Alright, I love my band...I really do. But I want to get myself the healthiest I can and eat all the fruits and veggies that I loved to eat before this thing was put in me. Now I seriously struggle to get a fruit and a vegetable in every day. PLEASE do not tell me to get my band loosened...I don't want to hear that. I will lose all control. I take my vitamins...I drink V8....I snack on veggies...I'm doing everything I can with the limited amount of stomach I have. I just don't think I'm eating enough 'good stuff' to do the trick. I just had my third IUI and if this doesn't do the trick I don't know what I'll do. Thanks for listening to me 'lose it.':frown:

I don't think that eating one less fruit and vegetable a day make you less fertile than being morbidly obese would.

Sounds like you need a juicer! I love our juicer and our blender for making smoothies/protein shakes! And keep in mind that you can still eat fruits and veggies the way you did right after band surgery, in the form of mushies like apple sauce, pureed veggie soups, baby food, etc.

It is really stressful trying to get pregnant, specially after multiple IUI sessions. I have a couple of friends going through the same thing and it is rough.

I agree about using the juicer. You are already doing V8 which helps. There are also lower calorie juices on the market. I have been drinking a 50% Tropicana orange juice that has minimal calories per cup but lots of Vitamin c and nutritional benefits. Perhaps you can do more smoothies as well which can be quite yummy and filling. Soups with veggies are good as well. When I was doing Atkins years ago, I got into eating pureed cauliflower with low calorie butter and a little salt and pepper or sometimes garlic. That was really delicious, east to eat and a healthy way to get veggies in.

I know you said you don't want to hear about the band be loosened, but if you cant eat a normal fruit or vegetable it sounds like you are uncomfortably tight. Sometimes the tiniest fraction of an unfill can make a difference in what you can ingest without losing too much of that feeling of fullness.

Good luck with your IUI's. I hope you will be joing our preggo threads very soon.

i agree with the other ladies,u should be able to eat some kind of fruit or vegtable and v8 is very nutritious. u may need a small unfill. it can be scary especially when u are afraid to regain weight like alot of us are but sometimes a small unfill may not doom u to weight gain because if you are too tight not it may get worse and cause unneccesary stress when u do conceive and i pray u conceive soon cause trying can also be stressful( i know im trying again after miscarrying at 12 weeks with a d&c). all of it is stressful but the best thing to do is try to relax ,pray and try to manage our weight even during preg with healthy eating. hopefully we all will have very beautiful,healthy babies nine months from now.:smile: