Good morning all you Marchies and others who wish to join us. I got on this morning to see how everyone was doing but found us Marchies on page 2 of the threads. We can't have that. We're Marching to success every day and really need each other for support.

I'm going camping this weekend (sort of promised the ring barrer for my son's wedding if he would go down the aisle last weekend we would go camping this weekend). I haven't got things all ready yet. I kept a baby yesterday that I wasn't planning for so got nothing done. The older kids would have thought it were a big deal to help by carrying something like paper towels to the camper. I did have a problem finding clothes to wear camping, you know better than what I wear here at home but not too good. My last years clothes just sort of hang all over me. Swimsuit I bought last year and stuffed my body in sure looks good this year. It will have to do for all camping trips this year because I don't wear them often enough and they're too expensive for just a couple of weeks of wear. It's about time for kids so will sign off. I may not have time to get back on until Sunday night. Everyone have a really great weekend. I am.

I drink alchohol. I don't drink much. I never have. Tequila is my alchohol of choice actually. Margarittas are yum (and I have a good sugar free mix) of a lot of times I will just have some nice tequilla (so far my fav is corazon agave) with some flattened tonic water and a bit of lime juice.

I drink alchohol. I don't drink much. I never have. Tequila is my alchohol of choice actually. Margarittas are yum (and I have a good sugar free mix) of a lot of times I will just have some nice tequilla (so far my fav is corazon agave) with some flattened tonic water and a bit of lime juice.

Of course that is diet tonic water...

I really like the flavor of it for some reason. Must be the quinine. Not enough in tonic water to prevent malaria though a friend of mine doing her PhD in that says. Bummer.

I drink. Not a ton, never have. I just avoid the bubbly stuff.

I drank heavily for me this past weekend, I was in Chicago. (I waved TammyJ, did you see me?) I had two drinks each day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

I think the scale will yell at me in the morning, but it all went down easily and I was a quick drunk.

Hi everyone,

I posted a hello post a couple of weeks ago and then went into lurk mode. I had a major sinus infection that ko'd me for 2 weeks.

Anyway I am back now and went for my 2nd fill today. She put 2 cc's in my band (which makes a total of 5.5 cc's). OMG talk about restriction???? I ate 3 forkfuls of the meat off my salad at dinner and almost hacked it all back up. It wasnt pb - I just ate too much. Hopefully we can get this weight loss train moving in the right direction again. I swear I walk, I exercise, I have tried to push myself away from the table but it just was not coming off. I did go get some Isopur and some Amplify from GNC and was excited about it, but my MD said NO protein drinks! She said protein bars are ok but she only wants solids - no liquids. I am confused about this. What is everyone else doing? I want to do whats right...

Gina

I saw you waving Juli... The weather could have been a little nicer this past weekend, but I hope you enjoyed yourself. The Taste of Chicago starts this weekend. This year will be the first year that I don't get pissed off at the little samples of food that they give. It will be just enough thanks to my BAND! :biggrin1:

I will admit that I am a heavy drinker...always have been. My tolerance level is through the roof and that hasn't changed a whole lot since I've been banded. I am still able to drink quite a bit before feeling the effects. For example I had 7 shots of Patrone (looked like double shots if you asked me) one night while on vacation...anybody else would have been on the floor. I don't drink like that all the time, but the fact that I can handle it makes me wonder..

Kyethra, where do you find sugar free Margarita mix?

Hi everyone,

I posted a hello post a couple of weeks ago and then went into lurk mode. I had a major sinus infection that ko'd me for 2 weeks.

Anyway I am back now and went for my 2nd fill today. She put 2 cc's in my band (which makes a total of 5.5 cc's). OMG talk about restriction???? I ate 3 forkfuls of the meat off my salad at dinner and almost hacked it all back up. It wasnt pb - I just ate too much. Hopefully we can get this weight loss train moving in the right direction again. I swear I walk, I exercise, I have tried to push myself away from the table but it just was not coming off. I did go get some Isopur and some Amplify from GNC and was excited about it, but my MD said NO Protein drinks! She said Protein Bars are ok but she only wants solids - no liquids. I am confused about this. What is everyone else doing? I want to do whats right...

Gina

I know everyone's surgeon is different, but does he/she suggest liquids right after your fill? There may a little swelling around your stomach after a fill which is the reason many surgeon say full liquids for the first day or two after a fill.

I don't do liquid Protein at all...except right after a fill. I'm still having nightmares from the entire month of liquids I had to do pre and post surgery. Solid protein is definitely better. It keeps me feeling fuller than drinking protein. Let your band do some work...eat solids! :hungry:

Your weight is sure to start moving again now that you have good restriction! :gluck:

Actually she told me after both fills to have solids only. I even had her repeat it to be sure. I decided on a salad just b/c I was starving and needed something to eat. She also isnt huge on fills. She actually wanted me to try to go it with one fill forever. I had to tell her either I get filled or I eat New York. I didnt gain all this weight b/c I had wonderful willpower.

I hear ya on the nightmares pre surgery. She sent me to Wisconsin Dells on that liquid diet. OMG I was a nightmare! I did it, but it wasnt pretty and is one vacation my family will never forget.

Thanks for the advice. I do try to eat mostly solids. This is actually the first time I had that really good restriction feeling. I cant say I liked it, but I now know to back off alot sooner. I have had one session of pb that taught me never to eat skirt steak again. It is just a never ending learning experience.

Gina

I love my alcohol. I had a "good bye to tequila" thing a couple of weeks before my surgery as I thought I should never have it again, and tequila shots were my thing. But then my surgeon told me I could still have tequila shots, I should just add a bit of Water and not do them straight (I didn't even ask - he just volunteered this info). Well, hell ... I didn't have to say goodbye to it afterall. I haven't had any tequila since surgery though. Well, I've had a margarita or two, but no shots.

I have had saki shots (I skipped the beer and had straight saki) which worked out fine for me. I didn't seem to get drunk any faster than usual that night - and I had many shots of saki.

Anymore though, I tend to pour a drink (sometimes white wine, but more often gin with light grapefruit juice {called a salty dog, apparently}), but it's almost too much work to drink it. I just can't fit all the liquid in, and it's usually a choice of dinner or drinking, I hate trying to drink after I've had dinner.

I was never much of a beer drinker, but I do find myself craving it sometimes. Just want what I can't have I guess.

So, short answer after the long ramblings above: I can drink it fine, don't really seem to get drunk faster, but it's more work than it used to be to get all the liquid in.

Also, I've always tended to eat more (a lot more) after drinking, so I have a bit of a fear that one day I'll get stupid and eat something I should (not that I really keep anything in the house that I shouldn't, but I could gorge even on healthy food).

Survived the girls weekend and the booze. Didn't find I got any drunker (?) than usaul or any faster. Ended up having a lot of wine , just found that was something I could sip on all day while at the beach without to much trouble. Also dad some Mudslides (for the milk of coarse). All and all it was a great weekend. Had a spa treatment and did a bit of shopping and had a lot of different food and didn't have any trouble with anything. Except that I wanted to keep eating a lot longer than the band wanted to. That is very frustrating some times, But am so glad that it's there. I just kept thinking that nothing will taste as good as being thin will feel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right????

I get my nxt fill on Wed. and am looking forward to having more restriction to get this weight lost going a little quicker. I can still eat my favorite food Bread with out to much trouble, and that is Not a good thing.

Morning im so sleepy:faint::faint::faint:

SO my doctor's appointment went by so quick, he was happy to see me!

I got on the scale and knew it was going to say I gained but I acutally had lost 8 pounds since my last visit with gyn which was May 15 I think?? I was 245!!!

He didn't give me a fill he said I didnt need it and I agree although I was trying to talk him into it he said NOPE!!!!! Which was cool I dont need it I'm not eating much anyways!

SO he told me to start eating Breakfast and to eat least 3 times a day!!!

But the last time I weighed with my surgeon I was 252 when I got my 2nd fill! He was so amazed that I was down to 240

I wasnt!!! :rolleyes I for sure wanted the scale to say 230 somthing!!

But I'm pushing myself to be at 230 the next time I go back in August...

Goal:Lose 10 pounds by AUGUST 6TH:) Maybe me cutting the drinks will help with my goal:confused:

Hey everyone

I get to see my doc tomorrow to see how everything is going. I'm not sure whether she's going to want to fill me or not, and I'm not sure whether I need one or not. Some days I'm very tight and other days I feel like I've been eating non stop. I can still eat up to 1500 calories a day, on most days. And I haven't had a problem with eating breakfast, which I used to for about 2 weeks after my most recent fill. But I've also been steadily losing.

As for the booze, I still drink and I find it does make me tipsier quicker, but only by a drink. Instead of 3 glasses of wine to get tipsy, I drink 2.

Hey Marchie Sistas,

Very unlike me...but I am very depressed. Maybe it is the let down of coming back from Napa back to rainy freakin' Dallas..or maybe it is the fact that

I am at the Plateau from HELL!!!!!

I have been stuck at 271 for about 3 weeks!!!! AARGH!!!

I called the doctor's office today to schedule an appointment to talk to him and see if he thinks I need another fill. I am 2.2 in a 4 cc.

After my last fill (those that remember my rabies!) my "food tube" was so irritated that it hurt to swallow anything remotely solid for about 3 weeks . I am able to eat around 2 cups of food at a time--some days--the band 'o hell sometimes is fickle--and some days maybe a cup.

Anywho--any advice would be appreciated.

Your Friend 'N Need,

Denise :faint:

One more thing...can't get in to the doctor until freakin' JULY 11th!!!!!

Hey Denise, I had about a 5 week plateau, and now suddenly the weight is melting away again. It's just your body trying to catch up to all the changes. Of course you know that, but it really sucks when it's happening. You probably built some killer muscles with all that exercise you did in Napa, and soon they will be obliterating the fat cells, and the scale will move again!

I ended up getting a conservative fill (.5) when I was able to eat 2 cups most of the time. I was a little affraid, because there were also times when I could only do liquids. I have a stash of Protein drinks for those days. I had one of those rabid dog episodes after my 2nd fill. I swallowed a bite of dry salmon (probably didn't chew enough too), and foamed for 20 min. It hurt! I will only eat moist food from now on and chew like crazy!

Thanks Sophie!!