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Sounds like you lost a lot of weight!!! Im sick of not going to the loo so when i just went to the supermarket to get cottage cheese. I then went to the chemist and finally got a multi vitamin, our docs want them to have folate and vit B12. I asked the chic and no joke the first thing she said was us it for pregnancy?!!!!!!!!!! And i also got a fibre drink which will probley add cals and also this special band aid thingie that helps even open blisters to heal faster. And when i got out i could smell roast chicken!!! I inhaled deeply and then thought hiw the hell am i swallow it and more cals to burn off or to add to my day! How many pounds do you have to loose to get to your goal? I think the feeling of looser clothes is always a fantasic way to measure, congrats again on that!!!! Have a good one

I looked over the month food program and we only have to do 1 week complete mushies. And we get 2 nutrutionalist visits. One at 4-6 weeks after being banded then 3 months. Does the protein powder add many cals? But to get protein for you is really important especially as your so hungry and dont see your doc until next friday us it? Cos im on wednesday. Its going to be hot for the next couple of days so im going to the supermarket ti get some cottage cheese that someone who is also on 1/2 a cup recomends. Im worried about my foot cos i start work at the bakery on saturday and i cant get a certificate for sore feet. So im going to the chemist to get advice on dressings cos being almost chrissy the next 3 weeks will be frantic and we never sit down at all. Since im very restricted doing walking im doing upper body like standing arm push ups and side leg raises and stuff. Other wise i havent got much planned today, im bad i weigh myself every day and if i put on i know to focus more and if there are changes from the day before that i can make changes today to get that back, like i put on 1 kg and today i lost 0.4kg. So i know what ti change from better use of cals etc.. I think swimming is usally 5-6 weeks, the wounds have to be totally healed. Mention it to your doc and just think soon you will have to go down a size!!!! Good luck with your new eating plan!

Thanks the interview went ok. Ladt night i walking to the letter box in bear feet and stood on something that ripped just about all the blister skin off!!! Bloody painful!! I rang the docs and spoke with yhe nurse and she said to wait till its healed. Your allowed is it 5 meals a day? At least you can plan your meals. I think im deffiently in the green zone as im throwing away more food than im cooking for the 1/2 a cup. Are you finding that your hunger is like before you had your op? I have no idea how many cals im supposed to be on but i think while i cant exercise im going to lower them but still make sure that i get my protein and vegies. What did the doc say about your wound?

I forgot to mention that i was on the 1st week of mushies. We werent lots of info for fluids stage but the mushies not so much and we didnt talk to the nutrionalist pre-op. As i can only have 1/2 a cup 3 times a day as a maximum im finding it tricky to come up with ideas at the moment stews barmixed and sauces added to mushed things. But i dont see the doc until 19/12 so it will be 3 weeks post-op. Perfect before chrissie, but being tradional aussie summer its cold roasts and salads so im ready for that.

Can you have wine? Oh my blister is massive now and not healing considering having to walk on the ball of my foot everyday and band aids dont stick. It got even worser today from wearing a cheap pair of heels for a job interview, and i always put my normal shoes in the boot to drive home. 40 mins of total agony cos its my right foot. So ive got another pair, more room but a bit tighter. So band aids and extra cushioning for the ball of my foot and bandaids for the back of my ankles cos i have another job interview tomorrow. Othrrwise since ive lost those couple of kilos i feel more self confident than 2 weeks ago, weird!! Its so odd we had our surgery on the same day and seeing our docs a couple if days apart. It was not good my tummy was rumbling not loud but i could hear it!! And i decided to wait till i got home to eat so it would be better than a drive through latte! Im still not feeling hungry at breakfast. I guess good side is it helps keep the cals down! By only having 31cals for coffee. Otherwise im feeling well. How is every thing going for you? I go back to work on saturday. Which i have always thought is ironic that a fat girl is serving them at the bakery!!! But have you been told, but you have a great personalality and a pretty face! On a personal note ive only been to the toliet twice but i guess considering we dont eat much. I might get metamucil which is a fibre supplement drink but it means i have to drink more water. Bugger!!!! I hate water!

I got told not to do the traditional lift head sit up as it can irritate were the port is. But there are other un tradutional ways to work out your abs

Decaff?????? Its real coffee or nothing. We can even have a glass of wine at night cos if the health benifits but spiruts and what we call 'alcopops' is basically the alchol that teenagers drink cis they are like soft drink. The government even put a tax on those!!! I akso wrote down my plan for today which included cutting vegies, fish and chicken into the grams that i have set out to volumes that i think would fit in my 1/2 a cup. After 4 hours including doing the dishes my hands still smell like carrot!! Yes i read on many of the threads about fitness pal so i downloaded it last night, well 3am! So im going to play tonight. But i like having each day written down and also foods and how much cals so i can make sure i stay with my cals. But it will be good especially when im out to track even that skinny flat white & exercise. Oh today i had lunch and i didnt chew a piece if chicken till it was mush before i swallowed and it got sort if stuck, pain but it passed through so it was a massive reminder not ti do that again!!! Have you decided what your having for christmas? Im working at the bakery christmas eve until close so i can bring extra food for the family cos its a 2 hour drive to my parents house. Being summer chrissie lunch is always cold roast meats and salads. So i told mum i will eat my food then, soft chicken and pork apple sauce and salads that are moist and soft. I really dont care about missing out on plum pudding. Also they always have b'day cake fir me my brother and grand mother. Mum said you cant refuse cake and i told mum i will not be eating it. After a couple of mins i finally got through to her by telling her if i eat ut ill through it up, she got the message!!! What are doing for your exercise? I dont feel confident walking cos of the comments, maybe when i get down to 100kg, no idea in pounds. When are you seeing you surgeon? Sounds like you need an adjustment. Is it weird being hungry again? Do you have dissolveable or actual stiches? I have dissolvable. 2 sites are totally healed, one under my tit us red but its probley from the heat. My long cut is in a totally akward and 1 week and i reckon they will both be fine. I go back to the surgeon on the 19/12 so 3 weeks post-op and probley an adjustment. Whats on the menu at the moment? Steamer works great well except the steam burn i got!! Anyways im enjoyung a lovely cuppa and gone from 2 artifical sugars to 1 so im going to get down to 1/2. Anyways have a lovely night

Hi, have a chat with your surgeon about your concerns. We are all here for you.

Kerr we need more men like you in Australia!! Its true if we have confidence in our selfs it shines through. Ive only been banded just over a week, ive already felt a change in myself. I just turned 32 in november and was given a miss naughty cup, totally true! My mind has changed over night and i cant wait to not just be the girl with a pretty face!! Everyone remember we are on a lifestyle journey that includes mind body and soul and relearning about ourselves

I weighed myself this morning and down 5.3kg or 11lbs. I had lunch with my friend today well i had a skiiny flat white with a horrible sweetner while she had 2 sushi rolls and coffee. I was thinking about all those cals in the rice. Weird. So until tea (dinner) i had only 1 coffee and about 2 bottles of water cos it was so hot. And i did 30 mins on the wii fit and got 155cals. For tea i used my 1/2 cup to try and measurre for a small fish fillet from my dad and vegies. So my george forman steamer is great saves on time and washing up!!! So i had preparred 2 very small fillets of fish and 1 of each- a piece of cauliflower, sweet potato, brocili and i put them in the cup and pretty close!! Good guess! I mashed and then put some sweet chilli sauce through it. I had 2 mouthfuls totally yummy and 1 did the 1 minute rule and i lost interest in it. In the book it says when you dont eat all on your plate think of it as food for angels so they ate well!! Oh i found something very helpful from 7 years ago on my last diet i had 1 book were i had written down foods weight cals. So i started that with the foods im having now so i can add to it later. And a seperate book for what i eat each day, including breakfast lunch or tea and coffee inbetween, because you are allowed snacks as well maybe this could be handy for you. Plus my weight every saturday including total loss and down the bottom i write exercise. So i put the wii and cals and also walking around the shops for about 2 hours. My poor blister is bigger!!! And considering i was wearing thongs today it made it worse, but im not going anywere tommorow just going to exercise with the wii. I have fit plus, mel b's and biggest loser challenge ( amercian) which gives a great workout!! Its weird that feeling isnt that. We got told to call it saiety which is your satisfied without being full. Congrats on your first meal out. What did you have with your fish? Have a great night

Yeh, i got the first one out after 2 years and lots of adjustuments or fills i lost 20kg but after moving from tasmania back to victoria id had enough of 6 months throwing everything up and when the different surgeon took it out he said it was messy and the band was sideways. 18 months later and of course put it all back on again. So after a lot of thinking i know it works and i moved to melbourne and we actually have support!!! In hobart i asked the surgeon about food and he said everyone is different so he doesent recomend anything to us! Here it is a centre surgeons nurses nutritionalist and acess to phsycolgy if needed and follow up for life. Do lots of research and check amazon.com and in general google band recipe books and find out the plan that is set for you. For example how many meals a day etc. But i dont miss or crave foods and in the mornings i wake up slightly hungry i have to take 5 drugs twice a day and they almost fill me up and a coffee and i have saitey. But im only 8 days post op. But im happy i made the decision to get it back in. Any questions just ask im happy to help

Hey there, welcome!! I just got my 2nd band in on 30/12/12. I live across the puddle in Melbourne, and today i start mushies, very excited. Depeneding on your meal plan as if your like me and only allowed 3 meals a day or less or allowed meals and snacks. So for meal ideas and snacks if you are allowed them look in food and nutrition. But explore every ware and again welcome and have a fantastic day!!!!

I ment to say that i WASNT tempted for chocie. Im 32 and still cant spell!!!

Wow your plan is massive!! On the forum of food and nutrition someone has a written a thread on snacks for 100 cals. Im still trying to finish my book but were they put the band is at the top of the stomach so there isnt even a pouch like the first time i had it. I suppose thats why we cant have snacks or more than 3 meals. I took my dressings off and they all are healing well. And the best thing for them is fresh air so top off except my bra that presses on 1 cut and holds up one boob so its relaxing laying on the couch with the fan on. I just did the shopping and i brought eggs, a choice of large or large! I was even tempted to go down the chocie isle. If you have an android or iphone search for calorie king and it has the cals fat and entre weight or amount, much cheaper than buying the book! I brought a steamer and also a microwave 3 egg cooker in the shape of a chicken, most cute!! Tommorrow is going to be 37 degrees so i have mushie apples already in the fridge to have if im hungry in the morning. Have a lovely night, you guys have winter there? And also guess what we both finally made it through a week of fluids!!!!!! Cya

Well done!!!! Remember to think how much a cracker would hurt you at the moment. I miss cabury crunchi chocolate and i was thinking the other day if i had that, it would be another block of chocie to loose. Do you have some o.j or any juice? Soup? Tea or coffee? Mineral water (not soft drink)? Do you have any jelly that you could have ready in the fridge for those times? I have in my hand bag i small kiddie size juice with low cals so if im out im not tempted at all. Plus they are handy for long drives. Im on fluids for a week as well. What are you going to have for breakie tomorrow? I think egg but i havent decided what vegies to have with it. Decisions decisions!! I reckon it was never this hard when we could eat everything and anything!!! So what is you eating plan rules? Ours is 1/2 a cup of food maximum 3 times a day, no snacks, unlimited water tea coffee and mineral water. Have 1 bite from a teaspoon or small fork and chew until its mush then wait 1 minute befire the next and dont eat for longer than 20 mins, but if it prevents me chundering im all for it!! And if we are hungry between meals it means were in the yellow zone ring them and maybe a fill, but if we must have a piece of fruit so we dont sabotage our weight loss. Oh and our 1/2 cup has to be mostly protein. i think its good to know that during Prif O'Briens 12 year study no one has ever suffered from deficancies which i think we also have some bloods every year plus we have to take a multi vitiman, whats 1 more drug!!! Its weird after i told you last night before i went to bed about what i had eaten ive just woken up not very hungry at all!! I think he put a touch of fluid in my band during surgery if this is the green zone im lovin it!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!! Your lucky im single so i dont have anyone to have farting comps with, unless i see my brother, or who will get me things, you are very lucky!!! Cya later.

Unfortunatly my blister still bloody hurts!! Today all i have had is a coffee 1/2 cup soup and a few sips of another coffee, only cos i made it way to strong, and some pineapple juice from a can that the parents had with their tea. Maybe 400 cals at the most. Can you imagine how bad we would both be this time last week with only eating that!!!! I didnt walk today cos i needed to help mum make a casserole for the C.W.A chrissie breakup. I wasnt tempted to eat the chicken while deboning it or even try the curry sauce!! Massive change. Oh C.W.A is country womens association they do craft bake cakes and lamingtons and the best scones ever!!!!!! In the morning im leaving to go back home, yey freedom cos i live alone, and i will get a steamer calorie book and kitchen scales oh and better do a food shop now that we can have real food!!! How long are you on fluids for? Dad has relunctly given me some of his fish that he caught, i think it broke his heart! Are you having cravings or missing any foods and have you decided your plan of attack for chrissie? Im off to be now. Have a great night!

So bad news....i was on a 40 min walk yesterday and ended up with a blister right on the ball of my foot!! Poor me! Oh and i was good i did a load of washing for mum yesterday and did some incidental exercise by taking a few extra trips to the clothes line. Im still trying to finish Prof O'Brien lapband book. I was talking with my parents last night and told them im going to get a steamer and they said would you like it for christmas and i said no i need to start on saturday. So we came up with a plan of they pay and on christmas day i wrap the box and put it under the tree!! Do you find you do you best thinking when you sleep? Im going to buy kitchen scales and a calorie king book. I also worked out that to get to my goal is 59kg or 119pounds(i think). A big number, after so many diets and being told by weight watchers you MUST lose 1kg each week. Ive decided that this is MY weight loss lifestyle im going to dictate the terms with consultation of me and my surgeon. First keep under my set cals, but plan a couple days ahead for meals so they include protein and vegies. Im giggling at myself my in the words of Winne The Pooh i have rumblys in my tumbleys. But i think its my normal stomach cos i dont feel hungry, i feel like a nice coffee would serfice. My goal today is to drink more water and continue to listen to my new body. Oh the parents had the yummist chicken last night so i inhaled deeply and now have a strong mindset it might yummy, it would bloody hurt and id throw it up. And it works. Hows the itchiness going? I take my dressings off on saturday, yey freedom!! Have wonderful day. Tatoomooy do you have kids? If so how are they coping when you and your man were farting left right and centre

On friday im heading home and decided on the way i would stop at the frozen penguin. Which is a cheap frozen food shop including vegies and fish. Then only a 2 & 1/2 hour drive home. Im also going to get a cheap steamer which ill be able to use for mushies and to steam stuff when im on solids. And im going to start on saturday weighing myself weekly and each day writing foods calories and even write if i have any mental issues so im accountable to try and keep my cals less than 1000. I have my first fill in 3 weeks which i remember being fun! Have a lovely day

I feel your pain!! I was in hospitial for 2 nights after my band was put in. I was on tea, apple juice and broth. YUK!!!! In Melbourne we are on fluids of 1 week to allow the band to settle into its nice comfy home. If we ate straight away we could risk slipage and throwing up and causing a few issues. I was banded on 30/11/12 and on saturday i get to go to mushies for 2 weeks! Lamb casserole, fish, egg, vegies here i come. I just have to explore the best nutrional options. I assume your from americia? Do you have V8 juice? Its nutrionally balanced, high fibre and contains a mix of fruit and vegies. Sounds weird but just look around. I was on opti fast shakes for 2 weeks pre op and i tried one. It was totally differant the smell the taste

I agree if we are in the green zone we have 3 or less meals a day of 1/2 a cup of food. Protein for us is so much more important. I mean sprouts, bread, pasta. We would pb that up

I had my hair done and i feel like a new me. I treated myself to a small skinny flat white from gloria geans which is about 100cals. Went for a 20 min walk then soup for tea. I realised that i will be on day 2 of mushies on sunday night when we have our christmas tea. So im not going to go. I dont want to have to explain myself and im on 2 weeks sick leave from there anyways. Well that and i dont have to worry about getting a k.k gift. Oh k.k means kris kringle. Its like secret santa. Tatoooomy im so happy to hear your going well! I think for my mushies on saturday im going to do 2 days of vegies with spice and herbs just so i dont put any extra pressure on the piece of stomach he had to cut out. And i think egg and steamed fish for protein. Hows your hubby going with your new lifestyle especially the food aspect? Well its past midnight so good night everyone keep up the wonderful work!!!!

Hey all. Im going in for my 2nd band on 30th november. Has anyone got any suggestions besides juice? Thanks

I tried one of my optifast shakes fron pre-op and it tastes different almost horrible and the smell!!! I cabt wait till saturday to go onto mushies. Were only on fluids for a week. Oh in Australia we have jelly what i believe us jello. My favourite is a brand called areoplane jelly and like vegimite ut has the best song!!! Like the ones you cant get out of your head. And their are diet versions which i have always add extra water, even before lapband was a word i knew! I hope everyone is having a great start to the day with the sun shinning and the birdies singing!!

Itchy is good cos it means your healing. Im still on fluids. Ive just woken up and its weird i have to take 5 drugs in the morning so odvisouly 1 at a time and wait and i dont seem to be hungry then. I might just have a glass of hot water instead. I find that when i have soup or juice in front of me im not interested or cant finish it. Im getting my hair done today, apart from that no pain only uncomfortable at times. And this may gross some of you out but last night day 3 i finally went to the toliet! Have a wonderful day, i can hear the waves rolling in the sun is shining and the birdies are singing. Now the worst bit i have to roll myself out if the sofa bed. I imagine its how a beached whale trys to move!!!

Hi everyone. Thanks for all the ideas everything is going along nicely except the surgeon had to cut away some of my stomach cos of what the Tasmanian surgeon had put around the band to secure it. But its all good now. Had to get a comfy bra today cos 1 of the stab sites is on my bra line between my boobs!!! Trust a male surgeon to do that!! Hugs to everyone