LadyDiva618

I was up and walking 3 hours after the surgery I was determined to go home that night but everything is different. I had surgar free popsicles, heating pads, and gas x strips at my house. I was walking around my house non stop because I had bad left shoulder pain. I am 7 week post op and I feel amazing you can do this and I will see you on the other side. Good Luck.

Looking good and Congrats

Yesterday morning Mandy met me at my house and she brought me over my shirt. I thought she ordered a XL but she got me a large. At first I was like I can’t wear large but she encouraged me to try it on. To my surprise the large was a perfect fit and I was shocked! One thing about me and Mandy we are always late. So how late were we? One hour but better late than never right? Anyway yesterday it finally hit me that I have the lap band. I know you would have thought the weight loss and my change of eating habits would turn on the light upstairs but it didn’t. So what happened to me that finally clicked? I had my first frothing but I know what happened. Me and Mandy were rushing and while we were getting ready. I was drinking on my protein shake and when I was done with the shake I started drinking on my coffee. While waiting on the metro link (the train) I started to get nauseous and on my way to the race I started frothing. Mandy asked me if I was okay I told her if she ever seen me drinking a protein shake and coffee back to back stop me. I believe that was the cause of my frothing. I was afraid that I couldn’t do the race but the frothing came and went. Me and Mandy walked 3.34 miles and had fun. I was dancing and didn’t feel like stopping. We finished the race and gave each other a big hug and it was amazing. Afterwards we went to subway I ordered a chopped turkey salad and Mandy was teasing me because it took me 45 mins to finish. Yesterday was a great day. My plan for the rest of today is to go spent time with my daddy. He work overtime this morning so I am want him to rest up before I go see him. My daddy is amazing and I love him so much. Happy Father’s Day to all my readers and thank you for reading

I was Banded on May 1 and I understand what you guys are going thru, The liquid diet was a pain for me. My advice to you guys is to keep your mind busy and my sugar free popsicles your best friend. Good luck to everyone.

Hang in there you got this!

I know I should be eating breakfast food but I am not a breakfast food person and my job has so many interruptions that couldn’t enjoy my breakfast if I wanted to. So I was thinking if I add protein powder in my 12 oz. of coffee this will keep me full until lunch. Does anyone have any recipes or suggestion for me? Thanks everyone in advance.

I work at a day care part time and I took 2 weeks off because couldn't do any heavy lifting (25 pounds) for 2 weeks.

I am one month post op too and I broke my sobriety on Friday. I had 2 glasses of wine and I was fine. I did felt sorta bad about it but I got back on track the next day.

I understand I lost 40 pounds and I still don't see it. I think it a mental thing.

When I was going my liquid diet I thought I would of been going to the bathroom like crazy but I didn't. I finally had a bowel movement 5 days after my surgery thanks to Miralax. Hang in there.

I found a game on the Wii Shopping channel it's called Step up. I did my first 15 min workout and I burn 109 calories. My only complaint is that the game does not tell you the steps you have to look at the picture. Unless there is a way and I haven't figure it out yet.

I am starting to get bored with my Wii Fit Plus games. Does anyone recommend any Wii Fit excerise games I should try?

How exciting keep up the great work!

Thanks for the feedback. I am just planning head because father's day is coming up and we are going to be grilling turkey burgers. I think I am going to wait on trying breads and I am terrified of getting a stuck episode

Has anyone tried this product? Do you think it's lap band friendly? http://www.flatoutbread.com/

The first 3 days were hard for me but it will get better with time

Congrats!

You can do this. We all been there. The best advice I can give you is keep your mind busy and make sugar free popsicles your best friend. Good Luck.

He wants to see how I am doing in a another month. He was impress with my weight loss and he doesn't want to rush into things. We discuss my eating habits because I track everything on MyfitnessPal. I was completely honest with him. I told him that I do eat breakfast my job is demanding so I add protein into my coffee. I told him that I do have a 10 am snack then it lunch at 12pm or 1230pm. He wasn't to concern about the snacks but I do need to add more protein in my diet. My calorie intake is arounf 500 to 750 a day. I am burning 150 addictional calories a day but I would like to make it 200.

I understand where you are coming from. I started my journey in August of last year. I watch an online seminar then started going to local support groups. During my decision making process I did a lot of research, read books, and started practicing the life style changes if I were banded. Like chewing, and working out for 40 mins 6 times a week. I lost 12 pounds during this time. On May 1st I was banded and I am happy with my decision and as of today I am down 39 pounds! I thank god every day for my support system. Good Luck to you.

Thanks I have to check that out I want to burn 200 calories a day then work my way up to 500

I seen my dr today and he said I am doing a great job! No fill for me today 27 pounds gone

I just want to warn you that I will be venting this time. I am normally a happy go lucky person and it’s takes a lot to piss me off but this hoe has out stayed her welcome! I used to say “I got my period and I am prego free” This month I am saying this hoe got to go. (I think I need to clean up my language just a bit) Anyway today is day 10 and I am not happy. My unhappiness begin last night when I had to go to Dollar General to pick up so more “items” I really need to start going to another Dollar General (DG) because the one by my house is next door to a restaurant that I used to eat at quite frequently. Unfortunately they do not sale any week 6 post op foods as matter they don’t sale anything healthy. Anyway I started smelling the greasy fried chicken on my way into DG. Then my craving for fried chicken and hot sauce started to kick in. So I told my craving to go away and leave me the F alone. When I got home I remember that I had some can chicken so I invented 6 week op post buffalo chicken dip. My recipe 1 can (2.5 oz.) of can chicken 1 cup of Greek yogurt 1 stick of Colby cheese 1/3 cup of hot sauce 12 multi grain Special K crackers This is my recipes satisfied one of my cravings… Later on that night I started craving chocolate. This surprises me because on my second day for dinner I had 3 sugar free fudgesicles and 1 chocolate pudding. I am so serious and I was satisfied with that but last night I had 2 fudgesicles to satisfy my chocolate craving on top of my dip. This band is something else I tell ya. Later on today I meet with my nurtionist and my surgeon. Don’t worry I am going to tell them everything the good and the bad. Thanks you for listen to me b***h.

I had to wait one month after my surgery but I feel your pain. Hang in there it's was worth it.