tamra.

morning all, 1/2 cup black bean soup for breakfast with cheese and a tall skinny latte Not sure about the rest of the day, couch is being delivered around 11 am, glad I found one. Even after an hr on the treadmill yesterday scale was back up that 1 lingering lb. LOL. whateve! Gonna go shower!

Go on girl with ya bad self lmao :thumbdown:

A sexy nighty. LOL

Your ear? LMAO what the heck?

And nicollie for me grits were to thick and got stuck. Horrible feeling!!

Nooooo Candra I wasn't ignoring you I was having a one track mind moment and wanted to spit out my entire meals before I forgot lmao!! Love ya!! :thumbdown:

Hi everyone! Pat ~ Isnt the cooking weird!!! Now that I am kinda healed it's hard cause I question what I could slip by the band...LOL horrible thinking! I did 1 hr walking on my treadmill after my cookie incident lol. burned like 330 cals, which was decent! Here's my food for today: Breakfast: 1/2 black bean soup with sprinkle of cheese Lunch: alil over 1/2 cup mashed potatoes Snack: 4 small sugar cookies Dinner: alil over 1/2 cup chili from Wendy's pureed with some cheese. I had to eat alil over a 1/2 cup of chili cause I am NOT GETTING FULL ANYMORE!! what the heck, is that normal??

Okay and let's not talk about the four small sugar cookies I just ate....whoops!! :thumbdown: to the treadmill I go!!!

Pat ~ March 20th works for me! Doing good today, did some couch shopping since I threw mine away a few weeks ago lol. Cheapest sectional I could find was $544 delivered. Jeez! Breakfast: 1/2 cup black bean soup with some cheese sprinkled on Lunch: Alittle over 1/2 cup mashed potatoes, I kept grabbing extra bites out the pan lol but now im full!!!!!! Happy long weekend everyone!

Morning everyone! Analynn - If you HAVE to drink, just have one! or do diet coke and rum, thats low carb, I did those on atkins. Sorry your hitting these challanges but you will be ok! My scale FINALLY moved today, told me 236.4 this morning...hopefully it's correct. Thats from 1 day of no cheating, and walking :scared2: I am so not slipping up anymore, I like to see a loss in the AM. Off to eat my black bean soup!

Oops I ment Lee sorry!!

Oh btw Pat MoM didn't do anything to be until the next morning I went once when I woke up before going in and that was it. I think everyone reacts different. Mo congrads on the loss!!!!!!!!!

I did a very small amount this morning on my black bean soup, but I want to bite a piece! grrr!

Awh man I got here and no one is left! ;( boo! John your a crackup!! OKAY OKAY! I am CRAVING CHEESE!! I want to cut a piece off my cheddar block and eat it upppp!! *sigh* Do I have to wait till Stage 4? Breakfast: 1/2 cup black bean soup Lunch: Wendy's baked potato Dinner: 1/2 cup pureed roast. I had it in the crockpot then used the water/seasons to puree it, was super good!! All 64 oz of water, 30 mins on treadmill. Weird tho, when I walk, I feel my band? Like my tummy is tight when I walk...I dunno...

Hey everyone! Back from San Leandro, I took my bf to his job interview, send good vibes!! Its for my bestfriends dad, so I think he landed it, just a small commute. So here I am today, almost 64 oz water, havent cheated once! Breakfast - 1/2 cup black bean soup from Trader Joes Lunch - Wendy's baked potato with the reduced fat sourc ream and butter it came with. I couldn't find a KFC local and I was starving! I didnt get a big potato, so I doubt it was more then a cup. Dinner - I have a roast in the crock pot I am gonna puree up with some broth. I have found that me and pureed chicken are not friends.

Doing good so far: Breakfast: 1/2 cup bean soup from Trader Joes with a tiny sprinkle of cheese hehe (low fat!) 33 oz water so far too! Okay be back later!

Analynn - Can you order soup? Hot/Sour soup is the best way to go, very low cal and fat. I ate it alot on Weight Watchers. AVOID THE DIM SUM!! that or not even go?

btw I posted a pic of me yesterday as my 3 weeks post op...I can kinda see a difference, everyone says they do...I dunno

Morning all, Dr Baggs asked if I had any music request, I said no, just do it and wake me up LOL!! I was to paranoid to request something! :thumbup: Analyn Pat is right, I almost quit...more then once...it was hard, esp. once I lost my job and almost didn't get Cobra, but everything worked out and here I am! I am going between 237/238 everyday, and not moving from there....so approx 10 lbs since surgery. Not bad, since my cubcake and fry incident. Today is my day. 3 meals, pureed, NO FAST FOOD OR MEETING FRIENDS!!! and 64 oz of water. I shall get down to 230 lbs before I see Baggs for my 6 weeker. My dog woke me up @ 4 am going CRAZY at my backdoor...that scared me...I didnt know what could be out there, grabbed my roomie and told him go look...we go and its a racoon, the size of....omg I dont know, a dog!? it was eating my cats food!! LOL when it saw us it stood on two legs I said oh sh*t, LOL and ran back to my room...luckly my cats were both inside. Have a happy day everyone!!

Side note: I went to Burlington for new jeans, and walked out with some 20's, WHICH WERE LOOSE :thumbup: YAY!! I have been a 24/22 for as long as I can remember!! this is awesome.

good job everyone! I am 3 weeks post op today and am down approx 10 lbs. I dont get a fill until my 6 week appt., hopefully I am down more. I can eat more then the 1/2 cup pureed foods they have me on. Feb 17th i move to soft foods, chicken, veggies, etc. I am ALWAYS HUNGRY!!! its so hard!! I have cheated a few times and ate some frenchfries, and a cupcake, but i never have kept going thank god.

Evening all, So I found out the newly banded Tamra has NO WILL POWER when meeting friends for lunch/dinner. I went to BJ's with my bestfriend and bf today. She got a half sandwhich w. soup (and wedge fries!), and my bf got a salad because he's doing the Kaiser 1200 cal diet. I told my waiter "I can only have 1/2 cup of soup ok?" he asked why, and I told him....he was SO COOL he brought me a small dish of broccoli/cheddar soup and didn't even charge me :biggrin: it was super good!! but...then came the bestfriends wedge fries....and of course, being Tamra, I ate about 4. When I got home, my chest was hurting really bad, and I felt sick. I don't know if it was the cheese in the soup, or the potatoes but it hurt!! So needless to say, I now have tested and I know what I can and cant do. I can stay home and eat pureed soups, and I cant go to lunch/dinner with friends JUST YET. I am not 100% use to eating like this! Breakfast: 1/2 cup pureed chicken veggie soup Lunch: 1/2 cup broccoli cheddar soup and 4 fries Dinner: 1/2 cup pureed rosemary chicken from trader joes. Also picked at some skin of the chicken I baked the bf...whoops. Did 15 mins of walking only, my chest was hurting during the time and I had to stop. Also, am drinking some benefiber as I am really cramppy and just can't get it going!! :thumbup:

btw just emailed Dr. Fisher (Baggs is still out), and he told me usually people have 4 cc's in their band, but it isnt 100% or something like that due to it being aspirated...um ok, sooo what do I have dude? LOL

Cindy: I don't know how much is in my band, but I believe Dr. Baggs gives a fill at the 6 week check up as long as you lost weight; I think each surgeon is different. Doing okay today, had 2 bites of hot dog after my 1/2 cup chicken soup, didn't fill me up...ah well.

OH NO!! sorry about the babe Monique, my daughter had the ear infection too, but only a sinus infection! Take care of that lil' one! She had a horrible cough like RSV tho! Heather - Respiratory syncytial virus. Treated with breathing machines, oxygen, etc. it's bad when its in babies, Adults handle it different. Analynn - 1000 cal now!? sheesh! good luck! you can do this!! Yep me, Nicollie, and Pat all done this year so far. John and Lee are Feb 17th, so 2 more going in soon, let's get you going!!!