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I am so sick of mushies and liquids! The fat girl inside me is screaming to eat some real food! It is so hard for me to be patient. I want my fills fast, my stomach restricted and to be able to get on to eating what I want. I sound like a 2 yr old throwing a temper tantrum but I am so hungry. How many fills till this is all worth it? Please give me some advice all you veteran banders. I was banded on 2/28, just 11 days ago

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OMG, I was banded 2/29 and I feel the same way.... I am so over this mushie and liquid diet.... I do not want to feel this way and sometimes I get so over food I just don't eat and I know that is not good... The first week was soo good. I mean I could barely eat a cup of food. I am going to the gym tomorrow. We can do this, we will have our first fill soon, just be strong.....I am talking to myself as well......

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kristi43 We were done the same day my doc wont let me do mushes till I see him wed. I'm down 30 so far. I just keep drinkin. be strong

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I was done 2/28 as well and am still on liquids!!! I can't wait for mushies...I see the Doctor on Wednesday, so Hopefully that night I can eat something with some texture!!

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. How many fills till this is all worth it? Please give me some advice all you veteran banders. I was banded on 2/28, just 11 days ago

By no means a veteran, but it's taken 5 months / 6 fills to get proper restriction. I'm at 7.9cc's in my 10cc AP band - I've had to rely a lot on willpower - when all I wanted from my band was to keep the "hungries" away.

It's a tough time, just 11 days out - Once you move to solid food, it does get easier....and restriction comes early for some / late for others...Got my fingers crossed for ya'll...Hang in there!!!

PS - it is worth it. Would have liked the weight to come of faster - but at least I'm at a place where I'm not gaining...for a change:redface:

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Wow, just banded.

I was on regular food by weeks end...but talk with your doctor.

And yes, it's all worth it.

Went to Vegas this weekend to shop for a new wardrobe...Nordstroms, Macys, etc. Was nice fitting into a size 6/8 w/o bulging over or anything!

So worth it!!!!

If you haven't done so already schedule an appointment in 5 more weeks (6 weeks post op) and get a fill that day.

While you are there, schedule another appt for 4 weeks later for another fill. Need it, go. Don't, cancel the day before.

Congrats and we'll see you on this end before you know it!

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Kristi43 I ate squash casserole at the mushy stage and it was so wonderful. If you have Black Eye Pea where you live they make a delicious one that is very mushy & satisfying. Hang in there!!

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      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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      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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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