Tranquility

good to hear about your progress, my scale has read about the same for the past 5-6 weeks. I think it is harder to lose when you get closer to your goal anyway, good to hear that you're still losing. ps. how is the date thing going? you haven't mentioned in a while. my dates so far have been -zero-.boo hoo, won't someone notice me??? yoo hoo... over here...

Hey Bashful, great job reaching your first goal!!! How much have you lost? I've lost about 50 pounds total, but recently hardly losing any. I am also making terrible food choices and eating more than I think I should.

But..I think I know why...THANKSGIVING.

I'm in mourning over the loss of food!

My first holiday and a food holiday!! I feel that I am ok, but a little voice inside me is telling me that I should be able to eat pumpkin pie, oh yes I can, dressing, and all the other foods that go with Thanksgiving. Not fair!

So, what I'm doing is eating a little more interesting foods and little more sweets-ies every day in anticipation of the foods that I won't be able to eat on turkey day.

Anyway, I'm wrestling with the same thing here.

Soo, congrats with meeing your first goal and being so tiny and small!!! :biggrin:

I'm at 205 today. Losing slowly, but that's mostly ok for now because I haven't had a fill. Eat too little protein as I don't drink the protein drinks and still have to put creams and sauces on my food to get it down without sticking. Wish I could find some protein foods that will slide down as good as candy

Surprisingly, my life is not much different...take care!

sorry to hear that you are having a hard time with the fill. how many cc's do you have in your band now?

So glad to hear you are okay, I was worried about you! And, yes, get the junk food OUT of the house!...maybe if Dalena's son has to walk to the market to get his chips, he will think twice about what is on the table!!! I know it is hard to enforce a rule that you really deep down would like to not partipate in. Yikes! I want junk too :sad:

Be firm!

love ya

Hiya, kiddo. Enjoy your soft foods!

Some people love it and I am happy for them, but I feel compelled to tell the my hard truth -I hate it, wish I had never done it, would like to take it out, and feel betrayed that I was misled into thinking what I thought the band would do.

Ok , so here's what I thought:

I thought that after the band,

I( would avoid white bread, and some other foods,)

but I would just eat less, and say,

"Yum, that was good, but I think I am full!"

NO.

Pain and fear of slippage means full.

I am still in the beginning stages, but this is my reality -

Pre op diet was protein drinks -that is where most people lose the weight. It was tolerable, but the last few days, I was nauseas to look at the drinks anymore...I was happy, though, because I was getting BANDED! yea.

My surgery was a million times more distressing than I expected. I felt betrayed and surprised.

My recovery: I felt like someone has mugged me and is slashing my guts with razor blades. I couldn't breath, I couldn't sleep, couldn't find peace, my throat was sore and not swallowing well, like I was suffocating, and thought that something was wrong all the time.

Two weeks out -I have called the doctor's office because -

I Couldn't breath, sharp scary pains, was something wrong? did the band slip? Did they puncture my lungs? Maybe, it happens...

I Couldn't eat even broth, Was I going to become malnourished and have to go to the hospital?

I Couldn't drink water, Was I going to become dehydrated and have to go to the hospital on the weekend? Yes, maybe they said.

I just sat and looked at my water glass with the level not moving all day...urging myself to take one more sip of water that felt heavy and had no place to go,

I finally ate Mashed potatoesyesterday and a scrambled egg today!

No, it doesn't feel the same to be full. Your throat feels full, but your stomach is still empty. You do not get a satisfied feeling.

I hurt and am not participating in my own life because all I want to do is nothing but wait for the ticking clock to tell me that 4 (More) weeks have gone by so that things Might be better...

Right now, I am nauseaus and my incisions are burning.

I told my daughter that yes,I was desperate, but if I knew then, I would have instead shipped myself off to some fat camp..another deperate measure, but one that would not butcher my body for the rest of my life (or until removeal)

If now my motivation for not overeating is running from pain -then I would have chosen weight watchers (yes, again for the hundreth time)

So sorry, but feel it is my responsibility to tell you what MIGHT happen. If the trade off is worth it to you, then you should go ahead. No one has a crystal ball, so we can't really KNOW how it is going to be for us.

I wish you good luck, I know how it feels to be looking for that magic cure. Read the messages carefully and you will se that, yes! people are so happy to be losing weight, dressing better,feeling livlier, but also look at the DAILY pain, discomfort, fear,worries? Those messages just pop out at me now.

I feel your pain and am sorry for the bad news. Maybe others will chime in to tell you better things :sneaky:

Hey there. Our battle wounds! :sneaky: I went for my 2 week check up yesterday and they took off the bandages, they said "Nicely healing!" Everything looked great and they took off the bandages.

I felt like a kid who was praised for his good work...lol

Leave them on until you see the doctor, (unless it won't be for a long while)