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sngbrd1003    0

sngbrd1003
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Hi All:

I am brand new at this, but I am in need of support!!! I've been told this is the place to be. I had my lap band procedure done on March 9, 2007. To date I have lost exactly 10lbs. Monday I begin stage 4, ground foods. I was wondering if anyone has any appetizing recipes to help me get through until I am able to eat solid food again. Also, in much of the literature I have read, there is very little Tomato based products suggested, (V8, Tomato Sauce, etc), is there a reason for this? Can it be hard to digest or something? Well, I wish you all the very best of health and luck in your weight loss journey and I am looking forward to beginning this journey with all of you.

Thanks, Lisa

PS: I am from MA and my Dr was Dr Haag at Baystate Medical Center. I am 41, a wife mother, Noni, and a singer. I'd love to meet some people that are going through the same time frame that I am so we may progress through the different stages together. :nervous

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Torias mom    14

Torias mom
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Just wanted to say congrats, hope all is going well with you. I am going to be getting my band at Baystate also, with Dr. Romanelli. How was your experience with them. The program seems wonderful, but to have someone here firsthand who is going to Baystate is great. I am not yet scheduled, I have my 2nd appt with the nutritionist on 4/6 and will meet Dr Romanelli then. Ok, I'll leave you alone now, lol, it's just exciting because you are the first one I have seen that got their band at Baystate. Take care,

Lisa

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sngbrd1003    0

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Hi Lisa:

My name is Lisa also and I can't say enough about Baystate! They are wonderful people and very knowledgible in their field. I was more than pleased with the care I got and I'm sure you will be too.

Good luck beginning your new and wonderful journey. Let me know how you do.

Lisa

PS Are you from the area?

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jaysd74    0

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Hello there...

I was just banded this past Wednesday, 3/21! I am so excited and things are going great. My partner bought me (us) this great cookbook titled "Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery". Being that I'm only 4 days out of surgery and have yet to get the stage of eating anything other than liquids...the recipes in this book sound AWESOME! What's really cool it that it tells you at what stage (week) post surgery you can eat that particular recipe and the portion size accoring to the week you are in. I can't wait to try some of the foods.

Congrats on beginning your journey...I'm excited that mine has begun too.

Take care,

Jason

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HarleyNana    10

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I've never heard it put quite that way, "ground foods", I assume that's another word for mushies. While you're in the mushy stage it's easy to add a little Protein to foods while you're grinding them up.

Good luck to you both.

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flabuless    18

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Welcome to LBT Sngbrd1003 You have come to the right place for support, fellowship, some good advice and just a good laugh now and again...Congrats on your weightloss todate...you are doing wonderfully...

Keep us posted on your progress...

:P becky

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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