KariK

Down another pound so I guess I didn't eat too many calories yesterday at all! yippee. Its so weird because I feel like im eating until im full, therefore it defies my logic on losing weight. In the past if I ate til I was full Id gain gain gain. I really have to start thinking like I have a band now. 8:00 am Breakfast: Atkins shake w/one scoop chocolate unjury protein powder blended with ice. I love days that have lots of chocolate in them :laser:. 11:00 am Snack: SF chocolate pudding. 1:00 pm Lunch: Finely chopped pork chop about 1/2 of one + 2 TBS miracle whip. SF Chocolate pudding. Im craving chocolate!! 5:00 pm Supper: 1 cup at most chili w/ground beef + 6 saltine crackers. Too many crackers!! Vitamins: 1 Viactive multi 2 Viactive Caliciums Water: 70 oz. Goal: Cross my fingers and hope I didn't gain today!!

10:00 am Breakfast: SF pudding, Atkins shake 11:30 am Snack: 1/2 cheese stick, 1/2 avacodo 1:00 pm Lunch: Extremely cooked and tender Pork chop smothered in Cream of Mushroom soup 6:00 pm Supper: Chicken breast chopped w/Mushroom soup, sm. Banana Vitamins: 1 Viactiv Multi 2 Viactiv calciums Water: 60 oz. at least Goal: If I don't show loss in the morning I'll know I had too many calories today. Cut back on calories if need be.

10:00 am Breakfast: SF pudding, Atkins shake 11:30 am Snack: 1/2 cheese stick, 1/2 avacodo 1:00 pm Lunch: Extremely cooked and tender Pork chop smothered in Cream of Mushroom soup 6:00 pm Supper: Chicken breast chopped w/Mushroom soup, sm. Banana Vitamins: 1 Viactiv Multi 2 Viactiv calciums Water: 60 oz. at least Goal: If I don't show loss in the morning I'll know I had too many calories today. Cut back on calories if need be.

Sam seems so edgy and busy all the time. I think its his meds. but worry its him getting sick of me. It makes me sad. Makes me want to eat eat eat eat. Only now am I realizing what an emotional eater I am. Sam wants to build another 4 plex, part of me wants to do that too but I worry its not the best thing for our family/relationship right now. I worry that he wants to keep so busy so that he can be too busy to work on our relationship. I feel like we are ships passing in the sea, don't reallly know each other anymore. I feel like im the same as always but hes changing now because of his medication. Often I wonder if his libido is coming back but I repulse him because of my weight?? Everytime I try to ask him about it he says he doesn't know if its coming back or not. Says sometimes he thinks it is sometimes he thinks it isn't. We got into an argument saturday night, he held a grudge until today. For me once I say my peice the arguments over and I move on, for him it seems he just stays mad for so long. I think its his meds because he's never been this way previously. I hate his stupid tumor! I hope when I get thinner things will be differant. Maybe Ill be more fun and outgoing and turn him on again. Patience patience patience.

Sam seems so edgy and busy all the time. I think its his meds. but worry its him getting sick of me. It makes me sad. Makes me want to eat eat eat eat. Only now am I realizing what an emotional eater I am. Sam wants to build another 4 plex, part of me wants to do that too but I worry its not the best thing for our family/relationship right now. I worry that he wants to keep so busy so that he can be too busy to work on our relationship. I feel like we are ships passing in the sea, don't reallly know each other anymore. I feel like im the same as always but hes changing now because of his medication. Often I wonder if his libido is coming back but I repulse him because of my weight?? Everytime I try to ask him about it he says he doesn't know if its coming back or not. Says sometimes he thinks it is sometimes he thinks it isn't. We got into an argument saturday night, he held a grudge until today. For me once I say my peice the arguments over and I move on, for him it seems he just stays mad for so long. I think its his meds because he's never been this way previously. I hate his stupid tumor! I hope when I get thinner things will be differant. Maybe Ill be more fun and outgoing and turn him on again. Patience patience patience.

9 am Breakfast: Cream of Wheat made with 1 cup Milk. 11:30 Snack: One Kiwi Fruit 1:00 Lunch: Banana, Atkins protein shake. 5:00 Supper: 1/4 cup sloppy joe meat, 1/4 cup potatoe salad pudding/cream cheese/cool whip/nuts desert bar Water: 60 oz Vitamins: 1 Viactiv multi, 1 Viactiv Calcium Goal: Eat like this every day if I can still lose weight!!

9 am Breakfast: Cream of Wheat made with 1 cup Milk. 11:30 Snack: One Kiwi Fruit 1:00 Lunch: Banana, Atkins protein shake. 5:00 Supper: 1/4 cup sloppy joe meat, 1/4 cup potatoe salad pudding/cream cheese/cool whip/nuts desert bar Water: 60 oz Vitamins: 1 Viactiv multi, 1 Viactiv Calcium Goal: Eat like this every day if I can still lose weight!!

8 am Breakfast: Atkins shake blended with one scoop chocolate Unjury. 1 pm Lunch: One chicken breast with 2 tbs Miracle whip, made into spread. 6 pm Snack: Sugar free pudding. 6:30 pm Supper: Sloppy Joes meat only about 3/4 cup. Vitamins: One Viactiv muti, 2 Viactiv calciums. Water: 90 oz. Goal: I need to get a veggie in tomorrow!

8 am Breakfast: Atkins shake blended with one scoop chocolate Unjury. 1 pm Lunch: One chicken breast with 2 tbs Miracle whip, made into spread. 6 pm Snack: Sugar free pudding. 6:30 pm Supper: Sloppy Joes meat only about 3/4 cup. Vitamins: One Viactiv muti, 2 Viactiv calciums. Water: 90 oz. Goal: I need to get a veggie in tomorrow!

My doc only required one day of liquid diet before surgery.. is he brilliant or what? lol. BTW I had zero complications and healed fast. His theory is that you heal faster if you are nourished.

So far so good. The banding surgery went fine. I saw Dr. Speigel for about 10 seconds before the surgery and haven't seen him since. But my incisions are small and healing well. I didn't have any gas discomfort. Today is the third day since my surgery and im feeling really close to normal. I can drink protein shakes with no problems whatsoever. I can chew and swollow viactiv multivitamins with no problems. So far so good. At this point I have nothing bad to say about Dr. Speigel. Everyone at the Surgi Center was very nice. They all seem to know what they are doing and care about the patients. I will post again after some time has past just to let anyone who is comtemplating having Dr. Speigel do their lap band know my experience with him.

Just want to report that YES you can breast feed shortly after receiving the band. It has worked out just fine for me. I elected to not take any narcotic pain medicine and just stuck to extra strenth tylenol. I pumped and threw away my milk for a day and half. Ive been making sure to get a LOT of fluids and my supply is building right back up to normal. My baby is doing great :bananapartyhat: I want to say thank you to everyone who responded to this thread.

I think seabreeze hit the nail on the head. Life zips by. I watch my daughters growing up sooo quickly and I don't want to miss out on one more thing with them due to my weight and insecurities about my weight. I look at all my family members who are all overweight and they all blame themselves for it. Well maybe it is our fault or maybe its genetics.... who cares?!! Im going to fix it. Ive tried 5 bizillion diets. Ive lost weight 5 bizillion times. Ive gained back more weight everyone of those times!! So much for the 'old fashioned' way. Im on to bigger and better things in my life. I don't want my weight to weigh my mind down any longer. And I don't feel the need to get the approval of others about it! If they don't like it they can buzz off.

I made it! Im banded and it isn't that bad. When I first woke up from anesthesia it was a kinda scary. I was really tense so they had to give me 3 shots of something to try and make me relax. It was sorta hard to breath for awhile because they said the air that the doctor fills your abdomen up with to do the surgery had to work its way out so that my lungs could expand. After a few hours I was breathing pretty normally and then I was discharged. I went to the hotel with my nurse sitter. I thought I was going to have to be all alone but then my sweetie pie husband had my sister flown to Houston for me so that she could take the place of the nurse sitter and fly home with me. All in all it really wasn't that bad and I survived and Ive lost 5 lbs since Thursday. yeahhh!! You'll be fine too!

Thanks les1964, its nice to hear that. I hope it goes the same for me!!

Thanks Kristin. I am running into some problems with the organization of things between Speigels office and the SurgiCenter staff. I think its all going to work out but jeez these people dont seem to know what the other is doing. For instance Speigels office did not tell me that I have to have someone with me or else the SurgiCenter will not allow the surgery. I just found that out Today!! Since Im from Minnesota its not so easy for me to line someone up with this short bit of notice. I have to pay to have a nurse sit with me $20.00 per hour. Also the Surgicenter was supposed to provide two nights of hotel accomidations but guess what... They don't have any rooms available so I have to provide my own accomidations. That nice little bit of info. was just left on my answering machine yesterday afternoon. These aren't major things but annoying and makes me wonder about if Im making the right decision about who is doing my surgery. However as long as Dr. Speigel is a good surgeon I still think that outweighs these last minute problems. I am definitely going to let the world know it if more problems persist or if God forbid something goes bad with my surgery. I still feel pretty optomistic at this point. And if all goes well I'll let the world know that too.

Hey Mary, my band date is July 28 too! Good luck to us!

Hey Kristin, Im scheduled with Dr. Speigel on July 28. The Surgi Center told me about this site. Im wondering if you would recommend Speigel?

Im flying to Houston from Minnesota all by myself on Thursday, having the band placed on Friday, and flying home Saturday. Im feeling exactly the same way you are! Im very nervous about being alone. But then on another hand I feel empowered and excited to be able to do this by myself. I feel proud and so should you. I will try to post as soon as I get home from Houston to let you know that I survived and so will you!

Thanks Barbara. Im not from TX and the Doctors in my area who do the procedure have only done 150 or so of them. I just don't want to be a guinea pig for them to learn on. Let me know if you see him or not when you have your next fill.

I just went to Dr. Speigels seminar and had a consult with him on 7/22/06. Im scheduled for surgery on 7/28/06! However Im not using insurance. My main perogative is to have a really experienced surgeon. Dr. Speigel has done more Inamed lapbands than any other Doc in the WORLD. He's up to nearly 5000. Im still really nervous though!! I'll make sure to post how it goes for me so that others can have a referance one way or the other about him.

Oh my gosh I never even thought about the anesthetics! I'll have to ask Dr. Speigel and call a lactation specialist.

Thanks for replying everyone. Im scheduled for surgery on 7/28 with Dr. Speigel. I'll let you know how it goes!!

Im still breast feeding my daughter but I also supplement with formula. Nutritionally Im sure she will be just fine as she doesn't rely soley on breast milk for food. But what I'm worried about is, physically will it be painful on my port and incision sites? Im wondering if anyone else has experienced this dillema and how they dealt with it. :help: