waterlily1072

The question you have posed is one that I think most of us struggle with. If I don't weigh everyday, I have a tendancy to get off track with my eating plan, so despite the frustrations of normal fluctuations I weigh every morning (and sometimes at night, hehe)

Well I lost the good girl mojo today. Auntie Flo came to town, hehe (tom). And well my house is filled with boxes and my sink and stove, micro and fridge were all unaccessible till about a half hour ago. So for dinner we went to Denny's. I had broccoli cheddar soup and some of my hubby's nacho's. The nacho's I'm sure put me way over on my usual caloric intake for the day. I'm not even sure how to estimate the calories so I am writing today off as a very bad day, someone sew my mouth shut! :speechles Oh well tomorrow is another day.

Grats that is so awesome

Ollie that is just your natural body fluctuations, retaining and getting rid of water and waste. It is perfectly normal.

Thanks, I have beed good today too, hehe

That is not my definition of yo-yo dieting. A few pounds variance is nothing more than water retention fluctuating. Yo-yo would be lose 15 gain 20, lose 20 gain 5 etc.

Sadly chips will alwasy slide through pretty easily. But solid protien stays with me for hours. I can only eat 1/2 cup at a time and it keeps me full for 3 hours! When your pouch is full of protien you won't be able to eat the crap, so eat your protien first. Also you will find that if you don't eat the protien then you will feel really tired, which will nip that little habit in the bud. Just be patient, it takes time to reach restriction where the band actually starts helping you. In the meantime do your best to make good choices. As for 1/3 of the old days, not even close, cause I ate a lot more than a cup of food at a time that's for dang sure.

I'd just pack on the weight, you will have the pre-op diet and the rest of your life to lose the weight, 10-20 lbs is nothing. But that's just me

My opinion is that lapband is the very best choice for most people. It is far safer and is removeable and adjustable. And Yes you can eat spicy foods, or at least I can, and you can drink alcohol, although it is very high in calories. If you are a bulk eater then imo the band is the way to go. Re routing of innards scares the bejeebees out of me.

Wow I would be so frustrated, that is nuts! I had the optin to see any psychologist I wanted and there was no waiting involved. Of course I was self pay. Is it at all possible for you to go self pay somewhere where they are acctually reasonable? Good luck in getting your lapband, I wish you the best.

I'm with you Libra! Although for me it wasn't a margarita it was pringles, ugh. I had a hard time yesterday missing my mom and it culminated to a tubne of pringles and a lot of tears. I did get on the scale however (brave) and I lucked out big time. I didn't gain! Yay So today is back on track.

I don't bread or flour or fry my fish. I bake it with a little bit of olive oil and seasonings. Also it's not eating just fish but just making sure that fish was one source of protien every day along with others. I can tell you that since I started stepping up my fish intake the last two days since this post I have lost a little more than I did the few days previous, but that could just be coincidence. I think she felt it had something to do with the natural fish oils enhancing weightloss by speeding up your metabolism.

Flour is a little uncomfortable but corn goes down ok at the dinner hour and sometimes lunch. But never for breakfast. I also have a hard time with scrambled eggs. Those pesky eggs.

Some days I can have a dry bread with other things, but most of the time bread is a no go for me. I choose melba toast instead and love it! Sometimes I can do Pasta, sometimes I can't, rice is the same. You will find that there are very few foods that you can't eat. However many foods will be somewhere on your caution list. You will come to learn when you feel tight not to try this or that, and when you feel more open know that you can have something that other days you can't. Does that make sense at all. I would say that probably the most common problamatic foods are doughy bread, sticky rice, and pasta for most bandsters. My nutristionist said that it is ok and even normal to PB occasionally as I learn what I can and can't tolerate. It is not a pleasant experience I can tell you, but we are all on a learning curve and all our bodies are different. If you like whole grain breads try them! Take a few bites toasted and see how it goes, then the next day try it again maybe non toasted and see how it goes. This is the process I go through.

You did great! You didn't mess anything up at all. And actually you might be surprised that there was probably even some protien in that soup :eek: One of the things I did on mushies was make cream soup with milk a little butter and a little flour, then I melted in cheese and also added a beaten egg to add more protien. So a basic white sauce with some garlic and cheese +1 egg. Another thing I did that made me really stay satisfied for a long time was I put refried beans and a little cottage cheese in the blender and pureed it, then added some taco seasoning, yum. My husband thought I was nuts but oh well

The regular section is the misses section, for future reference. I have not shopped there for myself since college, sigh, and sadly I already have to shop there for my oldest daughter, they grow up so fast! Anyway, I decided to get on the scale again this morning, because it is just so addictive, hehe Name..........................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. ...... 238.................228.............10 Lapbandit.......................231............... .....229………….199.............30 Waterlily.........................300............. .......287.................264.............23 Roiansmom.....................299................. ...299.................270.............29 Libra...............................248........... .........242.................228.............14 JulieNYC........................212............... .....209.................185.............24 Elisabethsew................... 282.................. ..278.................264.............14 PeaCeJ............................338............. .......338.................318.............20 RidinMyHDDream...........297.....................2 93.................281.............12 Babygirl1234................... 260....................259.................240.... .........19 Leecelove70.....................228............. ......228.................200.............28 3 MORE LBS!!! :clap2: I'm in the 80's

Midweek weigh in (I know I'm obsessive with the scale) Tax Day Challenge Weekly Check In Week 1/8 Name.............................Starting……..Curre nt……..Goal……..To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. ...... 238.................228.............10 Lapbandit.......................231............... .....229………….199.............30 Waterlily.........................300............. .......290.................264.............26 Roiansmom.....................299................. ...299.................270.............29 Libra...............................248........... .........242.................228.............14 JulieNYC........................212............... .....209.................185.............24 Elisabethsew....................282............... .....279.................264.............15 PeaCeJ............................338............. .......338.................318.............20 RidinMyHDDream...........297.....................293.................281............12 Babygirl1234................... 260....................259.................240.............19 Leecelove70.....................228.....................228.................200............28

And grats on your jammie pants Libra, that is great

Ooh I have an NSV I forgot about. Last night I noticed my wedding ring was getting really loose, so I went to show my husband how shaking my hand would make it fall off and well, it went flying onto a corner of the room where I have lots of paperwork stacked and baskets full of projects lol. It took me almost 20minutes of digging through stuff to find it at the very bottom of one of my baskets (that last one too, hehe) I guess I was shaking my hand a little too vigorously

There seems to be mixed opinions among the medical profession as to whether carbonation can stretch the pouch. However, even if there is a chance do you relaly want to risk it? That said I spent about 3mo drinking diet coke this last year while banded and can tell you that I only got by with it because I didn't have enough restriction. When I am restricted just the tiniest bit of accident carbonation consumption leads to serious discomfort, not worth it. So when I got my last fill I knew it was bye bye soda for me.

Wow, first one to post today. Happy Saturday. I am right at 290, I am so close to the 80's I can taste them! How is everyone else doing? Any NSV's?

I remember you And welcome back And good for you for all the positive changes you have made :clap2: As to the gurgling that is normal and for the first week after my last fill that finally gave me good restriction I was producing a bit more saliva than normal, but then I was pretty swollen. As for the gurgling, that is perfectly normal. It's kind of fun to feel and hear your pouch slowly empty. I only hear it when I take my first bite or after about 2 or 3 hours after eating as the last little bit leaves my pouch. That gurgling sound to me is a reminder that I am finally restricted, yay

Ok so my grandmother always used to say that eating some fish every day will help you lose faster and more consistently than eating other forms of protien. She always made me eat fish for either lunch or dinner or BOTH. I always lost a lot of weight when I stayed with her for the summers. I am wondering now if this is true. Have any of you noticed a difference? I think I may do a self study on this and let you all know

Ask your doc, what he wants you to be counting. I personally count calories and protien first and formemost. My surgeon and nutritionist say at least 56g of protien a day to prevent muscle loss. I have not lost any hair and personally know people who had tons of protien and did lose their hair. Hair loss is a very individual thing and may be triggered by different things for different people, so don't panic. But protien is essential to weight loss, without it our bodies will burn muscle before fat, thus lowering our metabolism (bad). I do pay some attention to how much fat I take in, but mostly I only add fat to food 3 servings per day, so like a total of 3 tablespoons of mayo, or 3 teaspoons of butter or margerine etc. It's an old weight watchers thing that I have used with every weightloss attempt since I was 9 and it works

One of the first things my surgeons office asks me when doing a fill assesment is "can you still eat bread?" If I say yes, she says, "well let's put a stop to that" (provided the other indicators don't say tight enough). Most people with good restrictin cannot eat bread, very well toasted toast maybe. There are some exceptions, but I wouldn't count on being an exception. I am glad I can't eat bread, it's loaded with empty calories and carbs that make you hungrier for the things that are bad for you. Eat the insides of the sandwich, the meat and cheese and lettuce, the good stuff