brokenwings

Actually my surgeon has banned me from protien shakes or smoothies. He says you need solid food and that anything you can eat with a spoon is a no no.. I like the zone bars pretty good. They are tasty almost like eating a candy bar. Also even though i am not suppose to have any liquids calories I have been drinking Special K drink mixs. One pack has 5 grams of protien and only 30 calories. So if i do 2 of those a day its an extra 10 grams protien and only 60 calories. I tend to have trouble getting in all that protien.

wasnt that hungry before fill. I could eat more then i should though before the fill. Today is my first day when i am back to food and I have to say my one protien bar for breakfest filled me up. So guess i will be able to tell more later today how it goes.

Way to go!!!

I am feeling good. A slight soreness occasionally but nothing big. I did eat a few bites of a turnover today I know i wasnt suppose to but did and it did not get stuck. Will do liquids the rest of the day as the dr said.

He had trouble hitting the port with the needle so wasnt as comfortable as i had hoped. it didnt really hurt just uncomfortable stinging when he was trying to enter the port. He has promised wont be as hard next time. I was very scared of being over filled so i may have been able to been a little tighter but with my dr being 2 1/2 hours away i was determined not to be to tight. I ended up with 2 cc in my band and i feel fine. Back on liquids for the next 48 hours. According to my scale i had not lost anything this week but the dr scale said i had lost 4 lbs in the 2 weeks since i last saw him. I go back July 5th for my next fill. He told me this fill gets us in the neigborhood of where i need to be, next fill will get me on the right street and the 3rd fill should do it. I hope so.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!! i am so excited for you. I know how much this meant to you.

Hugs sue. I dont have any answers for you but i do want you to know miss seeing you on springers. And your in my thuoghts for much success.

I am 2 1/2 hours from my surgeon and the hospital i had my surgery at. I slept the whole way home. It wasnt bad i was zoned out from meds and before i knew it i was home. I think you will do fine.

HI elizabeth. I say also do not confess. I did 7 days of liquid diet before my surgery and to be honest it was pretty easy to stick to. I could have sugar free pudding. All the SF popsycles i wanted. All the soup broth i wanted (just watch bout the sodium count) I did cans of soup and poured off the noodles etc.. I eat all day long and it wasnt bad at all. I cant wait till you join the rest of us in bandland. It seems you have had a rough go of it getting it done. Most ppl would have given up but you sure have great determanation so you can do this!

I think it might be that i had that allergic reaction to the steri strips but he told me at my appt no baths yet so i take it to mean no swimming.

LOL JULZ FUNNY YOU SAID THAT I JUST GOT DONE CLEANING A POOL FOR A POOL PARTY AND MY DR STILL HAS NOT SAID I COULD SWIM... SO ON THE SIDELINES I WILL BE.

Yesterday was my post op check up. It was a week late due to my mom broken hip. I had a protein shake for breakfest but packed my lunch of chicken salad and Special K all grain crackers (if you guys have not tried these do they are GREAT! and only 120 calories for 24 crackers) Anyway the one thing he really preached at me is NO liquid calories. No more shakes ect.... That i must eat all my calories now and if it is eaten with a spoon its liquid.. Well i have been eating alot of yogurts. Also no more drinks till at least an hour after. He also said dont worry bout carbs just solids and liquids. So this is what i did yesterday. I made sure to eat solid foods and stay away from the liquids and while i had gained a lb so yesterday i lost that pound as well as another. Yea I got this!

I saw my MD today for my post op check. A week late due to moms accident. He schedualed me for a fill on June 6th. So hopefully in 2 weeks i will be joining you guys.

The first 2 days was awful for me the 3rd i could see the light at the end of the tunnel. Its going to be great and your going to do great!

Good luck will have you in my thoughts.

I hope this finds everyone doing good. I am doing great except i finally got the steri stips off my stomach. Every spot where one was is a huge red welt. I knew i was allergic to surgical tape and bandaids but now i guess i got to add steri stips to that list. My wounds themself look good except the huge red areas around them where the strips was. Sigh. Its been 5 days since they came off but it still looks bad. Other then that i am still seldom feeling hungry. Still taking in less then 1000 calories a day. I have been spending all my free time with my mom here in the hospital. Sometimes feel like i need to clone myself. One to work one to take care of my mom one for my child at home and one to take care of ME.. lol anyone got a clone machine anywhere?

1st day is rough after that its all good. Your going to do great and its amazing afterwards not to want to eat much.

Yayyyy Dhales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a great thing. I have lost 15 lbs since surgery but my clothes dont yet seem to be really loose. Cant wait till they are.

Thanks all. My mom did come out of surgery thank God. I did manage to get a bowl of wendys chili last night to get some protien and hamburger patty later. Yea not the best of foods but least it was protein. Today i have had an egg and sasage and a fiber yogurt. So trying to do well as i am taking care of my mom. I am planning on going home tonight so i can work tomorrow if she does well today.

Today i hit my first milestone 299.4 That means i am down past the 300s. I was schedualed today to go do my 2 week post op check up but sadly last night my 76 yr old mom fell and broke her hip. So i spent the night sleeping in a cot by her bed and have been here all day today and i am sure will be here all night as they are going to do surgery later today. I am very worried bout her being a nurse and all and knowning what this type of thing means for a woman of her age who is not in the best of health but still maintains her independence. I am also hoping this dont mess with my band as I have not been able to get protien or anything for that matter in today.

Is there a certain type you have to be on? MY dr was great he gave me a list of ones that didnt cost me a fortune and if you like cappuchino flavor then i tell you the slim fast 3 2 1 cappunchino delight is very very tasty.

LOL well i cant say they are my first choice of drinks. But i did find ONE i liked pretty good.

Seems you have made the first step to fix the problem you have relized what it is. Now you have to tell yourself that it wont be the nxt meal it will be this one. The only person who can make that commitment is yourself. Remember what a big step it was to do the band and what you went through if its like me it wasnt an easy undertaking. And then look at yourself are you happy this way? Only you can make this work. You can do this!

I am 1.3lbs away from my first goal to be under 300 lbs. I was losing then i decided i wasnt taking in enough calories. Yea my nursing at work here. I kept getting the msg from my calorie counter on the phone that i was way under so i tried to get in more calories. I decided yesterday that was stupid. Yes my body may decide its in starvation mode but at some point it will have to give up the fat. Also I got to think bout those who have bipass they dont get in 1200 calories a day yet they lose weight. So yesterday I eat when i wanted to and ended up with less then 800 calories and today i had lost. Yea I decided to do what i got this band to do cut back on eating. I am still not hungry. I take that as a lucky thing that a week and half out from banding and I have still not had the desire to eat. I am going back to work today I am also hoping that helps speed up my weight loss. I have been very unmotivated to do much besides be a couch potato for the last week. Getting up and moving will be a good thing for me.

I was told to take chewable calicum 2 xs a day and a chewable vitimin. They said could be flintstones but i got the centrum silver chewables. Its for 50 plus but figured would be ok for me as well.