delta_girl

Dollar stores often have canned tuna packed in water that is very inexpensive. You can make stews with very cheap cuts of meat (just make sure they aren't fatty). Check the local price on tofu as well.

Nobody has noticed I've lost weight yet, but I have been asked why I'm not eating celebration cakes at work or what I'm drinking for lunch. I just say high, high Protein, low carb nutrition plan. If you don't want to share, don't. It is not fear of disclosure or embarrassment or being secretive. It is the same right to privacy that everyone has. Do they want to know what brand of underwear you are wearing or your bra size? "Wow, you sure do have large breasts. What size is that bra?" Or the opposite for small breasts. I know they mean to give you a compliment, but your weight and plan are not public domain. Tell them whatever you want to tell them. They aren't entitled to any answers about your private, personal life.

You need to have your head right when you go into this because once its done, its done. There is nothing wrong with waiting until you are committed. Cheating and then beating yourself up for it is part of the cycle that results in negative internal dialogue. Think of it as loving yourself, taking care of yourself, taking responsibility for your health, not as fear or regret for the loss of unhealthy foods. Now having said that, it does get easier, but there are some really tough days for me, too.

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. It may just be I am reading it differently or looking at it from another direction. When you go under anesthesia, regardless of if you are having a knee replacement, a boob job, a gall bladder removal, or a lap band, you risk death from a reaction to the anesthesia or pulmonary embolism or infection or any number of other possible complications.

I have started my own notebook documenting experiences with different ones. I'll share it when I get further along.

A whole cup sounds like a lot! I haven't figured out yet when I'm full either.

An allergic reaction to anesthesia and pulmonary embolism are two of the biggies that can happen to anyone regardless of surgical procedure. Due to the nature of the surgery, the risk may be higher or lower. Having a lap band and having a breast reduction can both result in death from the two results listed.

Mine never gave me a number of calories, just what I was allowed during specific weeks. I've been doing myfitnesspal for a few weeks now and I've been as low as 300 and as high is 800. 500 is my average.

This made me wonder about some actual statistics or other information. Taking a stroll through the interwebs. I could have added tons more, but I really wasn't enjoying searching about it very much. Mortality < 0.1 % Olivia Goldsmith, author of 'The First Wives' Club,' died having cosmetic surgery. Donda West mother of Kanye West, 58, died following a series of plastic surgeries, including a breast reduction, liposuction, and a tummy tuck. Breast Julie Rubenzer Butt Solange Magnano, 37 Face Lift Calthleen Kreghan, 42 Donna Ames, 49 Sandy Leach, 55

I asked to have that done but my surgeon refused.

My surgeon prescribed Protonix and I took it for 3 weeks, but I don't feel like it was very effective after 2 weeks. I'm not sure if that particular PPI is milder or more easily tolerated for coming straight out of a surgical procedure on the stomach. Yesterday I told my doctor that I kept feeling extreme hunger all day long that I thought was related to stomach acid or gas and could I switch to Prilosec or Prevacid because the Protonix didn't seem to work very well. He said sure, just make sure it is either a very small pill or an elixer. Which PPIs have you tried and what are your experiences with them? Do you also supplement with Tum's or some other form of antacid?

I can't wait to better relate to this statement because it happend for me, too!

How exciting!!!!! I love hearing this!

You had your surgery one day after mine, so it is interesting that we've both switched. Please let me know how the Prilosec works for you. I started Prevacid yesterday and take Tums in the evening for acid but also for the Calcium.

Fantastic!! Yay for you!!!!

I looked up some images and finally found one that shows the long pouch more or less flipping over, causing a twist at the top and at the bottom.

Mine is the same as OTR with the exception of healing time. I had no staples or stitches. My surgeon used some type of surgical glue. Externally, all of those incisions have healed at three weeks. Now internally ... I have noooo idea, but I'm not lifting anything for 6 weeks either. I was back to work 5 days after surgery and walking for exercise regularly starting on day 7 after surgery.

Fantastic!! Thanks for sharing that with us. It made me feel good just reading about it. I could visualize you stopping that car and having that moment of surprise and joy. You sound like you are really, really living every moment of your life!

I had 80g of protein and under 25 carbs yesterday. I was NOT hungry at all. That is a lot more protein than I usually consume, but I felt like my body needed something and instead of eating my way through it I looked at my diet to see what types of healthier options might work.

Doxieville, I understand your concern for young girls, but its already taking place. I spent less than one minute finding these. There are a ton of patients from this doctor that sing his praises on these forums. I am not speaking against him nor his practice. I'm just addressing your statement with publicly available information.

I don't think that vssupermodel's story is anybody's business unless she wants to share. There is no protocol here that requires she prove herself to us nor anyone else. She does not owe us anything and we shouldn't feel entitled to details about her history. She is unique in her history and her rationaile compared to vast majority here. That is OK. I wouldn't compare this to the promo spammer employees from that doctor's office that convened here recently with their highly questionable motives. When my husband died in March 2011 from an accident I dropped 40 lbs in three months. I wanted a lapband at that point so badly I could have cried.It took the death of my loved one to finally get me to drop weight. I wanted it to last but was so afraid the weight would come back. Then, three months after my husband's death my brother was killed. I gained 60 lbs back over the next several months. Totally opposite ways to handle grief and stress. If I could have had a bariatric procedure preformed when I was at 178, you better believe I would have done it! There has been an over 400% increase in the number of bariatric procedures performed just in the last few years. If it is an area of medicine that is growing that quickly, then it just might be that the definitions for qualification may be changing and becoming more broad. In another ten years it is possible that this is a routine surgery for cosmetic purposes. Face lifts, tummy tucks, etc. aren't just for burn victims and they are major surgery as well.

Neither, really. At least not in what I've put it in.

The little knots are much smaller now. I've been putting Palmer's cocoa butter on them twice a day. It is also supposed to reduce the signs of scars, not that these tiny incisions will make much to call a scar except for the main one.

I don't mind the idea of tiny scars. My incisions are super tiny. My surgeon used some type of surgical glue or liquid skin so I have no stitches and no drain. My main incision is a little larger and still hurts but the others have healed on the surface, are slightly puffy and itch. The thing that is bothering me are the hard, marble sized knots under my skin. Do they go away? If I massage them will it create irritation or work the inflamation out?

My surgery was Sept. 26. I've lost 17 lbs since then.