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That is such a good idea i was getting so tried of eggs or oatmeal for breakfast and it is so fast just put a severing in a bagie and away you go. Thanks so much for the post.

I have the same problem i am going on vacation to Las Vegas this coming sunday and i was wondering how i am going to servive. I get my first fill the day after i get back. I am just going to take my food journal and make sure i write down everything i eat to keep me on track.

So fair i having doing so well 14.5lbs i was banded on may 12 i started my soft diet Last Wednesday. Well this weekend i went to my friend cottage for the holiday weekend when i got back and stepped on the scale i had gained 2lbs in 4 days. I don't understand I didn't cheat i followed the rules. here is an example of what i eat for one day there for my soft diet Breakfast 2 eggs scrambles with low fat cheese total 250 calories lunch Mushed up baked Beans 60 calorie pudding total 290 dinner 1/2 baked potato 1 tble of light marg. muched up baked beans total 350 total for the whole day 900 calories How could i gain on 900 calories a day. Yesturday i eat around 1300 calories but that was only yesturday and i was very hungry but i eat healthy. I even walked everyday. Could it be Fluid it was very hot over the weekend and i drank a lot of Water. Please help is there anything i can do. I have my 2 week appointment on Thursday and i don't want to go to the Dr and gained weight i will fell so bad. I am so upset right now i don't get it.

I don't know about cottage cheese but i have one for Ricotta cheese 1/4 c of low fat Ricotta cheese 1/4 cup fo spagetti sauce sprinkle of Garlic power 1 T of grated Parmesean cheese 1/4 cup of low fat mozzarella cheese microwave on low setting just ot heat and cheese melts calories 185 fat 10 Protein 18 I guess you could use cottage cheese instead of the ricotta

I was banded on May 12. So i am 6 days post op. I am felling nauseated several times a day. I can't seam to get the protein shakes down they make it worse. I am keeping eveything down but i get these waves of nausea. I feel horiable. I don't throw up but just have to sit for a few mins and take deep breaths. Is this normal is it because my stomach is emtpy and i am that hungry or my stomach is still healing. Please someone tell me this is normal and that it will take a little while to go away. I keep thinking to myself yesturday what have i done to myself. I can handle pain really well but i can't stand to be nauseated. Is there anything i can do or take to make it better?

Thank you all so much for your replys i saw the DR yesturday and he said that some people get nausea. I really think some of it was the protein shakes. I am starting to feel better. I have some nausea but not as bad. I started soft foods yesturday and had some eggs this morning so since i am starting to get things into my tummy i think in a couple of days i wil feel so much better. Again thank you for replying and making me feel better about my decision.

I found this interesting picture so i thought i would share. For all of those out there or get discouraged when you only have lost a lb or 2 look how much that isn't in you body anymore. This is 5 lbs. So the next time you get upset that you only lost one lb. Look at this picture and just remember that is no long on you body.

I have 5 too, 4 are from the long metal pools they use, and one is the cut for my port which is about 2 inches long. So you are so lucky the 4 will heal really well and i won't be able to see them but the long one will leave a scar.

My doctor is very conservative too. Because i read so much before i got the band on how it takes people a while to get to there sweet spot i asked how he does fills. He told me it isn't a race he wants to do it the healthy way and filling two much to soon and cause so many proplems ( he has done hundreds of bands) This is how he fills 4 weeks preop 1cc 2months .5cc if needed 3months .5 cc if needed 4months .5 cc if needed 5 months on as needed He also said how he determines if you need a feel is how long you can go before hungry again no how much you can fit in you band because everyone is different some can fit 1/4 cup some and fit 3/4 cup.

Anyone ever see that tv aid for slimquick that the women says this is how i loose weight and her boobies deflat and this is how my husband loses weight and he gets really skinning and his pants falls off. That's the first thing that popped into my mind when you said about hubby. You watch we get the lap band and they will loose weight too!!! Lapband sympathy pains (lol) My husband is only 185lbs so i don't think he will loose anyweight but he will eat healthier now that i am cooking healthier.

My husband and i were talking yesturday and he said that i should do a reward program for my self. For every so many lbs that i lose i reward my self with something. Like every 20lbs or what ever i set up for my self. And he said that it should be something good not something i would buy anyway even if i didn't loose the weight, something i normally wouldn't do. Like that pricey purse i didn't want to spend the money on or go to the spa for the day. Things like that. Do you think this is a good idea? I would love to hear what you would reward yourself with and how often.

Has anyone tried the Syntrax nectar Protein mix for Protein shakes my surgery is scheduled for May 12 and i have been on a preop diet of 2 protein shakes then one high protein meal. I have been using Slim fast high protein. It is ok but not the best. My husband has GNC for his workouts and i don't really care for that either. I saw these listed on Bariatric Advantage website and was wondering if anyone has ever tried them. They come in all kinds of flavors like crystal shy, Fuzzy navel, peach, lemonade, orange. I would like to get something that tastes better for the post op week of full liquids. Or if anyone has any ideas i don't really care for the regular vanilla or choloate.

My doctor must be really different after my surgery on May 12. I only have one week of full liquids then one week of soft then regular food. So i can eat regular food after two weeks. Does anyone think this is weird i have heard so many people say they don't get regular food untill week 4 or longer

I am having surgery on may 12 and i have heard many of you talk about slider foods. What are slider foods? I mean i kinda know what that means. Things that will go right through the band. I would think things like yogurt and ice cream and calorie loaded drinks but i read someone say crackers so i am confussed. Does anyone have a list of slider foods.

Thanks for all your replys i think i will order the sample pack so that way i am not stuck with a whole container of the stuff

Timah85 Masks do no protect you againest the swine flu and other flu. Virus particles are so small that the go through the mask. You have just as much change of getting the swine flu as the regular flu and the both are treated with the same drugs. Mexico does not have the health care that we have in the us that is why there are so many more deaths there. The regular flu kills 13000 people a year in the us. Sorry i know i am going on and on but i hate how the media scares everyone to death and people start to panick. Just keep your hands clean do not touch you face the virus lives up to 2 hrs on surfaces. But even with that the virus can be passed through the air. I would still go

I started my preop diet yeturday. It is two shakes one for breakfast one for lunch and a 400 calorie diet for two weeks. I am only two days in and i am so hungry and i have this horriable headack i know it is sugar withdraw.

We have so much in common Heavyhevicynid. My surgery is scheduled for May 12. I have two kids a little girl who is 6 and a little boy who is 9months. I have been married to my husband for 7 years and i am 28. I also am 5'6 and weight 275lbs and also wear a size 22. I also thought alot about what i was going to tell my daughter. I told my daughter that i was having surgery and that it was to make me healthy. I didn't go into details but she did ask me a few questions. She asked me how the doctor was going to make me healthy i told her that the doctor was going to fix my belly so i eat less. She was just fine with what i told her.

I know what you mean about having to wait so long for something you want so bad. I have Highmark BC/BS of Pa and this is what i had to do Month 1 Seminar and appointment with PCP Month 2 Appointment with PCP Month 3 Appointment with PCP Month 4 Appointment with PCP Month 5 Appointment With PCP Appointment with Surgeon consult with Nutritionist exercise consult psych consult Month 6 Appointment with PCP Wait for Approval month 7 2 week Prop Appointment surgery So when it is all said and done it is about 7 months and that even depends on how backed up your surgeon is. Even if you have approval you may have to wait to be scheduled for surgery. It is such a long process but i know it will be be worth it in the end. I guess when you have tryed eveything the long wait doesn't seem like so long.

I am scheduled for May 18. I can't wait this will be the longest 3 1/2 weeks of my life. Its like a kid waiting for christmas. :crying:

I am scheduled for surgery in about 4 weeks. I have been obese since i was a child. I have been an every diet you can imagine. I have been always been able to lose weight 20lbs here 30lbs there but always gain it back. I have never been able to keep it off. I am so excited to have this surgery after years of struggle, but i am so afraid that i will fail at this just as i have done with diets in the past. I am so afraid that i will gain the weight back. I know it is a mind set and i have to think positive. Does anyone else feel like this