rainbowcows

Maybe its a psychological response. Your brain is saying "nuh uh ice cream is bad, here's some pain" I would talk to your doctor though, but if you can eat chicken I don't see why you would be in the red zone?

I am also 3 months out. I weighed 276 on my surgery october 14th and I weigh 250 now. I have 2 fills. I TRY to count calories but honestly, lately I've been very busy. (I'm a musical theatre performer) I was told I was doing great. We have similar stats, you're doing fine. It's a slow and steady weight loss. So keep going at it.

Chart your calorie intake, you might not be eating enough.

When you are in the maintaining stage and if you consumed this little amount of calories the whole time, you are going to have a very hard time mainting. I hit a plateu for 3 weeks, I increased my calories to 1000-1200 and excersize 3 times a week and it started dropping again. Eat like youre going to eat as a skinny person. But its recommended not to be less than 1200 from what i read.

I took a week and a half but when I went back to work I kinda felt sick. So I probably could have used the other couple of days, but I work with children so I'm constantly moving around.

hahaha I love kids.

You just reminded me that my pain is gone. I had surgery 2 1/2 weeks ago. Sooo it gets better and you forget about it but I have no idea when mine went away. ANYWAY as far as showering I used a trash bag and cut head/arm holes so I didnt get my incision wet for a few days after surgery, dunno if that would help you

You know my fill is scheduled for november 11th...but if as some of you say that area is inflamed or whichever I dont know if I should really get that fill anyway. I'm not hungry. I can't eat in large quantities and even protein shakes keep me full, so wouldn't a fill not be helpful until I'm eating too much? or something? Isn't that the point, to stop from eating large quantities?

I'm following the exact plan my doctor gave me. I'm supposed to eat 4-6 oz of regular textured protein 3 times a day with carnation instant breakfast between meals. I can eat the fake chicken stuff and bean soup but this just didnt work. I agree though I am going to be on only liquids tomorrow because I don't want to cause anything, and I was full even on the liquids stage so it's not really a big deal to me.

Okay soo I'm on week 3. Solid Protein right after the mushy stage. I had tofurkey..twice. Tried it yesterday and it kinda hurt after a few bites so I stopped. Tonight I tried again, 3 bites or so in major pain Felt there was something stacking up in my chest wanted something to just get it down so I drank water even though I know you're not supposed to drink but man it hurt. Went to the toilet to try to get it out. Coughed, some came out, few seconds later There comes everything I just ate. I'm not filled. But I really don't feel hungry much. I kinda force myself to eat, and I do get "full" after very little food. I don't understand how this could be, and also is this PBing? Thanks Guys!

Thank you for the responses...The blood sugar seems like an obvious answer. I've gone from eating whatever I wanted practically to really no extra added sugar what so ever. My body is probably in shock. I know my stomach is I can barely eat anything anymore and I do not have a fill yet.

Stop being discouraged. I am 2 weeks post op and also down 17 pounds BUT i had 3 weeks of pre-liquid diet. You're supposed to be losing a steady 1-2 pounds a week and from my calculations, you are over that amount.

Sooo yesterday (thursday) was my 2nd day back at work. I was about 30 minutes in and i felt nausious but I didn't want to ask to leave or anything because we were understaffed. about an hour and a half later i felt a bit flushed and a tad dizzy. My coworkers (who are all wonderful older ladies) forced me to sit down and gave me water etc. etc. and called my boss who told me I should go home. But I still felt like this big jerk. Has anyone experienced this? I think I was dehydrated? but I just don't know anymore. I'm trying to figure out my body again but its only been about 2 weeks now since surgery.

From when I read the article he said that he's doing it so he knows how to best work with his client. I think he's trying to see what its like in the persons shoes he's trying to help become physically active. Most fit people dont know what it's like to be overweight...how ARE they supposed to work with people who are if they don't understand those struggles. I think its a good thing....

Hey we have the same surgeon! I'm 11 or so days out...I have no idea where the port is other than where i feel the most extreme pain on theleft hand side of my stomach.

I just tried 2 oz soy slender coffee 2 oz vanilla muscle milk 4 oz lactose free milk with 3/4 scoop publix brand vanilla protein powder and 1/4 scoop carnation. SOOOOOOOOO gooooddd. I think it would be even better if i crushed ice with it but I don't have a blender atm.

Hello all, I was banded on October 14th. I have been a vegetarian for over 4 1/2 years and I was wondering if anyone else is also a veggie! What foods are you eating? How is everything? etc. etc.

Hey everyone! It seems everyone is doing well which is awesome. I was banded on October 14th and I weighed 276 and now I'm about 270. Started at 284. So yay 14 pounds! The past few days I've been having really bad diarrhea I'm honestly so sick of the protein shakes, I think its what is making me sick. I am lactose intolerant and I use lactose free milk with the shakes, so I have no idea why...but after drinking it I just feel blah. I get to eat tomorrow some mushies. I'm a vegetarian but I can say that eating oatmeal eggs and yogurt is going to be so much better than what I'm dealing with now.

Down to 275.

You look wonderful! Congrats! You're an inspiration. I was banded 3 days ago I hope I'm as successful as you

To add to the bloating I have a double chin now that wasnt there before surgery!!! I'm using a heating pad too mostly on my left shoulder it hurts soooo much. Wish you luck!!!

lol no he didnt tell me to stay off the scale. I'm guessing he should have since the liquid diet I've had a scale addiction hahaha.im not allergic to tylenol as far as I know, but i'm guessing no actual pills for a bit since I'm only 3 days post-op. I still look like a bloated balloon though >_<

So I was weighed in on October 14th at 277 pounds and now I'm at 279. I've barely eaten anything? Why is my body hating me so much? Also I'm allergic to the pain meds, anything I can take? It getting better but I'm still uncomfortable.

My nurses were stupid and didnt even give me any liquids. My surgeon yelled at them but anyway...you do get stuff through your IV and trust me you won't be hungry. Good luck. I just had mine October 14th. It gets better every day.

My surgery day was October 14th 2011 (two days ago!) I arrived at the hospital at 11:45 AM went to registration and then went upstairs with my mother, boyfriend and friend. They told us to hang out in the waiting room so we did....for over 2 and a half hours. Finally after watching a lot of funny tv shows they called me in. They gave me a hospital gown to put on and awesome grey socks with smiley faces on them. This is my kind of place. I sat in my room that had a bed that was too small for me and the nurses took blood and put my IV in and all that junk. My family finally cam in and after another 2 or so hours to wait. (My surgery was supposed to be at 1:45 and I was wheeled in around 4. They put something in my IV to make me relaxed but it just made it hard for me to breathe and i didnt like it, the nurse asked if I wanted more to see if that would work better and i just said no. So I remembered everything about being wheeled in laying on the operating table and then the doctor put the mask on my face and told me to count and then I fell asleep. I woke up in recovery room with them telling me to breath but with a tube in my throat so I honestly thought I was going to die because I couldnt breathe. The tube came out and then I breathed and everything was blurry. There were a few other people in the room as well. They wheeled me to my hospital room and my mom was standing in the hallway and she talked to me and then my boyfriend was brought in and eventually my other two friends and my sister and her boyfriend. So I had a lot of support. I ended up staying overnight but wasn;t able to sleep much and now I'm doing okay other than the pain in my left shoulder.