Well, banded on 07/14 and am now down 19 lbs!!! I'm tired of messing with the ticker so will go with the old fashioned way. Just wanted to let you know what is working for me. Am getting close to Onderland!

I had my first fill on 08/15, which was 5 CC's -- the doc came in and said, you ready to turn this thing on??? Since I was down 14 since banding, that was very exciting. I can feel restriction and go back for a second fill in two weeks from that date which will be 08/29.

What do I do during the day?

Breakfast shake -- have fallen in love with Synthra vanilla Bean and Fuzzy Navel (Peach), I mix with ice, splenda, and benefiber, and fruit. I also have JD Robb's chocolate power, it is a light chocolate taste and wonderful. Why did it take me this long to figure this out??

Snack -- either Greek Yogurt with fruit or cottage cheese with fruit or salsa

lunch -- lunch recipe from Eating for Life

Snack -- another Protein shake, I will blend it all up without the Protein powder, don't mix until ready to drink

dinner -- dinner recipe from Eating for Life

How do I handle "cold things" during the day? I am extremely busy in my job, so I bought a cute cooler bag at Target, my actual bag is a bit larger that this: Snacks and lunch in and they stay cold all day, I go from floor to floor for meetings. I do have to travel some and on those days generally take a shaker bottle and protein powder and mix as needed.

I am going to the gum several (3 - 4) days a week, even am up there at 5 a.m., but I am succeeding!! Will keep you folks posted.

Congratulations! Sounds like you're off to a great start! Good luck going forward. Keep us posted!

Dave

You are doing M A V A L I S !

Just be careful with the Gum. You might want to see how your surgeon feels about it.

If it's fine,,, then enjoy.

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You are doing M A V AL I S !

Just be careful with the Gum. You might want to see how your surgeon feels about it.

If it's fine,,, then enjoy.

Sorry, meant GYM!!!

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Wow! Congrats! You're off to a great start! Keep up the great work!

Marci

Can you give an example of your lunch and dinner and how much you eat?

YES ! ! !

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You are doing M A V A L I S !

Just be careful with the Gum. You might want to see how your surgeon feels about it.

If it's fine,,, then enjoy.

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Yeah!! Congratulations on your success!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

Thats the GYM at 5 am right? Sounds great and you are certainly motivated, I cant wait to get back into the gym to shed the pounds best of luck!!!

Yeah!! Congratulations on your success!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

Thats the GYM at 5 am right? Sounds great and you are certainly motivated, I cant wait to get back into the gym to shed the pounds best of luck!!!

Yes, the GYM at 5 a.m., will post examples of recipes. But my WONDERFUL SURGEON pushes Bill Phillips "Eating for Life" book, which you can easily find on amazon.com -- this is my whole regime -- so for example, dinner tonight is Yellow Fin tuna with cilantro, jalapeno, tomatoes, green peppers, lemon and lime.

Will post back more.