jls_27

its worse today.... i can pretty much eat anything now. this is sad...and i feel like i have acid in my throat!

Im in to about 1 week with real food and i have been trying to stick to 4oz of fish or meat for my meals, just the meat. If im thinking right 4oz is 1/2 a cup. ** note :At this time i do not have a fill. ** For a bit 1/2 a cup of real food was working... feeling full. until about last night. I have been having on going issues with late night since i stay up until 5am est and wanting to eat more then 3 times a day. So i TRY to eat no more then 1/2 a cup then also. But now .... it takes more for me to be full durning the day also. Like today i ate 3 smallish meatballs for lunch and wanted more. so i split some fish with a friend, and after i ate that i knew i ate too much. And tonight i treated my self to a sausage pattie .... but i did not stop at one. I ended up eating 2. So i feel hungery.... and i eat more. But when im full i wonder if im not seeing that i am so i keep going. Anyone else been here before and felt like this? July 3rd im set for my 1st fill i guess, is that too far away for the way im acting now? ~~jessica :redface:

ty fopr the help!

So now im 4 weeks after being banded and NOW im getting the should pain!! whats the deal?? anyone know what is causing it? Im also having some pain when i going #2 . I have some pressure down there often and it can get pretty bad. Any adivce / info would be great! ~~jessica:confused:

Im on week two mushy food... and im eating way more then i should. I do okay for Breakfast (1/4 cup to 1/2 cup ) and lunch but when i get home.... its over. I work 2nd shift and stay up late until 5am est to play my computer game. And that is when i eat alot more... but im really hungery. i tried Water... and my tummy keeps yelling at me. Tonight i ate 3 salt ( kinda large ) potatoes. I know im not getting alot of Protein b/c i usually have some refried Beans and maybe a lil mashed taters . Or over the coruse of the day i eat tuna fish . And sometimes i switch it up with Fiber one yogart or cottage cheese. Im also no where near the 64 oz of water i need. I MIGHT be getting 20oz . It seems hard for me to do since i have to wait and hour before eating and an hour after before i can drink. so please tell me what im doing wrong? Any advice would be awesome. It seems to me the liquid for 2 weeks was easier then this. At lest then i was not hungery. ~~jessica :rolleyes2:

So i have been doing fair with sticking to 3 small meals with mushys... until tonight. i was sooo hungery and drinking was not helping. I had to of eaten 1/2 a cup of cottage cheese . How bad is this that i ate a 4th time today?

How long before or after do u wait to drink?

I would call my doc or check with the ER to be safe....

Im getting some redness around the cuts and the sticky tape stuff left after the doc took the tape off and some itching. So what can i do about the crap the tap left behind? what works for itching? and should i worry about the redness? its not too bad right now, but should i ask the doc monday? And... should i be cleaning the cuts? There are no longer covered. ~~jessica

Saw my doc today and im on mushy food 2weeks and a day after being banded. He went to feel for the port which is right above my jeans area and he said it was deep. Anyone hear of this ? Is this gonna be an issue for my fills? Also after he was poking and pushing i started to feel some discomfort in the area for the rest of the day. Im kinda worried about the port being low by wear my jeans come up also. Anyone else with that problem? ~~jessica :wink2:

So i started mushy today. And is this the time now where i do 1/4 a cup per meal? or is that with the solid foods? Not really able to feel full on 1/4 a cup , but i get somewhat full with a much smaller amount then what i ate before being banded. I just wanted to know if that me eating more then 1/4 is a bad thing and if i should just put up with the hunger issue. Also if anyone has any healthy mushy ideas please let me know. So far blended some tuna and chicken and some mash taters. ~~jessica :wink2:

Im still on a liquid diet until the 4th or 5th. I have had some tomato soup and mostly shakes and water with some juice. Anyone have any other things I can try ? Cream of chicken soup put in my magic bullet is what im thinking to blend it up very well. Any ideas are welcome! ~~jessica

I was banded on may 21st. i have 2 weeks of liquids for now. SOOOO... can i have tomato soup? Nothing special just from the can with some water. I have been drinking v8, but now i think about it... is that okay to have also?! ~~jessica

so very sorry for ur loss, your in our thoguhts. ~~jessica

:huh2:your eating already?! Thought it was liquids for 2 weeks mushie for next 2 weeks then try some food. cottage cheese and yogurt fail under mushie right?? let me know what ya end up doing. ~~jessica

Glad its working well for everyone ! If anyone else wants to share ( banded this week or whenever ) how things went please do so! ~~jessica

I was banded on may 21st and im looking to share and compare stories. Ill start with some issues i had 1st. The 1st thing after i woke up i had a chest pain / presure which went away after 2 days or so. I also am still having some gas and the burps still and its 5 days after surgery ( they hurt a bit ). Other then that im a lil sore and being carful how i move and such. Today is a better day for the most part. 2nd of all ( not sure if this is normal ) i have lost 11lbs since may 21st. Which makes me pretty happy ! Im doing about 2 slim fast a day with juics / Water and one in while a all natural frozen pops. Also drinking at lest 1 Protein water. Sometimes i have some broth .When every i get hungery i just pop a slim fast and im set, i never have the urge to go and eat food like i have seen some ppl state on the forums ( i think im lucky so far ). And 3rd... my stats I started at 343 lbs. I lost 23 lbs with a diet / walking by my docs before surgery. And since surgery i have lost another 11lbs. Im 5 foot 3 female age 27. I hope others will be willing to share some info so we can see how everyone is doing ! :thumbup: gl all!! ~~jessica

I see alot of ppl like the 100 cal packs.... i was told they are not worth the 100 cals . Little nutrition and not as filling ( not sure on that part since i dont eat them ). But im guessing everyone loves them

I have been burping alot ( which offers some dicomfort ) and farting now and its 4 days after my band. does the gas-x strips help? and are they okay to use?

I was banded on may 21st. I have had nothing to eat since the 19th as far as real foods. The 20th i had broth apple juice and some Jello. 21ST... BAND! I was not even hungery until may 24th. I now take 2 slimfast and juice / Water and im happy for the day. I sometimes think of food.... but no where as much of some of you have...and for that im happy. This is hard enough to deal with then to have to be having the extra weight of thinking of food . I suggust you keep food out of ur sight, stay away from ppl who will tempt you also. I have had to in the past tell ppl that tempted me this line.... " im losing weight to become healthy and live a better life , please understand this is for my health. " I find it most often its eaither lil kids that tempt or skinny ass friends who think its funny. Keep pushing urself to be your best. I look at it this way, i changed my body with a tool... there is no going back now.

I dont know a list but maybe you should stick to eating at home? Might make it easier to know what ur putting in ur body. But im sure someone has a list on where you can go and enjoy some food. best of luck!

I was banded on the 21st also. i had soem chest pains but they seemed to go away sometime durning the night last night. grats all ~~jessica

I just came home from the hosptial, should i be going back this soon? ~~jessica

I had an xray and also some kind of xray where i had to drink nastey stuff... would the blood clot show up in those pics? ~~jessica

uh blood clot?!! That does not sound good . I asked my surgen and he said it was all normal stuff he was guessing. im only his 6th one he has done for the lap band. Now im even more worried... ~~jessica