I am scared to death of thanksgiving. Ive been seeing a really great guy and he knows all about my band but he invited me over to his familys for Tgiving and I havent met any of them..xcept his mom. I just got a 2nd fill a month ago and I think Im at my sweet spot if not too restricted..I cant eat hardly anything. So how do I handle tgiving? Ive thought about telling him I cant go, I talked to him about it and he said not to worry, no one will judge but how can I sit there and not eat?

Another thing, since I got my 2nd fill Ive only lost 5lbs and all breads, rice, Pasta have become off limits. So really I hardly eat anything and sometime I have to make my self eat..Im just not hungry so why wouldnt I be losing more? Also it seems the only thing I can eat are the things I shouldnt eat. Popcorn, candy chips etc.. I try to avoid these. Could it be Im not getting enough calories? My dr never put me on any kind of diet, or calorie, carb restriction etc..

Any suggestions?

Thanks

lauri

Yes, I think you may not be eating enough. Sounds like you are too tight. You should be able to eat at least about 4oz at a meal. You may want to think about having an unfill. That may solve your Thanksgiving day problem too, you will be able to eat. Stick to turkey and veggies and you should be fine. If anyone questions you, just say something like "I am watching what I eat". Enjoy the holiday!

Hi:

Make sure you put gravy on your turkey before you try to eat it as dry turkey could be problematic. Try a tiny bit of a few things on your plate.

Best wishes to you.

Sue

If you can only get "slidders" down you are too tight. Candy is not a food choice. Get an unfil so that you can eat dense protein.

Another thing, since I got my 2nd fill Ive only lost 5lbs and all breads, rice, Pasta have become off limits. So really I hardly eat anything and sometime I have to make my self eat..Im just not hungry so why wouldnt I be losing more?

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Also it seems the only thing I can eat are the things I shouldnt eat. Popcorn, candy chips etc.. I try to avoid these. Could it be Im not getting enough calories?

No, most likely you're getting far more calories than you realize in the junk food. If you are having difficulty eating 'real' food and are resorting to sliders, you may be overfilled. Been there, done that. You might want to consider a slight unfill depending on how long ago your 2nd fill was.

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If you don't get enough calories, you tend to stop loosing weight. I am on a 1400 cal. diet. I figured out that even though I may not always feel hungry, I have to make myself eat. Even if it is just a piece of fruit.

If you don't eat, you really are putting yourself in danger. A short story of how I know this from personal experience. Early this year, I was too tight. I never wanted to eat and when I did eat, it would come right back up. I ended up in the ER late one night with horrible stomach pains. Turned out it was nothing but gas pains..lol. Anyways, since they knew I had had weight loss surgery, they ran a full blood panel on me to make sure everything else was ok. It wasn't. My Vitamin level were really low. So for 45 minutes I had this huge vile about the size of a golf ball full of liquid Vitamins pushed through my veins. It was the worse pain I had ever felt in my entire life.

If you are having problems eating or keeping food down, please go to your surgeon and have some Fluid removed. Not only are you not loosing weight and leaning to eating unhealthy, you are putting your life in danger.

You said your last fill was a mont ago, and you've lost five pounds? That is a bit over a pound a week.

Bandsters can expect 1-2 pounds per week. You are losing an average amount of weight.

That said, if you cannot eat regular foods and are resorting to highly processed, easy to eat foods, you might be too tight, especially if it is uncomfortable when you try to eat heathly foods.

possible ideas to eat on thanksgiving (not all the Best choices for day to day but hey! its thanksgiving!) mashed potatoes and gravy or sweet potatos.....green bean casserole....stuffing with gravy (if stuffings not too dry)corn soufle casserole....we always have pistacchio pudding but something of the sort.

have fun with your new man! and don't fret about his family! :blushing: