Terry Poperszky

Blended soups. Blended Chili, thinned refried beans

Getting past the mindset that "if other people don't see me eat, then those calories don't count" is probably going to be one of the hardest hurdles for me. Good job

I Corinthians 10:13 ESV 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it I have seen a common theme in the posts of new banders, and it is "I don't know if I can do this, what if I fail?" This where the I draw solace from the stories of our veterans, successful or not. I know that I am not going into uncharted territory, that someone has been there before me, faced the same issues as I will and they were successful, and if they were successful, I can be as well. It is also one of the reasons that I answer the posts that I do, not because I have all the answers (or really, any of them), but it is just to let people know that they aren't alone, that yes it sucks right now, but there is an end to it and they need to focus on their goal, they too can reach the other side. Oh, and the verse also speaks to the care and control that God exercises in our lives, but that is a topic for a different blog

You bet it is! But you can do it. Focus not on how much you are eating today, but on your goal of getting a tool that will help you for the rest of your life. Others have done it, so can you.

Banded 1/7/13, 1/2 cup at a time is all Mistress Band will allow me to eat. Lasts me 3-4 hours easy. I was worried that I wasn't getting enough calories, so my NUT told me not to eat more at one time, but to add a 4th 1/2 cup meal, which is working quite well for me. Everyone is different.

WAYTOGO!!!

Agree totally, ketosis breath is so bad it will knock a buzzard off a sh*t wagon

60% of my excess weight which would put me at 215, but is not my stopping point, it is simply the average for his patients. Once I reach that we will re-evaluate and set another goal. The charts say my top weight should be 184, which is probably where I will shoot for next. For me it is good to have an intermediary goal, to give me encouragement.

For yogurt (and such) I simply dip my normal spoon in and then lick it off. I find that takes quite a while

Repaired during lap band, no more heartburn

Two things from a Male perspective: 1. Don't wear it during sex. 2. You drastically under estimate the power of the Male sex drive

Great job, I can't wait to see that on my scale.

Our cousins across the pond are doing it wrong! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2271121/Sexercise-Forget-Average-person-burns-21-calories-having-sex.html

I ran across a post about using baby silverware or chopsticks to help get the proper speed and bite size for bandsters. So I decided to try it out. This morning's breakfast consists of 2 scrambled eggs, 1 cup of spinach and 1 Tyson reduced fat sausage patty. I cut the spinach and sausage to the proper size, dumped that and the eggs into a microwavable container, and when I got to work this morning microwaved it for a couple of minutes. I am now sitting at my desk with the chopsticks I bought off of Amazon, eating breakfast, and it is working well. The chopsticks slow me down and force me to take small bites and I don't feel nearly as silly as I would with a baby fork or spoon. That and the sticks are much easier to clean.

I couldn't agree more, our "Microwave" culture sets us up to view "slow and steady" as a failure rather than a success.

Your journey starts...welcome fellow traveler

Just like when you were a kid waiting for Christmas...focus on the prize, practice the habits that will make you successful and when you are finally banded it will be that much easier.

What helped me in the mornings is I would pour myself an 8 oz glass of skim milk and sip it while making coffee and fixing my lunch. It was light, it would get some protein into my system immediately and overall got me past some of my morning issues.

Great, I go on solids this week and I have been looking for some good fish recipes. Thanks.

Now of course you will need to clear these ideas with your own band, but so far Mistress Band has given her approval. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/19/recipes-for-breakfast-recipes-healthy-breakfast_n_2480222.html#slide=more274896

Which is why I don't have a male therapist!

I have 90 minute deep tissue massage scheduled on Friday, looking forward to it.

You go girl! The journey starts.

Thanks Missy, I am more comfortable with the spoke word, than the written. I have been fat all my life, and the LB is a concept that I refused to even consider, so now that I have one, I need to find a way to use it to look at my life in a new way, Mistress Band is the person who is helping me do that. The humor for me is a reminder to not take myself too seriously, and a hint to others, that they may want to follow suite. BTW, just want you know how inspiring your journey is to me. You and several others on this board give me hope that one day I can succeed as well.

I started the treadmill 3 days after surgery.