dylanmiles23

Good luck with the band. I don't dream of food. I just came from the food market and in the lobby were the cute Girl Scouts selling cookies. I just said, sorry I don't eat cookies. I feel bad because that is their big fund raiser but my health comes first now. Good luck.

Never chew gum after the band. I was told by my doctor, each is different, that if swallowed it has to be surgically removed. So please ask.

Wonderful!!!!!!!! Very happy to hear you are enjoying your new life with the band. We all started out like you. The pain after the surgery might have been from the gas that gets trapped in your shoulders. That happened with me. Enjoy biking with your family.

Very happy to hear you're doing better. I found after the pre-op and post -op I had almost no desire to eat except I felt like chewing something.

Sorry to hear about your father. Glad to see you're getting back on track.I was not an exercise person either but I joined a gym with my husband and we both love it and enjoy going almost every day. We push each other. Maybe you can find a push me peron, too.

Wonderful! You are a great role model for all of us. Thanks for sharing your doctor's appointment. Love the new picture-you look super! Have a wonderful birthday.

Every doctor is different. Mine was about 5-6 weeks. Filet is the most tender and the easiest to chew. Pork is hard to chew. Meatballs is one of the first soft foods I was allowed. I did get sick of them for a while. I find salmon is a great food, health wise and soft and easy to go down. Good luck. I never tried any foods before I was told I could. Some people do, their business.

That is super. I wish I was like that.

​Welcome and congratulations on getting the band. It's the best thing I ever did for myself. This morning my husband said I look much thinner but the tape measure didn't say it. We are all here to listen and help and we do not judge, or at least most of us don't.

​Good evening all. I was reading an article on Yahoo about a woman who lost 222(?) but not with WLS. It said that there is a National Weight Control Registry. Has anyone ever heard of them? After you have kept off a certain amount of weight for 1 year you can register. Interesting. ​Tonight I had one of my favorite dinners. Large shrimp, pea pods, water chestnuts, a few almonds that I cook together with hoison sauce and another Chinese sauce and put it all onto brown rice. I love that meal. Have a great snow free evening.

You are very funny. I am sorry you're having a bad day. I hate blood so don't show me any. You can have my snow and the snow that is coming back tomorrow.

Thank you for the great laugh. Sorry to hear you're having a bad morning. Throw a snow ball at someone you hate and you'll feel better.

I could have written that. My weight has not changed for weeks. It seems to go up more than down lately. This morning it was back down a speck. I weigh many times a day. Bad. I have been bad and my husband does stop saying it to me. We have to remember it's a tool and a tool needs help to work. Have a great day of healthy eating.

I am doing great thanks and you? I have been going to the gym almost every day with the hub and we are enjoying it. That is a shock.

Good luck. You'll do great and love the new you.

Wonderful! good for you. Since the band my husband said I don't snore anymore. That is a plus since I couldn't do the Cpap at all. Enjoy your day and the Doctors. Great show and I love Dr. Oz, too.

Tonight for dinner I had extra large shrimp with pea pods, water chestnuts, almonds and brown rice. It was wonderful. I used a chinese sauce to cook it all together. Then around 10pm (I am a night owl and sleep all morning) I made sweet and sour meatballs. They are so good. I use sugar free/reduced sugar grape jelly and equal part chili sauce and heat together and then add your meatballs (raw). I use some seasonings and a drop of panko and then cook them on low for about 1 hour. I have a food saver so I can freeze into small amounts for me. My husband doesn't eat meat and doesn't eat turkey sweet and sour balls. He had American chop suey made with ground turkey. He loves that. I hate that. Husband just left to meet my DIL at the mechanics. My son forgot they have an early appointment and their baby is 1 1/2 months old so tonight was better than early morning for them. My son is almost 38 and still needs us, I am happy about that. Have a great sleep everyone. Arlene

Good luck with the new you. You will do great.

Hi, Call the restaurant tomorrow and ask for help. Meatballs is a good choice. They were one of my first real meals. A nice tender filet goes down easy. As for the Cheesecake Factory, you're on your own. I don't eat cheesecake. My thing there was coffee ice cream and Godiva hot fudge. Haven't been since the band. I love their darker bread. That I could the whole loaf. Bread made me fat. But really call the restaurant. They are there to help customers because without us they would not be open. Good luck and happy eating.

Very happy to hear the doctor thinks it will heal fine, finally. Thanks for the updates.

I just told my husband your story and his remark was, it's no ones f'in business! Being an uncle is great. And being a wonderful husband is a hard job. Smile! we are all here for you.

A Fitbit is a very small devise which I wear on my bra and you hook it up with your computer and you record your food and exercises. It keeps track of your walking, stairs (only going up) and the calories you have burned. I record with my iPhone also. I love it, but not cheap. They sell for $100. but at the AT&T store near me they were $25. off. You can go to their web site and look at it since they have different models and prices rangers. Good luck. Going to the gym soon.

I love my fitbit, too.

WOW, why didn't we all grow up like that? I come from a Jewish family where food was the entertainment. On the holidays there were endless courses of food. Boy have I changed from that life. Have a nice visit with the family.