Chrisann

I have been eating fish, and chili mostly. Yesterday I had chicken. I try to put in vegetables too. I have felt restriction once, and that is when I drank a Protein smoothie too fast. Nothing from eating food. I find that during the day at work I eat really slowly if I eat at my desk instead of the lunch room. But still don't feel full. For example, this is my day thus far. One egg, ham and cheese on an English muffin. 8oz greek yogurt, 1 cup string Beans. one cup coffee, one cup decaf tea, one cup Water. Will have 4oz cottage cheese around 4 if I feel hungry, took out pork cutlets to defrost for tonite, with 1 cup of broccoli planned.

Measure your food, and write it down. Then as you have to increase to feel full, write that down too, so at some point you will know the amount that causes you to feel that restriction. You don't want to always puke up. You can damage the band.

I have 4cc's in a 10cc band, go for my second fill on Friday 2/15 and I need it. I don't feel restriction.

My docs suggestion booklet says you can have caffeine, 16oz after the surgery after the liquid phase.

My doctor asked me on my first fill where I fell on the hunger scale. Then how soon was I getting hungry after eating. I got 4cc's in a 10cc band. Using that same questioning now, I am getting hungry 2 hours after eating, but don't feel a bit of restriction 98% of the time. So, I figure that I need a fill. I am averaging a pound a week so I am doing ok, but want to be able to feel restriction because I know that I will overeat.

I was retaining Water all week, and I broke down and bought a scale, it showed I gained 2 pounds. All of sudden today, the dam broke so to speak and after drinking Irish Breakfast Tea, full caffeine, I was in the bathroom 8 times today. Got on the scale tonite, and I am back down 1.5 pounds, so I will probably break even back to last Monday's weight. I was waiting for the band to tell me I was eating too much, and it hasn't. I feel like I am eating too much, but maybe I am not. I swear, getting in solid Protein is much more difficult than I thought. I thought I would have problems with the liquid/pureed phase, and I went through that fine. I have a fill coming up on the 15th and I would be happy with a 1-2 pound a week loss. I am not looking for more. Its been 6 weeks since my surgery and I am down 5 lbs.

No one at the doctors office told me I couldn't. In fact, was chewing gum when I went in last week for my first fill and she didn't say anything.

Take a photo of yourself the same day every month. For me its the day before my surgery. Once I saw the January 30th photo and compared it to the December 30th photo, I saw it. Otherwise in the mirror, nope, don't see it.

I go Friday, February 15th for my second fill. I liked being on the liquid/mushie/pureed meal plan. Trying to get in solid proteins have been more difficult than I thought it would be and I am feeling more hungry now. I have 4cc's in a 10cc band.

Greek Yogurt, 12oz cup of Decaf Earl Grey tea. 9:30am. At noon today, had a Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Bar.

Well I have discovered if I don't have anything to eat before 11:00am, I am hungry all day. I am eating less than I used to eat, but eating more than I should. LIke last night, 10oz chili with cheese, and 2 cups green Beans, steamed. I made the chili from scratch. So this morning, I had greek yogurt, with 14g Protein, took 30 minutes to eat 8oz cup. So we shall see how the day progresses. I am scheduled for a doctors appt next Friday, so maybe I need a little more in my band. I currently have 4cc's in a 10cc band.

Sliming is when you bring up really heavy, thick saliva, and it strings out of you, makes you want to cough and blow your nose. I have been told its a precursor to PB. (Productive Burping) It happened to me when I drank my smoothie too fast, and it happened to NukeChik when she probably ate too big a piece of shrimp.

The Velveeta 2% milk version is pretty good. You can buy the cheese slicer that enables you to cut it really thin if you buy the block kind. Low Fat Mozzarella is good too. Other than those, I can't stand low fat cheese, let alone fat free.

I am doing well finally. Am down inches that I can see, my pants fall down and my sneakers are looser, and have 27 pounds off since December 17. I am going on vacation the end of the month and bought a new bathing suit one size smaller, and I can see my curves. That is wild, and just a beginning.

I got my first fill last week, 4cc's in a 10cc band, and I have been able to eat more than a cup of food too. Only rarely am I getting the food satisfaction feeling, so I think I need more in there too. I am also eating less than pre band, but feel I should be eating even less.

If you are consistently losing 2lbs a week, I would sit tight. The average is 1-2 pounds per week so you are fine.

Well last night, had 5 oz of fish and 1 cup of steamed green Beans, ate slow and purposefully, and was still hungry. Had 2 slices of cheese and 6 crackers. Still hungry. So went to work on my computer, and wound up eating about 6oz of a 8oz package of licorice jelly beans near my computer that my friend eats. Was still hungry, so then realized what the hell I had put in and attributed it to head hunger. But seriously, why didn't I feel the pressure and sliming effect I had earlier in the day from a smoothie? Now today, have had a mashed banana and 1/4c of cottage cheese, and two decaf teas, and I am full. Go figure......

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I am not cleared for abdominal work yet, or using the leg press, etc, but can use weights for my arms. I think that is because I had a hernia repair.

I have been writing down what I eat and when. Then when the head hunger hits, I read the times and say to myself there is no way you are hungry, its only been 2 hours, etc. I repeat it. If it is still there, I get up and walk around. And then if its still there, I cut up a grapefruit into sections, like if you buy it in the supermarket in a jar, and slowly eat the sections. I find that by that point, I don't even eat all of it.

Gee thanks.:biggrin: That sound, and slime is always sexy. lol Especially when you are sitting in your office with a tissue over your face..... I had a conference call to take and I had to mute it every five seconds for the clearing of my throat sound. But now, all is good. But wow, a bad 45 minutes for a smoothie. Can't imagine if I had some food doing that to me.:smile:

Ok, I am in this now. I am fasting today as its Ash Wednesday, so, went and got a smoothie, the ones I was drinking during my preopt phase. I guess that I drank it too fast, because I started sneezing, and slime, and lots of it, came out of my nose and mouth. Its just hanging in there now. It really is slime. Its clear, not the color of the smoothie, but thick. I have to keep clearing my throat to get it up, like when you have a sore throat.

If you can get a small amount of pasta down, with a meat sauce, like 10 pieces of ziti, does that mean you need more restriction?

I had side pain, especially when I was trying to turn over in bed. It felt like the fat moved first and then the muscle, it hurt like hell. I started to use a heating pad. It eventually went away by 4 weeks. I would still see if the doctors office has someone you can talk to anyway. My doc was on vacation and I had problems and saw her associate.

Well Orange Mom, Jackie was voted off. The Black team kicked the Blue team out of the water, and Jackie was scheming and it back fired. I never liked her or the son, so tonite was a pleasure to watch.