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I just I'M'd her a great way to cook Salmon. I'm so sure she'll enjoy it. It's good for you and helps keep you out of the doctor's office(on topic). tmf

Request a consult with the nutritionist. Are you eating the right foods? Protein first? Be aggressive with your fill requests if you don't feel the satiety you need? tmf

PBing is when or if you can regurgitate from your pouch(not lower stomach) or from your esophagus, food that is stuck or is clogging the stoma. Productive Burp=PB Slime is phlegm or saliva like liquid your body creates to help food slide through that has backed up in your esophagus due to being stuck. Looks just like the slime used in Ghostbusters.

12 hours for me.

I don't drink them any longer but I do have some powder left over. It's called Dymatize/Elite. I mixed it with 1% milk. I would imagine if I ever have another fill where I get too tight I might use it again? It's never been one of my favorites for food supplements but shortly after surgery it sure helped. Search for Protein shakes in the search menu and you'll find a lot of people recommending different versions?

Cal-Nazi, Not at all. I felt fine within a day but I was in a little shock over how much anesthesia they used on me.

Good luck, I've never figured out how to post pics to my posts.

You can use Protein shakes as part of your required fluids needed per day so you kill two birds. Are refried Beans on your list of mushy foods? Sprinkle a little low fat cheese or parmesan cheese on them to add a few satisfying calories.

That's what I need. No job, my own personal low cal chef and a leash tied to a treadmill 4 hours a day. Then I could get rid of this band maybe?

I was told no by someone on this forum but I made it and ate it all through my broth and mushie stage. The eggs blend in with the broth so much I didn't see a problem. I would imagine it would be up to your doctor for the final say but it sure satisfied my hunger.

If you drink 2-3 Protein drinks a day that should bump up the total right? It's not like our bodies have to have 1000 calories every day. The body can draw on our fat reserves for energy and if you're taking your Vitamins I wouldn't be concerned. As far as hunger goes, you could become much more hungry as you enter "Bandster Hell". It's not inevitable but it sounds like you might be creeping up on BH now? You may stay hungry till you get enough fills to give you satiety with less food.

Eat complex carbs for energy. Protein won't give you much energy. Protein is needed to maintain muscle mass but your body burns carbs for movement/energy. But still try to eat as much protein as you can. JMO BTW-Nothing wrong with -calories at days end. Your body will turn on stored fat for energy and that's a good thing. tmf

I was banded a little over a year ago(11/28/11). I lost 12 lbs the first two weeks and then nothing for the next 3.5 months. Then I got my 3rd fill and met with my nutritionist. The weight began to fall off after that. Relax, what you are experiencing is very normal and has happened to many of us. Seems like I was hungrier after the surgery than ever before. But, I was a good boy and ate healthy foods, but maybe not the 1/2 cup I was told to eat. tmf

Every patient is different. If you have a lot of swelling from surgery it can be difficult to consume enough protein to maintain your current body mass. I never had a problem with consuming anything from the day after surgery and on.

OK NaNa, change the word provide to control. Happy now? Believe what you want about this huge boondoggle, we're all free(so far) to believe and speak out on any issue and I've said mine. But politically, I took my rose colored glasses off long ago.

First, this string is about a website put up and promoted by pro Obamacare lemmings and not about my own political leanings. BTW-Thought you were a republican? RINO maybe? Again, just because it's on the internet doesn't make it a fact. Use some common sense? There are a few truths sprinkled within the website but like I originally said, you have to take this website with a grain of salt just as you would from any biased website. That's all I'm saying.

Jen, you posted something similar a few days ago. Relax, this is a major marathon and not a sprint. Go back and read the posts from the 8th? What you're experiencing is normal and don't expect your band to work it's magic till you get the fill that gives you the satiety to not be hungry. Until then it's just a diet and weight fluctuations will occur. We all can gain or lose 4 lbs in a few days by eating too many carbs or too much sodium. TOM also causes women problems.

I just wait till it passes. It always does in about an hour max.

Should feel like a golfball under your sternum area. And washing it down with water usually only makes it worse. The stoma(hole between pouch and stomach) is clogged, so any other food or fluids just back up into your esophagus.

We probably signed away our privacy rights when we signed up for this site? I'm OK with it cuz I'm not part of the "witness protection program", yet

I've seen some of those pics before? Can't recall all the names but many post here regularly. Did you see the 5:2 diet at the end? That's a joke. Eat what you want 5 days a week and only eat 500 calories a day for the other 2. Gee, I don't see any red flags there? tmf

It took me 3 fills before I started to feel enough satiety/restriction to not be hungry all the time. Fill #6 got me to the green zone where I wasn't hungry for 4-5 hours. I lost 12 lbs the first two weeks after srugery and then nothing for the next 3.5 months. Yes, I was pissed and frustrated! It took my 3rd fill and a consult with the nutritionist before I started to really lose weight. After the consult, I religiously kept my caloric intake to around 1200(ok for guys) but maybe you should shoot for 1000? I tracked for about a month but then eyeballed my portions after that and I believe I was fairly accurate. I also kicked in my exercise program. It's all about math. Burn more calories than you consume. Burn 500 more calories a day with a good exercise program. It takes 3500 calories to equal one lb of fat. So, 500/day more calories burned equals 1 lb per week. But you won't always lose 1 lb of weight. You might lose 1 lb of fat but gain 1.5 lbs of muscle? The scale can't tell the diff. Pay attention to how your clothes fit? I would highly recommend a consult with your nut. Eat more Protein and eat it first. Stay away from slider foods and simple carbs like white breads, potatoes, white rice, low Fiber cereals etc. Stick with high fiber foods and high protein meats and eggs. Good luck. tmf

You left out a lot of information? Date banded? Start weight? Current weight? Height/age? How long stalled? Calories eaten a day? Calories burned a day? Exercise program? Type of foods consumed? Do you track calories? Male/Female?

Yeah, Noel is right. Not a good idea to be this tight imo. And, there are other issues to be concerned with such as slips, dilation, erosion etc. Always best to hear it straight from a professional. Muscle buildup shouldn't have any affect on internal organs or the band imo. tmf

OK, they nailed 2 out of 25? But, the obvious bias of the people providing the information is summed up in this one so called myth: "ObamaCare Myth: We Need Less Government Your preference as to whether or not you appreciate the need for the Government that our founding fathers saw a need for is irrelevant when discussing ObamaCare. This is an issue of "do we need healthcare reform?" not "do we need more government?". At this point in history, less government would mean undoing hundreds of years of progress and handing our country over to corporations. Regulations, laws and taxes are all very important to our every day lives. There is always room for reform and that is exactly what ObamaCare does." "and handing our country over to corporations" Right out of the occupy wall street handbook? I don't believe the government can provide cheaper and higher quality healthcare, period.