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PhotoNut

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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Hooghunt in Mushies Stage Recipes   
    Yum! You have some tasty sounding recipets Heather. I'm not sure hamburger qualifies as a mushy though. I know some people can't tolerate it even in the solid food stages. Still, you cook better than I do. My favorite cooked mushy foods were bean with bacon Soup and microwaved fish fillets! *laughs*
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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Hooghunt in Mushies Stage Recipes   
    Yum! You have some tasty sounding recipets Heather. I'm not sure hamburger qualifies as a mushy though. I know some people can't tolerate it even in the solid food stages. Still, you cook better than I do. My favorite cooked mushy foods were bean with bacon Soup and microwaved fish fillets! *laughs*
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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Hooghunt in Mushies Stage Recipes   
    Yum! You have some tasty sounding recipets Heather. I'm not sure hamburger qualifies as a mushy though. I know some people can't tolerate it even in the solid food stages. Still, you cook better than I do. My favorite cooked mushy foods were bean with bacon Soup and microwaved fish fillets! *laughs*
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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Timey in How do YOU know when you're FULL?   
    Magic, I saw you mention on your other post that you have been drinking fluids with your meals. This, as you know now, could be why you're able to get around that 'stop signal'. Also, if you are like me, it's not easy to remember to take small bites, eat slowly, chew your food till it's goo, and concentrate on your meal. Don't eat with distractions around you like the tv or the computer, etc. When we are distracted, or in a hurry, we can easily eat too much.
    Before your first fill, you are basically 'wide open' with no restriction except the stomach swelling. If your swelling has subsided, you will feel normal again and probably will eat as you did prior to banding because you don't have the restriction which keeps food from passing through the smaller pouch as quickly. Once you have that restriction, your pouch will fill up and the food will begin to put pressure on your breastplate as described above. In the meantime, there are some things to remember. Your stomach and esophogus are healing from surgery and irritation of the band being around the swollen tissue. The sutures in your stomach, which are holding the outter wall of the stomach around the band to keep it in place, are very fragile right now. If you over stuff yourself and put pressure on the band as the food passes through, as you described in your post, you could cause tearing of the sutures and band slippage. So, while you CAN eat as much as you did prior to surgery, you SHOULDN'T! Yes, this is going to take some self control, but you aren't expected to maintain this self control for a long period of time - only until the healing process is complete and the internal swelling is gone so your Dr. can determine how much fill is enough. I see some people freak out over the idea of having to use self control. But everyone needs to realize that you will have to use self control during your entire lapband journey. While the band does provide some assistance by limiting the quantity of food we can eat, it will not stop us from putting high sugar, easily dissolved foods in our mouths, which in turn will bypass the very usefullness of the band by slipping huge amounts of calories through it.
    I saw a quote today by Martin Luther King Jr. that I thought was very appropriate. It went something like this: Though we all arrived on different ships, we are now all in the same boat. I pray that you all find peace in yourselves and the strength to take control of your lives. The first step to that will be to stop telling yourself you cannot control yourself. Every moment of every day we are faced with choices, and the choices of our past brought us to where we are today. Where you are tomorrow, depends on the next choice you make.
    Stop and think about it before you place a bite of any food in your mouth. Give yourselves time to make the choice, and believe that you have the ability to make one good choice at a time.
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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Tom D in LapBand Food Stages Lists Suggestions   
    Heyas Rene, this list was shared for people who come home with no instructions. You'd be surprised how many folks show up with no idea about what they should be eating. Scarey but true. My doctor gave me very clear guidelines as well and I follow those. Like you, I strongly advise everyone to follow doctor's orders above anything they read here, unless you suspect negligence of course.
    The puddings, icecream, sweetened tea, lemonade, etc, is off the list because they are loaded with sugar and fat so they are counter productive to your weight loss. Fat free and sugar free substitutes are fine. After the liquid phase of the diet, most liquid calories are taboo for obvious reasons. Far too many calories can just slip by the band, bypassing its inteded design to restrict quantity. I hope this helps. :hat:
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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Mastodon in Who Has Lost Over 100 Pounds?!?!   
    You could put yourself on a couple of weeks of the pre-op diet. *grins*
    Hey, I'd do it! LOL
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    PhotoNut got a reaction from Tom D in LapBand Food Stages Lists Suggestions   
    Heyas Rene, this list was shared for people who come home with no instructions. You'd be surprised how many folks show up with no idea about what they should be eating. Scarey but true. My doctor gave me very clear guidelines as well and I follow those. Like you, I strongly advise everyone to follow doctor's orders above anything they read here, unless you suspect negligence of course.
    The puddings, icecream, sweetened tea, lemonade, etc, is off the list because they are loaded with sugar and fat so they are counter productive to your weight loss. Fat free and sugar free substitutes are fine. After the liquid phase of the diet, most liquid calories are taboo for obvious reasons. Far too many calories can just slip by the band, bypassing its inteded design to restrict quantity. I hope this helps. :hat:

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