skuzzie

Im in melbourne, australia and we are allowed a glass a night

I agree, whats your secret? What do you mean by liquids? Like back post op? Does it help? What would you suggest?

Hey, i was done on 30/11 and i lost 5kg during the liquid phase and then 5kg in the last 2 weeks but this week i put on 300g. I feel like my weight loss has totally stalled already. From day 7 when i got home i have one book with foods and cals and also calorie king downloaded on my phone, and the other book i write the day and how im feeling then i write my meals and cals and also exercise and cals and put it in myfitnesspal. But this week we had chrissy but also i brought new foods low in fat and cals and since then my weight has gone up. So im going to go back to those pages and find the meals that worked while i loosing weight. Any body any other ideas or same issues?

I have to take 5 drugs morning and night but they are small, luckily and i wait a minute between. I used to be an icu nurse and we would dissolve the esomeprazole tablets in warm Water, takes about 5 mins, can you try and get the tabs, or ask the pharmastic if you can use a pill cuter to cut the tablets. The multi vitimin i hate taking, it diesnt feel stuck, but just not right. Oh i found for antibiotics, ask for the suspention or liquid form, didnt taste half bad!! Better than the horse tablets. Sorry about my ramble! Good luck

I decided that i would make a semi long term goal to reach a certin number at easter while everyone else is eating choccie!! I think im just going to be ultra strict on myself with chew chew chew chew chew, exercise and actually taking my multi Vitamin daily as opposed to maybe once a week! Its next to ny coffee machine so i dont really have any excuse. When you guys have mentioned detox what do you do???? Please tell me its not like that fad from years ago having liqiud grass!!! But im very interested in tips for detox. Thanks!

I love the wii, there are so many different fitness programs to shake it up and you really burn cals!! Also dance ones like zumba which also tell you cals. I live in a small flat and i get borred walking, so this is great, even on the hot summer days at the moment i have the fan directly on me and my daily goal is a min of 200cals, even if its over 2 sessions. I cant afford the gym and you can get the games cheap 2nd hand at game shops and ebay.

For white meat, i have found steamed fish is wonderful, nice and soft. As for red meat, i cant eat steak. I havent tried a lamb chop from the bbq yet! I miss them!! But i can tolerate lamb in a stew cos its so soft. Its wonderful during mushies and a cold night!! To advoid getting stuck our docs gave us a book and dvd showing that our pouch has only space for a teaspoon or small fork, so we have to take a small amount chew chew chew chew chew till mush then swallow and wait a minute between bites. I reckon with the waiting i could of knitted a jumper!!! Ask your doc for advice on how to eat for your band. Best of luck! Im aussie, could anyone tell me more about papaya enzymes? Thanks have a wonderful weekend

Did you get a letter automatically? I must say i was suprised when i asked mr burton if i could see the dietician he said he doesnt place a great emphisis on it but yes i could, mire interested in getting rid of appite and stuff and losing weight. So i made an appoitment at glen iris, but re-read the eating for a month plan and it does clearly state its in the package. So thats good. Im just a little suprised by what he said, i thought he would support it more, but yes we will meet!! Im looking forward to learning about how to eat and live with my band. Since we forked out $3400!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I must say the extra Protein i had last night for tea really helped!!!!! Cos when i wake up im usually a little peckish, but this morning im not, and enjoying my coffee, more than when i first got half way through mushie week. Oh i have to say i watched the movie aurthurs christmas and the best line that i think has ever existed is now an gift wrapping elf who says there is always time for a bow!!! So cute. Oh i weighed before chrissy and 3 days after just out of interest but i weigh myself every friday cos my op was on a friday. Anyways have a lovely trip and i look foward to seeing you next year! That sounds so weird!!! Soon they will be selling hot cross buns!!! Have a lovely day everyone!!!!!

OMG!!!!! Work is horrible, so busy and im sick of asking if peeps want tarts or chrissie cakes and rolls in paper or plastic! Honestly the only thing we dont ask is would you like fries with that! Im 3 weeks out or 21 days. I got my fill on wednesday which was fine. I lost 5kg in the first week. I asked him how big our pouch is and he said only enough to hold a teaspoon cos i said i was confused by the book, so thats why we have to wait between bites. I also asked him what i could eat at work when im starving and he said some nuts, tried it thursday night cos we closed at 9:30pm and it worked. I asked him if i could see the dietician but he said he doesnt place a big emphasis on it, but im so out of ideas on food that im borred with food and i need to understand this band as my last one i could almost eat a full size meal. And plus WE have paid a massive amount to get this after care its even in the book and description of fees. Oh the duetion helen something, cant remember her last name has a web site that has recipes that i would have never thought of. It doesnt have cals but the only bad thing in some is oil for the pan which spray could subsitute. Apart from that in the middle of the night im hungry and i have a bottle if Water on my bed side table i have a few skulls and tell myself im full. Im down just over 10kg. With my last band it took me about a year to loose that. So now my depression has gone. And im below 110kg in a while so im pretty happy! Hope everyone is going well, including the chrissie shopping!!!! Ive got in my head what im going to eat for chrissie lunch, but my brother just told me that i put a 2 cent bet on that my 18 month old nephew will eat 3 times more than me!!!!!!! And im 32!! Hey at least unlike everyone else we wont put on chrissie weight!!! I used to use it as an excuse!!! Anyways another essay from me, the myans got it wrong, we are still here the world didnt end! Someone will get it right one day!!! Have a fantastic night and even better weekend and i wish everyone a wonderful christmas!!

Hey there, i exercise on the wii fit plus, it also has other programs like the biggest loser challege and zumba 1 and 2 which also tell you how many cals. I cant afford the gym and here its summer so you can relax with the fan on. I like it more now than when i just used to jump on it for a while. I do just over 30 mins and burn about 170 cals, if theres nothing on the telly ill jump on again!!!

I cant afford a gym so i use the wii fit plus, its great cos it tells you how long and how many cals. Also zumba on wii is also great cos you forget your exercising!!!!!

Im 3 weeks post op and our pouch is large enough to only hold 1 tsp ir 1 small forkful, so we have strict eating rules. I totally get you though!!! Im aussie so just about every other night every one is having a bbq!!! And walking past food shops, i just inhale really deeply and then think if i eat it im just going to chunder and it will taste even worse on the way back up. Saves me money though!!!

Hey kate, i dont know if there is a set loss per week. How often did weight watchers, jenny craig, tony ferguson and dieticans tell us we MUST lose a min of 0.5-1kg per week. And then there look of dissapointment in us!! Amusing now! Cos we are actually doing a total health and lifestyle change with support and being charged to get weighed or to buy meals, we are actually in it for the long term not just to get to goal!! Oh i had a very depressing day at work today, at the bakery i just came back from slicing bread and another customer said she is sooo fat!!! How could she get a job here!! I bet she eats everything here!! Thats why theres hardly any sweets!!! And it was just me and a guy on so odviously they werent talking about him! I know i shouldnt let it get to me, but ive always been sensitive. I had to force myself to eat lunch again for work and left some for the angels! Im glad im seeing mr burton on wednesday to ask for help. Cos also if im closing were i dont get home till 7pm i have serious episodes of hunger but i try and drink a litre of Water each shift. I know its unhealthy to try and force myself to eat its just that once we are at work we dont sit or stop especially with santa coming soon!! Does any one have any advice on what i could do considering we cant snack?? Kate it would be wonderful to welcome you to the easter personal challenge. In the first week post op the usual weight loss is aprox 5kg then it slows as you eat more. If you like you can put your start weight now and what you would like to be as your going in for you op in jan so you have a head start? Loz what was your last meal? I was on pre op diet but on the wednesday i had a bar of choccie and some ham and cheese and also fetta spinach danishes and icing off a finger bun. Thursday i had roast pork with crackle and gravy apple sauce and potatos, i savoured every bite!! Best of luck being sliced and diced tomorow and as long as you get happy drugs to take home you will be fine!!!