nursejen28

One of my favorites was fat free re-fried beans and some mashed avacodo with a little bit of taco sauce...sweet potato with some protein powder,butter spray, Splenda, and pumpkin pie spice all mashed together.

I am allergic to adhesive tapes and got a very bad rash all over my stomach and torso from where the bandages were placed, you may have the same issue?

I am VERY tight in the morning...can drink water with no problem but it takes me about an hour to drink a cup of coffee or a protein shake. However at night I have very little restriction so I don't want to get my band loosened. My biggest battle is not to over do it at night and to eat small frequent meals during the day so I am not soooo hungry at night time!

So here is a brief re-cap of my story...I was banded on 5/14/08 and my high weight was 291, as of this morning I weigh 213. I still don't know what my goal weight is but I know I am not there yet! I am going to start the 5 day pouch test today as I want to feel like I am starting over from the beginning and make myself accountable again for everything that goes into my mouth!!! When I started my journey I was so motivated, for 2 years I had no soda, very little sugar (birthdays, holidays only) but have slowly gotten off track. I can remember reading posts like this when I was first starting out and thinking to myself who in the world would put themselves through all of this only to "cheat" there way around the band and eat chips, candy, soda, etc....Well I totally sympathize and understand now, real life takes over and again I am making myself and my health first priority! Please if there are any of you out there that have similar stories and have gotten back on track let me know what you did to be successful!