SanDiegoUbermom

I finished the water yesterday. I didn't mesaure last night cause DH wasn't in the mood. Bad day at work. I was so busy this morning that I never got here to entry my day. B/L 11:30: Tuna Salad on whole wheat w/lettuce Snack 1:00: 100 Cal Popcorn Snack 4:25: 2T Tuna Salad I've been drinking Crystal Lite today. On my 2nd 20 oz cup. The kids helped me lift alot today. We had Amvets come out and get the kids old backyard toys that they don't use anymore. I also had toys in the house too.

It's weigh and measure day! :omg: This morning at 9:45am my weight is 207#. When DH gets home later we'll measre. I feel good about what shap my body is forming into even though I've only lost one pound since surgery. I can't lie; I'm a disappointed in the weight since that whats in my face at the moment. I keep hearing my mom "so how much weight have you lost, really, I thought you were suppose to lose 2# a week?" The worked on the bump on bum last night. It is soft & as I pushed on it I could feel it separate. I hope if I work on it it will go down. I've had it for a few years but now that my bum is getting smaller you can really see it. I think is just full of fatty tissue like what I have on the side of my thighs that I had worked out in PT. 9:45: Started water B/L 11:30: 12 pc Chkn Tortelloni w/2T pesto sauce 12:15 Started another water Snack 1:15 : 100Cal Dorito Snack (OMG was that good) D 6ish: Turkey Sweet Sausage (not sure if I'll get this again--had hard pieces in it like bones) 1/2c chkn tortelloni w/pesto Went to the park w/a friend and it was hot out. We only stayed an hour in a half. We got to talking about breakfast and how we both don't do it much. She said that if she eats she usually eats w/in an hour of doing it. I tried to explain that she needs a protein to supstain her till lunch or for at least a few hours. She's going to try it and I'm going to work on getting breakfast in me! I'm slow on the water today to but I think I will finish before I go to bed. Dinner was good but I'm hungry. I'm finding this happening more and more each night. 9:15 snack: 100 Cal Popcorn I think by the time I see Dr. Brunson on the 23rd I will be ready for a fill.

It's weigh and measure day! :omg: This morning at 9:45am my weight is 207#. When DH gets home later we'll measre. I feel good about what shap my body is forming into even though I've only lost one pound since surgery. I can't lie; I'm a disappointed in the weight since that whats in my face at the moment. I keep hearing my mom "so how much weight have you lost, really, I thought you were suppose to lose 2# a week?" The worked on the bump on bum last night. It is soft & as I pushed on it I could feel it separate. I hope if I work on it it will go down. I've had it for a few years but now that my bum is getting smaller you can really see it. I think is just full of fatty tissue like what I have on the side of my thighs that I had worked out in PT. 9:45: Started water B/L 11:30: 12 pc Chkn Tortelloni w/2T pesto sauce 12:15 Started another water Snack 1:15 : 100Cal Dorito Snack (OMG was that good) D 6ish: Turkey Sweet Sausage (not sure if I'll get this again--had hard pieces in it like bones) 1/2c chkn tortelloni w/pesto Went to the park w/a friend and it was hot out. We only stayed an hour in a half. We got to talking about breakfast and how we both don't do it much. She said that if she eats she usually eats w/in an hour of doing it. I tried to explain that she needs a protein to supstain her till lunch or for at least a few hours. She's going to try it and I'm going to work on getting breakfast in me! I'm slow on the water today to but I think I will finish before I go to bed. Dinner was good but I'm hungry. I'm finding this happening more and more each night. 9:15 snack: 100 Cal Popcorn I think by the time I see Dr. Brunson on the 23rd I will be ready for a fill.

I've too have decided to wait for the fill. I was reading the posts and about the complications. I know that not everyone has complications but I just didn't want that right off the bat. I was banded just last month. I'm still learning how to use my tool and to work with it, I don't need to fight w/it just yet. So I agree that you need to make the decisions for your body--not them! Hopes place, I hope you've seen your doctor already and have some relief.

Way to go PIK--did they tell you, you need to go on any liquid diets first? I did and it was hard. Good luck if you do.

Awesome Job on the weight loss!!! Thanks for the comments--Yes the bathroom is becoming a place I frequent offten--lol

Kmayer77 and Kat72; I'm in San Diego (Clairemont Area). I was banded on 7/11 at Scripps Green in La Jolla and there is a support group that meets on the second Monday of each month. Our next meeting will be the 14th at 5:30 - 6:30. Meetings start on time so be there a bit early if you can. Location:Scripps La Jolla - Schaetzel Center/Great Hall Room Street:9890 Genesee Ave. City/State/Zip:La Jolla, CA 92037 There is another local group you can go to also. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ScrippsBandChat/

Well I took the kids to SW this morning. We got there around 10 & left around 2. I'm tired and thirsty. :faint: B 8:00am: ProRated drink w/12 oz 2% milk S @SW 12ish: Two handfulls of Buggles & an apple L 3:00: Asian Salad (60% of it-but all of the chicken) @ Jack N Box plus 4 spoonfulls of chocolate shake and 5 FF D 7:00: 2 Del Tacos that I made into a salad w/dressing (no shell) and a few (5)chips w/nacho cheese I brought ProRated w/me so I could buy some milk but I left my walet at home--duh. So there went a good idea. I've had 20 oz water so far. Just haven't had it in front of me. I need to get working on it for today. I don't know if it's the water or what, but for the past two nights I've had a headache that startes around 8pm. Nothing seems to help it either. The kids were ok so it may our time nice. It was good to get out w/them again. 5:20pm I'm on my second 20 oz cup since I got home. Headache still there and it's hot here. Not to hungry since I ate late but the family is and DH just got home. Oh wo is me and me is tired. 7:45pm OMG the kids; tonight must have been Q&A for DH and his hot rodes he had as a young buck. DH kept asking me "are they like this all the time w/you?---YES" I don't think I'll make the 64 oz today. I still have the second one I started right before DH came home. Ha; my headache is gone though! :clap2: Have PTA stuff to start on--I'm to tired but I'll give it a try.:mad: I had 4 cups left to drink--not bad for a late start.

Well I took the kids to SW this morning. We got there around 10 & left around 2. I'm tired and thirsty. :faint: B 8:00am: ProRated drink w/12 oz 2% milk S @SW 12ish: Two handfulls of Buggles & an apple L 3:00: Asian Salad (60% of it-but all of the chicken) @ Jack N Box plus 4 spoonfulls of chocolate shake and 5 FF D 7:00: 2 Del Tacos that I made into a salad w/dressing (no shell) and a few (5)chips w/nacho cheese I brought ProRated w/me so I could buy some milk but I left my walet at home--duh. So there went a good idea. I've had 20 oz water so far. Just haven't had it in front of me. I need to get working on it for today. I don't know if it's the water or what, but for the past two nights I've had a headache that startes around 8pm. Nothing seems to help it either. The kids were ok so it may our time nice. It was good to get out w/them again. 5:20pm I'm on my second 20 oz cup since I got home. Headache still there and it's hot here. Not to hungry since I ate late but the family is and DH just got home. Oh wo is me and me is tired. 7:45pm OMG the kids; tonight must have been Q&A for DH and his hot rodes he had as a young buck. DH kept asking me "are they like this all the time w/you?---YES" I don't think I'll make the 64 oz today. I still have the second one I started right before DH came home. Ha; my headache is gone though! :clap2: Have PTA stuff to start on--I'm to tired but I'll give it a try.:Banane10: I had 4 cups left to drink--not bad for a late start.

Ask him if he has the time to come w/you to your appointments and meetings. <O:p</O:p I’ve been married for 13 years and I’m at my heaviest, my DH is still by my side (bless is little heart) and loving every inch of me. But the love needs to come from me too and I just don’t feel it, for myself that is. <O:p</O:p My DH has been w/me to each appointment and has come up w/questions that I never would have thought about. He learns right beside me and encourages me too. <O:p</O:p Maybe you can start there.

I started something new yesterday. I filled up a jug with 64 oz of water and I drank it all. It wasn't hard, I just had to remember that I had it there to drink. Yesterday B: 1.5 c Tuna Salad L: 3 Chkn Taqitos & 3 Fish sticks D: Beef Salad late Nite Snack: Coconut Caramel Promax Bar (all of it) Today: 16 oz water first 10:25am: ProRated 20oz (1.5 scoop) working on 2nd water. 12:45pm: 3 oz steak, 2 oz chkn flvrd pasta (in my back in the upper part it hurts like heartburn) working on 3 cup 3:40pm: Promax coconut carmel bar My feet hurt last night after we got home and I had a headache. I think my shoes are not the right kind. May need to buy new ones (walking shoes). Only got up once last night to pee.

I started something new yesterday. I filled up a jug with 64 oz of water and I drank it all. It wasn't hard, I just had to remember that I had it there to drink. Yesterday B: 1.5 c Tuna Salad L: 3 Chkn Taqitos & 3 Fish sticks D: Beef Salad late Nite Snack: Coconut Caramel Promax Bar (all of it) Today: 16 oz water first 10:25am: ProRated 20oz (1.5 scoop) working on 2nd water. 12:45pm: 3 oz steak, 2 oz chkn flvrd pasta (in my back in the upper part it hurts like heartburn) working on 3 cup 3:40pm: Promax coconut carmel bar My feet hurt last night after we got home and I had a headache. I think my shoes are not the right kind. May need to buy new ones (walking shoes). Only got up once last night to pee.

I've thought it over and I'm going to pass on the fill this time. I've lost 3 pounds since surgery and my clothes fell great. I want to feel better about what I have inside of me. I want to wait another month or so. I meet with Dr. Brunson on the 23rd and I'm sure we'll talk about it again. I'm feeling great. No pain on my side. I do find that I can eat more then I thought I would be able to. I need to rememeber to eat the protein portion of the food first. We had chicken tacos last night and I had three. It sure was good going down but I was hunger later (10ish). I also need to find something else to eat while at Souplantation. It's becoming boring, same ol-thing again and again. I need to find that cookbook! Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Susan Maria Leach Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Patt Levine/Michele Bontemo Sarary. Both are over $20 in the local bookstores and under that on line but by the time you pay for shipping, it's like buying it local.

I've thought it over and I'm going to pass on the fill this time. I've lost 3 pounds since surgery and my clothes fell great. I want to feel better about what I have inside of me. I want to wait another month or so. I meet with Dr. Brunson on the 23rd and I'm sure we'll talk about it again. I'm feeling great. No pain on my side. I do find that I can eat more then I thought I would be able to. I need to rememeber to eat the protein portion of the food first. We had chicken tacos last night and I had three. It sure was good going down but I was hunger later (10ish). I also need to find something else to eat while at Souplantation. It's becoming boring, same ol-thing again and again. I need to find that cookbook! Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Susan Maria Leach Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Patt Levine/Michele Bontemo Sarary. Both are over $20 in the local bookstores and under that on line but by the time you pay for shipping, it's like buying it local.

Well I had a scare there for a bit. On the 28th I lifted a watermelon and I pulled some muscels. On Monday of this week I felt really bad. It hurt to do just about anything that involved my left side. I took some meds. Lortab and I felt better while sleeping and yesterday I felt better then I had in a few days. It's even better today. NO MORE LIFTING FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!! The boys have been helping me lift or bend over to pick up things. The girs too. I'm still at the same weight. I guess that is good but bad. I think I'm going to do the fill next week. I wonder what would happen if I did a 5 or 10 day liquid again? I know it would work and I would hate it but.... Well see after the fill how things go. We've been working on the kitchen--the kids and--and things are looking better.

Well I had a scare there for a bit. On the 28th I lifted a watermelon and I pulled some muscels. On Monday of this week I felt really bad. It hurt to do just about anything that involved my left side. I took some meds. Lortab and I felt better while sleeping and yesterday I felt better then I had in a few days. It's even better today. NO MORE LIFTING FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!! The boys have been helping me lift or bend over to pick up things. The girs too. I'm still at the same weight. I guess that is good but bad. I think I'm going to do the fill next week. I wonder what would happen if I did a 5 or 10 day liquid again? I know it would work and I would hate it but.... Well see after the fill how things go. We've been working on the kitchen--the kids and--and things are looking better.

207# My scale is off my 3 #'s :omg: But all is well. He said that I can swim and continue w/the way I'm eating. Need to make an appointment w/Radiology for my first fill in about 2 weeks. But if I'm doing well enough I can cancel it. I know that I'm full faster now but I don't know how I'll be in 2 weeks. Bruce is concernded that me might lose his job because of a conflict w/the new department manager. If he loses his job where will that leave me w/this new tool?

207# My scale is off my 3 #'s :omg: But all is well. He said that I can swim and continue w/the way I'm eating. Need to make an appointment w/Radiology for my first fill in about 2 weeks. But if I'm doing well enough I can cancel it. I know that I'm full faster now but I don't know how I'll be in 2 weeks. Bruce is concernded that me might lose his job because of a conflict w/the new department manager. If he loses his job where will that leave me w/this new tool?

I had this pain too. It also went to my back. I awoke w/great pain and in a sweat. I looked at myself in the mirror and I was so pale. I was scarred. I took pepcid and tumms, stayed up for a bit and it went away. I did call my doctor the next day and he felt that I had started too soon on mushy food after surgery and or I ate to much. (I started eating 5 days out.) I stopped for a few days as recomended (went back onto liquids) and started up again. All is fine now. I did have pain again at night like the first time but it wasn't as severe. Took some tumms and all was fine. As of today, I'm eating and doing well. (14 days out from surgery) If you haven't done it yet, please call you doctor and see what he/she has to say. Please keep us posted and good luck.

Well I'm not having those pains anymore. Well I haven't since the weekend. I'm back onto solid food and all is well. Sunday I took a nap around 4:30 and didn't get up till 7:30 the next morning when DH asked me to get up to make sure I was ok. I was fine. Monday was sooooooooo hot. Today is better but it's muggy. I've had a egg breakfast burrito. I tossed half the tortillia. I didn't like the way it tasted. I used immitation egg beaters. It wasn't to bad. Well it's 12:40 and I'm getting hungery again. Not sure what I want to eat that well keep me full for the next few hours. I need to drink more I know that. Oh ya; on Sunday I went to Taste of China and they won't give me the kids meal price. They say that they have people that just order from the full menu and take the rest home. The kids need to go back to school. Their getting on my nerves. I have my first follow up appt w/Dr. Bronson tomorrow. Won't get a fill for another 3 weeks.

Well I'm not having those pains anymore. Well I haven't since the weekend. I'm back onto solid food and all is well. Sunday I took a nap around 4:30 and didn't get up till 7:30 the next morning when DH asked me to get up to make sure I was ok. I was fine. Monday was sooooooooo hot. Today is better but it's muggy. I've had a egg breakfast burrito. I tossed half the tortillia. I didn't like the way it tasted. I used immitation egg beaters. It wasn't to bad. Well it's 12:40 and I'm getting hungery again. Not sure what I want to eat that well keep me full for the next few hours. I need to drink more I know that. Oh ya; on Sunday I went to Taste of China and they won't give me the kids meal price. They say that they have people that just order from the full menu and take the rest home. The kids need to go back to school. Their getting on my nerves. I have my first follow up appt w/Dr. Bronson tomorrow. Won't get a fill for another 3 weeks.

OMG; this morning at 4:30 am I awoke in a sweat & a bad tmmy ache. I got up and took some tumms and felt better instantly. But I found that I was very pale and very wet. I've called the nurse & she needs to speak to the doctor first. I'm doing half protein and mushy food. I started out w/yogurt 3 days ago (good), black beens w/cheese, fishsticks & taquettos (2 ea.), and mashed potatos last night. Oh ya somewhere int here I've had cottege cheese w/pineapple. I think I'm doing well. I do get hearburn every now and then but I can't tell if it's from the food or the protein. I need to pay more attention to that.

OMG; this morning at 4:30 am I awoke in a sweat & a bad tmmy ache. I got up and took some tumms and felt better instantly. But I found that I was very pale and very wet. I've called the nurse & she needs to speak to the doctor first. I'm doing half protein and mushy food. I started out w/yogurt 3 days ago (good), black beens w/cheese, fishsticks & taquettos (2 ea.), and mashed potatos last night. Oh ya somewhere int here I've had cottege cheese w/pineapple. I think I'm doing well. I do get hearburn every now and then but I can't tell if it's from the food or the protein. I need to pay more attention to that.

I'm sore that true. By port incision is the sorest. I can tell that I still have gas, my tummy is extended. I did have a BM today though. I also had yogurt. It was good to have something other then jello, protein or water. I've also had about 15 fish crackers through out the day. I'm going to the movies w/Steph and her kids to get away. My kids have been just bored and bothering each other and I need out and DH sees this. He's the one that called her for me. Ok it's fucken hot and I need to get away from the computer.

I'm sore that true. By port incision is the sorest. I can tell that I still have gas, my tummy is extended. I did have a BM today though. I also had yogurt. It was good to have something other then jello, protein or water. I've also had about 15 fish crackers through out the day. I'm going to the movies w/Steph and her kids to get away. My kids have been just bored and bothering each other and I need out and DH sees this. He's the one that called her for me. Ok it's fucken hot and I need to get away from the computer.