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I mostly watch carbs but Last time I checked it was about 1000-1200 a day.

I hope you are doing well and good luck!

Congrats!!!!! Good luck with the surgery!

I was banded this past october and I have no regrets. You can read my story in my blog if that will help.

yeah, i am keeping the ater bottle by me and just having to remind myslef to keep sipping all day. For breakfast this morning I tried a scrambled egg and um...no, that did not work. I guess I will stick to the shakes for breakfast.

I do mini goals and mini rewards too. I am currently sporting my new purse for 30 lbs! My big goal reward will be body repair. What ever surgeries I need to fix the damage that being fat has done to it.

I just got my second fill and finally understand what everyone is talking about on restriction and having to eat slowly and not being able to eat certain things. I have discovered that I am really tight in the morning and I am wondering what you guys do for breakfast. I was thinking of a shake but I don't know if a liquid breakfast would keep me full for 3-4 hours. Also, I have been drinking my water by gulping it down to get it out of the way......not anymore. How do you manage to get 60+ oz of water in if you are sipping it and not for 30 min before or after eating. Oh and one more.... I do breakfast at 6 am so by 10 am I am starving but lunch is still an hour off. I know that we are not supposed to snack but what do you do in this situation?

I got my second fill this past weekend and I am now at 5.5cc in the 11 cc band. I have a good restriction and am having to focus a lot more on chewing and slowing down. I am hoping this fill helps!

I was also told that it is a third of what you could eat before surgery. There is a great sticky thread under fills from Dolittle about how to get a good fill and it also speaks about what a good fill should be like. I would suggest looking at that.

Same thing here. We felt nothing but safe in TJ. We went sight seeing and had a blast. Just use common sense and have fun.

Have you tried fill centers USA? They have centers all over the country and I love the one I use. The price is good, they are not haters on mexico bandsters and have some centers with flouro. Fill centers

I am at 4 cc in my 11cc realize band. I am going in next weekend for a second fill.

CONGRATS!!!!!! I know you have been working hard for this and I am glad that you had a great experience. It's a new life and a new year for you!

I actually started to gain weight on the liquids. I discovered that the soups had a lot more carbs than the shakes and I can only guess that it did not help. Once I got on solids I lost the extra weight and have been losing about a pound a week since. I have my first fill tomorrow so I am hoping that will help too.

I was banded a week later. I am losing about a pound a week now. I am excited that I am getting my first fill on saturday and I hope that it helps with restriction and not being hungry as often. The biggest thing I have noticed is how little I "listened" to my body before the surgery. I am so paranoid of messing up my shot at being healthy that I actually stop eating when I am satisfied instead of when I am so full it hurts. I have only BP'd one time and I am proud of that and it was just as Dr Miranda said it would happen too...when I was eating and doing something else at the same time. Wow, the pain alone was enough to teach me to keep slowing it down. I am down 35 pounds but 28 of that was before the surgery. I actually gained wait on the creamy phase but as soon as I switched over to the real food I started losing weight again. It was really weird. I thought that I would lose weight while on the liquids but I guess we are all different.

Have you called Dr Ortiz? Maybe the clinic could give you some advice. I hope that everything works out.

I copied this from dolittle's post about how to get the most out of a fill.

14. Learn to recognize your "soft stop" sign. Common ones are chest tightness or "fullness", a sudden runny nose, a single hiccup or burp, an eye twitch, back pain, left should pain. All mean the pouch is full enough and we should stop eating, even spitting out the bite that may be already in our mouths. If you do not, you could progress to the "hard stop" - slimming, pb, barfing.

I am just curious because I am trying to learn how to listen to my body more and my mind less.

Have you discovered your "soft Stop" and if so what is it?

I went to the OCC last month for my band and we did not have any problems. I agree with the previous posters that as long as you are careful and pay attention to what is going on you should be fine. We only went out during the day and took a taxi if it was further than a few blocks from the hotel. We had a great time and the only reason I am getting my fill next month at a center is because I can't afford to fly back out to TJ. Good luck!

We left on a saturday morning and it took 2.5 hours and our driver said that it doesn't make much difference on what day it always takes a long time.

It looks like a good option and that is why I am hoping that any pre op people can look into it now before they get there. I love the idea of the OCC sending out an FYI email to fill people in so that they can change flight plans, thoughts and research before getting there.

So I was banded on friday and feel great so far. It was interesting though because I was the only person out of the 6 bands scheduled for the day to actually get the band. All of the others switched over to a new surgery that the OCC is doing called Plication. It seems like a good thing but I had only researched the band and did not know enough about the other option to feel comfortable with switching. I did notice that the sugery seemed to take a lot more out of the patients than mine did and they had to stay in TJ a day longer than I did and do daily checks with the dr to make sure everything was healing. It seems to be a great new thing but is not approved here in the states yet and is new enough that Dr Ortiz has only done 100+. I was just wanting to let those of you going for the band know about this new option so that you can research now and not be asked to make a decision on the day of your surgery for something you know nothing about.

My bags are all packed and I am set to head out tomorrow morning. I am so excited to meet the staff and to start my new lifestyle. Wish me luck and send great skinny liver thoughts!

I am getting ready for my trip in two weeks and I am wondering what would be fun to do while we are in tiajuana. We are really excited about this trip and have never been so we would love to know what to do while in town. Also, what did the person that came with you do while you were staying in the clinic overnight? My last question is for those that have gone recently, everytime I tell someone I am going to tiajuana they kinda freak out and tell me it is not safe, so my question is how is it really? Thanks everyone, I am really excited and love the information and support that this forum gives.

I noticed the same thing on another board that people go to "mushies" after the creamy soup phase. I had the same question as you and hope that someone answers. I am being banded in two weeks and want to be completly prepared and know that to do before I get to it.