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I had my surgery on 4/16/09.
Couldn't eat the first week much and barely sipped my protein and Gatorade 

2ND week I drank my Gatorade and protein drinks, jello and Popsicles and started to get hungry

3rd week I was very hungry and per Dr Jay's assistant she said I could go ahead and begin with the soft foods which I did and skipped most of the pureed foods.  I do eat pudding, applesauce, yogurt, but have also eaten tuna/egg salad which was too heavy so I stuck with soft scrambled egg and/or hard boiled with cottage cheese, re fried low fat beans and sometimes guacamole.

now I'm concerned that I might be gaining weight.  my first fill isn't until 5/26.
i know i need to walk and do for about 5/10 minutes at work but not when i get home.
i will have to make that a priority and try to become more active.  i do however, move around the house more and try to do housework but sometimes that is limited as well since my port still hurts and i still can't bend down properly because of my port side, left. 

i am neutral right now and want to go up to great! which at some point during the day/night i do feel that way.

Do you guys find that they are way too SWEET? I've tried everything from Whey protein shakes to the liquid no carb drinks. Everything tastes like it has a pound of sugar in it.

 Hi there - I am new to the site.  I had my surgery on April 20th.  Everything went good, although my potassium was a little low after surgery (which is pretty common).  I go back to work on May 11th.  I just "graduated" to pureed food and am loving it!!!  I agree with the statement about the protein drinks... I don't know what happened, but at this point I will do anything but have one!  I am 26lbs down and feel completely different, but my bottoms aren't feeling any different.  I can see a difference in my face and neck, along with my chest.  I didn't have much discomfort, except for the drainage site.  My sister had surgery in November and has lost 83lbs already!!!  I am so excited for that day to come for me.

Take care all!!
Ang

yep, went back to work on wednesday, it was quite overwhelming. I'm going back to the gym tomorrow. I saw Lisa on thursday, my incision looked a lil bad, luckily it was not infected. As of that day, i was down 9 lbs. Very happy about that. I still get tired really easy, but just taken it slow. I'm also up to puree foods. YES, much quicker than 3 weeks, I know. So glad to hear you are doing well!!!

Cara -

Just checking to see if you found an answer for the feeling you described in your post.  I was banded on 4/28 and I did not have any of the symptoms that you had.  Did you post on the LapBand board?  Everyone there is always very helpful with whatever you have going on!  Please let us know how you are!

Christy