This is for all of us scheduled for August 27 (Monday!!):clap2:

Everyone chime in and we can use this thread to keep up with each other's progress.

Everyone keeps asking if I'm nervous. :nervousI'm too excited to be nervous. :DI'll let everyone else be nervous for me. I don't have time for it!

Good luck to everyone. We're going to be just fine. We'll get through this together.:dance::gluck:

Thanks for all your responses. It's good to know I'm not alone. OK, so I need to start journaling my food. I wasn't given an amount of calories to shoot for, so I appreciate your input. The good news is that I stepped on the scale this morning and I lost another 6 lbs. in the last 10 days! Guess I can't be doing that bad!

Clara, the first solid food I tried was scrambled eggs. I chewed the heck out of it and it still got stuck. Be careful. That was on the 5th. I did try them again yesterday and they were fine, but I made a few changes... I added a bit of milk which I normally don't do. I also left out the cheese. Which I realized I wasn't supposed to have. (No melted cheese yet.) Hope this helps.

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I haven't tried a scrambled egg yet - I'm scared - lol!

On liquids I was suppose to get about 650 calories per day and now on mushies it's about 800 and 70 grams of Protein. So far, so good. I keep track on fitday.com

Claramae - I did the same thing. I was supposed to start mushies last Mon and I experimented with a few things the day before.

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How are everyone's incisions healing? I'm pretty surprised mine look so good. Definitely going to leave some scars but not too bad. I just got some Vitamin e oil for once I'm all healed.

Thanks for all your responses. It's good to know I'm not alone. OK, so I need to start journaling my food. I wasn't given an amount of calories to shoot for, so I appreciate your input. The good news is that I stepped on the scale this morning and I lost another 6 lbs. in the last 10 days! Guess I can't be doing that bad!

Clara, the first solid food I tried was scrambled eggs. I chewed the heck out of it and it still got stuck. Be careful. That was on the 5th. I did try them again yesterday and they were fine, but I made a few changes... I added a bit of milk which I normally don't do. I also left out the cheese. Which I realized I wasn't supposed to have. (No melted cheese yet.) Hope this helps.

Another six pounds - that is awesome. My weight loss has kind of levelled off since I started mushies. Did this happen to anyone else. I only lost 3 pounds this week.

How long does everyone have to stick to the mushy/pureed stage?

shelli:ranger:

Candle--Well, I did it and 1 day early. I had scrambled eggs for breakfast. Was so good and no trouble going down. For lunch we had chicken enchilida casserole. I put some in blender and it was great. I finally have a satisfied feeling. It is wonderful. Anyway, my daughter, my son in law and my two twin granddaughters just left for houston. My house is too quite now. Talk later.

Hi Shelli,

One more week to go on mushies. I had a meatball and some pasta 2 nights ago. I just made sure that I chewed it real well until it liquified before I swallowed. Hope this doesnt mess my band up. Anyone else cheat??:embarassed::nervous:girl_hug:

Hi Candle,

I just bought some Mederma. I have seen it suggested on this site a few times. There is a support group in East Northport on Oct 4 at 7PM I like the fact that there are only fellow Bandsters there. We get our answers from those who have first hand knowledge. Let me know if you are interested.

Hi Shelli,

One more week to go on mushies. I had a meatball and some Pasta 2 nights ago. I just made sure that I chewed it real well until it liquified before I swallowed. Hope this doesnt mess my band up. Anyone else cheat??:embarassed::nervous:girl_hug:

Hi Light ER NYC,

Yes I had a little homemade Tuna Noodle Casserole today and didn't puree it. :eek:It was really soft so I just chewed real well but I had nausea this evening so I think I am paying the price for it. Back to pure mushies for 2 more weeks.

What is your next phase of the diet? Do you go to Soft Foods or Right to Solids.

Take care,

shelli:girl_hug:

Another six pounds - that is awesome. My weight loss has kind of levelled off since I started mushies. Did this happen to anyone else. I only lost 3 pounds this week.

How long does everyone have to stick to the mushy/pureed stage?

shelli:ranger:

Shelli,

I am on mushies until Monday. I was on for 2 weeks. My weight loss has really levelled off too.

Jody

Another six pounds - that is awesome. My weight loss has kind of levelled off since I started mushies. Did this happen to anyone else. I only lost 3 pounds this week.

How long does everyone have to stick to the mushy/pureed stage?

shelli:ranger:

I go on to Phase 3 tomorrow. Then I get to add lunchmeats, hamburger, cooked veggies, fresh fruit, tuna.

On Phase 2, I was able to have eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, canned fruit, etc. That began on Sept. 4th.

Great to hear from all of you! Have a good day today and I will be thinking of you all!

shelli:girl_hug:

Hi Candle,

I just bought some Mederma. I have seen it suggested on this site a few times. There is a support group in East Northport on Oct 4 at 7PM I like the fact that there are only fellow Bandsters there. We get our answers from those who have first hand knowledge. Let me know if you are interested.

Is that a product for scars? I've never heard of it.

Thanks for the offer - I'm going to the support group meeting held at my doctor's office tommorrow. I'm a little nervous for some reason ...

I'm planning to check out one of the other support groups soon though. My doctor is in Syossett, which is quite a distance from me. (I'm out east)

I had my 1st fill of 1/2cc today. My surgeon wants to take it slow with me because of all of my complications. So far, so good.

How is everyone else doing?

Hello all of my fellow 27th-ers! My weight loss has leveled off as well. I have very little restriction and some hunger. Tonight I was able to eat 3 chicken legs. Probably about 2/3 of a cup of meat. Also a cup of snap peas. That's a lot. I am trying to keep the calories to a minimum as much as possible. I am sure I am well under 900 calories, probably around 6 or 700. I am getting a fill this month sometime and I can't wait! How is everybody doing?! Miss yall!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got my first fill at 4 weeks. It was 1cc in a 4cc band. I soon realized it was too tight. I couldn't even have apple sauce without it getting stuck. My doc is in the process of moving to Chicago, so I had to wait almost a week to get an unfill. Misearble week! On Monday, she took out .25cc. It's better. I still can't eat eggs. I don't feel I'm ready for all foods. Either I'm still too tight, or I'm just not chewing enough. I'm not going for another unfill though. I'll just be careful and hope it loosens up as I lose weight.

The good news is that I'm down 40 pounds including what I lost on 4 weeks pre-op. Also, I have been able to stop taking my Blood Pressure medicine! I was on two different BP meds at times! Yeah Me!!!