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August 2010 anyone?
ggod luck jen
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August 2010 anyone?
Good luck to all surgery people! I am one week banded, and am starting to get really hungry. I know the Dr. put a little fill in on the operating table, but I can feel those demons reawakening. I liked it so much after surgery, I wasn't hungry at all! That felt good. The last two days I have been shoveling more and more into my mouth. Well today I'm going to try to be really good, 800 calories or so. The last two days I was up close to 2,000 cal.. Maybe try to have more broth and such. I go to the Dr. on Thurs. so will see what he has to say. Peace out Kelly:frown:
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Cocktails Anyone?
Well I suppose you could, but lime juice has a lot of sugar in it. Especially rosa's lime juice what they would use in a bar. You know, it is only one night, you might as well just party down! Double up on the good after!
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August rush 2010!!!
My first appt. is on thurs. and I am starting to get really hungry. my calories have gone from 600 day one to almost two-thousand today! I hate it!
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August rush 2010!!!
You all ready got a fill?
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Restriction :)
How many fills did you have to get there, and how much at each fill?:thumbup:
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How many pounds lost = a dress size?
It seems like you have to gain 25 pounds to go to a larger size, but you have to loose 50 to go down a size!
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Cocktails Anyone?
Well, because I like to have my cocktails,and I was a low carber, I like vodka and powerade Zero lime. It has no carbs at all. I am only newly banded, but I will be following a low carb regiem once I get through my phases. Also most bars and restraunts don't mind if you bring your own mix! Just go and nicely talk to the bartender, and they will understand! peace out Kelly:biggrin:
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August rush 2010!!!
Well all my fellow rushers, I had my first "incidint" this morning! I allways start the day with my protien (get it out of the way)..... Then I take my vitamins (get that out of the way too). Well I had been taking one tiny multi, and two calcium. I forgot and took a big multi. So I took two one right after the other and boyah! I got stuck! Started to burp alot and then the next thing you know i.....slimmed! WOW! What an experience, just a whole bunch of clear stuff! My pills did not come up or anything! Other than that, all has been well in my neck 'o' the woods. Peace out Kelly:tongue:
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August rush 2010!!!
I too was banded Aug. 3, but I have been slurping down creamy Soups, low fat yogurt, pop-cicles, pudding, and soupy scrambled eggs.
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August 2010 anyone?
oohhhhh the poo-poo juice? Well have fun and stay close to the toilet!
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Dr. John Groves - Why the wait?
- Dr. John Groves - Why the wait?
- Any CA Bandsters out there?
Hey Rockstardiva, I am from Porterville (well, actually)above Porterville. Springville. I was banded 8-3-10.- Aug 3rd Date! Who wants a buddy?
AMARIS, please come join us in the August Rush forum also!- Aug 3rd Date! Who wants a buddy?
I read this one post and it has been my inspiration!Once you are banded, and you will be, when your fill is perfect, your life will change. You will notice how radically different, and silent, all those food demons in your head will be. I cried when I first noticed the magic fill. Everyone in my head just shut up. The silence was beautiful. I didn't NEED cheesesteaks, I wasn't STARRRVING for anything. I was clearheaded for the first time in my entire life. When I ate those foods by conscious choice, it didn't always taste perfect and wonderful. Sometimes, it was a disappointment and not worth the calories. Yes, even of my favorite cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory Once food wasn't constanly perfect, I was able to get picky...do I want to eat the pizza and feel the uncomfortable passing through the band? Bleh...no pain for me today thx. I would actually made GOOD CHOICES! omg. Me, fat Kate, choosing a salad over chicken parm?? I feel normal when I cn do that. It's not all the time, but it happens more often than not. I am quoting Kate Eryn..from : did you cheat pre op liquid diet-50173 THANK YOU KATE- How many calories a day do you eat?
I am 5 days out and am consuming about 1200 cal. That is of course counting my 81 grams of protien drink in the morning(first to get it out of the way)....I do log everything! Been just couching it and have lost a pound a day easy-peasy. I know I will hit platues(spelling?) I'll fight that demon when I get there! Maybe a little more than a pound a day, but I'm sure a lot of it was water, and I had no preop diet!- August rush 2010!!!
congradulations sockmonkey!- August rush 2010!!!
hang in there, after tomorrow you won't be obsessing at all, cause your tummy will be sore:)- August rush 2010!!!
Hello August Rushers.....well, I am amongst the banded. It went smooth no pain, (except what was to be expected).I am now on the straw diet! Anything i can get through a straw, I can have! Oh and it really doesn't matter how big the straw is.........well I have some pretty big straws in my house..lol! My big craving is one egg, scrambed with mayonaise and mustard (very low carb). I did take my vitamins this morning and did not have to break them in half or anything like that. Still kinda tired and am on pain medicine whoooo, whoooo (makes me loopy) Will fill you in on more later.... HAPPILY BANDED 8/3/2010:thumbup:- August rush 2010!!!
where did you get your lap band thingi? "i can do it"?- August rush 2010!!!
o.k., everyone calm down about the poo-poo medicine! I'll tell you. It is magnesium citrate ( I got grape flavor) from wally world A.K.A.wall-mart.I am planning to take this very, very soon and they say don't get too far from your bathroom facilities OH BOY! Anyway this is a "preserved saline laxative oral solution". Any other questions about the poo-poo juice, just let me know! PEACE OUT KELLY:redface:- August rush 2010!!!
Well fellow AUGUST RUSH friends, guess what? The Dr office called me this morning and my surgery is tomorrow morning! 24 hours earlier than the previous 3 day early reschedule! I'm so excited, but also kind of bitchy cause, haven't had a period in 9 months, and I started spotting this morning (Murphey's Law). Oh well I'm not going to worry bout it and maybe it will just go away...lol Oh yeah I have to take the poo-poo medicine today , well in a little while......Never done that before. Probably the next time I talk to all you fine people I will be banded. That's all for now! PEACE OUT KELLY:cool:- How do you eat with your family?
curveycat....are you saying that in under two months you have lost 58 pounds? Man, you rock girl!- August rush 2010!!!
Well good morning everyone! It is now exactly 48 hours till "HAPPY BAND-LAND" As far as the diet, haven't cheated one bit! But I have been stuffing my face with sf icecream, sf pudding, lf yogurt (yum), and cream soup. I have also been peeing like a racehorse, and managed to loose 10 pounds of water i'm sure! Been going to bed at 8:00 so tomorrow will hurry up and get here! Going to be packing my hospital bag today, I know they have lists here and in my personal papers....Will be reading up on that. I ain't going to a beauty contest, so I really am not to worried about it. I hope I have enough creamy stuff to last today as I won't be going to town until tomorrow.....remember I live up in the mountians, don't get to town everyday. All the demons are pretty quiet in my head today,can't think of much else to say! PEACE OUT till later KELLY:biggrin: - Dr. John Groves - Why the wait?