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Happy Easter!!! Oh liz, I have days and weeks like that too sometimes. I wish I didn't but I do, I usually end up with such a horrible headache from all the sugar that it takes a long while to forget how gross I feel and do it again. But good for you getting back on track that's what it's all about Tann please join us :eek: we don't start our new challenge till the 17th but that's ok OK so we went out to the Outback and I had some of their fried mushrooms for an appetizer and had the salmon for dinner yumm :hungry: I caved on the cake though and tomorrow is our anniversary so I am not counting calories again until Tuesday!

Hehe, I though it already had a name. I think it's called sharting.

I idd know that and I love V-8 juice but I do have a sensitive stomach to acids so am afraid to try it. I'm one of those that everytime I have something with a lot of tomato or garlic or even one bite of bacon i get heartburn, no other time just then. Maybe I should try it and just take a pepcid and have it over with, lol.

I am so sorry you are going through this you really need to talk to your surgeon, they need to take care of your right away. It sounds as if you are aspirating and that can be very serious. Please take care.

Grats on being banded What you are feeling is very common. Many bandsters wonder what they have done in the few weeks after surgery. I know it doesn't make it any easier right now, but know that you are not alone, we are all here for you

I was pleasantly surprised to see that they now offer a bariatric friendly meal! It was a grilled salmon fillet that was absolutely yummy with steamed veggies for the side dish. It was about half the size of their normal salmon fillet I'd guess about 8oz which is still a little too big a serving for us but hey they are making progress!

Yay, congrats on a successful night out! I am glad they were able to accomodate you!

Jack, you are the coolest!!! Thanks to all of you who are trying to make this difficult concept accessible, I really do appreciate it. My whole reason for liking to get about half of my days protien in the form of a shake is so that I have room in my little pouch for things like veggies! I try and eat one mostly veggie meal per day it may not actually be enough of them but it makes me feel better

Well I hate to say she neglects them because I know how hard it must be to be a single mom with 5 kids. But she is the one who wanted a divorce so she could persue someone else, sigh. I try so hard to not judge her but let me tell you it is hard. We want custody but we need to get our finances straight before we have any hope of that happening. So for now we just help them as much as we can. I am planning on contacting his teacher and seeing what we can do. He never should have been passed from kindergarten and here he is in second grade still struggling with some of the basics that he should have learned there. I am going to dig as deep as I can manage without drawing her wrath, if I have to I'll sick my DH on her! That always works All my doctors have ever done is put me on the pill for my period and I hate taking pills, I only take the ones that are absolutely necessary, and as bad as AF seems this time around I know it will stop eventually and then I'll probably go 6 months without and for that I will be truly greatful My mom lost her uterus by 32 and I'm 34 so I figure with my issues it won't be much longer anyway, hehe.

I don't think so. I sometimes eat faster than other times, but I measure my food before I sit down to eat and I know immediately when I am done even if there is food left on my plate. Some foods I have to eat slow and some days I have to, then other times I don't find it necessary. I think the most important thing is to listen to your body.

Uggh, AF keeps coming back every other day. I am serious I lost a pound of blood this afternoon! We weren't able to go to the movie after dinner because of it either All I have to say is I better have a good weigh in on tuesday or i am gonna be peeved! As for my little son, there are so many possibilities. His teachers have suggested we test him for adhd because he has such a hard time focusing and sitting still. He forgets he was going to his room to get his coat by the time he get's there. He is very bright and artistic just very unfocused. The divorce hit when he was only 3 so that could have an impact too.

Well this initially started as a search to find out if it was worth it to buy protien shakes that have 30g+ of protien in them. I am still not fully satisfied that say those 3oz shots of 42g of protien are a waste. I would love some real answers backed up by medical websites that are in plain english as to whether the body can use 42g of protien in one meal what is the magic number? Obviously obsene amounts of protien are a big mistake. But if we are supposed to have 60-80g a day why not have it all at once or in two meals? It seems to me that nomatter what it is calories in the end that determine weight gain or loss. Eating enough protien prevents our body from burning muscle eating too much protien can lead to other health problems like gout. We all know what a healthy per day total is for us from our nutritionists if no one else. But it still begs the question of how much can be absorbed from one meal. If it truly absorbs all the way through the intestines then it would be in our system for what like 24hr's? It seems that in that time it would make the argument moot whether a 42g shot of protien is a waste or not. I am not trying to be argumentative. I am just frustrated at the lack of solid information I have been able to find via the internet. Every source seems to disagree and most of the sources I have seen on the internet are body building sites and I'm sorry but I don't believe their info is necessarily correct for the general public at least. I just want real answers that are backed up by something that is written in lay language so that I can follow it. Jack I love you but with all your technical talk you lose me, I was a music major not a science major.

I wanted to share this for others who may be searching for answers to this. OK so this whole protien absorption thing has been plaguing my mind lately. There seems to be different opinions out there. I went searching on the internet and the only site I could find that discuss it are body builder sites not medical or bariatric. So I spoke to a friend of mine who is a food scientist today. He actually specializes in protien supplements for bariatric patients! For what it is worth he says that most protien is absorbed when the food is in your stomach although the intestines absorb as well not nearly as much. He doesn't know of any specific amount of protien that is too much but says the body will absorb what it needs and get rid of the rest as fecal matter. Now if you are eating huge amounts of calories the excess calories will be stored as fat, but whether it is the carbs the protien or the fat that gets stored first it is easiest to store the carbs so they would likely be first. So if you ate 5,000 calories of protien a day and no carbs much of that would be stored as fat but if you ate 1,000 cal of protien none of it would be stored as fat even if it was 200+g of protien I hope that makes sense the way I wrote it. There will probably continue to be differences of opinion on this but I now have peace of mind about it. Oh and next time I see my surgeon I am asking him too

I'll mention this here since it was brought up in this thread. I spoke to a friend of mine who is a food scientist today. He actually specializes in protien supplements for bariatric patients! For what it is worth he says that most protien is absorbed when the food is in your stomach although the intestines absorb as well not nearly as much. He doesn't know of any specific amount of protien that is too much but says the body will absorb what it needs and get rid of the rest as fecal matter. Now if you are eating huge amounts of calories the excess calories will be stored as fat, but whether it is the carbs the protien or the fat that gets stored first it is the carbs first then the fat and protien. So if you ate 5,000 calories of protien a day and no carbs much of that would be stored as fatm but if you ate 1,000 cal of protien none of it would be stored as fat even if it was 200+g of protien I hope that makes sense the way I wrote it. There will probably continue to be differences of opinion on this but I now have peace of mind about it.

Happy Bandiversary Betty Congratulations on a great 5K time Boo :girl_hug: Tracey that is so wonderful. Isn't it great to get outside and play with our kids? And yay for your little tike who has learned how to ride his bike! I am worried about my youngest boy. He is about to turn 8. He lives with his mom most of the time so his time with his dad and me is a bit limited. We do see them off to school every morning but we don't get to do the after school and bedtime reading and helping him learn basic things that his mom is I guess too busy for. He is just starting to read thanks to a lot of effort by my DH and I. We sit down and make him read with us. He hates to read and is doing so badly in school they are talking about holding him back. Today when he signed his name to his dad's birthday card he wrote it backwards, so instead of Quinn he wrote nnuiQ he started with the Q and moved back instead of forwards. This puzzles me, is he dislexic? His mom refuses to have the kids tested for anything! If we want the kids to go to the doctor for anything like wart removals and such we have to make the appointments and take them. It would be helpful if any of you ladies with experience with raising kids could tell me if his writing backwards is normal it would really help me know what to do for him.

BigThunder I think you are doing great! As for the protien absorption I have searched everywhere for the truth in that theory and have found none. It seems to be a body builder thing based on old types of protien supplements. Solid protien continues to absorb during it's entire trip through our intestines as does all food which is about 24-36 hours. You don't need to go straight to bandster amounts yet you aren't banded yet! Just follow your nutritionists instructions as best you can remembering that you are human!

Not sure if it's good or bad but it's my current addiction as well, that and counting calories.

Well I weigh in the am long before the party starts

Once you have good restriction you will stop feeling hungry all the time. Many days I forget to eat till my DH comes home and asks what's for dinner! As for foods that fill you up and stick with you, the more solid the better but my fave is 2 tbls tuna mixed with mayo and a little ff italian dressing on two pieces of melba toast. It fills me up fast and stays with me for hours. If I do get hungry between meals I will eat a melba piece and be just fine.

That's interesting about no milk my surgeon tells 16oz of milk each day and that is supposed to be our only liquid calories. I choose yogurt instead though and only have one, I'm such a rebel, lol. And yes shakes are super high in sugar, but I was told that during the first 2 weeks I could have anything that I could suck through a straw and that while he didn't want me to have a shake a day that I could have one if I wanted because I wa in the healing phase. He wasn't concerned about weight loss yet. If worse comes to worse they can always bring you some herbal tea, they might even have broth.

Happy bandiversary Boo I don't remember what I ate last year for Easter :cry but a few days later was my wedding anniversary and with my surgeons permission I went out to eat and had real food! It was my official last supper, I ate till I was stuffed, lol and regretted it later as I sat up half the night miserable. A few short days later was my surgery! Boo, AF is my period, short for Aunt Flo, and she is mean! Fortunately I do not easily get anemic. My doc has me on Vitamins with Iron in them just to help in these situations, this is nothing new, my period has been erratic from the very beginning thanks to PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) I go forever without one then whammo she lays me out flat for a little bit.

I have days where I just eat empty calories for no apparent reason than they just sound good. The ice cream the cookies the chips. I think all of us have been to that place at least once if not several times. I think mentally sometimes we are losing too fast for our minds to know who we are and what to do now. The important thing is whether it was one meal or one year the band is still there waiting for you to be motivated again. I love that I can take time off from losing and just relax if I need to. I don't gain during those periods I just maintain, then when I am ready I get busy and follow the plan and start losing again, I just pick up right where I left off. It's ok that we do this, we are human, sometimes the craving for reeses is just too strong for anyone to resist! But it seems you are ready to get back on track so forgive yourself for the junk food eaten and make healthy choices.

The french onion soup minus the bread and cheese on top is a good option just be careful with bits of onion. Other than that you can order a non carbonated beverage, they won't allow you to drink something that you brought in with you so the water bottle idea won't work. If your surgeon said full liquids is ok you can even order a small milkshake if you don't mind the calories. Other than that you are pretty much looking at beverage city. One of my favorite things to do if I need to be on liquids for some reason and we are going out for a meal, I order a hot chocolate and that always makes me feel satisfied and pampered.

I thought AF was gone then last night in the middle of the night wham, major bleeding again! I am retaining so much water my wedding ring is actually a little snug and usually it is practially falling off! Oh well this too will pass. Good news is my ankle is feeling much better But today was so busy, I did my church ladies visiting today and grocery shopping and bank and birthday present shopping with the kids for DH he will be 40 tomorrow! It has been a full and busy day, I am so glad DH doesn't want me to fix dinner anytime soon, lol.

I am quickly approaching 1 yr with my band and have lost 79lbs! I have PCOS and my surgeon said that I may lose a little slower than some because of it but that I would still lose. My PCOS is bad enough that I have major insulin issues and was borderline diabetic. Just stay away from simple carbs and excersize and you will do great!