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Made one on whole-wheat pita today--very good.

Same exact problem lol--:thumbup:

You may want to try egg foo young if they have it. Not the most healthy, but is very mushy with protein

I actually take a vitamin by Opti-source you get at Walgreens--they are designed for bariatric patients. They are chewable and taste pretty much like an orange sweettart candy. I only have to take 2, 1 in the am, and 1 in the Pm. I also take a Vitamin D because I was diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency way before banding--it is not chewable, but small enough to get down. I am going to start B-12 so I can increase energy for workouts!!

I have not had a fill yet, but I get the same pain in my chest and need to burp--I stop after that as well

yes--never has 10 been a dress size and mind you 15 takes me to next size--tightly :w00t:

Only 4 sizes--give yourself props--4 sizes is a big deal!!!:w00t:

1) Which of the things I've learned about how to use my tool work for you? having a plan 2) Which don't work for you? staying close to the surgeon--he has a lapband as well, but I actually rely more on his nurse for support who has had lap-band surgery but has gained weight back. I need to communicate with him more I suppose 3) Is there anything on this list that your surgeon would object to? There is nothing I think that my surgeon would object o

For me, it used to be about 15 but with me loosing inches it has allowed me to get in some sizes without loosing 15

Same here--love my immersion blender for pureeing Soup right in the bowl, making dips, etc. Use my blender/processor for everything else like shakes--my blender is also a food processor as well

It is tempting to stray, but there is a reason they progress you--at some point you have to eat like a normal person. Your body with so few calories and weight loss is holding on to everything--mine did the same. Don't worry and try to force it to lose weight fast--you will start losing again.:biggrin:

Oh--far as three weeks--I have called this morning before they even opened and left a message--waiting to hear back from them!!!

Trust me I am very pushy--my surgeon was the one giving the fill--Thursdays is his surgery day because he does all his surgeries in a hospital in another town--they squeezed my fill-in between his surgery because obviously I was not trying to wait pass my six weeks. Until you experience the pain of that when your port is is awkwardly turned and deep , you would understand why at that moment I wanted to leave and not capable of walking to any radiology--it hurt more than the surgery pain-I slept on the couch. By that time, he used some term like it is starting to adeema? My guess is swelling around it--my stomach is so swollen to day on that side

I went for my first fill--very glad it was here as you know how hard it is before the first fill--I have been summoning willpower from the heavens and have stuck to everything--no cheating. Although I knew I might achieve restriction this time around, at least I would be one fill closer. Well, I get there. My doctor uses an ultrasound to mark where the port is. He marks, numbs me and I am thinking so far so good. Well, the port was so deep and awkward to get to, he could not do the fill!:smile2: He poke and prodded and numbed me three times, but nothing but pain. I now have to go back in three weeks (would have been four weeks for a 2nd fill, so he moved it to three--geesh, thanks). He hopes with more weight loss it will pop up better or he will do it florouscopicly (sp?)I am so bummed out.

Having experienced where my boss announced the surgery during a faculty meeting that I did not attend, I feel your pain of having to deal with different responses to the news...people do not understand it is a personal journey. However, you cannot change who knows, just how you deal with it. So, I try to use moments to educate people and when I don't want to talk about it--I don't.

Congratulations!!!! As a person who, started out over 60, this is a great accomplishment. Working hard to be in the 40's by Easter.

My doc said to drink decaf because of the stimulating hunger thing. I still go to Starbuck and ask for a caramel macchiato--decaf, nonfat milk, sugar-free caramel--I add a little splenda and half and half good and it actually took my appetite

TOM and scale--no go:thumbdown:. It is the only thing that kills my daily weigh ins. I see those swollen ankles from water retention, and just say forget it!! My birth control pills lacks estrogen because my OB/GYN did not want me to gain weight and defeat the purpose of my band nor increase risk of blood clotting. So far no problems, but TOM came a week early last month--cramps are already severe, so I take Naproxen during that time

For me, it was safer for pregnancy. Honestly my regular doctor referred me to my surgeon who specialty is lap band. Not a great deal of information on the gastric sleeve at first.

I did--the first week, I was not hungry anyway. My next was pureed for two weeks, then soft solids/mushee. I was really scared not to truthfully

sodas, even diet are on my list to avoid. I gave them up last summer, and I honestly do not miss them. Also if you have caffeine, my NUT says because it speeds digestion up and makes you hungrier soon.

I too have to agree with that one as well...

Please do not get frustrated--if you would search, you will find hundreds that went through the plateau soon after surgery including myself. I am 6wks post-op come Thursday--I plateaued around the second week and stayed the same until last week--I dropped 5lbs out of the blue. This week--no change. I get a fill Thursday and looking forward to hopefully getting a little restriction. Think about--you are doing it. You are managing to eat like you have restriction--that willpower is something to applaud in itself. I also guarantee you are losing inches!!!

I agree with others--I try to do two shakes or 1 shake and some protein mix in pudding or yogurt. I get most of my daily protein doing that.

Had that problem even before surgery--would go days, so I was really in pain last week--called the doctor who recommended a stool softener and MoM. I took 2 and drank MOM--let's just say the floodgates opened two hours later. I cut it to 1 softener and MOM and it was not as bad. I am going to take my cocktail tonight! I am glad you went to the doctor--that pain does become unbearable!!:frown: