MISS Banster

Post op I did best with Soups...boring I know, but they made me feel full. What do I wish I had known......... that running out and buying pants is not needed, find a tailor. MUCH CHEAPER and I am on my second round of tailoring those aforementioned pants I ran out to buy!

I can only do shrimp if it is cold--warm it is too chewy. I can do any tuna salad as long as there are no eggs or celery to chunky. Chicken salad depends on who makes it--because I am one of the people who has a love/hate relationship with Chicken and Eggs. On occasion, I can get the middle of an omelette down, but I have to chew the egg with the inside filling.

I traveled 2 days post op. I often had soup at dinner and strained it with my spoon if I could not get one without chunks. Once I was on mushy I ate tuna salad all the time (in fact I am now quite sick of it).In flight I drank warm tea and loads of water.

I have on days and off days with Chicken. Also with some vegetables, anything stringy gets me---stringy meats (roast or pulled pork-chicken) stringy veggies-celery and some lettuces if i do not chew really well. I can do popcorn if I chew really well, but no bread it sits like a ton of bricks, it will go down---but NOT WELL I also avoid all carbonated beverages as instructed by my surgeon.

I live in West Chester Ohio. I moved here about 5 years ago and I am still adjusting to life in Ohio. I had my band in August of 2006. I actually had an unfill for a bit because the family stress had my esophagus nice and inflamed. Once the holidays relaxed, I had a small fill back in before Christmass. I quickly learned that I am still a "Fat Girl" in my brain. I had another fill yesterday and I am so happy with my restriction in place again. I was not an obese child. I was not an obese teen. I had some seriously dangerous eating disorders throughout college, though I was quite active in NCAA sports. After my first child, I returned to a small size. After my second child---well-lets just say I have not seen a single digit pant in years. I yo-yo dieted, I atkins and the whole lot. Finally my PCP said my BMI was too low for any Bariatric Surgery but I should try Jenny Craig. Instead I found Cincinnati Weight Loss Center. There I found support and soon I will find single digit pants again.

i call them my chubacha noises i only really get them when my drinks are going through or if i drink too quickly. i have not found a way to hold them in--so it is what it is LOL~