NJChick

I know its hard but don't worry about the weight, just concentrate on having a healthy baby. Eat as healthy and as much as your body requires, it will let you know. After you deliver you can get fill and the weight will come off again, its only a few months. Congratulations on the little blessing ;D ENJOY !!!

I agree with JuJu, the word makes you feel like a freak and we are far from that. IMHO we have an eating disorder / disease, a 'problem'. What other disorder/disease do they put Morbid in front of ? The word morbid is not why I am here... the word HEALTHY is why I'm here.

Don'tcha love it when people actuall realize how hard it is to diet and stay at 1200 calories. You should say WELCOME TO MY WORLD !!! rofl. Tell DH that a cup of meat sauce is about 350 calories. Beef is one of the higher in fat/calorie meats....sucks I know. HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Oh Kelly, I was the exact same way, hungry from the time I woke up from surgery. I had to do 2 weeks of Clear Liquids, then 1 week of thicker liquids, then the 4th week was mushies. When I was on thicker liquids I would suck on goldfish crackers... thats the only thing that kept me sane. Please be careful and I know its very hard right now but you've come this far, don't mess it up. Stick to your diet and heal first. Mushies will come before you know it. Like eveyone said here... drink your Water. Hugs.

Ready to RUMBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 1, 2006 - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! I am being brutally honest folks here.... so don't shiver when you read what I ate today. Tomorrow I am going to start.. I threw out the chips today and Cookies. NO MORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! food PORN BELOW......... WARNING !!!! B- coffee w/sf coffee mate (so far) L- Tortillini Alfrado, cookies.... LOTS :confused: D- Tortilline Alfr, Cocktail franks, Orange Ckn, Potato salad, Carrot Cake... YEP LOTS, No restriction folks, not a tad S- Chips & Dip, Coffee Water- LOTS Exercise- None, just cleaned MIL's house for her...but thats it. Personal: No eating after 7 pm

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! Good Morning, okay who's got a hang over? I do but not from alcohol, more like sugar/carb/fat hang over lol. I seriously can not believe how much I can eat w/this band... I'm amazed that I sat at the table and ate just as much as anyone else. Jeepers!! How did you all do ? Watcha do last night and watcha doing today. DH just shoveled our driveway, we got a few inches of snow last night so its probably sleigh riding for us today.

Randy that sounds cool !!! I'm sure they have something like that here. I just might look into that as a gift to myself when I hit goal.... hmmmm. Would be a tease though lol !!!

Sure will chickie !! although I'll be drinking Water ROFL !!! Happy New Year !! and dang gum it...let it be HEALTHY !!!

Congratulations !!!! Be careful about posting your phone #... you could get some unwanted phone calls.

The bypass folks suffer as much if not more than us. I have a few friends who dropped weight and are now gaining. The reason I didn't choose the bypass was b/c I didn't want to drop 100 lbs plus lots of hair in 6 months. Sara, did your doctor discuss after surgery depression? Hang in there girlie, your gonna be okay. Your body is going through alot right now with healing and no food so hang on...it does get better. The roughtest time for me was the first 4 weeks b/c of the liquid diet. But when I saw the pounds coming off it made it so worth it. You'll see. Hugs to you both... don't be so hard on yourself right now, just heal and feel better.

This is a great site, thanks so much for posting about this. I haven't got a fill yet but I know now not to panic if this happens. I hope I am tight at night, night time eating is what got me so dang fat in the first place. Right now w/no fill I can eat and eat and eat. Don't have to chew much either although I do. A couple of times I forgot and woofed down food w/no problem.. sigh !!! COME TO MAMA FILL !!!!

Thanks Kristen, same to you HUGS !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !! :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana May ALL your successes come true in 2006 CHEERS !!!! <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Good Morning, Hi Cindy, woweee your up late Yep, tomorrow is a new thread :mad: New thread, new year, new start, new weightloss and new healthy US !!!!! Oh your poor DD. I'm glad her arm is not broken, although when I was little, casts were sooooooooo cool. Do you know they now have different color casts. My neice who was born a dwarf has had many surgeries, many problems but she has had leg surgery and each time she comes out she has a different color cast on... kinda cute if you know what I mean. It makes the kids happy anyway. Glad she's okay though HUGS. ITS SNOWING IN NJ !!! and may I say the flakes are HUGE !!!!! Looks pretty but I'm sick of snow, we had enuf this year already lol. I just hope people will stay home and not drive drunk, the snow makes it worse b/c its slick on the roads. I pray for everyone's safety tonight. I am not doing well eating. I ate like a pig yesterday and I know I'm heading there tonight b/c neighbors are coming over and I have a troft full of food to serve..... can you say OINK! I'm gonna try not to eat until then (well I just had 1/2 a bagel lol). Betty, i'm with you. Jan 2nd is the day I throw the crap out of my house and start my new year. Left overs are a bitch. Whats everyone doing today/ tonight? any plans to live it up tonight?

12/31 B- Hazelnut coffee, sf hazelnut coffeemate, 1/2 bagel w/butter L- D- S- Water- Exercise- Cleaning house getting ready for pig feast, I mean guests tonight. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!!!!

I get my first fill on Jan 6th. They told me 2 days of liquids.

Celeste, I'm sorry to hear about Schnapps Wish I could be there for you ***BIG HUG*** Hugs and Kisses, Eileen

Oh Crystal, I'm so sorry to hear about Astro. Pets are more like family then family Astro sounded like such a great dog. Hugs and kisses to you.

My surgery was done in a hospital w/an over night stay. The bill was $33,000. I had to pay $1,300. IMHO even $33k is sick for what they did. They gave me no food, just some meds after surgery and no water until the next day (oh and a grumpy nasty old bag that kept me awake all night).

Wow, abeautiful bikes. I'm jealous. I'd love to get a bike but with all the road rage here it would be like slitting my own wrists Some day when I move out to the country I'm gonna learn how to ride

Welcome Fergie and I'm glad to hear you switched doctors and found one you are comfortable with. We all have our doubts if the band will work or not but remember the band doesn't work on its own, we must put as much effort into it as possible. Same as the bypass. I do know people who are gaining even with the bypass. I'm so happy I am banded, it gave me back hope, hope that I lost years ago. IMHO you made the safer choice. Congratulations on your surgery date and please let us know how you are doing. Hugs and Good Luck !!!!

Turkey pot pie, use canned chicken gravy and load it with your favorite veggies. Thats what I did when I had extra turkey leftover from thanksgiving. To save calories don't make a crust or you can use bisquick and just pour it on top and bake. Turkey burritoes, turkey chili mmmmm mmmm !!

I like this part of your post...(sounds like your from Jersey) ROFL !! Most of all I will be so Stinkin PROUD of Myself! Count me in, I want 2006 to be the start of a HEALTHY HAPPY new me !! or shall I say the old me :guess

A good week for me too, but the pings and pangs lasted a few weeks. Go slow and be gentle with yourself. Hugs and Welcome to bandland

Hi and Welcome !! I just wanted to say good luck with your research and decision. I had my surgery here in NJ so I'm sorry I can't help you with Dr. Kuri. But welcome !!! Hugs

Thank you Justbeingme, I'm really glad you like them *giggle* Celeste hold on to your britches... check out this website. If you all like to cook with your crockpot and want low fat/calorie dishes you gotta check out this website. They even count WW points (which is 50 calories per point), so if something says 3 points / serving its 150 calories. http://saksfamily.no-ip.com/crockpot.html