54Shirley

Well a couple things going on hear. 1 is when you eat or drink and get the gurgling from the throat or burps from the stomach. I will explain like it was explained to me from my Surgeon You have new plumbing, and what you hear coming up is air,and it means your pipe is cleaned and open. Get stuck and you'll wish you heard all these noises instead. 2 is just the stomach. It's empty compared to what its use to having, and liquids really don't do that much justice. So thats all the stomach juices trying to find something to digest. But !, chances there's not much there. As your stomach shrinks in a lot of time..... This will slowly go away. " the most of it." Wen you get a fill, and stay empty, then again it will be back. This is my Surgeons Info, and I believe it. It something to think about, and it makes sense. Hope this helps. Shirley.

Protein first ! So always do your shakes.. Pick up some Flintstones Complete chewable Vitamins with CHOLINE ! These wont hurt threw your liquid stage, and it will help give you some Pep. I liked Soups Like Lipton cup of soup Cream Of chicken. Then look in the organic area in your store <I go to Kroger for mine, and I buy Paciffica Liquid Soup in a tall Box. It's on a shelf and the flavors are great. Red Pepper Soup, Cream of Mushroom Soup, and Butternut Squash was very good ! I don't care for squash, but like I said to my surprise it was good. This soup is thick, so it will stick with you where you won't feel like your starving. This soup is pureed, so no pieces in the soup. If you mix your shakes with Water heres a tip Cut the water amount in 1/2 and put your flavored protein in a covered dessert dish. shake it well, and put it in the freezer. This makes for a great pudding, and you still get all your protein. If you need tips on good protein let me know, and I will give some names, and flavors of a good shake, and where to buy them reasonably. Shirley.

I know that I take hormones for Thyroid. My Dr. has me in there every 6 months to check blood levels. Too much is no good, and not enough is no good. So it has to be Monitored. I hope you are under Dr.'s care so it can be Monitored, Hormones can be strange,and a specialist is best to deal with it. "My Opinion ONLY ! "I AM NOT A DR...."

Try keeping it up and down like 700-800 today, and 1000-1200 the next day. Your body really won't get the chance to join the STARVATION NATION, but will deal with a lower amount of calories per week, and this will cause weight loss also. Thats 1 reason why you should only weigh yourself once a week or every 2 weeks. So you gradually see the change. If you do it to harsh, you can really mess up your metabolism. I;m sure you don't want to gain weight by eating a hot dog or a hard boiled egg. It has been known to happen when you come out of starvation mode..

When I saw the Shrink for surgery She said no more then 700 calories per day. I thought that was rather extreme, and she said all the RNY Patients eat that amount so why shouldn't you ! I said I'm not hear for that kind of surgery. She said it doesn't matter. So I talked to the Dr. when he checked to see what she had to say. What ! ! ! I'm your surgeon, and I don't give a DAMN what she says... You stay under 1200 calories a day, workout, and get your water in, and this will work. So I do between 1000-1200, but am comfortable at 900-1100 calories a day.

Your still healing if that helps at all ! So when it does start,,, it will keep coming off for a while, and fills help. You say you stay under 1200 calories a day, and workout. Thats great ! But do you log it on line at all... You can try myfitnesspal.com and it takes care of everything, calories,protein, exercise, and keeps it all in memory. So you can go back, and retrieve your info. when needed. Also you can view other peoples Diary, and see what they are eating, and get ideas from that. Look me up if you want, I'm Losingintime on that site.

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Thanks Cheri...

This is not a easy way out at all. This is Devotion, Dedication, and Life Changing. You have to be willing to put everyone else in 2nd. place to take care of you. Once you have the idea, and control, you can take care of things the way you use too, because you will have learned what is rite, and wrong. But this is not the easy way out. So clue the ones in on that thought, because it is mis-information.

Thats easy,,, Flintstones Complete with CHOLINE Must have the Choline. They are chew-able. I do 3 a day and when they test my blood I don't need anything else. Vitamin B is the Choline. I buy mine on ebay 200 for 14.99 and they pay the shipping. Also go to their website and print a coupon "COPY IT" and when you see them on sale buy a few. Not to mention their not bad either, and I get my energy from them. Shirley. Interested in the ebay dealer ? Let me know, and I will share the name. He's very good.

I posted this a while back. If anyone in their community is willing to contact a BURN CENTER in their area Like a Children's Hospital. Contact the Chief Surgeon, and ask him in a nice way, if you donate your skin, would he donate his time to take it. Children's Hospital of Michigan told me to contact them when I was ready to do it. The surgeon assured me that he would do all the surgery for free himself. Included Hospital stay. That's what I will do when the time is rite. You might want to venture out, and talk to the BOSS of a Burn Unit, they need the skin. If one says no, I would not stop with that. But TALK TO THE HEAD SURGEON. It's his/her Decision. No one else's 2 cents even matters. I learned that when I worked in Foster Care, and had allot of Burn Patients. Sometimes others said what they wanted, and he came along and said the complete opposite, and what he said mattered. So if you want it bad enough,,, I would check into this. Shirley.

Well this is prescription Strength, and it works. I would recommend this to anyone.

Go on ebay and look up steven6754 I have a black sleeveless Gown done in Gold, and it has a attached cape for the arms. I wore this on my 25th wedding anniversary, and it did not disappoint. This gown can hang lose or fill out. I wore it again at about 50Lbs heavier, and not a problem with fitting at all. Check it out.

Sure if it helps... This comes in a pretty big bottle, and has a measuring cup on the cap. Prescription Laxative POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350 NF Powder for Oral Solution Rx only 527 Grams You can get this from your PCP It works well, and it can keep for a long time. Hope this helps. Yep I'm in the States.. I'm from Michigan.

Ask your PCP about prescription Powder to help you go. I know they prescribed some for the Husband, and there were times I needed it, and it works, and yet no cramps, or any problems. If you have prescription Ins. This is the cheaper way to go, and it's good stuff. If interested let me know and I will post the name of the medicine.

You can try to type in Vegetarian Bandsters, and there site might come up. Play around with the wording, and you might find them. They go back a long way.

They sure can ! They put it in me just for precaution,,, in case they couldn't see the leak "will say pin hole". No problem at all ! Your Surgeon should be well aware of this. Hope this helps ! Shirley.

Glad to hear your doing better.

Glad you feel better.

Even if you have a small leak. It can be fixed with out surgery. The Dr. can put in a Acrylic threw the port, and if there is a leak it will go to it and seal it. Now of course if it's major, this will not work. But if its any help to you I have had this done, and it doesn't hurt a thing. It can only help. This is all done under Fluoroscope.

O.K Bandsters,,, this is coming from someone who knows nothing at all about what your doing, but I do know about Dietary Trends that have failed people, and have even caused Serious Health Problems. "SO PLEAS NO ONE JUMP ON ME FOR 2 CENTS. I remember a Lady that I worked with jumped on Fen Fen. "anyone remember this stuff ?" I had lost weight with the band by staying low cal., and she wanted the easy way out, and asked my opinion. I told her what my Surgeon told me. That this stuff is garbage, and only screws up your Metabolism. Not to mention all the fillers, and the stuff is mostly caffeine anyway, and it can cause Medical problems. Well he was rite. The Fen Fen caused serious Heart Problems. Of course they were sued, and the Lab has not gone back to trying to make a quick fix plan for weight loss. Yes she suffered a problem to the Heart. So if your banded, why don't you do yourself a favor, and play it safe, and just lose as you go along. We all want to see it come off quick. But that can be dangerous too. joining the STARVATION NATION is not a good way to do this. Ask your Surgeon if he approves, and if yes ! Then I only wish you Great Success. Just please don't be blind, and play with Dynamite... You could get hurt..... Just my 2 cents. Shirley.

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DITTO ! If it matters all that much about the vegetable choice from me,,,, I prefer them steamed. I like a small salad sometimes, but it must be Lite in dressing. But I like Cauliflower, Broccoli, Asparagus, Fresh Spinach, Beans, Tomatoes, Peppers, Onions, Mushrooms, Spaghetti Squash for a meal, Eggplant for a meal, Sweet Potatoes Baked in their skin on a oven rack. Peel and slice, then add nutmeg, and cinnamon, and a little pat of light butter, and spread that all over DELICIOUS ! I live in Michigan so I grow my own Vegetable Garden, So I eat things as they come in, and that includes corn on the cob. Fruits I love Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Freestone Peaches Watermelon, Honey Do Melon, banana, Granny Smith Apple, .Indian Apple, and more. I just can't eat all of this stuff ! I have tried TOFU, and was not fond of it, but I did find out I was ALLERGIC to it ! ! ! So I do the best I can, and I enjoy it. and trust me,,, that's not the food that got me FAT at all... Shirley.