Ric

I agree Cottage cheese is a fav I like to mix the Cottage cheese with some green olives, eggs are really good also. Sometimes I like a Refried beans and crackers or tortilla chips but I thin the Beans out with lowfat or nonfat sourcream or Greek Yogurt. I make a 15 bean soup with veggies sometimes and even Posole with Pork, the pork is so cooked down that it is easy to chew and swallow. In the Posole there will be fat so I put the pot in the fridge after cooking it and the next day i take the fat off that hardend on the top. For a snack I love Pistachio nuts in the shell. I personally Love fish, pretty much any fish as well as shellfish I do stray away from canned fish like sardines because they are mostly packed in oil.

Mine used to tape a picture of some poor Cambodian kid or some starving child on the table and tell us these kids would like to eat what you have so clean up the plate!

My Girlfriend and I share a plate it works perfect for both of us. If she wants more I normally give her some of my share as I normally can only eat 4 to 6 ounces of food!

The needle dosn't hurt maybe a little sting, but the Chalk tastes well like chalk LOL I think the neat thing is actually watching the fuild go down after the barium drink!

What is Bad? Out in town my girl is a sweet nice lady but in the sack that bad girl comes out!

I was told not to worry about calories, carbs and stuff like that because my body will know what it need for fuel. But I often find myself not eating but then not losing weight. I find I lose more by eating. I am not on any diet so to say and can eat most anything, breads seem to be the thing I can't eat but yet a thin crust pizza I can do.

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Like a Ribeye steak with all the trimmings!!!!!

I cheated when they gave me Ice HAHAHAHA!! But my mouth was like the Desert!!! I was on IV so my pain meds all I had to do was push a button!! The surgern here makes you stay in Hospital over night so that may be Why.

Outstanding!!!!!! My 1 yr anniversary was 30 June and am down 80lbs! Although I thought it would be ALOT more My Dr. says I am doing great and the pace of weight loss is more than normal!!! Good Luck!!!!

I was 2 weeks liguid diet and then 2 weeks mushiesand my stiches disolved in a few weeks and they where outside, port pain is different for everybody and I did not and do not have any it just sticks out and looks like i have a golf ball in there LOL Good Luck

I was one month post op for my first fill and she put 7cc in a 14cc band for a total of 8 cc

I did not gain but I did not lose for a month or so and after fill i began losing

You have done your research! My decision for band was easy! The Bariatric surgeon in the town I live in does only Lapband and since I have no family here as my children are all grown up and I am divorced I found no other choice to go to Phoenix or San Diego. Good luck with you journey as I am very happy (for the last year) with mine!

Thats what happend to me on Monday! I rarely if ever feel a restriction and when I went in for a fill the barium went down the way it was supposed to my dr saidand that I had lost 17 lb in less than 3 month she said I didnt need a fill!! Regardless I pretty much eat whatever I want except a few things!!

i used to like to make toast and then dip it in Italian dressing! MMM good just can't do that anymore!

I was banded 30 June last year and am right on at an 80lbs lost!

I have been banded for a year now, I do not drinks pop/soda as i was never a big fan, but i have had a few beers and it goes down just fine the carbination is a problem as it gives me terrible gas I can walk around for hours blowing some hellashes busters so for the most part its an occasional treeat for me!

Regular bread is out of the question for me but I went for a no fill yesterday and a fellow bander told me he can do Flat bread just fine! I havn't tried it jet but will do so this weekend.

I will even mix Unjury chicken soup flavored protein to lowfat cottage cheese for the extra protein and it tastes good!

At this time you should be GTG. I will say it does become a problem when you get on regular foods! I my self had a couple very embarrasing times that is rather gross!

I am not losing A whole bunch of weight, it has been 1 yr since surgery on 30 June and have lost around 80 lb. I did not have restriction until my 4th fill which put it at 9.2cc in a 14 cc band and that was 2 months ago and I now have rare restrictions. like the other posts state everybody is different! Good luck

I am Tricare as well (Triwest) and had no problem with approval, was banded 30 June 2011,

I thought it was a majic wand!!! LMAO

sTILL DRINK YOUR PROTIEN DRINKS!!