JULY 2013 BAND BUDDIES

[Karen WS 78]

Body weight multiplied by .37 will give you your Protein requirements.

[GeorgeSeifert 49]

Body weight multiplied by .37 will give you your Protein requirements.

Good lord, that means I should be dong 105 g of protein at my current weight.

[sbethclark 7]

Hi banded 7/16/13!!!!

[Karen WS 78]

Good lord' date=' that means I should be dong 105 g of Protein at my current weight.[/quote']

Probably! You were probably eating more than that before you were banded and didn't realize it. The average 7 oz burger has 48 grams , add a couple if eggs, some cheese, maybe some Beans In a 24 hours period and you are there. Just seems like a lot to us now since we are drinking our protein and are on restricted diets for now. It will get easier when we are on solid foods.

[07ilebop18 0]

07/18 banded feeling good except had nightmares from the pain meds-feeling a lot of confusion! making me a little crazy; is anyone else feeling that way? Discontinued meds but woke up again feeling confusion! Thanks all!

[kbush 176]

Hi banded 7/16/13!!!!

Welcome to our world!!!

[sbethclark 7]

Welcome to our world!!!

Thanks!!!! Its definitely an adjustment. Having a hard time taking in enough liquids:/ but ill get there soon I hope:)

[Determinedtd 19]

Banded July 15, tomorrow will be one week and I will be returning to work tomorrow. I am battling the gas pain like many others and pain in my left shoulder besides that I am fine out walking daily. I have lost 22 pounds since starting my post opt deity with 8 of them being in the last week.

[MaggieMay702 49]

Hey MaggieMay: Facebook will not allow me to send you another invite because I already sent you one a week or so ago' date=' when I first created the page. Did you not get it in your email? If you cannot find the invitation I can make you a personal friend, on facebook, and then add you to the group that way. But, we have to be facebook friends first. I don't know what is wrong with the messaging system on this site. Lots of people have told me that they have sent me messages and I haven't gotten them. But, anyway.. you can try to private message me how to find you on facebook.

OR.. you can friend me. If you copy and paste my name into the search, I will be easy to find. My name is Alice Waller-Dzurovcak. I promise you that I am the only one and won't be hard to find. LOL.

So, yeah.. just find me.. send me a friend request along with a message telling me you want to be added to the lap band group. If you want, you can unfriend me as soon as I get you into the group. My feelings won't be hurt.[/quote']

I haven't received the email and will gladly friend you! Thanks for all of your hard work and thanks for helping me to problem solve greatly appreciate it!

[MaggieMay702 49]

Few more days and diet can include cottage cheese......countdown begins

I added a dash of French dressing to mine today and it was delicious

[MaggieMay702 49]

I thankfully have been so lucky with food. I have has tuna and was fine but trust me i really count when I chew and mush food to roof of my mouth or push it to the back of my teeth. Those r the things I do to make sure there are no lumpy chunks. I so far have been able to eat what I wanted but truly focus on how I eat. I suggest getting a good sugar free Italian ice too. I miss crunchiness and Rita's u can buy a container. I don't feel bad eating it' date=' it does fill me when I am hungry or craving and it gives me the crunch I miss. Also Rita's is delicious[/quote']

Very good suggestion! I've been missing the "crunch" too!

[aviva1979 375]

MFP says I need to have 46 grams of Protein. 2 bottles of my Protein Drink is 50 grams. Is anyone else going over their recommended daily protein?

My nut set my goal at 78g/day. It is probably lower as I lose weight. MFP has me closer to half that but I ignore it. Some days I'm just shy - others I go over. Protein is impt for: a) healing 2) feeling full and c) most impt to me: it forces our bodies to burn stored fat vs muscle. W/o it the body will burn muscle before fat - I guess it is just more easily combustible.

[aviva1979 375]

Do I need to worry about taking in enough Protein right at first? I don't know if I could get down any of those Protein Shakes that weren't really cold' date=' and I heard somewhere that your not supposed to drink super cold stuff :/[/quote']

I didn't worry about it on day 1 or 2 post op but started getting it in by day 3. It will aid healing and help keep you full. I have been having my shakes cold without any problem.

[BringingSexyBackToTX 51]

I didn't worry about it on day 1 or 2 post op but started getting it in by day 3. It will aid healing and help keep you full. I have been having my shakes cold without any problem.

Me too. I've been having Protein Shakes (made with Unsweetened Plain Almond Milk) and I haven't had a problem getting them down. Actually - I haven't had problems getting anything down yet - which is making me nervous. I HATE throwing up and I dread having to figure all that out about what foods I can/can't eat via the old throw-up test. Not looking forward to that at all.

Post-Op/Day 4: Still feeling sore in my belly (like I did a million sit-ups) and tender around my incisions (especially around the larger port site). I'm not hungry but my eyes are starting to get hungry - which worries me. My Dr's plan is Week 1 "thin liquids", Week 2 "thicker liquids" (cream Soups, etc) and Week 3 "Mushies". I can't WAIT until mushies! I had a cream Soup lsat night (which I wasn't supposed to) and I just hope that I didn't blow anything. I also had to start taking applesauce with my crushed up meds (trying to swallow the powder solo was awful) and I had no problem getting the powdered meds down. I'm just today starting to have weird gas (but not uber painful) in my belly and finally had a BM last night (sorry if TMI, but I was starting to worry!). Now I want the lumpy/swollen belly to go away and my incisions to not be sore anymore.... ready to get back to feeling "normal" and starting this journey! How is everyone else doing so short out of their procedure?

[Ricksgal_96 24]

I hate throwing up too and am doing everything I can to avoid it lol. Bloated stomach! No good! Can't wait to be done with that for sure. So I will focus more on the Protein :-)