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well, if the protien shakes are getting a little much (because after two weeks of them I couldn't hardly stomach mine anymore), I did find a site with some samples of other stuff. I got my order today but didn't try anything yet. Thought I would have some Protein for Breakfast tomorrow. There were tons more flavors than those stupid shakes come in. Hopefully they aren't as thick. When I get my protein I stay full longer. I'm not GREAT at getting it in though. In my job I don't seem to be able to do that OR the amount of Water. I just forget to drink. All of a sudden it's noon and I haven't had even 10 oz yet. That is what is frustrating me. Keep getting your protein. Hopefully that will help. I know that at this point I just want to CHEW something. I miss chewing. I LOVE chewing. I haven't been perfect on my post-op because I just have to chew sometimes....and I can't spit it out after I've chewed it! Learn fro what triggered this response and try to keep yourself out of that situation again. Sometimes easier said than done, but if you don't put yourself in the position, you may find it not nearly as difficult to resist. Let us know how you're doing. Steph

My pureed list does not include cottage cheese. That is in my mushie phase. Mine is put like this. Anything the consistancy of apple sauce is acceptable. Use a food processor to puree your food. A processor does a better job than a blender. liquid may need added to get the proper consistancy. I started pureed today. For dinner I had cream of wheat with vanilla and splenda. lunch was a can of Soup. Breakfast....hmmm....oh...protien drink. For a minute I thought maybe I forgot to eat it. To be honest the pureed idea does not appeal to me. I think I'll stay on full liquids for another week instead and go onto mushies later. I just can't bring myself to drink a chicken breast or my casserole. Cream of wheat works though. I don't mind that. But you asked about cottage cheese and my list says a no no until mushies. Good Luck, Steph

4 weeks CLEAR liquids? Did your doc say where you are supposed to be getting your protien? I am a little skeptical, forgive me. Do you have that in writing? My doc says 4 DAYS clear liquids and then 3 weeks full liquids. There are places where you can get clear protien. I ordered some stuff today that is "see through", so I know it is out there. Did your doc give you sources where you are to get your nurishment? My suggestion I guess would be to drink a LOT of Water. I don't think I could still be on clear liquids. You're stronger than I if you've done it for 9! I'm not suggesting you go against your doctor's orders. I'd follow his rules. I just want you to know that I couldn't do it so you shouldn't feel bad for your moment of weakness. Good luck. Steph

Sorry....still fighting. Ignore me please If this one is wrong I give it back to the rest to fix!!! USA 100lbsforsale - Bennet, Nebraska ~Sheila~ - Washington state Antsmith101 - Irvine, California brez1015 - Pittsburgh, PA buckeyejc - Ohio chatita - Houston, Texas christasha - Chula Vista, California DonHoll1 - Indiana egorsgirl1 - suburb of Dallas,Texas Ellisa - Ohio freebird - Cheyenne, Wyoming grannyk - Missouri InTheCityGirl - Las Vegas, NV Jazzywoman - Ohio jomama36 - Sterling Heights, Michigan jwright - Michigan Linetta - South Dakota Lynn0216 - Sacramento, CA motocrossgirly - Liburn, Georgia MrsKrzyz- Western New York Onmyway2fit - Ohio RonKat - Wheaton, IL Sandy63 - Dahlonega, Georgia sfeiner - Baraboo Wi sghatl - Georgia thundandlight - Massachusetts tomecia25 - Dallas, Texas Twilight - Montana CANADA Bert99 - British Columbia Meghan1983 - Hamilton, Ontario AUSTRALIA FannyAdams - Perth Sewenup1 - Sydney

Adding Lynn0216 USA 100lbsforsale - Bennet, Nebraska ~Sheila~ - Washington state brez1015 - Pittsburgh, PA buckeyejc - Ohio chatita - Houston, Texas christasha - Chula Vista, California DonHoll1 - Indiana egorsgirl1 - suburb of Dallas,Texas Ellisa - Ohio freebird - Cheyenne, Wyoming grannyk - Missouri InTheCityGirl - Las Vegas, NV Jazzywoman - Ohio jomama36 - Sterling Heights, Michigan jwright - Michigan Linetta - South Dakota Lynn0216 - Sacramento, CA motocrossgirly - Liburn, Georgia Onmyway2fit - Ohio RonKat - Wheaton, IL Sandy63 - Dahlonega, Georgia sfeiner - Baraboo Wi sghatl - Georgia thundandlight - Massachusetts tomecia25 - Dallas, Texas Twilight - Montana MrsKrzyz- Western New York Antsmith101 - Irvine, California CANADA Bert99 - British Columbia Meghan1983 - Hamilton, Ontario AUSTRALIA FannyAdams - Perth Sewenup1 - Sydney

I hope I have everyone back on! USA 100lbsforsale - Bennet, Nebraska ~Sheila~ - Washington state brez1015 - Pittsburgh, PA buckeyejc - Ohio chatita - Houston, Texas christasha - Chula Vista, California DonHoll1 - Indiana egorsgirl1 - suburb of Dallas,Texas Ellisa - Ohio freebird - Cheyenne, Wyoming grannyk - Missouri InTheCityGirl - Las Vegas, NV Jazzywoman - Ohio jomama36 - Sterling Heights, Michigan jwright - Michigan Linetta - South Dakota motocrossgirly - Liburn, Georgia Onmyway2fit - Ohio RonKat - Wheaton, IL Sandy63 - Dahlonega, Georgia sfeiner - Baraboo Wi sghatl - Georgia thundandlight - Massachusetts tomecia25 - Dallas, Texas Twilight - Montana MrsKrzyz- Western New York Antsmith101 - Irvine, California CANADA Bert99 - British Columbia Meghan1983 - Hamilton, Ontario AUSTRALIA FannyAdams - Perth Sewenup1 - Sydney __________________

USA chatita - Houston, Texas christasha - Chula Vista, California DonHoll1 - Indiana egorsgirl1 - suburb of Dallas,Texas Ellisa - Ohio freebird - Cheyenne, Wyoming grannyk - Missouri InTheCityGirl - Las Vegas, NV Jazzywoman - Ohio jomama36 - Sterling Heights, Michigan jwright - Michigan kennergirl - Louisiana motocrossgirly - Liburn, Georgia RonKat - Wheaton, IL Sandy63 - Dahlonega, Georgia sfeiner - Baraboo Wi sghatl - Georgia thundandlight - Massachusetts tomecia25 - Dallas, Texas Twilight - Montana MrsKrzyz- Western New York Antsmith101 - Irvine, California CANADA Meghan1983 - Hamilton, Ontario AUSTRALIA Sewenup1 - Sydney __________________

What a horrible let down! I think I would have been too upset to even get out of bed today! We're here for you if you need to talk/vent/scream. Let us know about a rescheduled time. Steph

Is this Joy? I've been told to call you. So far so good. I'll be happy when I can do everything I used to be able to. It's been hard not holding my baby....but I'm going down a pants size so there are trade offs I guess. Steph

It DOES get better. I remember thinking "What in the world have I done?" but that passes and everything starts looking brighter. There are still days that I move wrong and get a twinge but for the most part there are very few side effects still holding me back on day 14. I still dont stretch up a lot or turn really quick....but I can sleep the whole night through without ouching everytime I move. During the day my students are not noticing anything odd anymore. My co-workers say I look much more rested and healed lately. Just give it a few more days. It will be a blessing soon instead of a curse. Steph

Sometimes I get SOOO frustrated with my family. First they didn't agree with what I am doing. My mom was super supportive of my decision even though she did agree. My sister said she thought it was stupid and other choice phrases and my brother said, "Why don't you just run?" (to which I had some choice phrases) So....I am going home for Christmas and as a show of good will I bought a beautiful prime rib for Christmas dinner. I will be on mushies but will eat around what everyone else is. If it is just some Jello and au jus so be it. My sister calls last night and asks me, "Can you have jello." I tell her I love it and plan on making some SF lime with cottage cheese in it. Next comes "Can you have pumpkin pie?" "I CAN but probably won't," I tell her. "What about lemon meringue?" "Again, probably not." "Hot chocolate with whip cream?" "do you understand what a diet is?" I ask. "Oh, that's right, so stuff more like candied yams?" ....it continued but you get the picture. How do you stay nice about that???? I honestly am thinking maybe I shouldn't go. I finished the conversation telling her that I would blend whatever I could, that I would be drinking Water and protien drinks mostly, and that they shouldn't worry about what I can and can't have. I wanted to jump through the phone and strangle her though. She's overweight. She knows what a diet is. She's not a "normal". I may have to go to prison for murder if this continues! I'm already grumpy from lack of something to chew on. I guess I just had to vent. Does anyone have any suggestions that don't include murder or mayhem? I guess maiming is probably out of the question too. Would it be wrong of me to take her present back and buy her a heart instead? Steph

You are all so kind. Now I feel like a big old %$#$% myself. You are right though, I should give my sister the benefit of the doubt. She's much older than me and was for a lot of my life the one who picked on my the most. I guess there is still that hostility. I will take what she says in a different light. Thank you all for putting it in perspective for me. I really did need that. I'm looking forward to going home again. I will have a chat with them all and it will be good for them to learn about it. I think sometimes my family still sees me as the "baby" of the past and not the adult that I am. I wonder if they think this was a spur of the moment decision and not one that haunted me for years. Again, thanks for all the words of wisdom. I'll go home happier and more relaxed now. I don't think I'll blender the prime rib dinner though....that's just a nasty thought. The pumpkin dessert though....I wrote that down! It just sounds AWESOME! Steph

I'm just wondering if he's around. The last post I saw he wasn't doing very well. I may have missed one but I was worrying about him. If anyone has heard from him, or if he stops by, I want to see how he's doing with the shoulder pain. It must be bad when you look at the sleeves the guy has. If he can endure that and says the bad may have to come out..... Steph

We'll be thinking of you UltraGeek! Let us know when you are feeling up to it. we'll see you in a few hours on the other side of the band. Good Luck!!! Steph

I'm out here. Not sure anyone else is because it's been a long time since the last post. Banded on 12/6 in North Dakota. I live in Plentywood so ND is closer than anything else. Everything is new and still in the newbie stages. I just wanted to say I'm out her. Steph

All Heart, Every time I got hungry and wanted something during the clear liquid time I made myself drink a bottle of Water. After that, I told myself that after banding you can't eat for a half hour after drinking so I had to wait. After I set my mind there time just seemed to fly. My nerves kept me from thinking too much about it too. I was too excited/nervous/jumpy/terrified to think much about eating. Try to stay busy and away from the smell of food. Smell is so hard. Good luck and we'll be waiting for you on the other side of the band. Steph

When my little girl had the flu and was getting dehydrated the doc prescribed some suppositories (I know, no one wants to go there) that stopped it RIGHT NOW! When I asked my coordinator about vomiting she said to have the doc prescribe the same for me. Your PCP can do that. No need to go into office she said. I'd call so you don't have to be sick AND worry. One is bad enough without the other. Feel better soon. Steph

From QVC I LOVE their citiknits brand. I wore them when I started pregnant at size 18 all the way through pregnancy and now when I'm a size 22. Same 2x. I think their large would probably work for me from 1x down to just about med. I do have a problem since I'm short that I have to get their petites, but if you have to get dress clothes for work and want them to transition with you, I think it could be a good deal. And they are AWESOME about returns. Steph

I know that I can have a little of all those things. But there are other HEALTHY options I can have that would make more sense to eat. I'm not saying I won't have some pumpkin pie, but all she talked about was the fattening stuff. I can't have soda so hot chocolate was her replacement? Tea works well. I can't have prime rib so how about some pie? Au jus mixed with some mashed potatoes would be a better choice I think. Since you can't have the healthy yummy stuff, we'll make more pie options so you can have variety. It just seems like the healthy idea I'm going for flies right past her. I explained Soup and mashed and pureed and yogurt, and such and she says "oh great, sugary bad for you stuff." When her daughter was told by the Air Force that she couldn't gain any weight in the next 6 mos or she would have too high of a BMI for basic training, she went and bought all kinds of veggies and looked for low-fat, high-taste, low-carb, high excitement options. She told me about all kinds of great recipies she picked out for HER. She gets it for HER! She talked about replacing high cal Desserts with delish fruit options for HER. For me, candied yams, pie, and hot chocolate. I'll get over it. I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening. I'll not kill her. My skinny me will be all the justification I need. And despite her, I'll have a Merry Christmas!!! Steph

Jalee, If you HADN'T licked your fingers there would have been something wrong with you! Be proud you didn't eat the cake! Just sitting there staring at the danged thing would have sent me over the edge. I remember when I was on pre-op and made my son a pbj. I couldn't stand it and licked the knife. When my DH said something in jest I said, "Well I didn't put a tablespoon's worth on it first. That's GOT to count for something." hehehe You restrained yourself and only had a lick. Would that have been you a month ago?? Be proud of the accomplishment. I would be. Steph

It seems like I have a new issue every day but really this one has been going on since I was banded and I'm just bringing it up. Is my stomach going to gurgle for life? It is more than growling because it is hungry. It sits and rolls, churns, and makes the most obnoxious noises. I teach jr. high and high school kids and I can tell you, standing in front of them and my stomach decides it needs to talk over me, is SOOOO embarrassing. I was sitting next to one of my kids helping him with some problems and my stomach rolled for about 5 minutes. I got up after the first and got my bottle of Water thinking it just needed something to work on, but no....it only got worse.:faint: I'm still on liquids and maybe that is it. Maybe once I start eating more, it will stop. I certainly hope so. My geometry kids had a really hard time concentrating on quadrilaterals while my stomach was being so intruding. Does anyone have any insight? Steph

I just wanted to wish everyone this week good luck! My hopes and prayers are with you all. We'll be waiting to hear from all of you post-op! Let us know that you're doing alright. See you on the other side of the band!:clap2: Steph

I hope you are doing well one day post op! Welcome to the other side. It will only get better as time goes by. I can't wait for January! I have a few complaints but this morning I had to roll over my waist band on my favorite pant in order to wear them....so how much better can I be? My complaints have little to do with success! I'm waiting to be weighed at doc office but I'm pretty sure I hit onederland!!! I'm with the BAND!! Steph

Centrum makes a liquid, but it makes me gag. You could try it. I'm working on the nasty chewables now. I don't know which is worse. I would love to hear someone say XYZ is the best Vitamin out there but so far no luck. If you find something that is wonderful, please let me know. Steph

Jes, Wondering how you are doing today and if you have found any relief. Have you called your center to see what they say? Steph