brokenwings

I suggest you get some benefiber and add it to your drink to help with the constapation issue. As for the shakes I am not sure which ones they told you you could have i did find the capucino delight by Slim fast 3 2 1 was actually very very good...

HI i am Deb (julz of ourse you knew who i am) lol For the rest i was banded May 2, I am on my one week post op. I am not having any major issues except i keep losing the same 1-2 lbs over and over. I am not hungry still and I dont seem to be hitting enough protien or calories per day. Not sure if i should try to increase foods to meet that goal or if i should just eat the small amounts and let it go and see what happens. I think i am in bandster hell of my own making. Maybe i overthink everything. being an RN isnt helping in that. I see ppl who has lost 20 lbs the first 2 weeks and i want to bang my head on the floor and scream ok what am i doing wrong or not doing right. I still know this was the right answer for me and I still know i will be sucessfull but at times i get worried that maybe if i eat to much i will mess something up etc... Tomorrow i am going back to work. I hope that will help me so not to sit here and worry and wonder as much.

I to overstocked on broth. The first 2 days all i could have was broth from strained soups and popsyciles and jello. Then i was allowed to have cream soups. I had my daughter in law make me some home made potato soup with the potatoes really squished. I loved it and it wasnt as high sodium as store bought soup, that and lemon ice was my fav things for that period. I am now on the mushies and for this stage so far my favs have been getting to have a scrambled egg.

Hang in there you guys.. Its getting close to fill time for you all.

I started my mushies yesterday. I remembered reading this. I forgot to put in the cinnemon but really enjoyed it as a snack to try to get in more protein and calories as i dont seem to be able to get in enough of either.

Never knew how much i would enjoy one scrambled egg with a slice of velveta cheese. It was my first day of mushies. I had not desired anything till yesterday and started wanting Real Food!. So all day i thought of how i was going to have an egg this morning and i got to say i was not disappointed. It was great. One more stage started on this journey

I am a week out having trouble reaching 1200 calories. I dont have any desire to eat so I try to add things to try to reach my goal but i barly hit 1000 calories a day and i know that is to low. I was hoping today with mushies to get more calories but so far have only done 360 calories and had breakfest and lunch and not desired any snacks.

HI all. I am now using MyFitnessPal.com and keeping track of my intake everyday. I am avg around 900-1100 calories per day and i keep getting that i am not getting in enough calories and that its going to cause my weight loss to stall. So how many Calories per day is everyone getting??

I am thinking 800 is going to be to little and our bodies will go into starvation mode and we wont keep losing. I have been trying to search and find out the right answer. I know its all according to your weight age height etc... I did find a forumal for it here the other day and it actually came out to being close to what myfitnesspal says i should be getting.

I wouldnt worry bout it just yet. I have been pretty much trying hard to follow the rules, except i wasnt drinking enough water and was losing i had lost down 3.5 lbs from the 2nd then last night i did more calories intake (less then was listed on myfitnesspal.com and took in 67 oz of water and today it showed i had gained 2 lbs. Think for now we are suppose to be concentrating on healing not losing. But do try to get in the protein drinks getting enough protein is very important.

I Think every surgeon has their own places to cut. I have one right below the center of my chest that i was told was where they retracted my liver then i have one mid way between my chest and belly button thats my port. Then 3 smaller ones almost in a stright line towards my left side. I sure hope the scars heal well.

My port is in the center above my belly button. The nurse told me it was the longest incision and it is... So was easy to find but i dont feel it under the skin.

Hi SoccerBluej i am also a Ky woman. I am in southeastern Ky. I had my surgery though in Louisville on May 2

I am doing great. Still a bit sore, The first 2 days especially that day one was a rough one for me I couldnt drink or get much of anything down. I just didnt want anything. I am now doing good with that. Be sure to follow what the dr says and take it easy the first few days.

Welcome to the banded side Slimjem. I had my surgery Wenesday the 2.

TY susan While i know we are each diffrent and heal diffrent its nice to see how someone else is doing so we know a little what to expect. I bought stuff today to make my mushies with. Refried beans, potatos etc... So that next week i can start on that level. I am really looking forward to a scrambled egg. Today its potato soup and slim fast shakes. I am very bloated and feel 8 mos preg with my stomach out so much. Oh well when it all goes away i will feel much skinner lol.

Today is my 3rd day out and i was told i would be ready for thick fluids today such as creamy soups etc.. I been so looking forward to this day since been on clear liquids but now i have no desire for anything. I tried a small shake this morning got it part way down. Now i am trying to do a slim fast 3 2 1 shake and no desire for it. All i can do to sip it and try to get it down. WHen does some desire for food come back. I mean i know if i dont start getting some calories into my body its going to go into starvation mode and i wont lose weight.

Actually for 4 days post op i feel pretty good. I am sore but not to bad and have not had enough pain to take any meds since i got home. Had neausa the first 24 hours or so but that has susided. My potato soup my DIL made was great and i did enjoy it but that is the first thing in my mouth i have enjoyed at all and right after i eat it had that air bubble feeling in my chest.

I have eaten it seems all day and yet i just now reached 699 calories according to the myfitnesspal.com today.. This liquid diet sure isnt adding up many calories... I gotta lose at least 10 lbs at this rate by surgery date. Would love to leave my house next wenesday at 299 lbs... I know I know wish wish wish...

HI everyone I been looking and looking and we have so many members but yet no posts.Nothing to be scared of here, I swear i have not bitten anyone this week.. ok least not since tuesday. I would love to see us communicating more. Getting to know each other. We are each others support so lets see if we can get everyone to jump on board. Make a topix, or post on some of the ones made. Lets get active!!!!! Give me something to read when i am off work the next week sitting home drinking LIQUIDS!!. yea you all need to keep me busy...

My sweet daughter in law made me some very creamy potatoe soup today and i had a bowl of it. Was very nice to have it even if i wasnt really hungry.

HI i also was banded May 2, I feel very distended with gas, my pain is also on my left side also where i am sorest at. Today i start on creamy liquids but having trouble even feeling like i want to eat or drink anything.

I to am very bloated. My stomach feels very tight and swollen. I did make a mistake last night and forgot I shouldnt use a straw to drink and ended up at 2 am feeling like i had a huge bubble of air in my chest. Wont do that again. I will be glad when the gas part passes to.

I cant say i feel great 2 days postop. But i can say i am starting to feel better. Last night the pain of moving i wasnt prepared for. I didnt take anything for pain only one phengren. Also last night i could not stomach anything water gatoraid or popsciles. Today have been doing much better i am moving around I even drove a short distance to take my daughter ot the store and to pick up her some dinner and an lemon berry slushie for myself. I am actually starting to think of how great its going to be to do cream soups tomorrow. My daughter in law is making me some home made potatoe soup and making the potatoes very smushed up so i can have some. It sounds good right now. Last night i wouldnt have took a bite of any food for the life of me. I am glad i did this and i know each day is going to be better and better....

Great job Dhales. I figure that if my breast totally goes away then i will get surgery as well to fix them. I use to joke all the time i was going to have breast surgery anyway so that when i pass away (hopefully as a old woman) they will be pointing stright up to the heavens... lol not sagging.