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Hey there I had my surgery on 8/26 as well and I totally feel the way you do!! I can eat what ever I want (but dont) water I can chug and I know where my port is... I know I have the band I saw it via fluro I believe we are in "Banster HELL" :thumbup: 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

I get them at Smart and Final but I've seen them at Wal-Mart.... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

My first meal was mashed potatoes with salsbury steak yumm...I have 1.5 cc in a 4cc band...dont get my first fill till October.... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

If you go to the General Forum here on LBT there is a sticky post that guides you through the process of getting a ticker... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Aside from throwing it up that's the only thing i can think of... I know that today I had some sushi and I got too full and the only thing I could do was wait it out...I felt that sushi was mushy enough to eat but I think I was wrong...Sorry you feel bad but I think we all go through it so we can learn what to eat and how much to eat...Good luck hope you feel better soon... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Walk it off.... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

i think everyone no matter what gender should take vitamins including calcium daily.... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

NO your not alone.... the scale really isn't moving for me not since i have been eating mushy foods. but i notice that my clothes fit better and other people notice that my face is not as "puffy"...I'm 2 weeks post op.... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Wow that sounds like fun....I think I'm gonna give it a try! I think 6lbs is a good goal for my 1st time out and since I'm still on mushy foods.....whoo hooo I'm actually excited to do this. When do we start and what day do we weigh in? 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Well Mary I can only tell you what others have told me is that we're healing right now and shouldn't focus on weight loss. even though that's the whole reason we got wls. I know that you tend to gain just after surgery because of all the Fluid they put in you and your body just went through a tramatic time turning surgery so it's a given that you would gain a little. I started losing about 1lb a day when i was on liquids the 1st week after surgery so when i started mushy foods I gained a little back again. I have started to lose again now that I am 10 into my mushy phase and know that I will probably gain again when I eat regular food in the next 2 weeks. Basically at this point I'm not stressing about how much I lose or gain until I start getting my fills in October. I guess it's just normal to gain and lose during the first 6-8 weeks. now if you start gaining after getting fills then I would be concerned..... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

How do these challanges work? do you just pick a goal and work toward it? 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Congats!!!! 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Now that I am starting to eat mushy foods I am so paranoid that I'll "stretch" my pouch. Is it possible to do that or is it something that happens over time? 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

If it wasnt for LBT I would never have known what "Banster HEll" was cuz they sure dont cover that in the nutrition part of the pre-op deal....I am so glad that I read about this now that I am advancing in my foods cuz when I went from liquids to solids I gained lbs and if I didnt know what I know now from reading different post I would have felt I paid for the surgery for nothing..... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

as long as you dont eat stuff that gives you gas the surgery gas should only last about 1 week... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

So now that my stomach isn't swollen anymore I can pretty much eat what I want when I want how much I want, but I know that I am not really hungry and it's all in my head (sure miss the swollen stomach times). How do you deal with head hunger? I usually go to sleep/nap and forget about eating... any other good advise out there for head hunger? 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

at what stage can you start crakers?? I'm on the mushy stage and can eat the tuna salad but not by itself that's why I havent had any yet... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

no wonder i didnt know what it was.... who says that there is a time limit on smoking? I dont smoke anything but wonder why you would have to wait to do it..... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Sorry not really up on the lingo but what is hookah? 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

I took 4 days off could have gone back after 3 but i was a little lazy on monday so i stayed home... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

:blushing: Mashed potatoes was the fist thing I ate as well.... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

Hello I'm 14 days post-op and have just now started mushy foods. I found that when I was on liquids I would eat only a little bit cuz i filled up quick but would get hungry soon after. Now I feel like I could eat and eat and not get full (guess the swelling has gone down) so you go from one spectrum to the other with each food stage. Good luck to you. :blushing: 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

I have only been banded for 2 weeks but i know that when i had gas and bloating i used gas x and would just walk walk walk... 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

At this point i can only walk since i have not been cleared for other types of exercise, how much is enough? 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01

I can officially eat mushy foods now but have noticed a slight re-gain in weight. I didn't lose all that much weight when i was on liquids so it is sad to see that as I change eating phases I begin to gain again. I sure hope it doesn't continue like this :blushing: 04948749-FFAB-E84C-90A7-1D94AFDDA05E 1.03.01