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Have y'all seen it? Where she says she has lost this weight and won't have to make a new years resolution to lose weight ever again? :faint::faint::faint: I *SO* hope that is me next year!! How exciting is that?

Yay, congratulations!! The anesthesiologist gave me an amnesiac in my "relaxation" drug. Weird. Jim tells me he was with me until they wheeled me in to the OR, and I was talking to him, and I don't remember a bit of it. It's the strangest feeling!

Ach, my big struggle is Protein. The nutritionist told me 40-60 per day, with an average of 50. I might get half of that. I'm just not doing well with the Protein shakes. Now that I'm starting to be able to eat though, I think it will get a little better. I just calculated - I had a little less than 1/4 of a 3 egg cheese omelet for breakfast, so there's 10 Proteins right there.

Yay, it's done!!

Mine just looks weird. It kind of looked like a donut at first - the incision in the middle with swelling all around it. Then one half of the swelling went away, so I looked dented. Now it just looks weird.

Oh, that's great!!

Congratulations to you both!! I'm now 1 1/2 weeks out and doing well.

Congratulations!!

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/pregnant-banded-come-join-me-37874/ Here's a humongous thread on this topic. It's a consideration I've had also. I have three children, but I would certainly welcome another one. We'll see what happens ...

My dent is pretty much right in the middle of my stomach. Still looks weird.

I'm going to give it a try, just one bottle. My problem with protein shakes at this point is that I have a milk aversion and can't seem to get past it.

Oh, interested in the answer to this question too!

Thanks! I'll be making a trip to GNC this week.

Where is this found? What does it taste like? I'm really having a hard time getting my Protein in. :eek: What happens if I don't get enough?

This is my biggest struggle too. I was told 6 lbs max for two weeks and then 15 lbs max for another two weeks. At a week out, I had to pick up my 25 lb 2 1/2 year old son. No choice, he was going for a coffee pot at church and I was the only one close. It hurt, not terribly bad, but I was still sore from it the next day. I'm TRYING to change my son on the floor unless someone else is home to lift him to the changing table. It's tough. Other things like getting him into the car seat are tough too. My doctors office said "well, he's 2, he should be able to get onto the changing table and into the car seat himself." Well, he CAN ... but he's 2 ... and generally CHOOSES for it to be a battle. Reasoning with a 2 year old usually does not end well for the adult. :eek: Anyway ... just wanted to send you sympathy. How old are the kids you have? I would think that would make a difference.

My abdomen is dented ... looks really weird, almost like a shallow second belly button. I'm REALLY hoping that it's swelling and will go down! I'm not caffeine restricted, but I am carbonated beverage restricted. Hard to believe it's been almost two weeks since I've had a diet coke!! I'm drinking a lot of iced tea though. :eek: It's a decent substitute.

Holy cow, 100 lbs in 6 mo? :faint: That's amazing!! Congratulations!!

We made some minestrone Soup with extra broth. Oh my oh my, it was good to have something with FLAVOR. The fam had the soup, I had the broth. It was fabulous - seriously, that was SIX meals for me. Now I've moved on to pinto Beans with ground beef and diced tomatoes and green chilies. I'm just eating the broth, but it has lots of flavor. I did mash up some of the beans for extra Protein. There is a list in the food category that has some suggestions for the liquid phase.

YAY!! Glad it all worked out, and I wish you a swift recovery!

Thank you for the encouragement!!

General, and you'd definitely want it that way. I would imagine the feeling of not being able to breathe when filled up with all of the gas would be MOST unpleasant. I have five incisions, two are the typical tiny laparoscopic instrument size, one is about 3", and two others are about 2", give or take a bit. (I haven't actually measured them.) I have had a regular laparoscopy before and the instrument incisions measure up very close to my other scars.

I'm a little worried about New Years myself. I'll be able to legally EAT then. Yikes!! I'm glad you're feeling better today, Sheila.

I'd love to be at ONEderland by the time we go to DisneyWorld 4/5. Basically that's 10 lbs per month. At this point, I don't know what's realistic, KWIM? I don't want to set a goal that is so far out that that I can't even get close, and then I get all discouraged about it. It sure would be awesome to be able to ride what I want and not worry about fitting into the seats though! Also, as soon as I'm cleared, I'd like to drag my lazy butt to Curves 3-4 times per week. I need to pull my rebounder out too; that may be a little bit longer though, the very idea of bouncing has my insides all quivery.

I was worried about having to explain why I wasn't eating, and do you know that not a single person noticed! I was so surprised!! Let me say though - I did carry a plate for a few minutes while I fed my son. There were a couple of things that I had that weren't the best choices, but overall I didn't do too bad.

Sending you both hugs and a recommendation that you call your doctor. I didn't do too great yesterday either. I'm still on liquids, but I "accidently" managed to dip my finger into all sorts of things and lick it off. Technically I guess it's not cheating ... but seriously ... I also let a teensy piece of fudge melt in my mouth. I think for me, I'm kind of feeling desperate for flavor. Figured that out when I was licking a banana. <eyeroll> We all don't have too far to go before we'll be out of this stage. We can do it.