momtofourredheads

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My husband has never been a big dessert person or evening snacker....until I got my band that is!!! I don't know if it's because of Christmas bad eating habits or what...but every night he goes into the kitchen and brings back a pile of liquorice, chips, Cookies, chocolates etc. and sits there and eats it while we watch TV together. It bothers me mentally because I feel like he's not being that supportive...but physically I'm only one week out and couldn't eat it if I wanted to. It makes me go wander the kitchen and see what I can have...which is basically just Jello and I hate jello, so i come back empty handed. I'm worried about what's going to happen when the weeks go on and I can eat more and more stuff. I think I'm going to have to talk to him too...just like you! The ironic part is that he actually said the me getting banded was going to help him too (he's maybe 15lbs overweight) because I wouldn't be buying junk food anymore...except that for three weeks now (pre and post of dieting) he keeps bringing crap home lol!!! So much for blaming it all on me!!!

Good topic!!! I don't think I drink enough...my Dr. said at least 6 glasses a day and that's what I get in...6...so 48oz. I love coffee too much and always pick that instead!!!

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I like your question! I am about to start mushy food stage tomorrow and reviewed the food guide my clinic gave me and I had to laugh because they went into grave detail about the liquid phase and the mushy phase...but said hardly anything about the soft phase...and so it is really hard for me to tell by this guide what exactly the difference was lol!!! Good luck!!!

I was trying to explain this to my Dad the other night when I was telling him I was having surgery and how I have struggled with thinking I was fat all my life. When I was a teenager, I was 140-150lbs at 5'6"...I was SKINNY..but because I took a size 13 pants in the store...I thought I was fat. I remember shopping at Le Chateau and they had a new 'plus size' line that was size 1, 2 and 3...but they were equivalent to size 10, 12, 14!!! Plus size if you're a 10!!!!! Unbelievable! I became bulimic for years trying to get down to a size 5...never happened...I looked horrible but could never get that small. This lead to a learned habit of binge eating so when I eventually kicked myself in the butt and stopped being bulimic\, I still ate too much...and now I have a metabolism that has ground to a halt. I feel so ripped off that even when I WAS skinny, I didn't know it. My goal now is just to hit 170 lol. Glad to hear the sizes have changed though...maybe I'll be a 13 at 170 now.

That's fantastic! So at the end of the day, you were patient and you ended up with your band paid for AND the job you wanted back in CA!!! Life is good! How exciting for you...a fresh new start! Congrats!

I had surgery one day before you and I have been fine EXCEPT when I ate Jello. I didn't chew it enough and it really hurt going down and I was uncomfortable for awhile. I have been fine with Protein shakes and V8 and Water and Soup. hope you feel better soon!

Thanks so much! I actually just moved here from Langley, BC about 6 weeks ago..I know tons of bandsters in BC...but none here...actually I don't know anyone here lol!!!

I was just banded four days ago and am looking for some local support. I know there is a group in London (over and hour to the west) and in Mississauga (over and hour to the east) and just wondered if there were any bandsters meeting closer?

A good friend of mine had lap band surgery two years ago, and I have to admit, besides being terribly envious that she was going to get skinny and I was still fat (we have both been the same size since university), I secretly thought that she was talking the easy way out. She was very open over the course of the next year and told me everything along her journey. I soon realized there was nothing 'easy' about what she was going through....but here we are two years later and she's kept 100lbs off for a full year now and I weigh another 20lbs more!!! So, needless to say, my time has come...but I have a much healthier respect for the work involved now that I've watched her journey. The one thing she said to me, that I will never forget and keep telling myself almost daily: "Getting lap band is like breaking up with the boyfriend you've had all your life!"

@SASSYOZZIE: I really think it's different for each person. I was able to partially sleep on my stomach on the third night and last night (night four) I was sleeping fully on my stomach again. My Dr. told me the 'average' recovery time is 3-5 days with almost 100% of people back to normal by 7. I am four days out and I certainly find it hard to bend down and pick stuff off the floor and won't be picking up my 25lbs baby anytime in the near future!! (That will make monday interesting!!) Sounds like you had a couple set backs, so your body might just need a few extra days. I'm sure by the end of the week you'll be back to normal. Good Luck!! @IRISHANGEL: Thanks for the kind words! I only just started blogging so it's nice to know someone has read it ...besides my mom lol!!!! My 'will power' during my two weeks pre-op was more fear driven...I have terrible anxiety about anything 'medical' and didn't want to jeopardize my surgery by screwing up the diet. I'm sure it's going to get harder very soon as I heal more....

My Dr. gave me that book 'The Lapband Solution' and it talks about the studies done on those with bands that drank one glass of wine a day and those who didn't. Data showed that those who drank wine were actually more successful...and so the book recommends it. That being said, I think you're right to hold off now...you would probably feel so sick and light headed. Wait until solids...then the wine will taste even better!!!