Success in lapband

Red: Yeah I am getting excited, especially after I bought food for after the surgery. Kinda got a little teary eyed when I had to be striaight forward with my daughter that there always is a chance of something going wrong during surgery, but reassured us both that I had no alternative but to do the surgery if I wanted to see my grandchildren. It is going to snow on Thurs. When do you go back to work? What hours do you typically work? How far are you able to walk so far for excercise? So you DID take before pictures right? If not you should take them quickly.

Chris, I still get headaches EVERY single day, so I bought stock in tylenol, and even last night I had dh at 2am rubbing my neck because it was just unbearable.

Red Have you looked at the before pix and after pix lately? You have lost 26 pounds, can you tell a difference yet????

Gail Your funny, yes you can eat the whole egg LOL! But The yolk is where the fat is, the whites are pure protein no fat and very low in calories. So how I began to like egg whites is that I use to mix them, such as one egg fried to adding another egg worth of pure egg whites, and now I really just like the egg whites and every once in awhile add a whole egg.

Audra Thank you for sharing; I am with you on soups. I am not a big fan of anything in a can (past medical issue) speghettii's would taste like tin to me . so most every soup I eat is home made and or comes frozen or fresh. Go see my post on Nevada board for some other ideas I have come up with today at the grocery store. Dr. told me NO pasta or RICE because of the calorie count.

So I went shopping for post surgery, this is what I bought, if you guys wanna look it over and tell me if I have missed something or should not eat something I bought, any and all input would help and not feel like critisism. Lets put a list of all of our great ideas ~not just mine liquid tylenol liquid vitamins cream of wheat egg whites low fat yogurt cottage cheese bean soups tofu crystal light oatmeal sf jello sf pudding chicken breast for week two for chili verdi (it will simmer all day) chicken chili con carne veg beef soup chiopinno (seafood chowder) high in protein green beans to be cooked with seasoned ham hocks for the proteinin the broth and flavor string cheese V-8's meat tenderizer and pinapple juice (just in case, I get stuck and panic)

You know~ I expected to lose alot more weight than I have on this bariatrix stuff. It is only 985 calories per day and I probably only cheat maybe 100-200 calories per day, and I usually don't drink the final drink at night so that would be 85 cal. less. And my cheating is strictly pure protien, egg white, chick breast, or shrimp without any seasoning. Hmmmm... OH! FYI I was told that Dr. Sasse is opening a diet center that should open very soon in Reno for NON surgery patients~ I thought this tidbit of info was VERY interesting~ but no details DAMN! If anybody gets the nerve up to ask him (he's not my dr) I would be interested in his take on this.

Red: I am getting ready for Thurs. and reading through my stuff. Did you have to do a fleet enema??? Or is that meant for the RNY gastric bypass patients only? P

Gail; Just plain balsalmic vinigar right out of the bottle. It is good, don't second guess because it is on our "allowable" list that it is crap, I really like it.

Deb; Your weight lose is sooooo inspiring to me. 25 pounds that is fantastic! If you want I will help you with the ticker. tickerfactory.com or email me back and we can get on the phone and fix you up, it will take MAYBE 4 minutes! It is so easy but you just need to know how. p

Does anybody think that bean soup ( I could put it in the blender) counts as part of the liquid diet? I am just trying to come up with a food list for post op. I am REALLY tired of shakes and at this point can't wait to put something with substance in my mouth.

Red; Because you are so well spoken and have great advice and your hubby was so kind to post as soon as you got home I just assumed you were much older. And~what a great hubby you have, when we were in support group he kept looking at you and rubbing your shoulder and back and hand, what a great couple you guys are! Those bodybuggs ARE expensive! Wow! Don't think I will be rushing out to buy one anytime soon... How far do you think you could walk at this point? For excercise purposes... I must go to an auction 3 days post surgery; do you think that would be pushing it? Surgery on Thurs auction on Saturday. You are so young and I am glad for you to deal with the weight issue early in your life! I wish I was that smart when I was younger, and I probably was, except the band was not available. I was reading over the post op diet and it said bean soup (blenderized), I love bean soup, and make really good 7 bean soup. I have been pretty good on the pre op diet for the last couple of days. The protien shakes you are drinking; are they still the baritrix?

Gail; Where are you??

Chris It is about 1 hour long, I think you should go. It may be a waste of your time, depending on what you are looking for. The one at Christmas was a Santa reading stupid ignorant story (can't remember the content) BUT what was the most important part was the interaction with everybody in the room sitting at round tables (not like st. mary's) make sure you sit with somebody at your table~ to benefit more. And if you hear a good conversation at somebody else's table pull up a chair! It was good for me, I was at the beginning stages and wanted to know "would I really lose weight and not starve", I was assured I would. There are people there who are in varying stages of this process, some losing at a very slow pace, some gained, some who use this tool as we want to use ours.

Red; We (db and I ) will meet you there! South Meadows 6pm

K Holmes I went tonight to get my post op meds, my date is 2/22. I have a local thread in Nevada that I regularly post on and a bander that was banded yesterday, said as soon as she got checked in the anestheseologist gave her a "cocktail" to calm her nerves. My plans are I am asking for a cocktail when I walk thru the doors. So you are doing a liquid diet at this point right? May I ask what your menu choices are?

Bandida Good for you for walking that much... Do you walk 3-5 miles all at one time? Do you break it up to a couple times per day? I walk my dogs 1 mile each day and I am pre banding and I am pretty proud of myself doing that. How long does it take you to walk 3-5 miles?

I picked up my meds at the pharmacy today. My pharmacist has known me for 15 years and asked what I was doing, why was I getting these and I told him I was going in for a hernia operation; that is my story from this day forward to everybody, not that I am ashamed but if I am going to lose weight I want the full 100% credit.

UPdate!Update! After I got the pep talk from the nutritionist, my headache, nausea and starvation feeling made me feel like crap. So kept saying "are you SURE you are getting 11 scoops daily"? and I started writing it down and maybe I was not because, I felt full tonight at dinner to the point I did not finish my plate! woohoo So here is what I did. at 430 I did a 1 scoop snack @ 620 I drank a crystal light drink @645 I drank a 3 scoop shake @645 I drank 2 cups of chick broth @645 I tried to eat 2 cups salad with balsalmic vinigar and was so full I could not finish!!! woohoooo! Thank God! and at 730pm I have no headache and not nauseated. This is really cool. I don't know if it is phsycological or whatever but I am not hungry right now.

Diane From what I understand the first 6 weeks is for healing not restriction. You may have benefitted from the swelling after surgery and experienced restriction but between that and your first fill you are wide open.

Red Right on~ I am sooooo glad you told me about the anesthesiologist cocktail they give you. I am very concerns about me getting stage fright once I arrive at the hospital. So I will ask for mine during cocktail hour (which would be as soon as I arrive) I heard to walk walk walk for the gas in your shoulder. You have already lost 20 since the start, that is fabulous, and I bet it is noticeable too!

Chris I CALLED the nutritionist and was asking for pointers on the nausea and the starvation, she said "suck it up", of course in very nice terms. I never told her I was bloatedl; but that does go away after a couple days. I told her I slightly cheated a couple times, she said broth broth broth and make sure we do 11 scoops per day spread out and that should help a little, but no other pointers. I am a little happy that I am not the only one starving here.

I had chicken broth one night that was very satisfying.

Chris How did the 1st day of bariatrix go?

Red; Are you thrilled, that you went through with it? Were you skeptical at any point? I am very very very happy things went well! I look forward to your posts!