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:smile2:mdhannant,Quit "beating yourself up"! First of all you must eat your 800-1200 cal. Your body is in starvation mode & you are still healing! Another suggestion is to quit weighing yourself! Just weigh when you go to md"s office. You can do this... follow your LAP-BAND® diet,exercise, "get your head on straight", use this great tool we banders have chosen to have placed in our bodies!

I've eaten mashed cauliflower at restuarants & it had the consistency of mashed potatoes. I also eat it steamed,no problem with the band.

Labrada Rockin"Roll hi-protein nut roll bar-21gm protein 2gm sugar. Holds me for4-5hrs.:smile2:

i love almond milk too, but it has only one gm protein.

Syntrax 23gm protein,90 cal. ,great flavors like fuzzy navel,roadside lemonade.You order it online..various sites. I buy mine from DAMUSCLE.com.

you can order syntrax nectar online.. I order from DAMUSCLE.com. best price I found

Hi! It is not too soon to order your Protein drinks. I would do a little researh first& decide what protein brand you want,for instance,Isopure,Syntrax. I use Syntrax nectar,to be honest I never tasted anything else. Comparison shop also, I think Bariatric eating doesn't have the cheapest pricing!

You go girl... fistpump!

:tt2:My bad! I thought I you were Yankees fan! Well now discuss who well be the Mets new coach!

Geez ,this isn't a porno site! Why don't you talk about how the Yankees didn't win AL East!

Before she has her surgery she still has to be medically&surgically clear from her physcians,incuding a psych eval. A competant MD will pick up on the etoh abuse. It is not your place to play narc!

5-6 weeks after surgery seems to be typical

You have lost 62#s in less than 5 months that is more than the expected 1-2 lb wt loss a week! Keep up the good work!

I drink Roadside Lemonade & Fuzzy Navel. Just add 8-16 oz, & stir.

Betsy, I just knew you had to be a nurse like myself! Just after having my psych eval. I realized that many nurses abuse food,drugs,alcohol,etc. We took care of everyone except ourselves. I thinkthat is why I have done so well with this journey. I stated taking care of me!

Valrico,FL I am a RN on a med-surg unit which includes recovering lapband patients!

How were the shrimp prepared? I sometimes have the same problem,especially if steamed or cooked too long. Try again in a couple of weeks

walk it off!

Have you had your psych eval yet? You will discuss with the doc.issues such as dealing with behavioral changes.The lapband is a tool:it is up to you to make the right food choices, exercise, to eat to live & not live to eat!

Don't worry,if you make the right choices you will lose weight! Remember don't believe everything you read on these forums; Read them you'll know what I mean... a good one is" what did you eat today?" Read what people are eating... same bad food choices we made before the banding. The band is a wonderful tool,if used properly ,it will work for you.

You need to notify the surgeon if there is a baseball size lump,it is not the port. You could possibly have a hematoma. Do you have fever?

My suggestion is to stop weighing yourself everyday.Concentrate on "listening to your body",instead of watching the scale. You body is healing, & is adjusting to a new intake.After surgery you tend to "pee like a racehorse" from the iv fluids& the liquids we drink,so we lose Water weight. When you start on your mushies & regular food the real weight will start to come off.

I'm into Syntrax Nectar 23g protein, 90 calories, great flavors like fuzzy navel,lemonade stand,caribbean cooller. Contact company & tell them you are a bariatric patient& they will send you samples for $9.99. I'm 4!/2 months out from surgery& I still drink after fills & after exercising.

Down 61 lbs. since April 2 4/2/10 2 Dr. consult 288lbs 4/22/10 surgery 271lbs 9/7/210 2nd fill 227

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