waterlily1072

I still do protien shakes for breakfast cause I'm tight in the morning and food in the am never has sounded good to me. I use Atkins advantage, it's only 15g of protien but as i chicken or fish with lunch and dinner that is fine for me. I hated the powder ones that you had to mix yourself, yuck. This I can grab and go

Hi Lisa and welcome, you are actually almost to wonderland which is great! :clap2: We started out as a group trying to get out of the 3's and into the 2's and have progressed to also include those making there way through the 2's so you fit right in There is a tax day challenge and there is at least one person in our little group who's goal will put them in onderland if they make it No change for me today, but I am sticking to the program so even if the scale doesn't show it yet I know I am losing those pounds, just need to wait for them to exit, hehe. I have been doing 600-1000 cal's a day to get in my protien and some veggies and fruit. I wish I could stand to eat tuna without the mayo, but it's just to dry and too bleh wothout it. Low cal mayo is too disgusting for me, any ideas other than mustard? I have already thought of that and am gonna try it today

Thanks everyone I know I will weigh again in the morning cause I just can't help it. Just knowing it will be even lower even if by only a half pound. I was on that stinking plateau so long I forgot what it felt like to lose.

Everyones pouch is a little different size. No two are alike. Listen to your body, if you are losing and you are staying satisfied for a couple of hours after eating then you are doing great, if you get hungry inbetween meals and you aren't drinking with your meal and are eating your protien first then it's time for a fill. Personally when I have good restriction, I do good to get down 2oz of protien at one sitting until evening when i have around 3oz and then i eat my veggies. I was told 4-6oz of protien a day or 56g of protien so as not to lose muscle, and after that veggies and some fruit and grains as room allowed. A typical day for me is breakfast: protien shake lunch: 2oz tuna on 2pieces of melba toast snack: small salad (1/2cup) dinner: 3oz chicken, some veggies (1/2cup) snack: no sugar fruit cup or sugar free yogurt with fruit

I did that the first time i had mushies too. All you haveto do is slow down and listen to your body. Take time inbetween each bite to decide if you are still hungry or if you are satisfied. We all had to learn this lesson, you will get it. I either have a little burp or a hiccup when I am done. I also notice that if I take one bite too many it takes longer to swallow it. Everyone has their own little things but those are mine, hope this helps

Holy Cow!!! Got on the scale, 294 :clap2: wahoo!, That's 6lbs in 5 days!

I have devised a way of cooking chicken that makes it super tender. Ok 2 ways. For regular chicken, I boil it for 2 hours, then add to whatever dish I am cooking either whole or cut up (it breaks apart nicely). For wings and drummettes I bake them slowly for 2hours on 250, You can use any kind of sauce or marinade for nice flavor. My faves are soy sauce, teriyaki and bbq.

Yay, I finally reached good restriction The last fill gave me some restriction but not enough, but this one is fabulous. I am at 9.5cc's in my VG 10cc band and feel great! I am finally losing again :girl_hug: I have been plateaued for the last 6mo. I can't eat more than 1/2 cup at a time (if it's super mushy maybe 1 cup for the evening meal) and I stay full for hours. Only downside is that I can't gulp my water anymore, I have to sip it, but heck I can live with that.

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I can't wait for the weather to be nice so I can send the kids outside to play, they get so crazed when they have to stay inside most of the time, geez, anyone have any clagon?

Ahh but we can do anything for a short period of time, it's the long haul that is so difficult

Well I felt like a band virgin till I had restriction, lol. But seriously we will help anyway we can And boy am I jealous of the treadmill, lol. I have an aversion to excersising in public and no room for any equipment at home, sigh, someday. I am glad you don't mind my chatter....... 'cause I lost another pound today :clap2:

She may not be making herself vomit like a bulemic would but simply vomitting from eating things she shouldn't. Sounds like she needs some grief counselling and probably an unfill too so she can deal with her emotions without harming the band.

Try sipping on peppermint tea it should help the nausea. How long have you been banded? If you are more than 6 weeks out one vomit session shouldn't hurt the band, but if you are still healing I would ask the surgeon, just in case.

Well it depends on your surgeon on how aggressiv ethey are with fills but you can totally get a fill every week or two till you are where you need to be at my doc office. Just need to wait long enough fro the swelling to go down. Be a squeaky wheel and get another fill if you need one

Wow I ddin't know they had a 13cc band. Well I can tell you that in my 10 i needed 9.5 to get restriction. Also a gentleman with my same surgeon is at 13ccs in a 10cc band. I was concerned about how early I am on my journey to need it filled to almost capacity, then she informed me that they can hold way more and not to worry. Just keep going in for fills till you get restriction. It takes time and persistence

I started considering surgery almost 10 yrs ago when rny was the only option here in the states. It terrified me as to all the possible complications. But I always new that wls was there if I got desperate. I was 300lbs at 25 as well, I know exactly where you are. I'd love to have those 10yrs back of my life to be able to really live and not be a slave to my obesity and all the emothional and social and physical issues it creates. Only 2% of obese people ever lose all their weight and keep it off! That is a huge deal. The choice is of course yours, but think of why you decided to do it in the first place. Your fears are normal, but don't let fear stop you from living your life.

I have always been a good dieter, but usually after about 30lbs I can't stand it anymore and I have to eat those forbidden junk foods that I love so much and I have to feel full again. I get so tied of feeling hungry. Ihad never been able to lose more than 30lbs before my band and now I am at -57. I did that all in the first 3-4 months. Then I needed a break from dieting but this time for the first time ever I didn't gain anything back! This is the best tool ever and only those who have struggled with weightloss can truly understand, whether they are brave enough to admit it or not.

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I can eat solid protien I was just afraid to eat veggie the way I like them el dente, was afraid a chunk might get past me and cause me to pb. Just taking it slow as I wasn't sure how fast the swelling would go down after such a bad pb directly following a fill, hehe. But I am sipping my fluids. I can't guzzle and gulp anymore but when I take frequesnt sips all is well :girl_hug: But if I was able to eat chicken yesterday I am sure I am not too tight :girl_hug: Today I think I will have a little tuna on melba toast, yummm and maybe scrounge for a little lettuce for a salad. :hungry: I can tell It's time for lunch, hehe.

It's perfectly normal to feel hungry, and to be able to eat large amounts. Just be careful with your new band. Don't risk a pb at this point, stick to your mushies. As for water, gulp if you have to to get it in now, cause later you may not be able to gulp anymore. I know some people who can gulp with good restriction but I sure can't. Water intake has to be my primary focus during the day or I don't get enough, so practice getting enough now. As for weight loss, how much you lose now will be all you, the band won't start to really help you till you have good restriction. Good luck and congrats all you new bandsters

Well first bite syndrome is caused by spasms in your stomach/stoma. Mine has actually lessened a little with my last fill now that I have restriction. I too could feel the food going through and it was sometimes uncomfortable but didn't hurt. It should never hurt when you eat. But now the food backs up immediatly to fill the pouch and I never actually feel it going through (probably because it goes through so slowly) unless I didn't chew a piece well enough, hehe. My advice is to go see your doctor, he should be able to fix things so that you are comfortable and full on your little servings

Doughmommy, I can totally relate, I was at 8.5cc's and relatively no restriction, I tought there must be something wrong with me. When I went in to see my fill nurse, she informed that I was perfectly normal and that the vg band won't burst till it hits around 33cc's! So basically if you aren't feeling full and you are eating solid foods then go in and see your doc or whoever does your fill and tell them about the discomfort and the lack if fulness too. My discomfort was just firstbite syndrome, in the mornings i had just enough restriction to get that. There is no way to know til you go have them check you out

I hear you Elisabeth, my left knee is in bad shape. If I were to excersise I'd be getting cortosine shots as well. Best I can do is just stay on my feet most of the day, cause any kind of lunging or walking on uneven ground is a killer. And Ooh ooh ooh, I am so excited, this fill is GREAT:D My band is actually working the way it is supposed to. I had 1/2 cup of chicken and mashed taters for brunch and 1 cup of the leftovers for an early dinner 4 hours ago and still am full . I did have to take a nap for some head hunger issues. Hubby was fixing my computer (hard drive bit the dust this morning) and so I had nothing to do but wait which drives me nuts, so... nap time. Tomorrow I will venture some food that is full on solids so I can get my veggies in too. Was a little too scared to do that today yet. But all in all I have had 600 calories today :girl_hug: I need to drink a protien shake to get some more protien and nutrients in. Too late in the evening to eat something that will still be sitting in my pouch at bedtime. BTW everything about my weight loss that I used to call my mom about everyday I will inevitably post here as I need to share it with someone. I kinda feel like this is my little support group right here in this thread. I hope all of feel that way too :girl_hug:

Ooh I almost forgot swelling has gone down and was able to eat chili for lunch :mad: yum