JJLaw08

I do still have my gallbladder. I will try taking a stool softener, but I just didn't think anything about it b/c I wasn't regular before surgery. I heard drinking water helps, and I've been getting close to 64 oz. a day during the week when I'm at work. It is harder to do on the weekend for some reason.

I have an appointment next week to get my fill. I will ask him when I go. Thank you everybody. I know it is the weirdest thing. I guess I'm so stopped up when I do go that it makes me sick.

Do you drink these as Snacks? My doctor said no snacks (well on the sheets of paper he gave me when I first went). I will need to ask next week b/c he didn't tell me that specifically.

I am transitioning to solid foods this week, and I cannot seem to get all my Protein in. Today I've had 920 cal. and 49 grams of protein. I have not had a fill yet, and I don't know how my protein intake is going to increase. My doctor only wants us to eat 3 meals a day with no Snacks. How in the world can you get all the protein in when you can only eat 1 cup of food at a meal, and you cannot have snacks? I'm going to ask my doctor when I go get my first fill next week, but thought I would ask here as well.

Do they have these unflavored? I noticed they don't have as many flavors as Crystal Light.

Thank you!

Ditto. I'm the same way. I guess it will get harder when I am at restriction.

The first week after sugery , I lost 10 pounds. The second week, it was 5 pounds. The third week, it was 5 pounds. This past week, 1 pound. So I have lost 21 pounds since Feb. 8, 2010. I didn't have to do a pre-op diet so I didn't lose any there. I know I didn't "eat" near enough on my two weeks of liquids. It started to slow last week when I could eat soft foods. I figured it would, but I was enjoying losing that much weight in one month. I was hoping it would continue, but I guess not :thumbup:. I could also tell that I'm able to eat more this past week than I probably should.

I had heartburn before I had surgery. I just started having it again since I started eating soft foods. I don't know what it is.

People sue over ANYTHING these days. You are not doing what you need to be doing. It ain't the doctor's fault! I'm self-pay, but the first year's fills were included in the fee for the surgeon. I can get up to ten "free" I believe. Then it is $150 after that.

I was banded on Feb. 8, I didn't hardly eat anything the first 2 1/2 weeks b/c I didn't feel like eating. When I started eating soft food this week, my appetite has returned! I feel like I can eat anything. It stinks!

I know a deficiency of B-12 can actually hinder weight loss. My mother has been taking liquid B-12 for almost a year.

I was banded three and a half weeks ago, and I have already lost 20 pounds. You can do!

I tried one from Wal-Mart (can't remember the brand), but they had a strange taste to them. Do these have a weird taste to them?

Sure! :wink:

Please do. The meals sound good, but I don't like not having pictures.

I will definitely try, but it's hard when you aren't thirsty. How do you make yourself drink more when you don't really want anything?Also when I do drink it is too fast. Before surgery I usually only drank with my meals, and hardly anything in between. I will have to do better.

I had surgery on 2/8/10, and when I weighed yesterday at the two week mark, I had lost 16 pounds. I'm not drinking nearly enough, and I'm definately not getting close to 1000 calories. I just started the mushy stage, but foods are not sitting well. I get nausea, and I have a spastic stomach. I think my spastic stomach is acting up again since the surgery. I hope things get better as my stomach didn't bother me before surgery.

I did. My grandmother made me potato soup, but it was runny. It did have some lumps, but those didn't bother me. I had pudding, but I don't think I was to have that until the mushie stage. I started on mushies yesterday, and I don't think things are sitting well. I hope my stomach will be able to handle food again one day :tongue_smilie:. I'm a little discouraged that things are not sitting well. I guess I'm still healing?

What does the Boca products taste like? I'm a picky eater, but these look good. I just don't know if I would like them.

For those with boob problems, ya'll may want to look into getting a sports bra like at Fleet Feet. The brand I got from there is Moving Comfort. They make bras for big chested woman, and they really do help. I walked/run a half-marathon in one last April, and my boobs didn't hurt at all afterwards.

I was banded Feb. 8, and I am having trouble getting all my liquids in. I probably drink half of what I'm suppose to. I'm not hungry or anything, but I'm not thirsty either. I have one more week of full liquids then on to mushies. Is this a problem and did anyone else have trouble getting in the required liquids post-op?

I have the opposite problem. I don't drink enough. I drink an Atkins shake in the morning, and I don't need anything until lunch. I lost 10 pounds in one week, which I thought was amazing, but I'm not really hungry so I don't drink. I don't think I will be drinking anymore Atkins shakes after I can eat real food (except maybe for the day or two after a fill). This two weeks of full liquids is getting old.

Mine is right under my left breast.