BishopTx

Skinny minny, Sorry to sound somewhat harsh, but hasn't your doctors given you a very prescriptive post op diet? I had my surgery last week and am on a clear liquid diet for 7 days and a pure-liquid diet for another 7 weeks. My surgeon is one of the tops in the country and is known to be one of the most conservative in the practice, but the results of his patients speak for themselves. You should be drinking 64 oz of Water per day, sipping. You also need 70g of pure Protein a day. I use a Procel powder + Crystal light mixture. This is all you should have in the first week. For the remaining six weeks you should still be on liquids only and all of them completely sugar free, low fat and extremely low carbs. Atkins shakes 3 times a day and 64 oz of water with procel protein is my diet until halloween. You're eating salad, chocolate, and orange juice and wondering why you're not losing weight? The lap band is about a mental life change...My doctors had me on a lap-band like diet for a month before the surgery. I have been on water and no carbs for more than 30 days - lost 36 pounds before I even had the surgery... You've got to have discipline. There was a gentlement in my doctor's office the other day visting him because he was referred by others. He had the lap band done by another doctor a year ago and had actually gained weight..And his diet consisted of chips and salsa, lots of carbs. He said he started on real foods 4 days after his surgery experimenting.. I don't mean to be harsh but you need to know that this will be a complete failure for you if you don't follow the rules, be very disciplined and understand the lap band is only a tool in a total life conversion.