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some of the exercises dont require the board, but its not as fun without it. but i got the biggest loser wii game and i have more fun with that and you dont need the board if you dont want to (:

thanks for this, i will draw the pyramid and put them in this order and put on my fridge too :biggrin:

thanks :biggrin: i dont have to worry about chicken getting stuck right now, i dont have any fills yet and i cant wait to get my first one, ive been banded for almost 6 months! dang! but yeah good ideas (:

thanks guys i havent had yogurt since before sugery and a couple times after and i had cottage cheese yesturday, it was so good since i havent had it for soooooo long, i have chicken a lot, but i love it plus with some of my fav bbq sauce, Peanut Butter sounds good, wouldnt it make you more full if you have peanut butter and a banana?

thanks so much!! :mad:

thanks (: i hate fish but i like tuna lol i dont eat it much

i just need to know some foods that have high Protein, i havent been getting enough protein and my nutritionist told me to EAT my protein soo foods that go in this order Breakfast foods: lunch foods: dinner foods: can you help me, please? i dont get to see my doctor or nutritionist til i get new insurance, and i seriously can wait to get a fill, i havent had one at all, cause i been sick (nausea) for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 months (got surgery on 7/31/09)and just started feeling better at the end of december which was when my insurance ended (i had blue cross blue shield child health care plus) i really need one cause i get hungry a lot and i was thinking maybe i get hungry quicker because i wasnt getting enough protein?! (duh!) and does Fiber make you full too, or just make you go to the bathroom? im gonna have my mom get more fruit so i can eat those instead of making bad choices and it does help lol (i feel bad) ugh but yeah and apples keep me full for a while so ya, i made bad food choices for a while but maybe because i didnt know what kind of protein foods to eat? i eat chicken and eggs.. im gonna start eating greek yogurt again and cottage cheese...but yeah can you help me?

i do need some, i have no insurance right now, but i do hope i get a new one soon, im not sure how much it costs, i havent asked but i think its up there, i got my surgery done upstate new york, yes we need to support each other and thanks

hi, i had lap band surgery on july 31st 2009, lost 12 pounds before and around 27-36 after, and i feel like i lost focus or something, i need help and encouragement to get back on track, i havent had any fills yet, because i have been so sick and i started feeling better last month, im in desperate need for a fill or two, but i cant cause i dont have insurance right now and im not paying out of pocket ugh. what are the concerns?

some of you know i had nausea for a long time.. what i found useful and helpful was wintergreen icebreakers sugar free mints with flavour crystals, it almost helped instantly, i also used gas-x strips which helped a lot. and mint tea i had a few sips but i felt it helped, im not a tea drinker, also making sure you get enough water helps too duhh lol so yeah i hope this helped those of you who has nausea (:

ohh i think mine started at about the same or earlier but i think its getting better, i dont think its falling out as much now, hope so. oh so is it more than a muffin top? i had fish before, it was so disgusting it made me sick and that was before the band. and about the beef, isnt it because its stringy? yeah chicken goes good for me, either boild or grilled and to make it moist i use my fave BBQ sauce, i dont like anything else on it to make it moist. i had stretch marks since i was around 6yrs old =/ and they're deffinately never go away, but mine arent red, they look white and arent too noticeable, but i have a couple red ones but not too bad. thats the thing about stretch marks, they dont go away, probably if you never had them and get them when youre preg right? but yeah mine are ok, they wont prevent me from the things i wanna do when i get to goal, and if they bother me ill find a way to cover them. yeah i heard the same thing about the stretch marks too and ive seen it too

im a high school student and its my last year, i will check into it and what i meant by question one is that some people after surgery their hair falls out a bit, mine got really thin to the point where it looks like i have bald spots but i think its starting to grow back ok chicken i can do but fish i cant cause i dont like it unless its tuna in the can, eggs, milk, cheese, and peanuts yeah for number 5 i meant for after cause i wanna know for like the future and just curious what its like what's pannus? yeah i cant eat veggies raw they taste nasty, they taste so much better steamed, thanks (:

questions: 1. I will be 6 months out on Jan 31st, will my hair start growing out (it got long but isn't quite thick) and getting thicker again? 2. Is there another way to get enough Protein a day without drinking Protein shakes (they make my stomach really upset now)? 3. For those who are 6+ months out, what is your daily life like, like mainly your daily meal/diet like? (just so i can have a better idea) 4. Did any of you have stretch marks (all your life...before surgery) where? [i have them on my stomach, hips, upper arms, and boob area.] And how much did you lose? Are they still horrible looking? Are you at goal weight? 5. Did you get pregnant (not that i want to, just curious)? How are your stretch marks now? Did they get worse? How many kids did you have (for future refference, I want to have two kids but i'm worried that my stretch marks will get worse, redder, uglier, and just horrendous. 6. Why do you need to get unfilled when being pregnant? 7. Is there anything to cover up stretch marks? Makeup? Tattoos (heard it wasn't a good idea because it'll just look worse?)? is there anything else that works 8. How long do you workout everyday? 9. What was your best expiernce with the band so far? 10. People who didn't get plastic surgery, would you still wear a two piece bathing suit like a bikini? 11. Do you plan on getting PS? Why? 12. Do you feel more confident? 13. Do guys/girls flirt with you more? 14. Do guys/girls ask you out more? 15. Did you find the man/woman of you dreams? 16. How many fills did it take for you to get to your goal weight? 17. When you first got your first fill, what was your expierence like? Was it painful? (people who don't get it numbed, please) 18. Can you give me an idea of what your shopping list would look like? ( i know it has to be healthy and stuff and i want lots of fruit) 19. Is there any fruits or veggies you cant eat because of the band? it would be cool if you all can answer these (: mainly if you are 6+ months out or at goal weight. about the daily meal plan, just want to know so i can buy healthier stuff AGAIN, kind of got out of track and out of hand ): but yeah im starting to get tired of having the same thing over and over i'm in DESPERATE need of a fill or two. i haven't got a fill yet because as some of you may already know, i was sick for 2 and a half months out of surgery and i didnt start feeling 95% better till the end of December, the weekend of my birthday. and since the week of christmas, i started getting hungry an hour after i just ate and its annoying! so yeah and i dont have insurance right now (i had Bluecross blue shield and i guess after you turn 19 they dont cover you anymore) so i MIGH be getting Medicade i'm not really sure, if so i hope they cover the fills because i am NOT paying that out of pocket, i dont have the money

thanks everyone(:

ive fallen of the horse and i cant get back on...omg its so hard once you get off track, i really hate myself..ever since my nausea started easing up (i still get it but not as bad) ive been able to eat and i havent been eating the right things, i feel so ASHAMED...i need to really push myself but i feel so lazy, the only time i really get exercise is during gym class every other day and my job which is a cleaning job twice a week...i want to do more but i just dont seem like its happening, i want to i really do, but when i come to do it, i come with excuses..i hate myself for that and i made a meal plan but i only had one thing off the whole thing grrrr!. i think if i had like a lapband buddy my age it would help sooo much cause then we can motivate and exercise with each other but i cant find anybody, is there a place i can search for people like on lapband for teens (dont know the name of the website) and i started gaining some weight back like 2-5 pounds nooooooo! ): ugh..any advice?

the strawberry banana and the blueberry one sounds the best :sad: thanks Calirose-youre welcome

oohhh hey i searched this website for recipies, and went to a thread where someone requested someone's recipies, heres the link and they sound good so im gonna try a few (: theworldaccordingtoeggface: My Favorite Protein shake Recipes

thanks everyone (:

someone wrote it before and i cant find, i would like to try it, plus im making like a meal plan so i can stick to it and everything is picked out and has the protein and cals counted up so i know im getting my protein and not going over my cal limit. good idea to me (: and i cant think of anything else to put under the lunch section (need something for thurs through sunday, for mon i have turkey sandwich(bread is toasted), tues czar salad, + weds protein smoothie) i have no fills by the way and lost around 33 pounds in 4 months, its ok, could be better but im happy for myself (: im also making an exercise chart woot but yeah i would like the recipie to the protein smoothie, i just want to know besides the protein shake powder what else to put in it, i think strawberries and blueberries would be the best, do but orange juice in it? do you have any protein smoothie recipies? oh and the isopure protein drink, do they taste good?

thanks everyone. its just that when i see a straw im tempted to use it lol i love straws but i didnt use them sept for the time i went to my cousins wedding the gum, youre not supposed to have it in case you swollow it cause itll get stuck ill make sure i keep up with my Vitamins and pro the tredmil, i already have one its in the cellar (it got used a lot) but ya, its my dads man cave lol and most of the time hes down there. i think ill stick to my biggest loser workout dvd and seventeen magazine workouts.. i have the wii fit i really want wii active and the biggest loser workout game for the wii. i really like circut workout/training..its fun actually lol LollyMoe-i told my dr and he said he would do it but he advised me not to. he said if i take it out ill gain everything back plus 70 more pounds. he said it probably wouldnt make things better too, so that made me feel like shit, ya know? and i have to get a new insurence b4 dec 31st and i dont think itll cover removal/appointments/fills so i dont know what to do. i guess i just have to live with it but if i ever, EVER, get sick like i was, its coming out cause seriously i cant deal with it and i mean it, when i got sick like that, i was depressed. ugh!

just out of curiousity, does anyone here use a straw or even alowed to? i know that my nut. told us to never use a straw and i dont know if that was just at the begining. but do yo guys ever use a straw? and a couple of topic questions things, does it really take 6 months before you hair starts to grow back? i really hate taking clumps out every day ): what kind of exercises can i do in my room? (i dont like jumping around in here cause it feels like the floor is gonna fall in lol)and cause i dont want ppl watching me as i exercise. what can i do for cardio besides walking? (remember, in my room) i had something else but i forgot it lol

thank you guys

Meaning I was going to keep my band..some of you know I said I was getting my band removed, I think I posted a thread about that in September. I thought I was going to be ok I thought I was starting to come around finally. I feel like I get the nausea every other week. And most of the time when I walk I get sharp pain where my band is. On October 30th I had very severe chest pain/acid reflux for like an hour(it seemed) last week was a pretty good week except one of my gym days at school I felt like I was gonna vomit (we were playing football). Yesturday we were playing our third day of pillow polo(my fav thing we do in gym class) I took a few sips of Water and it felt like it was gonna come back up. Last night had the chest pain/acid reflux again. Today I have really sharp pain in my stomach and diahrea, feel like I got to vomit, have a headache, feel a bit dizzy and a bit shakey. I see my dr on Wednesday. It's going to be official this time, my band's life is going to come to an end, yes I came very far trying to fight the nausea but I just can't deal with this anymore. I had nothing good but bad experience with this band the only good thing was that I lost 30 pounds and accomplished one of my goals and that was to be under 200, I'm done with being sick, it's the end of the road for the band but it's NOT the end of the road for weightloss!!! Thanks for listening (:

Evanescent_Soul- lol hey, im doing okay, nausea is gone but i still get it here and there and it still sucks, and i missed like 4 weeks and 4 days of school FML lol i'm supposed to get my first fill for once and for all on the 18th but i dont want it lol maybe i should get just one before i get my new insurance if i even get one at all i dont know what insurance im getting and i just hope it pays for removal and the fills gahh. yup i did have the flu i hated that week cause i drank some orange juice and it gave me severe chest pains like wtf lol i dont think im supposed to have it since i have the band and all so there you go. yeah my school too, they actually finally decided to close it since the whole week the school was like a ghost town lol, closed it on oct 30th. BabyBurnzi- hey, good luck (: yeah the Protein liquid diet part did suck but hey it was worth it cause it made me lose 8 pounds beofre surgery and i didnt think i lost any :w00t: when i started my pre op diet it made my stomach upset at first but i got use to it. i had chocolate and it was digusting so i prefer vanilla. yes i hate when people get something that you really like and eat it in front of you while you cant have it. i told one of my bestfriends but i didnt tell my other bestfriend. the one that knows, i can trust to keep it a secret, i dont know if i should tell my other one =/ but i told one of my teachers so she knows cause i was out of school alot like 2 weeks and 3 days cause of nausea (yeah i was one of those who had nausea since surgery, only had two good weeks without it, i still get it but not as bad as i did or unless i have a cold or the flu/sick ya lol but i missed 4 weeks and 4 days the other two weeks i had a very bad cold and then i had the flu which sucks! and the had to cancell school cause everyone was sick and i guess a couple people had H1N1) anyways i have to get a new insurance and theyre having a hard time getting me one, i turn 19 next month and i need it now, i need insurance thatll cover removal of the band if i need it if it doesnt ill be SOL. >.< yeah my goal is size 3 or 4, mainly the 4 and i really hope i can get there by my one year aniversity of the band (july 31st) all i can say is DONT BE SCARED!! you will be fine (: i didnt have much pain, for me it just felt like i did 1000 sit ups, but the gas pains are really annoying, i found that Gas-X works(some people say it doesnt work but i found it did) i had severe pain in my chest on Oct. 30th (actually felt like it was where my diaphram is and it moved to the left side of my chest and back to my diaphram for about an hour and i took a Gas-X strip 30 mins into it and it relieved the pains but i seriously thought i was gonna have to go to the hospital.) yeah if i knew i was gonna have nausea like i have, i wouldnt have gotten surgery, but some people have a more sensitive stomach and it takes more time to get over it, i'm getting through it, hey i lost 31 pounds, ya i could have lost more but im happy that im losing..i dont want to lose it too fast either cause i dont wanna risk getting the lose skin (since we're younger we shouldnt but if you dont exercise and still lose it fast you can). i know if it was me and i wanted to see a movie the same day-ish i got surgery, i wouldnt be up for it, i would be too tired and i would want to lay down, but if youre not in pain or if you dont feel sick or tired, deffinatley go for it (: i cant wait to see new moon either :wink2: good luck to you too iHaveh0pe3- im able to eat Pasta but its really hard to eat it, if its spagettie i blend it. you can eat toast and english muffins and if you like subway you can still go there, just make sure its healthy and toasted. speaking of the chicken nuggets, im able to eat those, if im out of town like when i was in PA (i live in NY) i got chicken nuggets. and last night i had breaded chicken nuggets, didnt bother me. it had a lot of protein in it 11grams. you got surgery on my friend's birthday lol anyways im out 14 weeks and two days =/ (: i had to stay over night too, good thing i did cause i got very nauseous ive been nauseous soo much (i wrote this above as well and how long i have had nausea) the worst part of the lap band was that, i think if i havent had that i would of lost more and i would of felt a lot more like myself and a lot happier, i think this surgery actually made me sad (i was sad soo much, i felt like i cried almost every day, like why did i do this to myself, ya know?) i actually had to go to the hospital my 3rd day out cause the nausea was that bad, but i think its starting to get better i mean i feel more like myself but i still get nauseous. the pain, i thought it felt like i did 1000 situps and the gas pains went away at like day 3, i didnt take any medicine either besides nausea pills which made me sleepy and i took Gas-X strips for the gas pains.