skinnyagain

Yes...your impatient, like we all are/were...I didn't get restriction until my second fill... Don't make the mistake of thinking this band will do it all for you..You will fail if you have that attitude. the band is ther to help..You still have to do all the work...Those "rules" Dr Ortiz told you about. Those are real, and they work. If you don't follow them you won't lose...

Be good to yourself, follow the rules and get another fill when you can...

Kim

saw Dr Nyte today, removed my drain...yaaaaa, then put a new one back in. Smaller, and in one week it will be out for good.

I am loving the results of the boobie lift and the TT...I love having a waist, flat tummy...I actually look cute again in my clothes.

Yaaa to plastic surgery, and healing becoming to new me...skinnyagain

Kim

You shouldn't rate a good or bad fill by the amount of fill you got. Its only a number....Its what your body can tolerate. You don't want to be to tight...You won't lose, you will pB and not be happy. ---Now upset that the good dr could not get in, that would piss me off a bit!...

A good fill+ following the guidelines= weight loss....

Kim

I am not a breakfast eater at all, one because I just cannot get it down. I have my one cup of coffee and a few hours later I will eat a snack size protein bar...80cals...Then I usually won't eat again until 5ish, normal banded dinner, and a snack later in the evening.

Were all different, and I think the band will let us know what we can and cannot eat at the time we THINK we should be eating.

God luck on finding your happy sppot

Kim

I have been known to stand up during a meal to allow that darn pain to go away..Ya know the one that is knocking at your throat cause you thought you could eat that last bite, and you know you shouldn't but you did and now your paying for it...ya that one.!!!Sometimes a small pretend stroll to the car to pretend to get something out of it, and walking back takes the pain away...

Games we all play with our band!

Kim

Pammie--July 9th is a good day...Its my birthday...So thats a good day to have surgery...

Kim

That is my question too, are you following the guidelines? If your not filled correctly and your not following the food guidelines you won't eat. Go back to the basics...get your band checked with fluoro...Maybe you need an unfill!

Kim

OMG--I never thought about the men wearing those panties. For one, men are not ment to wear panties. At 3 am, can't sleep, this was a good read!

Kim

What kind of problems?

I know my band is finicky...In the AM can't eat much, as the day progresses I can eat better, not a lot, but better. Around my period, my band is super tight. I have to be real careful at this time. Sometimes I cannot eat solids until after my period is over.

So what kind of problems are you having that makes you think your band has slipped?

Kim

H ello ladies..My band will only "let"me eat so much...If I eat to much I barf...For me its not a point of will power, its more I don't want to PB or barf....Plus, I just can't eat in the AM/Noon time. Are you don't experiencing restriction? I can eat anything I want..I know certain things go down better. So I eat more of those foods. Will power is no longer involved. I hope you find your happy spot!

Kim

This is not a new recipe but it is helping me...

One package of jello-

2cups hot water

Dissolve jello

Add 2 cups of ice cubes

When jello is cooled,

add tub of fat free cool whip.

Stir--

Fill into 1/2 containers, cover

Chill!

I am not able to eat much of anything in the AM. So one of these fills me up and I don't PB. Its a little protein, and some calories and some air!

Kim

you cannot eat anything after midnight. Nothing in the AM before surgery. I brought bottle water, some crystal lite, gas x strips. You could bring a protein shake. They really want you on liquids only after surgery.

I hope that helps

Kim

Funny, I was reading some of my posts and I don't remember typing those...I have been updating my PS updates on the Plastic surgery site....

Kim

I think its 10 mcg daily!

Kim

ooohhhhhhhhh, lucky, lucky lady!!!! I saw the good doctor Friday..to discuss this freaking drain. Plan is to take it out Friday, and put in a penrose drain IF I am still draining more than 10cc in 24 hrs...which I probable will be...At least the Penrose drain will be more comforable. My body is trying to heal around this one and I want it out!!! After 4 weeks, 5 when I gets it pulled, I will be ready for it to go!

Happy for you miss Pammie!!!!!!

Kim

By all means go get a fill...

You need to read the threads...These threads will have most everything you will ever want or need to know!

Kim

his web site is

http://www.nytesurgical.com/

Kim

Surgical Procedures-Face:

Full Facelift--4,950

Refresh Lift--4,450

Blepharoplasty--2,550 upper or 2,550 lower lids

(4,650 both upper and lower)

Endoscopic Brow Lift--3,950

Rhinoplasty--4,950

Full Face TCA Peel--2,050 (Sedation) 1,300 (Local)

Chin Implant--2,875

Fat Transfer 3,400 (includes one full area Lipo) 1,950 (Local)

Otoplasty (ear pinning)--3,950

Surgical Procedures-Body:

Saline Breast Augmentation--4,350

Silicone Breast Augmentation--4,950

Saline Deflation--3,150 (-2,400 extended warranty)

Saline Deflation--3,150 (-1,200 standard warranty)

Remove & Replace Saline Implants--4,650

Remove & Replace Silicone Implants--5,250

Saline Breast Augmentation within 1 yr of a Lift--3,950

Remove Implants--3,250

Breast Lift—4,250

Breast Reduction with Liposuction --3,950 (1-2 cup sizes)

Mini-Tummy Tuck--4,350

Tummy Tuck--4,850

Extended Tummy Tuck-6,950 (includes hip tuck with liposuction)

Liposuction--2,500 1st Area + 1,250 per area after

Inner Thigh Tuck--4,250

Brazilian Butt Lift--4,950 (lipo & fat grafting)

Gynecomastia (male breast reduction) 3,950

Brachioplasty (arm tuck)--4,250

Lower Body Lift/Full Belt Lipectomy--8,950

Lunch Time Procedures:

Radiesse--550 per syringe

Restylane--450

Juvederm Ultra 3--450

Lip Filler--400 (permanent with 2-4 treatments)

TCA Peels--450/Area (under eyes, around mouth etc..)

Vi Peels--250/peel

Mole Removal--200 per Mole (3 for 500)

Ear Ring Hole Repair--300 per ear

Botox 150 per Area (12 Units/Area)

**Prices above include anesthesia, implants & post-op checks

from Dr Nyte's web site

What about a little baby fill...One at a time...Say .5cc, wait 2 months, and see if you can slowly find your sweet spot! I think after most of us have this band for a while we finally realize that it is a tool...We still have to do our work. I think most of us in the beginning think that the band is going to be a miracle worker and the weight will vanish with out much help...Well the harsh reality is that we still have to do our part...the sooner we realize that the sooner we are able to work with the band...

Good luck on your recent weight loss...

Kim

I would hope that your weight loss would slow. You cannot keep loosing at that pace and stay healthy. You didn't gain the weight over night, and the slower it comes off, the more you are able to keep it off...forever I hope....

I see that those folks that have more weight to lose, lose faster in the beginning and then it slows...Then the body begins to adjust to the lower caloric intake, and thats where we all need to move our butts! My weight loss has been slow for the most part...I have/had to lose a total of 55-65lbs...So its been almost a year and a half and I am a bit over my halfway mark...

For you I would hope for finding your sweet spot, early on....and have steady weight loss!!!! Good luck!

Kim

Ok, so I am three weeks plus a few days with my surgery. I still have my drain in, I am down to 10cc in 24 hrs, so I am hoping this drain comes out soon. My tummy tuck horizontal scar is healed nicely and I have begun using Mederma on the scar. I had to have a vertical scar because the TT would of been to tight with out it. I have had some seperation where the two scars meet..Dr. Nyte came in on his family/church time on sunday to put in some reinforcement sutures. It will make for a better scar. My boobies are sooo nice. They re not swollen bowling balls any longer. Incisions healing nicely...I had lipo on my flanks, he took out a total of 1800cc with a fat settlement of 1500cc or so...This is where I am still sore. I still take one or two pain pills per day...Down from one every 2-4 hrs... I would post pics but for some reason this site won't let me.

I am very happy with my results. I would do this all again...

Kim

Slowly, the weight is coming off...I think I have found my sweet spot...It took a year to get there...I have lost more weight in these last few months than in my entire first year.

If you think your to tight, your probably right. I think for the first year I thought that tighter was better..NO NO NO... Took out one tiny .5cc and it has made the world of diffference. Its a mind game that we all play with ourselves...If you are to tight and not losing, remove some fluid...and let he weight come off...Dr. Ortiz knows what he is talking about!!

Happy Bander here...

Kim

I agree with Angie...you should be able to control the mucus. I am not able to eat solids until 2 or 3 pm. Plus I am not hungry. If I do eat, it will come up easiliy because of all the mucus.

good luck...tiny unfil I think is needed...

kim

I DITTO Angie---

Great Advice...

Kim

Congrats...that is awesome news....

Kim