Nykee

I have one somewhere but no way will it be acurate as the tab things expire I am sure.. I am going on monday.. and if my blood is over the 8 points.. I will get the monitor up and running and do that stuff. About eating crap.. I been eating crap for a decades... I dont see it so differently now than all these years, but ya never know how the band effects it.. Well.. I wasnt gonna go.. until today (I made the appointment today) Cuz l slept from 5pm to 1am... then 4am to 3pm and now been up since and its 4am and the 4am to 3pm was DEAD asleep.. dreaming about adam sandler and all kinds of stuff Thats totally totally OUT OF WHACk.. I kinda hope it is my blood sugar, (yes I have type 2 diabeties) Cuz that can be fixed and explained.. thank you for your support:)

guess what I am going to bed.. (not having cookies) Its cold in here and our electric bill was 279$ and I am too lazy to get to the kitchen.. Sooo.. Goooood for me I am so lazy LOL Plus I am trying really hard to get a normal sleeping pattern going. GOOD NIGHT

See.. NOw its 4am.. I been up since 1am I slept from 5pm to 1am I am thinking of trying to have some Cookies I bought today at safeway (as I am having last meal syndrome goin on since my fill is coming up) Thats only three hours.. BUT its at night.. My band seems to know when its night too.. Cuz when i went to Izzys.. I had been up a long long long time and I was still pretty restrticted for it being so long since I was up.. I figured it was cuz of the time of day (DOES That even make sence) SOoooooooooo.. cuz no kid is up to get me any cookies and milk.. I prolly wont have any. BUT... NOW I am thinking.. HAve some, have some, have some.. I am actually even hungry (something new to me) I mean i didnt eat since 14 hours ago , so thats normal So.. JUSTIFICATION TIME.. LOOK AT ME talk myself into it below.. this is my thread and I am gonna see IF and how many cookies and milk I can even eat.... after only being up for 3 hours after a hard long sleep of 6 hours..(i wasnt asleep the whole time) NOW,.,. if it was morning.. lets say I had woke at 6am.. I could NOT eat cookies at 9am (THIS I KNOW for a fact) So.. IF I CAN NOW (which I think I can) Then it should proove Its not only the amount of hours I have been awake.. but also the actual time of day?/ Grrrrr Here I go to crack open those Peanut Butter cookies.. the only cups we have are dixie cups (I dont wash dishes, not even ONE.. lol.. it hurts to stand there AND grabt he milk AND walk there)

I dont lie.. (on boards like EVER) So yes... there ARE days..exactly as I listed them to be.. and Its quiet at night.. so thats when I relax and come alive.. lol I been having sleeping problems for a few weeks. so my eating times are strictly limeted since my band needs hours and hours to unswell after i wake up.. and if I nap all the time.. its kinda hard to eat. I Do take one drink of milk or juice with a pill everyday around 7am to 9am (a kid brings it to me in a dixie cup, 1/4 full.. and I only take the one drink needed to down the pill.. Otherwise I have to wait till I have been up a bunch of hours. OTHERWISE.. before these sleeping problems.. I had two patterns... thoroughout the week, alternating.. Pattern one: 7am to 9am.. awake, one drink of juice 9am to noon...asleep Noon to 3pm...erronds, tv .. drinking milk or juice.. soup maybe 3pm... 7pm..awake strart to eat something, soup for sure.. 7pm to 10 pm... awake ...trying to eat food.. 10 pm to 2am.. either asleep OR awake.. munching on crap And two: IF asleep than I awake at 2am to 3am and eat and get on computer or watch tv... till about 6am IF on computer till 6am than I would sleep from like 9am to 3pm.. and all the food eating is done later in the day AS these alternate.. there are many days I dont eat or drink anything till 7pm.. OR I eat once a day. there.. lol, i answeered your question and self talked my way through my sleeping habits.. I mean the best I can

thank you.. it seems to be getting better, but I dont know if thats just cuz I talked about it or what? Well.. today I slept.......... the major thing is I think.. the heavyness of the sleeping.. Today i slept but I was up all night.. so it makes sence I would sleep. BUT.. the different thing is HOW deep of a sleep I am in that I NEVER used to be in.. and especially in midday with my kids milling about?? I dreamed hard.. and felt alot of irritation when I woke up and fell back to slleep immediately.. ALL things that are NEW.. and differnt and seem worrysome.. Mvpo, I am not pregnant.. lol .., I had my tubes tighed when I was 19 and I have had a uterus ablation TWICE.. lol (I WISH THOUGH!) I will call my doctor for an appointment tomarrow..

your welcome... I dont eat right AT ALL.. but I will always be truthfull.. I am getting a fill and I am gonna try to eat better at that time and want to get an idea of my habits now.. cuz they are sure to change. I am hoping for a nice tight fill.. But what I did in the past with a nice tight fill was: Eat Tomatoe soup EVERY day..(1 to 2 cans a day) and milk and juice. The other things I would often have were sherbert (a few bites to a couple cups) and mashed potatoes and gravy from KFC, (none or half or even a whole one a day) Then lots of cheetos and Cookies with lots of milk at night when my fill wasnt so tight. Soooo This time, MY goals are: chicken stew broth instead of the tomatoe soup (homemade so it will be kinda thick like tomatoe soup and yummier than in a can kind) Mushed up stew instead of the mashed potaotes and gravy. (I am making a large batch with celery, carrots, onion, NO POTATOE, and chicken and broth.. the mush will include everything but the chicken) I will drink the milk and juice as I can.. (I am addicted.. lol) And at night I plan to try to STAY away from the cheetos and cookies by filling up on the stew with the chicken (I am having this all prepared and frozen and ready to go).. maybe some fat free salteens for crunch.. And lite sherbert and sugar free fruit bars.. freezer treats. And I KNOW this is stupid to have as a goal.. BUt I am throwing away my huge thing of nesquick.. for whitch I cannot control having tons of with milk at this time.. and buying a bag of mini reses peanutbutter cups and making a RULE.. only 5 a day.. LOLOL.. HEY, I KNOW MYSELF.,.. and I wont be unrealistic.. These reses will be my THING that tells me NOT to get the other junk.. it IS my junk.. (I HOPE IT WORKS) Anyway, thats my plan.. as I post after my fill.. WE will see what happens.

jan 23 today 11am 5 cheese fish crackers 1pm I was able to eat at this time cuz I didnt sleep last night and I was active before with appointments at 9am and erronds. Izzys Bufffet 4 cups of cream of broccolli soup (minus most the broccoli) 3 cups 2% milk 5 tablespoons chocolate syrup 1/2 cup vanilla ice milk 2 ounces sprite 1/3 cup mashed potatoes 4 tablespoons chicken gravy Half a chicken nugget (and then spit out) 4 bites of ribs, chewed and spit out Small wedge watermellon Small wedge pineapple packet of sugar 2 bites cottage cheese 3 sppons of broth only of the chicken noodle soup one bite of seafood salad with olive and celery only 2 bites of large cruton dipped in thousand island 2 am (now, I just woke up from hours of sleeping.. thus cant have much more than alittle juice) 2 ounces grape juice. fitday approximations (NOT fun, having to do those Izzy'z foods..lol) 2000 calories 57 fat 319 carbs Protein... 64

Jan 22 9pm Cheetos, 2 servings ( I thought a serving was 11 cheetos.. its 30 cheetos.. SO I am changing this to 2 instead of 4!) 2 cups nesquick chocolate milk 11pm chicken Curry Homemade with carrots, onion, potatoe, lite coconut milk and red curry paste. 2 cups 1% milk Fitday approximations 1364 calories 54 fat 143 carbs 80 Protein

Jan 21 8pm Cream of mushroom Soup, whole can 1 cup 1% Milk 9pm 1 cup chocolate milk (nesquick) 10pm 1 reses Peanut Butter cup (2 cups in one pack) 1 mini hershey kisses bag 1 cup Milk 12am half of a small 7-11 taquito thingie Cheetos.. 2 servings 1 cup Chocolate Milk FITDAY approximations 2400 calories 107 fat 278 carb 69 Protein

I LOVE my noises, it tells me my band is at work.. in my experience, if your filled good.. they dont go away. (these should not be uncomfortable or cause chest pain in anyway.. the ones I aam talking about)

i get plenty of protein from milk.. almost too much.

I need to ask my doctor about the liquid then,.. he never said it had a liquid form...

Marimaru, THANK YOU for saying that. Its so nice to have support on how I am using my band at leaste in some way's... thanks again..

hummm.. ok I have taken all that into account.. My level is surpose to stay under 8.0...and last time I did it it was.. but I remember when it was around 6.5 and I was being told I was at the low end of the scale.. and here I am letting it creep up.. hoping I lose the weight and avert the situation.. jack.. a 12.. wow.. as far as the opiates (someone called them) I have been on them a couple years,, and on the viccodan for like 5 years now.. (but I am practiacally off the vicodan witch is really neat) I never became dependant on any of it, but I know I will suffer irritating withdrawl when I go off.. I will do it slowly of course. I cant wait not to have to have any at all..

sounds to me like you need more fill.. but of course you should wait a few weeks to make sure.

oh yeah.. I WAS percribed liquid viccodan.. a big arse bottle.. lol But it was too thick to work at all in the mornings and it was too nasty tasting to take other times... so I only used it when I went camping to stay warm in the middle of the nightif I was desperate (and able to get up off the air mattress in the morning) It actually went all crusty and nasty before it was half gone.. Plus there are these tiny little pills you can take instead of metformin.. I CANT recal the name, my doctor gave them to me for one month and then refused to again cuz of some side effects (he said, not me) that they had that metformin didnt.. oh well

wow I never knew all these DIET pills existed... sheesh

is the Ac1 level thing.. like when you get an 8.4 or 7.8 and stuff?

its so easy..... anyone can (and is) doing it these days.. Heck.. i could do it.. gimmie a needle and some STUFF.. lol

This is still interesting to me.. I had acid reflux EVERY SINGLE DAY.. WITHOUT FAIL.. several times a day.. many nights up for hours unable to get releif.. gagged and heaved and had some really hard times FOR YEARS AND YEARS.. eating a bottle of tums a week and taking a prevasid pill too... UP until the day of my surgery. I HAVE NOT ONCE had it.. NOT ONCE since my surgery almost a year ago.. IS that crazy or what??

Its funny.. I would of thought popcorn woould be real hard.. but its super easy I like the kettle korn and they Do have a lite version.. before banding.. I NEVEr ate the crap.. (any popcorn) lol

there is this drink at WINCO (if you have one) it has 40 grams of Protein.. and it tastes real good. its chilled.. its like chia vanilla.. its white.. um, sorry I wish I knew the name..

This is what I have found through experience. You cannot drink while you eat (if your restricted well) THe drink does NOT force the food through or make it go through any better (unless you like pain in your chest for foods sake) Its just impossible.. It hurts like heck and its just not possible (unless you wanna PB or something) I have been experimenting with drinking while eating for all the months i have been banded and IF I can drink, I WILL.. I have an addiction to drinking milk and juice and gladly choose it over food.. BUT, lately.. I have not been so tight.. AND my MIND has figured out that IF I ONLY NOT DRINK.. I CAN EAT. AND I ACTUALLY have been like eating.. ACTUALLY choosing to eat, and forgo ANY drink JUST SO I CAN Eat.. this is a crazy new thing... lol EXAMPLE: IF I go to the china buffett at like 9pm, after I have been up all day and I was active that day as well (otherwise its impossible) AND I AVOID ALL KINDS OF DRINK.. then I can do what they call "FILL MY POUCH" and it isnt painfull untill its full.... THEN, as long as I dont drink for a long time afterwards.. (letting th pouch empty) then that works too. Thing is.. its almost not worth it.. yes, i did like going to the china buffet and actually eating last month.. BUT I cant see wanting to do this everyday.. I rather drink.. and THATS NOT a good thing to need or want with the band.. I dont think the band and me were meant for eachother

Wow!! I Just Love So Much These Pics!!!

My experience is.. As long as I can drink sips of any liquid. I am fine.. I dont care how long it takes (well all I ever did it for was 3 weeks) IF I am having chest pains or spitting up.. on my own saliva.. and sipping warm liquids is impossible... then I need an unfill so I dont risk my band. OTHERWISE, I would let the fill calm down... be it a few days or a few weeks.. (AS LONG AS I DONT HAVE ANY PAIN OR SPITTING WHICH I DONT CUZ I DONT ALLOW IT) BUT, this all PISSEs me off.. (I am stressing out now that a fill is a week away).... I swelll so much, that I dont end up getting a good fill.. Well, I didnt last time.. I DID the time before and I realize I was real lucky cuz there is a fine line between chest pains and spitting up your own saliva (NOT OK) to being able to sip in the AM and drink liquids in the PM (OK for me) So.. SOMEHOW I have to come as close as possible and not go over.. ITS STUPID.. But its the only way I will lose weight.. and thats been prooven so far.. People said when i looosened up.. I would lose weight.. But I stopped loosing just like I thought I would. I dont see anything wrong with never eating solids again.. DONT MONKS do it or something?