ericsmom

Congrats on your anniversary!

This is my usual day... Breakfast - Slim Fast Optima chocolate Royale shake made with milk & ice and chocolate Protein powder added. lunch - 1 cup cottage cheese and one serving pack of diced peaches dinner - today it was 1 cup of tater tot hotdish (x-lean hamburger, cream of mush and cream of celery soup and 6 tater tots) and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese Then another shake about 10:30 because I'm a night owl and still up.

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My doctor was actually the opposite - he told me if I had my period when surgery was supposed to happen it would have to be rescheduled. I got done 3 days before, thank God. I didn't have to have a catheter either.

Congrats on your exciting NSV!

I was looking for an NSV thread last night, too. My stomach used to buldge over the steering wheel when I drove, and now at just shy of 35 lbs down I can fit my hand in between my stomach and the wheel! That's so cool!! There was a time when DH and I were dating 20 years ago where I could fit inbetween him and the steering wheel when we'd go parking!! Those were the good 'ol days

Congrats to you on your NSVs!!! That's just super! My arthritis is still just as bad in my knees...I usually get cortisone in my knees, but it wears off after about a month. I go back to work on Aug. 28th, so on the 23rd I'm getting shots so I'm ready to go. Maybe it will last a bit longer now that I'm getting a bit lighter. I know I need a new knee, but I have to get through another school year before I can think about whether or not we're scheduling it for next summer or not. You are doing great!! Keep up the good work and keep us posted!

Congrats on your great NSV!!! What a great feeling!

Congrats and welcome to band land!

I totally agree with everything you have said, especially "It's best to educate children..." I have made sure to raise my son to be a polite and tolerant person, and especially because I have been heavy his entire 14 years on this earth, he sees what I physically go through and knows that it is a hard life. We speak openly about my struggles and I encourge him to learn from me. You make extremely good points about not approaching others with disabilities in the same manner that people do with those who are obese.

You are a braver woman than I will ever be...I'm so proud of you for speaking up, and putting her in her place. Way to go!

I've been one to hide wrappers, containers, bags...pretty much anything. I would even throw candy wrappers in my recycle bin at work because they would get covered up with paper and disappear from view (another first admission here). Congrats on making the confession - I'm sure you'll inspire a lot of others here to do the same.

I'm down another 1.8 this week. It was a shock as it's always been 4 or more the last month since my surgery. I am only 2.2 lbs away from never having to say the word "three hundred" again and it seems like it's taking forever (even though it's really not)!! I have to keep telling myself it didn't come on in a month, it's not going to come off that fast either. I get my first fill next week and then I hope to see the lbs melt off! Congrats T on your milestone!!! WTG!

When I was in recovery and coming to, I could hear nurses saying "Stephanie, take a deep breath..." and I could hear beeping noises. When I was on just oxygen I was going into apnea. When I got into my room they brought me a CPAP machine (I had my own mask and tubing) and then I was totally fine. I had it on all the time unless I was wide awake. It's always better to error on the side of caution and call your doctor. The least they could say is everything is fine

My MMPI and the other two tests I took confirmed that I've had depression issues and that I should continue to monitor the depression before, during and after the surgery. It also gave my psych doc a game plan on what to work on with me. Just because it found I had a few issues didn't mean I wasn't a candidate. It just helped us both to understand where I was coming from and where to direct our efforts toward my counseling. I thought the questions were kind of strange sometimes, but all in all it was a good thing to do.

I am like Dody, no problems with the burping or flatulating...however, I get my first fill next week and all that could change!!

Okay - so we're all obsessed with the actual act of weighing, but how many of you step on the scale 2 - 3 - even 4 times until it says what you want it to say???? I have a digital WW scale and I seem to have a habit of doing this. Once I get the same weight twice, I quit and take it for what it says. Do you do this, too?

I go for my first fill next Thursday...thanks for sharing the pics.

I am trying very hard to only weigh myself twice a week as I've been one to weigh every day when I'm dieting. I got on it three times this week and told myself to not do it again. My sister, on the other hand, weighs in the morning, when she gets home from work and before bed! I thought I was obsessive! I'm only recording my Wednesday weigh-ins as they coincide with the Gone for Good Club here and I had surgery on a Wednesday and so it's a week by week thing.

My weigh-in for the week - not as much as past weeks, but I think female issues have something to do with that... H 337/ S 322.5/ C 302.2/ CBMI 51.9 (-34.8 lbs total, -1.8 this week) I REALLY don't want to EVER say the word "three hundred" after next week!!!!

The day I went home from my surgery my doctor told me to introduce soft foods as tolerated when I felt I was ready. That was about 1.5 weeks out from surgery. When I had my post-op appt. two weeks after surgery the doctor told me to eat normal food and get at least 60g of protein per day. It wasn't until I was eating regular food that they would be able to tell if I was losing on just the restriction of the band alone. I don't get a fill until next week on the 17th, but have been controlling my portion size so as not to over eat. I feel like it takes too much for me to feel full - although it's much less than I ever ate before. If you do try regular foods, just chew them really well and I wouldn't think you'd have any problems. Good luck to you!

I would do it again in a heartbeat - and I've even been advocating a few friends who have been discussing gastric bypass...telling them the benefits of getting the band instead. I can tell already that this will be life changing for me and I can't wait for it to REALLY get going!!

I feel like I can eat pretty much anything right now - I go for my first fill on August 17th. I don't know how much they tend to start with at my clinic, but I'll find out.

Just wanted to chime in and wish you good luck with your liquid phase. It's great that your "journaling" how you feel, too. Keep up the good work!

I just remembered I saw on someone's signature line that said something like "Losing 100 lbs is losing 10 lbs ten times." So even 10 lb increments is a great way to think about it.