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I know this is going to sound gross.... I am 9 days post op and am constipated. I have tried a heating pad, warm liquids, walking, water... I mean I have been eating under my calorie goal and have been walking daily so I SHOULD be losing but I have been constipated these last few days so the scale is not reflecting by good behavior! HELP!

I did the same thing at our company X-mas party! I was eating potato salad, tuna cassarole, and meatballs and then afterwards I was like what the fu%$ was I thinking?!!?

I am freshly banded and have just read all your posts! Wow.... you have really come a long way. Congratulations!

I hear you on the whole overeating the mushies.... I love pintos and cheese!

So if you have been following my journal you will be able to see I am down a pound every day since surgery. If I keep it up at that rate in 3 months I will be looking fab in some size 6 jeans! Yahoo... Anyway... My stomach really hurts right now... I had some pistachio jello and some mashed potatoes at our company X-mas party... I may have eaten to much or just eaten too solid of foods. I really tried to be good. But I am in pain.... I feel like going home early putting on the PJ's and calling it a night.... :faint:

So if you have been following my journal you will be able to see I am down a pound every day since surgery. If I keep it up at that rate in 3 months I will be looking fab in some size 6 jeans! Yahoo... Anyway... My stomach really hurts right now... I had some pistachio jello and some mashed potatoes at our company X-mas party... I may have eaten to much or just eaten too solid of foods. I really tried to be good. But I am in pain.... I feel like going home early putting on the PJ's and calling it a night.... :faint:

Congratulations for doing something positive for yourself! I too was very scared about going through with the whole thing but I am 6 days post op and already know I have made such a good decision to go through with it. I haven't lost more than 15 lbs but I can already see a change it my face - it looks less puffy... I am already feeling like this was the best gift I could have ever given my self!

So I will start the mushies soon.... I need ideas om what to eat! I want original ideas... I am loving the wackier the better! Suprise me - What do you all eat?!??

Isn't it so exciting? I just got banded on Friday and I am loving it already... Congrats!

I was banded on December 14, 2007 - Friday and I am back to work... I was very ouchie the 3 days post op but once I stopped taking the pain medication I started to feel better. I didn't feel as dizzy or light headed. One Alieve gel cap kept my pain at bay. It is day 5 post op and I cannot wear a regular bra- which suck.... a sports bra does not quite support the twins... hahhaaaa... sorry, but it is true! I am living off tomato soup, drinkable yogurt, pudding cups and haven't ventured out into the world of mashed potatoes or pintos and cheese yet... any recommendations? I stupidly tried tuna fish yesterday morning - i do not know what came over me but i did... dumb! my stomach was saying "no no no" like amy winehouse after the first small bite... i could have done some major damage.... can someonce slap me?

Boy do I feel better! I almost feel like I never even had surgery - well not really... But I do feel great 5 days post op! I am even getting used to just eating liquids too... well that was after I stuipdly tried to eat tuna fish yesterday morning - but was halted by my stomach saying, "No, no, no" (sing in Amy Winehouse's voice and it sounds funnier... "They tried to make me go to rehab.... I was like No, no, no.... ANYWAY. Ya I soon realized I am on liquids for a reason! To let my stomach HEAL! Duh - how could I have been so dumb to try and push it? Onto more merrier things.... I am down 13 pounds! Yes! And I am in wonderland! All is good in my world this morning!

Boy do I feel better! I almost feel like I never even had surgery - well not really... But I do feel great 5 days post op! I am even getting used to just eating liquids too... well that was after I stuipdly tried to eat tuna fish yesterday morning - but was halted by my stomach saying, "No, no, no" (sing in Amy Winehouse's voice and it sounds funnier... "They tried to make me go to rehab.... I was like No, no, no.... ANYWAY. Ya I soon realized I am on liquids for a reason! To let my stomach HEAL! Duh - how could I have been so dumb to try and push it? Onto more merrier things.... I am down 13 pounds! Yes! And I am in wonderland! All is good in my world this morning!

Feeling much better! I took a shower, blow dryed my hair, put in hot rollers and slapped on some makeup... I just wanted to feel human again! It is amazing what a little fixing yourself up can do to a girl's self esteem. I was starting to scare my self everytime I walked past a mirror! I am still kind of tender and have weened my self off the pain medication... it was making me too drowsy and light headed and I need to get back to work tommorow so I will just take Alieve from now on.... So on to what I have been eating.... NOT MUCH! Not because I don't feel hungry but because my doctor told me to stick to liquids for 3 weeks.... liquids do not make me feel full. At all. So I am living off of tomato soup, protein drinks, water and ya... thats about it. It sucks but I have been seeing results... As for now I am just sitting up and trying to pass the time until I fall asleep tonight and go to work tommorow...

Feeling much better! I took a shower, blow dryed my hair, put in hot rollers and slapped on some makeup... I just wanted to feel human again! It is amazing what a little fixing yourself up can do to a girl's self esteem. I was starting to scare my self everytime I walked past a mirror! I am still kind of tender and have weened my self off the pain medication... it was making me too drowsy and light headed and I need to get back to work tommorow so I will just take Alieve from now on.... So on to what I have been eating.... NOT MUCH! Not because I don't feel hungry but because my doctor told me to stick to liquids for 3 weeks.... liquids do not make me feel full. At all. So I am living off of tomato soup, protein drinks, water and ya... thats about it. It sucks but I have been seeing results... As for now I am just sitting up and trying to pass the time until I fall asleep tonight and go to work tommorow...

And I am a sore chica. Bloated, bloated, bloated... tender incisions. Ouch - sleeping last night was a chore. i kept waking up and now my neck hurts.... I know it will all get better but ouchie! I am in pain right now. I just went on a walk to help my bloating go down - and am sipping on some organic tomato soup. Yummy. TTYL ...

And I am a sore chica. Bloated, bloated, bloated... tender incisions. Ouch - sleeping last night was a chore. i kept waking up and now my neck hurts.... I know it will all get better but ouchie! I am in pain right now. I just went on a walk to help my bloating go down - and am sipping on some organic tomato soup. Yummy. TTYL ...

my surgery is tommorrow yes...

OMG. OMG. OMG. So I was a good little gal today... I worked out for about 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer... Breakfast: Light Muscle Milk Lunch: Chicken breast w/ mushrooms and asparagus - a glass of milk. Dinner: Rainbow Roll, summouno, mussels - iced tea Water through out the day... So tommorow I just get to have clear liquids - (water, broth, clear gelatin, tea, popsicles, juice) LUCKY ME!

OMG. OMG. OMG. So I was a good little gal today... I worked out for about 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer... Breakfast: Light Muscle Milk Lunch: Chicken breast w/ mushrooms and asparagus - a glass of milk. Dinner: Rainbow Roll, summouno, mussels - iced tea Water through out the day... So tommorow I just get to have clear liquids - (water, broth, clear gelatin, tea, popsicles, juice) LUCKY ME!

Raise your hand if you are excited about me having my surgery in 2 days....:clap2: Yaaaa... I am so excited. I have cleaned up my room so I am comfortable after surgery. I still have a pile of clothes to fold but no big worries I will get to that tonight. I gave my mom a list of things to pick up for me: heating pad, baby spoon, baby bowl, gas x strips... you know the basics! Today I had a scambled egg for breakfast and a tuna sandwich for lunch - bye bye bread... not going to be tasting you anymore! Oh well. I am trying my best to get as much done at work as possible so I will not make it difficult for the person at work who is filling in for me while I am gone. My surgery is on Friday and I assume I will be able to come back to work on Monday. I hope everything goes well because I didn't tell anyone at work what I was having done. Well, I take that back, I told the receptionist I was having my gallbladder removed because she over heard me on the phone talking to the surgery center. Oh well - it was a white lie and really none of her business anyway. I will update you more later... bye.

Raise your hand if you are excited about me having my surgery in 2 days....:clap2: Yaaaa... I am so excited. I have cleaned up my room so I am comfortable after surgery. I still have a pile of clothes to fold but no big worries I will get to that tonight. I gave my mom a list of things to pick up for me: heating pad, baby spoon, baby bowl, gas x strips... you know the basics! Today I had a scambled egg for breakfast and a tuna sandwich for lunch - bye bye bread... not going to be tasting you anymore! Oh well. I am trying my best to get as much done at work as possible so I will not make it difficult for the person at work who is filling in for me while I am gone. My surgery is on Friday and I assume I will be able to come back to work on Monday. I hope everything goes well because I didn't tell anyone at work what I was having done. Well, I take that back, I told the receptionist I was having my gallbladder removed because she over heard me on the phone talking to the surgery center. Oh well - it was a white lie and really none of her business anyway. I will update you more later... bye.

Hang in there. The waiting is the hardest part! It will be well worth it in the end!

Thank you all I am just so ANXIOUS! I have the "hungry horrors" as well... I feel the need to eat everything once before I can't ever again.

I guess my doctor must be strict because when he said 4 weeks of liquids after surgery I think he meant only liquids no mushies... I am all aboard if it makes me lose the weight - it will suck but it will not suck as bad of being overweight!

I am having my surgery on Friday.... yes, yes, yes!