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I am really stumped on this one! I have had frozen yogurt for the 2 months since I've been banded and I have never seen anything written on the subject - I even googled it! an someone please explain this to me? She was saying the coldness can freeze the silicone in the band! HUH?

Frozen yogurt was my angel in disguise instead of ice cream!!!

What about all cold food- ice Water? what else?:Angel_anim:

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My personal opinion is that the nurse is smoking crack....

Ok that wasn't polite. They are the medical experts so you should follow their advice.. But I had frozen yogurt in the hospital.

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I am deathly afraid of sabotaging myself with ice cream once i do the band, do you find yourself wanting the ice cream and how has frozen yogurt been instead. I think it is fine if you eat it slowly enough by the way.

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She is nuts. There is no way to freeze your band. Enjoy.

I agree. Sometimes I wonder if we know more about our bands than the ones directing us.

I still listen to them... But this made me LOL for real :Angel_anim:

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By the time the silicone froze (in your body, no less) you'd be long past caring. You'd be dead. Don't we all have cute silicone ice cube trays in our freezers?

If it's the low/non sugar, nonfat kind, cool.

Full sugar, full fat, not cool. Might as well have the Haagen Daaz.

Brandy is right. Nurse is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

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Phoenix

I laughed so hard when I read your post. I agree but it was sooooo funny. Thanks for the laugh I needed it.

Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt- The best

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That was the smile I needed. I too feel that with all the information we get on here that sometimes it makes the staff sound like a"Used car salesmen" at a mechanics convention. That being said I don't think it is off limits just needs to be taken with limits. Watch the calories and if you can afford them and keep the weight where you are happy, go for it.

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She must kidding! I too like hopelives1234 am hoping to have an alternative to ice cream and frozen yogurt was the way I was planning to do it. I think if I am allowed to eat popsicles that frozen yogurt (especially in the portions we can eat) is acceptable. too funny!

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Just when you think you heard it all .. I am still laughing.. Hope the nurse happens to read these posts.

Phoenix what would we do without ice cream in Arizona ????

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OMG as soon as I read your post I forgot I had some of the frozen sugar free fudge pops in the freezer! I jumped up and grabbed one, LOL...so we can have low fat frozen yogurt???

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the kind I have been deviously enjoy is called SWIRL and it has all the active cultures, so they say... and I read the calorie chart that says 125 cals for 5 oz.serving and it's low fat and low sugar! They also have sugar free version, but its not my fav.

She also mentioned something like I should be using food for nutritional purposes and not eating empty calories.

I agree but sometimes that frozen yogurt can save me from enjoying "other things" I shouldn't have.

I am down 24 lbs. knock on wood so I am doing good in my mind. I just am paranoid now that I could damage my band.

I will wait for more responses to see if anyone has ever heard of this!

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