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Regarding the bean with bacon soup! Beware!

When they do the surgery they blow your stomach up with air.. causes trapped gas after surgery, and can be very painful! Beans will cause more gas. It happened to me.:thumbup:

I am just saying.

Dont do it! It is empty calories., and the carbonation is not good for your pouch. Could cause slippage. Be careful!

Turkey burger patties. Jennie-O 93/7 fat. Fry your patty in a pan. Use Pam cooking spray on the pan first. These burgers are very soft. and boil the heck out of some veggies, green Beans.. cauliflower..broccoli..whatever you like! make it super soft. Melt some mozz cheese on the patty.. Good Protein--low calorie meal.

PS: Isn't my dog the cutest!

I am just like Happy to lose! No way. Bread/tortillas are out of the question at this point. I took a bite of my daughters burro on Sunday, and it went down, but very slowly. It is so wierd the way it feels. Stuck, dry, sideways.

It is almost as if though your esophagus rejects it! Very strange.

Not trying to preach, as i am the begining of my weight loss journey....but.... bread/tortillas=weight gain. Try and stay away from those types of foods.

When you are able to eat real food.. stick to Proteins and green veggies. I love turkey burger patties with a slice of mozz/cheese, and broccoli. :thumbup:

Yes, just last week she went and had it filled again. She told me that she INSTANTLY felt better once the nurse took the Fluid out.

I am not sure what it looked like cuz it wasn't me. But i will call her and ask.

This same thing happened to a friend of mine. She couldn't keep anything down at all. She ended up going to her surgeon, and it ended being mucus from her sinuses blocking the entrance to her pouch. They released all of the Fluid from the band, and she said she INSTANTLY felt better.

You should definatly go see your doctor.

25LBS is a very good start! Although, I am at the begining of my journey, and have lost 15lbs, I feel great about it! I think it is important that we excersise. Have you started walking? Also, think positive, and eat the right foods. Try and stay away from starchy foods.

Ha! hooker bath. I like to call them a "whore bath!" Funny.

I was able to shower 48 hrs later. You just have to be careful not to let the Water pound on your in

Incision.

Get in there and wash up.. you will feel much better.!

If you have tape on the cuts, don't take them off just pat them dry, and let them fall off by themselves.

Hope this helps!

I went through the same thing. It feels like your having a heart attack at times, then that pain in the shoulder area. OOOOHHHH I feel your pain.:sad: But not to worry... It is from Gas!

Go and get some Gas-X-Strips, and take like 3 or 4 of them. Many people only take one, and the directions tell you to take more. Make sure to take enough or it wont work!

Also, get up and move around walk, walk, walk.

I promise you this pain will go away in a few days. They blow your stomach up with air when they do this surgery and your intenstines go to "sleep" as my surgeon put it. It takes a few days for them to come back to life.

I got a tennis ball and put it up against the wall, and stood up and rolled on it. You are okay to take aleve, or even gel tylenol. (call your surgeon of course first) But mine said it was fine.

This gas was even more painful for me, than recovering from the surgery. Mine actually lasted for like 6 days. You are going to be okay I promise. Hang in there kiddo!

Great post! I am at the begining of my journey, and this web site has been a life saver for me. Becoming friends with people who can offer advice & words of encouragement means the world for me.

Not too sure how that would work? Weight watchers does a point system, which takes place of counting calories. People without the band eat more calories than we can.

My doctor has me on a 1000 calorie diet. I eat 1cup of food 3times a day. With weight watchers if i remember right, you eat Snacks between meals and ALOT more food.< /p>

It is a great program, just not sure how it goes with banding.

Hope this helps

It is so strange to me that we all get different advice from our surgeons. I realize that everyone has a "case-by-case" diet that they will need to follow, but for me it was so different.

A group of us had to go to a "Pre-Op-Lap-band®-201 class" which was the final "process" right before surgery. There where at least 25 people in that class. All of us where given a packet and we where told to follow the instructions in the packet.

Basically it said..after surgery..liquids for 3wks..mushies for 1wk....then introduce reg food. 1cup only each meal. In the liquid phase i was able to eat Cream/soups..Cream of Potato, Cream of mushroom..Oatmeal..cream of wheat....Jello...sugar free pudding... It didn't seem that bad. I felt like i was eating half way decent food.< /p>

I guess what I am trying to say is, you might want to check with your doc.. and ask if those things are okay?

Hope this helps.

I was banded on 9/23/09 and i have lost 10lbs so far. (I haven't figured out how to update my ticker.. working on it) LOL! I am not anywhere near my goal weight, but I have read some grreat advice from this site.

The best advice I have recieved from a girl on this site.. is go to Walmart and by the 1cup bowls. Only eat 1cup per meal, measure everything you eat in those bowls. If it doesn't fit in that bowl then take some food out. Try eating protiens and green veggie's only. If you get hungry between meals snack on piece of string cheese, it takes the edge off.

Walk for 45min at a semi-faced paced rate girlie! EVERY DAY.

Dont get discourged the weight is coming off slower for you but its okay...You need to use the band as a tool, not an answer.. We can do this together! :thumbup:

My surgeon told me the same thing. Use nutrition! No Protein Shakes. Eat meat, eggs, cottage cheese, Beans. I am telling ya.. Jennie O Turkey burgers are grreat! Season them up and fry them in olive oil, add a piece of mozz cheese. Its fantastic!

I was banded on 9/23/09. Doctor Hilario Juarez, is kind and nice. His office staff is TERRIBLE! After my surgery I had severe pain in my upper extremties, (turned out to be trapped gas.) But it was frightnening. I called the office several times and emailed the nurse. not one phone call back. I complained to the office manager, and she was even worse. This office staff is horrible and they dont care.

I make turkey burgers no bread of course, and any kind of bean. I like pintos and cheese. Use the 1cup ziplock bowls. Put it all in the bowl for measuring, then back on the plate. That is all Protein. Its great.

Congratulations! I cannot wait until I start really seeing some results. I was banded on 9/23/09 and have lost 8lbs so far. I wish it could come off faster, but i know everything will happen in good time. I am inspired by your story and can't wait to share it with you! You Go Girl!

I really appreciate your input so much. I am going to call my surgeons office and see what they have to say.

Did anyone start the mushy phase earlier? I had my surgery on 9-23. I am supposed to wait 3wks to introduce mushy foods, which is still 1 more week out. I feel so hungry now. I would love to slowly start the mushy phase, but i am scared? Any input?

Don't worry too much about it. They are repetitive questions simple. :-) mine was done on a computer, it took like 1hr or so, then I sat down with the physcologist, and we went over everything. I passed it with flying colors. It was soooo easy..