Daisalana

I use to take the fish oil capsules... I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who burped up fish taste.. I didn't know why that happened and it was so disgusting it wasn't worth making my nails look prettier!!! I have extra dry skin (born that way), and a tip my g'ma passed down to me as soon as you get out of the shower, while you're still wet, lotion your whole body.. helps lock in moisture. Works for me.. if I forget, my skin is flakey and dry all day long. And about the oil.. I love olive oil and balsamic vinager (heavy on the vinegar) mixed together to go with..anything.. meat, cheese, salads, breads, whatever. But I have tried blending my own oil dips for some family picnics, and one of the ones people liked most was just garlic salt with basil already mixed in, olive oil, salt, and pepper (ground with chunks). What about pesto? Pesto is delicious too and you can make it or buy it with olive oil. Wonder how that would be on the veggie chips..

That's what I was saying earlier on this thread, they said it's taro.. and I love love love taro.. BUT it's just like a potato chip..which is why I was curious the nutrition on the vegie chips.. Taro is a root, we use to import taro chips from hawaii.. so was wondering if it's just how it was made that it was not very good nutritionally, or if that's just how taro is.. I'll call the company on Monday because if the nutrition is ok with me, it sounds really damn good.

I agree with Terri! I've only just begun, but so far I love it! I keep track of my calories, and the first couple of weeks having 300-400 calories a day, I was simply amazed. Now I have no restriction till my first fill, but I get full so much quicker.. pre-band I don't know that I ever just got full. I was either hungry, or stuffed (very rare.. Thanksgiving..) So now, until I get my fill I do get hungry more often and have had my 'binge' moments, where I want a lot of food. And then when it's all said and done, my binge is only 1/10th (maybe less) of what it would have been before the band..so it's keeping me in check! It's also teaching me to slow down and think about food choices.. if I can only have so little food, I want to make it count! About beating yourself up over not being able to do it without the band.. don't feel bad, in America over 60% of people are overweight.. it's not like you're an outcast! We all can relate.. believe me, if I could have done this on my own, I definitely wouldn't have risked surgery. My number one concern (besides a cathetar) going into surgery, was that.. if I died doing an 'elective surgery' that my parents helped me pay for, they would never forgive themselves. But the risks of complications is sooo small (.5%), so once you get your surgery date, it will come and go before you know it! Good luck

Gr8- Yup.. been getting injections in my spine for the past 4 years.. this last one I got (was in March), did not work at all. Normally it works enough to get me through the day, like now, but never took all the pain away.. still took Advil. But since this last shot didn't work and I knew I was getting banded, I was being optimistic that I'd lose weight before the excruciating pain came back!

Wow you lost it quick! Congratulations on hitting goal!!

A lot of my back pains stem from a crooked spine and inflamed muscles that never die down.. so I normally take 4-10 advils daily (pre-op). Tylenol does not help the muscle pains at all.. I was told not to take NSAIDS, so I've just been 'toughing it out' and hoping with weight loss it will get better.. only really bad part is at night in bed, it hurts a heck of a lot to lay down, so I take liquid tylenol night time stuff to help me pass out and not feel it. During the day when it flares up really bad I take some of the liquid lortab I was prescribed from post-op. I only have about 1 dose left, and I tried liquid tylenol for the pain during the day with no result, so not sure what I'll do! I guess pray I lose enough weight to reduce the pain rather quickly

lctexas- since we are all recently banded and mostly not filled, this question would be better asked out in the 'fills' topic, so experienced banders can answer

Diarhea is normal, so is really irregular BM's..I didn't take immodium because I figured it needed to come out..

the veggie chips

I'm 23 (barely!), and I was banded last month. So far so good, I'm glad I did it!

Maudi- me too! I got paddled in school a couple times (in Elementary school).. one was on Thanksgiving lunch when your parents come to the school and eat t-day with you.. I went to a private Christian academy and they were mean!! Me and my friend were whispering during a test (in 1st grade).. I remember the test was about indians.. and she thought we were cheating. We both swore we weren't but, they didn't believe us. So me and my friend (who was a guy) were taken into a room, we were told to touch our toes (haha sign of my weight, I remember having a hard time doing this), and then we were paddled together. I was crying the rest of the day and they write letters home to the parents, so my mom had to come to turkey day with me crying and scared about the letter. Memmories.. I didn't talk during a test ever again in her class!!

I am all for spanking. I was spanked, and it worked. It taught us humility! We all realize as we get older, it didn't hurt (in my family anyway), but we'd bawl our eyes out and stop whatever it was we were doing because we were emberassed. I plan on spanking my kids if they're naughty. I've never known a kid (I'm not saying it doesn't work, just not seen it), that responded to the 'time out'.

I'm glad you guys bumped this thread.. I've been wondering about information on swimming. I'm almost 4 weeks post op, and my parents opened their pool up for the season this past Monday.. we're going over for mother's day and I was really wanting to swim.. now I think I will!

was- what's the nutritional info in a serving and what's a serving?

im in there lookin for ya terri

Dynamo- Ok, I need your help LOL! I'll live vicariously through you guys who opt for a personal trainer.. come home and tell me what they taught you I was on all fours, and I tried with legs in a comfortable position, and then slightly back farther (trying to feel a good stretch while doing it), then I would suck my gut in, hold it, and let go.. it didn't seem to do much for me (except it always feels good for my back when I let my tummy go). Does it sound like I missed something? Is there a certain angle you're suppose to be in, do you let your back arch drop or no? (Couldn't decide with that either). I look forward to your response so I can try again!! No, I've never really 'worked out' or done 'exercises'. In Middle school/high school, I was never in PE, I was in band since 4th grade.. so never did that stuff.. then when I dieted at 18 on Atkins, and I was able to move well, I did walk-a-mile video series (I really like those.. and plan to bust them out again soon). I bought a yoga for dummies video, and I'm too fat to do any of that.. No one ever taught me fun stuff!!

I don't know about swelling. I really carry my weight like a guy, I have a big ol belly. I wore housedresses around the house the week after surgery out of comfort, but I lost at least 10lbs the first week and never had to go up a size.. (Even if I didn't lose 10lbs, my clothes still fit right after surgery.. the housedresses I got were not very loose and didn't get any tighter) But for swelling.. I never noticed it??? I mean, maybe I did, but my belly is so big you DEFINITELY couldn't tell. I stood naked in front of a mirror to see if I noticed anything, and I promise I didn't even notice an inch! Now when I look in the mirror, one thing I notice.. I suck my gut in as a life-long habit, and now with my gut sucked in the port incision dimples in drastically. The skin on top and bottom kind of collapse over it, like a belly button. My post-op appt was this past Wednesday and he said I still had swelling, he was pushing down on my stomach though, and I think he meant under the port, I have a hard lump about 3inx2x.

A really long way.. some people have links to their journals in their signatures (not like mine, mine's not on this site), I found mine someone posted the journal in their signature under the thread about discussions about the board.. "whered the journals go" or something like that.. click on their journal then browse for yours.

Thanks for the follow up Dynamo, gonna do that tonight!

Dynamo- Not yet I'm at work, and if I get on all 4's there's going to be some rumors going around the office LOL!

Congrats Teach!!!!! Now you can be each other's support system But you better not leave us!

:guess :kiss It's 90's today I had to drink tea, I was svetsing (sp..hehe). The no drinking is because it washes food out, but I'm not hungry anyway, so if it washed it out I wasn't concerned for now.. I needed liquid. And the tea is unsweetened! And for those who don't know Incubus, shame on you. They've been around since early 90's.. You've heard their songs if you listen to general radio.. Hope you feel special, I'm looking them up to see which songs were trendy and most people heard.. -Wish You Were Here (this is the part where I'd horribly sing the tune to someone till they go-oh yeah I know that-but since I can't, here's a blip of lyrics) I wish you were here I lay my head on to the sand The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it I'm counting UFO's I signal them with my lighter And in this moment I am happy...happy -Stellar Meet me in outer space I will hold you close If you're afraid of heights I need you to see this place It might be the only way That I can show you how It feels to be inside of you How do you do it? Make me feel like I do How do you do it? It's better than I ever knew -Drive (plays on all the pop stations around here, not just general/alternative) Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear Take the wheel and steer It's driven me before And it seems to have a vague, aunting mass appeal But lately I am beginning to find that I Should be the one behind the wheel Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there With open arms and open eyes -Pardon Me (Like drive, I hear it on a lot of stations) A decade ago I never thought I would be At twenty three On the verge of spontaneous combustion Woe-is-me But I guess that it comes With the territory An ominous landscape of never ending calamity I need you to hear I need you to see That I have had all I can take And exploding seems like A definite possibility to me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world I know, I sure do hog up a lot of space.. bleh. I guess I'm just the chatty kathy of the internet.

hehe nice tip, reminds me of our navigation system When we don't do what she says, she goes "Make a legal U-turn"

Dynamo- thanks for the tip, I definitely need to tighten my tummy!! Only thing I'd be concerned about it, is that the restriction is due to bothering the band area and causing more swelling-and that's why it's more restrictive?

I lied, I have some more stuff to ramble about. When me and fiance first started dating years ago, we had made a date to go see Incubus in Nashville (where we both lived at the time). He was handling it. We broke up a month before the concert, so he went with a friend instead of me. I never let him live that down, because I love them and really wanted to see them live..(they have a lot of 'our' songs) So.. we found out they're coming to Atlanta in August, which is a 3 hour drive for us. He said he wanted to take me, to make up for it. Tickets haven't been on sale, but I check e-bay and ticketmaster and some other places daily.. the tickets finally started going on sale, but only the general admission and lawn tickets.. outdoor concert, lawn is actually the very very back, not the front like you'd think. And then 1 set of decent seats is the side of the stage, last row for $195 a person. That's not even great seats and for that price.. bah. Well I went back to e-bay (already looked this morning, was nothing), and this time, there was an Incubus VIP boxsuite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was $395, includes 2 tickets in the private box, personal waitress, VIP pass to some hooters lounge (whatever that is), private bar, and VIP parking right outside of the gate. We talked it over for like 2 minutes, I called the e-bay seller and got specifics.. It's CENTER. So we bought it! I'm so exstatic(sp?)! Just booked our hotel room too, at this interesting mediterranian looking hotel near the airport. We're going to get a cab from the hotel so we can get drunk at the concert.. I likely won't drink again till that time, since I don't like to drink.. but Incubus with my man.. and VIP.. I gotta celebrate a little. So I'm already bouncing off the walls with this. WOOHOO! And hopefully I'll be in those sexy jeans by then.. Please oh please...