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Sophie you are the day after me so good for you to eat something other then protein shakes. I have to drink 60-74 grams of protein a day. So I have three, 11oz, myloplex 20gram shakes. Tell you what, I am sick and tired of them. DONE! Looking for other recipes and I bought a bunch of Bariwise and WonderSlim drinks. I haven't tried them all. One I got was hot cocoa and that was okay. The strawberry was delish. I can start mushy foods in a few days, around the 7th day I guess. Sometimes 14 days, just depends on healing. I keep thinking I am hungry but it is probably just because of gas. LOL

I found a site but I am hesitant to use it as it doesn't give sugar and calorie break down. 101 Protein Shake Recipes | Fat Loss School

My post op diet liquid diet is only one to two weeks. I don't technically have that much longer if on day 7 I want to try to add some mushy. I just need to get through three more days and I am having a very hard time. I got the family a rotissarie chicken and ended up taking a tiny sliver, I mean tiny, chewed it to nothing and swallowed it down with water. Just for the taste of something other then chocolate, strawberry or berry. I never thought I would ever be sick of those flavors. LOL Once this is done I am sure I will not eat chocolate for a few months. Which is good because you are not supposed to. LOL

It depends on your insurances opinion. I have PCOS, Hypothyroidism and that is it. I qualified. Your best bet would be to call the insurance company and ask. Wish you luck

Dear Blog, (and anyone that reads) Today I woke up and took my levothyroxine with 6oz of water per the usual. I waited my hour and took my protein shake. I nearly threw up. I just am starting to have a hard time with the shakes and think it is more psychosamatic then anything wrong with the shakes. So blog, if you could please have a talk with my mind and body, explain the rules, I would be appreciative because they are not listening to me. Dear Mind and Body, It has become evident that there have been some big changes. Stomach lets start with you. You have officially been married to the entire body. You see that ring around you? That is to remind you how important you are. How important it is for you to feel full, stay full and digest food so that the rest of the body and mind can stay healthy. We apologize as the ring will get tighter until you get to a point that you understand this job completely, once reached we will stop squeezing, promise. Enjoy the liquids and not having to work too hard on digesting, you almost get a little mini vacation. Imagine the warm liquids like the warm sun on you, with the waves rushing by. Relax stomach, things will be better. On to you mind. Poor stomach is trying to accept the new roll that was placed on them and you have to go make it difficult. The protein shakes and meals that stomach needs to help body are neccessary and will help stomach be more helpful to you and body. If you do not allow stomach to take in and digest these elements you will become nothing but a pile of mush and body won't have the energy to even pick up that book and read. Celeste won't be able to let you complete your school work, so stop and enjoy the protein, imagine it's a piece of filet mignion. Thanks. Oh and Body, a few more weeks and you will start feeling and seeing the difference. Put faith in stomach and tell the mind to shut up and all should be good. Now I know you have always had a pretty light gag reflex but you need to get that under control for just a few more weeks. You are doing great. Oh and Body, yes it was normal to get so tired after grocery shopping in a wholesale club, those places are huge. So rest easy you are doing well. Much love, The Blog that has to listen to all the complaints about you guys not listening! Dear Blog, Thank you for the letter, I can not be sure that the notes will help this system to work together, but I can hope. Love, C :cursing:

Okay guys, so I am drinking myoplex lite in the morning, 20grams of protein, it was fine in the beginning but now I am getting naseous just thinking about it. Doing Broth, and some other protein drinks I got out of a catalog. Is there any whey protein I can buy and drinks I can make that might make me even happier? Does anyone have any ideas? Help me before I drink chocolate milk as a protein source. LOL

Tues 7:30am, Wed 7:30am 1st 24 hours Wed 7:30am, Thurs 7:30am 2nd 24 hours Thurs 7:30am, Fri 7:30am 3rd 24 hours Fri 7:30am, Sat 7:30am 4th 24 hours Why am I posting this? To keep myself in line. It feels like forever and I am only 4 days out post op. Of course I am still going to have pain and discomfort. Of course I probably haven't lost weight yet as the swelling isn't completely down. My sister-in-law sent me a get well card in instead of saying, get well she said "get skinny." It made me chuckle. Yesterday I was laughing as my daughter was going to sleep she said, "Daddy got a stinky butt, mommy got boo boo belly, dogs no shu up! Baby needs to lay down go ni ni. Lay down baby lay down." I was in a barrel laugh and let me tell you that hurt. I took no pain meds yesterday at all and don't plan on taking any today. I should be good. I am in a lot of burning pain but I think that is muscle healing. Trying to follow directions to the best of my ability. Planning Thanksgiving dinner is giving me something to look forward to. I am making dinner with my mother and I am excited. It is our old family dinner. Only thing I am going to miss is Pop Overs because I am going to only be on a mush diet. I am going to bring my little blender for the Turkey. I will take one little bite of the stuffing. I will freeze a portion of the meal for later. I am feeling really good right now. Feeling aggrevated that I can't eat yet. I know it is for healing purposes though. One day at a time. One day at a time. Celeste

Oh hon I haven't lost any weight in the first week. It is not always to be expected. There are a couple of things that could be happening. If you did not exercise before you can be putting on muscle, which always weighs more than fat so that may be 2lbs in muscle gain and 1lb in fat loss. Also, if you didn't move your bowels before you stepped on the scale you could have gained. There is also always the off chance that the scale was moved from one place to another in the house, can alter your readings. Your band is not filled yet therefore you do not have a true restriction yet. Don't get discouraged, be patient and before you know it the weight is going to fly off. First week in, well 5 days and I have not lost any weight at all, but I know I am still healing and sore. One day at a time. Relax, you will get there. LOTS OF HUGS (gentle cause my belly is still sore) to you.

Okay I am now 3 days post op, banded in the am on the 2nd so it has been 4 days all together. I have not had pain meds for nearly 18 hours now. I am feeling so fatiqued and still very gassy. No matter how much I walk, but I remember the last time I had a surgery like this it took me a 5 or six days to feel better. My scale says I put on weight which I am imagining is still bloating and Water weight. I have not caught up yet with everything. I am following the liquid diet and calories, Protein, etc. I have been eating between 60-75 grams of protein a day and my Fluid intake is around 70oz. So what is it? Why is it I am so tired and despite being gassy I am hungry. I keep drinking but then it makes me more gassy. I think it is that when I feel gassy I used to put carbs to ease the gas so I am thinking I am hungry and maybe I am not really truly hungry. Does that make sense? I am doing well and my hubby is proud of me. I took my daughter out to Friendlies to eat and didn't even steal a bite of her ice cream! LOL They wouldn't just give me broth from the chicken Soup so decided to avoid the temptation. Any advice? Is this fatique normal? I wonder when I can start adding mushy foods? I know I have to heal so waiting on that process. For now me and my blankies are going to go night night. Looking forward to advice, answers, opinions. Ouuu and today I got out of the house, it stopped raining for a while and that was a trick and a half. I was tired after walking but a good tired. I got a pair of new sneakers for the gym.

Awesome and congratulations!

I worked for CIGNA, I am not going to bash them or anything. However, as a person who had to quote benefits, sometimes things are not just cut and dry in the benefits screen. So as long as your HR confirmed that it was written into the benefits as a covered item, then you shall be fine. We had that problem, poor lady had cancer and we were denying her claims and when I talked to the HR department they said they were supposed to be covered. It took me 3 months and a lot of fighting with higher ups but I got her claims covered and the HR decided to stay with CIGNA because they were going to change insurance companies because of the problem. Keep your head up and your procedure will be here before you know it!

Good luck with the Psych Consult. The idea of the consult is to make sure you are fully aware of the procedure, the risks, that you have studied your options. They also want to make sure that if there is a history of depression you recognize it and have control. That you are self aware as to how you have gained the weight, if you are Obsessive Compulsive about eating. If you do have an eating disorder they just suggest working with a therapist as you move forward towards banding so you can gain control of the disorder, otherwise banding won't help. I hope this helps and you will do great. Just be honest, they are trained to tell when you are lying.

Especially the liquid portion of the diet. It is important to share what it is I am taking in, if I can stomach it and so that others might find comfort in foods that are good or bad. That they can try as alternative proteins. First is Myoplex Lite, 20g of protein in 11oz of fluid, drinking 3 of theses is half of my fluid intake. It is okay but gets monotonous. It isn't gritty or too thick so goes down well. I try to drink this three times a day but that might not happen today. Need to switch it out. Wonder Slim (Bariatricchoice.com) Strawberry shake, can also be made into pudding, I believe it is 15 grams of protein, so that is good. It takes like Nestle strawberry mix. A tiny bit gritty so maybe next time I need colder water and to let it sit a bit. Bariwise HotCocoa with Marshmallows (Bariatricchoice.com) This doesn't taste exactly like hot cocoa, but it fills the sweet void and covers for something different to drink. I believe it is 10-15 grams of protein. Well with in the sugar and calorie allowance for drinks. YAH I have more drinks to taste, I have also been cooking up chicken bullion or similar items, soup broth and eating that. 5 grams of protein and just a different flavor. Nice and easy to go down. Right now I am craving salty things so trying to behave and not cheat. Last night I did suck on a piece of cheese from the Pizza my son got. I spit out the cheese and did not even put the crust in my mouth. Just for the flavor. I was satisfied with that. I know the liquid diet is to heal the stomach but I know I can get some mushy foods in there. LOL

It's only been three days and I already want foods. I was told I had to wait at least seven days. Surgery was on Tuesday, so making Friday only really 3 full days. I understand the liquid diet is for healing, but man I just want a piece of chicken. Actually of all the things I am craving, it's chicken and spinach. Go figure....

How are you feeling today? Hope you are better!

Thanks, I have had way above the required fluids so I know its not that. Horrible weather here, lots of rain and blech. My sinuses are stuffy too so I am sure it is just a weather/sinus thing.

I only had pain meds three times yesterday. Once when I woke up at like 3 am and slept on the wrong side. Once in the afternoon and just before bed. I feel pretty good today and am not taking any pain meds. I am going to try to get up, shower and go get myself some new sneakers for the gym, and maybe get my hubby to buy me some new work out clothes. he he Other then that, I am a little sore today, nothing more then when my trainer one time pushed me to the point of nearly tears. I had to take advil for three days just to go to work. LOL So it isn't any worse than that. I am feeling, overall, really good. Just hungry. I am getting my protein in and sharing the wealth by making my hubby try everything I am drinking. My doctor said if I want to start mushy foods seven days out that I could start that, I will of course call him first. Looking forward to the last of the gas to be gone soon. Don't think I have lost any weight yet, but I am not in a rush. I just want to get through the post op gas crap and then move forward to the eating better foods and exercising part!

I did not know here because I just joined but that is very sad. Prayers and healing sent to her family and friends.

I was told that what happens is when your body is stressed it can loose hair also. So besides the surgery which was a huge stress on your body, has there been any other stresses in your life? If not I am at loss.

Hello banding day buddy, how are you feeling? I am still gassy this friday but other then that, feeling pretty good. Not sure I will even need pain meds today.

Did they check your cortisol levels? If you are under a lot of stress your cortisol levels can drop and cause fatique. I had that happen just before surgery because my mom was in the ICU. So keep that in mind. Might be another test to do if they didn't already. I too have Hypothyroidism so know that is going to be an on going battle.

Can I take like childrens tylenol for my headache, I have now had it for the second day. It isn't severe but I do get migraines and I am not wanting this to escelate. Does anyone know if it is okay to take liquid childrens tylenol? I am not taking pain meds, last dose was last night at 11:30pm and it is every four hours but don't feel I need it.

I know my doctor will not do the surgery if he goes in and the liver has not shrunk a significant amount. If there is a danger to your life because your liver is too large, they will not operate. That being said, I was on a meat and veggie pre op diet. I had two or three chips and a few bites of bread. I did not eat an entire roll or anything. I was cautious and did things for tastes. One night I forgot and was out with the kids and ordered soda. I started drinking it and munching on fries with them and was like, "oops," I tossed the soda and made a mental note not to do that again. Remember the pre op diet is for your safety just as much as to kick start the weight loss.

Sorry I can't read everyones post, this one has flown away from me a bit. I am Celeste, I was banded November 2nd and wish you all the best of luck. You can read my blog to see how I have dealing.

Hello there. I am day three out. I have not had a ton of pain, in fact I got out of surgery at 10:30, woke up at 11:30 am and didn't take meds until 8:30pm that evening. After that it was every 6 hours or so. It was sore in the way that one would get if you have a really bad cough for a week, that soreness in the muscles, or you do a ton of stomach crunches and you are achey to move. The pain is really not terrible. Check out my blog and read the status a little. I don't want to eat right now, so don't think that will be a huge problem. My doctor said if in a week I am really hungry we can start introducing mushy foods. I started this proces at 234 and then got down to 217.5 by surgery date. After 2 days post op I am at 217.5. So we shall see how it goes from there. Be patient, take the proper time to heal. Pre-op diet, not sure what you have to do for it. Mine was protein and veggies so that was pretty easy. I ate lots of veggies and salads to keep me full. It is important to change your relationship with food or this won't work. If you don't eat right you will just gain weight back. Don't worry about that now, just get through pre op and start working on dietary changes now. Good luck!