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Hello Mollyjo, i'm about 15days post-op and like yourself at about 9dayspost-op i also had about 3 tablespoons of mashed potatoes, but did not throw up and feel fine. Do you feel like you threw up because of the mashed potatoes ?

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my plan does not allow breads and potatoes and starchy things until I have lost 70% of my weight...maybe it was 75%. It isn't because I may not tolerate it. It is because the carbs are not good for losing weight. I am suppose to fill up on Protein.

Plans sure do vary a lot!

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I feel so blessed to have all of you. It's great to be with folks that are at the same point as me. Thanks for the reminder of 1-2 lbs per week is good. I keep feeling disappointed if I dont hit 15 per month. I've lost 13 lbs at my 3 wk point tomorrow. I'm gonna get in the gym next week. I feel so much better this week. Moving much faster now.

Folks be careful with your food in take. I'm never once I go to the fish, cottage cheese and can foods stage (stage 3)...the stage before real food. I hope I still loose.

Take care bandsters!!!!

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Hello Mollyjo, i'm about 15days post-op and like yourself at about 9dayspost-op i also had about 3 tablespoons of mashed potatoes, but did not throw up and feel fine. Do you feel like you threw up because of the mashed potatoes ?

No I threw because I decided to chew and spit, (some did get down but I chewed the heck out of it) then after that i drank I think too much Water and it all came up. My stomach hurts today but I am able to drink and I ate some creamed Soup at lunch with no difficulty. I called the doc because i was so freaked out.. Now I am afraid to eat when I am allowed in 12 days...12 days...but whose counting? I AM!! LOL

Doc thought I would be ok just take it easy today so I am grateful. He also told me it was hard to slip the band....but that isn't what they said before!!! I thought if I sneezed too hard it would slip!! Oh...and hicuups...hurt!!:eek:

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my plan does not allow breads and potatoes and starchy things until I have lost 70% of my weight...maybe it was 75%. It isn't because I may not tolerate it. It is because the carbs are not good for losing weight. I am suppose to fill up on Protein.

Plans sure do vary a lot!

You are so right about the mashed potatoes, that's what made us fat to begin with, I would love to have some but knowing that they are one of the reasons I am in this stage in my live of being overweight. As we have said before, the lap-band is a tool, don't think it's a cure or a miracle, it's not, it is a wonderful helper indeed. I love to read this lapbandtalk.com I learn so many good things and it also helps me to be true to myself.

Mary

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my plan does not allow breads and potatoes and starchy things until I have lost 70% of my weight...maybe it was 75%. It isn't because I may not tolerate it. It is because the carbs are not good for losing weight. I am suppose to fill up on Protein.

Plans sure do vary a lot!

How did you getyour picture and the ticker.com on your site?

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To create a ticker go to Graphical Tickers and Trackers: Weight Loss, Trying To Conceive, Pregnancy... and follow the instructions. After you have created the ticker you want highlight the BBcode they show. Then copy that. Next go to edit your signature on the www.lapbandtalk.com site. Then paste the BBcode into the signature box. That should do it. Then you can edit the ticker just by clicking on the ticker from within any of your messages.

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To add a photo to your messages go to your profile and select the option of editing your photo. That will walk you through uploading a photo from your computer.

I hope it all works well for you. I will watch for your pic and ticker.

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hey all,i was just wondering how some drs let there patients get fills like a month after?mine says 7 weeks,is it ok at 3 weeks to have a fill?whats the reason so long i have to wait?

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hey all,i was just wondering how some drs let there patients get fills like a month after?mine says 7 weeks,is it ok at 3 weeks to have a fill?whats the reason so long i have to wait?

Hi, I think it is what ever the schedule the doctor has for that week or month. Also, it has to do with the doctor and what he thinks you can handle. My doctor said I could have a fill in 3 weeks but I live out of town and choose to go back in 6 wks. This is food for thought, ha ha

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good question about the fill. i was expecting mine to be about 6 weeks and it was short of 3 weeks. it has not been a problem but i may have a 2nd fill before 6 weeks. doc said to call him if i felt like i need another fill before the scheduled date of 1/14/09.

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October Bandsters I thought I was one of you'll but because of obstacles I didn't make October so now I have an appointment for Dec. 9, 2008. I'm excited all over again. This time I'll make it.:thumbup:

Warm Regards and it's good that you guys are still hanging in there and on your jouney.

Vickie

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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.

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