Lanakila

Since Lellow is in AU, when us in the States are settling down for our after work business she will be getting admitted! Yaaaaaayyyyyyy! Looks like she will officially be the FIRST!

I thought this was interesting. You can make Protein Jello with the New whey bullets too. I got this from bariatriceating.com. Follow the directions for speed set on a small box of Jello. Adding two 42 gram New Whey protein bullets along with the ice. Ready to eat after a twenty minute chill.

Good Question!!! Here's the medical reason in a nutshell. Fat affects estrogen, which is a female hormone. When you lose fat, your bodies hormone levels naturally change. When you lose fat FAST, your hormones go out of whack. It's ok, and it will eventually even out, especially once you hit your sweet spot and start losing at a steadier rate.

Centrum has a liquid and I think Geritol does too. Ask your pharmacist for suggestions. They are great resources and they actually like the opportunity to talk with patients. Nothing quite so boring as watching folks count pills!

Are you exercising? If so, you may not be seeing a huge difference on the scale but may actually be decreasing in size. Remember that exercise will put muscle on you and although you are losing fat the scale can't tell the difference. Just ignore the scale and go with how you feel. I know, that's easier said than done, but at this point things should just be about improvements in your health overall, k? Hang in there!

My dietician set similar guidelines as dglaesers as far as carb/fat/protein goals. She actually said that those would be the goals for post-op too, so maybe a bigger part of the pre-op is to just start training your mind and to get through the screwups before so that you don't make yourself sick after?

You could treat yourself to a baby silver spoon, or maybe one of those souvenir sugar spoons. Then you could make up a fun story about why you are using it!

Ladies, check out the roster on this board and you'll see over 140 folks with their surgery dates listed. Let me know if you have trouble seeing the webpage! http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f183/august-2008-bandster-roster-70695/

The bullets are made by a company called New whey. They are like a large test tube full of liquid jello. They have 42g of Protein, but since your body cannot absorb that much at once it's a great option for post-op when you really cannot get much down at a time. I figure you get about 5g for each swallow.

If you are in the wedding party you have to go...no question. If you are not in the wedding, then take the surgery date. I understand that you don't want to take time off of your new dream job, and you deserve to be a "better you" more than you need to show up somewhere. I got married last summer and one of my guests chose not to come to the wedding and visited a couple of months afterwards. It was a great opportunity for us to actually spend time together instead of seeing them for maybe one day...and them having to share us with everyone even with that.

Ouch! That 21g of protein is great...but that 44g of carbs (38 net) is nearly my entire days allowance! :eek:That just for the Banana Chocolate. The Mango one is even worse, with less protein and even more carbs. Too bad...I was really looking forward to it. :thumbup:

Come on over to the August 2008 Bandsters Board and introduce yourself to the more than 140 of your fellows who are being banded starting Friday! http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f183/

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So Gary...by Superbowl you could be imagining yourself actually being comfortable in a stadium seat! Although, with a team like yours I'm sure that no one really sits down except for during the game and halftime. Maybe we can set up a Band Fantasy team?

'course!!!! Tell us all about yourself...and about how you are doing post-op (lucky you!)

I just got an email that Bariatric Eating is having a good sale on the Bullets. I've never tried them so I'm going to head out to GNC or somewhere like that to give them a try before I buy a bunch. I hear that they are really good and taste like liquid jello! I bought a bunch of samples from them a few weeks ago and the customer service has been great. www.bariatriceating.com

At least the "wrecked my knee dancing" is probably a better story than my just plain old ate myself here :thumbs_up: I'm Lanakila, 39, and I've been married for a year (July 14th). I am a native Hawai'ian-Chinese mix married to an almost life-long guy from Alaska. Funny how we met in North Carolina! We are both childless by choice, but have a full family of a pound doggie, four cats, and a marine tank-full. We enjoy geocaching together, I love reading, I'm an accomplished seamstress, and we are fans of all of the crime drama tv shows. We are very in to feeding songbirds in our yard and perennial gardening. We've only had our house 2 years, so the garden is still a work in progress. It will be great when I'm able to stoop and bend, and work for more than 10 minutes without huffing and puffing! He is a computer geek, and I'm a secretary at a university. I'll finish the final course for a Master's degree tomorrow :thumbup: and will finish my thesis project in time to graduate in December. My degree will be in Instructional Technology. We're the folks who help teachers and faculty integrate technology into the classrooms and create online courses for distance education.

Holy Cow Chattie! You had a rockin' day! I can totally relate to the clothing thing. I've been shopping in catalogs because nothing in the stores fit, or they are too granny, or too maternity, or whatever. I put myself on a complete moratorium for buying ANY clothes until after surgery. I figure that new pretties will be a great, non-fattening reward. My hubby isn't getting banded but he plans to ride down the weight slide with me going the old-fashioned way. I've quit buying clothes for him too! Sad that I haven't had any normallys or chooses to post, but here's a tiny one from this morning. I chose to have a low carb SF instead of that giant bagel or fast food Breakfast that I've recently been "sneaking." Ha, SNEAKING! Who do I think I'm hiding that from, huh? I was SURE that the shake wouldn't take care of my hungries, but by the time I got to the turn for the place that I normally drive through, I was able to keep on going. Small Victories!

Go with the Slimfast LOW CARB, not the high protein, or the optima. You need to stay off of the carbs so that your body starts burning the fat instead of just running off of ready-made carbs.

The thing that makes your XR slow release is that the coating on the inside parts are different so they break down at different rates. If you cannot swallow the capsule, (I wouldn't try it for the first week or so, because of the swelling) just open it and mix the stuff into applesauce or some other food. You can pour out the capsule on your tongue if you like, then just wash it down. There shouldn't be any flavor because the balls are coated.

Congratulations!!!!! You must have been thrilled...after all the hassle...that you really do look like a new you! I cannot wait to get a new license next year...I cannot believe that I'm actually looking forward to subjecting myself to the DMV!

Red Jell-o? The only thing that shows up on a quick Google is a warning not to eat it the day before surgery since the doc will have difficulty differentiating between jello gurk from an injury to your stomach and blood. I cannot imagine that jello isn't out of your stomach within the 12 hours you are fasting pre-op, but who knows. It may just all be an urban myth.

My dietician told me that I will have to do a week of liquids and then a week of mushies again after each fill. Maybe your stomach is still adjusting to the new restriction?

I know that it wasn't the least bit funny when it happened, but reading about it just tickled me. Isn't it amazing how our brain can put together the most bizarre dreams. We can always trace parts back to things that happened in the day before, or in the process as a whole, but to think that our minds can make up such a wacky story is pretty neat, I think. Don't fret. I'm still a month away from sx but I'm sure that the jitters will be creeping in on me too as time gets closer. Keep hanging out here on the boards and you'll feel alot better. We're all band buddies here and we're here for each other!

As I understand it, the fill during the surgery is not actually intended to start your restriction. It is supposed to be used to check for leaks, and to get your port line full so that they won't have to pump so much into you on your first actual fill. If you are feeling some restriction it is likely to be due more to swelling than any saline put in during installation.