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SuFox    0

SuFox
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Hello new friends! It is just past midnight on my seventh day after my banding. My tummy still feels odd but I may get used to it.

I'm a lifelong foodie and culinary historian. Having to cut back on the portions is tough for me but it had to be done. Last summer I looked 300 in the face and said NO and got on the path to here.

I am very keen on developing new recipes, especially for this liquid diet I'm still on.

Glad to meet ya!

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Majj    0

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Hello ! Sue ...WELCOME and Congratulations on your decission...I have been banded for 3 weeks now and am doing well , no pain or problems after the operation except soreness and I slept for about 3 days ...Now I have passed the 2 weeks Mussy food stage and am venturing onto normal food (small portions) its Great , just take it a step at atime and follow the rules...

Once again Welcome , this is a great place with many banded folk to help with questions and worries , although its always wise to go to your team (doctor/dietitian) with major concerns its great to get tips from those that have gone before us....

Have a Good day its Monday evening downunder and I amoff to catch some ZZzz`s....so Nighty nite from me..

Marion..

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Tracytma    19

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Welcome!! It's GREAT to have you here and congrats on your one week anniversary! Can't wait to be there myself! I am just starting the process.. hope to be banded in June or July maybe. Nice to see other "foodies" here... meaning, people who love to cook. I too am looking how to incorporate new ways of cooking and eating into my lap band lifestyle! knowledge is power! Keep us posted on your progress!

Tracy

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Catherine55    43

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Welcome, Sue! I'm a lifelong foodie too, but being banded has just made that more enjoyable. What I mean by that is that now I can enjoy a reasonable amount of the foods I love and not have to feel guilty (or get fatter) as a result. And, I can order dessert now without feeling self-conscious that everyone is thinking "Um, do you really NEED that?" :thumbup:

I put a few recipes for Soups and other foods up on my blog (intermittently). Feel free to check it out if you like. I also have done lots of foodie events during the past year, from the NY Wine & food Festival to The James Beard Awards and dinners at all kids of good spots (Babbo, Bar Boulud, Gotham Bar & Grill, etc). No reason you can't still enjoy these things and lose weight at the same time, as long as you largely follow the bandster rules. :smile2:

Best wishes for your success!

Catherine

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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