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ch4251

By ch4251, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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ch4251    0

ch4251
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seems like there are quite a few of us 7ths out here!!!

Hows is it going everyone?

I am doing okay...started mushies and having some tummy trouble because of it i think....:frown:

But i am taking it slow!

Good luck everyone!!!;)

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I am starting to get a little hungry too. yesterday I had a baked potato with butter and salt and ohhhhh it was soooo good! I also cooked pinto Beans for my family and drank the broth (fiber!) and then ate 1/2 cup of beans and I was fine. I did finally have a BM after the beans, so that was good. I actually feel fantastic, I just had my last Protein Shake, so I am off to GNC today to buy more. I am walking 2x a day for 20 min at a time and drinking my Water. anyway, I have pretty much placed myself on part mushy stage and my doc would not be happy if he knew. I am being super super careful and eating slowly and believe I am ready. I see him on monday and we will see what happens, but I predict I will be eating more mushies by then! take care and good luck

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I'm so jealous you guys are on Mushies, I was banded Monday, was on Clear Liquids till Thursday, and am only on full liquids now.and will be for 2 weeks total. I don't get mushies till the 24th.

I'm doing well, pain is not bad....nothing Tylenol can't handle. How are you guys doing with the weight lose so far? I'm not really sure how much I should be loosing each day.

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i've lost 9 pounds so far, but all week it has been crazy up and down by about 10 pounds due to all the swelling, and everything else...i know it feels like without eating or drinking much you should be 20 pounds down by now, but our bodies have to adjust.

hang in there...they say the first 4 weeks are about healing and the rest is about losing....so try not to worry too much for now

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Hi Everyone, I Too Was Banded On Jan. 7th. Things Are Going Pretty Good For Me. What Other Foods Can You Eat On The First Week.

Thanks,

Claudine

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I truly am supposed to be on shakes this whole time, but I have had some Soup today, mostly broth but a few mushy carrots and about 5 noodles and some saltine crackers. I feel great. I have the shakes in the am and pm, but I was so hungry this evening. I am not over doing it and eating very slowly, but I feel better now. I see my doc on monday and I am not worried about how much I lose right now, more concerned with healing and getting back to work asap.

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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
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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.

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