Keshia Monae

You're not the only one! I've been on solid's now for a week and am starving... My dr's reccomendation is 4 oz of food 3x per day but I quickly realized it's not enough and leaves me starving! I've been getting in my protien and Water everyday and still feel hungry! Unfortunatly I've also realized that there isn't much food that makes me sick or gets "stuck" which is in turn making the situation worse, because I want to eat! It's so bad that I've often wondered if my band has slipped ( I pray NOT!) *sigh* I've boosted my meals up to 1 cup of food 3xs per day and added in Snacks and still some days I'm more ravenous than others...especially being on vacation for the past few weeks! I did notice yesterday that I actually gained a pound and I'm pretty sure that it's because I haven't been exercising ... I actually started back today! I'm not worried about the gain, because I know it will come back off... I am however worried about no restriction and never feeling full...makes me feel like I did pre-band...... I can honestly say that I'm running to my Dr's office come the 6 week mark for my first fill!!

I’d love to join you guys!! :tt2: Here’s my info: surgery date 12/2/08 heighest weight 264 preop diet starting weight 259 surgery weight 252 current weight 228 weight loss since surgery 24lbs total weight loss 36lbs my end goal is to be 160 my goal for january is 15lbs Keshia :mad:

I apologize if I'm repeating this from another post...but I wanted to share something that may be just as awesome for you too!! In my pre-op meeting with the dietician we discussed how much protien I'll need to take in on a daily basis (60 grams) and I expressed my dislike for the protien shakes and asked her if there was anything else that I could try to get in the required protien....and she suggested ISOPURE!! OMG..if you're anything like me and you have a strong dislike for the taste of those thick powders and the bland chalky taste of the pre-made drinks Isopure is definitly for you too! It sort of looks like Gatorade, so it's a really smooth liquid that goes down relatively smooth. It's got a bit of an after-taste but much better than those shakes (yuck!) The only downside is that they are expensive, I found them at my local GNC for $4 per bottle or $50 for a case of 12. But for me sooo worth it!

HI All, I'm Keshia from Chicago and will be banded on 12/02 pre-op 260, current weight (after pre-op diet) 245, goal weight is 160. & My doc is Dr. V. Prachand from Univ Chicago. I'm officially nervous, anxious and excited at this point! :thumbup:

Not a problem at all...still looking for my package to come from the company....in the meantime I've started with Jay Robb's whey chocolate & Vannilla ....picked up a few sample packs from Whole Foods today...so far pretty tasty!

Thanks for creating a smaller group! I have to begin my pre-op diet 10 days before surgery (Dec 2)...however after all of the overeating that I've been doing lately think that I am going to make my official "last meal" on Thursday of this week. My pre-op diet mostly consists of mushy and liquid foods, the dr. is allowing for up to 2 frozen diet meals per day along with the protien shakes. Is anyone using the canned Protein shakes or are you generallly making your own? Just asking because I found a website Bariatric Advantage Bariatric Advantage - Nutritional supplements, Vitamins, Proteins, and Help for Gastric Bypass, Distal, Lap Band, Realize, Stomaphyx and Duodenal Switch Surgery Patients that sells a lot of items geard towards bariatric patients and I was thinking of getting a few of their sample kit's to check out the product. I also found recipies for Medifast shakes here recipes Guides

Hi All, I am new to the lapbandtalk site! I stumbled across the site when googling several questions and boy am I glad I have been approved for surgery on December 2nd and am excited and a little nervous as well...but soo glad that I've found yet another tool of support!!