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1 piece i dont think is bad...heck before surgery i could eat 5 pieces!!! i'm still on liquids ...banded on nov 28th .. but i only hope i can be full and satisfied with 1 piece!

i cant speak from experience but can tell you what my paperwork says on here and alot of banders say on here... after ur fill my dr says.. 2 days of liquid diet followed by 2 days of mushies then regular foods.... you need to let the swelling go down ... call ur dr and get more info! i have to say i'm so pleased with the amount of information i have from my dr... a huge packet full of information..answers to questions..and there were several seminars i had to go to to learn about lap band..call your' dr and find out if ur suppoed to be on liquids after ur fill... gl

today is day 11 since i'm banded....I AM STARVING!!! still on clear liquids....i am living on egg drop soup...jello....sf pops.... and i am ready for my go ahead to move on to soft foods!! ...my appt is Tuesday and i'm counting the hours lol...i cannot have protein shakes..... no more liquid calories is the rule my dr pushes... i did get me some sf hot chocolate and i must say thats a wonderful treat...even though i'm in louisiana and its 80 degrees outside today. my fear is that i can drink about a whole cup of soup before i feel full.... maybe because its going straight through the stoma? i dont think the pouch holds the liquids...i cant wait to eat eggs lol...the littlest things i want...anyway... gl all

this same situation happened to a friend of mine..he was going for gastric bypass...and was told he lost enough weight on his own and to keep going he didnt need the surgery...so i cant say its the same for you...but it does happen...... gl

i say...have a cookie....myself if i fight that hard i'd end up eating 10 cookies when everyone was sleeping!!... and before banding how many would you eat? deprivation isnt a good thing.... enjoy.... enjoy...lil bits lil bits!

fight it...we all had to fight it...and after surgery your' still fighing it!! i'm 10 days out and STILL FIGHTING!! just know this surgery isnt a miricle and it takes some strong will that i didnt think i had honestly..i found alot of support here! the liquid diet i'm still on post surgery for 14 days! it does get better....but i was proud for my surgery when the dr came out and told my hubby that my liver was beautiful!! what an accomplishment ... you can do it...keep trying!!!! how many of those sandwiches have you had before? remember ....you're stomach doesnt want it your' head does! gl

Anyone out there with any input please i'd love it... today is day 7 of my banding and i'm on the 2 week clear liquid diet..followed by mushies and so on... today i feel down... like i dont know why i did this... well i do and i dont...i can look in the mirror and remember why...however... i didnt do this so i can starve..and i feel like i am... i know my body is healing and i intend to follow the dr's orders to the T... its so hard though.... i feel like i could have dieted on my own and got these results..heck i'm starving myself...and when you get to eat they recomend small lean meats ..which i know is best!! however, its not how my life works here in cajun town louisiana lol ... we eat good!!! i'm looking for a " you can do it " ...from anyone who's been there and done that... i'm sorry...i just feel like a big mistake today... help!!:faint:

does anyone ever just want a hamburger? and have it? i keep reading and reading about all this healthy eating and ww, and atkins and low carbs ..no carbs... i didnt think that is what the band is about....i refuse to be on diets!!!!! yet here i am..banded nov28th and on a diet..this one is for healing though so its ok...i understand it....but after healing.... i seem to think.... eat less...move more....lose weight? is that so hard? i read somewhere about someone wanting to make christmas cookies... and not having any...i say...if you want something so bad... have a lil taste of it... because the big monster in ur head will let you have alot of a taste of something else!! and you'll still want that damn cookie!! the whole point i'm trying to make is.... with the band..hopefully i'll only fit half the burger ...instead of having 2 like i did before..with fries and a milk shake!! ..oh ..and looking for snack late that night!! i'm sorry if i sound dumb... or grumpy(starving on clear liquids) lol...but i would like to hear from ppl who just.....eat small amounts of regular food and.... excercise....and live!... i understand how i got this way..eating eating eating eating... i'm hoping the band will help me to not eat as much.... but reading about the diets some ppl have.... I'M DEPRESSED!!! I DONT WANT TO DIET!!! :help::hungry:

thanks thanks... i too am still doing well... 9 days...still on clear liquids...i with i could have creamy soups..they want me to wait the 14 days..appt is dec 11th for post op check up... my nurse called this am to check on me and said if i'm hungry i can progress to scrambled eggs ..potatoes ..grits..so forth....i think i can stick it out till the 11th...i too am loving the egg drop soup!!!...yes lets keep in touch.... i'd like to keep tabs one someone who's starting out the same day as me... tc

i'm 9 days today and the only strips left are the ones on my port site... i was told to let them fall off on their own and do not put anything on the incisions when they do fall off...i have discovered i'm apparently allergic to the glue in the large bandages they use...those were able to come off day after surgery..and itch itch itch...i did get a small red rash and my neighbor who is a nurse..said its from the glue....still cant put ointment on it.... leave it be she said..tc all and gl

16 pds is awsome!!! dont put only in front of that.... i havent weighed since wednesday and on that day i was about 17 lbs gone.... i wouldnt say only...you go novb!! i'm impressed.... i do feel better today ..maybe because i'm getting closer to eating lol i met someone at my daughters basketball game last night who brought my spirits up also..she was banded in aug..and lost 53 lbs... she eats what she wants...just smaller amounts.....i thought...omg i can do that i can do that!! please god make me feel full.... right now on the egg drop soup i feel full but can sip about a cup of it.. is that too much? i feel guilty on that...otherwise...things are lookin up and my butt is going down!!!!!!! (hopefully):whoo:this humpty dumpty body has to go!!!! haha

i didnt have protein shakes ...i am 9 days out..still on clear broths...but i can drink easily...at least a cup at a time.... it depends on the person...i never had trouble drinking...not much swelling i guess..gl

ty all so much for the replies!! i was just feeling hopeless.... i am a big eater and love love food..( dont we all) ... however i was getting so down reading about how some ppl seem to be measuring and weighing every gram... heck if i could do that i'd be skinny already...thanks all for the support and gl everyone...blessings to all for the holidays! May your' days be happy and your' health be wonderful!!

thanks everyone for ur posts...support.... it feels so good hearing from the "been there" crowd.... i must say today i feel much better and know i'm doing the right thing... i just have to get over the " magic" brain...i wanted to wake up skinny and eat donuts doing it lol...NOT!! HAPPENING I KNOW!! everyday is a struggle and my new struggle is ... not so bad after all.... because its best for me.... it makes me healthy.... thanks for the herbal tea tip!! i will try it! may you all be blessed with love....happiness...and best of all GREAT HEALTH!!

hair loss happens to women in my family....my mother and sister and i see the same dermatologist.. he recomended rogain (sp)? for women.... we all got the walmart brand...and it's helping....i'm just banded nov 28th and was concerned about more hair loss..he sees new buds with the rogain... so...try it....he also told me....genetics plays such a big hand...as well as medication as others said...good luck everyone!

there has to be something that all of us are feeling like this... ME TOO!! and i know its not from too much weight loss i was just banded nov 28th lol... my hubby keeps wanting to take my temp swearing i'm sick with some fever or something...goodness... glad i'm not alone..good thread!! ...get the jackets and light the fireplace this heat mizer(what the family called me) is now Frosty!!! lol:p

hey hasta, just wanted to add that today...i am feeling better...it seems that egg drop soup is on my list of clear broths that i can have... (checked with my nurse) .. if you can have it..go get some...it made all the difference...just the taste of something delicious ...i almost felt guilty lol.... you can even leave the lil bits of egg white in it.... i'm like a different person today...thinking...ok i can do this..till Dec 11th!!! The countdown begins....now dont get me wrong....those moments of thinking of a burgerking whopper still happen...i know thats my fat girl head not my stomach... just a lil advice..try the egg drop soup!!

what a great thread!!! thanks.... ur list is a wonderful pick me up!!!!

ps ...please any of you feel free to send me a private message and we can email each other.... i think i need suport now and i'm willing to suport anyone who's feeling like me!!!

<p>honey it isnt in your' head... you are hungry!! i'm glad i havent been told that i'd have freaked at the nurse or dr. ..we all know what hunger feels like...this is hunger!! i am starving at some points and have panic thoughts like take this thing out!!! i didnt do this to be on a diet!! i did this to help me eat less...not eat nothing!! then i snap out of it and know..i'm healing it'll be ok...being from louisiana we have good food here...heck it's crawfish season lol.... last night i had a treat though...i had egg drop soup from a local chinese place... AWSOME... and on my list of can haves these 2 weeks.... today is day 7...one week to go...however some of the posts here make me nervous..about being careful what you eat..make good choices...does anyone else feel like me.... if i wanted to do that i could have done it without the band???! i have a big appetite and i'm telling you..... ITS NOT IN UR HEAD....... I FEEL HUNGRY TOO GF LOL! <img src="http://www.LapBandTalk.com/images/smilies/depressed.gif" border="0" alt="" title="cry" smilieid="49" class="inlineimg" /></p> banded nov 28th

i received the new band also and thought ...great!! ....heck at this time any band was making me happy lol...i had surgery nov 28th... however the 2 weeks more of liquid ..clear liquids that is ...is killing me!!! i am hungry and some ppl say they arent...i am... but ...good for us with the new band.

as for me no yummy creamy soups...however ...i appreciate all the info even though the thread is started by someone else.... i feel like she is me too lol.... i hope i can look back and say yes i did the right thing....i just keep reading on how much ppl gave up and i dont want to give up or follow weight watchers or follow atkins or jenny craig... i want to be normal... make good choices... eat smaller portions...but still once in a while..enjoy...still in mourning i suppose...i just keep looking forward to getting rid of the granny panties lol..thanks all... great pick me ups!!

YOU GO GIRL!!! i'm only one week tomorow banded..still on liquids....however i want to thank u for ur post...i came here with the blues.. i too have a problem...food.... i hope my band gives me the help i need..but someone needs to shut my brain off too for a minute lol....all i think of is food now that i cant have any! anyway...good luck to you ..and you can do it!! we all can! i wish you the best!

you feel exactly like i feel!!! i was banded a week ago tomorrow and am on liquids for 2 weeks..... clear liquids...no protein drinks or slim fast...broth .. pop sicles, jello...ugh... and i have the blues too.... i know last night i upset my hubby because i was just plain sad...and hungry... i called the nurse who said to call after a week if i feel hungry...i did....guess what...increase ur liquids... meaning more not better kinds lol ... no cream soups for me! i know its for the best but when you hear the things they say to you now you think...i could have starved myself for free!!!! i too am not ready to answer did i do the right thing...i am having self doubt! and i didnt need a lap band to follow atkins which i also said to the nurse about when you start eating.. smaller size portions are what i was looking for...not getting rid of everything i love!! anyway..sorry for the jag...but i'm with you ...hang in there...we can do this!!!! ... one day at a time... one sip at a time... we'll make it... i just right now.... am feeling ..... sad

EVERY MORNING!!!??? i wont let my hubby read this lol...he'll say he's missing out....anyway..still love the thread..heck we need to laugh!!! :bandit