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There is a trick to the post op diet. It is simple and hard all at the same time. NO CARBS! No white carbs, no white flour, sugar, rice, Pasta, potatoes, none of it. When you eat white carbs it increases your blood sugar. That tells your pancreas to kick out more insulin. Your body kicks out more insulin and your blood sugar drops. When your blood sugar drops that starts a hormone reaction that tells your brain you are STARVING! So, you have no choice but to eat. Post op goal is simple.... low fat Atkins. No white carbs, bump up protein. You will survive the post op diet without mega hunger. White carbs encourage hunger, protein kills hunger. Ohhhh, you'll still suffer head hunger but not stomach hunger. If you have to deal with stomach AND head hunger, you will fail. Pure and simple. Cut out stomach hunger and YOU can DO this! The rest of us did and we suffer the SAME problems as you. Do it, you can.

The difference between foods is simple. Clear liquids.. something you can see through. Full liquids... something you can suck through a straw without firm suction. Soft foods... something you can eat if you had NO teeth. Something you can squish between your tongue and the roof of your mouth. You need NO teeth to chew. Solids.. you need so much as ONE tooth to chew. The post op diet sets the tone for the LIFE of your band. Personal experience only... men have more self control than women. They follow the diet, women do not. Women will NOT faint with labor pains, men would die. Go figure. Your stomach has to churn and work to mix stomach acids with food. The tougher the food, the harder to mix with stomach acid. Without stomach acid your food cannot pass through to your colon. If you have to chew it, your stomach has to work harder. Stick to your doc's diet, not the justification of others. Your band depends on this.

No, there isn't another day for healing. The fact is that the post op diet sets the tone of the life of the band. Another day for healing means that the patient can have revision surgery and they start the healing process ALL OVER AGAIN! Is that honestly another day? You see, the reason people often slip is because they didn't follow the post op diet. They might slip the day they decline to follow the diet or they might slip a year later. Six of one, half dozen of the other. If they slip they might or might not do well with a 2nd post op diet. Following your advice they may or may not slip again. The reason a 2nd post op diet may NOT work is because scar tissue does not typically form as strong as it did the first time. You get a band, you have surgery, you form scar tissue. It is NOT the sutures that hold the band in place, it is the scarring your body creates that holds the band in place. You blow the fist post op diet, you get your slip fixed, you are not likely to form strong scar tissue the 2nd time around. Thus, you are at MORE risk for a 2nd slip the next time around. That means another surgery, something more drastic such as a sleeve. Typically those that agree it is not a big deal to follow the post op diet ARE those that don't follow the post op diet. Yes, a certain amount of self control is vital. It is necessary. If you CHOOSE to decline to follow the post op diet you risk a slip and the future of your band. We are talking SIX freaken weeks! Not a lifetime! Yes, you need self control. Now, you can justify that however you wish. It does not change the reality of the situation.

Ohhh, this is WRONG WRONG WRONG! What you are referring to is "specific" weight related health issues. One might be fat yet not a major cardiac risk because their waist line is not huge enough. That does NOT mean they are not at risk for diabetes. Where one carries their weight statistically determines WHICH of the MAJOR health problems they will likely experience. If you carry your fat in your waist you are likely to have heart problems. If you carry your fat in your legs and thighs you are likely to suffer diabetes. You tell me, where is it that you carry fat in excess that is safe. Something that is unlikely to cause SERIOUS weight related issues and I'll show you proof you are wrong. Yes, it would appear it is short sighted indeed. I personally call it denial. See, now... I would. I call it realistic and honest vs. denial.

Wrong. That's a LOAD! The post op period sets the tone for the LIFE of the band. You are encouraging this person to lose their band! I realize you don't intend for that to happen but on the realistic side, that IS what you are doing! (copy/paste from another post) Eating solids during liquid phase: When you eat food your stomach has to churn and work to break food down so it can pass through the GI system. When you drink Clear Liquids it virtually does little to no work. When you drink full liquids it doesn't have to work hard. When you eat solids your stomach has to work very hard to break down food while it mixes with stomach acids. It almost looks like stomach spasms. Since it is the scarring and adhesions that hold the band in place and not the sutures (long term), when you eat solids your stomach is moving and churning and this prevents adhesions from forming. The other issue is that when they first started doing this procedure they made the pouch bigger than they do now. People were not losing weight with a larger pouch so they started making it much smaller. If you eat solids before you are supposed to you can actually push your pouch down and the adhesions that do form will secure the pouch in place but with a much larger size. You could end up with a larger pouch and weight loss will be very difficult. The only repair is surgical and then you start the post op diet all over again. I doubt most docs would redo the procedure because you didn't follow the post op diet. When you don't follow your doc's instructions you are only harming yourself. If you want the band to work, you have to do as your doc tells you. I think there should be a huge warning label somewhere that patients have to read before surgery. If you want your band to work you have to follow the instructions for EVERYTHING and especially a post-op diet. When you are doing clears/full liquids/soft foods remember that sugar, ANY kind of sugar or carbs will make you want to eat your right arm. Protein will kill hunger. It's the way your blood sugar and pancreas work. When you eat sugar your blood sugar increases. Then your pancreas kicks out insulin, then your blood sugar decreases and that sends hormones that tell your brain you are hungry again. When you consume protein it doesn't mess with your blood sugar much so your body isn't constantly trying to tell your brain you are hungry. Oh, you'll still have head hunger issues, but we all have that and that is a big reason we are fat. But mix head hunger with stomach hunger and we will fail. It's just too much. So cut out ALL sugar and most carbs, limit carbs to 30gms daily. Then bump up your protein and that should make it so you can manage post op diets.

I'd rather learn through the pooh than survive through the norms. It really does pay off in the end. I can honestly and sincerely say today, it was all worth it.

Please reconsider using critical thinking skills. Even just one!

Great. Show me the study! I hate running, I don't defend running, I think it sucks. I've made that more than clear previously. I just want to see the science behind your own claims.

I *just* hung up from talking to sissy (the sane one). I told her that I had a heart to heart with my fat surgeon last week and he explained WHY I can't break or fudge on the rules. I can't freak'en move for 15 days. I have to be in a damn ball from my waist up for 15 verrry long days. I told her that my friends have offered to let me stay with them or they would stay with me. I don't want that, I want to go to sissy's house. She's cool with that, insisted on it, matter of fact. So I'll have the surgery when I have it and stay with sissy. I still wanted it in under a freak'en damn year! I'm not over it yet but working on it.

According to history, the reason we don't change times is due to drive in movie folks. I don't recall the entire story, but they won. And I'm glad.

Nope, you don't wanna know.

She wasn't the most brilliant in the bunch. She was from a temp agency wanting a full time perm job. Yeah, it didn't happen in my clinic. Amazingly, all the men were scheduling follow up appts before they were even seen that day! HA!

I am quite sure we'll be getting study results from this one quickly.

Some people think, some people trust Bush .... no questions asked. Critical thinking skills, people! It's not the horror you think it is!!

I had to send an employee home once to put on underwear under one of those skirts. I am not kidding. Her excuse? She forgot her undies. However, the male patients were lined up. Not to see the doc though.

So what all have you tried?

Link, please? One thing I get sick to death of is that when the religious folks donate one of their dimes to a charity they make bloody sure it is counted so everyone knows what a good thing they did. When the secular folks donate they don't make an issue out of it, they don't do it through an organization that counts which religion is claiming the credit and they do it because it is the right thing to do vs. getting "heaven brownie points." How much is taken into consideration in this study you refer to that shows dollar amounts of each person? There are more religious folks than there are secular folks. Obviously the dollars are going to be more, I want to know what each person donates, secular vs. religious. Where is this non-partisan study? Links, please?

If it was my child Bush was saluting in a coffin, I just can't think of a way I could possibly be more insulted. He's an ass.

I believe your best bet for a complete list is going to be an on line yellow pages.

Someone was asking me about protein shakes with Stevia in it vs. other sweeteners. Anyone aware of such a product?

Kacee... You shouldn't be PBing that much. Just a suggestion. Take ONE bite, chew well, and walk away from your food. Get a kitchen timer for 20 minutes and when it goes off come back and finish your meal. It can make all the difference in the world. And remember, food that is no longer heated is GOOD food. HA!

Your doc is correct, they don't operate on any "parts" except your stomach. Your port is the last thing to heal. It is sewn into the fascia, a connective tissue on top of a muscle and below a fat pad. It's going to take time to heal. You'll find that it gets tender for no solid reason here and there. Stay on top of things. Literally.

Not nearly as much as extra fat and stretch marks.

Did you get your fill under fluoro? You should get your band position checked as well as size of esophagus and pouch. Under fluoro you can also see if perhaps there is a leak. You do not always have symptoms with a slip.

I wouldn't even consider bypass, honestly. Why not gastric sleeve? Weight-Loss Surgeries Compared