i can get some more off i just dont know how much. Im freaking out. I tryed calling to ask and the lady that i was supposed to talk to was gone and the guy i got was very hard to understand. i just want to know... and possibly any thing that may help to get the weight off. ive been doing the two slim fast and one smart one but i might just go to strait slim fast for a week... but they want my weight soon. if any one has advise or anything that would be great!

Its official! Im getting banded on May 9th! I am soo excited but I am really nervous about the after surgery diet and about loosing 10lb before surgery. When i had a phone conference with the Doc i was at 226lb and then easter came and i gained weight. I was supposed to loose 10 from 226 and since i basicly started at 232 idk if i can make it to 216. I have never been good with diets. But I have been drinking slim fast 2 times a day for about two weeks and eating a dinner and my scale shows that im down to where i started; 226. So NOW i have to loose 10lb. I feel like I havnt done ne thing. Like im discurraged and dont feel like the diet is working... even tho the scale shows it has been. I also wanted to know wat some good snack foods are. Im a big snacker and so i want some kinda HEALTHY snack food. That way i feel like im ok on the diet and not depriving myself of what i want. And what are some snacks that i can have after surgry? I no i cant eat solids for like 3 weeks so i want to find ok things that i can take with me to snack on while im at school, cause drinking a slim fast in a highschool enviroment is alil hard or imbarassing if you no wat i mean. Finally, my boyfriend's senior prom is on May 31st and i get banded on May 9th. Prom is barly 4 weeks from surgry. Did any one have problems with eating for the first time after the surgry cause i know we are goin to go out for dinner and i might play it safe with a soup if we do but prom is like the first day i can ACTUALLY eat food so i want to know if ne one has suggestions on food choices. My mom suggested figuring out the resturant before prom and then looking at their menue so that i know what i can eat. does anyone else have suggestions?

that helps alot , i will mostl likely have more questions before im banded but for now thats really all i have questions on. thank you cassie lauren

Congrats on the 4 yr mark! =D> I am Lauren. I am 17 and my family and I are looking into getting me a lapband soon. So naturally I am excited and I have some concerns and questions. how often do most people need to get a fill? what is getting a fill like? were you ever worried about having a problem with loose skin after loosing weight? and did you have a problem with loose skin due to rapid weight loss? did you ever feel imbarrassed with chosing the labband? I personally feel alittle imbarrassed that I am deciding to get the lapband because it feels like the "easy" way out even though i have battled with my weight the majority of my life and it is the best option for be because of family health problems. Is this a normal feeling? also what is the pre-op diet and how long is it before banding. we are looking at april 18th and that is only 4 weeks away, would that be a problem?