Hi November bandsters!

Let's keep this going to support our efforts though out the wonderful we are soon to begin. Let's start with the date we are being banded and where?

Our weight and goal weight...

My date will be November 7

Dr. Aceves

I weighed myself this morning and I have gained!!! :faint:

Starting weight 225 (highest ever!!! )

Goal 150

10/26 Jdru (Jessica) 215/215/125 Dr. Hansen (Honorary Nov Bandster)

11/1 melany72 Dr. Hargroder

11/2 DeniseC (Denise) 226/219/130 Dr. Carbonell

11/2 prbrooksie 252/252/150 Dr. Malley

11/2 Kym828 (Kim) 278/278/175 Dr. Ortiz

11/2 pebbles4388 249/249/150

11/3 Jess333 (Jessica ("Lil" Red)) Dr. Ortiz

11/7 AngelaT (Angela) 225/225/150 Dr. Aceves

11/7 Jackye 225/225/150-45 Dr. Rumbaut

11/8 L8BloomR (Karen) goal: -105 Dr. Francis

11/8 dpingl goal: -92 Dr. Hoehn

11/8 niecyrenee goal: -232, down 8 Dr. Pitt

11/9 Keekahari (Kee) 280/245/175 Dr. Moazzez

11/10 FullofGRACE Dr. Curry

11/10 alix_1 (Alix) 222/222/140 Dr. Garza

11/13 swilborn (Sherrie) Size 22/???/140 Dr. Rodriquez

11/14 ahaizlip (Amy) goal: -129 Dr. Liu

11/17 Asmallerchick (Kelly) goal: -200 Dr. Aceves

11/20 Diana_G 234/234/145 Dr. Huacuz

11/20 Veggestyle 275/?/150 Dr. M

11/20 Laurba

11/21 Jess02 (Jess) Dr. Rumbaut

11/24 aussie_bandit 153kg/153kg/75kg

11/30 Inner_me (Chris) 350/350/200 Dr. Cahill

Well, I am like a lot or you- getting bored with eating liquids. I think my stoma(is that what it's really called) is getting bigger due to the weight loss and I guess from the swelling going down. I know we aren't really supposed to be losing weight fast, but the first week it just flew off, and over the last 5 days I have only lost 1 lb! I know, I know. Just wait, it'll happen. Its so hard to do! I am so excited, and I want to get on with my skinny life!! O, and I forgot to crush my allegra on Friday night, so can you guess what happened Saturday morning after only having a few sips of water? Yep. threw up. Only one time, so that's good. I thought I was going to die, the pain is so bad when you get blocked. I won''t be doing that again.........

Tom, I don't have very good ideas about the liquids, I am so bored with it also. I have frozen crystal light and enjoyed that. My birthday was the 7th, so I had a small small bit of ice cream, hey it liquefies! Imagine that. I also have as much water as I can stand, because I feel like I am getting dehydrated. And maybe a kidney infection, too. If you are still doing the protein drinks, I used some of the dry protein powder flavored strawberry, added about 4 real strawberries, some strawberry or vanilla yogurt, and some ice and splenda, it tastes pretty good. I did that pre op, tho, so I dont know how those seeds would go down post op. Most of them floated to the bottom, so you wouldn't get many if you don't drink the suds at the bottom.

Everybody, glad to hear you are all doing better. I think we need to start posting some of our "favorite" mixed drinks to share. I know there is a thread about that going on somewhere, but if you folks are like me, you don't have time to read many threads.

Kristi

Don't forget you can have Jello and yummy blended soups! :clap2:

O, and I forgot to crush my allegra on Friday night, so can you guess what happened Saturday morning after only having a few sips of water? Yep. threw up. Only one time, so that's good. I thought I was going to die, the pain is so bad when you get blocked. I won''t be doing that again.........

Kristi

Kristi, I was surprised to hear about the pill not going down....since I have been taking all my meds without crushing or breaking and they go down fine. One pill in particular is very large. The surgeon told me that I should do that because there is really no restriction without a fill and it wouldn't be a problem. Did you get a fill so soon after surgery?

Karen

Hi everyone, Boy I am really blowing it. How can I do this long term if I can't even go two weeks on the pre op diet. I could not take any more and had 2 slices of pizza tonight after 10 days of following the instructions. I weighed today and gained 4 pounds. No possible way. I think I have eaten less than 500 calories per day. I think it just freaked me out. I have surgery on Friday I hope I did not ruin my chance of having the surgery. After I ate it I had visions of them cutting me open and that stupid pizza sitting on my liver- got to laugh or I will cry. I only have 3 more days and I pray I can make it. I

Hey guys, I wanted to share some of my less boring pureed food ideas

My favorite is pureed broccoli with low-fat melted cheese and some salt.

I also love 1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese with an ounce of avocado mashed in.

To get fancy, I made a turkey chili one night. I sauteed onion and green pepper in a tiny bit of olive oil, browned the turkey, added a can of chopped tomatos and a can of tomato sauce and a can of red kidney beans. I seasoned with salt, pepper, and a bit of cumin. Then cook for 45 minutes on low heat. It was delicious! It pureed very well and kept it's unique and certainly non-bland flavor.

Also, I just got a fantastic cookbook: Eating well after weight loss surgery.

It has amazing recipes from someone who is banded and I am in love!

Lady Janey---Do you have a link to that cook book, such as through amazon.com. Where did you find it...that sounds wonderful!!!

Karen--My sister is less than 6 months in remission. She was diagonosed just over a year ago, and then through the radiation treatment was cancer free as of july 06!!

Too bad she doesnt seem to understand this surgery and is not too supportive of it... : (

Hi November Bandsters,

I am back from Tijuana. I have to say that Dr. Kuri and his staff were wonderful. The surgery was uneventful and so far really very little discomfort. Still on clear liquid. I feel like I want to burp all the time but dont -- like a bubble in my esophagus. So husband has gone to town to get heating pad as suggested in my instructions to relax stoma.

Everybody was right that I've been reading here -- popsicles are the best!!!

Terrimck1--

Dont sweat the pizza.. you are doing so well with the diet, just a few more days to go. That pizza will be out the system by then. I was having 'last meals' everyday up to two days before surgery. I kept thinking "I wont be able to eat anything every again" well I ended up managing to do liquids for the last two days and the doc still let me do my surgery. I was banded on 11/9, so far all is well. I get a lil hungry, but I am hanging on to the notion that I did this to my body for a reason:rolleyes:

U will do great!

Hi November Bandsters,

I am back from Tijuana. I have to say that Dr. Kuri and his staff were wonderful. The surgery was uneventful and so far really very little discomfort. Still on clear liquid. I feel like I want to burp all the time but dont -- like a bubble in my esophagus. So husband has gone to town to get heating pad as suggested in my instructions to relax stoma.

Everybody was right that I've been reading here -- popsicles are the best!!!

Glad to hear all went well!! OMG, tropical popsicles are awesome!!

Hey guys, I wanted to share some of my less boring pureed food ideas

My favorite is pureed broccoli with low-fat melted cheese and some salt.

I also love 1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese with an ounce of avocado mashed in.

To get fancy, I made a turkey chili one night. I sauteed onion and green pepper in a tiny bit of olive oil, browned the turkey, added a can of chopped tomatos and a can of tomato sauce and a can of red kidney beans. I seasoned with salt, pepper, and a bit of cumin. Then cook for 45 minutes on low heat. It was delicious! It pureed very well and kept it's unique and certainly non-bland flavor.

Also, I just got a fantastic cookbook: Eating well after weight loss surgery.

It has amazing recipes from someone who is banded and I am in love!

WOW!

You can have pureed food so soon after surgery? :faint: Lucky you!!!!

Enjoy!

I highly recommend the Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery as well. It's written by a Lap-Bander and has awesome and easy recipes.

:hungry:

I did a Google on the book and found that Amazon.com has it for $11.53 and it is eligible for free shipping if the order is over $25.00. The link to amazon is:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Well-After-Weight-Surgery/dp/1569244537]Amazon.com: Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery: Patt Levine, Michele Bontmpo-Saray, William B. Inabnet, Meredith Urban-Skuros: Books[/ame]

HTH,

Tom

Hi everyone-

I was reborn on November 8th. So far so good. Had the usual gas pains and shoulder pains and a bit of vomiting but now I'm doing quite well. Just starting to want food unfortunately. I wish I had found out about this website before my surgery. It would have been such a big help-you guys don't realize how you help.

I had my surgery done at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT. My surgeon was Dr. Tishler.

Thanks for being here-

donamarie

THANK YOU JDRU AND OBERHASLI!! I just ordered the book---Amazon should give you a commission!!

donamarie---- WELCOME! :welcome2: You and I were banded on the same date! Keep coming back to this site and sharing your progress so we can all help each other, OK?

Day six is almost over---I get to start on mushies tomorrow.... yummmm.....

Karen

I'm the type of person that can't wait a week for something, so I checked at Borders and bought it tonight. It was 16.95. I've already looked it over and love it! I can't wait to try the recipes.

L8BloomR,

No I have not had a fill, so I thought it would be fine. Maybe it was just the cold water I drank in the morning? I only had a few sips, but maybe that was it.

terrimck, you will be fine. I had one last meal the last night too, I thought OMG, I am not going to get surgery, my liver will be too fat. But everything went well. I mean, really, we are all overweight, or we wouldn't be getting the band. Hows the doc to really know how much fat your liver had before that meal? Maybe they do, I don't know.

Lady Janey, I am going to look for that book tomorrow. Are the recipes for the long haul, or mostly for recent post op, pureeds and mushies?

Kristi