#MagicWithinme

you could still be retaining Fluid from surgery. give it a few more days.

I got samples too and I use Water.< /p>

thin crust or just toppings for me, I love wings too , but tried buffalo nope, tried BBQ but I have sugarfree for so low it messed me up. I will eat a partial drumstick from KFC the grilled. and that works, there's just foods I still want, eventually in acouple years when things are more healed I will try again.

yes definitely, that's happened to me a couple times, and now as well. I'm already off of one bp med , maybe time to get off the second. Go to forums and look up dizziness also, you will see all the postings for dizziness.

I already made a post, but thought of a few more,

I became photography so I would always be behind the camera, now I want to be infront.

I love to dance but would wait till dance floor got full before I stepped out, now I don't care if I'm gonna be the first one on the dance floor~

there are so many and some that we don't even realize.

The two that came to mind, was my daughter lives in apartment which you get to by elevator and I know it says weight limit is 2500 lbs but I still would think if the elevator went down I would be partially to blame. I looked at it again and thought its not gonna be my fault if it happens (not that I wish it would)

sitting in church today, I went to cross my legs and I automatically used my hands to lift my leg, I practically went to a yoga pose my leg went up so high. The things we have done so automatically will take us awhile to undo, but we will!

this is me, but baked potatoes work for me

I was in a meeting with hubby and every so often we'd hear a gurgling noise. At the end of the meeting the director said lets end meeting so she can go to dinner and, the guy sitting next to hubby said its not her it's him, it was too funny!

I have to remember too CHEW CHEW, I don't remember till after a few bites and then I end up being unable to swallow for a couple hours.

gallbladder maybe?

laughing cow, lots of flavors on baked potatoe

You can always buy the newhey Protein shots about 2.5 oz of Protein "shots" . What I do is when I need a little boost is drink some or add some to a bottle of Water and sip all day. Wish I had known about these when I had had surgery, I wouldnt have worried so much. I purchase mine at walmarts, I like the generic brand not as sweet.

Good luck (the generic has 26 grams of protein I belive the newhey has 42)

The best thing about the lapband is that you can "start over" . as many times as you need you and keep it up. I'm an ice cream lover too and bought light ice cream but never got a scoop as my family ate it! and it's not been replaced. Go to a GNC type store there are many foods that would curb that sweet tooth while still providing Protein. Please remember even though you have lapband you can still get illnesses such as diabetes if you continue to eat those kinds of items. I have a friend who's going through that and it's sad because she has had it for 3 years and all she lost was 20lbs and did the lapband didn't work for me speech. Start all over, liquids, Soups , the same when you first had surgery. We will always be fighting food craving of certain foods, but we have to be stronger.

Good Luck!

and you are still able to type? wow for me that seems like a lot, I would check with your md to make sure he thinkss everything is ok, if it then great job!

You gotta realize what they are asking you to do is just the tip of the iceberg, there will be way more things afterwards that you will have to do for the lapband to work.

I have a lot of catching up to do!!!

Protein-my doctor gave me a way of calculating ur amount of Protein a day take ur weight and multiply it by .3. That will tell you how much you need daily. She recommended adjusting it each month based on weight

hair loss- I have not had this problem. What has your doctor said? Hopefully it will grow back healthier than before!!!

Erica- I am so glad to hear ur port surgery went well. Remember how we all lost a lot right after surgery? Well that will probably happen once the swelling goes down & you will be ahead of all of us!!

B52- congrats!! I figured about a year to loose 100lbs. I hope to follow in your foot steps. What was the thing you did that made you so successful?

Me?? I can't wait to get my next fill. I am feeling more hungry & able to eat more before filling full.

I just wanted to verify what your doctor said we take our weight x 3 to get gms of protein we need or would be divided ? or do we stick a period somewhere?

LOL the only reason I knew what she meant was I caught a similar act (or request for it - I forget) on the reality show that whitney houston and bobby brown had a few years ago. That was the first time I heard such a thing and about lost it - with my jaw on the floor wondering how such a thing could go on. WOW - lol looks like it is more common than I thought.

I'm sure Bobby Brown and Whitney's reason for a spoon might have been different, but to be clear, when someone is not able to go #2 they have someone use a spoon to get the process going. I just don't EVER want to get to that point! They do have gylcerin suppostitories too, but I have heard that the body starts getting used to those methods, we just have to keep ourselves regular.

we all have some set backs some more than others. I know at first I was like pull it out pull it out , and then the last few weeks I was really doing ok and then this weekend I set myself back, too much stuff with sugar even though it says sugar free/fat free trying to eat more than I should, just tonight is the first time in a few days that I thought I don't want the lapband anymore (7 weeks out) I even told hubby. I ate a piece of steak at lunch just to try (yeah right) and I can feel it just sitting there. so I've been in such a yucky mood, so I know I have to start all over with the soft foods. I started taking Miralax , I really don't want to end up getting an obstruction or have hubby have to use a spoon (saw in another post) rats I was just looking up Miralax. It says one of the things that causes Constipation is Calcium supplements as I was recently told I should take 3 a day. Im up to you. (sigh) well I wish you well, lets make it work girl

ha ha leg lunges,,, (heheheh)

I've heard that about the leg lunches too, it will build up muscle in your gluts. I will be making appt with chiro soon, will let you guys know what he says

You should say where you live or somewhere nearby, maybe there's a bandster close to you too!

my tailbone doesn't hurt but it is uncomfortable to sit on unpadded chairs for me. I joke with hubby and say I need a Kim kardasion or Jennifer Lopez butt, and he tells me I never had butt to begin with. i have a small lap blanket under my desk that I use sometimes, have you checked with a chiropractor? I've haven't been since operation.

I hear ya, I had only told a few people from work, whom I work with everyday, and I had to go to one of the other offices where once of supervisors saw me, asked if I was dieting or? I said I got lapband and she said oh you cheated, man the fire in my eyes must of scared her, then like 2 weeks later she calls and asks me how much weight had I lost now. She said "we were talking about it in the office" and I let it go, but it felt like she was pumping me for information and she said Im asking for so n so. I said she can call me or email me. I then told her how someone had come into the office and made a point of coming to my desk and asking me so you had that operation, you look good. She said oh I was just talking to girls in office. Someone from that same office called later on and I asked her if she said something. She said oh yea she was talking to everyone and telling us you had lost alot of weight. What a witch, next time she calls Im not gonna say nothing, I thought she honestly wanted to know, but she just wanted gossip.

some people think they have to put their stamp of approval on other's lives. You tell who you want and if they don't like it, then they aren't really thinking of your welfare.

Back~to~me: It's very hard for some people to cut out the things will delay our success with the band. I'm totally including myself. It was hard for me to give up morning pastries, garlic bread, and lots of pasta!. but once I got over the initial withdrawal symptoms it was better, aand then I let myself slip and my body will tell me "You messed up and I have to go through it again". I Definitely try to start before you have the surgery it will make it that much easier. as many will tell tell you start journaling a food diary. its easier to see what you've been been eating good or bad.

Good luck!

who said you had to have breakfast food just because it's 8am? Just eat something healthy. (high protein/low carb/low fat) Or if you are one of those people that can just do with out breakfast....then substitute with a Protein shake. That would give you the Protein you need to keep you going until lunch.

great idea, I've done breakfast for dinner but not vice versa, thanks

Hi DaybyDayBaby

All of my extended family have had or currently have weight issues, it seems to run through the family.

My mum is very obese, more so than I am and also has multiple illnesses with it which scares me to death! She's in denial about her weight though and won't do anything to help herself. My brother has struggled to lose and maintain his weight since his teens. He's kept an average weight for a few years now.

I've paid for the surgery after saving really hard for this. I know I'm determined enough.

I'm sure our families care about us, but maybe they've spent so much time watching us all become fat that they associate food and chubbiness with love and health?! I don't understand it because at my size I feel unloved and far from healthy!

Do you mind me asking how long you delayed for?

I delayed 2 months, my md, everytime I met with him, would tell me, the choice is yours when to have it. Even after I had lost 26 lbs on my own with Protein drinks. he saw that I was on the fence again. He says you have to ask yourself you can loose the weight but will you be able to keep it off. I said lets do it and now 40 lbs lost later I feel soo much better.

Hopefully you will get the lapband and from watching you, your family will follow in your footsteps and at least start eating the right things, the right porportions.

Good luck.