rae.holmes

Anytime I am in the heat for more than two hours, I am unable to eat anything.. I feel so tight that even "chew, chew, chewing" wont stay down!! Is this normal?

Like for the forth I spent 7 hours at hurricane harbor.. that day I had my tea like normal, eggs, then anything I tried to eat that day would come back up!

..that would go away if i stayed very still very a period of time.

my doctor said "it seems like you pissed off some scar tissue" I kinda love him but does anyone know a way to prevent .. pissing off my scar tissue?

my doctor said no peanut butter!! like ever!! hope it passes soon!

I lost 50 pounds in three months, and talked to my surgeon last week he says I should be down 100 pounds by September! so yay!

you need to go to your profile page and delete your own profile.. we can't do that for you!

I did a lot research before I did mine, talked to my surgeon on different occasions. You can't believe everything you read on the internet! The way my surgeon did what he calls the iband is so the stomach wont turn necrotic.. its done in the way if needed to be undone it can be without causing damage to the stomach.

I saw my surgeon today and he was so proud of my weight loss and he was so excited about my iband results!

YAY you! i lost 13 pounds on my pre liquid diet!! you can do it!!

@rae, wow and congrats!!! I get my "Iband" surgery on May 29... Is there a secret to your success? Following orders? What are you eating? Exercise? Being on track to lose 100 in 6 months us amazing! Will that put you at/ near goal? Thanks for posting... The closer I get the more anxious I am!

Hey, yea most was following docs orders! I am big about the Water rule and that seems to make a difference; no Water 10-15 mins before meal and no water 30 mins after. I've been eating frozen tilipia that you bake for like twenty mins and its soo good, and i dont like fish so that is saying something! that and the bumble bee chicken salad packs, chicken salad and 5 crackers is like the perfect for a small meal! also very important to get in your Protein, the one i love is Premier Protein.. I found it at sams its already liquid so its great for on the go and taste pretty good!!

not really exercising like i should, but soon ill be going more.. need to get past this month!! My goal is to be at 199.. at least! so i still have about two hundred to lose.. but still its a good start!

hey guys! I had the band with plication (or as my doc calls it the "iband") on Feb 13th, so far I've lost 55 pounds!! I love it!! My doc said most bands will leave you sore a day or two afterwards, but with the iband I was sore for 6 days! very painful but the liquid hydrocodone helps alot! I dont know how much for I can say how amazing the iband is, so worth it! my doc says if i keep up with my progress I should be at 100 pounds lost by august!

My secret is just following the guidelines that my doc set out for me! I need to work out more.. ugh i just hate working out!!

Okay, so since Feb 13th I've lost 55 pounds (yay me!) and in four months I will be going on a cruise. So of course normally I would buy my swim suit now since they don't sell them in September. But how the heck do I pick a size?! I mean if I keep on track I will be down over 100 pounds.. but honestly I'm losing everywhere but my waist!

Sooo.. what to do? My mother suggested that I buy the suit I want in three different sizes but I worry that I wont be able to return them.

I weight my self, it says 395 and Im like "yay, you've lost 53 pounds!!" then I go back and weight again about two mins later just because I want to see it again. and it says 400... i want to throw it out the window

I want to take time to thank all of you! I took some time away and sorted my priorities! But I am so blessed to have found this forum and come across so many people who can care for someone they don't know! Thank you all again!

oh and btw I've lost 48.5 pounds!!

For the past 23 years I've been an emotional eater, and now that I am a month post op I can't eat my emotions and I am sad ALL THE TIME! I went for my first fill today and lost weight, I should be happy. But I can't stop crying!

I mean I am a 23 year old junior college sophomore, who hasnt had a date since my ex fiance married someone else (a month after we broke up) I have a part time job and I live at home.

I dont have alot to be happy right now, and I just.. I dont know!

I guess I'm just reaching out for some support, lol I could use a hug!

Im two weeks post op, I was doing so good lost 10 pounds and now I find myself soooo hungry. A week ago today I could hardly eat two over easy eggs before i felt crazy full and now nothing. I eat and still hungry. My first fill is in two weeks and Im freaking out!!

only a week, still hard for me to bend certin ways and roll over! but other wise im fine!

I had the iband done February 13th, the pain was pretty bad and I noticed the recovery at home seems longer than most people but so far everything else is the same!!

yours seems more strict than my mushies stage.

Per doctors office:

FRUITS: Any canned sugar free fruit and ripe banana

VEGGIES: Any canned or over cooked and easily mashed veggies. Baked potato just not the skin.

PROTEIN: Soft eggs- pouched, wet scrambled, over easy. Soft cheeses, Canned fish, tuna, chicken-in Water or broth only. Vienna sausages and Protein drinks or shakes.

STARCHES: Over cooked Pasta (no spaghetti or angel hair) stay with larger pastas 1/4 cup max. Cereal-corn flakes, rice or corn chex, rice crispies, cheerios (1/2 cup plus milk)

No oatmeal, bread, carbonated beverages.

while it may be considered a soft cheese, it has no nutritional value, and Pasta should def be a food you stay away from at this point. you should check out unjury.com they have a Protein cheese sauce, and maybe you should have it on a baked potato, mashed up really good. we can't eat a lot, esp in mushy stage, so you really need to think about food as fuel for your body. hard, i know, but i will get easier!

your right, no mac n cheese for me! but my doc office is pushing over cooked Pasta and sauce during the "mushies" stage

My doctor says I can't have hard cheeses for my mushies stage, but i really really really want mac n cheese.

so my question is, processed cheese! Is it considered a "soft" cheese?

I get to start mushies Friday and I am so excited for it! I have my meals already planned out for that day hehehe. MMM scrambled eggs with shredded cheese and garlic powder! Can't wait!

my doctor said i can't have hard cheese's on mushies, like shredded cheese!!

And I'm sorry rae; I hope that comment didn't come off as harsh or flippant. As you are new to this these are important things to think about. But I would think it would take a lot more than eating a couple of eggs to stretch a pouch. Deep breaths.....you are doing good!

lol, no i appreciate your "bluntness"!!

they told me runny eggs was okay.

I am sure that you have not done any damage but I am not sure that fried eggs are mushy. Mushy is stuff that is as the word says - mushy. eggs can be hard to eat and frying them is not a good option. Apart from the unnecessary fat it also forms a skin that can be difficult to digest. You would be better off poaching your eggs and mashing them .

I call them fried.. but my mother says they arnt really fried eggs. They are "over easy" and really really easy very very runny!

I started my mushies today, i was really excited so i fried two eggs. I ate them (chew, chew, chew) and a bit after I was done i have this FULL filling. which yay full after two eggs.. but Im worried i will stretch my "pouch". I did eat to quickly..

DID I JUST SCREW EVERYTHING UP?!?!!

HELP PLEASE