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I'm just really observant with my calorie intake. I try to keep it ~1000 calories a day. I used to obsess about it, but now I'm like "hey, if I go over, it's not like the 3000 calories a day I used to eat"

In regards to me trying to cut down on sugars, I find that if I eat a lot of sugar, by 3pm I'm sluggish, once again, I don't make an effort to be sugar free, etc but I'm going to choose splenda over sugar, or a sugar free/ff vanilla latte over just a fat free latte.

I say do whatever works for you and as long as your MD is fine with it then have fun! LOL

The burping thing is normal, I just did it lol. My family that doesn't know I have the band think it's normal since my grandmother ALWAYS burped for no reason!

Best wishes and a speedy recovery!

Glad to hear you are doing okay, I wish I did my surgery out patient, I was 1 night in the hospital and it was the WORSE! The lady next to me had a bad time with the anesthesia and was up all night throwing up. Also I was not happy with sharing a bathroom.

This is your time to heal, relax, and let someone else take care of you (I know it's tough!)

Welcome to the life of a bandster!

Aw thanks so much I appreciate it, I'm glad I can help people out. My band journey is not the norm, but I'm hoping that this is my year. Screw that, I know this is my year!

Good luck with your surgery, keep me posted!

Wow what a difference you look fabulous I love that dress!

Sounds like you had a great Valentine day!

You don't even know! This cat loves to eat. I don't give him any table food, my boyfriend does and that cat begs like a dog with him! He's a spoiled rotten cat! But I love him!

Good luck! I'm starting all over as well, we can do this!!!!!

I am a struggling grazer as well. I find that if I stay away from food I'll be okay. I have no snack foods at home except for soy nuts which I'll have every once and a while.

I now think things through before I eat without having to. Do I REALLY need to eat that? Why am I eating this? What am I feeling? Stressed? Mad? Sad? I usually eat when I'm stressed, and trust me I've slipped, but I just have to learn to not have crap food at home.

Also drink tons of water, it helps.

Yes! You are going to get intoxicated a lot more faster than the "normal" person. I was told by my md it is because we eat a lot less calories than a non-bandster. He said "it's okay to drink just do it at home the first time" I was sooo scared. Now I'm okay, I do get drunk a lot faster. I have found if I pace myself I'll be okay. I have a drink, then one pint of ice water, another drink (the same as the first one....or not lol ) and another pint of ice water etc. I always end the night with water just to clear my pouch out from anything that could be acidic (ie margaritas).

Hope that helps

GOOD JOB!!!!

Good job on the weight loss!!!! In regards to your approval for you panni procedure call your insurance company because they will tell you when the authorizations expire., it all depends. Also, in regards to a tt the med school that my hospital works with has a resident cosmetic program which costs considerably less than a regular tt. Granted its residents that do the actual surgery but the plastic surgeon is there too, and there have never been any horror stories lol. Good luck with everything and keep on blogging!

When I'm on liquids after a fill I do enjoy a non fat sugar free vanilla latte from Starbucks lol I did ok yesterday all I had was that omlette some coffee and the Chinese today back on schedule enjoying a chobani now lol

Keep up the good work! It's great to have a good support system. I remember when I was in my liquid phase my mom would liquify dinner for me. Granted, I could do it myself, but I think she liked to help out. We're going on vacation in March and she asked me "do you want anything special, I know how careful you are." since we're staying in her RV. I told her no, just a TON of bottled water.

Keep up the good work

Good job! Keep it up!!!!

I think my wake up call was when I told someone recently I had WLS and they looked at me like "yeah, ok, sure" I realized that it's not going to do the work for me, it's a tool to help but I have to work with it too.

Good luck with the weight loss so far, can't wait to reach my goals, I know this will be my year!

And there is always a seat for you in my wagon! LOL

I would definetly buy yourself a small gift. For me, I found these rings that I fell in love with, they're called stackable expressions, and I'm going to get 5 of them when I lose 50 pounds.

Good luck you'll do fine! Just write what's on your mind, I just do it for accountability so I don't slack off! So if you don't hear from me, send me a message! BTW I don't blog on the weekends though lol.

It's crazy, every time I get a fill I have to be on liquids the day of the fill, and the day after, and then the next two days on mushies then by Friday solid foods. It's like starting all over again! Keep up the good work you'll do fine!

@insanejane there is a recipe floating around this forum for a "pizza" recipe without crust/bread. Basically you take shredded cheese and sprinkle it on a pan, which would be your "crust" then you add your toppings.

Try the portobello mushroom pizza it's so good! I love portobello mushrooms though

No I go to my surgeon for my fills and for a while his APRN was doing the fills (now the APRN and another surgeon, who didn't do my lap-band surgery, but did remove my gall bladder and I love her to death) do my fills. The APRN was the one who suggested the RX diet pills, her attitude is "hurry up and lose the weight"

Good for you, I'm on the same boat as you (minus the slip), since being back on the "band wagon" I've lost 19 pounds and a total of 27 pounds since my pre-op weight. I was getting lazy and not going in for fills and I don't think I ever found my "green zone" so far I have 2.5 ccs in a 4 cc band, got my fill on Monday so I haven't had any solid food yet (Friday) to see how it's going. It takes a lot of patience and I'm not giving up this time! Good luck and if you need a buddy I'm right here!

Good job! Keep up the good work, it's amzing how our bodies react to doing something that is good for it (ie excercise, eating right) by not losing weight, but 4 lbs is amazing!

Oh jeez hibachi I know what you mean! I just pushed the food to the side and took the leftovers home and they were soooo much better the next day!

Okay I'm glad I'm not the only one who eats salads without lettuce! I get the strangest looks, but my excuse is "lettuce is just a filler" lol