lageniafaye

I am postop a little over two months, and I feel the same way after my second fill. I get really hungry in the evenings. My Dr. told me to eat some solid protien mid afternoon. I was thinking about beef jerky. Does anyone eat jerky?

I come from a family that drinks. When we have get togethers we always have something to drink, I prefer wine. I would drink wine with my meal. I still drink wine after the band, but in moderation and not with my meals. I guess I never thought about how much calories it containes until after the band. To me it is like having a piece of cake. As long as I'm still losing weight I see no problem with it.

I was banded 3/28/12 and have only lost 30 lbs. One day the scales show I have lost five lbs, Yea, then the next day I have gained six. I think my scales are broke. I don't know. But one thing I do know. It took me a life time to get to the size I was before the band. It is not going to come off fast. If I lose one or two lbs a month I am OK with it. But when I stop losing, that is when I will be concerned.

My life is a lot like everyone else's. I have a nite time job, which I liked a lot befor my band. I woke up every morning when I wanted to, sleeping as late as I wanted. I would get up, have coffee and breakfast, which would be big, eggs, bacon, bisqits, gravy. Then lunch I would eat at a fast food place. Then I would go to work. I would have a candy bar at breaks and anything I wanted for dinner, I work at Wal Mart. I would get home around 10 or 11 pm. This is where the ritual begins. I would make something to eat that would take a long time to eat. I would get everthing ready to sit in front of the TV so I didn't have to get up, then I would eat. It didn't matter what it was as long as I was eating, Then when I ran out of food, and had to get up, I would just go to bed. Only to start over again the next day. On the two days I was off it was really bad, I would sit in front of the TV or the computer all day until my husband came home. After he went to bed, the eating began again. I would put food in my mouth and think how I should stop, but I couldn' make myself. Like everyone, after I ate all that food, I would berate myself. Now I have the motivation to control myself. Thanks to the band. I just hope it lasts. I also hate my job now because it is not good for my health. I need a day time job. Ha. we'll see if that will change.

Three years is a long time to not know what to do with your band. I would have gone to the Dr. two and a half year ago.

What is it with our Mothers? Mine is that way also. I am 60 yrs old and my mother has tormented me all my life. I decided to get the lap band so I could lose weight and she could't tell me how fat I was. First I started by trying to love myself. ( They say if you love yourself, you can do anything.) Then I started to take care of myself, like it has taken me 60 years to realize that my mother only cared about herself. Don't get me wrong, she loves me, but she dosen't like me. So I have to like myself. They also say that females who are obese usually do not have a good relationship with their mothers. Do things that make you feel good. Fix your hair and wear makeup, always put lotion on your whole body to make your skin soft. Rub your feet with lotion. Paint your finger nails and toe nails. Dress up, put on perfume Go walking every day, (that always makes me feel good). Plant some pretty flowers. Anything you like to do, do it , and tell yourself that you are beautiful and you deserve it. I hope this helps. Hang in there. Good Luck Lauracat.

Yes, I can see it though, in the kitchen, when you cook and slave for hours and hours preparing the perfect Christmas feast. Then everyone fills their dinner plates to the brim and eats in vertually minutes. After everyone has gorged themselves you think, Wow, is it over? Is that all there is? No, there are deserts to devour. After that, everyone is stuffed to the gill, the kitchen is a mess and you think did I eat all of that? Next year I'm not going to cook so much food. But next year comes and It's just like the year befor. This year the cycle will be broken. Ha Ha. Time will tell. Yes I understand perfectly what you mean. It has taken year to get to where we are today, It might take years to change the way we think about food.

Hey, that is what a blog is for, pluse we all learn from it. Keep up the good work.

You go girl. Keep up the good thoughts and you will get what you want. No one knows your body better than you do.

I have felt discomfort at times, I really don't know what it is, but it might be gas. I always take my gasx about two to three times aday, they seem to help. Hope this helps.

I too was unsure what to eat, but let me tell you one important thing,FIBER. I have learned that I need Fiber in my diet, so not only do I have to count calories and Protien, but also Fiber. I have started eating Fiber One for Breakfast, and I have included some nuts once a day. This is all new to all banders when they start out. Be patient because it is also a learning experenc. After years of eating the way you wanted, you have to learn a new way of eating and that does not come easy. Practice makes perfect is the saying. I have found that if I buy the vanilla Protien shake from Wal Mart, that I can all any kind of fruit I like with milk and laso any kind of flavoring I want. If I use frozen fruit and blend it up, it taste just like Ice cream. You hang in there do what they tell you to do and soon it will be easier. Good Lunck!

I was on a liquie diet two weeks before my surgery and let me tell you that was tuff. I was true to it though, but I believe I went through withdrawls. After I had my surgery it was a lot better. Just hang in there and it will get better. Its all in the brain.

A couple of weeks ago I complained of headaches every day after I had my surgery. I thought I had gas in my head. LOL, I was so wrong. My Dr. told me I didn't need my medication any more.YEA! so I stopped my highblood pressure and my colesteral meds. For about two weeks I still had a headache but it wasn't as bad. I was still taking antidepressents, I was a little afraid to stop thoese. Then I thought, what the heck, I stopped thoese too and WaaLaa No more headaches. So if you have headaches, it's not gass in your head LOL. Its probley your meds. See Ya!

This happened to me also. I was up two pounds one day down two the next, then the scales stayed the same for about three weeks. I went to the Dr. for my first fill and had to be on all liquids that day, soft the next, that kinda started my weight loss again I lost six pounds in two days, now it has slowed up again.

Here is my story. before I had my surgry I worried about the fact that I would not be able to cheeseburgers and fries again. I cried to my husband one night and he asked me what was the matter. I thought before I told him, and admitted to myself also, I said I don't want to be fat anymore. It was then that I knew that I had to change the way I was eating, not just what I eat, but how I eat. I started before I had surgury using a baby spoon and eating from a saucer instead of a regular plate. Chewing my food and counting 30 times. There is one thing you don't want to do is have food stuck and throw it up. That will cause problems down the line. Just keep thinking you don't want to be fat.

Yea!! I have lost 27 lbs. Had my first fill yesterday and it hurt more than I thought it would but it didn't last. I forgot to ask the Dr. how much he injected, but I could hardly tell the difference. He said just liquids the first day, soft mushy the second and regular food the third. That was that. Not what I had expected. Of course today and tomorrow will be the test. Any way I was thrilled to learn I had lost 8 lbs. from last visit. The way I was eating I thought I hadn't lost any. The diet I am on is really easy,(it should be after all the diets I have been on in my life) I just count Calories and Protiens. It was hard at first, because I was afraid I would throw up but that never happened. I feel more secure now. I feel pretty good, lets just hope it lasts. woohoo!

My Dr. just poked me real fast. Maybe your Dr. will numb you first.

Did you ask your Dr. about where he put the port? That sounds painfull. My nurse said that if I eat too much or don't chew my food enough that I will feel a sharp stabbing pain right below my brest bone. That is where my stomach starts. You shoudl tell your Dr. what you have told us.

I'm off to the Dr's. to get my first fill. I am looking forward to it because I have been eating more than I should. I have also been hungry not long after I eat. I think it is my old way's trying to come back, but after today I hope it will be easier to control that. See ya later.

Yes, I got filled and the Dr. said it wouldn't hurt, but it did. Not a lot but more than I was expecting. I didn't ask how much he put in, but I could hardly tell. He said to drink liquids the first day, soft mushy foods the next and the third day regular food. So today will be the day I can eat chicken salad. Ha. So far, so good.

I am on regular foods now and I don't know what to eat. My calories are between 800 and 1200 aday and protien 50 to 60 grams. Rarley do I meet that goal. I don't know what to eat that 1/2 cup will ad up to what I need any suggestions, please.

This is what I eat. These are some examples oatmeal, cream of wheat, an egg w/wheat toast, or a protien smoothie. I eat somthing different every day. For lunchyou could have a tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, lunch meat and cheese with a little mayo or a protien smoothie. Dinner is always hard for me, so I have some of the same. The protien smoothies are really good. I get the vanilla powered kind. I get any fruit I might want at the time and freeze it. when I am ready for my smoothie, I use fat free milk, protien powder and frozen fruit, put it in the blender along with some sweetner and blend it up. Yum. You might look up on the internet for a reicpe for no sugar chocolate smothies. Hope that helps, goodluck to you

Thanks, this sound really good.

Nicely said

I am feeling a little scared about my band. I was thinking that the lump on my stomach was my band "now i get it" It is my port. But I have been worring about my band slipping. I feel no restrictions and sometimes I eat more than I should. It's hard, because 1/2 cup is just not enough. How can I tell my band has slipped?