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HEB but I think that line of grocery stores are mostly in texas. We were already buying healthy and mostly organic food so we were already used to the cost of it. I did some label reading and found that 97/3 ground beef had the same calories/fat/protien as ground turkey (although I am so used to ground turkey now that I am not likely to chcange back to ground beef). Not buying diet coke makes a big difference. What used to make up a plate of food now is enough for 3 meals.

For suppliments I am taking an off-brand of chewable vitamin and that is about it. I took vitamins anyway so paying for it now is nothing new. I get my protien powder from the local grocery store where you can buy in bulk from bins - I think it is just over $6 a pound. (32 g of protien per 1/3 cup - H.E.B grovery)

I cannot WAIT to eat sushi again. I love sushi!!

check with your insurence company and see a doc who does the lapband for current info. Yes, your insurance might draw things out for you but some do not. You dont need permission from your doc to get the lapband.

I am learning and I am shocked by how little I need to eat to fuel my body an still have enough energy. I have to remind myself to stop when I am physically not hungry anymore. I am learning to just taste things I want to taste instead of eating lots of it. I am stunned by how few of groceries I need to buy these days. I am going to save so much money in groceries, seriously.

LOL (minor thread hijack) I have an aunt that has no less than 20 broken cars on her property that are packed full of *things*. her nieghbors are not happy. I prefer native plants, myself. Less work for me.

Well, I consider myself a secular humanist and i dont buy into the whole 'god' thing either. HOWEVER, who the hell are you to go around and call people retarded? Dont you have any f*cking manners? You are demonstrating that you are, in fact, the one with minimal brain activity with a post like that.

Hang in there, you are still losing over a pound a week and that is a good amount of weight. Some poeple loose faster than others but the important thing is that you are losing. Keep working at it!

Well, the whole nosy parent thing aside, I think I would be more upset if I was told I was 'irrational' for feeling that way. It implies my feelings are not valid and that is just not cool. If your mom could just say 'I am sorry you feel that way, we meant no harm' maybe you would feel different? I am really glad they guy is not weirded out, sounds like a keeper.

I have overcooked pasta on my list of mushies with a notation to run it through a blender if I need to.

I have not had my first fill yet but I notice that I fill up pretty quickly these days. I did eat too much the other day and I felt slightly ill and uncomfortable. I try to remember what I felt like right beofre I got to that stage and stop eating then. Right now I can eat about 1 cup to 1.5 cups a food at a time and I eat twice a day. I eat off my kids kiddie plates to keep the portions under control. That really helps.

Now that I am on mushies I am getting 800-1000 calories, max.

I meant to add, you are an adult. If you are done with the pain meds and are feeling 100% with no complications, I can imagine a reason you should not drive.

I was told not to drive for 24 hours. That was it. I chose not to drive because of the pain meds, though but I was done with those in 6 days

Did you have a pre-op diet? I lost a lot just from that. Also, 8 pounds in two months is a good amount of weight, at least in my opinion. That is a pound a week. Hang in there.

I think there is a line people cross when the way they keep up their belongings brings down the property value of their neighbors.

First of all, it is never nice to call people names whether it be "the 'N'" word or otherwise. That being said, I am an equal opportunity 'hater'. I dont like certain behaviors. I tend to get really bent out of shape when I see people not picking up their yards annd keeping their things tidy. I hate when I see kids NOT in their carseats and not being minded. I coul dgo on but I think you know what I mean. I dont care what race, religion, or socio-economic bracket you belong to, if you are acting like an idiot you are going to get attitude from me. I check myself before making assumptions about race, gender, sexual orientation and the like. I prefer to let peoples actions speak for them.

Things seem to be going well. I am on mushy foods and I get to start hard foods on wednesday. I am tracking my food intake and am eating about 800-1000 calories a day. I eat when I am hungry I am just not all that hungry. I have enough energy, too. I eat slow and chew well, like I am supposed to. Is it possible I am still swollen inside and feel some restriction? My first fill is on the 30th and I am almost certain I did not get a fill when the band was put on. I just cant imagine that I can eat a quarter what I used to and not be hungry. This is weird.

I had a soft scrambled egg today and i almost fell to the floor and wept with joy. Between the pre-op and the post-op it has been about a month since I ate much of anything. I was full from 1 egg for about 4 hours. Go figure. Breakfast used to a huge bowl of cereal and toast. It was so nice to just TASTE something that I had to chew.

The itching of the healing up incisions is going to drive me out of my freaking mind! Is there soemthing I can do? Or do I need to just suck it up? :smile:

I am not inflamed, I think it is an itch from it healing. I am using coca butter with vitamin E and it is owrking nicely

Very well said. Thank you for this post.

outstanding. I am going for the benadryl first. If that fails, the cream. The incisions are healed over nicely.

I *thought* that when I told my mother and told her that this was very private and that I did not want anyone else to know in the family until I was ready to tell them, that she would actually keep her damn mouth shut. Nope. My whole farking family knows now. I am so peeved.

I told my dh, and two family members. I also told my closest friends who have all been wonderful except for one (who has her own issues). I am going to be 34 this year and my kids are past the baby stage with one of them starting full time pre school this year. I feel that I have been giving so much of myself the last 5 years and putting my needs on the backburning while I raise my kids. Well, they don't need me as much as they used to and so now it is time for me to get back a little bit of myself. I need to have an identity that goes beyond *mom* and *wife*. I am looking at this year with optimism and am really looking forward to moving forward, kwim?