riamonsterz

i think everyone is different, i was eating regular food as soon as one week before i was to end my liquid diet...the key is even if it is chicken, make sure it is moist and take only a little bit, it sits different than mushys, it is hard to explain exactly but if i eat real meat the drier it is the longer it stays around and make u feel like it is stuck

I too can eat alot, and anything goes, well with in reason, but I also have days where i can eat the whole day and then the next i can't eat at all and am just thirsty, so odd... I can't wait until i get my first fill, then I maybe in trouble...lol I figure as long as i stay in the calories allowed range, then i can eat what i want right? if i want to blow it all on a slice of cheesecake...one day and then the next eat normal foods. I don't know, never been really good at telling myself i can't have something then that is all i want, like i could really go for a corndog right now...lol must need some nitrates or something lol I found peanut butter to be my savior though really helps tide me over, a tablespoon and good to go... But for me the hardest was giving up my coke, tried some the other day and was not impressed...i even watered it down, and let it go flat...it just hurt my gut. So haven't wanted one since, sure i'll try it again...glutton for punishment...

I've not actually had a PB yet but have retched on some food that felt stuck, I read on here pineapple juice helps with the stuck feeling...it is true...As well I drink some apriocot nectar, helps me...

I try to space my meals out, drink alot of liquids in the morning, then when I am really hungry I have maybe a piece of 9grain toast with some honey and butter, then wait an hour, cus that usually will fill me up, then drink some more, try my Protein in the middle of the day, and it is funny but after changing plates and bowls down to cups and saucers i don't feel so starved, my fav snack is cheerios with riceor almond milk, and 1 cup fills me up. where before it was like 2-3 cups, so big difference, but I fear I may have to get my dog banded as he is getting plumper with my left overs...lol I have been able to eat just about anything as far as foods go, only discomfort is when it moves into the lower tract, then i get the heaviness of it collecting if you know what i mean...but as far as the pouch area, no issues... It just takes time to remember to slow down, get the protein in first, And to keep the Fiber to a minimum...I found that I love frozen fruit, I freeze my blueberries and razzberries, ect. nice alt to popcicles I get my first fill next week...nervous:scared2:

Lisa, I am with the strike on Boeing. It has been a pain but also good, this week I have gotten most of my place painted have one wall left over the fireplace, which requires a lot of taping off...so I have been avoiding it...lol Anyway after wenting and getting back some great responses, I got my butt outta that funk and was mucking around in my closet, and I was so totally surprised, as i have been wearing jammie pants at home and my biggest baggy pant to work to keep things off the lower incision, anyway, I thought lets see where we are, and started trying on clothes, and WOOT!!! I not only got into a pair of shorts I have not worn or been able to get over my hips at one point, they were also baggy in the butt area...yay!! So that got me fired up some more and I also tackled my eliptical runner today...desided to step it up a bit. walking got me into those pants, and I intend to get my jean jacket to fit again... yay to having goals... now i just gotta get back to work as soon as the dodo's desded to talk, but until then i'll just keep in truckin' thanks ppl:thumbup:

Man i have been missing talking to people that totally understand, it is sometimes such a pain to explain it over and over and have people look at you like you are a fool...well to them i say poo... I am totally thrilled to have dropped 20 lbs since the surgery, but have a huge amount of stress in my life at the moment, I am on strike from my job at the moment and it seems that neither side will budge, and having gone out for surgery in the middle of august I spent my little bit of savings....and am now stressing out a bit...i have not turned to food but I spend many mornings crying i hate it...plus i feel run down and without energy, i was having a blast being around my co-workers and was hoping we would not be in strike for long...I think I made a mistake by reading the news and the posters to the article...it was so horrible, man there is such a smear campaign on us workers, making us look greedy, but it was not the money it was the fact they tried to raise health care, and take away other things...I know why I am on strike, just tired of being judged....really kicks me down... So yeah sorry to dump that out but It is eating me alive... :sad:

awesome!!!:sad:

thank you so much, i was feeling like i messed up somewhere, cus i too have the ability to eat like a freak...guess we will see after my first fill, i am afraid i may end up with a gain... it is no where near what i was eating before but i feel like i could eat all day long...haha certain things they say are a no-no with the band i have had no issues with things like rice and Peanut Butter and tortillas...servings are much less...my biggest issue seems to be to remember not to drink with eating, it is such a habit, and after i eat i am so thirst even though i drank 30 mins before eating and wait afterwards, still have that urge to drink while eating...

haha ok glad i am not alone, tomorrow i will brave the jeans for work...not excited about anything around my lower cut site, done the bra thing a few times not so bad... i just hope i don't drop them on the floor...lol ah at least my dog has reframed from bringing in sticks and chewing them up...I think he knows I would flip out...lol i think i may try to see about getting a neighbor to bring my vac out but i don't want her to see the floor...lol:blushing: oh and lana the picking things up with my feet would be ok but even getting the leg up can be painful... When i dropped my cell at the hospital i wish i had a film crew cus i bet it was funny...it was like ok a little bit more...ok whoa...ah...ok got it...lol oh and it is an iphone and those things no way can u get em with ur toes...i could have kicked it...but not pick it up...shapped like bars of soap and just as slick...lol

sounds yummy...:thumbup:

I quit in may this year when i got real serious about getting banded... i don't miss it too much, except when i get stressed out...like right before i got approved i wanted to smoke...but didn't...

Well you really don't wanna be throwing up...it causes issues and could cause slippage, you might need to talk to ur doc and get that band adjusted...:thumbup: