carlacollins

Well for me that is what it was but every doctor has a different plan but I would say that if you stick with the 64 ounces per day then yeah... you should be good... just make sure its Protein based to help curb the hunger...... protein helps to curb that hunger..... good luck and welcome to lapband land!!!!!:thumbup::rolleyes2::thumbup:

I removed this post...it was just too much controversy... Good luck to everyone!!!

I removed it...sorry...wasnt trying to cause problems...just thought others might like a chance to make a little cash while being at home recovering or whatever... Thanks for the info you found...and have a great nite!!!! Carla

I removed this thread...thanks everyone!!!

believe that for one sec....NOPE....cannot believe and instrument could NOT make it through...kept bending...umm NO...I think it had to be something else..i have never heard of that.....Its just my honest opinion and not that it matters but I think it was something else....:drool:

started busting out laughing...ITS OK that you had some pizza....you are human....its not as if you ate a LARGE pizza by yourself...lol.....we still have cravings and still want the same things we wanted before we had a band...dear Lord they didnt operate on our brains...lol.....I am smiling from ear to ear....soon when you hit your sweet spot..that will all change and you will be wishing for a piece of pizza...smiling....stop beating yourself up and there is NO damage I am sure....you are fine.....Hang in there...

yes...i do prepare most of my own soups....for instance..yesterday I made a homemade broccoli cheddar soup...basically....boiled some finely chopped brocolli added a can of cream chicken soup...2 cans chicken broth some cheese and some shredded has browns and let it cook down to a thin/slightly thick and ate a bowl of that...I do NOT EVER eat bread period..no crackers..no bread type of products....nothing that can ever GUMMMMYYY up in there....I can however eat popcorn (I KNOW...go figure) and it goes down just fine....so i eat that alot as a snack...I love egg salad and I make that alot because it slides on down just fine...I am just very picky with what I eat...trying to make sure that I get proteins in as much as possible. I simply dont eat alot..that is basically the biggest part of it...I can eat green beans if I boil them down until they are almost mushy or whatever.....but I cannot eat pasta of any kind...baked potatoes are great...well i am just rambling....would you like me to call you...I would be more than happy to call and we can chat if you like...if so PM me your number or I can talk to you on yahoo messenger if you like and we could discuss openly there about it...whatever you like...I am here to help....

I have been very successful and I appreciate your kind words. I would definitly talk to my doc about the situation if I was you. I have very little fluid in my band and it works well for me. I have had very little fills and I have done well with that. I guess I hit my sweet spot early on.....as you can see I have updated my info and as to date I have lost 146 lbs. I eat alot of soups and soft type of foods which works well for me. I still cannot eat bread or hamburgers or anything that is thick and full or "gummy" or whatever. I am assuming that you still have the band right? but just without any fluid?

since my surgery and it was very cool to see....the doc just wanted to check out things..make sure everything was where it should be and he said it was PERFECT....:clap2: ...it was neat to see it in there..I mean I KNOW its there because the little finiky b**ch reminds me of it allllll the time :grouphug: giggling...but to see it in there kind of gave me this new reassurance or something.....I am just so grateful everything is okay..where it should be...and doing the job its supposed to do! GOD is so wonderful to me..and I am loving my band.....LOTS OF LOVE and LUCK TO ALLLLLLL

Hang on...it gets easier...try to make some kind of slushies...that was a good suggestion..makes you feel like you are eating something..lol....just hang tough...before you know it it will be be 6 months like me and you will be well on your way to a whole new you..hang in there.....and good luck

Well put ms vicki- its a tool for us to use...

I cannot possibly drink and flush anything through..if I drink it HURTS so bad that I am miserable until it comes back up....apparently your restriction isnt what is should be...just my h/o

ease up a little in the next few days.......I was filled for the 3rd time on Tuesday and I am soooo dang tight.........I have went through this before and was partially unfilled and then this time we talked in detail about not filling me too tight...so when he done my fill he gave me a 75% fill as to not make me sooo tight but I am tight as heck :faint: :angry ....I cannot hardly get down anything but liquids of course...I mean I am not dehydrated or anything but today should be a mushy stage day and I cannot even begin to get down some mashed potatoes or even soup.....think I could just be swollen a little and it will ease up..I hate to make that 3 hour trip AGAIN to get a little taken out to only go back and have it put back in 2 months from now....ARGGGGGG! any suggestions?:help:

Had the same thing...my doc said it was gas...air trapped from the surgery etc...it will get better...just hang in there....if you are too worried call your doc for assurance...

Just because you dont have a restriction doesnt mean you slipped...what makes you think that..from my understanding most of the times with slippage you cant eat ANYTHING...nothing will go down...Why do you think you have slipped?

Welcome to BANDLAND and congrats and a continued success to a whole new you!

Everyone at some point had that feeling even if they dont always recognize it..but you did what you wanted and needed to do for you! point blank...take the time to educate your family..I bet in 2 weeks you will be on here feeling differently...hang in there and CONGRATS on coming to BANDLAND!

Last night I went to my sons ballgame( he is 13 and a little Basketball star) just a proud mamma moment but anyway...I saw a guy there I hadnt seen in a while and he came up to me and a said "HEY SKINNY" I looked around to see who he was talking too:cry :omg: ...I said..are you talking to me? and he said YEAP...lol...well I am was dumbfounded of course and I told him that I was far from skinny and he said Girl you are looking so good and getting so skinny.......I hugged his neck:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: ...I told him that if we wasnt both married that I would marry him...lol....... :) Thanks be to God...I love LOVE THOSE NSV moments.....

Thanks everyone.....it is so good to start to feel skinny and actually have people recognize that....you guys are great...hugs to all

Every single day...I worry about every bite I put in my mouth...I worry if I weigh and I am a 1/2 lb up...I worry and stress about not walking today or exercising as I should have...YEAP...its stressful at times...sometimes I think mine stems from the fact that I did self pay and I feel guilty for paying 300.00 a month for something I wanted so bad but yet I am not taking care of it as I should....YOU are NOT alone.....I think we have stressed for so long about our weight that this is something we wanted SO DANG bad and its always on our minds.....

shaking my booty and doing the dance....woo hoo....glad for ya girl!

HECK YES! LOL....I have spit in a cup lots of times..keep one handy wherever I go...shoot its become a way of life and I am NOT TOO tight but just sometimes dont chew as I should....

So glad to hear it..I know that is a sigh of relief.....hang in there..you are doing wonderful

You are iritated..that is what has happened...liquids only and housecats suggestion of aloe juice is a good idea...take it easy and I am sure it will go away....Good luck

Thats why were here...smiling......yeah kewi!