marg

it will be fine , maybe just try the soy protien and the skimed milk and not the yogurt to begin with

well i was told to have slim fast im not sure where you are im in england , but im sure you get slimfast all over the world ???you need your protien , slimfast has everything you need in it not into messing quick and simple , vitamins and minerals they are essential in your diet especially at this stage the last thing you need it to be feeling like you have no energy i also got myself some liquided based minerals and vitamins by sevenseas ?? where are u from , marg xx

oh yes and stay clear of any fruit juices they are still high in natural sugars, the occaisional is ok , but start as you mean to go on , a little confesion though did have some chocolate over the easter hols !!! oops !!!! an extra hours brisk walk and 50 sits should help resolve that a little !!!(i hope )

im coming to the 6th week now and find i can now eat most things , the only thing there is no way i can eat , or maybe is because i have made a decision to totally cut is out of my diet is ,white bread, white pasta , and white rice , white bread was the worst thing for me i could quite easily eat a whole loaf with butter on throughout the day , if it was freshly baked , i can eat rivita now , with extra light cream cheese , red peppers and a tiny squirt of extra light salad cream lol !!!never thought i would say it but i really enjoy it , i dont really eat potateos now either,im totally trying to make a life changing style of the way i eat ,,i think its these changes that will really make the difference , i still occaisionally forget to chew , which is horrible, (and my jaw aches lol )

i had to go on a low calorie diet before the op , no more than 1000 calories a day, this is basically something to do with the liver, as it holds a lot of fat , and reduces complications if you go on a 2 weeks very low calorie diet , it shrinks the liver,(well that was what i was told) it has to be moved during the op , the day before the op i just had a light lunch salad , i was told not to eat or drink anything after 3am in the morning as my op was at 9am the next morning , had it at 9.30am , then was home the next morning at 7.30am felt great ,good luck marg xx:scared:

yes so true , i need to retrain my brain to know the difference between being hungry and actually just fancying putting something in my mouth , im back to work on tuesday so the days wont seem so long and will keep me occupied , started excersing and walking which i agree keeps those demons at bay , its only been just over 2 weeks so im hoping as the weeks go by and i can really see a difference it will make me more determined , not that im not already, im just finding it hard at the moment , and i obviously wont turn into a bag of bones overnight from not eating lol !! your words are reasurring and i am taking all this info with eagerness , its so good to beable to actually talk to people who understand , i havent told anyone i have had the op , only my closest family and one friend , dont know wether that was because im scared i'll fail, or because i want to see there faces when i finally do get somewhere near my goal weight , i dont want to be judged by people i dont even know , checking me out everytime i walk out the door , its nice to keep it to yourself but then its also nice to beable to share those obsticals that i need to over come and i will do , marg xx

hi nellie !!thanks for that will try a scambled egg later this evening got the excercise video on !! first time in 6 years ive have done real exercise its killing me lol !!

hi everyone my name is margaret from the uk , i just had my lap band on the 17th march 2006 , its all going well so far lost 28lbs so far, but ive got to say im starving !!!:cry so so hungry !!!!! i resorted to sniffing the leg of lamb i cooked for the dinner last week so sad lol !!! my partner caught me in the act and couldnt stop laughing !! i have another 4 weeks to wait till i see my surgeon but on the diet sheet i was given it states fluids only , but i notice some surgeouns say i could start eating mashed food at around two weeks so tempted , as i have lost quite alot of weight im wondering if mybe the band is now a little loose that is why im so hungry , any suggestions to feeling full, maybe its the fact the post op i used to eat because it smelled nice not really because i was hungry , such a huge change not to eat when i feel like it after doing it for most of my adult hood everything seems to be food food food , everywhere i go there is pictures , smells , im getting obsessed with it , i sniff everything watching telly im like aaargh food again its a nightmare , and what i would do to go for a chicken balti i wouldnt like to say !!! is it just me or does everyone go through this stage of feeling like they are going to go mad if i dont just eat something , i know it will be worth it in the long run but i didnt think i would feeling like im starving myself , i thought i was supposed to feel full !! maybe i could try some soft scrambled eggs ??? surley they wouldnt get stuck i really feel like im ready for some much needed real food !! ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE MARG XXX :help: