And checking them twice! I just realized 4 months away. Wow, that's going to be interesting!? After-lapband!!!

Here's what I need from anyone who has a suggestion! I'm making laminated lists to put on my fridge! I've heard lots of lapband dont's in the past few days. So I guess I'll start there.

If you have any important or helpful lapband dont's!!!! Please add them here. I appreciate it do much!

#1 - Never chew gum! If it gets swallowed accidentally, it will get stuck & have to be surgically removed.

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Away from Christmas. . . I meant to say. . . ADD & got so excited about lapband stuff! Haha.

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List of lapband don'ts

#1 - Never chew gum! If it gets swallowed accidentally' date=' it will get stuck & have to be surgically removed.

#2 - Don't weigh yourself daily! Weight fluctuates up and down, during the day! It will be a more accurate representation of your true weight, if you weigh once a week!

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Don't drink liquid calories!

Don't drink soda with carbonation - oh the pain!

Don't forget to get your Protein in.

Don't forget your Water.

Don't forget to excercise.

Don't eat more that one cup at a meal.

Don't be to hard on yourself!!

here is a do for your list.

Believe in yourself.

Perhaps you can change some of the "don'ts" into what you can do. There are some that are flat "no-no's" with the band but I think if you can make a list of what the "do's" are that will be more motivating. It may feel self-defeating to have a list of what you can't do and more self-serving to focus on what you can do.

(Kind of the glass half full approach).

Do chew your food thoroughly

Do get 3 ounces of Protein in each meal

Do enjoy the journey

Do keep the faith ~ you can do this!

Best of luck to you!

Sorry, I'm going to veer off topic for just a second - we're not supposed to chew gum? I've never heard this.

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It's so weird the varying items you learn about lapband! This was told to our group in the nutrition class by the dietician. But others have said they didn't know that! She said it is recommended that you NEVER eat whole kernel corn, popcorn, coconut, and chewing gum! My surgeon has had to remove stuck chewing gum surgical and that didn't sound fun! However, I almost shed a tear when she said no popcorn. I will mourn the loss of my beloved popcorn! Haha. Apparently, when the kernel pops, it spreads out into a big explosion of an indigestible mess. I'm saddened by this, lol.

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Perhaps you can change some of the "don'ts" into what you can do. There are some that are flat "no-no's" with the band but I think if you can make a list of what the "do's" are that will be more motivating. It may feel self-defeating to have a list of what you can't do and more self-serving to focus on what you can do.

(Kind of the glass half full approach).

Do chew your food thoroughly

Do get 3 ounces of Protein in each meal

Do enjoy the journey

Do keep the faith ~ you can do this!

Best of luck to you!

I will keep these for my Do's list. Thanks so much for the advice. I am always looking for suggestions!

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Everybody's list will certainly vary... my top five are

1)no carbonation... that means no more beloved Diet Coke

2) follow drs orders to a tee

3) weigh myself daily... Not doing so got me to 377 lbs

4)record every thing I eat in some kind of log to track calories. I used calorie counter on my droid phone

5) drink water water water 64 ounces every single day do not go to bed without doing so

My surgeon said chewing gum, is fine! They are all different

I don't think I've ever heard of no popcorn or gum from my dr. I chew gum daily, and I LUV popcorn. Don't eat it very often cuz it's a slider for me. I can eat a huge tub of it without feeling a tad bit full. Ugh. I don't think I've ever accidently swallowed a piece of gum either - even as a kid. Unless you chew like 10 pc's of gum at a time, I don't think the wad would be big enuf to not slide thru. But follow your dr's orders!

Might I add:

BE PATIENT! Thats my biggest word of wisdom. You didn't gain your weight overnite and it's gunna take a long time to get it all off. I went into my band journey thinking that it would just start falling off right away. Didn't happen. Didn't start losing anything till 5 mths post op when I actually got restriction. I guess I could've white knuckled it and weighed and measured my intake during that time and lost, but the reason why I got the band in the first place was so that I wouldn't have to diet again. And I don't.

Good luck!

Marci

I was told no gum IF I was a swallower (yuck) and no mention was made of popcorn.

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OMG! Really!? Not that I should be celebrating about realizing that my favorite treat is a slider food & I could potentially eat an entire tub! But if I only allow myself to get a small bag at the movies, instead of a tub. I will hopefully learn to control myself.

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At the support group I've attended at my hospital (which is moderated by my dietician) they have had no issue with popcorn. In fact, they joke about how it comes up everytime. Many of the attendees are big fans of "skinny pop" popcorn that you can buy already popped. I tried it and it is very tasty and only 39 calories per cup.

My issue with pop corn is that about an hour after I eat it some of the skins come back up...It's weird. I don't throw up or anything...it's just sorta letting me know I am not digesting it well. So I don't eat it often and deal with it when I do.