JJLaw08

How in the world are ya'll getting in all your protein/nutrients if ya'll are eating 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of food? That is not a lot of food. I don't want to drink my calories. Are ya'll drinking your calories?

Wow. You are doing great with your weight loss. Thank you for the help.

Yep. I've stalled as well. I was banded on Feb. 8, and I've lost 21 pounds. I lost 10 lbs. the first week, 5 lbs. 2nd and 3rd week, and last week 1 pound. It does slow, and I too was a little disappointed, but this time is for healing not losing weight.

My port area is still a little sore/tender, and I am 4 1/2 weeks removed from surgery. Mine is kinda under my breast so that may be why.

I do like them, but they have like 18g of sugar. You might want to watch out for that.

I thought you could eat 1 cup of food per meal? 1 cup is 8 oz. so were suppose to eat a little over half a cup of food instead of 1 cup? The paperwork my doctor gave me said 1 cup of food per meal.

I have been having cramps in that area. They aren't painful, but I don't know what it is. They come and go.

SparkPeople is a good online food journal. That is what I use.

Lord, I hope chicken and hamburger sit well with me b/c I'm a picky eater, and that is about all I eat. I don't like steak just hamburger meat so hopefully my stomach will be able to handle it.

That does sound like me! I usually went evey 3rd day as well. I know before surgery when I could eat my Cereal, the Splenda would make me go (sometimes). I heard coffee will make you go, but I don't like it. Also, I didn't use the bathroom for over a week after surgery. Then it was diarrhea on the liquid stage, and now this.

I do still have my gallbladder. I will try taking a stool softener, but I just didn't think anything about it b/c I wasn't regular before surgery. I heard drinking water helps, and I've been getting close to 64 oz. a day during the week when I'm at work. It is harder to do on the weekend for some reason.

I have an appointment next week to get my fill. I will ask him when I go. Thank you everybody. I know it is the weirdest thing. I guess I'm so stopped up when I do go that it makes me sick.

Sorry to be so gross, but I am having a rough time with using the bathroom. I was banded on Feb. 8. I used the bathroom about a week later (diarrhea). I had diarrhea again a few days later. Then I didn't use the bathroom for about a week and a half. When I finally did use it. I was on the toilet 6 times within an hour and a half, and I think I pooped out all my insides or if felt like it. My stomach hurt so bad. I felt like I was going to die. It even made me throw up. I felt awful afterwards that I had to go home for the rest of the day. Well that was the last time I used the bathroom until today. The same thing happened. I was on the toilet for an hour. Like I said it was very painful, and I threw up my Breakfast this time as well. I get so weak after this, and I had to miss work today as well b/c I felt so bad afterward. I turn white as a ghost. I don't know what in the world is happening. I never used the bathroom regularly before surgery, but this feels like I am dying. I guess my body is still getting used to everything since it has only been 4 weeks and 1 day, but this is horrible. Did anyone have any pooping issues like this? Sorry again for being so gross, but I don't know what is happening!

Do you drink these as Snacks? My doctor said no snacks (well on the sheets of paper he gave me when I first went). I will need to ask next week b/c he didn't tell me that specifically.

Do they have these unflavored? I noticed they don't have as many flavors as Crystal Light.

Thank you!

Ditto. I'm the same way. I guess it will get harder when I am at restriction.

I am transitioning to solid foods this week, and I cannot seem to get all my Protein in. Today I've had 920 cal. and 49 grams of protein. I have not had a fill yet, and I don't know how my protein intake is going to increase. My doctor only wants us to eat 3 meals a day with no Snacks. How in the world can you get all the protein in when you can only eat 1 cup of food at a meal, and you cannot have snacks? I'm going to ask my doctor when I go get my first fill next week, but thought I would ask here as well.

The first week after sugery , I lost 10 pounds. The second week, it was 5 pounds. The third week, it was 5 pounds. This past week, 1 pound. So I have lost 21 pounds since Feb. 8, 2010. I didn't have to do a pre-op diet so I didn't lose any there. I know I didn't "eat" near enough on my two weeks of liquids. It started to slow last week when I could eat soft foods. I figured it would, but I was enjoying losing that much weight in one month. I was hoping it would continue, but I guess not :thumbup:. I could also tell that I'm able to eat more this past week than I probably should.

I had heartburn before I had surgery. I just started having it again since I started eating soft foods. I don't know what it is.

People sue over ANYTHING these days. You are not doing what you need to be doing. It ain't the doctor's fault! I'm self-pay, but the first year's fills were included in the fee for the surgeon. I can get up to ten "free" I believe. Then it is $150 after that.

I was banded on Feb. 8, I didn't hardly eat anything the first 2 1/2 weeks b/c I didn't feel like eating. When I started eating soft food this week, my appetite has returned! I feel like I can eat anything. It stinks!

I know a deficiency of B-12 can actually hinder weight loss. My mother has been taking liquid B-12 for almost a year.

I was banded three and a half weeks ago, and I have already lost 20 pounds. You can do!

I tried one from Wal-Mart (can't remember the brand), but they had a strange taste to them. Do these have a weird taste to them?