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wonderful! so then for the next two days we are on liquids right? like slim fast shakes, muscle milk, soups.....

I'm going to start the pouch test tomorrow Wednesday, the 8th.! really looking forward to getting back on track- I was banded about a year and a half ago and I'm down 80lbs but have gained about 4lbs in the past 2months as I'm not making good choices! I'm really hoping this will just start me back on track!

I'm going to start tomorrow with you! I was banded 1/15/08 and over the past year and a half I took my time loosing about 80lbs. I've really stalled since Jan when I had a miscarriage and life just seemed to fall apart. I've gained about 4lbs in the past few months so it's time to get back on track! I think I have about 6cc in myband and my nurse said I'm oretty tight but I sure don't feel like I am- I feel like I have figured out ways to cheat the band and I want to get back to eating correct portions and paying attention to my signals! anyhow I'm looking foward to this next 5days!! xoxo Mikaela

I'm going to start tomorrow with you! I was banded 1/15/08 and over the past year and a half I took my time loosing about 80lbs. I've really stalled since Jan when I had a miscarriage and life just seemed to fall apart. I've gained about 4lbs in the past few months so it's time to get back on track! I think I have about 6cc in myband and my nurse said I'm oretty tight but I sure don't feel like I am- I feel like I have figured out ways to cheat the band and I want to get back to eating correct portions and paying attention to my signals! anyhow I'm looking foward to this next 5days!! xoxo Mikaela

I typically do fine with toast. Not so much first thing in the morning though as I'm tighter inthe am. I jut take my time and CHEW!

I typically do fine with toast. Not so much first thing in the morning though as I'm tighter inthe am. I jut take my time and CHEW!

why did you have your port replaced????

haven't been around in a few months.... Not doing super hot. Not gaining but not loosing. I haven't been watching what I'm eating AT ALL!!!! I've been eating some pretty crappy stuff too. For some reason I went carb crazy! I kept reading how some people's Doc's had told them some bread was ok so forth. My Doc FORBID It!! but after time it made me crazy to be forbidden, so anyhow I had some here and there and didn't have an issue with it so now I've become FAR too comfortableeating them! Sandwiche's Bagles!! yikes! Like I said I'm not gaining but I'm wondering if I'm doing damage to my band? I can eat far more than I think I should be able to. I can eat an entire sandwich or bagle and not even feel full! my husband and I ate dinner last night he ate half of what I had and said he was stuffed. Umm who has the band?? I did self pay for my band and my covered year is up so I haven't had a fill in quite sometime. But in Jan at my last visit I did a fluor and my nurse said my band was as tight as she'd let me have it. I'm just feeling like a failure right now because I'm not working my band. Before I 'fell off the wagon' a few months ago I was working out 5days a week and doing well with my food and wasn't loosing. I got frusterated at my lul and when life got busy with trips, graduations so forth I just went on a free for all. anyhow I'd like some advice on how I'm able to eat some much- anyone else like this? BTW I rarely have pain or vomiting when I eat things "i shouldn't" oh and I don't have a cute little counter but I was banded 1/15/08 and I'm down about 80lbs

Tiffany- r u serious? "is this too much" you didn't eat a darn thing!:eek: Just wondering if you guys are posting everything that you eat or if you are just posting you main meals? If I log everything that crosses my lips it come out to a lot more than anything I'm seeing here? and I'm not doing horrible I've lost 65lbs. I'm just reading this and thinking OMG I eat way too much! but I usually don't go over 1200cal. 6:00 AM Triple Venti Non Fat Sugar Free Hazelnut Latte busy at work no Breakfast:closedeyes: 12:00 Lunch: 1can tuna, tbs dill relish, tbs mustard, 1 small tomatoe in pita pocket *wanting something sweet*:bored: 2 trader Joes Ginger Cookies (only 30cal) 3:30 Snack: 9mini cheddar rice cakes 6:00 Dinner: pork chop and mixed veggies 8:00 snacked a few handfulls of popcorn string cheese thats EVERYTHING:frog: seems like 4times as much as everyone else??

luluc-thax for the reply. I'm pretty bad with planning I'm not much of a cooker and I'm trying harder to learn and also learn to be prepared. I get really bored at my desk all day and I KNOW that's why I go looking for something to snack on. Believe it or not weekends are the best for me because we are on teh go and I'm busy with the house and family. Sitting at my boring desk all day is terrible :tongue: today I went and bought a bag of cinnimon jolly ranchers. Thought I could pop one in my mouth when I was wanting a sweet snack. Worked good this am when I went 'looking' Held me fine until lunch. I have been pretty good about what comes into the house. My hubby isn't a sweet person at all and I keep a few things around for my son (4yrs) like fruit snacks which I've only eat'n once or twice when I was really desperate! lol but really he doesn't need the junk either so I try to be pretty good about what is in the cupboards. I'm doing better today. I had my grande non fat late this am and for lunch I had a pita with tuna fish and tomatoe. Im still wanting a little something right now so I fixed a cup of tea and I'm chewing gum! :cursing:

ok so it seems like you guys don't eat anything! I snack all day long! I'm always popping something in to my mouth :tongue: I just had a fluro the other day to check my band and my nurse wouldn't fill me anymore after we saw that I was pretty darn tight. so how come I still eat so much!? I never have that "oh I'm full!" feeling? ugg I don't even want to wriet down what I ate yesterday!!:cursing: 6 AM:grande non fat late 8:00AM B: 1/2c trader Joes Raisin Bran with a Yoplait fat free yogurt 10:30AM S: approx 8 Trader Joes Honey Whole Wheat pretzel Sticks 12:30 PM L:South Beach Savor Pork with Green Beans 2:00 randomly grabbed a few chips a friend was eating:thumbdown: 3:30PM S: pear 5:00 PM came home and started emotional grazing on crap because I didn't want to cook dinner and I was tired from work !!! few bites of ice cream, few bites of popcorn, cup of hot coco D: spaghetti squash with marinara sauce

new to this thread well actually I have been reading for awhile but this is my first post. I was banded 1/15/2008 just celebrated my one year. i'm down 65lbs but the past two months I didn't loose as I was pregnant but I had a miscarriage so now I'm back to focusing on getting down these last few lbs. I have 20-25 more to go before I want to try to get pregnant again. Anyhow I'm reading all of your posts and feel like I eat so much more than all of you! :cursing: I feel hungry today already I've had a grande non fat latte, a yoplait fat free yogurt with 1/2cup raisin bran in it, then an hour or so later I had some trader joes honey whole wheat pretzel sticks. (about 10) This totals about 435calories and 1gram of fat. Do you think this is bad? That gives me only 600ish calories for the rest of the day. :thumbdown:I have a hard time with perspective. I guess writing it out it doesn't seem that horrible but I've been telling myself all morning "ugg I've eat'n so much today!" :tt1:

hey guys just wanted to let you know that we lost the baby. I will check back in on you girls to see how all is going. wishing you all the best!! xoxoxo M

I had pretty bad back pain with my first pregnancy. I went to a chiropractor the entire time. I'm already noticing back pain and I'm 8weeks. i sit at a desk all day and my posture has changed. I'm going to ask my OBtomorrow for a referrral to chiro and massage theryapy. Gotta stay comfortable and healthy! Are you trying to do some mild streatching through out the day? I get up every hour or so and walk around, try to touch my toes, take a few clensing breaths, reach up high. Just open things up. Do you work? Also make the hubby do most of the house work!!

good question because I had a realy wierd experience today!!!!!! I was leaning against a counter that was hitting right where my port is. Hold that thought- I actually made hubby feel my port last night because I thought it was sticking out more lol- he get's so groosed out by it! ANyhow so I'm leanign against this counter and didn't even realize it was hitting my port until a leaned away and realized it felt funny. As I walked to my car it felt really funny almost like I knocked the darn thing loose lol- once I convinced myself I couldn't knock it loose I figured the sensation was just from mybely and everything slightly changin positions as I grow! I havn't gained any weight yet. I'm 8weeks and don't look preggo at all. I know things are changing though, I can feel it in my posture.

hmm interesting. I wondered about this as well. I have really cut back from adding S&L to things but I LOVE it in my sun tea int eh summer so it's gonna be hard this summer. I use like 5packets in a big ol 32oz glass sometimes twice a day!! I do drink "skinny latte's" daily though which is a sugar free sweetner, not sure what though and I also drink propel. Wonder what is in that for sweetner?!:wub:

you guys are so great! thank you so much for all of your support! so we have good news. My HCG levels went up Wednesday, not a huge jump but up none the less which is a good sign. becuase they were rising so slowly my OB did want to do a US to make sure all looked well. There he/she was a little dot with heart pounding away at 140beats per min. All looks good :biggrin: I still have occasional spotting, nothing too alarming, it's not even red just light pink and only once and awhile on TP so we are cautiosly optomistic and taking it a day at a time. I'm feeling like I can enjoy my pregnancy more now. The past week I havn't wanted to write minteh baby journal or talk about my crazings this that and the other because I was trying to detach myself from it in case I was loosing it. Anyhow as I said we are cautiosly optomisitc and hoping and praying for a less eventful 8months! I havn't been stressing over my weight for the last week or so either, seemed rather trivial with the danger at hand. Although I'm happy to report that I'm sitt'n pretty at 216.5 :confused: I was 215 when I tested positive and over the first few weeks went up to 218. Now over the past 2weeks I've gone down a few lbs. I'm watching it closely now and trying not to pack on the lbs with this pregnancy but I also want to make sure I'm healthy. although I just can't get enough MILK and junior mints! lol I was never one to have a glass of milk and now I'm drinking 3glasses a day!:tongue: lol. Well everyone keep the posts com'n they are too few and far between!! xoxoxo Mikaela

you guys are wonderful thank you! diva-got shivers when I read your news! So wonderful!! such a blessing these little ones are! after all we have been through with our weight! I saw my OB today because spotting started again but she took a look and things look ok. Last week upon exam my cervix was slightly dialted and she noted stringy tissue but this week it has closed up nice and tight and she said as far as visual inspection it looked good-no loose tissue. I will have my HCG levels tested tomorrow and that will really tell us if things are going well. I will keep you posted!! thank you all so much for your kind works and prayers!! xoxoxo newlife:thumbup:(hopeful!!!)

hey guys just wanted to check in- I'm going through a pretty hard time right now. I went to my OBon xmas eve because tuesday I had terrible low back pain and began to spot wed AM. She did an exam and siad she saw some loose tissue and thought I was miscarrying, so she sent me for an ultrasound. They did see a heart beat so at that point I hadn't miscarried and I was sent home to take it easy over the holiday. I continued to have the back pain, and spotting with abdominal cramping. All signs of miscarriage. Friday I went back in and had my HGC level tested. Tomorrow I will have it tested again. If the levels had doubled then the baby is growing like it should. If the number is up just a little then something is worng and if the number has gone down I have lost the baby. So I've had to sit around all weekend wondering what is going on and it has been HORRIBLE! I guess I will know tomorrow what is going on. THe spotting is better today but I've all but convinced myself that I have miscarried just to prepare for the worst. Anyhow keep baby in your thoughts and prayers and I will let you guys know tomorrow what's going on:huh2:

back down to 217! not sure how because I ate 10mini chocolate chip cookies yesterday! being snowed in is no good for my diet :tongue_smilie: Did a preggo yoga video this am, so was not fun! then I had 2scrambled eggs with spinach, green onion and I diced up 1/2 an avocado and cherry tomatoe. It was delish:tt2: oh did I leave out the three pieces of bacon I ate?:tongue:

I read on here about people who eat an occasional piece of toast or pizza. My nuse freaks out about me consuming carbs. She says the expand in my ouch and will streatch it out. It's so hard to never have carbs, I don't have them often but an occasional bite here and there doesn't seem to be the end of the world? I don't eat them to the point of pain so I don't feel like I'm jepordizing streatching my pouch? what do you guys think?

still holding at a gain of about 3lbs- I was up almost 5 for a few days but I think it was water or something. I was craving salt a lot last week so maybe I was retaining a little. Anyhow I struggle all day to not just stuff my face. I want to!! Part is because we are snowed in and I'm bored :biggrin: and part due to cravings and the other part is just mental telling myself I'm pregnant and I 'can' eat. it's going to be a VERY long 8 months!!

funny I logged on to ask you guys what you had been eating lately and all the recent posts are about food!! now i"m hungry and want cereal :sad_smile: lol anyhow I'm kind of struggling on what to eat. I was struggling before I got preggo though. I had really hit a plateau and hadn't lost much in the past few months and met with my nurse who kicked me in the butt about some of the stuff I was eating. I had become lax because I was sick of the few band friendly things I had found to eat when I was being really strict. Like any "diet" it got old and instead of getting creative I got lazy. anyhow I fell back into some bad habbits right before I got preggo. I've been trying to be vigilent now that I'm preggers because I realy don't want to pack on the pounds but like I said I'm not very creative and.....I don't cook often :thumbup: I work full time and when I get home I just want to veg and spend time with my hubby and 4yr old. Anyhow today I had 2very small pieces of pizza!!:confused: my nurse says that shouldn't even go down, but I manage it :shades_smile: and i had salad as well. I also ate a box of junior mints I was craving but after the entire box I just felt sick! lol so anyhow does anyone have any good food ideas?

cherry-blue/Heather Looks like we have a lot on common :thumbup: I was banded the 15th of Jan this year so we are only a few days apart! and I'm due in August. When are you due? I'm not so quick with translating you kg into my lbs? lol how much have you gained since becoming pregnant? I really don't want to gain very much and I know htat sounds selfish but I was miserable last pregnancy with the weight I gained and since I'm still overweight I just don't want to be unhealthy. For me or the baby! I've gained about 4lbs inteh past two weeks. It's hard to see the scale go up :biggrin: I'm about 5weeks along and just feel it's too early to be gaining! this thing is only as big as a sesame seed afterall!

I'm really frusterated and need some words of support! I'm 5weeks pregnant and I've gained 3lbs in the past week and a half. I really haven't changed how I'm eating. I'm really trying to be aware of what I eat because I don't want to pack on the 40lbs like I did last pregnancy (pre-band) I know I have to gain some weight but I didn't think 3lbs it would eb 3lbs in the first week! :blushing: