brokenwings

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.

I went into banding thinking i was going to be one of those who lost 25 lbs a month. I was going to sore right on to 165 lbs. So why 3 weeks out am i not there???? So i have spent some time beating myself up, like most very obese ppl do. I get on the scale expecting 20 lbs gone but find only 1 or 2 lbs gone. So today I did some soul searching. I am 25 days post band and i have lost 10 lbs in those 3 weeks. I have lost a total of 18 lbs since i started the week preop diet and a total of 22 lbs since my highest weight a little over a month ago. Hmmm ok maybe i am not losing 25 lbs a month but i am losing! Slowly but the lbs keep coming off. So I am going to rejoice in that and try so hard not to beat myself up. Oh and i did have a small NSV this week. I got out of my closet a pair of jeans i have not had on in 2 years and i pulled them up. sucked in my tummy a little (lol) and zipped and buttoned them. Yes they are TIGHT but they least went up my hips and closed. Yay me!!! Yes this turtle is going to win this race.

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.

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.

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.

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