bashful1269

Awesome!! WTG!!!

I was banded on 7/23 and today was the first day that I have felt hunger...:thumbup::cursing::skep: I don't like it! Anyone have any ideas on how to get through the next week of full liquids without biting a big chunk out of some poor unsuspecting cow out in a field?? I'm starvin...and nothing I have eaten seems to satisfy me. I looked through the recipe section but most of the things on there I was told not to eat. Any ideas would be appreciated Thanks, Stacy

You'll be fine, it's a normal thing to be nervous. I was just banded Wednesday and I will be honest with you, I feel great. The best thing that I can suggest to you right now is stay busy it will help take your mind off of it. Good luck, you'll do just fine!

Of course there's hope for you! You can do this and you don't even need to know your way around the kitchen. This is what the nutritionist told me Pre op Breakfast 4oz Protein shake 1/2 c juice (no sugar added) 16 oz Water broth or sugar free popsicle or Jello if hungry between breakfast and lunch Lunch 4oz Protein Shake 1/2 C skim milk broth or sugar free popsicle or jello if hungry dinner 4oz protein shake 1/2 C gatorade or sf juice 16 oz water broth or sugar free popsicle or jello if hungry Snack 4 oz protein shake 1/2 C skim milk 16 oz water Having the Protein shakes every four hours or so will help keep you from being hungry. Post op The day of was clear liquid. Water, broth, sugar free jello, sf popsicles For two weeks after: Thined or blended soups with no solid pieces, skim milk, vegetable or tomatoe juice, no sugar added low fat yogart, low fat sugar free pudding, Cereal with milk let it get soggy, or thinned cooked oatmeal or cream of wheat or grits...4 oz of any of the above at a time three times a day only!! As a snack in between meals 4 oz of your protein shake. sample menu Brkfast 4 oz No sugar low fat yogart snack 4 oz protein shake Lunch 2 oz blended Soup and 2 oz sugar free pudding snack 4 oz protein shake Dinner 4 oz cereal with milk (let it get soggy) Hope this helps and YES YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!! I would advice having a serious discussion with your health team and make sure they are going to be there for you throughout this whole process. It's not something you can have done, take your money and then they forget about you.

Doing good, hope everyone is doing well. Just think about how much better we will look in six months!!! :tongue2:

Have you met with the nutritionist? For my liquid diet phase I was instructed to find a Protein supplement that I liked and have two servings per day. Then as much broth, sugar free Jello and sugar free popsicles as I wanted. So you don't have to cook at all really. I also used medifast (Take Shape For Life - The Breakthrough Approach to Fast Weight Loss and Long-Term Health) as part of my preop and thinking about using it for post op to help me reach my goal. As far as post op, my doc has me on semi soft basically Sugarfree pudding, sugarfree yogart and blended Soups as long as they are not cream based and thinned oatmeal. I've been using instant oatmeal made with Water and then adding vanilla Protein powder and cinnamon it's good! No real cooking there either. When you get past the mushie stage will be harder. Make sure you concentrate on healthy choices and get your protein in first and from high quality sources look toward baked or grilled lean poultry or fish. Also look in the nutrition section for lots of easy recipes. Good luck, feel free to message me if you need a friend. Stacy

Well it's been four days since surgery and I have to say that I feel great. I am having some troubles with sticking to the post op diet. I cooked for April and of course she had to pick one of my favorite dishes. I tasted as I was cooking...now I'm scared that I'll have a band slip. I've decided I won't be cooking again until after I'm past the mushie stage. Thankfully, I live alone at the moment and don't have to. Now that I'm home I am going to concentrate on setting a eating schedule that I can live with when I go back to work. I think 9 1 and 5 are good times for me to eat. I'll have to work on finding something to tied me over with if I'm going to eat later then that and am hungry but will try to stick to schedule as much as possible. Yesterday pretty much sucked ass. I went to Alaina's wedding reception and I was worn out from helping her. Katelynne patted my stomach and made me cry earlier in the day then Glenn poked me right in the port incision ...not knowing so it's not his fault but it brought me to my knees in tears and I had to leave. I felt really bad. I'm down to 243 this morning!!! That's pretty exciting I'm hoping to lose another ten by the time I go back to work next Monday..that would be AWESOME!!! I'm thinking about using medifast for a while just to help speed things along to my goal. I really like the bars and they should be just the right amount to fill me up and they have complete nutrition. Then I wouldn't need the stupid flinstone vitamins. 83 pounds to goal!!! I so want to be at goal for the Christmas party!! I have six months it's realistic right??? That's about it for the moment.

Well it's been four days since surgery and I have to say that I feel great. I am having some troubles with sticking to the post op diet. I cooked for April and of course she had to pick one of my favorite dishes. I tasted as I was cooking...now I'm scared that I'll have a band slip. I've decided I won't be cooking again until after I'm past the mushie stage. Thankfully, I live alone at the moment and don't have to. Now that I'm home I am going to concentrate on setting a eating schedule that I can live with when I go back to work. I think 9 1 and 5 are good times for me to eat. I'll have to work on finding something to tied me over with if I'm going to eat later then that and am hungry but will try to stick to schedule as much as possible. Yesterday pretty much sucked ass. I went to Alaina's wedding reception and I was worn out from helping her. Katelynne patted my stomach and made me cry earlier in the day then Glenn poked me right in the port incision ...not knowing so it's not his fault but it brought me to my knees in tears and I had to leave. I felt really bad. I'm down to 243 this morning!!! That's pretty exciting I'm hoping to lose another ten by the time I go back to work next Monday..that would be AWESOME!!! I'm thinking about using medifast for a while just to help speed things along to my goal. I really like the bars and they should be just the right amount to fill me up and they have complete nutrition. Then I wouldn't need the stupid flinstone vitamins. 83 pounds to goal!!! I so want to be at goal for the Christmas party!! I have six months it's realistic right??? That's about it for the moment.

Very swollen and VERY bruised I'm bruised from my rib cage down past my belly button on the port site incision. I look like someone took a baseball bat to my stomach...Gotta love blood thinners.

all is better now...no advice needed

I was banded on Wednesday, I've actually had a really easy time of it. Except for a few spells. I feel like I did two thousand sit ups and then just to torture myself more I did another two thousand.... stomach is very sore. I think it's normal to have the thoughts of OMG what have I done. It really changes things when you CAN"T eat uncontrollably. We have to redefine the role food plays in our life...NOT EASY that's for sure. I haven't slept much since Wednesday either I've been having to sleep in a recliner because I couldn't lie down in bed. You might try that with a heating pad. I used a heating pad on my back and neck to help with the gas pains. I think you're doing fine just remember to walk walk walk and walk some more and get all of your Protein. As far as the pain I would call the surgeon and ask just to be on the safe side. Good luck! Stacy

Surgery day... Wednesday... 7/22/09 Got to the hospital at 6:45am checked in they gave me a pager like you see in restaurants and told me when it went off to give it to my friends and come up to the desk by myself. They would page my friends when I was ready. Of course the first stop was at the scale...officially 8 pounds down from the week before. Then it was time for the ol pregnancy test. Of course I told the nurse if I was pregnant I was going to kick her...YUP she was scared of me for the rest of the day! They were quick taking care of things such as the shot of lovanox (blood thinner) in the belly and then having me take my contacts out and then the anesthesiologist came in...PS..He was HOT!! :biggrin: We talked a bit and then Dr. Pitt came in and said hi and told my family it would be about 30 minutes and I'd be out. Then the nurses told me to say bye to my family and friends ..of course they were making fun of me because I was "drunk" (oxycotton) taking tons of terrible pictures. So I said goodbye to them and laid back for the ride. I don't even remember going through the doors that were just around the corner. Next thing I know I wake up in recovery with terrible indigestion pressure and I told them I was going to get sick. They hit me with a med and I laid back and went to sleep. I don't remember much of recovery. They took me back to my room and I woke up feeling on top of the world. I had a terrible dry mouth and the nurse gave me a medicine cup of ice chips. It took an hour to get those down...then another hour to get a medicine cup of Water and then another hour to get two medicine cups down. I had to sip very slowly and of course had to have a nap. I woke up from the nap ready to walk. I walked down the hall and back a total of about six times and felt really good. I even posed for pictures with my nurses so I could have them in my journey scrapbook. The car ride home was a little tough, I cried when I sat down in the seat because it was pretty low and it hurt. I went to my friends house to recoup and really felt pretty good. I walked a lot that night just to keep the gas pains away since everyone had told me that was the best thing to do. Over all I would say it wasn't bad at all. Dr. Pitt and his staff were amazing and I plan to write them a note and let them know how much I appreciate them. Good luck to everyone making this journey...it's a good thing...we can do this! Remember it is a tool and we must put in our work behind that tool to make it work right. Be patient...that's what they keep telling me.

I was just banded Wednesday and had many of the same fears. I will give you the same advice that was given to me by a couple of people... WALK, WALK, WALK AND WALK SOME MORE!!! I haven't had hardly any pain except for the feeling like I've done two thousand situps soreness. It's worth it and once it's done and over you're on your way to onederland!! You can do this! Feel free to message if you need support.

Many of mine have already been taken, I'll add just a few. * To have guys actually look at me and not past me. * To not have to listen to my guy friends make comments on how hot the skinny girls are. *To be able to enjoy having a picture taken. *To walk and not have my thighs rub together. *To believe someone when they tell me I am pretty. That's it for now... Love this thread too fun!

Yes, I'm allowed pudding and blended Soups and yogart. I have been drinking lots of Water which could be part of why I'm not hungry. I haven't weighed yet I know my belly is swollen. I've got some wicked bruises!

I was banded Wednesday morning and haven't really been hungry since then. I've been eating like my Nut told me to, but not nearly as much. Should I be eating when I'm not hungry, just to follow the nuts eating schedule? Since I'm not hungry I've been mixing my Protein in with pudding or skim milk as part of my meal instead of a snack...is this ok? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Stacy

AWESOME! CONGRATS you've worked hard I'm sure and should be proud...Can't wait to join you!

I know the feeling of the yo yo dieting, much like you that's why I decided to get the band. I was banded on Wednesday morning and have felt pretty good over all. What they say about feeling like you've done a couple thousand situps is true. It's not bad pain just soreness. I've been up walking a lot trying to keep the gas pains at bay and so far haven't really had any. I'm happy for you for making this choice it's not easy, from what I've read on here and as long as you are committed you'll do amazing. Good luck!!!

Oh, I feel your pain!! Quite literally. I was banded this morning and feeling the same pains. I am using a heating pad and it has helped some. I'm also using the gas x strips which I think they are helping too. Walking and moving around from what I've read and from what they told me in the hospital is the best thing. Good luck Hope these things help.

I'll take that advice!! I was just banded this morning. Doing well. Prolly over doing it a bit because the pain meds have me HYPER. They said to walk so I've been doing lots of that. Congrats to everyone newly banded and good luck to those who are about to be banded. Oh and congrats to my niece who got married today...I won't forget her wedding anniversary that's for sure~

well, I made it out of surgery and so far really not feeling too terrible. I know what it's like to feel like I'm stuck. They gave me a pain med and it got stuck going down and it was only a quarter of a pill. Ever since then I have had this horrible pain in my mid section. I was super impressed with the staff of Boone County hospital everyone was super nice and helpful. Thanks for all the well wishes and good luck to all who are making this journey

Well all checked in and waiting. Nervous. The oxy they gave me is making me goofy for some reason my friends are laughing @ me

Awesome...good luck to you too....let me know how it goes!

Mine was pretty much the same. I actually really enjoyed it...craziest thing ...she said "I was normal" Hmmm, she don't know me very well do she??? LOL

After months of getting paperwork together, and jumping through hoops, it's finally here. I'm getting banded at 8:45 in the morning. Wish me luck...