glowormvl

ok so far i am able to keep the pork down. it is very juicy. I am taking tiny bites chewing well and then chewing some more then waiting before the next bite. I am also eating butternut squash everything is going down fine and i dont even need gravy. I am burping alot tho. thanks for the advicce. I guess i do need to just slow down and chew tiny bites. Thanks guys

I have some pork i need to bake up. so i think i am gonna try it, but tiny tiny bites. So i need to wait between bites for the first bite to go through the band? Is that correct? So if that is the case. why is it that we can only eat 1/2 cup of food at a time if we are waiting for each bite to go down before having the next bite. doesnt that mean that the pouch is emptied. i am not argueing i am just a little confused about that. I have no problems eating small portions in fact since surgery my portion sizes have been cut drastically. I eat only about a cup of food at a time. I stop eating because i am not hungry anymore but i am also not full. well full like i used to be pre band. also i dont really get hungry. because of my work i have to eat when i take my breaks so i ussually end up eating about a half a protien bar on my 2 small breaks then a small bit of food on my lunch break. If i dont eat even when i am not hungry i get hungry right after my break and i start shaking and get low blood sugar. i am not diabetic or anything. so I just got my fill and have not figured out what works best for at work.

i got my third fill on tuesday. the rest of tues and all of weds i ate like mashed potatoes gravy, ice cream, protien shakes. they all went down fine. so thursday i tried to eat chicken. it got stuck and came back up. then friday i tried to eat chicken again. no luck. then friday night i tried meatloaf with lotsa ketchup no luck. so yesterday i tried some Pasta. no luck so basically i have been eatin Soup, oatmeal and potatoes and gravy. i am wondering if i am a tad to tight or if i just cant eat those things and i am in my green zone. Well if i cant eat meat how will i get in my protien also if i cant eat meat how am i gonna be able to stick to low carb diet with fruit added. I dont know what to do. should i go in for slight unfill? Am i in my green zone? please help.

When is our next dinner meeting at red robin?

I started the denver area losers group. if ur in the denver area feel free to join.

I created a group for denver area. go join it.

OMG I am so retarded. I was so excited about going and meeting all of you. I got home from work last night and completely forgot about it. I am so bummed. I had the money and the time off which never happens and i forgot. OMG. So when is the next meeting? It would be great if someone or all of you could send me a text message reminding me of the next one. my number is 7204290669. just please explain who u are. Also i am on FB. look for glowormvl or violet lopez. I am so upset i missed it. I hope there is another one soon. I would really like to not miss it. lol

At red robin in the tech center. I believe arapahoe and I25. Be there at 6pm. I will do my best to show up. Hope to meet you all then.

I am in the middle of a rough transfer for work. I start my new store on sunday. I dont know my schedule yet but will try to be there. 6pm right? Is it the one on havana?

I just had a 2 cc fill monday morning. By monday afternoon nothing would go down and stay down. I ended up going to er cuz dr was in surgery all day Tuesday. They took out 3 cc and I feel 100% better now but i am down to only 2.5cc left in my band. Dang it. I am going to just do .25 or.5 fills at a time now. I didnt like not being able to swallow my own spit. Slow and steady from now on. Better safe then have that horrible thing happen again.

Just got my second fill. I think i may be overfilled or i am hoping my tummy is just swollen. I got my fill at 11 this am. I drank a starbucks had minor indegestion. I tried ice cream it didnt sit well. i had a pb episode. tried warm Soup and got a little down but then another episode. tried drinking some juice it went down but gave me indegestion. I just ate a popsickle and it went down but again i got indegestion. I have been burping alot. oh hold on. Welp just lost the popsickle. I dont know whats going on. Is all of this normal? Am i just swollen?

I am so happy you are in the green. I have a fill on monday it will be my second and i really hope it does the trick. I still have not lost a pound it has been 4 weeks now. Congrats 2 you being in the green. Tho i dont have any advice for you. Good luck figuring this one out.

After last small unfill I think I might be in the green zone. Even with more ccs in my band no more vomiting or getting stuck I can eat most anything that is not breaded or any type of bread. Now my problem how fast I get full and NO signs like before that said STOP now. Now if I have one bite too much - hour of pain. What happen to my hiccups that said STOP THIS MINUTE. Will it ever come back. Sometimes it could be ½ cup or less but every food is different but I can't find that stopping point. What happen? I have been the other way for 2+ years . . . .maybe I can now finally get the last 20 off. But the pain of one bite too many is almost more painful (stuffed feeling) than just throwing up. I feel like I had a big burger and some fries and then a fried apple pie (sorry to bring that up). Or old eating of Thanksgiving dinner stuffed and unhappy.

But it almost feels like if I could just throw up a small amount it would stop the stuffed feeling but I am not doing that but I can not seem to eyeball it like before and if I measure some food it is just too much depending on food. Anyone else, advice? Maybe I should do more very small meals instead of 2½ or 3

Working out like crazy to lose this last bit. Please tell me what you know?

Cheri

go to this link it is my blog. the password is brandy. read the blog and the comment. http://glowormvl.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/depressed/

I am so scared to go to work today. I dont wanna get written up or have anything happen. I have been off for 2 days and have been drinking like a fish. I did see my therapist yesterday but she wasnt much help.

a sexy man right about now would be a life saver

I wish i had a man. a sexy one. lol

I may be able to attend dont know yet

100 calorie packs are great but they're soooo expensive! I buy the regular size packages of Cookies...crackers...whatever and figure out how many in a 100 calorie serving and put them is zipper bags. It's much cheaper that way!

good idea. zipper bags are expensive too. but i can get em at the $ store.

Dont beat yourself up. I have gained 8 pounds in just a few weeks i have had only 1 fill. I just want you to know the gaining is horrible. i am in a bad depression right now and it is partly due to the gaining. Come on girl lift your head up. You are doing great. dont grab the Cookies but if you do grab 1 bag of the 100 calorie packs. they are pretty good. Give the rest of the box to DH if he is not trying to lose. or take them to work and give em to your co workers. You dont want those little bags sitting around calling your name i promise you. Again keep your head up you ARE doing GREAT! just get back on the wagon and forget about that donut.

You guys can look me up i am glowormvl or violet lopez. I would love to have somefb friends. with this new fb i cant figure out how to search for friends so please add me just say LBT and your in. haha. hope to see u soon

i was very open about my band as well. I told everyone. Now i wish i hadn't. Everyday at work someone has to ask me how its going and if i lost any weight yet from the last time they asked me like 2 days prior. I hate it. I just want to be left alone. But that may be because i am depressed right now. I have alot going on in my life so i am eating carbs again and not losing weight. I have gained about 8 pounds in a few weeks. I quit excersizing. I just dont know. Maybe when things are better I will be happier about everyone always asking but for right now i hate it.

been doing research online about this smoking causing band erosion and i have found nothing to support this. Anyone find anything?

I am so depressed and basically upset with myself. 3 weeks ago i was on chantix to quit smoking. It says u can smoke for the first week so i did. then on saturday when it was time to put the smokes away i did. By mid day i needed a smoke so bad so i gave in. by the end of the day i had bought another pack. then the next day i bought a 5 pack. I continued taking the chantix for another week and during that week i tried everyday to quit but i needeed a smoke so bad. By the end of the week i had quit taking the chantix because it had not worked. I have gained 8lbs in the past few weeks. I contribute that to my band not being filled enough and my eating to many carbs. This is soooo hard. I paid almost 9k for this damn thing and i cant even get my ass in gear enough to exercise everyday. I have been making bad food choices and then getting upset with myself so then i am depressed. I have begun gambling again. like alot. It makes me feel good while gambling but then i lose and its like wtf was i thinking. Everything is going down hill. I am depressed about money and the band is not working. or should i say i am having a hard time working with the band. I decided it was time for another fill so i made an appt. I called the dr/s office yesterday to see if they had any cancellations for today so i could get the fill now and not in another week and a half. I am so depressed right now. I just want to go lay in bed and cry. I am not upset because i have to quit smoking i am mainly upset because i am going to be gaining weight in the next 4 weeks. That is how long the dr wants me to be smoke free for before he does my fill. I dont know if i should just quit smoking and gain the weight or if i should just cut back and work on quiting then go to the doc in 4 weeks aand lie to him about smoking. I dont think i am ready to quit just yet but i dont wanna gain the weight back and i dont wanna lie to him. I dont know what to do about anything anymore.

I was with dr Kirshenbaum but he retired so i decided to go with Dr. metz just went into see him for the first time and he talked to me about smoking and told me smoking causes erosion and that he wouldnt fill me until i quit smoking. WTF. Dr. K gave me a fill. I dont get it. I really need a fill i am eating way more than i should and i have gained 8lbs since the 15th of october. I am so mad and upset. i am a self pay patient and this band is not working.

I would keep track of how much i am eating and if it is more than a cup at a time i would def go in for another fill

I am a self pay and my first three fills are free as long as I get them within 90 days from my banded date. I had my second fill yesterday. We tried 1 cc but it was too much (water didn't go down) so she backed a little out so I ended up with .8cc's. She made my next fill appt for 11/18 (because that will be day 90), they usually do not do another fill after just two weeks but they will bend the rules for self pay's. She told me that if I don't lose weight over the next two weeks to keep my appt but if I am losing to cancel it. My fills will be $340 each , yeah....alot of money, so I am debating as to weather I want to cancel my appt even if I'm losing. What is your opinion on this? (Yes, I am aware that you are not doctors, just interested to hear what you would do if you were me). Thanks!!

Sex?!?!

for us singles it would have to be called ..... well u know. i think thats healthy right