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I agreed with all that's being said but I found that there are a couple of dietitians at my drs office and the one I have SUCKS! So don't depend on that! Thank god for the good before education and my will NOT to fail! But I use Myfitness Pal and keep the calories to 1000cal and try to do 60-70 grams of protien, I find that it's all about will power, I'm pretty fresh to thus scene though, I was banded on April 10th and i have had two fills andI have lost 43lbs. Good luck.

I think it's the app itself and I ignore it! I'm suppose to take in 1000cal and excercise according to my lapband program so I use my fitness pal to keep a good diary but don't listen to its "suggestions"! Good luck!

I always learn the hard way too! This all a learning curve and as long as I learn I don't get too hard on myself! Good luck the journey has just begun!

I take a daily fiber chew - I have NO problems - plus they taste like gummy bears so I feel like its a treat!

That's the idea.

Hi I also had BMI of 36, active ie gym goer with a very very active job - ER Nurse with gestional diabetes which turned to Type two and HTN that couldn't loose weight and since April I'm down 38 lbs and feel awesome - yes life style changes but only apparent if I share them and really necessary. But every journey is different - this is mine.

Every pre op diet is different but the diet I was on was similar and it's was specifically no dressing.

I get shoulder pain when I'm too full. So I make sure I weigh my food and portion it better.

My experience on the hospital was not as bad bit had none the less and I'm a nurse and work for the hospital I had the surgery at - my surgeon was and is awesome but the post op care was less the amazing! I woke up and felt like crap and she said ok let's get up - lets get drinking - my eyes were barely open! I ended up telling my father I could help myself more at home and asked him to take me home! The first three days were hell - I wondered what I did to myself and the third day is the worst - it gets better! By the fifth day I felt like myself, hang in there - it gets better and then the journey begins! Goof luck!

I like the lean shake by GNC - I prefer the chocolate. I use the ready made for work - I also work in a ER so I drink it when I'm hungry during the shift and the powder is good and I mix it with different things in the am for a hearty breakfast shake. I have some PB which is a peanut butter powder or sugar free puddings and fruits to mix flavors that I like - its a daily experiment!

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@cleescrugs - It can't hurt to call but I believe from all my reading - we are in "band hell" and it's going to take a little bit and a few fills to get us where we need to be.... And it sucks! I was banded on 4/10 could of had a fill four wks out but "your loosing so lets wait another four". Yikes! Cause I can eat too much I think for being banded and lately 1000 cals is more then a little hard - so hard that I'm tired of journaling and I found myself eating with my kids last night and not healthy choices! So bring on tuesday before I fall off the side of this cliff!

I'm six wks or so out and use myfitnesspal to keep me honest with calories and protien but could - and could is the key - way whatever but I try and be really careful and think of this before folk time as a learning curve - I'm learning to take smaller bites and chew really well and get ready for the journey ahead.

Halt - excellent!

Thank you for the food for thought....

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I went on Tuesday - I was suppose to get a full but we talked about it and I was down 3.5lbs and I was staying around 1000 cals and though I get hungry its no where as bad as it use to be and decided against - I can call during the month if I feel like I can't wait until the beginning of June - that's my next appt., you get seen once a month times six months.

I am 5'8 also and really would like to be 165 but for right now I just want under 200. I was banded on 4/10 and have already lost 23lbs, so right now shotting for 195!

I'm a ER nurse and if a person has a band or a bypass we generally don't pass ng tubes unless it's a matter of life or death. As far as a medical bracelet - it couldnt hurt. NG tubes are generally used in the ER for gastric distension, gastric bleeds or bowel obstructions, they are however very small - could be compared to a straw. The garden hoses are for gastric lavage and well unless the over dose was witnessed and within in minutes of arrival we don't really practice that anymore. Hope this helps.

Monday I could move onto mushies - I was banded 2 wks then - on the list was thinly sliced deli meat - so while making lunch for my daughter - I woofed a piece of ham - bad idea - stuck - got it free a little while later but now I still have a odd sensation - yesterday sore throat today odd sensation. I can drink and feel fine - no heartburn or pain - I think I'm just paranoid - I have backed up my diet and I'm being very careful - does this last long should I calm down? I saw my surgeon on Monday for follow up and she didn't seem bothered....help!

As a newly banded person I don't have much room to give advice but there are alot of people on my fitness pal - its free and there's a app for smart phones we keep each other honest and encourage each other - maybe logging you'd food and excercise would help. Best of luck!

I've been drinking pure protein shakes and there's no soy. I prefer the chocolate to vanilla but will drink the vanilla. But your right sounds like your allergies! Sorry - hang in there!

I was banded on 4/10 and I am on liquids but am allowed some mushies like refrozen beans, melted cheese and such. But I have been so so so hungry today - stomach growling, weak and well hungry - so at dinner I had turkey and carrots all ground up in the food processor - I mean what else do you do when your that hungry? It was less then a half of cup and frankly I'm not hungry anymore! I had protien shakes and yogurt today and LOTS of water but....any suggestions?

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I had my band in Tuesday and today is the best day yet! I still have some left shoulder pain but slowly everything is getting better! The gas-ex isnt going to help much because it's for gas in your stomach and this is all over, keep at the walking....that does help with the gas and I find that the heating pad does too! Hang in there!