tamra.

Doing good so far: Breakfast: 1/2 cup bean soup from Trader Joes with a tiny sprinkle of cheese hehe (low fat!) 33 oz water so far too! Okay be back later!

Analynn - Can you order soup? Hot/Sour soup is the best way to go, very low cal and fat. I ate it alot on Weight Watchers. AVOID THE DIM SUM!! that or not even go?

btw I posted a pic of me yesterday as my 3 weeks post op...I can kinda see a difference, everyone says they do...I dunno

Morning all, Dr Baggs asked if I had any music request, I said no, just do it and wake me up LOL!! I was to paranoid to request something! :thumbup: Analyn Pat is right, I almost quit...more then once...it was hard, esp. once I lost my job and almost didn't get Cobra, but everything worked out and here I am! I am going between 237/238 everyday, and not moving from there....so approx 10 lbs since surgery. Not bad, since my cubcake and fry incident. Today is my day. 3 meals, pureed, NO FAST FOOD OR MEETING FRIENDS!!! and 64 oz of water. I shall get down to 230 lbs before I see Baggs for my 6 weeker. My dog woke me up @ 4 am going CRAZY at my backdoor...that scared me...I didnt know what could be out there, grabbed my roomie and told him go look...we go and its a racoon, the size of....omg I dont know, a dog!? it was eating my cats food!! LOL when it saw us it stood on two legs I said oh sh*t, LOL and ran back to my room...luckly my cats were both inside. Have a happy day everyone!!

Side note: I went to Burlington for new jeans, and walked out with some 20's, WHICH WERE LOOSE :thumbup: YAY!! I have been a 24/22 for as long as I can remember!! this is awesome.

good job everyone! I am 3 weeks post op today and am down approx 10 lbs. I dont get a fill until my 6 week appt., hopefully I am down more. I can eat more then the 1/2 cup pureed foods they have me on. Feb 17th i move to soft foods, chicken, veggies, etc. I am ALWAYS HUNGRY!!! its so hard!! I have cheated a few times and ate some frenchfries, and a cupcake, but i never have kept going thank god.

Evening all, So I found out the newly banded Tamra has NO WILL POWER when meeting friends for lunch/dinner. I went to BJ's with my bestfriend and bf today. She got a half sandwhich w. soup (and wedge fries!), and my bf got a salad because he's doing the Kaiser 1200 cal diet. I told my waiter "I can only have 1/2 cup of soup ok?" he asked why, and I told him....he was SO COOL he brought me a small dish of broccoli/cheddar soup and didn't even charge me :biggrin: it was super good!! but...then came the bestfriends wedge fries....and of course, being Tamra, I ate about 4. When I got home, my chest was hurting really bad, and I felt sick. I don't know if it was the cheese in the soup, or the potatoes but it hurt!! So needless to say, I now have tested and I know what I can and cant do. I can stay home and eat pureed soups, and I cant go to lunch/dinner with friends JUST YET. I am not 100% use to eating like this! Breakfast: 1/2 cup pureed chicken veggie soup Lunch: 1/2 cup broccoli cheddar soup and 4 fries Dinner: 1/2 cup pureed rosemary chicken from trader joes. Also picked at some skin of the chicken I baked the bf...whoops. Did 15 mins of walking only, my chest was hurting during the time and I had to stop. Also, am drinking some benefiber as I am really cramppy and just can't get it going!! :thumbup:

btw just emailed Dr. Fisher (Baggs is still out), and he told me usually people have 4 cc's in their band, but it isnt 100% or something like that due to it being aspirated...um ok, sooo what do I have dude? LOL

Cindy: I don't know how much is in my band, but I believe Dr. Baggs gives a fill at the 6 week check up as long as you lost weight; I think each surgeon is different. Doing okay today, had 2 bites of hot dog after my 1/2 cup chicken soup, didn't fill me up...ah well.

OH NO!! sorry about the babe Monique, my daughter had the ear infection too, but only a sinus infection! Take care of that lil' one! She had a horrible cough like RSV tho! Heather - Respiratory syncytial virus. Treated with breathing machines, oxygen, etc. it's bad when its in babies, Adults handle it different. Analynn - 1000 cal now!? sheesh! good luck! you can do this!! Yep me, Nicollie, and Pat all done this year so far. John and Lee are Feb 17th, so 2 more going in soon, let's get you going!!!

yeah I hear ya Heather, my daughter is going thru a faze where she will only eat: Apples, Hot dogs, Marshmellows, and fries/chicken nuggets. Its hard to get her to eat, I guess kids go thru a picky faze. But she usually only gets the happy meals when she has been good. I did 1 mile (30 mins) on my treadmill, and burned like 150 cals...lol..I did a small incline, but I got tired quick. I am working my way up, 15 yesterday, 30 today!

Pat ~ Way to go! She told me one more day and I had already introduced myself to stage 3, so I said oh well! I ended up doing a precooked pork roast with BBQ sauce; it was like 3 grams sugar, cals were like 160 but for 1 cup. Its soooo good I need to slow down I am eating like I haven't had pork before LOL. It pureed decent off the BBQ sauce, still having to chew it really well....mmmmm so good!!! 15 mins on my treadmill after dinner!

and small announcment! I havent bought a new bra since way before i started this, and today I got two at Target..... I am down to a 40C! I was wearing a 46C back in July :thumbup:

IM SO HAPPY YOUR BACK!!!!! 8 lbs to go girl YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup::thumbup:

Hey don't forget about me!! I was banded 1/20!! LOL. So today hasnt been a good day for me, just alittle down for some reason and I am unsure why, but it led me to cheat of course. But I will stop calling it cheating, because I am not dieting, I am living different. I will call it a slip up. Breakfast - Grande Skinny Latte Lunch - 1/2 cup mashed potatoes and gravy Slip ups - mini cupcake my mom made (About the size of my thumb), and approx 6-7 of my babies fries. Dinner - will be chicken pureed with gravy last night I did turkey for dinner, and got 15 mins of walking and was down 1 lb this morning, so I want to increase my protien for sure. Pat ~ I got the trader joes black bean soup today, I will have that tomorrow morning for breakfast. I forgot how many pre made meats and gravys they have, I got some rosemary chicken, and some slow roasted pork cooked in BBQ sauce. All less then 4 grams sugar, and I grabbed some Trader Gravy :thumbup:

Yay nicollie!!!!!! :cursing:

just stopping by up 1.1 lbs today...ah well. Hope all are doing well!

yeah where do we get one? I want one!