ItsMeWenDee
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2 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 2nd Anniversary ItsMeWenDee!
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Hello all! I am 8 days post op. Curious...I wasn't put on ANY liquid or protein 'diet' before my surgery. I did, however, on my own lose 38 pounds since march by counting calories and moving! I am now having a difficult time with the whole protein powder thing. Everything I've done with is is awful! I can't eat it. I can only drink the pre made shakes, which are very expensive. I paid 75 dollars on the powder and I'm not eating any of it! Today I ate 14 cheeze it crackers, one at a time until it turned to mush, but it was scarry-I was so hungry! Any advice from anyone here???
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I decided in 2004 having wt loss surgery was going to be the 'thing' for me in my life with wt management.It took until 2008 to actually go to a class towards achieving this goal. It took another 14 months before I was granted a surgery date.I was a chubby girl, then my brother died and this broke our family apart.There was such sadness.My constant:My food.This was my friend and my enemy in one.Thus the journey began.Weight gain, weight loss, more gained, getting older, etc.I gave up dieting in 2002.I would never again go on a diet because of the fear of failure and dieting doesn't work! 2 years later I learned about gastric surgery and began my walk learning all about this process. I've lost 38 pounds since March hoping to help my surgery be easier.People have said:"why do surgery since you're successful with losing wt on your own?" My answer: because I've done this many times before and I'm not taking chances with my life now! Surgery was Nov 5, 2009-starting surgery wt.250 pounds
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I am only 8 days out and today I ate normal foods. Yes, softish, but normal to me! I made chedder potato soup today and had 2 cups! I do a terrible job with the protein and not sure how to fix that. I hate the powder protein crap, and I spent 75 dollars on getting a large chocolate, vanilla, and natural (natural?) flavored bottles, but each time I've mixed these powders into things the taste and consistency is so awful i can't eat it. I don't have a lot of money but i have found that the already mixed drinks in cans are probably going to have to be the way to go for me! They don't taste as bad and don't have a consistency that makes me cringe. I am hoping to be eating things in a week or so with the protein I need like cheeses and scrambled eggs and creamy peanut butter, No clue as to the actual date I can eat these things just hope its soon! Getting a little bit stronger each day, but I do have this pain in my left side that is horrible. I don't' know what it is..the band, too much "food" in the pouch? too much water? or am I sitting/laying down wrong? I took a 15 minute walk and it only got worse.
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I am 8 days post op. I really have no one to talk to about this. I've tried looking online and all I find are some blogs, most of them so out dated that i'm sure nobody corresponds any more. I really need some people to talk to about what i'm going through. Calling the nurse is pointless. If anybody can take a minute to add me as a friend either on facebook or through email, please do! the email is the same as my user ID and at yahoo. Thank you!
