#MagicWithinme

I eat guadamole with no problems yet, only a few tablespoons for snack with crackers, Im still looking for something that keeps me regular without taking meds.

grapefruit protein drink poached egg snack guacamole 4 triscut crackers boiled egg with guacamole grilled talapia veggies and water all day long I can manage maybe 16 oz of water in between the crystal light and 0 drink

love the boyfriend or the cat???? hahah

oh no Im the same way, when Im exercising I had to arrive to the gym, at a certain time,otherwise I considered myself late, exercise for so long, and even though I alternated my routines it would throw me if the machines werent available. If I couldnt do exercise for a few days I was like a caged animal literally pacing, I figured out that I could take brisk walks during breaks to get my heart going . Right now Im taking mini walks before I hit the hard stuff again.,, thats just the way we roll!

congratulations, maay be learn from you as we start some of our travels,

i have a bump on my stomach, I walk around rubbing it like a baby, (it could still be stomach fat) but its comforting for me right now...heheh

I know I read somewhere becareful of fruit with skins like grapes,

I know for myself when I started this process I didn't think I weighed enough. Simply because I didn't look big. But the scale said different. and of course what people would say when I would tell them I was thinking of getting lapband, oh you dont need it you arent that big. I went to seminars and saw people larger than me and Im sure they asked themselves what was I doing there. Maybe I didn't look big, but the extra weight I carried brought on so many health problems that my quality of life sucked. I went throught the process of labs, therapists, nutritionists and seriously at every one, I expected one to say oh you don't need it. But every door was open everyone was encouraging and even though I chickened out the first date of surgery I went through the 2nd time.I was in a better frame of mind, and so ready to loose weight that I have followed drs restrictions to the T and have been lucky to have lost a good amount of weight so far. Yes Im having problems right now with the right foods, eough proteins, but I now know Im not the only one and that helps in itself to know and speaking for myself, I still have alot of insecurities, alot of doubts but I know that I chose the right path, and the way my body feels is telling me so. And I will continue on this path and I hope you do too, don't worry about anybody else, this is your journey.

Thank you, I track my foods on mylapbandjourney and it looks like I havent been getting enough proteins even with snack, yeah one of the bad (was it really bad at the time) is only eating 3 times a day and I had just broken away from having snacks. so it was just water in between. My snacks were usually nuts or trailmix or seesame sticks. or veggies. so now to go back to that, I think whats happened is I did this to my body but my mind doesn't know it yet, and they still arent in sync. Yesterday was better as I took in my food slower, took sips, SIPS and I had 5 of the small nutter butter cookies snack I was ok till dinner when I tried a turkey hotdog, and ranch beans, the beans were ok, but I think the hotdog was too chewy. I should of drank a protein drink. Yeah I stand on the scale and it doesn't move but I can tell I melting away. I don't have any fills yet. Thanks for the advise.

I catch myself rubbing it, like a baby... lol

I have to remember that its not just my mind that is going through alot its my stomach as well. The retraining is hand in hand for both and when I eat I have to take both into account. Its not easy right now, I'm the first today admit it (today) Im like everyone else, I don't want to fail, or think that I've wasted everyones time and money on a failure. I can see if I was 6-9 months out but Im barely 3 weeks out, what a wimp I am.. but I feel so much better after venting and reading on here for answers.. I hope you do too.

is lack of protein, cause for the jitters too?

Me too I just didn't want to admit it.. no offense to anyone but it makes me feel better that there are other people struggling too.

I had surgery 1-24 and Im a tummy sleeper I try to sleep tummy up but sometimes I find myself down, lol, but no pain or apnea

my hubby brought me grilled fish talapia from Long John Silver's no breading and I ate the veggies that came with it, not rice. I had my post op appt next day and I weighed the same.

loved your post and got losts of info! we have a place here called java juice

my dr using just puts for illness and leaves it at that. I did tell my immediate supervisor so she knew what was going on, I told a few office staff after, but thats it, I work with 150 people but I rarely see them as they work out in the field. I told my sister and my female cousin. and the rest afterwards. You should just ask dr to put due to illness and see if that will work.