The Shrinking Jewel

I love Quest and Power Crunch. The vanilla power crunch amazed me. I felt guilty and felt as if I was eating vanilla wafer. Yummy.

I am new to this forum so I figured I would post a topic. I had lap band surgery in Jan of 2011' date=' lost 30 pounds and now have gained it all back. I never had restriction with my band even with all the fills I had. I will be having the RNY on Sept 10th and am worried that the same thing will happen. I fallowed the guidelines for the first 4-5 months after the lap band but after gaining weight back I went back to old habits. I am worried I will do the same with this surgery.

I was wondering how I can keep with the good habits after surgery and what you guys have done to stay focused and eating right? Especially with all the dieting I have done and failed at I am worried I will do the same with this surgery. I haven't had to do anything for my RNY surgery that I had to do with my lap band. I meet with the surgeon on Aug 27th and then 14 days later have surgery. I don't know what kind of diet I will need to follow up to surgery.

I am an ER nurse and will be out of work for 4 weeks, and have no short-term disability, which is going to suck, but I know I need this surgery to live a healthier life and be there for my kids. I have a 10 and 3 year old boys who I never have enough energy to do anything with, and I don't cook so they loose out on healthy meals because I'm to lazy and I never really learned how to cook anything that didn't come in a box.[/quote']

I'm a nurse too but in L&D. I know exactly what you mean. My LapBand was in 2007, lost 100 pounds in less than a year. Band slipped from vomiting related to cholecystitis, had a lap-chole in July 2008, band revision, gained all the weight back after that. I am getting RNY on 8/13 and have the same thoughts as you. I think we need to start on a blank slate and think of this as a second chance. It's not going to be easy. Good luck on your upcoming surgery. As for the cooking, Foodnetwork is my friend. They even have videos. Hope that helps.