maryb

Wednesday B: Atkins Shake S: Oatmel L: Canned Chicken, Applesauce, Yogurt D: Rotessire Chicken, Chopped Broccoli, Mashed Potatoes

C187 (-32 lbs total, -1 this week)

I will accept anything between an 8 and 12.

I have got to save my change for some PS now! I noticed you had your PS about one year after getting your band. Somewhere else I read someone recommended waiting 2 years. I don't want to wait 2 years if 1 year is enough. I want that body ASAP!

My Doctor said 30 to 45 minutes. I look at the clock after I take my last bite.

I felt like I had something stuck between my throat and stomach for a week. I call that restrictive. Now 4 weeks post op... I get satisfied on 1 cup of anything. I don't have that stuff or full feeling I had pre-surgery. Because of things below, I do not push it! I had my surgery on a Tuesay and had bad nausea and dry heaves on following Saturday afternoon. Doctor called in Suppository...saved my life! Reason for nausea and dry heaves... I pushed the liquids too fast and had applesauce that morning. I went to Clear Liquids with baby sips. I had a lot of problems drinking Water for 2 weeks. Doctor said to slowly sip at room temperture water out of a glass (no straw). Yes, this worked also. 3 - 4 weeks Post Op: PBed on Cottage cheese and Scrambled eggs... Can't get that tiny bite chew chew chew chew chew chew chew then swallow to stick in my brain.

I don't know about the seatbelt extender. The pillow is to minimize to discomfort of the seatbelt. Bra-less: One of my incisions was right where my bra lies on my breast bone. I couldn't wear a bra for two weeks because of this incision. Also my boobs were stuck to my stomach from the sticky stuff they put on my stomach. It took a lot of scrubbing to get that sticky goo off. Eye makeup remover helped. Do you have a sports bra? I wore a sports bra for a few hours a day after the first two weeks. Anything that restricted my rib cage made me very uncomfortable for at least 3 weeks. If no sports bra, try an under shirt. My best friend bought some of the build-in bra tanks like I bought to wear for the first few weeks. She has more boobs then I do, so she wore her husbands muscle shirts underneath. Worked great for her. I hope this helps.

Tuesday - More Real Food Starting Today Yeah! B - Shake S - Oatmeal L - Tuna with Light Miracle Whip and Applesauce (Soooooo Good!) S - Cottage Cheese with SF Jello Tonight: D - Creamed Spinach (I have been craving this for 4 weeks! I know I am weird)

Monday B - Shake S - Oatmeal L - Shake D - Mashed Potatoes with RFCream of Chicken Soup S - Sugar Free Popsicle S- Egg Beaters with Light Miracle Whip OK I PBed on the Egg Beaters. I thought I could hog it down because it wasn't all real egg....WRONG!

I have PBed on once on Cottage Cheese and two times on Eggs. My problem is I have not learned to slow down enough yet. Fortunately I can tell by the second or third bite that the PB is coming on. Sipping some water and sliming up a few times and it has been over. I then finish my food remembering to take very small bites chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew then swallow.

sallyjo, If you want to post a new message. Go to Lapband Talk at very top of screen. Select category to post in, select new thread, type your new message.

Bring a pillow to hold in your lap for coughing and putting seat belt on for return trip. Wear very loose pants... PJs best... don't wear your tight jeans! You will not wear your bra after surgery, so a non-clinging top that you can't see your nippies through. 100% Cotton Socks only. No eating or drinking day of surgery. Stop frequently afterwards to pee if you got 3 bags of fluids like I did! Good Luck with your surgery!

I didn't want anyone to know... well that lasted less then a week. I tell most people I am on a doctor supervised diet for my health. That usually satisfies most people. I have a friend who lives out of state that I talk to every few months. She called two days ago. I didn't tell her... she told me someone we know had gbs went from a size 28 to a 20. She made a negative comment about using surgery to do it. Well I'll be darned if I will tell her about mine now! My best friend tells everyone she sees she had lapband surgery. I don't like it when she tells them we had it, but I would have to kill her to shut her up. (She told my mom after I told her that I wasn't going to tell her.) I keep telling her that if I didn't love her I sure wouldn't put up with her. :faint:

You look HOT!

I am 4 weeks post op tomorrow. I had the stomach pains myself when I started on mushies. No reason I could tell. Sometimes I had them, sometimes I didn't. Mostly I think it was gas.

Sunday Diet - Stage 2 Mushies - Tuesday on to Semi Solids (can't wait!) B - Atkins shake S - oatmeal L - Mashed potatoes with Cream of chicken Soup (Yummy) S - Fat Free Cottage cheese with sugar free strawberry Jello (Yummy) D - 2 Scrambled eggs,2% Cheese slice, 1T Miracle Whip (Yummy) I didn't PB on the Cottage Cheese or the Scrambled Eggs this time!!! Total Calories 920, 69 Proteins. I was feeling pretty run down, so I bumped up the calories and the Protein for last four days. I feel great now.

I am 3 1/2 weeks post op. Today I bent over to pickup my Tennis Shoes and my port pinched my belly. OUCH! That port sure is a nuisance!

Today: B - Atkins Choc shake L - Scrambled eggs - Two bites Pbed, drank some Water L - Finished Scrambled Eggs - took smaller bite and chewed chewed chewed chewed chewed chewed then swallow...no PB S - pudding D - Soup....boring!

DonnaB, Are you eating Fat free Cottage Cheese? I tried the one that comes with fruit on the side. I think it was way too thick. I thought maybe fat free with milk to thin would be ok to try.

You get them from either your Lap Band Doctor or Primary Doctor. I think they are like billing codes. You know they use numbers rather then real words.

Productive Burp is what it is called. Actually to me it felt like the 3 bites of cottage cheese I had was going down hard down my throat then developed into what felt like a hiccup slowly coming back up. I think I hiccuped three times before the actual slim started flowing out of my mouth. I then, did it two more times and it stopped. I trashed the rest of the cottage cheese and haven't tried it again since then. I have no idea where the slime comes from.

I PBed on Cottage cheese last week. So that was 3 weeks post op.

My depression is situational (event) and not because I am obese. Ex: My grandmother dying, my mother-in-law dying, moving, divorce, etc.

My cats are as dear to me as my children. I am sorry for your painful loss of such a sweet loving cat.

Today B- Oatmeal S- Atkins Shake L - Cream of Chicken Soup S - SF Vanilla Pudding D - I think I will have some Mashed Potatoes