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I think that with mushy food you may want to watch the calories. If you are then it may be your body in survival mode. You know if you think about it when you are on liquids only it is like you are fasting so your body loses at first. When you introduce something back into your diet that is more filling or thicker with more nutrients and more protein your body tends to hold on to it because it remembers what you did to it last week. LOL That is just my theory. Once your body realizes that you are introducing more food it will calm down and let go of the weight.

Thanks Margo. 33lbs you go girl!! Whoo hoo! I have lost 17lbs and I love it but I am hungry every hour. I talked to my dietician who said that one lady that had this was fine for 2 weeks on just liquids. Well that is not me. She told me I can have 3oz of tuna or chicken in the can. I can also have pureed foods. Right now I will just soft scramble an egg. Hopefully this will help with the liquids. I won't go to the tuna unless I am in dire straits. I feel better.

I am 6 days post op and I hate this liquid diet! I hear alot of people say just stick it out; It is hard. I mean I was 336lbs and I maintained that weight not gaining or losing for 3 years. Do you know how many calories that required? about 4000 I think. Now with the liquids I am only getting about 600 calories. I hate chicken broth it is nasty. I hated it when I wasn't dieting and I hate it now. I never ate popcicles so that was a change they were good the first 2 days now i don't like them. I have been drinking the Protein drinks that my dietician recommended and they taste fine but I am getting tired of them. I have never been the type to eat something over and over again without getting bored with it. I love french fries but I didn't love them enough to eat them everyday. This liquid diet sucks. I love the choice I made to get my band but I think that Mexican Doctors who have been doing this longer than american doctors are more realistic with the liquid phase. My dietician told me I cannot have creamy Soups, sugar free pudding during my 2 week liquid phase. Alot of folks here can have that during their liquid phase. I figure as long as I am not eating solid food a scrambled egg won't hurt. I can't even have a banana, or anything blended with protein. I think this is cruel. Sorry but I am venting now and it feels good.

Kathy I too believe this is not a race issue. I believe it is a human issue as I posted in my earlier thread. I have to defend my belief because my family thinks it is a race issue. I don't think so. My point is it was still a too slow repsonse. The National Guard are a godsend, The calvary all of these brave men are doing a great job! we as a nation need to vent and where I can see both sides, Michael Moore is to me an agitator. He is gonna ride this wave as far as it can go. Many people with the help of the media is making this a race issue and I as a black american don't like it. I hurt for the elderly and the children the most because they had no choice. Yeah some of them should have gotten out and they chose not to. Children are suffering and the elderly and sick are dying even after being rescued. I debated in high school and to me this is just a debate or discussion. There are no hard feelings and you have every right to express your feelings on this. I have read other posts that you have written on different threads and I can tell that you are a genuine person. You are an encourager and motivator. We all will have opposing views but that is where it ends. I think alot of frustration I have is from being on this liquid diet! LOL I want to chew, I want steak

I will post this and I am through with this thread. My opinion is exactly that my opinion! It may not be right to some but it is my opinion and I am entitled to say or believe anything I choose. We all have opinions and every opinion is an opinion, not Fact. We all don't have the facts as to why it took so long for aid. When race is brought up in an issue it is always looked upon as an excuse. I don't know what world some of you are living in but here is a news flash racism does exist. We all know it does but some of us push it under the rug. Personally,I don't think this situation has to do with race just lack of organization by the government. If the government is not supposed to act in emergencies then why in the world do we have FEMA? My reality ladies is that I saw thousands of black people stranded on rooftops and in unsanitary conditions. Maybe the media chose not to show the white people I saw a few. Maybe the media is to blame. Maybe it is a conspiracy to help the democrats in the elections coming up. I speak for myself I did not vote for Bush but I respect him as president. I think the ball was dropped period. If it was thousands of white people stranded I would have the same reaction too slow of a response. Some people will use the race issue for their own agenda be it against the government or for it. I have been black for 36 years racism does exist. Hide from it if you will but it is here. Yes it is in local, state and federal government. If you are proud of the response the president gave then be proud, but if it was u stranded for 4 days without the basic neccessities, children getting raped, elderly dying all around you would you think the timing was good. I don't think so. There but for the grace of God go I.

captain cavvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve mannnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! LOL

Amy girl that is gas! Weird how gas expresses it's presence in the body! My mom is a nurse and she told me that gas feels like a heart attack when it is trapped in the upper body. Walk Girlfriend it has helped me to walk it off. LOL I am still fighting about chewing something it is unatural not to chew. LOL

Here is wishing a speedy recovery to you and your hubby!! Welcome to the state of bandland!! Loserville is our capital!!!

Kathy I don't think all the poor Black people refused help. I think that you are generalizing. You actually belive all of those people stayed because they didn't want help? You actually believe they don't realize that they are below sea level? yes they are in dire straits because this is a fact of life most of their day to day living is because of dire straits. Poor is Poor if you are not poor thank God for that. Don't blame them for not being able to evacuate! 4 days may be enough time for you and your family to evacuate but not everyone may be as fortunate as you are. I had to evacuate in 1999 I did not wait I had to make sure family members that didn't have the means to evacuate got to safety. We were packed to capacity in a caravan and some still had to go to shelters or schools. It is hard. They are not blaming the government for the Hurricane wiping out everything they owned and the lost lives but the response time was tooooo slow. Even the president said it was unacceptable. I don't speak for all of my people but I do know that we are not ignorant to the fact that when there is a hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds we know that tis catastrophic. Our faith has held us this far for over 400 years and will continue to do so. The government helps others in diasters abroad almost instantaneously but our own americans it takes 4 days to get basic supplies. yes I too blame the government for their slow response and I am a black woman, but looking at the headline news stations alot of white people agree with me too.

I feel ya. I am in mourning to I suppose. All of my good and bad times food was a big part. I have to totlly get a grip. I will suceed with my band..I will name her Betsy.

he was in Lafayette La. Kissing and hugging a black woman and her daughter. Walking all three of them hugging! Media shot. That will be front page! Stop hugging and get to feeding, and finding the shelter. I mean I know he has to play this race thing down, okay I am black but what the Hell feed somebody. Get the young girls and babies out of the way for the rapists and the crazies!! Hug them later. They will understand. get them to a bathtub so them babies can smell like babies. Diabetics need insulin, the people know that we are responding the kissy huggy can come after they have been put in a safe, protected environment! I need to stop. This whole thing has just pissed me off not withstanding the fact I am on the LIQUID Phase of my diet. I need to chew!!! LOL But I will not, I mean NOT mess up my band!! Okay what was i saying?.....

It may be 50/50 in New Orleans but when I look at the news I see about 95% black and 5% white in the stadium and streets. So all the white people had the means to escape?? Well Kare looks like it to me. Unless they are all trapped somewhere. I mean all of those people at the stadium have no cars, and if they have a car I don't think it would be highway travelling ready. I mean alot of people have gone to Mardi Gras but have you ever gone past the strip. The public housing looks like it was bombed, glass broken out,just horrible. People go to the casino with 2 dollars just to try and win grocery money. This city is and was poor. Mardi gras and the jazz festivals just make it look good. The Big Easy. This is so sad. All of the millions generated in the casino's and hotels alone. They need to invest it in the city.

Kellie U go Girl!!

I am constantly looking at the news and getting outraged! This catastrophe has gotten me so emotional. Everyone that is watching these people Die in the streets and begging for the basics are wondering why in the hell isn't our government doing anything? The majority of the people are poor and black, that is reality I am not making it up look at the news. I desperately am hoping for the government to wake up because this is going to turn into a race issue instead of the HUMAN issue it is. FOx News,and CNN has already said it looks like a refugee camp in Somalia or Haiti. They are right it looks like something in Africa Or haiti, I am so sad. My people are dying in the streets like animals. They are covering up dead bodies in wheelchairs, bodies floating in the streets! We helped people in the tsunami catastrophe but we can't help our own. This is sad. We go to IRAQ to fight terrorists and free the Iraqui people from torment but babies in the flooded streets are dying? Babies are dying!(I am really crying right now).Elderly people who God has graced to live for 80 + years dying because of dehydration and hunger. Ambulances scared to go in because of the overwhelming sense of there is violence. Yes there are a few bad apples in the bunch . Yes I know that a gurdsman was shot and I thank God he was not killed. Everybody is not shooting at help! They have stereotyped everyone because of some nut! I wonder sometimes why? If we can help other nations why can't we help ourselves? Where is homeland security? If this was a terrorist attack say they bombed the levvies(sp), wiped out the power, and the city was flooded how would they help these people? I look at this great land and think we do not have our priorities straight. We need to sweep around our own front door before we try to sweep around others. How can we effectively help other countries when we cannot help our own! Whew I am through, now on to more crying. Dee Dee

I don't really miss diet pepsi's that much. I think it is the caffeine. My mom stopped smoking years ago and she said giving up sodas is the same, you will eventually get over them. I do miss the carbonation feeling ...you know that sharp gas blast that makes you belch..lol I know that is gross. DeeDee

I am just wanting to chew something! LOL i am resisting temptation don't want to screw up my band! It has been 3 days and I have lost a great deal of weight. I just wish the mushie stage would get here so I can have some eggs. LOL

Alatina I understand what you are saying. I was just banded on August 29th and I am going through girlfriend!!! I mean this liquid diet is playing with my head. I know that I am only gonna be on this for 2 weeks, then mushies, then soft foods, then soft solids etc for 6 weeks. In essence 6 weeks is not alot of time but for an overeater it is a lifetime. I look at food and instantly my mouth waters hungry or not. I have to really battle my head demons. If you are looking for something that will just make the weight disappear without you managing your eating habits you are not being realistic. This band is a tool. It will not let you eat more than the allowed per sitting without giving you a signal that enough is enough. I think your mind is playing games with you. You are losing weight but it seems hard because you have to take accountability for the weight loss or not loss. Maybe you have cheated so what. Everyday is a new day. I hope that you realize that you are stronger than your urges. I am dealing with this now more intimately. I am responsible for my size and what I eat or not eat. If I want this band to work I have to work with this band. That's just the way it is. It will get better just hang in there. DeeDee

GREAT THREAD! Thanks for bumping it Crystal. I needed this! YOu are truly one of the greats on this site!!!

Amy My pain is okay now. The first 2 days were hard. Today I feel great. I will keep sipping and trying different flavors of drinks. I think most of it is in my head. I am getting kind of frustrated with the protein drinks I like em okay but it is in my head I know. I mean I can eat french fries everyday no problem but protein drinks everyday Yuk!! LOL well I am getting my water in and I have some strawberyy-kiwi crystal light that is really yummy! Gabriel we all get nervous having surgery is serious. I am only saying how I have been feeling but I know alot of it is in my head. Okay like now my mom is cooking this huge Delmonico steak, smells delicious but I am full and I know this and I can't have any cause I am on liquids. My mouth is watering and I feel full! My mind's playing tricks on me! LOL

Great margo!! We are on our way!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!

Great NSV's!! Vines that is what I'm talkin' About! I am not really a scale person but an inches and achievement kind of gal!! Your are an inspriration and funny as all get out!! You deserve all the best!!! DeeDee

Thanks you guys! I AM DRINKING WATER! I am also drinking my Protein drinks and sucking on my popsicles(sugar free-fat free). It is the weirdest thing I drink Water and I am full I mean really full then about 20 minutes later I am hungry so I drink a crystal light and that keeps me full for about an hour. I have not chewed a thing so don't worry. I have been tempted but I have braved surgery not to ruin my band. Yes I wll make it. I just had a temporary moment of weakness. Daisybelle I admire your willpower, u go girl! I am not hungry at all today yet oh yeah maybe it is all the drinking. Thanks again!! Peace, DeeDee

Good for you Amy! I was really nervous until I woke up from anesthesia,lol. Now we begin the journey. I have already posted a thread about being very hungry on the 3rd day after surgery. I think that it is me not getting enough water in. I have to constantly sip on water or some fluid. I do this for about 5 minutes and then I am full. Then it starts again so I just keep drinking water. It helps with the fullness. Just a tip I learned.

I am so hungry! I had almost no appetite surgery day and the next but this third day is something! I drink my protein and water and I am full for about 2 hours but then I am so hungry! ANybody had to deal with this! HELP! lol I AM GETTING REALLY FRUSTRATED! I know that my calorie intake is way down but how many calories can you get in by just drinking. I am really hungry though. What can I do about this I can't see this for 2 weeks I don't think I will make it! Help!!!

I was just banded on monday and I can tell you the gas is about the worst part. I walked a little but I was sore as all get out. It is now the third day and I feel a whole lot better. I am getting hungry alot but when I drink my protein or water I get full pretty quickly. I have lost 16 lbs since the surgery maybe this is water weight but I will take it! LOL I am gonna make sure I follow all the rules so my band can work for me. In order for the band to work you are gonna have to work with it! I am on my way and you will be too. This is a great decision if you want to take control of your eating and health.