TracyinKS

I tried to rename and was able to change post 1 but it wouldn't let me in to change the title......... ALEXANDRA??? Wheets???? can we rename it?

How's that????????? I made egg drop soup for my dinner tonight........ I'm just too chicken to eat mushies so soon.

I used to have an entire page of LowCarb Drinks....... including a recipe to make LC Kalua......... but for the life of me I lost it with my old computer (that was the FIRST time I lost weight on Low Carb and I was still married) And before kids.............. I used to enjoy my diet dr pepper and rum.

Right now as I type this I am drinking a Mango Peach Isopure Protein Water with ice and water... I bought the variety pack off the net and so far my favorite is GRAPE FROST and the one I couldn't even finish was aPPLE MELON...... all others are pretty good, but yes they are sweet and good for your CLEAR stage 20 oz bottle, 40 protein, and 160 calories. EAS CarbVantage is my favorite brand of thick Protein shakes (pre-made) chocolate Fudge followed by strawberry........ don't like their french vanilla. Lastly........ LOW CARB slim fast in Vanilla is pretty good in the blender with a bit of ice and a T of banna sf pudding mixed in.

OH lunasa!!!!!!!!!! my isopure squirted out my nose when I read this! LOL I would say Crystal Light and Vodka would be band friendly....

Hugs go out to you for your family friend!

Julie: Woooooooohooooooo! a half marathon! YOU GO GIRL! Julie and Betty: Thanks you two for answering me so quickly! I had a bout of gas pain before lunch and managed to walk it off with gasX strips. I went home at lunch and relaxed in the recliner. My doc only had me on clear liquids for 24 hours... then he said I could have soup thinned with milk, so I've been living on Reduced sodium tomatoe soup thinned with Hood Calorie Countdown Milk.. add in some pizza seasonings and I'm good to go.... today is the day I am allowed to progress to thicker liquids.. like pudding and yogurt... Nothing to chew until he ok's it. (first pre-op is this Friday) Also to get protein I've been having ONE bottle of IsoPure per day (40 grams of protein) I'm kind of scared to progress to full fledge mushies so soon... I want that band CEMENTED in place! LOL I know its been said over and over........ but I can not get over the lack of food that actually satisfies me........ ME.. the girl that could eat an entire PIZZA! full after a half cup of soup!!!!!!!! (I know it will get harder when the swelling goes down, but DAaaaaang it sure is nice right now! I'm going to walk the block 1 time tonight and see how I feel.

Well I'm better now.. (a bit) I did go.. although I would of looked funny doing some kind of yoga looking stretch (hands straight up over my head) and deep breathing... LOL but it worked. I also had a gasX strip. I can go home for lunch and today I think I'm going to do it and lay back in my recliner for half hour.

Ok.. guys........ I'm having gas pains. I think sitting at my desk in one postion is causing it.... also..... what did you all take for constipation.... TMI: today is the first day I feel like "going" but..... uhmmmmm does rabbit turds ring any bells??? going to walk now.

Jane: it is a sticky on the GENERAL Discussion Page.. here is the link: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=6117

Hello all....... I'm banded at back at work today. So far, ok... I think I need a pillow for my tummy. I feel pretty good. I did overdo it yesterday mopping my hardwood floors but I paid for it and learned a lesson in taking it easy. TERRI YOU ROCKED THE CHALLENGE! Kat: Many continued prayers. Everyone else: have a great day....... Julie and Betty, should I be trying to get 500 calories or more a day??? I'm not hungry right now (post op swelling) I've been doing good to get 300...... I think I maxed at 500 yesterday because I fixed a "mock danish" with cream cheese, egg, and sf syrup.

Whooooooooohooo Terri! You are kicking butt in the exercise department! NbJen: WELCOME TO BANDLAND!!!!!!!!!! I expected to gain since it is full of sodium..... but we will be shrinking violets before long! YOUCH! a steri strip coming off would of suprised me too! Laura: Click on the link in my signature then log in....... to google... I tried it last night but wouldn't let me, so I dont know if its down or what. Its way past my bed time and I have to face work tomorrow...... See ya in the am.... Sweet dreams VIolets@

Another Malley patient here........ finally in bandland! From what I understand my first fill will be in 5 weeks (June 1) Just today my tummy started rumbling but I still have my post op swelling which is giving me some restriction..... I'm in Leavenworth.....

Hello... another KS girl here and another Malley patient. Tallgrass in Topeka does the band and I think it is TravelGirl who went there... they have the best self pay price around, and I've heard lots of good things...... My insurance read like this... BMI over 40 or BMI over 35 WITH 2 comorbitites No coverage with BMI's over 50. I would get your surgery scheduled because for me.. my insurance sent the letter approving me in January but I had to wait for a surgery OPENING at that was April 26..... more and more insurance providers are approving and so our surgeons schedules are getting really full.

All docs are different.. that is for sure...... my doc hit 550 bands back in january so I have no idea what number I was last Thursday..... in March he started using a two week liquid diet because of cases of big livers... and still..... he post op diet is pretty easy... 24 hours of CLEARS after surgery and then full liquids on day two.. (thinned out tomatoe soup) days 3-14, full liquids and pureed foods.. I go back for my post op appointment THIS friday and he told me NO chewing til then.. also I am able to have coffee. (was given coffee after I passed my barium swallow in the hospital) I do believe that everyone has to be very pro-active in their own health care. For instance.. on my pre-op he had Sherbert on the list...... well for me sherbert is so full of sugar I won't touch it.. that was me and my inability to process sugar as efficiently as others.

That is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing.. size 10.. whooohoo!

Liz: that is what they told me.. I have the medium size band that it is 10mm and holds 4cc's of liquid.

That Chart is so COOL! to answer a question a couple pages back.. I would say that my biggest complaint so far is that my son can't sit on my lap... we have this habbit to sit in the recliner together watching tv before he goes to bed..... tonight he just hugged my foot til i couldn't take it anymore and I put two pillows over my belly while he gently put his head on it... dbf was eyeballing him ready to get him down if he even squirmed... The shoulder pain the first night was painful and when I get a gas bubble in my chest it is hard to get it to pass... other than that... it really hasn't been too hard.... I go back to work tomorrow...so that will be the true test.

December is a long time out and you will be so freaking HAWT.. I think a romantic all inclusive resort would be great or a cruise... but that is me.

I wanted to share something that I made tonight and for those on the NONChew stage... you might be interested.. also it will help get your calories up......... Now I know it sounds weird, but it really IS worth a try... It is called Mock Danish... and has been a staple of my low carb diet life (since 1999) although today was the first time I actually counted the calories there are several variations and you can really adjust it to suit your taste.. this is what I made tonight. MOCK DANISH 2 oz's regular cream cheese (2 carbs, 200 calories) 1 med egg (.6 carb ... I don't know calories) 1 dash of cinnimon 1 generous splash of SF french vanilla syrup 2 packets of splenda Heat cream cheese in bowl for 20-30 seconds Add egg and other ingredients and beat, whisk, mix til smooth Pop in microwave for 1 minute, (this will leave the center soupy and you can either stir it up or micro a bit longer till it is firmer) You can add any amount of tastes.. cook more, cook less, add cocoa and more sweetner, add pumpkin pie spice, less cream cheese, more egg.. it is really versatile and it is filling....... Tonight I left it a bit soupy so that I didn't have to chew anything... a lot of low carbers eat this for breakfast, but tonight it was my dinner and I only finished 3/4 of it.

YES, but we are a TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't get caught up in all the bs that sometimes surfaces in these types of forums... I think everyone should take turns... but if no one wants to.. let me know and I will gladly start one for us. We are all here to shrink our booties and increase our self confidence...... and together we have a really exciting year in store!

Margi: sounds like you are doing great! Hope your mom is ok.

I did this.. I have a black pair of workout stretchy pants and a shirt that does NOT cover my belly or butt...... I plan to take monthly pictures in the same outfit in the same poses....

SOUNDS GOOD Judy! You can be the one to start it! YOUR TURN to lead the thread..... OK.. I'm getting off here and finding something to slurp on.

Laura: I don't know.. but I remember spider on another thread asking for hers.. so I figured.. what the heck.. they do have a camera in there RIGHT?? I was really intersted to see my liver and to see its size... all the yellow fat is gross and I wish he could of just gotten rid of it, but that will be my job I guess........ I guess I also wanted proof that I REALLY did this INSANE thing called WLS! but I feel so relieved knowing that this will be the last time I weigh this much........ I think I'm going to try and get some more calories in tonight....... he told me to chew NOTHING this week.. I go for my post op appointment on Friday morning. The real test will be work tomorrow!~ Sending Rick PRAYERS!