Iluvharleys

Welcome to bandland! It gets better each day!

Great picture! It's always nice to put a face with the person posting.

Each day gets better. Glad you are feeling so good.

I was all ready for my appointment today, I was so sure I was going to get food added to my menu and let me tell you I was ready! I just got a call, the Doctor is running late with his surgeries and I am cancelled till tomorrow afternoon. I know it's not much longer, but I was looking forward to something else to eat! Oh well, maybe I'll lose another pound waiting.

Good luck with your study Greg. Hopefully you will be able to do without it all together, if not right now, then soon. Sweet dreams!

Welcome! You will find a lot of support on this board. Please browse through som of the old posts, you will find tons of information, and lots of information of different people's surgery.

Great NSV!

Marie - My sister-in-law is the same way, smoke really causes problems for her. I use to smoke, but I quit back in 1992.

Lanie - I hope you are feeling better today.

Good Luck to you and your family. I hope everything works out for you.

Throw those darn candy bars away! You can't get up in the middle of the night and eat them if they aren't there! Once you get back on track, you will be fine. The hardest part is getting back on and staying. I know you can do this!

Thanks Lisa! I have learned so much from you gals. I guess that's why when he said what he did I got so upset. The first thing out of my mouth to my DH was the girls on my board don't eat this way! They eat like normal people, 3 times a day not every hour! lol See, I learn from y'all real fast! Right now, I don't have trouble with any sweets. I just am not a sweet eater, but usually at Christmas I make up for it. This year I am not going to get hooked! If I do, I will be in your challenge along side of y'all. lol

Yeah, he knows I had the lapband. I am going to go mostly by my sheet, but also on how I feel. I know what I need to do and what I need not to do. I am going to let the dietician know, if not for anything else to keep this from happening to someone else. It really upset me, but just because he had totally changed everything she told me, then he added a whole extra week of his way of eating instead of adding the meats etc. I'm not mad or upset anymore, just had to get it out of my system instead of letting it eat at me. I just wasn't at all happy with my visit, so that set me off too. It's behind me, and I will be fine! Now, what's for breakfast? I actually have a choice today! It's funny, because I'm really not hungry either! lol

I absolutely love hearing about you gals all doing do good! To see your pictures and how much that you have changed/lost is just amazing and such encouragement to me. Thanks for sharing

Count me in! I don't care where we stay, the fun is going to be in meeting y'all! No, I don't smoke, but it doesn't bother me if someone does.

Paula - You have a lovely family, and you don't look like a beaver! You look very pretty!

I can't eat more than 1/2 cup either, and most of the time not that much and I am wide open. I agree that you shouldn't overeat, I was just confused about all the rig-a-ma-roe! I'm lots better now that I have screamed, thrown a tantrum, and broke my keyboard! Just kidding! I just got upset from the beginning when I didn't get to see my doc. after I changed days and all! I'll be nice from now on, no more screaming! I'll be a good little (?) (well, I am short) banster!

This is my pre-surgery paperwork! The doctor will start you on clear liquid which includes Water, juices, and broth. Once doc approves, you will progress to a full liquid diet that includes water, juice, milk, and liquid nutrition supplements. Full Liquid for Weeks 1-2 Try to drink at least 6 cups of liquid everyday (48 oz) Drink 2 cups of CIB with skim milk and 1 cup of fruit juice a day. Make the rest (crystal light, SF koolaid, or SF country time lemonade, coffee/tea. One the doc approves, you may gradually introduce the following foods into your diet. Limit serving to 2 tablespoons at a time. Continue to drink 3 cups of nutritional supplements and 2 cups of calorie-free liquid. You may add clear broth or Soup, SF Jello, Skim milk, cooked Cereal thinned with water or milk, mashed potatoes thinned with milk Lf/SF pudding or yogurt. ( The only thing I wasn't on was the cerel/potatoes/pudding/yogurt. ) Full Liquid/soft diet (weeks 2-4) You may start having slightly thicker creamier Soups, scrambled eggs, moist white meat (chicken, veal, pork, turkey and fish. Eat soft foods 4-5 times per day to develop eating patterns that promote a healthy weight. Limit yourself to 3 cups (24 oz) of calorie-containing liquids and foods each day to promote weight loss. Once the doc or dietitian approves, you may begin eating solid, low fat foods. Eat 3 small meals a day. Do not exceed 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) at each meal. Avoid snacking between meals. AT THIS TIME YOU MAY STOP DRINKING ALL LIQUID NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS. Add new foods one at a time. Eat Protein with every meal. your goal is to consume 45-50 grams of protein everyday. Follow protein rich food with vegetables and fruits, then breads, cereals, grains and Pasta. Beef, poultry, pork, fish and eggs are good sources of protein. Eat baked, broiled, grilled or boiled meats that are tender. Remove the skin. Some patients have a difficult time digesting beef. Poultry and fish may be better tolerated. Avoid high fat meats such as sausage, bacon, hot dogs, lunch meats, etc. Avoid tough stringy meats. Eat tuna packed in water and baked or broiled fish. Avoid fried fish. Milk products are alos a good source of protein, as well as Calcium and Vitamin D, however, they tend to be soft and therefore should be limited. If you choose tto include these products on a limited basis, choose low fat dairy products, such as skim milk, FF/SF yogurt, low fat cottage cheese and low fat/ff cheeses. Eat a variety of soft cooked veggies, soft fruits, pasta, rice, potatoes, toasted bread, cereal and crackers. etc. etc. etc. So, now you know why I was and am so confused about all this. The things he told me is totally different from this sheet. I was beginning to thunk I was going crazy for a while. This sheet doesn't say anything about eating each hour one ounce of food, and half the stuff should have been added last week, and oh heck, the whole thing is totally screwed up! OK I HAVE VENTED ENOUGH, I am calm now, I can just eat like a banster and not worry anymore. I'm not going an extra week like he said though! Look out dietician, here I come!

Thanks Lisa, that is almost the same thing my papers say, but he changed a lot of it today. Since he is the assistant, I am not sure if any of what he said is gospal. I'm still going to e-mail the dietician and get it clear from her what she thinks, but I'm gonna do what I think is best. I know some doctors are very careful about letting you eat anything, but since my paperwork they gave me on my first visit differs from what he is telling me I have to question it. This board has helped me in so many ways, and it is helping me again this time. Thanks y'all!

I agree Darcy, I don't think I would be getting any protein to speak of at all with what he said. I'm doing 3 meals a day, and I am going to get some protein in too. I rodered the unjury you said was good, so as soon as I get it I will start using more of it. I got the Chocolate and the unflavored. Thanks for your help.

Great Picture! Keep up the good work!

Well, I am happy on one hand, and mad on the other hand! lol I was not a happy camper during most of my visit. So, I will vent and get it over with! First of all, I was upset because I didn't get to see my doctor, I saw his assistant. I cancelled my appointment yesterday so I could see him today! Then he ask me what I have been eating and I told him and he said good, you are doing excellent, losing and everything. Then he said he was adding some food in and he said you can have: Cottage cheese, beans (all kinds), fruit, soups including creams, but everything has to be blended and no lumps, and then he said you can have all the non calorie drinks you want too, but if you drink a protein drink then it counts as part of your daily allowance of three cups of food a day. I then said I am a little concerned with this diet, where is any protein at? He said you can have an egg scrambled. He said I needed to spread these three cups of food over a 24 hour period. Then he said you are sleeping 8 hours of that time, so you need to eat about an ounce of food each hour and no more. Has anyone ever heard of this? An ounce of food every hour? I have to work, and to limit myself to an ounce an hour, I would be eating all day, and once I start that, I would never quit that habbit. O.K. to go on now, he said I want you on this for 3 weeks, and then come back and talk to the dietician. In my paperwork I got at the very beginning it said I would be on regular food at the end of 4 weeks. Now he is taking it to 5 weeks. I went up and tried to make an appoint for 3 weeks, and she was booked for 4 weeks. I went back to the doctor and told him and he said book the 4 week one and I will have her call me. By now, I am totally pi$$ed! Oh, one part I forgot, he said let me look at your belly. I am sitting in a chair of all places. I showed him (my bandage strips are still on) and he said you are healing well, when you get home take them off. I thought why don't you take them off and look at them properly????? Well, I came home and pulled them off and they look great, but that is beside the point. So, anyway, I came home and ate some cottage cheese with peaches and it wasn't an ounce either. I have decided I am going to live like a regular person, and I will be really careful and stay on the food that I am supposed to be on, but I am not doing the ounce at a time. That is not living normal. Also, I have decided the first of the week, I will send an e-mail to the dietician and tell her what I think. I also ordered some unjury to put in my food to get my protein. NOW, that I have slammed these keys till they are almost broke (lol) I will quit bitching and try to relax. Still no swimming or baths, but lots of exercise! I probably should read this before I send it, but then I probably wouldn't send it so here it goes!

Sounds good to me too!

Gosh, I thought I was the only one that felt exactly the same way!

I went there last night, but didn't see anyone in there. Partying without me again! :cry