LadyDiva618

Thanks for the feedback. I am just planning head because father's day is coming up and we are going to be grilling turkey burgers. I think I am going to wait on trying breads and I am terrified of getting a stuck episode

The first 3 days were hard for me but it will get better with time

Congrats!

You can do this. We all been there. The best advice I can give you is keep your mind busy and make sugar free popsicles your best friend. Good Luck.

Has anyone tried this product? Do you think it's lap band friendly? http://www.flatoutbread.com/

He wants to see how I am doing in a another month. He was impress with my weight loss and he doesn't want to rush into things. We discuss my eating habits because I track everything on MyfitnessPal. I was completely honest with him. I told him that I do eat breakfast my job is demanding so I add protein into my coffee. I told him that I do have a 10 am snack then it lunch at 12pm or 1230pm. He wasn't to concern about the snacks but I do need to add more protein in my diet. My calorie intake is arounf 500 to 750 a day. I am burning 150 addictional calories a day but I would like to make it 200.

I understand where you are coming from. I started my journey in August of last year. I watch an online seminar then started going to local support groups. During my decision making process I did a lot of research, read books, and started practicing the life style changes if I were banded. Like chewing, and working out for 40 mins 6 times a week. I lost 12 pounds during this time. On May 1st I was banded and I am happy with my decision and as of today I am down 39 pounds! I thank god every day for my support system. Good Luck to you.

Thanks I have to check that out I want to burn 200 calories a day then work my way up to 500

I seen my dr today and he said I am doing a great job! No fill for me today 27 pounds gone

I am starting to get bored with my Wii Fit Plus games. Does anyone recommend any Wii Fit excerise games I should try?

I had to wait one month after my surgery but I feel your pain. Hang in there it's was worth it.

In the begining I told my family and my best friend that I was considerating getting the lap band. 3 months later I told my boss and when I got my surgery date I started tell everyone. I got more congratulations than I can ever imagine. This was a 7 month process for me it was not like I woke up one day and said I was getting the lap band. May 1st I was banded and have more support now then I did before I was banded. Good Luck to you.

I know I should be eating breakfast food but I am not a breakfast food person and my job has so many interruptions that couldn’t enjoy my breakfast if I wanted to. So I was thinking if I add protein powder in my 12 oz. of coffee this will keep me full until lunch. Does anyone have any recipes or suggestion for me? Thanks everyone in advance.

I just want to warn you that I will be venting this time. I am normally a happy go lucky person and it’s takes a lot to piss me off but this hoe has out stayed her welcome! I used to say “I got my period and I am prego free” This month I am saying this hoe got to go. (I think I need to clean up my language just a bit) Anyway today is day 10 and I am not happy. My unhappiness begin last night when I had to go to Dollar General to pick up so more “items” I really need to start going to another Dollar General (DG) because the one by my house is next door to a restaurant that I used to eat at quite frequently. Unfortunately they do not sale any week 6 post op foods as matter they don’t sale anything healthy. Anyway I started smelling the greasy fried chicken on my way into DG. Then my craving for fried chicken and hot sauce started to kick in. So I told my craving to go away and leave me the F alone. When I got home I remember that I had some can chicken so I invented 6 week op post buffalo chicken dip. My recipe 1 can (2.5 oz.) of can chicken 1 cup of Greek yogurt 1 stick of Colby cheese 1/3 cup of hot sauce 12 multi grain Special K crackers This is my recipes satisfied one of my cravings… Later on that night I started craving chocolate. This surprises me because on my second day for dinner I had 3 sugar free fudgesicles and 1 chocolate pudding. I am so serious and I was satisfied with that but last night I had 2 fudgesicles to satisfy my chocolate craving on top of my dip. This band is something else I tell ya. Later on today I meet with my nurtionist and my surgeon. Don’t worry I am going to tell them everything the good and the bad. Thanks you for listen to me b***h.

Wow I can’t believe yesterday has been one month since I got banded. I am happy to say that I have lost 27 pounds and I feel amazing. I really didn’t have any plans yesterday I just made me some coffee and use Atkins French Vanilla protein shake as creamer and worked out for 15 minutes until I received a phone call from my Bestie Mandy. She stated that she had a surprise for me. Mandy had tickets to the St. Louis Cardinal game! I was a little bit excited until my fears kicked in. So what were my fears? Yesterday I was able it start drinking alcohol but will I be tempted to have a beer or mix drink. What if I get hungry and Busch Stadium didn’t have 5 week post op friendly food. Unfortunately I did not have time to research their menus and I need a better cell phone. My least favorite fear was am I ready to do this? I decided to not shelter myself because I am banded I need to live and learn. Mandy brought her cooler and added 4 bottles of water. At the stadium we found an Asian stir fry place and they had shrimp. I ask the hostess if I can just order a side a shrimp because I am lap band patient but they charge me $10.50 anyway. Mandy didn’t care about the price and paid for it. The cool part about it was they gave me a Large Chinese to go box full of shrimp! We got more than $10.50 worth of shrimp. Mandy stated laughing at me because I got full of 12 pieces of shrimp. She ended up taking the leftover home. It was a great game because the Cardinals won! After the game me and Mandy met up with our friend Jessica. I haven’t seen Jessica since she came over and made me homemade soup for day one of my 2 post op diet. Jessica complimented me on my lap band success and told me that I look amazing. I have to admit I felt pretty good. We went to our first bar and I had a glass of water with lemon. I wanted to have a drink at the second bar we were at. I was thinking shot of grey goose with water and I was going to add a crystal light packet in it or maybe a beer and let it fizz out for a bit before drinking. I had all these scenarios going through my head and I decided to drink at home first to see how it feels before I drink in public. So water was my drink of choice last night and I was okay with that. If felt good going out last night and just having fun. I am so bless to have great friends in my life. Thanks for reading.

I used Campbell soups for during my 2 week post op. I used fat free milk in my soups. My surgeon reccommend me to use milk because of the protien. I also added fat free plain greek yogurt to the soup for addictional protien. I hope this helps.

I got mine the day before my surgery and it was super early my doctor told me it was because of the change of my diet and stress.

I am glad you found a protein drink that you like. I might have to the Isopure products I heard nothing but good things about it. Keep up the good work.

Thanks everyone. I just got home and my mail box was full of thank you cards. So maybe the swelling was worth it because the cards put a smile on my face. Today I take it easy it was hard but I did it. No leakage today and my temp was normal which is a plus. But I will continue checking my temp and my incisions. Thanks again for everyone's support and input.

I took 2 week off from work but I know some people returned back to work 5 or 6 days after there surgery. Good luck

Now that I have your attention… so what did I do? See what had happened was….. I over did it this past weekend. Not with eating but with my movements. It’s was graduation weekend was I got invited to so many parties and I wanted to show everyone my support. One thing about me I am always willing to help anyone out and I am stubborn! So I Saturday I was going a lot of lifting, carrying, and cleaning. Sunday I woke up and my main incision was swollen and it was hurting bad. It felt like the first 3 days after my surgery. So I toughen up and went to my last graduation party for the weekend. I really didn’t an appetite on Saturday and Sunday because I barely ate but I had plenty of water. Monday I just stayed home a relaxed. I talked to my dad and thank him for his service and we talk about the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks game. (Not only I am a St. Louis Blues fan but I am a Red Wings fan too) I did a 5 min workout and spent the rest of the day on my couch. Yesterday I called my surgeon office and told them about how I over did it this past weekend and about the swelling on my main incision. They told me it was from me lifting and carrying things and I need to take it easy for the next 3 days. I told them I would and thank them. But around 5pm I noticed that had a stain on my shirt so I lift up my shirt and noticed that my main incision was leaking! I start freaking out because all my incision was healed! So I called my surgeon office again explain what was going on. The asked me a series of questions to make sure that I didn’t have an infection. Thankfully I didn’t my incision stop leaking about 7pm. I hear some of you guys saying “didn’t I tell you to take it easy!” This is time I hear ya this scared the mess out of me. I don’t want to do the pre op diet ever again unless this band is getting removed! On the plus side I heard from my Bestie Lesley this morning we talk for 15 minutes and it was worth it! Thanks for reading.

I was banded on May 1st and it's gets easier. Everyone post op diet is different but I can give you my advice and what has worked for me. After my surgery I was brunt out on sugar free jello and broths. I only had sugar free popsicles and water. Two day later I was able to at protein shakes. I don't know what protein shakes you are drinking but I love Atkins brand and Muscle Milk Cookies and Cream. I am sorry you broke it off with your boyfriend but things happens for a reason. You don't need any drama or anything extra right now to trigger your old habits. I am not going to tell you to forget about your ex because that is easier said than done, but try to keep your mind busy so your won't be tempted to call him. I have a pinterest account it keeps me busy for hours and the game Candy Crush. LOL I know this is an adjustment but you are going to do just fine. Remember the real reason why you got the lap band. Good luck to you.

Hello I had the Lap Band Surgery On May 1st and yesterday I was going my hair and I noticed the my edges were just about gone and my head was shedding. I don't think its from the quick weaves but maybe this is a results from the surgery? I was wondering what products out there I can use to get my hair back healthy and strong? What hair styles do you wear? Or Tips for me that I can use? Thanking everyone in advance.

Thanks so much I did pretty good at all my Graduation parties and I heard from my best my friend yesterday too.