dwarden

You might also want to make sure you're not getting too LITTLE fat. Some vitamins like Vitamin E that are necessary for skin are fat soluble. If you don't get enough fat, you won't get enough of the vitamins in your system. That happened to my Mom when she was doing this <15 gms of fat per day diet. She lost weight, but she looked dreadful and had all sorts of weird rashes.

I've been stuck at 204 for a month.

I get the deli to shave the chicken breasts so that they are falling apart thin, then I make chicken salad out of it. The ham and roast beef don't shave the same way.

I can't drink a soft drink from a bottle, but I'll occasionally get a fountain drink. They seem to go flat faster. Otherwise, the hiccups are dreadful.

I've never had any problem with ordering from the kids menu. I do carry a card that my surgeon's office gave me stating that I've had surgery and can only eat limited portions. Since I had the surgery in October, I've only had one person ask to see my card.

Can do peanut butter on crackers but not on regular bread.

When CIGNA approved mine, they had rejected it twice. I had decided to have my hysterectomy since it looked like no approval in sight. I got the approval letter the day I came home from the hospital. I stood on the driveway in my bathrobe laughing hysterically. My family wasn't too sure about me. I had to wait six more months to have the LapBand because I had just had the big surgery. Then they held up paying the hospital for the LapBand because it had been so long. A phone call fixed everything.

Wendy's Chili is pretty good. So are the Bean Burritos from Taco Bell. For me, fast food is OK as long as I don't eat it in the car. I eat too fast and take too big bites then. The chicken nuggets from Chick-Fil-A are pretty good, too. and they are easier to take slowly while negotiating traffic.

Does anyone know if Lap-Banders have a higher incidence of duodenal ulcers? I've got this dreadful pain below in my upper mid-abdomen not near my port. It gets better if I eat or if I take Pepcid or Zantac or something like that. I had a CT scan last week, and my surgeon says my band is fine. And I've already had my gallbladder out years ago. Any suggestions?

One thing I was told was not to hide in my clothes. I started out wearing a 3x (22/24), and I'm down to only 1 x on my shirts. Unfortunately a 1x in the big girls sizes (18/20) is not the same as a XL in the regular sizes (16/18), so depending on how it's cut, it may or may not be decent. Of course, my butt is still stuck firmly in the big girls section.