PattyGirl66

whoohoooo Congrats on your weight loss success!!!!!

A big HUGS for you Sasha!!!

I know my bites are wayyyy smaller than I am use to, my portions are wayyy smaller, the time I take to eat my food is wayyy longer. My band is empty and I had never had a fill, however I feel the restriction as if I did. I am sure down the road I won't feel like this. I have been using a baby spoon but stopped. I am going back to the baby spoon and fork and pause inbetween. I have no other problems with eating, and I can eat almost everything so far. There are foods I simply will not allow, now. I wish all surgeons would demonstrate a 'bite size' figure in their plan/manual they give us, that could be saving many many bandsters from many problems. But as Mis73 has posted, that is a size of a pinky size nail. My manual just says "tiny bites" as if I know how 'tiny' ..

Mis73, great post and a huge thanks for showing us all how much we should be eating. Looking at this I am obviously putting more bigger pieces in my mouth. I am going to work on this tomorrow as I just finished eating dinner. It did take me 20 minutes to eat 2 oz of tunafish, 1/2 cup of green beans and 1 hard boiled egg. I thought I was taking small bites and I am smashing it up til mush in my mouth, I think my bite is too big. I get the lump feeling too.... blah!

Hi Liz, glad you found the site! I am so happy myself to have found this back in November 2011, so I had a lot of knowledge wayyy before my surgery. Best thing here is we are all here to help and listen,no matter what! Oh, and congrats on the huge weight loss!! You should be soooo proud of yourself ((hugs))

What you are feeling is pretty normal and I bet we all can vouch our feelings have been there. I had my surgery just a week shy of my birthday. I spent a lot of time in my bed, I cried a lot. I even had doubts of what I did to myself. Now, here I am 8 weeks out of surgery and my feelings have shifted. I feel good, I can certaintly move around a whole lot better, I have more agility, and my clothes are falling off (thats always a plus). Like CG said, you just had sugery and you are still healing. Yes, I can not see why a few glasses of wine down the line would hurt, why I can't wait to enjoy a glass or two myself (I love wine)! You are going to be just fine, just you wait

Mini Fruit Tarts, so easy to make and you won't have to worry about soft bread/dough. Frozen tarts from your freezer section Filling: vanilla pudding Topping: fresh fruit of your choice, example strawberries/blueberries/raspberries *you can squeeze a little fresh lemon over them* ( you can put a candle in a few to make a wish)

*spot, LOLOLOL

Also, they sell small single servings of Fat Free Caramel Apple dip , nothing like a half of apple sliced dipped in caramel. mmm mmm good! That really hits the sweet spoin

When I getting a craving for salt & sweet - I go for Dark chocolate covered almonds. Calories for ONE - 17 Fat - 1.33 Sugar - 0.57 Protien - 0.53 Carbs - 0.95

baaaaaaaaaaaaa, omg sooo funny!

I am really sadned by reading this post because as a Mother and Grandmother I if anything praise and always compliment those I love. Especially my daughter and granddaughter. To wait for your own Mother for a compliment is a shameful part on her end as a Mother. It goes to show you that even Mothers have a lot to learn and don't always say the nicest things, even if kidding (its still hurtful). If it bothers you so, I would speak with her about her behavior towards you. You may be surprised that she doesn't even think she is hurting you. If she has been this way with you all her life, chances are she probably hadn't much maternal love from her very own Mother and its the only way she knows. I am nothing but a mere stranger to you, but think you are doing a magnificient job. I am also happy to have read you have a wonderful support system in your daughter and husband! ((hugs))

LOL, I don't mean to laugh but the other day I for the first time drank through a straw. I was super busy, out all day and in a car when I realized I had drank through a straw until my drink was already gone. OMG, I freaked out and texted my buddy (you know who you are) and was reassured I would be okay. I was waiting for something to happen, something bad. Nothing, I was fine. Wheeeeeeeeew!

<-- I lift things up, and put them down

<--- Throws up arms

Like CG said, were you given a food plan from your surgeon/nutrionist? That is just odd to be putting actual food in your new stomache just days out of surgery. I had to wait 3 weeks before I was able to put any food in my mouth, but I know all surgeons have different plans....

Cottage cheese 1% or 2% Yogurts (greek) Applesauce Avacados (blenderized) depending on how soft it is you can mash it up with a fork Tuna fish in the can, white chunk albacore (blenderized) Bumble Bee chicken (Blenderized) Laughing Cow Lite Cheese wedges Babybel Lite cheese Ricotta Cheese (Part Skim) Cream Soups (no chunks) Tomato Soup Mashed sweet potatoes Mashed Potatoes (white) Refried Beans *You would be surprised what you can make with all these items as a meal*

Juicing is a great idea, I looooove fruits! I have no problem with eating fresh fruits. I eat strawberries, blueberries, bananas, peaches, and apples ( i do remove the skin from the apple and peach). I don't eat it with my meal , but instead eat my fruit a few hours after I eat a meal. You can put fruit in your salad, I have eaten strawberries in my salad. I found a drink in the juice isle at my grocery store in little juice boxes called "Fruitables" its a serving of fruit/veggies when drinking one small box. Calories are 40 and the sugar content is 7. Can't beat that, I drink them every day! They come in lots of yummy flavors! Peach & Pear, Apple & Carrot, Harvest Apple, berry Berry. Made by Apple & Eve.

Congrats!!!!!!!!

whoooooohoooooooo!! Congrats!

You are going to be great William! It will be your new birthday once banded. Keep us posted on your progress we would love to read all about your journey (hugs) -Patty

<----- NJ here We are all here for you! This is the best site on the internet, you will learn so much about lapband surgery from others. Journey their experiences, ask questions, and make friends. Happy One Year Anniversary being Cancer Free! Have you gone to a weight loss seminar yet in your area?? Best wishes, -Patty

No matter who we tell, even if its just 'one' person..... you can guarantee that ONE person will blab his/her mouth! I too only chose to tell a selective few, but believe me I am not a nieve person and know the ones I told, told their friend, family, and soooo on. I don't care, I am not ashamed. I just didnt want to announce it to the world I know. If asked, I tell them the truth. So far, the people who I have shared this with, even neighbors on my block, have all been supported. If they talk about it behind my back, so be it! My sole purpose having this done was to live and not die. If people don't like hearing that. O WELL, that don't walk in my shoes...

air was trapped inside my band during surgery. Air usually is trapped outside the band or gets under the band when they do the stitching. Some air not a lot actually got into the band putting more pressure around my already swollen stomache, it was really a small amount.

Hi Domika, yup! my surgeons office uses numbing gel as protocol...