Shackwacky

I weighed myself this morning and I am down to 163, that is 27 pounds gone and 28 to go! Am feeling better better better! I exercise every day now, (because I can). Yesterday I went to buy a dress for a special occasion and the one I chose hung on me, who knew that 27 pounds is almost three sizes! To anyone still struggling, hang in there!

I remember this feeling. Wondering how I could have invested the price of a small car in something that obviously didn't work..... Hang in there. I was banded November 2012, and three months and three fills later I am finally getting that "aha" moment, and I can feel now what I was expecting for some crazy reason to feel right off the bat. It does get better.

Oh, yes...carrots too. Cooked are fine, raw are sticky. I am a vegetarian, so I don't have to worry about meat, and so far all the beans and legumes go down just fine.

Grapes, of all things. I just can't seem to chew them enough. And peeling the apple is imperative, apple peels get stuck on me every time. But I am fine with rice, and pasta, and even asparagus.

Just had my third fill and am getting a taste of what the green zone will be like I lost two pounds last week and while I haven't weighed this week I can feel theres another pound or two gone. Being not hungry for hours and hours is marvellous.

It's happened to me a couple of times, both when I was eating and distracted and forgot the golden rules. The first time I sat there trying to tough it out, it hurt, it filled my mouth over and over with slime, my nose run and my eyes watered. And I hiccuped. It was awful, but it eventually went down. The second time, I went into the bathroom, leaned way over the toilet and just kinda gacked it up (think cat with a hairball). Yes, food-jellyfish. That time I felt better almost immediately, and could actually go back and eventually finish my food --- carefully of course. I am not sure why anyone would leave something stuck when there is a simple solution right there?

I LOVE reading your posts! I am in that long still-not-there stage, and have had my sleepless nights (hungry grumpy sad) wondering what the hell I was thinking putting the price of a new car into my stomach only to have it not do a damn thing for me. Going for another fill tomorrow, will be my third. I think I am getting close, and I hope to soon come back here and post "hey, you're right!" Thanks.

I had surgery with Dr. C in November, the next day I went to the falls and wandered around for a few hours. Had to go slow and rest a lot, but it was a nice way to keep that "walk around" thing going. Did wipe me out though, so keep it slow if you do go.

Yes, sat on a coworkers office chair to fix the spreadsheet she was working on, and it collapsed. I hear you.

I told only my husband. I am a very private person and it's no one else's business, I don't tell my coworkers or friends any of my other medical information, why should this be different?

I eat egg beaters scrambled eggs almost every morning, 3/4 of a cup of egg beaters in a bowl, microwave and serve with fresh salsa. Prep time about 2 minutes 100 calories and 16 g protein.

I run into the same thing at work, I eat at my desk. I have found if I take things that are already in tiny pieces (veggie chili has been my most recent go-to), it makes it easy to eat slow. I just have one little portion every so often, and the food stays on my desk for twenty minutes. It does not work with sandwiches since I tend to forget and take a preband size bite. I also bring things like veggie lasagna, but I cut it into little pieces ahead of time so that I just heat it up and eat the little bites. Honestly, we shouldn't be eating at our desks!!! Someone needs to complain to management

Sorry, I don't think you did mean this to sound lecturing, but maybe you need to look at the fact that to others, it just may? Especially since you are relatively new to this as well, and you seem to be intimating that you have a lot of experience and that we need to listen to you and stop asking the same damn questions over and over. When I was young, my older sister was a skinny person. A naturally slender, blonde, fit, skinny person. Who ate more than me. Not sure why we metabolized food differently, but she was built like the women on my Dads side of the family -- I hit the genetic jackpot and followed the big aunties. So aside from calories in, calories out, there are many many reasons people gain or lose at different rates. This has been explained to me over and over again, by doctors, by dietiticians, by nutritionists, by my WL surgeon. We are all different, and no one size fits all approach will work for everyone. When I was at my fattest, the skinny girls (my "friends") would say things like: "oh you have such a pretty face, you would be GORGEOUS if you lost some weight". Ouch. They would tell me this while sucking on a milkshake or nibbling on fries, while I mentally counted calories and decided whether or not I should sneak off and try to puke up my half a sandwich. Then they would, very nicely, explain to me that all I have to do is eat less. That if I really tried, I could stick to a diet and become pretty and thin like them. That if I really wanted it, it would be easy and SO rewarding. They meant well (maybe), but every word felt like an arrow piercing my too fat body. Sometimes, when I am here I feel like I am back in grade nine. Like I am being told I am fat and stupid, and if I would just listen to the skinny people, the ones who have it all figured out, I could make proper use of my lap band and be skinny just like them! I feel like I am being told that I must not want it bad enough. Same arrows, different table. I joined here thinking it would be a nice place to come and chat, get support, ask questions. But after a good start, I stopped doing much more than lurking, because I don't feel it's a very welcoming place for a newby. I am an adult, I don't need all caps lectures, or information repeated ad nauseum like I am too dense to hear it the first time. Sometimes, I just wanted to chat. My two cents.

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Roscoe, I was banded the week before you and I am still learning and finding my way with my band. I wish I had it all figured out already like you seem to, if that was the case I think I too would be jumping in telling everyone else how to get there. But I think I am going to hold off on that until I actually get there, or at least till I have a few more notches in my belt.