Freddy Henin

All right, So I'm 5 weeks out from surgery...I feel GREAT, I'm down 30 pounds, my eating has been good and healthy...but I'm struggling with my morning schedule to have enough time to get some food in me...What do you guys grab "on the go" to eat?

So I'm the at Busch tour in STL, beer is everywhere...I'm on my liquid diet right now...I've taken a few sips from family and stuff, I feel fine (just burping) but is that ok to do? I'm not saying I'm drinking an entire cup, just like 20 sips on a 3 hour tour

Question....My overall plan once I reach my goal of 200 pounds, I want to maintain....But I want to maintain on my own without the band...I don't want to take it out of course but I want to unfill it completely (I haven't asked my doctor what he thinks of this yet but I'm just asking here)....I want to rely on my own to maintain, I'd like to gain 5 pounds at 200 and NOT run to the band but lose it on my own...if I fail at it, I want to fill it again, but just to try it out.... so technically 2 questions....has anybody done this before.....and second, does the band still have a restriction when it's completely unfilled

Had my surgery a week ago...I've been recovering GREAT...started my second week of liquids today...looking forward to having mashed potatoes next week lol But question....We go to this place for lunch everyday and I've always love their chicken salad...I'm wondering how healthy it was though... All it is is lettuce, tomato, cucumber, grilled chicken, and cheese on top....I would have Oil and Vinegar on it and that's it...LOVED IT and literally ordered it everyday....What is unhealthy with it and what can I have to replace what is unhealthy :-)?

So I'm confused as to why breads get the stuck feeling the most...what's so special about those.... the other thing....what do you do to get unstuck...like is it pain for a couple of minutes, hours and you just have to wait...or do I like have to go to the hospital for it?

So I'm bored...like having Carnation instant and stuff is great...but I'm bored...and having to drink every hour is rough....like I forget to...then I'll be sipping some decaf tea or something and my stomach gets really gassy and I spend the rest of the hour burping...is this all normal? And how long does it take to NOT burp this much?

I got mine on the 18th as well...same here...no gas pains...just abdomen muscle pain :-)

More2love...how are you feeling? Are you walking around...staying hydrated...I'm glad to hear somebod had it on the same day...would love to talk to you more one on one and chat sometime'? Momma9398....start changing that mindset now...it's amazing how during my pre-op diet I realized that A) Im not attached to food emotionally and our body doesn't need much to survive...I've lost 15 pounds so far and any small adjustment in my diet from now is worth one pound lost...remember, it's a drastic lifestyle change...we might have to eat to lose weight for 2 or 3 years to reach our goal but then we maintain...after living the habit of eating healthy, we won't care about food as much as we do now :-)

I'm feeling great...back home...relaxing, had friends come visit me most of the day and I took my meds and napped...not sure how to sleep exactly though...like afraid if I lay all the way down I won't be able to get up because of the muscle pain in my abdomen

Forgot to mention that after surgery, I had a different robe on that was brown lol