judych

Definately too soon to have a meal. clear liquids for at least 24 hours afterwoods would have suited your band better im sure. Can you try going back onto clear liquids for 24hours and see what happens then?

hi everyone. well, i had my first fill yesterday... wednesday 9th. Everything went so fast and without pain. i think it took about four seconds for the dr to find the port, slap a small gauze dressing on it, it must have had some sort of anaesthetic in it, and before i knew it, i had three cc's in my band. Absolutely without discomfort at all for all those who have yet to have their first fill. As well as, im a 1/4 the way through my weight loss... HAHOOO !! Since the 22nd March, when i was banded, ive gone from BMI 33.8 to BMI 31.2. My EWL is now at 24.14%. ive been losing just over a pound a week, which suites me fine. Ive gone from 92 kilos to 85 kilos... (kilo = 2.2 pounds). I wasnt asked to drink anything in the drs rooms which i thought a bit odd.. I had a bottle of diet cordial in the car, and when we got back to the car i had two mouthfuls. It was a mistake, i took in too much at once, and for nearly two hours after woods i had problems. Not as bad as ive had before but it was very obvious that things had changed somewhat. lol. By tea time, i had a small cup of soup which went down well. It could have been because the soup was hot. It may have relaxed things for me. AT 4am i woke up feeling rather dry so i got up and made a decaf coffee. A small cup. that was o.k. this morning ive had some beef broth for brekky... and two cups of coffee and im feeling more relaxed in the pouch as time goes on. My dr said clear fluids for today only then start introducing again as i did post op. So, im making some pumpkin soup later on for tomorrow. Its winter time here and i love soup so its no biggie for me. No appetite at all. We will wait until next week to see how that pans out. Anyway, i thought i would give you an update. Either my dr. is the b est or im too old to feel much discomfort anymore... the fill was just painless and quick. lol. And, im down another kilo this morning. my slacks are very sloppy now. i dont want to buy for another two weeks though so i just have to put up with it. lol. All is well here. Oh... when i told my hubbie that i was a 1/4 through my weight loss he looked a bit frightened. rofl. not sure what that was all about. hahahaha...

i just love them. i have some chick peas in a bowl in the fridge and if i need a snack i eat some. i enjoy them so much. i made a thick Soup the other day and put lots of different beans and pulses in it. i loved it. very spicy.

..i did find it online and ive bought a copy. it will help me understand how to get a sluggish metabolism moving more. thanks for telling us about the book.

Is this a book that i could buy?? Im interesting in buying it. thanks.

youve come to the right forum to get all you know. im still newly banded, about seven weeks now. this period you are going through is called "band hell'' and you really have to just bite the bullet. lol. Of paramount importance is your healing... thats no. one .. first priority. im afraid there is discomfort from hunger through the next week or couple of weeks for you. keep the Protein Drink up, drinks HEAPS of water... i have a savoury tooth, not a sweet tooth so what i did, with my home made soups, i put in a little salsa.. mild salsa. i also used garlic powder to help with the flavour. What i couldnt get in substance i tried to get in flavour so i made it intense flavour as much as i could cope with. this may not work for you... i dont know. im just sharing what got me through it all. Good luck to you..

thats what ive done... it worked o.k. for me.

i havent tried cauliflower yet. did you mix anything in with it?

im definately having the same issues. i cant seem to eat chicken without having problems. no matter how i cook it or what its served with. im noticing that i can eat pork with no difficulty at all, plus lean hamburger mince. fish?? its early days yet. so far not good but im still trying.

i just tried this... no calculator that i have has the brackets. i tried to google it and got nowhere. do you have a site where it can be done?

..as far as my experience goes. it could have been the fish that i bought. im not going to give up on it yet. there are a lot of others here who can eat it and do.

i can eat hamburgers.. i dont have a lot of success with chicken so far. i can eat pork... i cant eat broad beans, even if i chew well and spit the skin out. im hoping that i can eat them later on. Fish is a problem for me but so far ive not tried to cook it in various ways so im going to try again.

..how are your bowels working? i know that my bowels didnt work so well and that aggravated the gas problem a lot. If your arent all that regular, perhaps you should be taking something to help them along??

this morning for the first time i had one fried egg... done in a little olive oil. it was soft and great to eat. no problems with digestion after woods. it was filling for half a day as well . i was getting hungry well before lunchtime.

...when i was post op right up until about six weeks post op i had a distended stomach. its more to do with the fact that youve had surgery on the abdo than anything i think. i noticed this week that my stomach has flattened out heaps . i was operated on 22nd march.

obviously what you are doing is fine. If its working o.k.. doing what its supposed to do, then dont worry. Congratulations on having such a smooth journey so far. i hope mine is the same.

..ive read a lot about carbs and i agree with you. im trying to establish now what carbs i can eat. i must say though... i love beans, and chick peas. these are high in Protein, arent they? im thinking that i may, at least for winter, have cassaroles with a lot of beans in them. whats your opinion on chick peas and beans ect?/ do you have them?

..and i dont want to have to start to be honest. what with calorie counting, carbs, fat, protein, sized portions etc it drives me to distraction. can you tell me how you manage without having to do all this stuff?? what you are doing has to be easier.

have you got a recipe for blue cheese dressing? i would love to try it and cant buy it here. thanks.

i just checked as well and would like to participate....

well, my experience was .... my first solid protein was fish... not successful at all. then i tried beef burgers, thin and no herbs or onions etc. it was beautiful. no problems at all with it.... so it was successful with me. the fish is more of a problem. perhaps im not cooking it right?? i did poach it but it was very dry i thought.. and yuk. anyway the burgers were great, but as i said, they were just plain beef, nothing added at all.

i vary. im supposed to just have 1000 according to my dietician... but its not enough. i vary between 900 - 1200 ... some days im about 1300. im not losing very quickly at all now... but my body shape is changing a lot. my slacks are looser now than before.. so something is going on. i have a fill next week. im so glad about that. im not sure whether to continue with the dietician or not. its costing me each visit as i cant claim.

im finding im eating a good cup full now. If its soup im having a coffee cup full. solids about a cup. im hungry a lot of the time. i had a scrambled egg for breakfast... was hungry again by 11, thats about three hours. ive made home made soup and put beef broth, salsa, three tins of beans and chick peas in with some onion and slow cooked all day yesterday. its good but not filling enough. i notice here that someone said that a full burger is too much in one sitting? ive had one chicken burger cut up in one meal... its definately too much by the sounds of it. i know that Im not supposed to eat this much, its very hard not to. im finding that as i get full the pain comes back into my left shoulder blade. thats a signal to stop.Ro, perhaps, its a signal that ive overeaten ??

i hate it too that we see such conflicting advice from drs. i wish there was a uniform protocol with them all, no matter where they are.

i agree with this. im finding as i get older that Im craving spicy foods more, so that suggests that the stronger flavours are registering more with my taste buds than a lot of other foods may be. i hate bland foods. so, i push it with chilli, paprika, curry, all that sort of thing. im 66.