feeling great little sore only around the belly button incision, keeping ice pack in place stomach has gone down alot, actually smaller now than before surgery but walking around drinking my protein drinks, water and broth, no complications before during or after surgery. husband said procedure was an hour and recovery was two hours, first ofc visit will be next thursday for gp, :bored: hope all continue to stay on the up n up

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My doc says full liquids are anything you can suck threw a straw. So if I add some Water or non fat milk to the yogart then that is a full liquid. But not a clear liquid. Also same thing with pudding or anything. I can puree things and add liquid to them and if they are smooth and thin then it is a liquid as far as my doc is concerned. But not a clear liquid. So while Im on clears I cant have yogarts or puddings or anything. Only like broth and things that are clear. But once I move to the full liquid phase of the diet then yogarts are a total green light as long as I add a little water to thin it out.

Interesting....I am allowed to eat the yogurt and pudding as is ..no need to thin it . And I have tolerated it just fine:laugh:

Oh okay, that makes sense! I am drinking Protein Shakes, which are just like pudding that's thinner.. maybe I will try a yogurt after a week. Thanks!

My surgeon allowed me to eat yogurt and pudding after the first week. I came out fine. I was banded on 06-17-09 and I just started eating mushies. It feels so good to eat tuna!:tongue2:

My post-op rules are:

First two weeks: Liquids

Next two weeks: puree/mushy

Week 5 and on: start soft foods

I had a 7up on my tray in the hospital the night of my surgery! I heard the nurses saying something like he'll flip out if he finds that out, that shouldn't be on there! lol.... I didn't think so, but I was too out of it on the glorious dilaudid.... ha!

I think after a week I will go ahead and try a yogurt or a pudding. I'm doing okay with my shakes right now. And yeah, tuna sure sounds good, or a banana! Reminds me of when I attempted the LA Weight Loss Diet and I had to eat steak and broccoli at 9am, 12noon, 3pm and 6pm. After a few days, I just wanted a yogurt and an apple!

calling out to all my bandster family, all was going well with me, than i hit this rock that i cant seem to get around :cool: , lost 40 lbs :thumbup:, and that was since my last appt in october, believe i've gained some of it back :thumbup:, see my body craves sugar and i really had a melt down and cant seem to get back on track. i seriously need some guidance, i'm even afraid to go back to my wlc for a followup and i just realized i missed an appt two weeks ago, please everyone give me a group hug and suggestions on how to get back on track, you know the jacked up part to is i stop going to the gym :sad:, but i PROMISE tomorrow i will be there, no if ands or buts about it, right now i feel like umpa lumpa :mad:, although my clothes are still big on me :thumbup:, because i refuse to shop right now and this is the reason why, cause i know i'll have set backs, help help help, i've fallen and can't get up.:eek:

Don't beat yourself up too much. If you've lost 40 lbs since surgery, you're really right on target. The recommended is 1-2 lbs per week. It's only been 21 weeks or so since your surgery. Like anything else, there will be ups and downs. It took a long time for the weight to get there and it will take a while to come off. I'm horrible about the sweets but because I'm so restricted, the only sweets I can eat is chocolate and ice cream...can't do cake, pie, etc. So I buy only the ice cream in the little cups to at least control my portions and I'm working on restricting the chocolate. I was able to drink soda but that's kind of gone away because of being too restricted.

I have a lot of time off for the holidays so I'm also trying to get my butt in gear to exercise. That's my hardest stumbling block. You'd think since I have so much time that I'm NOT eating anymore that I could find the time to work out...but Noooo...

So you have a big hug from me...get back into the WLC which may help on motivation.

Trisha