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vegitarians can eat ice cream, cheesecake and all other kinds of bad stuff. My sister and both her grown daughters are vegitarians (mostly vegan but will have some butter to cook with) and they are thin, but they watch their weight. My sister will not eat more then 1500 calories a day and she runs 4 miles every morning. She watches everything she eats. Some things are very healthy for you, totally vegan but are fattening. Example: real peanut butter. very healthy, very fattening. My sis and i talk a great deal about different foods and the calories they have. We even email each other with "GROSS" items like an article over starbucks new coffee which was like 700 calories per cup. BTW, I mak a mocha latte at work that is 130 calories for 20 ounces. I use NESCAFE instant coffee, one envelope of nestle hot cocoa (80 cal) and 0ne envelope of fat free hot chockalte (50 cal). Just add hot water nd stir. You need no sugar or milk which gets rid of that always trying to keep milk in the workplace fridge, etc.

did you go back to liquids? Not clear liquids, but a full liquid diet shoul straighten that out.

I wish I had found this forum before my surgery. You are all such a big help. I am truly grateful that i at least found it soon after!!!!

Yes, I can relate. My port lets me know it is there. Like you said, not pain, but sometimes when i lay on my side, I can feel it. I think because i sleep on a mattress with springs. Even though it is a good mattress and only like 2 years old, I can feel it.

the most important thing here is to research your doctor. You must feel comfortable with him and his office. I love my doctor, so I feel comfortable asking him anything. My doc also made us go to 6 health awareness classes with support groups. So, many questions were answered there, too. These classes teach you nutrition, how to eat before and after the band, things like that. My surgery which i thought would be in January winded up being the last day in February, but it worked out even better. Gave me even more time to feel secure.

lapbandit, Your achievements are truly amazing and an inspiration to us all. Can I ask you, are you excercising too? If so, how? treadmill and weights?

Can i ask, what is "PB'ing"? It seems like it is throwing up but what does each letter stand for? "What is MRSA"? While on the subject, is DH = darling husband? Sorry, still trying to learn all the lingo.

can i ask, what is "PB'ing"? It seems like it is throwing up but what does each letter stand for? "What is MRSA"? While on the subject, is DH = darling husband? Sorry, still trying to learn all the lingo.

BTW, good luck. I love being banded.

My doctor told me medifast. I like the "ready to go" in dutch choclate flavor. has lots of vitamins, 90 calories, 11 grams of protein, and only 1 gram of fat. MUCH better then most. But, the powder isn't as good. The straw is a pain, but the drink is pretty good. Also, medifast has hot chocklate for 110 calories, with a 14 grams of protein and again, lots of vitamins. go online and order, thdy come to your house. I ordered 3 cases of the ready to go, and i am out of them, ready to reorder.

thery are chuck full of vitamins too.

I found the medifast "ready to go" dutch chocolate protein drinks the best. My doctor recommended them. I have one every morning on the way to work. 6 times LESS fat then slimfast; 1/2 the calories of slimfast with more then double the protein. tastes beter too. You ordeer htem on line and they come to your door. I keep mine in the fridge so they are nice and cold.

(lol) you should be in the usa local threads .

Thank you everyone. I have gone back to liquids and feel much better today. I guess I will play it by ear, and keep to the liquids for awhile. At least I am losing lots of lbs :-)

Thank you louise. i am thinking that this was my first "food". I have mostly had liquids and mashed potatoes, about 1/8 cup of greens the other night. She mistakely put bacon in hte omelet. I am thinking thta might be the problem.... I have been doing fine, and I didn;t even remember thsat I haven't been eating solid foods. Guess I didn't miss them.

ugh, just got sock again. Afraid to drive home as I have a 45 min ride. I wonder if te egfgs were bad..?? Has anything like this happende dto any of you?

Medifast has a very good chocolate protein bar. I also like their ready to go protein drinks. Congrats and keep up the good work.

All, Just got my first fill on Friday, 4-13-07. 1 cc. Was excited, but since then it has been mostly liquids. I could do small amounts of food, chewed VERY well. BUt even if I have a yougart, at first my stomach tightens. At 11:00 am had a yoplait yougart. Then about 1:00 got a cheese omelet because knew I had forgotten food for today and cafeteria was closing. After about 4 bites, got bad pain. Had to stand up. Even burped (which I never do). After a while I was able to walk to bathroom, and yes, got sick. What does this mean? Will I make my band move? Help!!:help:

hi foodstampchamp, your son sounds sweet. Here in Jersey, for pre-K age kids they offer a pre-k for kids with special needs where it can affect their learning. Also, the school has speech classes in them. check your local schools they may have the same thing. My daughter was misdiagnosed by teachers as having a hearing problem because she had a speech problem. She passes all hearing tests even the "in depth" ones by a hearing center, but she is in speech class and has mastered all but those tricky R's.

Bush himself announced (finally) that there was no link between 911 and IRAQ. Lord, just listen to the man's speeches. and Yes, we have been bombing IRAQ for all those years which is why any idiot would know that there were NO WMDs. We have UAVs all over the place there and intel aplenty. Common sense even plays into to this. We ruined the infrastructure back in 1991. Children there have been dying from having diarrhea thanks to the polluted water and no antibiotics thanks to the sanctions imposed all those years. And lets not forget the types o Cancer that is rampant in the kids since 1991 that they never had those types of cancers before. Oh, and BTW we are a long way to go before we are done in Afghanistan. I have no problems with us being in Afghanistan but we shouldn't be in IRAQ. Now we created such a situation, we are in a catch 22. Bush has failed in EVERY job he has ever held. He shouldn't have been allowed to add this one to the list. I don't just blame him though. I blame the wimpy, congress that was in there at the time. How DARE they screw with our constitution.

how are you foodstampchamp?

I gave up soda a couple of years ago because itis just so bad for you. There is not just nothing in there thata is healthy. EVERY ingredient is harmful. The acid alone is so bad for your insides. Now with our stomas in a delicate condition, I would be afraid even more. Funny, though, a few months ago i tried some diet pepsi (a sip of my daughters at a party) and it was terrible. really is like cigarettes. I never for a million years thought i would NOT LOVE the smell of a cigarette, but now it really bothers me. Same with the soda. They are just addicitions. You are addicted to the sugar combos in there but once you clean you body of it, the body sort of rejects it later.

I just had my 1st fill on friday, 1cc. I can definetly tell a difference. I am eating very little and feel full fast. Lost 6 lbs (according to my scale) since friday but i believe at lease 2 were water weight due to my period which is almost to be over. I know it is soon, but I think it will work.

I must get to bed. believe it or not, i am sore where I got my fill today. basically because I have a sit down job and from sitting all day it feels like it has been compressed. i need to lie down and let it get "unsore". It has been great talking with you. I will be checking tomorrow. You are truly an amazing, honest and open person. How many kids do you have? I have 2 girls. almost 14 and 7.5, they are a blessing, althought the 14 yr old can be trying, she is a great kid with a big heart. I look at them and know my life was worth all i had to go through. They are the proof that everything happens for a reason, maybe to prepare us to be good moms, better people, pet lovers, i don't know. Well, I am falling asleep here, as i am getting old (lol). Talk to you tomorrow.

I am sorry to hear about your dad's treatment of a family he should have adored. My dad died a few years ago from n aggressive sarcoma.. It was a rare form and took him pretty quickly. My mom is still alive and we are close, but I was daddy's little girl, born on his birthday and all. I will say one thing though, you didn't let it ruin your life. you are a very open person. Something else we have in common. I had some trauma in my life too as a child, and yet I persevered. I also had a husband that was an abuser. More emotional abuser, pushing and shoving, screaming in your face, but then he was getting worse and worse (as if he other wasn't bad enough), and i seemed to snap out o fit and came to my senses. My family hated him even though they didn't know what was going on. It was like I was in a trance when I met him. really weird. but, typical me, i bounced back and have been on a quest to better myself.