SanDiegoUbermom

Hey giggle3474; I've decided to wait on my first fill. I was scheduled for a fill today but cancelled it. I just wanted more time to get to now my new tool. I did my best weight loss on the liquid diet before surgery. Since surgery, I think it's only a pound or two. I've taken the scale out of the bathroom for now and will only bring it out once a month. I was becoming dissapointed too on not seeing the scale move. But my clothes are telling me that I'm losing and my kids tell me that they can put more of their arms around me when they give me a hug. My DH is going to help me measure once a month too so I can see where I might be losing it. Are you still keeping a journal? I have a big problem with that but I'm trying. I do it in my journals I keep here. PeggyLee said something about Fitday.com as a free place to have a food journal but I haven't gone there yet. I've started drinking 64 oz of water a day and this is my 3rd day. I've found that it stops some of my hunger pains. I've also gotten the food scale out and seeing it that way helps me more then using a cup as a measuring device. 15 pounds is an awesome accomplishment!! I keep telling my self that this new tool is a slow tool to get me where I want to be. I want to tone my mind, body and soul with time and not to be rushed into it. That is why I chose this type of weight loss tool over the other. I hope to see you at the Scripps Support Meeting next Monday. As PeggyLee also says "Faith not Fear".

Hey you two; my doc in San Diego said that we CAN drink before meals but it should be an hour to a half hour before you eat. As for after & while you eat; you need to wait the same amount of time afterwards too--don't want to wash everything down before it benefits us. :omg: I try not to have a cup on the table while eating. I've found it to be to tempting. I hope this helps? :paranoid

Well I took the kids to SW this morning. We got there around 10 & left around 2. I'm tired and thirsty. :faint: B 8:00am: ProRated drink w/12 oz 2% milk S @SW 12ish: Two handfulls of Buggles & an apple L 3:00: Asian Salad (60% of it-but all of the chicken) @ Jack N Box plus 4 spoonfulls of chocolate shake and 5 FF D 7:00: 2 Del Tacos that I made into a salad w/dressing (no shell) and a few (5)chips w/nacho cheese I brought ProRated w/me so I could buy some milk but I left my walet at home--duh. So there went a good idea. I've had 20 oz water so far. Just haven't had it in front of me. I need to get working on it for today. I don't know if it's the water or what, but for the past two nights I've had a headache that startes around 8pm. Nothing seems to help it either. The kids were ok so it may our time nice. It was good to get out w/them again. 5:20pm I'm on my second 20 oz cup since I got home. Headache still there and it's hot here. Not to hungry since I ate late but the family is and DH just got home. Oh wo is me and me is tired. 7:45pm OMG the kids; tonight must have been Q&A for DH and his hot rodes he had as a young buck. DH kept asking me "are they like this all the time w/you?---YES" I don't think I'll make the 64 oz today. I still have the second one I started right before DH came home. Ha; my headache is gone though! :clap2: Have PTA stuff to start on--I'm to tired but I'll give it a try.:mad: I had 4 cups left to drink--not bad for a late start.

Well I took the kids to SW this morning. We got there around 10 & left around 2. I'm tired and thirsty. :faint: B 8:00am: ProRated drink w/12 oz 2% milk S @SW 12ish: Two handfulls of Buggles & an apple L 3:00: Asian Salad (60% of it-but all of the chicken) @ Jack N Box plus 4 spoonfulls of chocolate shake and 5 FF D 7:00: 2 Del Tacos that I made into a salad w/dressing (no shell) and a few (5)chips w/nacho cheese I brought ProRated w/me so I could buy some milk but I left my walet at home--duh. So there went a good idea. I've had 20 oz water so far. Just haven't had it in front of me. I need to get working on it for today. I don't know if it's the water or what, but for the past two nights I've had a headache that startes around 8pm. Nothing seems to help it either. The kids were ok so it may our time nice. It was good to get out w/them again. 5:20pm I'm on my second 20 oz cup since I got home. Headache still there and it's hot here. Not to hungry since I ate late but the family is and DH just got home. Oh wo is me and me is tired. 7:45pm OMG the kids; tonight must have been Q&A for DH and his hot rodes he had as a young buck. DH kept asking me "are they like this all the time w/you?---YES" I don't think I'll make the 64 oz today. I still have the second one I started right before DH came home. Ha; my headache is gone though! :clap2: Have PTA stuff to start on--I'm to tired but I'll give it a try.:Banane10: I had 4 cups left to drink--not bad for a late start.

I started something new yesterday. I filled up a jug with 64 oz of water and I drank it all. It wasn't hard, I just had to remember that I had it there to drink. Yesterday B: 1.5 c Tuna Salad L: 3 Chkn Taqitos & 3 Fish sticks D: Beef Salad late Nite Snack: Coconut Caramel Promax Bar (all of it) Today: 16 oz water first 10:25am: ProRated 20oz (1.5 scoop) working on 2nd water. 12:45pm: 3 oz steak, 2 oz chkn flvrd pasta (in my back in the upper part it hurts like heartburn) working on 3 cup 3:40pm: Promax coconut carmel bar My feet hurt last night after we got home and I had a headache. I think my shoes are not the right kind. May need to buy new ones (walking shoes). Only got up once last night to pee.

Ask him if he has the time to come w/you to your appointments and meetings. <O:p</O:p I’ve been married for 13 years and I’m at my heaviest, my DH is still by my side (bless is little heart) and loving every inch of me. But the love needs to come from me too and I just don’t feel it, for myself that is. <O:p</O:p My DH has been w/me to each appointment and has come up w/questions that I never would have thought about. He learns right beside me and encourages me too. <O:p</O:p Maybe you can start there.

I was able to finish my water yesterday :clap2: and it felt good. I read somewhere that having water before breakfast might help, so I tried that today and it did. I was able to eat earlier in the morning and it wasn't tight. I've started again on the water and am on my second 16 oz cup. :hungry: Breakfast: 10:25am 12 oz of ProRated powder from Costco Lunch: 12:45pm 3oz steak & 2 oz Chicken flavored pasta :clap2: :clap2: CONTRATULATIONS to all of you that have been doing so well after being banded. Keep up the awesome job!!

I started something new yesterday. I filled up a jug with 64 oz of water and I drank it all. It wasn't hard, I just had to remember that I had it there to drink. Yesterday B: 1.5 c Tuna Salad L: 3 Chkn Taqitos & 3 Fish sticks D: Beef Salad late Nite Snack: Coconut Caramel Promax Bar (all of it) Today: 16 oz water first 10:25am: ProRated 20oz (1.5 scoop) working on 2nd water. 12:45pm: 3 oz steak, 2 oz chkn flvrd pasta (in my back in the upper part it hurts like heartburn) working on 3 cup 3:40pm: Promax coconut carmel bar My feet hurt last night after we got home and I had a headache. I think my shoes are not the right kind. May need to buy new ones (walking shoes). Only got up once last night to pee.

Hello July Bnaders, I've been sitting back reading everything and posting some. I was banded on 7/11 in San Diego with Scripps Hospital and all is going ok. I pulled a muscel a couple of weeks ago when I picked up a watermelon. Won't do that one again--it hurt! I've read were some of you are weighing youselves either every day or once a week. I'm trying really hard not to do that. I'm making an appointment for myself once a month to weigh in and measure (at home). My first one will be on Thursday the 10th. I last measured the night before surgery. I can tell already that I've lost just because of my clothes and my kids keep telling me how thier harms can fit around me when they give me hugs. Because this is all still new to me and my body I thought I would pass on having a fill for this month. I'm able to eat more then I thought I would but I'm really trying to watch what I eat and how much. I started today to put a 64oz jug in the fridge full of water (taday) and I'm drinking. I found that I wasn't doing tht and tht could be part of my hunger problem. So far I've had half of it (32oz) and going to the bathroom alot. I like how you are posting your food logs. It gives me ideas. I have problems with logging, it just to much to do sometimes. But I should do it so I have a better understanding just how much I'm eating in a day. Thanks for listining and being there. Are you all still going to the chat room? If so when and at what time?

I've thought it over and I'm going to pass on the fill this time. I've lost 3 pounds since surgery and my clothes fell great. I want to feel better about what I have inside of me. I want to wait another month or so. I meet with Dr. Brunson on the 23rd and I'm sure we'll talk about it again. I'm feeling great. No pain on my side. I do find that I can eat more then I thought I would be able to. I need to rememeber to eat the protein portion of the food first. We had chicken tacos last night and I had three. It sure was good going down but I was hunger later (10ish). I also need to find something else to eat while at Souplantation. It's becoming boring, same ol-thing again and again. I need to find that cookbook! Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Susan Maria Leach Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Patt Levine/Michele Bontemo Sarary. Both are over $20 in the local bookstores and under that on line but by the time you pay for shipping, it's like buying it local.

I've thought it over and I'm going to pass on the fill this time. I've lost 3 pounds since surgery and my clothes fell great. I want to feel better about what I have inside of me. I want to wait another month or so. I meet with Dr. Brunson on the 23rd and I'm sure we'll talk about it again. I'm feeling great. No pain on my side. I do find that I can eat more then I thought I would be able to. I need to rememeber to eat the protein portion of the food first. We had chicken tacos last night and I had three. It sure was good going down but I was hunger later (10ish). I also need to find something else to eat while at Souplantation. It's becoming boring, same ol-thing again and again. I need to find that cookbook! Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Susan Maria Leach Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Patt Levine/Michele Bontemo Sarary. Both are over $20 in the local bookstores and under that on line but by the time you pay for shipping, it's like buying it local.

Well I had a scare there for a bit. On the 28th I lifted a watermelon and I pulled some muscels. On Monday of this week I felt really bad. It hurt to do just about anything that involved my left side. I took some meds. Lortab and I felt better while sleeping and yesterday I felt better then I had in a few days. It's even better today. NO MORE LIFTING FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!! The boys have been helping me lift or bend over to pick up things. The girs too. I'm still at the same weight. I guess that is good but bad. I think I'm going to do the fill next week. I wonder what would happen if I did a 5 or 10 day liquid again? I know it would work and I would hate it but.... Well see after the fill how things go. We've been working on the kitchen--the kids and--and things are looking better.

Well I had a scare there for a bit. On the 28th I lifted a watermelon and I pulled some muscels. On Monday of this week I felt really bad. It hurt to do just about anything that involved my left side. I took some meds. Lortab and I felt better while sleeping and yesterday I felt better then I had in a few days. It's even better today. NO MORE LIFTING FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!! The boys have been helping me lift or bend over to pick up things. The girs too. I'm still at the same weight. I guess that is good but bad. I think I'm going to do the fill next week. I wonder what would happen if I did a 5 or 10 day liquid again? I know it would work and I would hate it but.... Well see after the fill how things go. We've been working on the kitchen--the kids and--and things are looking better.

207# My scale is off my 3 #'s :omg: But all is well. He said that I can swim and continue w/the way I'm eating. Need to make an appointment w/Radiology for my first fill in about 2 weeks. But if I'm doing well enough I can cancel it. I know that I'm full faster now but I don't know how I'll be in 2 weeks. Bruce is concernded that me might lose his job because of a conflict w/the new department manager. If he loses his job where will that leave me w/this new tool?

207# My scale is off my 3 #'s :omg: But all is well. He said that I can swim and continue w/the way I'm eating. Need to make an appointment w/Radiology for my first fill in about 2 weeks. But if I'm doing well enough I can cancel it. I know that I'm full faster now but I don't know how I'll be in 2 weeks. Bruce is concernded that me might lose his job because of a conflict w/the new department manager. If he loses his job where will that leave me w/this new tool?

http://store.bariatriceating.com/featuredrecipe.html I was on one of these threads and I can't remember wich one but they suggested a book called: Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery By: Susan Maria Leach You can buy it on line in many different places. But after doing some online research I found some of her recipes online. If you go to the address listed above you will find them. Just thought I'd pass it on.

Well I'm 20 pounds down from the date I started back in December. From surgery it's 4 pounds. :clap2: I had some complications a week out. It was all my fault.:faint: I started eating mushy food before I should have. I just got so tired of the liquid. :confused: I had severe chest pains. I awoke with pain, sweating, and when I looked into the mirror I was VERY pale. I took tumms and all was fine. It happened again 2 days later but not w/so much pain. I called the 24 hour hot line and the doc. on call said that because my pain went away when I sat up that it was most likley heartburn but that I should call my doctor in the morning. I did and they said that I was having a problem because I started eating to soon. Asked that I stop for a few days and if I want to start again. I started up agian over the weekend and so far all is fine. Because I'm only 14 days out my band feels that it's wide open and I can eat alot. At first I could only get 4oz in. Now I can do more. I'm watching what I eat and I have been pain free. I am also able to bend on my left side just about pain free too. I think I'm going to find OA in my area and start going. I need some help on food choices and accountability. Thank you everyone for your awesome support during my pre surgery gitters. This web site is so great. It covers so many topics.

I had this pain too. It also went to my back. I awoke w/great pain and in a sweat. I looked at myself in the mirror and I was so pale. I was scarred. I took pepcid and tumms, stayed up for a bit and it went away. I did call my doctor the next day and he felt that I had started too soon on mushy food after surgery and or I ate to much. (I started eating 5 days out.) I stopped for a few days as recomended (went back onto liquids) and started up again. All is fine now. I did have pain again at night like the first time but it wasn't as severe. Took some tumms and all was fine. As of today, I'm eating and doing well. (14 days out from surgery) If you haven't done it yet, please call you doctor and see what he/she has to say. Please keep us posted and good luck.

Well I'm not having those pains anymore. Well I haven't since the weekend. I'm back onto solid food and all is well. Sunday I took a nap around 4:30 and didn't get up till 7:30 the next morning when DH asked me to get up to make sure I was ok. I was fine. Monday was sooooooooo hot. Today is better but it's muggy. I've had a egg breakfast burrito. I tossed half the tortillia. I didn't like the way it tasted. I used immitation egg beaters. It wasn't to bad. Well it's 12:40 and I'm getting hungery again. Not sure what I want to eat that well keep me full for the next few hours. I need to drink more I know that. Oh ya; on Sunday I went to Taste of China and they won't give me the kids meal price. They say that they have people that just order from the full menu and take the rest home. The kids need to go back to school. Their getting on my nerves. I have my first follow up appt w/Dr. Bronson tomorrow. Won't get a fill for another 3 weeks.

Well I'm not having those pains anymore. Well I haven't since the weekend. I'm back onto solid food and all is well. Sunday I took a nap around 4:30 and didn't get up till 7:30 the next morning when DH asked me to get up to make sure I was ok. I was fine. Monday was sooooooooo hot. Today is better but it's muggy. I've had a egg breakfast burrito. I tossed half the tortillia. I didn't like the way it tasted. I used immitation egg beaters. It wasn't to bad. Well it's 12:40 and I'm getting hungery again. Not sure what I want to eat that well keep me full for the next few hours. I need to drink more I know that. Oh ya; on Sunday I went to Taste of China and they won't give me the kids meal price. They say that they have people that just order from the full menu and take the rest home. The kids need to go back to school. Their getting on my nerves. I have my first follow up appt w/Dr. Bronson tomorrow. Won't get a fill for another 3 weeks.

OMG; this morning at 4:30 am I awoke in a sweat & a bad tmmy ache. I got up and took some tumms and felt better instantly. But I found that I was very pale and very wet. I've called the nurse & she needs to speak to the doctor first. I'm doing half protein and mushy food. I started out w/yogurt 3 days ago (good), black beens w/cheese, fishsticks & taquettos (2 ea.), and mashed potatos last night. Oh ya somewhere int here I've had cottege cheese w/pineapple. I think I'm doing well. I do get hearburn every now and then but I can't tell if it's from the food or the protein. I need to pay more attention to that.

OMG; this morning at 4:30 am I awoke in a sweat & a bad tmmy ache. I got up and took some tumms and felt better instantly. But I found that I was very pale and very wet. I've called the nurse & she needs to speak to the doctor first. I'm doing half protein and mushy food. I started out w/yogurt 3 days ago (good), black beens w/cheese, fishsticks & taquettos (2 ea.), and mashed potatos last night. Oh ya somewhere int here I've had cottege cheese w/pineapple. I think I'm doing well. I do get hearburn every now and then but I can't tell if it's from the food or the protein. I need to pay more attention to that.

I'm sore that true. By port incision is the sorest. I can tell that I still have gas, my tummy is extended. I did have a BM today though. I also had yogurt. It was good to have something other then jello, protein or water. I've also had about 15 fish crackers through out the day. I'm going to the movies w/Steph and her kids to get away. My kids have been just bored and bothering each other and I need out and DH sees this. He's the one that called her for me. Ok it's fucken hot and I need to get away from the computer.

I'm sore that true. By port incision is the sorest. I can tell that I still have gas, my tummy is extended. I did have a BM today though. I also had yogurt. It was good to have something other then jello, protein or water. I've also had about 15 fish crackers through out the day. I'm going to the movies w/Steph and her kids to get away. My kids have been just bored and bothering each other and I need out and DH sees this. He's the one that called her for me. Ok it's fucken hot and I need to get away from the computer.

Hello All, Well I’ve been banded for 4 days now and today is the first day I haven’t started my day off w/pain killers. Yesterday I only had them in the AM and before I went to bed. <O:p My surgery day went well. At the Post Surgery Diet Class I met a woman named Alma who was going in an hour or so before me on the 11<SUP>th</SUP>. I met up with her in our rooms. She was not doing so well, she felt nauseated from it all. I am happy to say that I didn’t have that feeling at all. All of my RN’s and CNA’s where wonderful. I had a great experience from Scripps Green Hospital in <ST1:p<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comSan Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> from the get go. <O:p I was so tired that I was falling asleep while in the check in room (the room you go into before they put you on a gurney). I saw Dr. Brunson in the post surgery room and he woke me up too. He said “it’s not time to sleep yet”. Then I was off to surgery and don’t remember anything until I woke up in recovery. My surgery was delayed by an hour because Dr. Brunson had an emergency surgery that morning. So I didn’t go in until close to 11. My DH was worried; I was only suppose to be in surgery for 1.5 hours and it’s now been close to 3 and now one could tell him why. <O:p Dr. Brunson did come out finally and explain why and that all went well and both the gallbladder and the band were done. <O:p I did get hunger that night and asked for Jello. But I really didn’t have an apatite while in the hospital. I was really trying to get ride of my dry mouth so I ate a lot of ice. <O:p At home now I’ve been eating a lot of Jello and drinking Propel. DH made me some beef broth and it was good but I’m not craving that as much as I am the Jello. <O:p I was feeling a pinching effect on my left side when getting up out of bed. I called the nurse and she said that it a normal feeling and will go away. Today it’s a lot better when getting up. I don’t feel it as much now. <O:p 4 day out and feeling fine. Melia