Quinny

I was banded 5/6/2010 and had lost only 35 lbs by Febrauray of this year. Well, I got on tract on Feb. 1st eating less than 25 Carbs and at least 60 grams of Protein a day. By February 10th I had lost an additiona 8 lbs. I decided I could cheat on the 10th because it was my 5 yr wedding anniversary. I didn't do too bad - had a little popcorn at the movies and maybe 10 chips and queso - ate 1/3 of my grilled chicken and shrimp and a small portion of dessert. The question I have is if you eat 25 grams or less of carbs a day and then eat a bunch in one day - have you seen your weight increase on the scale a few days later? I was at 237.5 lbs on the 1st and then at 229.5 on the 10th. Since cheating on the 10th, I have gone back to 25 grams of carbs or less a day; but, I weighed this morning (4 days later) and scale showed 231. Anyone had this experience? I thought if I did really well all week I could "cheat" once a week; but, not if the scale is going to do this each time.

Has your Dr. told you not to eat popcorn? Mine mentioned it and I have a question. Is it because of the carbs or the kernals? Can the kernals get stuck and cause problems? Just wondering if anyone knows the answer to this. Thanks

I'm on my 2nd week of pre op diet. First week I could have 2 Protein shakes and one meal of 4 oz lean meat and steamed vegtables. I did pretty good with the exception of 2 bags of snack size peanuts. (Hey, that's Protein, at least!) I'm on the 2nd week of 4 protein shakes a day, broth and that's about it. I've been cheating. I have a friend that I go walking with and at dinnner I have been having a very healthy salad w/ a little cheese & almonds. I've been using a vinigarette dressing - not fat free. I don't think I've done that bad. See if the idea is to shrink your liver - I don't see one salad a day as something that would prohibit that. Do you? Today is Day 3 of 2nd week. I've got a date w/ my girlfriend to ditch my husband and come over for my evening salad. Should I keep that date? Am I doing that bad? Do you think it could hurt me?

I'm on day 2 of my post op liquid diet and just realized I could eat the popsicles I bought. Well let me tell you when you can't eat at all - sugarfree popsicles rock! :biggrin: I've done what I consider well - the first 7 days of my diet I can have one Lien Cuisine meal as long as it has no more than 15 grams of carbs. Hard to find one like that I like. I like the pasta's and rice. Can't have that now! I know I need to get used to no Pasta and rice - and I believe I can - that is not the issue. Instead of having my Lien cuisine - I had a salad w/ vinigarette dressing. It was yummy. How bad have I messed up????:wub:

How often do you vomit w/ the band? I'm worried I won't know when to stop and I will end up vomiting alot. Then I worry about the band slipping from the vomiting. I know that when you eat you eat slowly chewing foods up very good; but, can you tell when to stop to keep you from getting sick? Doesn't food kinda expand in your stomach over time before it starts getting broken down? :biggrin:

I too have to do a 2 week diet prior to surgery which is scheduled for May 6th. I find out next week what my diet will be. I hope that it is the no carb diet as that I agree would be easier. I fear though that my diet is a liquid one. A friend said cool "you can have all the smoothies you want". I had to break it to her that she was way wrong.

Can you tell me how to put the ticker at the bottom of the page. I have what I believe is the URL address. Just can't find where to put it on LapBandTalk.com????

How do you put the Weight Loss Ticker at the bottom of you signature line. I have found the website, made a ticker and found the URL address; but, cannot figure out how to put it on LapBandTalk.com. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Quinny :thumbup:

Hey, shoot me an e-mail and we can discuss what we are going through - QDMayton@yahoo.com

Looks like we may be on close to the same schedule. I start my liquid diet on April 22nd w/ a band date of May 6th. Shoot me an email so we can go through this together - QDMayton@yahoo.com.

Shoot me an e-mail - I would love to have someone to talk to during this. QDMayton@yahoo.com

I got my approval and surgery date - May 6th. I start my liquid only diet on the 22nd of this month. I'm worried about that some. Right now though I'm eating every meal like it was my last!:bored:

The Dr.'s office submitted it for me.

I have Cigna and it was approved w/in days of submitting it for approval! I had to do a 6 month dr. supervised diet, get a recommendation note from my primary dr. , 5 months history of weight and a psyc eval. I'm at 40.2 BMI and have only been over 40 BMI for about 1.5 years. I was afraid it wouldn't be approved; but, it just got approved yesterday!!!!! It's actually happening very fast!

Congradulations on getting the band!