CLOE

Okay, new year coming up and I feel the need to purge and refresh. I got out my 'rules to live by' from my surgeon, just to go over again. I thought I would share them with you guys, just in cause you feel the same as me. 1. Eat only 3 small meals a day, dense with Protein and fibre. I need to work on this. 2. Include 2 Snacks a day high in protein, Vitamins and minerals. I need to work on this. 3. Restrict total meal size to less than 1 cup. I need to work on this. 4. Eat slowly - small bites, chew well(30 min/meal) stop eating as soon as you feel full. 5. Choose solid foods ONLY, after your soft diet. You will feel full longer.I'm not doing this as well as I should. 6. Do not eat and drink at the same time. Drink a minimum of 45-60 minutes after a meal and 15 before the next. I use to do this better. 7. Drink a minimum of 48-64 ozs of Water daily. 8. Avoid alcoholic and carbonated beverages. Ahh ya, hello, it's new years. No problem afterwards. 9. Exercise at least 30 minutes a day. 'hangs head low and walks away' 10. Take one chewable or crushed Multivitamin and Calcium supplement daily. This could be more consistant. I guess you could call this the 10 commandments of lapbanders. I need to work on these things again, as you can see. Happy New Year All!!!!

w-e-l-o-v-e-y-a!!!

Ha, Ha, I wish....I least know I have them now, but sticking out.....not quite yet.

Congratulations Bandiva!!! I also use to hate it when relatives bought me clothes, and yes, they always wanted to see them on, geeesh. Now I insist on gift certificates!!!

Yes Wheezy, sounds great! You've had a hell of a fall(autumn), glad to hear things are picking up. 2007 is going to be a great year for you, I can feel it in my bones!!!!!!

Oh, we'll never let Mr. Yoda get away. And of course Mr. Loriely and his blended pizza.................Gawd love them all!!!!!

Hey Mandi, I just thought of something very funny.......Your parents were probably rock'n on to the beegees when you were concieved.....LMAO

Mmmmmmmm John Travolta, ohhh ya don't forget the Bay City Rollers!! s-a-t-u-r-d-a-y nite!!!

Hi Khrissy, I agree with Yoda, probably not band related. Call Doc, though. It's probably just some residual gas from surgery.

Doriana, hey girl, we are all here cause of lack of portion control. Be good to yourself. Do not beat yourself up. Your still your old self, except with a plastic thing in ya. Wait til the fill, you'll see a difference. BTW. I also had the backed up problem you have, about the same time, too. Work on that right now. Hey, the good thing about that is once things start working again, you usually end up dropping a couple pounds. (Ha, no pun intended)

...............no, you don't need tongs.....lol That was actually one of the first posts I read last year, scared the crap out of me. (no pun intended)

mookie, the great thing about this site is that no-matter what your question or concern is, there apt to be someone here that has been through the same thing, or feels the same way.

Carol, you have done absolutly amazing!!!! WOW!!!

Tee Hee, Silly Yoda, I think she meant lost 100 lbs, not be 100 lbs. Good Luck to everyone on their goals!!!!

Wow!!! Great NSV's!!! We Rock, Eh???? Angel Bear, I also went up a couple pounds, pales in comparison to last year, though. I'm not worried, once tommorow night is over everything holidayish is going in the garbage. I actually CAN'T WAIT!!!

I was going to just respond in Lila's thread, but thought we'd get a better array of answers if it had it's own thread. Lila was saying how tight she was. Mandi was explaining how tight she was with her last fill in the first few weeks after. I remember when Mandi went threw that, she could barely eat anything. I was also the same, I went for my third fill in November, took a few days, then bam, was sooo tight, could barely eat anything. Then after a month or so, just like Mandi, could eat a little more close to normal. I'm even contimplateing another fill in January. So whats the deal???? Why, and how can that work?? I'm not complaining, I just don't get it??? Who knows the answer??

Hey Mandi, maybe one of the people who saw you at the bar,"looking good", will get the message back to the ex. Like, "Hey, I saw Mandi over christmas break, man, she's looking hot"!!!

:welcomeB: Ahubar!!! I'm glad you found us too!!! Isn't Dr. Cobourn great??? You should eat your mushies slowly and carefully, until you are satisfied. But don't get discouraged, remember you havent had a fill yet. You may be able to eat more than you think you should. Come on here anytime, ask as many questions as you like!!! Welcome again!!

Hey, I think that's so great that 3 of you are getting done the same day!!! And yes, in a room full of estrogen, a little testosrone(?) goes a long way!!! And no, I'm not saying all my wonderful female buddies are bitchy, it's just fun to be able to harrass males too!!!!

Yikes, man, I gotta feed more ice-cream and chocolates to friends and family, gotta get this crap outta my house!!!! But, here goes....how bout 255 by Jan 31st. Were lambing for a week in January, plus I'm thinking about another fill (but I'm not sure if they'll give me one), so I'm not sure how that will work with my goal, but we'll start with that. January goal - 9 lbs

LOL....so if ya feel like bacon wrapped scallops, do ya have to buy the bottle of scallops and the bottle of bacon, then spray them on your tongue at the same time????

I'd have to say that if your having trouble with a Pina Colada, then thats pretty tight. Take Care, and yes, don't forget water, thats VERY important.

congratulations lila!!!

Okay, I need Enlightened. What is dim sum???? Oh, I want to be more worldly. I only ever get a chicken ball, broccoli, and a bit of rice. I swear green, I'm gonna show up at your doorstep one day, and were going to all those neat antique shops and then out for 'dim sum'.:biggrin1:

Merry Christmas to all my lapbander friends!!!! I'm sorry, I've been off-line all week because of my stupid service provider. I just logged on and have seen tons of posts I've missed, but I don't have time right now to go over them, so I just wanted to say a VERY WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS to all of you!!! We'll talk to you all soon, when things settle down. All the best, Cloe/Carey:)