judych

Jim... how many visits have you had with the nutritionalist? i only had one and then cancelled. Do you think they are helping you a lot?

..more thoughts on this one Sophia. this is why the forum is so valuable... as much as the band is at times. theres nothing like learning of the experiences that others have. I agree...yes, there have been a lot of good changes when i think about it all. most of all the binging with me has stopped. it had to. lol. also, im taking a lot longer to chew my mouthfuls now... so yes, as i start to think about the positives im more encouraged. I guess that in time the other issues will be dealt with as well. I may have wanted everything to fall perfectly in place immediately... lol.ive open up some black olives... got some very small crackers...( Im having them instead of chocolate now) and had a small salad for lunch with a boiled egg. i think that even these small changes will help me. im about to google ''leptin levels and fat loss'' and see what it has to say. Ohh... another thing. im discovering that i need to eat about 1200 calories a day for gradual weight loss... that is, just under a pound a week. If i go over that i gain weight again. my metabolism is very touchy. very sluggish now. if i eat much less than 1200 i dont lose either.. so that gives me a narrow margin to work with. At least now im starting to understand my body a little more.

i think its so that the food doesnt slip through the band faster and in greater quantities than its supposed to?? that can cause problems over time.

wow...6 ccs. thats marvellous... way to go. judy

you are lucky that you could tolerate that much... YOu are off to a great start.i had 3ccs in an 11cc band for first fill... second fill i had one cc... i couldnt tolerate that extra cc so i had to get half that cc taken out. my next appointment is 18th august. Im only just managing now ... not sure whether i can take anymore at the moment.

i get very tired and rather dizzy as well... and im always up and down to the bathroom through the night. it really does cut into a good nights sleep. Im sure that i dont drink enough... i try though.

..and im the same at this point. ive changed a bit but not enough with my mental approach to it all. I dont have a lot of weight to lose... i dont know how i would cope if i did have a lot to lose. Im just starting to realize how emotional hangups affect me. If someone had told me i would have called them a liar. Now i can see that for myself. I have reached over halfway on my weight loss... not to my credit though. i consider im very fortunate that in spite of my mental approach to it all, ive lost weight.

of course its worth keeping. You just wait another month of two.... you will know exactly what we mean. ive never experienced that dryness when eating... would it hurt to have a small sip of water then?

i have2 very small cups of caffeinatedcoffee a day. i also have a cup of decaf of a night.

yep.. tonight i got out the smallest bread and butter plate i had and dished a small amount onto that . i have a diet plate but ,honestly.... one needs to be disciplined even with that as its not as small as it could be. anyway, the very small side plate was good.

i wish i could say that i dont get stuck episodes. i think the main reason for my episodes, apart from not chewing enough, is that im distracted.. either by other people or t.v. Only time will teach me how to instinctively know what to do with each mouthful. i have noticed though that 99 percent of the time im counting automatically now before i swallow so thats a good start. its the concentration bit that gets to me. lol. anyone else have this problem?

i never have to drink with the needle in... i go out to the waiting room afterwoods and have a drink.

jennifer1.... lol... i think you have described it to a ''T''...hahahaha. im thinking its going to be a love hate relationship with me as well. i just have to learn to be more sensitive to the boundries it sets up. lol

thanks for your condolences Donna.. i went to church this morning. My friend attended the same church and she was a lifelong friend to me. the funeral is tuesday our time. Anyway, i think you are doing the right thing by eating light.... its going to be a big day for you....i do hope it all goes really well for you. hugs for you. judy

are you making up your Protein Drink with milk? i had big problems with very bad stomach pain until i realised it was the milk in the protein drink that was doing it. i stopped using milk, just use a little greek yoghurt now... within a few hours the dreadful pain had gone. i dont have milk in any other foods at all.

sakura?? you take barley green as well?? i think you are the first person ive come across on here that does use it. do you use very cold Water to mix it in? and drink?? i find it a lot more palatable if its very cold. also... i like the liquid Vitamins.. they are very easy to digest. i also take a med for hypertension... so i crush it up in my morning cup of coffee... and it goes down well. i dont take any painkillers at all. not too bad for a 66 year old with arthritis... lol.. dont you think?... lol.

im four months post op now and i wont eat bread. i did try a piece of toasted wholemeal the other morning and it didnt sit well at all. there are pita breads, mountain breads etc you could use perhaps?? have you tried them?

i know exactly what you mean. grazing was one of my faults as well. We are in the middle of the coldest winter here for many decades and im still battling with the confusion between head hunger and true hunger. i know the cold weather has a lot to do with things. prior to surgery i was sipping on hot Soups all the time, Hot drinks, grazing from out of the fridge... it was continual. I still have a tendency to do that...worse luck. This morning i had a stuck episode through chewing cold meat and swallowing way too quickly. i shouldnt have even been eating it as it wasnt a meal time. i dont know how long it will take me to conquer the head hunger.... do we ever manage to do that completely i wonder??

i think that as long as you keep hydrated and drink your protein drinks... by the way, are you on any vitamins? it will resolve itself. concentrate on your liquids mostly.

im shocked that he would do that as well. when these things happen, you do need to go back onto clear liquids for at least 24 hours... then slowly introduce your foods again.

....hahaha..... good one. now i know what my mouth must have looked like.... lol.

..this is a downside of the band .. im finding that some days i can eat chicken, pork, etc... and other days i just cant. i just had a session over a small piece of bacon, which normally i have no issues with. im concluding that my band is a tad tighter today than normal. i think i can safetly say that my band is actually tighter some days then others. With this sort of variance, i never really know how im going to be.( i had an upset yesterday when a dear friend of mine died... from cancer). Im sure this affected the band. im not letting it stop me though. a very small bite, chew much, and see what happens. its not a nice experience, to be sure. i hope you dont have any more.

i wasnt given anything specific to take. i just take a liquid vitamin... and some barley green powder. that seems to be enough but im goign to get some B12 and start injecting it to myself again. i want to get my vit D levels checked as well. Our state doesnt get that much sun... and most of the people who live here are deficient.

it sounds just like me. ive had problems with feeling dizzy... in fact it comes over me a lot. just for about five seconds and then it leaves. my b/p is fine... i take that regularly. i dont drink enough... thats something im learning to do, and sometimes still forget to. im sure im dehydrated as well. it sounds just like me.my output (urine) is the same as yours is.

thanks Teri... im eating a lot better now with that small unfill... isnt it amazing how much difference that amount can make? i will talk with the dr about it before we leave... i may even ask him to take a little more out?? i would rather not have enough than have too much for those two weeks.