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Down another 1.2 lbs this week, I'll take it!! aJoneen........................0 75 pounds LOST! Bandana....................... 0 95 lbs lost BrandNewLisa............0 80pounds LOST forever!!! evelas5000..................0 Desdemona...................0 Fenton...........................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! HarleyGirl..................-1 85 pounds LOST! Hopeinapril.................0 Kpodski........................0 Lynnt1215................. 0 NurseNiki...................0 Nycm00.......................0 Potatie.........................-2 100 POUNDS LOST!! Scrappy_Friend..... 0 150 POUNDS LOST!!!! SpecialK...................0 Sugarbean..................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! Sharona......................0 stellabella...............-2.6 HALFWAY TO GOAL! Tess415......................0 Thin2bme............... -1.2 100 POUNDS LOST !! WestCoastMom........0 Wishin4......................0 73 pounds gone!!

Here's what my dietician had me doing from Day 1 through Week 6. Day 1,2,3 - I was allowed Water, sugar free Jello, broth, sugar free popsicles, decaf tea, and liquid Protein drinks (clear not creamy drinks). I was told to consume a maximum of 2-4 oz of any of the above items at one time. Day 4,5,6,7 - In addition to the above items, I got to add V-8 juice (Not Splash version, strained thinned cream Soups w/o meat or vegetables, nonfat lowfat yogurt, preferably lite or low carb (no seeds, fruit pieces, nuts, or granola added), skim milk. You should only be consuming a maximum of 2-4 oz at a time still. Weeks 2 and 3 (Days 8-22) - I was able to add soft, moist, SOLID foods, one at a time. Avoid products like beef, pork, Pasta, & rice. It is better to eat softer foods that are easier to digest. Remember to take very small bites and chew foods 20-30 times (to baby food consistency) to avoid vomiting or stomach irritation. If you have nausea or vomiting, return to the clear liquid diet and contact your doctor. Things to add to your food items above now are: Cottage cheese (low-fat or nonfat) String Cheese eggs (any style) Tofu Refried Beans chicken (canned or thinsly sliced deli-no BBQ) Turkey (thinsly sliced deli-no BBQ) Baked Fish (soft, moist, fresh) Tuna with fat free mayo or fat free Miracle Whip. Add the following foods, in this order, ONLY if you have room: Vegetables: Well-cooked, peeled vegetables (AVOID asparagus, corn, celery, peas, lima beans, brussels sprouts, lettuce, cabbage, raw vegetables for 6 months, then CHEWED well). Fruit: Canned fruit (preferably unsweetened) Small amounts of cooking spray Small amounts of fat-free mayo, fat free Miracle Whip, butter sprays, or broth to moisten food. Drink sips of water (2 oz every 15 minutes) through the day (total 48-64 oz day). Do not drink water 30 minutes before, during and 1 hour after a meal. Protein Drinks should be counted as part of your 64 oz Fluid daily. Weeks 4 & 5 (Days 23-35) - You can now increase your range of foods, adding more texture and variety. Remember to eat solid protein first! Foods you can now add to your diet are as follows: Egg salad, tuna salad, and chicken salad, with minimal fat free mayo (no celery), pickles with no skin is ok, I used pickle relish without any problems. Nonfat lowfat cheese. Creamy Peanut Butter. Chicken breast, turkey, lean beef, lean pork - must be moist and be able to pull apart with 2 forks. Black beans, lentils, split peas, canned. Low calorie, low carb frozen meal (remember, you will not eat the whole thing). As I recall, there were days that I was able to eat the entire frozen entree such as Weight Watchers, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, etc.), but not always. Foods to avoid - course or crunchy foods. Limit foods high in fat, sugar and starch. Week 6 and beyond - From this point on, food tolerances will be "trial and error" for you. Raw vegetables (peeled), raw fruit (peeled), salads, and nuts are best tolerated after 5 to 6 months. I think I tried eating salads and raw fruit after about 3 months and didn't have any problems, but just take it easy when trying this things since they can cause food to get stuck fairly easy. I stuck to the above foods and followed the above plan for the first 5 months before I started straying off "plan" and did really well in my weight loss then. I also walked 3 to 4 times a week on my treadmill. My weightloss slowed down when I found myself eating things that weren't all on the plan above such as fried chicken, candy, stuff that you really should try to eat in moderation anyway. My doctor and therapist keep reminding me this is a lifestyle change so I don't beat myself up if I have a bad day, I just get up the next day and do better. I'm still losing just not as fast as I did to begin with. My 1 year band anniversary is March 19 and to date I have lost 105 lbs, 20 of which I lost before the band. I'm very happy with my decision and hope you will be too. The plan that I just laid out above is what our dietician gave to us so if you follow it I would hope you would have minimal problems and great results like I have. If you have any questions, let me know. My email address is triggert@kc.rr.com if you'd prefer to email me instead of going thru the private messages. Hope this helps, Teri

I agree with TQUAD, sorry..

aJoneen........................0 75 pounds LOST! Bandana.......................0 92 lbs lost BrandNewLisa............0 80pounds LOST forever!!! evelas5000..................0 Desdemona...................0 Fenton...........................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! HarleyGirl..................0 80 pounds LOST! Hopeinapril.................0 Kpodski........................0 Lynnt1215....................0 NurseNiki...................0 Nycm00.......................0 Potatie.........................0 100 POUNDS LOST!! Scrappy_Friend..... 0 150 POUNDS LOST!!!! SpecialK...................-3 Sugarbean..................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! Sharona......................+3 stellabella..................0 HALFWAY TO GOAL! Tess415......................0 Thin2bme............... - 2.4 100 POUNDS LOST !! WestCoastMom........0 Wishin4......................0 73 pounds gone!! Kpodski..............0 I updated this for today's weigh-in and included Sharona's and Special K's weigh-in from today. I lost another 2.4 lbs this week, woohoo. Off to Branson for a 3 day weekend leaving as soon as I log off, so I'll have to try and be good so I can lose next week. Have a great week everyone.

I keep an electric beverage warmer on my desk at work and sit my meals on it to help keep them warm while I'm eating. It works really well. It's made by Totes and I paid $9.99 for it at Walgreens.

Whoohoo, down 2.8 lbs this week. From my heighest weight ever, this actually puts me down 103 pounds total, so I've officially joined the 100 lb weight loss group!! :tt2: aJoneen.......................075 pounds LOST! Bandana......................-2 92 lbs lost BrandNewLisa..........-1 80pounds LOST forever!!! evelas5000................-2 Desdemona.................0 Fenton.........................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! HarleyGirl..................-2 80 pounds LOST! Hopeinapril................0 Lynnt1215...................+ 2 UGH!!! NurseNiki...................0 Nycm00.......................0 Potatie.........................0 100 POUNDS LOST!! Scrappy_Friend..... 0 150 POUNDS LOST!!!! SpecialK......................-1 Sugarbean..................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! Sharona......................0 stellabella............... 0 HALFWAY TO GOAL! Tess415......................0 Thin2bme............... - 2.8 100 POUNDS LOST !! WestCoastMom........0 Wishin4......................0 Kpodski............-1 BRATZ98363.......0

Lynn, ditto to the sweets!!! I've been struggling with that also. I just get up the next day and make myself stay away from them. I really need to get rid of the excess stuff we have at home, I just can't bring myself to throw them away!! What's wrong with this picture?? :eek:

Hi Everyone, I was in to Dr. Hoehn's office the other day along with my husband who now has his official surgery date of March 17. Almost 1 year to the day since my surgery last year on March 19. I'm not sure who's more excited him or me, lol. Anyway, I asked about the support group meeting times to find out if they were going to change it back to the evening session and the answer that I got was that they were sorry, but that they are "very short handed". They couldn't say when or if it would change back. But I agree, I can't imagine very many people going to the earlier meeting because of their work schedules. I'm going to try to start going to the KC Bandsters meeting that meets once a month at the Antioch Library off of I-35 and Johnson Drive, but I can't make it this month. I think that meeting is on February 23 at 6:45, but I'm in the middle of training on a part time evening job and can't make that meeting either, so I'll be trying for the meeting in March. I hope everyone is doing well, and keep up the good work.

aJoneen.......................-1 75 pounds LOST! Bandana......................0 BrandNewLisa............1.3 75 pounds LOST forever!!! evelas5000.................-.5 Desdemona..................0 Fenton........................-3 100 POUNDS LOST !! HarleyGirl.................. -6 80 pounds LOST! Hopeinapril................0 Lynn1215.....................0 NurseNiki...................0 Nycm00.......................0 Potatie.........................0 100 POUNDS LOST!! Scrappy_Friend......-3 150 POUNDS LOST!!!! SpecialK......................-2 Sugarbean..................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! Sharona......................0 stellabella...............-.4 HALFWAY TO GOAL! Tess415......................0 Thin2bme...............+ .2 WestCoastMom........0 Wishin4......................0 Kpodski............-5 BRATZ98363............-77 Well, I'm up .2 lbs this week, I really thought I was going to have a loss, but at least I'm only a teeny tiny bit, guess we'll see what happens next week. I'm not trying to make excuses but I started a part time job this week that I go to when I get off of my full time job during the day so it's thrown my eating and exercising schedules off this week. Two more weeks of training in this new job then my schedule will change to just working on the weekends which will be much better for me. I hope I show a loss next week, Fenton, don't send the claw after me, I don't think I did anything wrong this week to deserve it.

FEBRUARY 6TH aJoneen.......................-1 75 pounds LOST! BrandNewLisa............0 evelas5000.................0 Desdemona..................0 Fenton........................-3 100 POUNDS LOST !! HarleyGirl.................. -3 75 pounds LOST! Hopeinapril................0 Lynn1215.....................0 NurseNiki...................0 Nycm00.......................0 Potatie.........................0 100 POUNDS LOST!! Scrappy_Friend........0 150 POUNDS LOST!!!! SpecialK......................0 Sugarbean..................0 100 POUNDS LOST !! Sharona......................0 stellabella...............-3.4 HALFWAY TO GOAL! Tess415......................0 Thin2bme.................- 2 WestCoastMom........0 Wishin4......................0 I'm down 2 this week, I'll take it. I'm less than 2 pounds away from hitting the CENTURY mark, I hoping that I'll be adding my name to the list of CENTURIES next weigh-in!

I've had a total of 5 fills and I was on Plaquenil up until about 2 months ago when I stopped taking it. I was able to get the whole tablet down without any problems, but I see no reason why you couldn't break it in half to take it. I say go for another fill.

aJoneen........................-3 evelas5000.................. -.5 Desdemona.....................0 Fenton.........................-2 HarleyGirl.......................0 Hopeinapril.....................0 Lynn1215......................0 NurseNiki.......................0 Nycm00.......................-3 Yippee Potatie.........................-9 100 POUNDS LOST Scrappy_Friend..............-3 150 pounds lost SpecialK.......................-1 Sugarbean.....................0 100 POUNDS LOST Sharona........................0 Tess415........................0 Thin2bme....................-.6 WestCoastMom..............0 Wishin4........................0 Well, I'm only down .6 of a lb this week, but I'll take it, it's better than a gain. I think some of it was Water weight as I'm been to the bathroom several times today since weighing in early this morning, so we shall see what happens next week. :redface:

I have not had this happen to me before. I would contact your doctor and discuss it with them, it could be a sign of something more serious.

I take 2 Fiberchoice - Weight Management chewable wafers everyday and they seem to help keep me regulated.

Well, it doesn't sound normal to me. I think I'd call the scheduler everyday until you get your date. Good luck.

Yes he's still there. His # is 913-676-2370.

Special, those gold cards are neat. I wonder if the creator would make one up with a Shamrock on it, that would be cool. According to the link she created it with photoshop so I bet she might create one for us, just a thought.

OK, so I'm late posting my weight loss again this week, just couldn't bring myself into the cold office in the house, but I finally cranked up the space heater in here this morning so I could compute. :w00t: Anyway, I weighed in Friday morning and was down 3.2 lbs, whoohoo. Hope it continues downward next week. I've been doing good continuing the treadmill and logging my food for the most part so hoping for more good results next week. :thumbup: Way to go for 100 lbs lost Potatie and SugarBean!! I hope to join you guys soon and I'll post that milestone when I reach it, hopefully in the next 2 or 3 weeks. Friday, January 23, 2009 aJoneen.........0 evelas5000......0 Desdemona.......0 Fenton.........-5 HarleyGirl......+.5 Hopeinapril.....0 Lynn1215........0 NurseNiki.......0 Nycm00.........+1 Potatie.........-1 100 POUNDS LOST scrappy_friend.-2 SpecialK........0 Sugarbean......-2 100 POUNDS LOST Sharona.............-1 Tess415........-8 Thin2bme.....-3.2 WestCoastMom....0 Wishin4.........0

Hi Cara, I was banded in March 2008 and live in Kansas City, KS. Dr. Hoehn was my surgeon in Shawnee Mission. Yes it's normal for your belly to still be swollen 2 days out of surgery. You'll probably still be swollen for a few more days and things should start to settle down some. Not every surgeon puts a fill in your band at surgery, if they do it is very small. I can assure you once the swelling goes down you will definitely know that they is not much, if any fill in your band. The pain you are experiencing in your chest after drinking is probably just gas since you're just out of surgery, those pains can last a week or longer. Gas-X strips helped me, you might try that. Good luck and congratultions on your recent banding. I love my band and wish I'd have done it sooner.

I know what you're going through. Christmas came along and I too started eating basically whatever was put in front of me. I mananged to not gain anything but for the last 6 weeks I haven't lost either. I keep eating candy and need to stop. Over the weekend, I finally made myself get back on my treadmill and did 45 minutes Saturaday and Sunday and I've also started journaling my food intake again today in hopes that will help keep me accountable, maybe you should start logging your food also. Come on we didn't do this band for nothing, let's make today a new day and get off on the right foot, you can do it!!!

Sorry posting my weight loss a day late, but I did weigh in yesterday and was down 2.8 lbs for the week. I'll take it. aJoneen.........0 evelas5000......-4 Desdemona.......0 Fenton........ +4 HarleyGirl......0 Hopeinapril.....0 Lynn1215........0 NurseNiki.......0 Nycm00..........0 Potatie.........-2 100LBS LOST!!! scrappy_friend..-2 SpecialK........0 Sugarbean......-2 Sharona..............0 Tess415.........0 Thin2bme.....-2.8 WestCoastMom....0 Wishin4.........0 Potatie congratulations on 100 lbs gone, that's great. I'm hoping to be there soon!!

Nola's announcement was on the page where the Support group information was but now it's gone. It also appears that the support group meetings are being moved to a different day and time. If the groups are going to meet from 3:30-5:00 I won't be able to make it. I'm hoping this change isn't a permanent one.

I'm just fixing my weight to show that I gained 3 lbs last Friday and didn't lose as shown above since Amanda made the new chart. I'd love to say that I lost 3 lbs but it will make for a better weight loss come this Friday to show the true stats. :thumbdown: NAME *********LBS.Lost this week aJoneen.........-1 evelas5000......-1 Desdemona.......-0 Fenton..........-5 HarleyGirl......-4 Hopeinapril.....-0 Lynn1215........-0 NurseNiki.......-0 Nycm00..........-1 Potatie.........-0 scrappy_friend..-1 SpecialK........-3 Sugarbean.......+1 Tess415.........-0 Thin2bme........+3 WestCoastMom....-0 Wishin4.........-1

I didn't know Nola was leaving, I'll have to check out the website. I know my husband has been waiting for the letter of authorization that Nola's office submits to the insurance company for over a month. When he talked to Nola mid-December she said it was on her desk and next in line but as of yesterday still no word from their office as to whether it was done. When my husband called the office yesterday, he was told Cindy was working on it, that explains it. I'll have to let him know, now maybe they will get busy with his letter. He's getting frustrated it's taking longer to jump thru the hoops than it did for me, grrrrrr!