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Every1's watchin what i eat & i hate it!
chefla replied to MsFab1988's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I loved your post. I lmao too, I think it's so funny I went to a restaurant with an acquaintance and had a small wrap she said "You Ate that All" I would have had that and a side dish and desert without the band. -
Those people at work should go outside with the smokers to eat their brownies.
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8/21/09 Scale Whores Anonymous- Semi-Annual Meeting
chefla commented on Band_Groupie's blog entry in The Sweet Spot
I'm one too. I weigh every morning on my wii fit balance board. It gives me my weight and bmi daily. Then I do some exercises on the board. I use the tape measure about once a week. I went to disney for 5 days and didn't have a scale and I only lost 1/2 of a pound. Then over the next 3 days of being home I lost 3lbs. I never understood why they say not to weigh yourself everyday. I do so much better when I weigh everyday. I didn't weigh myself for 10 years once and gained 100lbs and then needed a lapband, lol. -
Girl, me too (regarding tonights post). banded on 7/6 lost 14lbs because of the liquid diet I'm sure and now I feel that I can eat anything too. I am going for my first fill on monday. I have now lost a total of 21lbs. I can't eat as much as I used to but anything can go down with no problem. Try and stick to like a slim fast and atkins type diet combined. Don't worry, now that you are healing you'll be able to start exercising. I have a wii fit balance board and I go on it faithfully everyday to weigh myself and check my bmi and while i'm on I do the exercises. It helps motivate me because I want to weigh myself every morning and the exercises are actually fun. Do you feel pretty much all healed, I feel like about 90%. In the begining I told my nurse about doing the wii fit and she told me to hold off a bit so I think I'm ready to start doing more of the exercises. Good Luck to you I'm curious how you fill goes tomorrow. Keep me posted
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I'm sure you will be fine. Think positive all the way. Everyone who hasn't had it done are probably not the people to be talking to at this point they really helped to freak me out. I told all the negative nelly's that they were not helping me at all and that the Dr., shrink and insurance co's made sure I knew what I was doing and made sure I was healthy enough. I think obesity is a bigger health risk than the surgery. The scars don't seem too bad at all that scared me too before surgery. I have a lap band friend that I called quite a few times during the first two weeks if you don't have someone to talk to please feel free to contact me anytime I will be happy to help if I can. Good Luck. Are you enjoying some good meal this week??? Have one for me, lol.
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I felt the same way, my surgery was 3 1/2 weeks ago. I thought about seriously cancelling all the time. I went for all the preop testing and still wanted to cancel up until the day of surgery. When they were wheeling me in the opperating room I was given the goodnight drug and for the 5 seconds I was awake I was still 2nd guessing. I think its only because everyone you tell about the surgery makes you question yourself. Well let me tell you I've lost 19 lbs and if I didn't have the surgery I would have gone off this diet on week 1 and eaten an entire pizza. When the surgery was over and they were wheeling me to my room I was like its over? That's it? I feel like I spent 7 months worrying for nothing. The first 2 weeks of liquids was a little rough but now I'm on pureed food and it's filling me fine with the protein drinks. I am so happy I did it. I think about food so much less now. I am going for my first fill a week from monday and I'm sure that will be a change because I still feel like I could eat and have no restriction so I kinda feel like I'm having last supper's again like the weeks before surgery but they are smaller meals. I am happy and have had no pain even the day of surgery I took no pain meds just the nausea meds in the hospital. I had no appetite for about 4 days and about day 5 felt starving and started having cream soups (my husband is a chef and made me amazing soups) if you can find a really good restaurant and get some gourmet soups even chicken broth from a restaurant makes all the difference. I had store bought for about a day, I got sick of it pretty quick. Panera Bread should have some good soups for you and if they are chunky puree them.
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Good Luck everyone tomorrow morning. I was banded on 7/6/09. Surgery weight was 216 and my current weight is 204. I was so nervous and now I say what a waste of time that was. I took no pain meds and I'm hearing that a lot. It's not a painful surgery. I don't know why I was so worried. I am happy for my decision and can't wait for my first fill. I can't wait to start learning how to eat food again even if its just an ounce. For the first 3 days I wasn't hungry at all and on day 4 felt really hungry then I discovered that when all you can have is liquids make sure they taste good. Go to a restaurant that makes great chicken Soup and just order the broth, lots of it. The store bought ones just don't do it when you are hungry and can only drink. And see about the creamy Soups they make for when you can have those. My husband is a chef and I thank him everday for his soups. I bought those box containers of organic chicken broth the week before surgery and I want to return them all to the store. They were good for the first few days and now they make be sick to think of drinking them. My dr recommends carnation instant Breakfast but there is not enough Protein so I add Protein powder and it helps me to feel fuller longer. And I drink slim fast when I'm on the go which also doesnt have enough protein. I need to research a better Protein Drink that helps to keep me fuller longer.
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hey allycat I wouldnt say I would not have done anything different. There's really nothing you can do. Everything is so much better than I expected. Oh there is one thing I would have done different, not waste so much time worrying. Tomorrow is my 1 week bandiversary i have gasssss like crazy and I am very hungry from 1st week of liquids. Adding more Protein powder to my Protein Drink helps to not feel so hungry but that may be whats giving me more gas. Good luck to you. Don't be worried!!!!!
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Thanks, I have another question, how do you get that ticker on the bottom of your comments, I created on tickerfactory.com but don't know how to get it over to here.
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Hey Nurse restless monkey or anyone else who wants to answer I am new to banding 7/6/09 and new to this website, I read what you wrote about the guy who felt he could keep eating the one who took a bite of his wife's pizza (yum) just 10 days after banding, anyway you seem to know a lot, I would like to ask you a few questions.. I was banded 5 days ago and I don't know much about why I'm on Clear Liquids for 14 days (broth,tea,decaf,protein shakes etc, I've been starving since day 3. Do they do this so we can truly know what it feels like to starve? And it seems like other people are on mushy food after 1 week. I don't know if I can make it 2 weeks on clear liquids. Maybe my Protein drink is not adequate, i'm drinking carnation instant Breakfast or slimfast and i add more Protein powder to both. Help.
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If you are early in your LapBand journey....
chefla replied to LindaD's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I want to be able to see myself shave you know where and not just guess if i got it all -
Hey everyone I was banded on monday 7/6 havent really had any pain, just a little discomfort when I got home from the hospital and slept in a bed without rails to pull myself up. I was able to sleep on my side after 3 nights and I am grinding my teeth like crazy. Last night I needed to chew a piece of gum. Does anyone know why they say not to? I did and had no problem. It really helped me to relax, I was getting so stressed in my teeth. The person who said day 3 Clear Liquids was difficult was right. That seemed to be pretty tough. Oh and for the first few nights I was dreaming of food, it was so funny. And i'm having strange cravings, like corn meal. Anything with cornmeal. They're not really cravings they're more like memories. I don't feel so much hungry I'm just going through chewing withdrawals. I too have had gas issues like when I burp I get a kind of spasm in my stomach. Nothing too painful at all, I didn't once take pain medicine. Oh and I love when I feel hungry its joined with a feeling of being full. This was such a great invention the lap band. If I had been dieting without the band for the last few weeks I would have gone crazy by now eating till I gained back 20lbs (I've lost 11lbs since 1 week preop). Oh and one more thing I feel some discomfort to sit at the computer like my fat stomach is pushing up in to the band while the boobs push down. I don't sit too often.
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Frustrated and need a little support...
chefla replied to vjsmiles's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Ok I just got banded on monday 7/6 and all I got from people is the same as you "why don't you just diet and exercise?" I feel so alone in my decision. Yesterday 2 days post op I told my husband I lost 10 lbs since a week before surgery and he said "you should have stopped eating all the crap before surgery and not done it" I don't know why people aren't more supportive but I think your only friends are going to be the banded ones. Anyway all the negative people really made me so scared. I cried the morning of surgery while I waited in the hospital to be wheeled in. Let me tell you that was a waste of time. I feel so silly now that I was scared. I had no pain afterward and still have no pain just a feeling of being full all the time. It is amazing that I am on an all liquid diet and I'm NOT HUNGRY. This is just what I have always needed to diet. Its now 3 days post op and I have been on liquids since Monday and it is not bad at all. My mouth misses chewing but I am so glad I did it. My children are really supportive and my husband is now trying to loose weight as well. Yesterday he had salad and grilled chicken for lunch and was grumpy an hour later because he was starving and I said "well that's why I banded because all I had was liquid and I'm not hungry". Good luck to you. -
Great stuff. I too couldnt eat after the birth of my first child 6 years ago. But just out of being a scared new mom and I lost 35lbs right after having the baby. I was down to 165 and in 4 years up to 195 then after 2nd child down to 175 and now 2years later at 214. Im going for my lapband on 7/6 and by the way still nursing. When is your surgery date? I told dr about nursing and he is ok with it.
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I have a waist!!!!!! not the waist I want...but am getting there. Size 16 shorts that are getting loose.....woohoo. Size 14 I can feel ya!
chefla commented on jkpenny376's gallery image in Member Photo Gallery
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Thank you everyone for these posts. This is exactly what I needed to read my surgery in 9 days and Im getting nervous. Thanks again and good luck to everyone.
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wow you look great, you look like a totally different person.