vicki's band

:confused:Where is everyone????

Where is everyone????

Also, does anyone out there have multi-focal contact lenses. I got mine today, and these letters i am typing right now look doubled or like they have a shadow, does anyone have them and did you have this problem in the beginning????

OMG!!! I love cannoli's, and so i decided to make cannoli filling just sub splenda instead of sugar. Yukkkkkk, blaaahhhhh, it is awful, I tried half the amount of splenda, although it says it should be equal trade, then I added the other half, and it still tastes like sh**. It went like this, 1 pint riccota cheese, 1 cup granulated splenda, 1 tablesoon vanilla extract, 1/2 cup slivered almonds. chill..........did anyone else ever try this???

Before my banding, I drank tons of diet pepsi from morn till night and then had to stop the carbonated drinks, so started drinking arizona diet iced tea, and had no problems at all until the last month, started having the worst heart burn, I stopped drinking it almost a week ago, and wala, no more hearburn, so trial and error seems to be the rule here. You'll do great, everyone is different. welcome to our little forum, and dr. Posner is wonderful too..

wow confused that doesn't seem like much for a days calorie intake, was that on purpose, or were you just not hungry?

Hey Mkat, welcome and tighten your seat belt, cause u r about to embark on the longest, most exciting and most difficult journey you will probably ever go on. welcome to a whole new world of eating. It is a small price to pay to get to onederland though, even though we all bitch about it. lol:wink2:

Hey Jen, it was really nice this afternoon, we had alot of rain last night and this am. probably what ur getting now...Feels like summer is coming to an end, I hate when the days get shorter and shorter.. did anyone else go to the elmwood art fest, I went today and will probably go again tomorrow if it doesn't rain.

Congrats, BigGurl, U r doing great!!! I am stupid, I was in onederland briefly and then gained 20lbs like a jerk..... I don't get it though, I have a band tightened around my stomach, don't eat as much as I did, Don't indulge like I did, and I'm still having a hard time...what gives with this gadget anyway....:thumbup::cursing::crying::cursing::frown:

I find myself giving up hot and spicy too and I love my hot and spicy food. Val, I didn't know u were still having problems, do u also get heart burn or reflux?

thats how I feel to Rain, when I was at 5.5, I gained a lb and now I am 5.7 and feel a little tight, so I'm not sure what to do. I dont want to stagnate or gain but I hate having heart burn and feeling deprived. I am hungry but afraid to eat.....:thumbdown: I am definitly going to try the punch and quit drinking the iced t, here comes the caffiene withdrawls...

Rain, how many cc's do u have, is it 5 or 5.5?

Rain, you just reminded me dr H. has me come every 4-6 weeks instead of 8..He calls me his problem child. Ha, Ha.... Maybe i'm too tight, I don't know cause i can still eat a good amount...It seems to be the iced tea I drink in the a.m., every now and then once i have a glass it starts. How do you know if your too tight or your eating too much? :thumbdown:

you go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

OMG! I have the worst heart burn, It feels like I drank acid...I keep getting this like every other day, I am sitting here sipping a glass of milk. I have meds i take for this, but there not helping. this is miserable...............

My doc says it is more common in woman than men and why not, like menopause, pms, childbirth etc, etc, etc, why not band grief............ :biggrin: I have to wait sometimes 3-4 hrs after getting up and just sip on iced tea..you would think I would lose more weight, but I make up for it the rest of the day. ha. ha..

I went to all recipes.com, and there is a place you can click on to swap out ingredients, so i swapped sugar for spenda and found alot of recipes. I also typed in cannoli and see it is pretty much riccota confectionary sugar and what ever else u want to ad. so i guess i would just have to figure out the exchange, or just make single servings, which might even be bettrer for me since it would probably go bad. I can''t eat breakfast anymore cause I'm too tight in the a.m. so if anything, I have a protien shake and even that sometimes gives me a grief...

Jenn, what do u do with the egg and ricotta cheese? I love ricotta in lasagna but cant imagine eating it plain, when south beach talks about their ricotta desserts with almond or vanilla extract, is that the same as a cannoli? :thumbup:

I have never really ventured out of this little buffalo bubble, but yesterday, I found this forum and everyone just writes what they eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and 2-3 snacks. It was pretty interesting, but I couldnt believe what some of them were eating...skittles, cookies, carrot cake, ice cream.etc..but even more mind boggling was that they all lost a tremendous amount of weight... I know dr H. lives by SB, but these people were from all over the country, could it just be portion control but everything goes? the forum is called share ideas, what did you eat today. Maybe we can share ideas sometime and see how it goes.....I eat out alot, dont like to cook, I eat alot of wendy's mandarin orange grilled chicken salads with maries blue cheese and their chili is good. back down to 212 yahooooooooooeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!went to the Melting Pot today, hope I didn't blow it.........grrrrrrrrrrrr

Wow, you guys are amazing, I am from Buffalo, n.y. and was banded on 6/9/08 and have lost 75 lbs, but i was way too tight in may and was deflated. At the time, I was 197 but gained 20 lbs. I am up to 5.7cc in a 10 cc band and I have been stuck at the same wt for months, I look at what some of you guys are eating, and I'm blown away by all the carbs! However, you are all doing so well, so what gives. Maybe I should eat skittles and cheesecake lol......vicki P.S. does the band keep working after the first year. what is the average wt loss after the first year?

Hey Jenn, I hear your frustration, but look at the bright side, you only have 19 lbs to go, you are doing great!!!!

I just went back in my history and I weighed 119 on jan. 1st and now this am I was 213. that is only 6 lbs in 9 months!!!!!!!!!

you know Linda, I always say I'm going to go and then when it comes time I either forget or just don't feel like going... I too am depressed and have no motivation. I just can't believe this is soo hard, I thought I'll get the band and lose the weight. Ha! Oh well dont want to discourage any new comers, so I will shut up now. Who was at the meeting, and what did they share with you guys. and what is this pb surprise, I want to try it..

Not so funny or unlikely the way i am going, I weigh almost 20 lbs more now than i did in april...:biggrin:

Rain, I love ur new pic, but check out ur profile, I think it is backwards...