nesser081982

I was wondering, my doc is always saying to eat more protein, eat more protein and mentions having like almonds, nuts, ect..... but when I look at the labels, some of them are high in fat.... When looking at labels, should I be more concerned with the protein in an item or the fat? or calories? Also, how many calories a day should I be eating?

Great info on the calories, I wasn't sure about that either. My other thought though, is protein vs. grams of fat.... Like my doctor always tells me that I should be having like nuts or something for protein, but for like 13 grams of protein, there is 25 grams of fat in it? Is fat content something that I should still be worried about, or just the protein?

Thanks for the info Donna I'd hope that I wasn't premenopausaul, I'm only 26 so I shouldn't be But weirder things have happened.... Anyways, I was thinking that it could have been my nutrition or weight affecting it.... I guess, I'll just wait and see what happens next month, and if I still don't get it, I'll go in :tt2:

I was banded on April 29th, and everything went fine. I haven't really lost a ton of weight or anything, but for about the last 3 months a friend of mine and I have been walking every day for an hour at lunch..... well, until about two months ago, I had been getting Aunt Flo around the same time every month for about a week (whereas pre-op I'd been getting it anywhere from two weeks to two months), well anyways....... So now for the last two months I haven't been getting it at all.... Is this something that I should be concerned about? is it because I've been walking? Anyone else have this happen? Thanks!

I'm such a panicker when it comes to thinking about this. I have a really bad cold right now, and tonight I coughed so hard that I started throwing up. So my question is, is how easy is it to have the band/port to slip? Do I have anything to worry about? That's the one thing I didn't think I'd worry about so much with this, but I just worry so much about it slipping.

I'm surprised that it goes down for you when you drink something. Whenever I forget and drink something, or drink something too soon after eating, it instantly starts to force whatever I eat back up.

IMO, it all depends on the doctor you have and each patient is different. I've had a total of 6 fills so far, and honestly, when it's time for a fill, I can't stand it. When they did my surgery they put my port in crooked, so I have to go to fluroscopy for it. She does numb me, but it takes her sooo long to find it that about half way through it, I'm unnumb already. All in all, mine take about an hour to do. IMO, not fun... at all...

I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted to say that I know where you're coming from. Today I had my sixth fill, and found out that I had gained 4 lbs. I've been watching like crazy what I eat, walk for an hour once a day, and this is what I found out.... I'm trying not to lose hope also, but sometimes it's just so hard.

I'm sure that this has been asked/answered before, but I'm not sure where to look, so I was wondering, how many calories should we be having a day? I'm trying to keep track on mydailyplate.com and wasn't sure.. Thanks! -Vanessa

Like what I mean is, is since having lost almost 40 lbs so far, now when I have coffee, chocolate or pop I get all jittery & kinda hyper :biggrin:, that has never happened before. It wouldn't matter how many coffees I had. Now, I'm practically bouncing off the wall ---- awesome time to go for a walk than. Has anyone else had that happen? I don't drink (only have once, and alcohol never affected me either), but I'm thinking if I did, that'd probably affect me too now.

I'd like to start out exercising, but I don't know how to go about doing it. Like for how long? How often? I have a treadmill, so I'd really like to use that, but I end up getting tired pretty easy. How did you guys start out?

My doctor told me that the fills were necessary in order for the band to work the way it should completely. Would you drive a car without any gas in it? The gas is something that helps your car run, so why would you get a band and not want to have the fill, to help it work completely?

My doctor told me that I could have bread as long as it's toasted. So if I get something like a hamburger or that type of a sandwich, I make sure it's toasted. I did try a chunk of a regular type sandwich today, just to try it, and I found that while it didn't get stuck or anything, it did make my stomach feel kinda icky.

I only took four days off. I had my surgery on a Tuesday, and went back to work the following Monday. I wasn't as sore on Monday as much as I just felt physically worn out and wiped. I probably could have used a few more days at home.

Hmm, I'm glad I haven't had any issues with that yet. I'm always chewing gum!