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Ok so I just found this web site, sorry if it's already been posted, but this is a lapband person with some really really great recipes. have a great day all. I am so full between meals on the protein shakes, actually got 90 gs of protein yesterday, wow. Lisa

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this is great, I love reading all the goals and thinking about how awesome we all are. Moving your body for at least 30 mins is great, I hope someday soon to be really pushing my limits. You all can totally do your goal Im excited to see it unfold. lisa

wow, this is so difficult, I'm not on food yet, but I worry about it. Some people say measure, and don't eat more then 1/2 a cup at a sitting, and dont drink. I am hoping to use some recipes and altered menues from the instinct diet. Seems like many keep track in a food journal, that's the important thing. Have you tried an online food journal like my fit day or something? Sorry I'm not much help, maybe just having support will help. sounds like you are doing great on weight loss. I bet Annie knows a lot about tthis.

Man, came home from work and there was a red liquid in a cup right next to the juicer, thought the hubby had made some beet carrot juice for me. took a big swig- nope my son's pain water- duh. Thats how desperate I've become. Oh well On a positive note, protein shakes and kefir, I could make it from one meal to the next without thinking I was going to pass out. Hurrah!

Ok anyone interested, some of us have been talking about an exercise support group type thing to encourage each other. Today I started a new thread in health and fitness called Work out support thread, September Sweetie and Stud. of course anyone is welcome. Come on over if interested for some exercise talk support. Lisa

Ok so some of my friends on the banded in Sept thread wanted to help support each other in exercising. :thumbup: Of course others are welcome if you want to join a support thread for exercising! I think some of the idea is to be able to state goals (no matter how small) and have encouragement when achieving those goals. Of course other talk about excercise woes and ideas are welcome. I'll start, I was banded on Sept 27 2010. I'm from Ohio. Before band I was walking about 5 miles per week at a rate of 3 miles/hour. and going to yoga once a week. I have a short term goal of walking 7 miles per week by Thanksgiving. Maybe upping the speed a bit but I'll work on that later. Also I'd like to do 20 minutes of yoga/ stretching 3 more times a week by Thanksgiving. This morning I walked a slow .6 miles- still moving slow after surgery.:thumbup:

Ok all, I just found some low cal cream soup recipes I thought I'd share, probably most of you are past this stage but I'm really dreaming about it beginning this weekend. Creamy Cheese soup 1 1/2 cup fat free skim milk 7 oz low fat cheear or colby cheese about 1 3/4 cups 1 tsp paprika 1/8 tsp black pepper or to taste 1/8 tsp salt 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup yellow onion chopped (I left this out and had no taste complaints) 3 tbs all purpose flour 2 cup fat free chicken broth (the low sodium stuff is great too, watch that salt intake) Heat oil in a large saucepan over a medium high heat,add onion (if u want) cook until soft. Add flour and stir to coat. Add chicken broth bring to boil stirring frequently. Reduce heat to meduim and simmer until soup thickens about 1-2 minutes. Add milk and return to boil stirring constantly. Working in batches puree soup in a blender until smooth. (Be very careful...probably let it cool had troubles with this part first time I made it haha NOT pretty) Reheat soup til a boil and remove from heat. Whisk in the cheese stir until melted, if cheese never melts heat until it does so. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Use paprika as a garnish! reamy Potato Soup 12 oz fat free evaporated milk 1/3 tsp dried parsley 1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste 1/8 tsp salt, or to taste 2 tsp olive oil 1/3 tsp chives, dried 3 medium garlic cloves minced 2 medium leeks, washed and coursely chopped (I can rearely find these and leaving them out doesn't sacrifice flavor) 4 cup canned chicken broth (low fat and reduced sodium great!) 4 medium Yukon gold potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1/3 tsp tarragon Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium high heat. Add leeks and garlic saute until smooth, about 3-5 minutes. Add dried herbs and stir to coat, cook until herbs are fragrant, about 1 minute. Add potatoes and broth and bring mixture to a boil. reduce heat to medium low, partially cover and cook until potatoes are fork tender, about 10 minutes. Puree 4 cups of potato mixture in a bleder or food processor until smooth. Return puree to pot, add evaporated milk and cook 1 minute to heat through. Season to taste with salt and pepper Creamy Thai Carrot Soup 6 oz low fat-tofu, silken variety 1 1/2 tsp thai curry paste, red variety or curry powder 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp mint leaves, fresh, cut into slivers 1 medium garlic cloves peeled 2 tsp ginger root, freshly grated 1/2 cup onion chopped 1 pound baby carrots 2 cup reduced sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth In a medium saucepan, bring broth, carrots, onion, garlic and ginger to a boil over medium high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until carrots are tender. Stir in curry paste and salt, simmer 1 minute to blend flavors. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Add tofu to saucepan and puree in pot using an immersion blender (or in a blender in batches) until smooth. Stir in mint and serve.

wow today I started protein shakes, can not believe it. I hope it keeps the hunger away longer, at least I'm getting more protein which should help, and more calories. I broke out my juicer so I can have some veggies too. So yes I'm dying to hear about the "mushie" or soft food phase. Is fish considered a soft food? cream of wheat? my mind is racing. very much wondering what is after the pureed stage. For some reason I didn't get info on this, but I'm afraid to jump right into chicken.

Ok Cathy, since you are doing the real band eating thing I have a question for you- or a few that I often wonder about. 1. if you can only eat a 1/2 cup of food per meal, 3 meals a day- do you know how many calories - and how much protien- and carbs you are getting? I just can't imagine how one could pack all that nutritionists say we should if all the food groups that you fit in your body will fit in a 1/2 cup. 2. so this is a piggy back question. what about salad, plain raw leafy veggies, is that supposed to fit in this half cup as well, or are you able to have more then a half cup with leafy veggies- or are we talkiing if the leaves were smooshed down, I just can't imagine - let's say we have fish or chicken or some type of protien - size of the deck of cards say- seems like that all by it's self would fill a 1/2 cup- but let's just say that it only fills half, and you can fit a 1/8 cup of veggies and a 1/8 cup of carb of some type- you see - I just am having trouble with visualizing eating right and still getting what I need, I hear people on forums say they do 1200 calories per day, so let's say 3 400 calorie meal- I just can't imagine fitting 400 calories in a 1/2 cup unless I sent it through the juicer first. Yes it's true I should stop dreaming about eating, but I can't and I'd just like to visualize what my meals will be like so I can shop etc next week. Lisa

Hi Wanna B Healthy, you know this one doc that I went to his information session that has like 200 surgeries under his belt said he had never heard of someone getting stuck on something the size of a pill, even a horse pill. I dont know if thats true, or if maybe you should er on the side of cautious because you are still have swelling- but maybe once you've healed in a couple weeks you could just cut the big ones in half. I dont know, I do know I'm sure any food I eat will be bigger then a half of a horse pill, and I hope it won't get stuck, the real problem is if you have to eat them with food, I mean if you measure them all are they like a 1/8 cup size, that's like 1/4 a meal right there in terms of how much you can take in at a meal once you are in your sweet spot. I am a huge pill hater- i feel for you.

I don't remember the name on the person that lives in Africa and doesn't have Popsicles, sorry I know I'm spacey and day late and a dollar short on this one, but do you have a freezer - if so you could make your own, wattery juice, diet drink of some kind, tea with fake sugar, freeze it in a little cup with a stick or a ice cube tray and some tiny sticks in it and you are in business. if no freezer sorry- as an american I am obsessed with my ability to freeze things, even though I know it uses a lot of power. anyway I a amazed to hear of a lap band person in Africa, that is great. good to hear your story.

thanks for the info, I hope it goes down that way, you are an inspiration and makes me feel like it's possible. I've been real hungry, still on the liquids, but now I have added drinkable yogurt, Thursday I add some protien drink, yahoo. not walking as much as I was pre surgery, or as fast, baby steps I guess. I'm going to set my 6 week app in mexico, I want them to do my first fill and look at the band and everything. I just found out that there is a lap band clinic at holzer in galopolis, which is further then groveport, but it's good to know about anyway. Lisa

Oh and cathy, I so want your doc, what a great plan, although I dont know if I have your strength, 4 weeks plus pre op 2 weeks of liquid, wow. But I love the whole no trying to eat right without restriction bit. and you are right about this not being the easy route, its the productive route, but definitely not easy.

miss joanie, kefir is delicious, but nothing compared to any Soup at this point, at this point I can't wait till the protien shakes start, man did i really say that. yeah the Isopure koolaid, it is so sweet, it reminds me of cough syrup, if I could pour some sparkling Water over it I'd be happy, today I mixed it with zero Vitamin water, don't ask me why one seems better then the other. But the real truth, I get starving, I start drinking, feel full and forget about it because it's not that exciting, so bottom line Im not getting enough protien, and really couldn't get enough if I tried, if 90 gs is the goal that is. then I forget and forget, then all of a sudden starving again, it's a visious cycle, plus I can't remember my Vitamins. In fact I'm pretty spacey myself. I'm back to work, I too am a boss, and we just took on a new account, I make maps/ manage data, and I just can't keep a train of thought going. I hope this doesn't go on much longer. but I have to tell you all a personal thing. I have been a terrible snorer, for a very long time. My poor husband can't sleep, I"ve always hated it. and this weight loss was my first step to trying to see if I stop snoring. Well he says that since I've been home I haven't snored at all. I wonder if the band did something in the area where I snored that stopped it. I don't know, who knows if it will keep up, but that is pretty wild I think.

Ok Lyla here is a good cajun cod- but the seasoning could be altered like to itallian, or something else this is for 4 servings 1 lb cod or other white fish fillet 11/2 cajun seasoning sprinkle salt cooking oil spray lemons quarterd fresh parsley preheat oven 400 rinse fish cold Water, pat dry sprinkle cajun or what ever theme seasoning and salt and spray lightly with spray oil bake the fish until it breaks into flakes when pierced in the thickest part, about 30 mins squeeze lemon juice and parsely calls 111 protien 20.5 fat 2 sat fat .4 carbs 1 Fiber .3 no another way to bake fish is oven 375 line a roasting pan with foil- and you are going to pull it over so it is losely covered- or if you have a pan that you can losely cover might work too- put the fish in the foil, and put your seasoning theme on top losely cover and bake again until it breaks apart- about 30 mins. a favorite theme of mine with fish is dill, lemon, garlic salt pepper= gawd, I am so hungry, can you tell, I keep making Soups and straining the broth and giving my family the good part, Hi everyone, why cant I remember to take my Vitamins, today is my first day no liquid tylenol, glad the hellish stuff is out of my life for a while.

hi all, I lost this thread for a while, I was banded on the 27, still on fluids, so hungry, I keep making soup for my family so that I can steal the broth. today I get to have drinkable yogurt, Kefir never tasted so good. I get starving, and I drink a little and feel full. strange. I also keep forgetting to take my vitamins???? anyway, we are all banded, pretty wild, I love hearing you all's stories. Lisa

Good Afternoon, it's looking like winter is coming here- not really but cold and rainy. I am back to work, of course many yummy treats in the kitchen that I am ignoring. no one here knows, no one but my husband knows- oh yeah and all of you!!! feeling pretty good, but I could just lay down and take a nap. and today I was able to have some drinkable yogurt- oh was that yummy. Kefir here I come. I'm actually looking forward to a protien shake later this week. that Isopure is some kind of foul- it's like syrup. I made my family some killer soups this week so I could take the broth. 7 days post op! wow. Thanks all for being here.

Oh also, I'm way behind in reading. S.O. Zen- wow I'm sorry about your incision issues, can't you try like a butterfly type thing to hold it together and some some Vitamin E. I can't imagine dealing with that right now. I hope it gets better. Can someone tell me how to subscribe to a thread, I just accidentally hit the unsubscribe button on my email from this thread. Duh. I have a lot more reading to do, but also I can't believe some of the stories so far, i tell you the pnemonia story and the other hospital story, those are the stories that the whole being a continent away from my surgeon freaks me out about. Keeping my fingers crossed and wondering why it is so difficult to get insurance to pay, especially when my insurance bill is high. thanks everyone for all the information

Hey Brenda/ highlojack, you can have the band and be pregnant, with it all the open, you aren't talking about having it removed are you? that would be a shame. Oh and also, wow! congratulations, I was single and pregnant at 36 and was very excited. I'm excited for you.

Oh yeah I"m home, the kids are starting to calm down, they were kind of emotional when I first got back. Yeah Dr Ortiz is very nice, he is actually a 3 surgeon team, they were all very nice and all quite handsome. They were also very fast, picked up at the hotel at 7 am surgery done by noon. That's with all of the pre tests the ekg etc. crazy really. Yeah broth and water and tea right now, monday I can add drinkable yogurt, can't wait. Although whenever I feel hungry I drink and it goes away magically. I"m also doing isopure which I don't care for because it is so sweet, but it has 15 g of protein and it's a clear liquid. My pain has been minimul really which is nice, although my 2 year old really wants me to be carrying her around. I've been cooking soups so I can get the broth. I was down 18 lbs on my surgery date since August, so I was pretty excited about that. I go back to work on Monday and I still feel kinda spacey, but maybe that's the lack of food since I'm only taking Tylenol now. Oh well, thanks for checking in on my. How are you doing? Lisa

Hi all, thanks Brian for getting the switch. It's so interesting to hear all the different things that the doctors have us do. My Dr. is Clear Liquids for a week, then I can add some Protein shake and drinkable yogurt for a week, then I can add pureed Soups for a 3rd week - before I start eating solid food. I am 5 days post op, and still drinking takes forever, I do feel hunger and have since day 1 but drinking takes it away still. I have kids and have been cooking, which isn't challenging not to eat, I swear, it's the clearing their plates with all the left over little pieces of cheese or other foods that I would have scarfed down before. I always knew my portions were too big, but I realize now that this type of eating must have really added a lot to my calories- why on earth would I just finish my kids food. It''s bad enough my plate was always spotless empty but do I have to make theirs that way too. Anyway that's my rant. So far my healing has been easy except the 2 year old wants me to carry her all over the place and it's hard to say no. I go back to work on Monday. I really liked Cici's story on the last thread about not needing a fill, I wonder if other's have found that or how often that happens.

how does that work, does someone have to start a thread or is it already there.

ii am home! my kids are emotional wrecks, the 2 year old keeps trying to make me pick her up, I'm trying not to, we've all been in tears today. geez. and with all this emotion I just want some nice comfort food- Duh, keep reading my end to over eating book and trying to get with this whole mental thing, and better understanding my the programing so I can break it, but it's hard when my options are tea and gatorade and broth. Moondra, my band is that way, my Dr.s want 21 days of liquid before solid food period, they talk alot about if you eat now it will make losing you might get a way with it, but it will make losing the weight 6 months from now harder. I believe this is called banding hell. or actually once you are all healed and eating solids, in a couple weeks, you are a week out, you should be able to do some drinkable yogurt and maybe even protien shake. I know it's hard, but it's worth it. Cathy good luck with eating, Really 7 weeks liquid, and you are all filled, that is so different then my doc, very interesting. man you are hard core to do 7 weeks liquid, like a rock star. and 33 lbs lost that's great. I'm 18 down pre surgery, I might have already said that, i"m in a haze. my pain is so minimal, except when the 2 year old is hausing around on me. Lisa

here i am doing laps around the denver aairport, feeling and looking like a homeless person, wishing i could ditch my luggage, but certain security would tackle me. just paid 4$ for ckicken noodle soup and drained the broth and left the rest behind. funny day.