bandster_1007

ok, i know nothing, and i have not lost enough weight yet to safely guess this, but if someone said that to me, i would think about my personal places..lol..i guess i have my mind in the gutter. but you read about so many people needing a boob lift or a mons lift because their personals were heading south after weight loss.. i know it is probably not what she meant, but i had to put what i thought.

thank you for that... i will pick up some mints and gingerale and see if that will help. i'm being kind of fatalistic, i admit, as i am not vomiting yet, but my stomach hurts like it is sour and i am burping a lot (could be because i just ate 2 too many chicken nuggets). i probably should have just tried to have only liquids with the way my stomach is feeling, but i haven't been getting in a lot of Protein, and i'm afraid that my hurt, more than help.

i understand that in most cases, and i would think i'm being a bit ridiculous, but it is a Friday, and i had my surgery only 4 weeks ago. I personally feel like this should be the exception.

no my doctor did not give me anything for nausea after surgery. i only threw up twice, and it was the day after surgery, then no more.

i haven't been banded long enough to have this happen, but my doctor's office says that being sick is like a "mini fill". they said that being sick does make your band tighter, and to remember that with the upcoming cold season.

wow, well, i think i will go back to the traditional route of popping my popcorn. or i will just use orville redenb..as they have stopped using the chemical. lucy, you are correct, if you know something harms you, then why continue to do it, well, i knew that being fat harms me, but for some reason i was unable to stop eating foods that i knew were bad for me. oh the psychology!!! i try to cut things, and i will cut down on microwave popcorn now that i have read that article, but there are so many things, chlorine in the Water, gamma rays, etc. i want to be one of those people that can move out in the middle of nowhere and live from the vegetables in my garden and the cow in my pasture, but i can't. i am not a believer in free will myself, our choices are limited. i will cut where i can, and i will cut this..

ok, well i guess it wasn't that great of an idea.....

my doctor did not put a limit on pureed items. his suggestion also, was to eat until you feel satiety or begin to burp and then stop. i was told the 1/4 cup thing would begin after a fill, and would be used to judge whether or not you need another fill. basically, my doc's rule is keep it under 800 calories per day and NEVER eat until it hurts.

originally i was told 6 weeks, but then at the 2 week follow up they said that if you are done laproscopically that you can begin in 2 weeks, but to take it easy and remember to exhale while lifting.

i agree with you so much on this. my son goes to a private school. i myself am not a regular church attender, but i have my beliefs. it is horrible when your child actually asks you to never put him in a school that doesn't allow prayer, or a christmas program. i couldn't imagine my school without it. i know there is a seperation, but geez....

you guys, i'm doing horrible. i know that this is bandster hell, and it will get better. well i say that i know this, but i don't. i'm not hungry, now that i'm eating mushy foods, but this head hunger is kicking my A##. uuuuuuuggggghhh, i still eat less than i did before, but this is just so much harder than i imagined. i never thought i had so much head hunger. lindata, how are you doing?

WOW!! THAT IS AWESOME!!! HURRAY!! now...i need some tips...i'm stuck at 12 lbs.

i assumed that this would be easier than it is. i assumed i would have more control over my head hunger. i also assumed that i would lose "loads" during this post op phase. -this is extremely hard, i'm not "hungry", but yet i can't keep my hands out of the snack cakes. i have got to cut out my carbs because if i don't, i have no control. -all i think about is food. i think of way to "sneak" it so that my dh won't notice. (it is very unhealthy) -i lost 12 pounds in the first week and a half, and i've lost nothing more since. i just keep hovering between the same 3 lbs. now granted, i can understand this becuase of the mentioned things above, but i eat maybe 1/3 of what i ate before, and i have been exercising.

..by the way, my doctor really leaves it up to us, but he strongly discourages it. my family eates popcorn almost every night. i finally ate some last night. i had no problem getting it down, but after the second handful i wasn't interested in eating anymore. i was curious about his theory because my son is 6 and has already had to undergo minor colon surgery which did not correct his problem. i'm trying to wean him off of the popcorn now as i would hate to know that i was contributing to his problem.

After reading about the guy who died from cancer caused by microwave popcorn, it sounds even less appealing to me... not trying to be difficult or anything, but i would love to see how they ever were able to prove that his cancer was caused by microwave popcorn. i'm sure it may have been theorized, but, that seems like an awful far fetched assumption. do you have details, or perhaps a site that i can go to read about it...i am interested. -by the way, i know that this is a self-deprecating way to think, but everything causes cancer...right down to the alluminum in our deoderant. i truly believe this.

Yesterday i had the best eating day ever. :whoo:i made it all the way until right before consuming any empty calories. The right before i went to bed, the nasty monster in my head taunted "you have 150 calories to spare, you may as well eat a fudgsicle", so i did.....and a 100 calorie carrot cake. :hungry:ok, so that wasn't so bad, i'm really not that concerned right now, because i'm exercising, eating less, etc. BUT... today, i had all intentions of consuming my Protein and doing no snacking. well, i sort of had a binge. :paranoid i ate 300 empty calories. i wasn't beating myself up about though,:angry i just figure i'll do the best that i can. so, i had the 300 empty calories and then i went to the gym on my lunch break. BUT.... on my way from the gym back to work i ate a ham and cheese wrap (no bread), THEN..it hit. dead tired, fatigue. :faint:my sugar is crashing. and this is the first time that i realized that i used to feel like this every day and i haven't felt like this since i was banded. I FEEL LIKE CRUD!!:sick so, that's it. now that i have an experience to back me, my sugar cravings are going to be satisfied with fruit and not cake, i forgot how horrible it made me feel.

I'm 3 weeks and 1 day post op. I have had this happen before, but it is really bad now. My tongue is swollen and i have rub spots on the sides of my tongue (they aren't sores, they just hurt). my dh says it is because when you are thirsty, you suck on your tongue. ok, that could be it. since surgery, my mouth is so dry. it kills me when i'm working out, because there is just NO saliva in my mouth. (i take cymbalta also, that doesn't help) so my question is, is this a Vitamin deficiency or is this from being dehydrated, or what?

....this is the "off topic debate area", considering the band would be "on topic", i think this topic fits appropriately.

the only time that i use this word, is when i am explaining to my son about how it's actual meaning is not used and instead it is used as an ultimate insult about someone. my son is 6. i live in arkansas, and it is disgusting to me to see how many people use this word regularly and do not even care. i let people know how i feel about it also. if my son or i am around someone using that word, i just flat out tell them that they should not talk like that (i don't care who they are).

i was wondering the same thing, they said i could eat 1400 to lose 2 lbs a week. i of course manually typed in my 800.

when you take a birth control pill, you can get pregnant if you do not take it at the same time everyday..lol, chances are still low, but even the timing of the pill everyday influences the effectives. by the way, i have a friend that uses the nuvaring and she has no problems with it whatsoever. do not be afraid by my infections that i got, i think i am just super sensitive anyways. also, toward the end of using the nuvaring i became sexually active. we would have the rough stuff and everything, it never came out and the only way that he could feel it was if he was using his hand (which didn't happen cuz, i don't like it).

posting this thread made me realize the same thing. the only problems i'm having are dealing with a food addiction (my health has already improved greatly).

i am very very very very very tired and depressed. anyone else feel this way or have any pointers?

when i was in your situation, i called my doctor. and i was in your situation, exactly 8 days after surgery. i was lucky, my doctor told me to go ahead and move to mushies. there is theory that rushing your diet can lead to slippage. my doctor has done over 1000 bands, with no slippage, so i trust him. anyways, i called my doc and told them that i was starving right after i would eat a whole can of pureed Beans. she said, move to mushies. since then, i get full fast and stay full. don't feel like a failure, you are not. you are human, and your swelling has probably just gone down faster, which is a good thing. this stage is very hard (i'm struggling on mushies with head hunger). you'll get through this..and besides think, before band what all else would you have eaten with that baked potato. i know for me it would have been a whole chicken sandwich, a yogurt, & a large coke. that's A LOT more calories than just the potato.

i ordered the unjury samples today. REally?! You can just mix it in your Crystal Light and not taste it? Enough to fit in protein!!! OH that will be AWESOME!.