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I wish it was working for me. I can't seem to get enough fiber. I put fiber one in my yogurt, eat all the Kashi (Kashi Crunch is my fav.) cereals, I put fiber in water and drink it, eat fruit, bla bla and I am still constipated! It's driving me insane!

Janet, I'm a girl that needs her fiber. I use the Fiber one bars ( 140 c), one every other day and I eat Kashi Go Lean cereal 3/4c for b'fast. Once in a while I have a piece of whole grain bread. That's working for me.

I have been eating oatmeal (weight control) for Breakfast - I have some kasha cereal 8 grm -- I am cooking dinner and just ck fiber content on spinach or french green Beans only 1 gr of fiber :blushing:

I am ok in the tmi subject as long as I get all my Water in - but the bad cholesterol was 121 where as before surgery I didn't have a problem (i think) - I guess I will have to add some sandwiches into my eating - I don't eat them much I have some WW multi grain bread 2 slices 100 calories but only 4 grms of fiber - heck how much fiber to we need to lower my cholesterol??

You're so good about cooking for yourself. I am so lazy. I hate to cook just for me.

They say the best thing for cholesterol is oats. So eating oat meal is a great thing! I was born lucky. I have low cholesterol. I take after my dad.

i get little fiber into my diet. I have not tried any fiber bars, are there any that actually taste somewhat good? I will admit I do not ned fiber to go daily, that is never an issue

I will have bloodwork done end of May before post op appt with endocrinologist...see what my cholesterol is then. I still take lipitor and bp meds, along with vitamins, but nothing else. it is great to go from 8 pills down to 4

You're so good about cooking for yourself. I am so lazy. I hate to cook just for me.

They say the best thing for cholesterol is oats. So eating oat meal is a great thing! I was born lucky. I have low cholesterol. I take after my dad.

I love to eat :tt2: that hasn't changed :thumbup: i just don't eat as much and a lot lower in fat and sugar now- I have always loved home cooked food more thatn going out - I got fat on eating home cooked foods - but way too much not fast foods

I haven't eaten fast foods much at all since banding, but I do fix really easy things at home. Plus I will buy one of those already cooked

chickens and will eat off that all week. lazy, that's me.

Hi Guys haven't been on in a while but I thought I wopuld put my 2 cents in about the fiber and constipation. I was very constipated after the operation painfully so, but I started eating oatmeal for breakfast with 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed meal on top. I have not had a problem since. Don't know if it will work for you denise but it isn't very expensive to try.

Janet, I think the recommended amount is 25 gms daily. There is a whole grain bread with double fiber in it.

I tried the benefiber a while ago and it helped but wasn't enough. The fiber one bar has a lot more in it. The one I get is oats and cinnamon and has 9gm of fiber. My kashi has 10gms of fiber, plus some Protein.

The bar tastes like it's all held together with marshmallow fluff. There are also protein type bars with high fiber in them.

I'm good with Water, three to four 16 oz bottles a day, plus a cup or two of tea.

I had to find a solution to not going often enough. It's not good for your colon for the waste to sit there too long.

I'l have to check out the flax seed and see how much fiber in that.

I eat grain bread, weetbix cereal (not sure if you guys have it there) and drink green tea and I walk every day... all those together make for a good constitution.

If you're taking vitamins with iron in them that will bind you and Calcium supplements can too. I read the best calcium to take to counteract that, is one with magnesium.

Janet and Phyllis you two crack me up! I have erased HOPE from my dictionary and will now be using WILL in place of it, lol.

I also suffer from constipation so was glad to see the recommendations above. I'll have to try some of the Fiber bars, that might be good for a change.

Today is my 5 week bandiversary and the first day that I have no restrictions on my menu, yippee!! Well, when I say no restriction, I still have to avoid/limit high fat foods and foods with high sugar content, but I'm ok with that. I feel like I'm officially on my way to a healthy life today since I can make a wider choice of foods. This will only be a couple of days worth of picking the newer foods though, since I get my first fill this Friday and then I have to go back to liquids for 24 hours and then back to softer, bland foods for 2-3 meals, but that's ok if I get some restriction back, I can handle this!!!

Yeah, I have been putting ground flax seed on my Cereal for a long time.

It doesn't seem to matter what I do. I bet it is the calcium.

Although, they told me at the health food store that it's really important to drink a ton of Water with psyllium husks. I have been mixing that in prune juice and following it up with a big glass of water. She said psyllium husks can actually make constipation worse. I do drink so much water now, I am about to float away.

What a great subject.

Edited April 25, 200818 yr by Oregondaisy

Sorry Denise I hoped it was something that would help. Oh Well,

Going to Coos bay tomorrow for an MRI Hope the weather is better than today

Quick question - When I feel restriction it feels like heartburn and it usually goes away about a half hour after I have eaten. But today I have had heartburn all day. The only thing that helped was a sip of wine and I wouldn't have tried that except it was a new one DH wanted me to try.

Could I be stuck?

Sounds like you are doing just great!

Keep up the good work.

You hang around here very long and you will figure out real quick that the word

HOPE

is a BAD 4-letter word to Janet

and she will get on your case if you use it,

so I HOPE you don't use it again!!

:hurt::biggrin::rant::biggrin:

Here is another

BAD 3-letter word... TRY ... lets add it to the list janet

:redface:

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Janet, I'm a girl that needs her fiber. I use the Fiber one bars ( 140 c), one every other day and I eat Kashi Go Lean cereal 3/4c for b'fast. Once in a while I have a piece of whole grain bread. That's working for me.

When I make a protien shake, I add 1 Tbsp of Ground FLAX seed meal... also when I cook oatmeal, I use the Oldfashioned Large Flake Oats... they take 10 mins to cook, but are very high in fibre and protien. I make a big pot once or twice per week and then portion it out into 6 oz. containers, nuk it and add warm milk... very fast!!

So here's all I put into it. 1 1/2 cups Oats, 3 1/4 cups Water, handful of Raisins, 2 Tbsp of Ground Flax seed, 2 Tbsp Sesame Seeds, 2 Tbsp of Chopped Walnuts... I bring this all to the boil and turn down to SIMMER for 10 mins.

I put sugar free maple syrup on it and skim milk... YUM!!! Beleive me it'll solve your "Demon of the Lower Intestine" and lower your Cholesteral too.

You're so good about cooking for yourself. I am so lazy. I hate to cook just for me.

One of the gals on the other Lucky 7 board, does all her cooking for the week on say Sunday... then she portions everything out, freezes etc... much more economical than bying Lean Cuisine's and also you KNOW what's in it... and can increase Pro. etc..:thumbup:

They say the best thing for cholesterol is oats. So eating oat meal is a great thing! I was born lucky. I have low cholesterol. I take after my dad.

Peaches

:cursing: Yes :cursing:- TRY is another unacceptable word :cursing: - My girls know me don't they :thumbs_down:

When I was a kid my Mom made oatmeal with dates (my Dad was a Date Grower) ugh I hated it - but when I was in my 30's I started liking it - but the quick cook full sugar kind :cursing: - I love raisin & walnut - I want to try the Steel Oats that everyone is always talking about - but I gotta go to Trader Joes to get it - the sf syrup sounds good..

99% of the time I don't have a poop problem - I need this fiber to get rid of the bad cholestoral.... I will get some this weekend with some flax seeds..

Shortgal - I go thru spurts on taking my Vitamins & calcium - I will do good for a week then next week be really bad - this week has been bad for my calcium & Multi Vit - but good on my B complex - but I did take my Multi right not cuz I got an ugly little bruise on my knee..

Thin2bme - Good luck on your fill tomorrow and being able to expand your food choices. Plan - read labels - is my best advice

Misty - Heartburn is not being stuck - stuck feels like a golf ball in your chest - I get a itty bit of heartburn every now and then from just drinking Water - take a pecid chewable it should help

Why are you getting an MRI???