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I agreed with all that's being said but I found that there are a couple of dietitians at my drs office and the one I have SUCKS! So don't depend on that! Thank god for the good before education and my will NOT to fail! But I use Myfitness Pal and keep the calories to 1000cal and try to do 60-70 grams of protien, I find that it's all about will power, I'm pretty fresh to thus scene though, I was banded on April 10th and i have had two fills andI have lost 43lbs. Good luck.

I think it's the app itself and I ignore it! I'm suppose to take in 1000cal and excercise according to my lapband program so I use my fitness pal to keep a good diary but don't listen to its "suggestions"! Good luck!

I always learn the hard way too! This all a learning curve and as long as I learn I don't get too hard on myself! Good luck the journey has just begun!

I take a daily fiber chew - I have NO problems - plus they taste like gummy bears so I feel like its a treat!

That's the idea.

Hi I also had BMI of 36, active ie gym goer with a very very active job - ER Nurse with gestional diabetes which turned to Type two and HTN that couldn't loose weight and since April I'm down 38 lbs and feel awesome - yes life style changes but only apparent if I share them and really necessary. But every journey is different - this is mine.

Every pre op diet is different but the diet I was on was similar and it's was specifically no dressing.

I get shoulder pain when I'm too full. So I make sure I weigh my food and portion it better.

My experience on the hospital was not as bad bit had none the less and I'm a nurse and work for the hospital I had the surgery at - my surgeon was and is awesome but the post op care was less the amazing! I woke up and felt like crap and she said ok let's get up - lets get drinking - my eyes were barely open! I ended up telling my father I could help myself more at home and asked him to take me home! The first three days were hell - I wondered what I did to myself and the third day is the worst - it gets better! By the fifth day I felt like myself, hang in there - it gets better and then the journey begins! Goof luck!

I like the lean shake by GNC - I prefer the chocolate. I use the ready made for work - I also work in a ER so I drink it when I'm hungry during the shift and the powder is good and I mix it with different things in the am for a hearty breakfast shake. I have some PB which is a peanut butter powder or sugar free puddings and fruits to mix flavors that I like - its a daily experiment!

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@cleescrugs - It can't hurt to call but I believe from all my reading - we are in "band hell" and it's going to take a little bit and a few fills to get us where we need to be.... And it sucks! I was banded on 4/10 could of had a fill four wks out but "your loosing so lets wait another four". Yikes! Cause I can eat too much I think for being banded and lately 1000 cals is more then a little hard - so hard that I'm tired of journaling and I found myself eating with my kids last night and not healthy choices! So bring on tuesday before I fall off the side of this cliff!

I'm six wks or so out and use myfitnesspal to keep me honest with calories and protien but could - and could is the key - way whatever but I try and be really careful and think of this before folk time as a learning curve - I'm learning to take smaller bites and chew really well and get ready for the journey ahead.

Halt - excellent!

Thank you for the food for thought....