Hi

I was banded on the 12th of july....in Richmond, va

doing ok

scared to eat....but doing it

terrified of PBing

down 19 pounds since the preop diet on the 1st!

I had Healthy Choice cream of chicken soup last night and both kids were bugging me for some...I felt like i was eating a filet mignon.

any other time they wouldn't have touched it!

Congrats on being banded.

We have a great group of support at the Lucky # Sevens thread. We've all been banded in July 07 or will be banded by the end of the month.

Stop in and see us if you want!!!

We're a great group!!

Bluhen95, I was banded 7/11 - how are you feeling?

I'm a bit moody, okay cranky, today, a couple days ago I was on cloud nine.

I'm sure it's food related; I've not been able to get all my Protein in each day, how about you?

I'm not hungry though either, mostly just "wanting" food --

Good luck to you -- I'm very pleased that I can already see results and my clothes are starting to bag....

Keep in touch!

I have been hungry about 2pm in the afternoon.

There is no way right now to get all of my protein in. I struggle to get 1/2 of it....

Any idea how to improve that? I am supposed to be on total solids by the 4th week postop. The doc said NO LIQUID meals after week 4 unless after a fill.....

I feel ok. It is funny eating with my family and still eating 10 minutes after they have finished!

Hey Bluehen, how's it going today? I'm eating cream Soups too - the Campbell's Select are quite good, have avoided any tomato ones so far - maybe too acidic? What do you think? I notice in my program that I'm supposed to have clear broth (not cream soup) but I'm thinking how does my tummy know whether or not I'm having clear broth chased with a Protein shake made with milk? I think this is the lesser of all evils, don't you? If I'm pushing it with the cream soup, then so be it.

Do you have kids? I have an 8 yr old and an almost 2 year old. So I'm surrounded by food - if it's not on the table, it's smeared into something. So far I've resisted the urges to finish their plates, etc....realizing how way too often I did that!

I'm down another couple pounds; and to get personal, if I could go to the bathroom more, I might lose even more.... Not sure I want to take Fiber right now though....

Hope today's going well for you -- weekends are a whole different game; more free time so got to keep busy and sip sip sip.

ttfn!

oh, and the only way I've been successful with the protein is to go ahead and use fat free milk in my protein shakes that gives me 28g each time; then I drink ISOpure protein water as much as possible, though usually only finish one (and sometimes only half) in a day (40g/20oz) The mangopeach is pretty good, sometimes I cut it with water.