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I havent been officially dxd just possible ms. Been testing for quite some time now still with no dx. cant say it is for sure or not, but my symptoms are, facial spasms including tongue and cheeks, leg weakness with pins and needles in legs with popcorn spasms, uncontrollable movement of my toes, spasms in neck and arms. etc etc. I used to get sensations where i felt half blind and the top of my head felt numb. I cant say im in the same boat but im still waiting to see whats wrong with me. Everyone was hoping my weight loss would remove the symptoms, and maybe i havent lost enough but after 32 pounds. things are the same. with some days being worse than others for sure. Anyhoo, we went ahead with the band while i was still undiagnosed because well ,we just dont know for sure, and the risk of me staying obese was a danger to my life for sure. after 32 pounds i feel better exercising like being able to walk for at least 20 min. which i will do everyday. keep me updated on your progress

i have lost thirty pound but for the last two weeks its been a struggle at the scales. I need to work out more this I know. I dont know if its because i am on my period now, ( had bloating since about a week and half ago) blah... I noticed last weekend my breath got really gross and i dropped 3 pounds in that weekend.. however im still teetering back and forth now between 243 and 244 this week. with only like a half pound lost. I think if I kick up my workout that will help out as ive only walked a couple times last week...

this morning i measured what i ate and it was 2 and half oz of scrambled eggs with salsa verde, and 1/2 oz of black refried beans. I tend to get more hunger in the evening so for some reason i tend to eat more than but this is what my breakfast and lunch portions look like. my surgeon suggested 2 oz of protien and 1 oz of veggies at every meal avoiding bread, pasta all together since they expand in your stomach. I sometimes can eat up to a half cup

there is a protien drink called grand slam that has 50 g of protien in it. i believe its a 20 oz shake and doesnt taste that bad. I believe its from gnc. The other thing my surgeon suggested was to take in 3 oz of protien every hour to hit that 60 g mark. i hope that helps

im calculating two ways. One, my surgeons gave me a protien list to see where a 3 0z serving of certain meat would be protien. I know chicken breast is about 20 grams per 3 oz, turkey around 22 g I read labels when I shop to ensure a serving that i eat will give me at least 15 grams of protien. Tuna has about 26 grams per serving. Then eat servings of low fat cheese I add in is around 6 grams of protien, etc etc. you can calculate per meal but watching how much protien is in the food your eating. I guess basically, I really just keep watch over the labels to ensure what im eating is going to at least give 15 grams each time. It is really easy when you are eating healthy meat because just the peice of meat will hit that 15 grams for you. some things high on my protien list are. chicken, turkey, beef, shrimp, oysters, lobster, clams, pork for me its all about meat meat meat and then a little veggies, or taters

Hi, this is what my daily meal plan looks like 7:00 am- scrambled better than eggs, with fatfree, or low fat cheese, with meat added such as turkey chicken etc.. abouty 1/2 cup 8:45 am- drinking 20 0z of Water between this time and 11:00 11:00- small snack such as tuna salad with fat free mayo 20 oz of water with crystal light in between 1:30- Meat such as chicken, turkey etc with small side of veggies, about 1/2 cup ( really good with gravy on it, i bought some gravy that has zero fat 30 cals and 0 carbs and protien :redface: between 2:30 and usually 6:30, I have one more bottle of 20 oz water 6:30pm- meat such as chicken, turkey, turkey ground, with veggies and some sauce to moist the meat. about 1/2 cup sometimes i sub veggies for mashed taters very rare tho. and i ensure to get most of my bites from my meat. IM at least getting 60 grams of protien a day which i think helps a lot. sometimes i also eat Beans such as refried black beans or reg beans with low fat low fal mild taco sauce and a tiny bit of cheese.

my best advice to you I work at an insurance company, Iwould call and see exactly why its pending and for how long, I would ask them how long their preauth process takes and if there is anything you can help to submit to mak ethe process go by any faster. You want to ensure if its provider information they are waiting on. to hound your provider to get that information in. we only do benefit advisories but they only take 2-3 business days to review so definatly stay on top of it and im sure it will all be fine.

what a great desire. I have often felt taking up like salsa lol its so sexy and dancing is amazing exercise good luck with your journey. please keep up updated

thats awesome we are banded on same day. good luck with your fill. :crying: i go for my first on oct 29th. right before halloweeen. mmm wonder if its planned?? lol anyhoo keep me updated how it goes for ya. im dying to see how a first fill is

thank you for your post. I have been making very health choices and have also eaten the best I have in my whole life!! Im not banded ( i meant to say not filled blah) lol yet but so far nothing has caused me discomfort but that might change when i get my first fill. funny thing is tho almost 4 weeks out i get full between 4-6 oz im not complaining at all lol. your right, we shouldnt be ourself up. thank you for posting that. its not like i have prime rib everyday lol. mostly chicken turkey fish etc, healthy choices. the funny thing is when i upped my calories, i kicked in the weight loss again. before i was only eating about 400-600 cals a day. my goal now is 800-1000

the thing that tastes the worst for me is unflavored water. I have to have a crystal light in it. it takes very metallic because my breath is icky right now. I dont like tuna very well either. it gets too gritty chewing it too much. yuck. but i eat it once in awhile because it has great protien.

trust me, we all do this, we are not perfect at all. I cant tell you how much for me its been hard. my hubby and i went to my fave restie, and i had blackened prime rib. not the best choice andddd. im not supposed to eat red meats until 6 weeks but i have been. I havent had any stomach issues, but still. Then here is the biggie ok??? we went to the movies and I had about 15 peices of popcorn which is on the no no list too. man that stuff is sooo baddddd for you... I didnt have any issues eating one at a time but still. sigh.... we all screw up. I have been craving tacobell like mad. if a crunchy taco is only 140 cals maybe ill consider it. I dont know. sigh..... dont beat yourself up. I didnt feel too guilty only because ive worked my butt off for the last month. However, i cant afford to make it a daily habit. I like to eat out alot that is my downfall. I found the best fishmarket place that grilled me up halibut with cajun tartar and whole black beans. yum. they only charged me 3.00 bucks. I know where im eating now if im going out

i was pushing 275 when i started with my one week pre op diet. I havent really told anyone my weight out of embarrassment. My grandma asked and I told her when I weighed 265 because they paid for the surgery and I felt I owed them that. This Sat, I finally told my husband my weight for the first time ever!! I told him I was pushing 275, and have lost 30 pounds now down to 244. I am proud of my weight loss but my # is still embarrassing to me as I have along way to go. For me personally, it was about battling the bulge and that pschycological battle. I felt better telling him and he was proud of my accomplishment so far. I told him all my little goals i have lol. and he said the sweetest thing to me... sortof. He said one thing he noticed since the process is my breath stinks rofl. I said well, thats awesome because that means im burning fat. He said he doesnt mind but wanted to tell me for work purposes. So i bought some sugar free purposes. I like that we were so honest with eachother then. makes me feel more connected to him somehow. only for me personally. There are so many i wouldnt tell my weight to, just uncomfortable to do so.

A couple things I plan on doing. One of my first goals, is to be able to go snowboarding with my husband this winter and be comfortable. Last time i went, the boots were too tight and I was too out of shape and couldnt bend over to really get up once I fell. Horrible experience. I probably weighed around 255-265 then. I want to be at about 220 by then maybe 210. then maybe i can find snowpants that fit me even if plus size I cannot wait until i can fit in reg womens and have all the cute choices like at walmart. right now their plus size selection blows. I went to try to find some smaller shirts and didnt find nada. booo lol. Best of all, is get to back into the sports i rock at, but are hard on my joints right now. Softball, volleyball, and I may take up soccer too

I too felt like i ripped my port out a time or two after surgery. it was sooo sore. getting into bed, getting out. moving in bed was really tough and a time or two even two weeks out of surgery, i would get up and the nagging, pulling feeling from that site put me into tears. I believe i started to feel good at about 3 weeks after surgery. Everyone heals differently. I was a slow healer and now can move about. sometimes i feel some discomfort still even after almost 4 weeks but im hanging in there. :thumbup: dont feel discouraged. I can now lay on my stomach and my sides in bed. You will get there.

i found the yummiest sausage dogs. johnsonville turkey sausage with cheese in the middle. The calories is only 80 per link, i can only eat half, its the size of a hot dog. and protien around 8 grams not the best but i usually have it with my scrambled better than eggs in the morning which add an addlt 10, carbs is only 3g and fat 2g per link. not bad and they are so delic.

Thanks for all your replies after my first fill which is oct 29th. i have to stick to 3 0z measured out. two oz of protien one oz of veggies or fruits. I havent ever putmore than a cup of food on my plate so i guess im doing well. i eat breakfast at 7, which ends like at 7:20 or 30 then at work at my first break im starving, and i drink crystal light in between that. usually 16.9 oz of water, my break is around 11. then lunch at around 1:30 i ate a small smack and break and that helped yesterday. then i dont get to eat again until 6:30 which im usually starving by then lol i drink 16.9 oz between all my meals. im so nervous to strech my pouch out or to ruin it. I guess i shouldnt worry as long as im not eating over my portions. and im intaking mostly protien. thanks for the replies.

maribele hang in there. you are on your way. youve lost 12 pounds so far. Dont let yourself talk you out of this journey!! you arent a failure. your doing something about it arent you? keep your head up and know your worth this, your family is worth this. your health is worth this!! Its not easy dont I know. Uh. yeah ive messed up too! ive had pizza toppings, a chicken wing. gee.. not so good right? we all slip up but its important we get back on the band wagon. Keep away from those slider foods for sure!! if you gotta have icecream why not try fat free frozen yogurt just a suggestion. anyways you can do this. put some faith in yourself and know you can do this. just imagine you down the road at your goal weight. its so worth it we can do this!!

i buy better than eggs, and scramblethem. they break up into really nice small size pieces which are easy to chew and get down. Maybe that would be a good suggestion plus great source of protien i add fat free cheese, and diced meats such as turkey, to them to increase the protien. Only thing Ive had stuck is gum please dont ask lol. never chew it again ever.. but ive been making sure with my food to take very small bites and ensure its pretty much liquid before im swallowing. My jaw gets awful sore during eating.

I have a question. How the heck do I know when i should stop eating. Granted I cant eat very much right now. maybe a cup at the most. usually within 4 oz tho. anyhoo... do know im full when i feel it in my stomach? Its like ive lost the signal my brain is sending. or is the signal when i feel my stomach say ok enough? I dont feel overfull like uncomfortable? how do you know when to stop eating. is it when your hunger pangs are gone?

Cheese is ok. I got shredded lowfat or fat free cheese that I put inside my scambled eggs every morning ( all eggs that have 6 g of protien then the cheese) I bought low fat pepperjack which I love too to keep my foods from being to blah. Cheese can be a good source of protien/calcium. I dont usually eat even the serving size, probably half of one. I dont plan on cutting it out since it does have protien and I do not consider it glorified fat. the low fat i maybe getting 2 g of fat when addin gcheese but my whole meal is under 6 g of fat anyway so no biggie. I dont know if i would eat reg cheese much, but still great source of protien

Anyone notice not losing weight around their period time? I have weighed myself nad lost nothing last two days, but know im getting close. via cramps, crappy mood etc lol.. Im wondering if i shouldnt weigh myself until after my period ends? What does everyone else do during this time?

i gained weight after my surgery and had to lose 7 pounds again on top of what i already lost i was in the bmi of almost 50 so i lost pretty fast preop and right after surgery. however the last two weeks it hasnt been so fast and i do see it slowing down. I dont know if its because my period is almost coming and im bloated, which it could be. but dont be discouraged!!! we arent even filled yet!! i noticed weight loss a couple days after surgery. I had to get rid of the surgery weight from the gas and liquids.

i dont plan to chew it again trust me. it scared me!!! we were allowed but not to swallow and it wasnt done intentional. but even accidents, can cause big issues and i dont wanna go through that again. blah.. ill just drink more water if im feeling hungry at work.

so i spoke with the office. she said to have a little carbonation to get it down and to call her tomorrow if i still feel it. I do feel better now :thumbup: I was probably panicking more than anything lol