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i have not thrown up in over 3 or 4 months.... and when i did it was not that bad. he said the weird thing was when he did the unfill everything looked normal? i wasnt the greatest at what i was eating when i first got the band.... but i slowly adjusted to it and have been doing great. maybe my past when i wasnt doing so well messed it up now? he didnt say it slipped tho today... i would think if it was something that major he would have told me it was a slip? so do these unfills usually work?

the doc was not sure... i have not been over eating at all..... it was noticeable a little bit last mont at my fill and then this time he was like we gotta fix it..... the bottom part of my stomach was up some in the top part of myy band.... even more so this time from last. have had no bad signs or anything... only thing i can think of is drinking too much water? he really could not explain it..... he said the uunfill should fix it tho..... im just sad because the last two or three fills i have done so well and have lost pretty much 50 lbs those last three times.

Anyone else have to have this done? I have been following the instructions closely...even more so the past month.... and I had to have an unfill today. He said it was weird because as soon as he took it all out everything looked normal.... and usually that is not the case?

I go tomorrow after a month and a half after my last fill..and I lost 16 lbs! Thanks everyone for your suggestions!! I still eat my ice cream.... LOL I eat the good kind but just instead of buying a gallon...I buy a pint...and spread that out over a few days.

By experience if you can stay on liquids for as long as you can (protein shakes) I would do that.... If you start craving something maybe soup? Then mushies...then the real deal

that is a really good menu. Anyone have any others? I noticed on that menu the foods to avoid... nuts is one (which someone told me nuts were good)..... I'm going to start cracking down on my food. Thanks everyone

We do 7 days liquids after a fill. I don't really attempt to eat unless it is a cream soup or a soup that can be mushed up and that is very very limited.

I'm not mad...... i was just trying to figure out what I was doing wrong this past week and I guess I answered my own question. I eat alot of veggies.... I don't really eat much of potatoes anymore.... if I do it is very little. Yesterday was just a potato day for me.... I think i'm just going to get the cold cuts and try that with cheese.... i'm burnt out on eggs but I guess I should try that also...maybe do oatmeal for breakfast..... I stay so busy it's hard for me to get all that together each day and do it everyday.... but, I gotta make time.

Ok, i'm going to try and use some of your suggestions and see if that makes a difference. Nuts are high in Protein so that is why I eat them. I'm not going to just starve and not eat any carbs at all. I'm a guy so guys are differnet as we burn more calories and need more energy. Carbs = energy... i'm not eating a large amount of the carbs...just a bit with my protein. My weakness so far has been ice cream. And, I just need to not buy it when I go to the store. I notice when I don't have it...I lose weight...and when I am eating it....I either maintain my weight or increase some until I stop eating it and then go back down. A lady friend of mine here had gastric and she suggested for me to do 2% milk with sweet and low...and add a little vanilla extract to it and it tastes like a milk shake. So, I will let you know if it works.... it has to be the ice cream. From the 2nd of this month when I got my fill... I dropped 15 lbs... ate ice cream this weekend and this week...and gained 5 lbs..... now, i've been without ice cream since two days ago and i'm down 2 lbs of the 5 that I lost... so, it has to be the ice cream! LOL Will someone that has a meal plan for a week saved somewhere post it for me on here so I can just see if I can do that or not. I may try just doing liquids this week before my next fill and eating cold cuts w/ cheese! LOL

I'm totally the same way - I don't even like to at meat now because it makes me feel so uncomfortable. But, to eat ice cream and chocolate (which I never craved in the past) but I guess due to lack of bread (that has sugar) and lack of just eating real food in general I turn some to the chocolate and ice cream just to get satisfied. I don't do it much..but, definitely a lot more than I did prior to my surgery. So, what I do now... for this past month is make alot of meats in Soups and shred it or cut it really really small with scissors.... almost to the point it melts in the pot. They don't want me doing soups but i'm sorry i'm gonna get my Protein one way or another and this is the only way that I can and feel comfortable doing it. Also, I cook lean ground beef and get it so fine while i'm cooking it I mash it with a fork over and over until it is so fine.... there are tricks to it.... I have learned!!!

This is what I ate yesterday.... breakfast... nuts lunch... salad and few bites of baked potato dinner... i made fresh pinto Beans with white rice, shepherds pie (which is ground meat w/ tomato, potatoes, and green beans) I ate like 3 bites of the pie...and maybe 1/2 cup of pinto beans and rice and one piece of mexican cornbread (tiny square) I was looking at other people's diets that have great success on here...one lady eats cold cuts alot... which to me would be pretty hard to do..but man I got to have real food.... Diet wise I think i'm doing pretty good.... I drink so much fluids... this morning I had a few drinks of v8 juice... gatorade (g2)... and a little bit of coffee.... i bought some mixed nuts for lunch...and have a microwave cup of chicken noodle soup... tonight will probably eat more of the left overs from last night. Does it sound like i'm doing ok? I'm not really weighing my food... i just eat a few bites here and there until I feel satisfied. After I eat tho I feel like I have to drink something so bad to get it to wash down.... i feel uncomfortable..even after just eating one bit usually. But, i've been waiting at least 30 minutes...sometimes less...but most of the time 30 minutes. I forgot to mention in the past I had breaks from going to the doctor...I wasn't going every month because of A) was not sure my insurance would cover it.... :thumbdown: I felt restriction for a long time..... so maybe that is why my weight loss has been slower. So far since the 2nd of this month I have lost 15 lbs and I go back next Friday for a fill.... So, i'm thinking that if I keep going each month i'll lose alot faster because I don't even want to eat after!!! LOL I have to force myself....but man during that time I just wish I could eat some great food. The Food Channel does not help! Especially Diners, Drive In's and Dive's!!! My mouth just waters watching that... LOL

Thanks for the comments - I think my struggle with excercise is I work a full-time job, a part-time job from home, and I go to school part-time. After that, I'm done..... I really don't want to go walk a mile if my mind isn't into it. Eating wise and Protein wise.... I do eat alot of Beans... in chili.... and just beans that I make at home. I do make like tortilla soup with chicken in it.... and I like tuna..and eat eggs. Since my fills have been so tight in the mornings my band is so tight that even when drinking coffee or gatorade it feels like the Fluid isn't going down. So, i don't even eat Breakfast. I think I have been doing really well here lately eating wise... my only weakness is ice cream...which I never craved before...but, I think with me not eating any bread (which I use to eat alot of) ...my body is really craving SUGAR. I notice that a week i'll eat ice cream my weight goes up a little...and the next week I won't..and my weight starts to slowly go down. I just need to find a better alternative for eating just straight ice cream and not even diet. It has been a struggle let me tell you..... One thing that I do enjoy eating is fresh salsa that I make at home and the thin tortilla chips. I hope that is not bad because I eat alot of it. It seems that it doesn't bother me eating wise and I can eat more of that than anything and feel satisfied.