qbanita75

I'm with you guys i couldn't wait to get on mushie food. After 5 days post op i wanted anything but broth, SF jell-O, SF Ice pop's, and shakes. I got passed that on day 9 when i ate some of my chicken from my broth. I chewed and chewed. I miss cuban food I wish i could have White rice so much We just have to remember oue health comes first our cravings come WAY LAST!!! keep up the good work

OUCH :omg: :omg: does your middle scar hurt? it looks very painfullllllllllllllll

christina, and le2sha I was banded on 10/16/06 and mine makes lots of noise. But on the drinking I was told 1oz every 15 min. That is what the dr told me and the staff at the hospital.:clap2: -Good luck Eile

I saw it! I don't think i would ever wear a bikini but she did look a great. What about that poor girl that had the gastric bypass? i cried :cry poor thing even though she looked great I think she still resents her father. momotrips, I agree with you they are not good, i don't like any of the slim fast ones at all. yucky

:faint: UMMM "...looking at liquid qet stuck..." How much did they put in? :help: I'm so scared I perfer to only eat once a day and liquid the rest of the day. I have my next appointment on the 28th AHHHH :cry Just thinking that they are going to poke my tummy So did they have to take another x-ray after they unfilled you? :thankyou: I think this is the one thing i don't like about the band that they have to poke you.

I go back to work on wednesday :sick I've been off since 10/15/06 I'm not looking forward to going back. to many cranky guest.

I wanted to wish us all the BEST since we have at least lost a couple of pounds and that is one or more that we will never see again!!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

They said don't drink soda. :omg: But a week after surgery i took a sip from my boyfriends and i was fine.

Hey has anyone heard from COTTIE? she was banded same day i was and she hasn't posted in a while. Hope everyone is having a great Saturday night

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Hi you guys, I fell:faint: today. I have a Rottweiler and i was putting her on her 25' leash and i tripped over my own two feet. I'm okay just a couple of scratches on my leg and hands. I called the doctor (thank goodness dor cell phones) he said I’ll be okay, if I don’t have any pain on my incisions. but I have to do some of the breathing exercise like when I/we where at the hospital. :cry I hope everything is okay with all.

getnhealth, you have a point. Why do we all have such different diet plans?? THis is what i just got sent by my dr's online support group. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p> "Questions to determine if you need an Eating Adjustment<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Are you eating 60 grams of protein a day?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you eating 25 grams of fiber?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you avoiding all liquid calories? <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Soup can be sign of “soft calorie syndrome”<o:p></o:p> Alcohol contains a lot of calories – 7 calories per gram<o:p></o:p>It’s also a stomach irritant<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Fruit juice is just sugar water<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you making healthy food choices from a wide variety of foods?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you avoiding soft foods?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> You can’t just eat what’s easy<o:p></o:p> Cheese and peanut butter are glorified fats (read the labels)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you drinking six to eight glasses of water a day between meals?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you eating too much junk?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Chips, chocolate, nuts, ice cream, cookies and other highly processed junk foods are too calorie dense to be regular parts of a healthy diet. But don’t avoid them completely to the point where you feel deprived.<o:p></o:p> Stay out of fast food places (alcoholics don’t hang out in bars)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Are you getting in two servings of calcium daily?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Do you always eat the protein first?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Do you then eat the vegetables or fruits?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> You need three to five servings of vegetables or fruits a day<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Potatoes are NOT a vegetable<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Is your portion size appropriate?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Meat or fish – three ounces – the size of a deck of cards or a computer mouse<o:p></o:p> Vegetables ½ cup – the size of your fist<o:p></o:p> Starch – if you eat the protein and the vegetables first you don’t need much<o:p></o:p> Avoid: bread, rice, potatoes, pasta<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> You might try avoiding artificial sweeteners.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Some people think that artificial sweeteners stimulate the appetite. They are HUNDREDS of times sweeter than sugar and they teach you to like things too sweet. There is no evidence that people who use them are any thinner than people who don’t<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>Avoid most diet foods<o:p></o:p> Real food usually tastes better<o:p></o:p> Real food is more satisfying than low-calorie substitutes<o:p></o:p> When you are only eating a tiny bit the caloric savings are not that great<o:p></o:p> Use a teaspoon of real butter instead of a tablespoon of diet margarine<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>The body has no way to break down artificial fats (trans-fats)<o:p></o:p> They may go into permanent storage<o:p></o:p> Some people think liposuction is the only way to remove hydrolyzed fats from the body<o:p></o:p> Soft Foods – slush and mush phase is that i<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on">t t</st1:PersonName>eaches you tha<st1:PersonName w:st="on">t t</st1:PersonName>hese “soft foods” that can be fairly high in calories go down easily. This is not a good lesson to learn and you should move from the slush and mush to regular food as soon as your stomach is healed. Regular food will stay in the pouch longer and make you feel full and satisfied. The goal of banding is to be able to eat small quantities of real food, no<st1:PersonName w:st="on">t t</st1:PersonName>o switch to a pureed diet." Posted on dr. oliak online support group.

HMMMM, i have a question i want to eat oatmeal yummy but i had a nutrition class yesterday and they told me that i shouldn't eat oatmeal,,mashed potato and a lot of other things. I was so bum becuase i eat the mashed potato and it fills me up until like 10:30 or so and then i drink a cafe con leche. 4 -5 oz of milk 1% with decaf folgers instant coffee and one splenda. So now i don'tknow what to eat. I also don't know what to have for breakfast so this special k might work out if you just eat a little of it???? help i don't know what else to eat i had a egg this morning i boiled.It was okay but i need something else. the day b4 i had a shake. and the day b4 that another shake. :hungry:

yippy!!! I went to the dr. today and i lost 14lb in two weeks 28 from tuesday before surgery. I had no pre diet i was just scared and i ate good the last two weeks before surgery. www.meltingpot.com I went twice i love it the best 200. i have hever spent. lol i'm glad that i have lost this weight. thank you guys for all your support. MUAAAAAA

yippy!!! I went to the dr. today and i lost 14lb in two weeks 28 from tuesday before surgery. I had no pre diet i was just scared and i ate good the last two weeks before surgery. www.meltingpot.com I went twice i love it the best 200. i have hever spent. lol i'm glad that i have lost this weight. thank you guys for all your support. MUAAAAAA

I agree with you. Thank goodness that i have a friend that has a myspace account and i sent her an email asking her if she could login to the LBT anyhow here is my myspace thingy. www.myspace.com/qbanita75 that is away to get a hold of me. glad this thing is back up yesterday sucked with no connection.

OMG MOON, I would have died. I went today 14 lb gone, in the last two weeks have been almost 3 weeks post-op. My dr. asked would you like a fill? I said not really? he said lets check a couple of things and he saw that from tuesday before surgery to now i've lost 28lb. He said i don't think you need one. I said i don't want one. REMEBER i'm affraid of PAIN!!!! I'm sorry you had to go through that (

So many question i can't wait to go to the dr. on thursday. I meet with my nutritionist and i could get a better list of things i could eat. 1st week of mushy is going well i'm having meat withdrawls but i hope it gets better. i'm a big meat eatter so its getting old with the chicken. I want to be able to eat lemon, lime with my soup and i don't know if i can. I want to eat oatmeal and i don't know if i can. I hope all my questions get answered. :mad:

So many question i can't wait to go to the dr. on thursday. I meet with my nutritionist and i could get a better list of things i could eat. 1st week of mushy is going well i'm having meat withdrawls but i hope it gets better. i'm a big meat eatter so its getting old with the chicken. I want to be able to eat lemon, lime with my soup and i don't know if i can. I want to eat oatmeal and i don't know if i can. I hope all my questions get answered. :drum: :car:

hehehehe i thought that i was the only person that took pictures of my tummy. lol i took it 3 day when i came home from the hospital and then again a week after i took the first one. this week i'll take more hehehehehe here is mine. Oh i didn't have them covered. 3 days after ~~> http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/qbanita75/mytummy.jpg 2 weeks after~~~> http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/qbanita75/PICT0357.jpg

I was just banded on the 16th. its hard its not easy to start to consider A big step in your life; but once you have taken this step i would continue. I started to research almost 2 1/2 years ago and it took me this long to make a commitment with myself, my person, my health, and my life. Please just consider one thing. who will it benefit? once you come up with the answer that it will benefit, your health then continue to find a doctor that is what took me the longest. To find a dr. that your comfortable with. I went to two dr. and then i found dr. oliak. and i knew he was the one. if you have more questions here is a website that may help. www.lapbandnow.com eile

OMG!!! i could move the day of my surgery i just got up a couple of times to walk and to go tinkle. You guys are so strong. WoW I don't know how you guys could do it. This is my first surgery and I felt dead:notagree . I have no pain tolerance I was in the hospital monday, tuesday and went home on Wednesday after they gave me medication for the drive home, My cousin from vegas came to take care of from monday -thursday WOW you guys :first: :first: :first: :first: :first: :first: :first:

LOL thats great sounds good. yummy but i would like a TWIX maybe we should write to the companies and inform them that we are trying to lose weight and that we would like for at least the next year that they remove all candy from the store?? or if they could make one for "banders":hungry: i'm in line. SPEAKING OF MUSHY... What could i have for dinner tonight? chicken and mashed potatoes? vegies? anyone. i'm fat but pickkkkkkkkkkky:rofl:

:funnypost: OH MY I couldn't stop laughing :rofl:I had to lay down. for the first time in 10 years living at my house i will not pass out any candy. Temptation killed the cat and it might kill Eile too. no candy i told all the parents in the area and gave the ones i know little gift bags. I don't have any kids so i'll be okay.:clap2:

I lost 9 lb in the first five days, and i have only lost 3lb more now entering the third week. something is better than nothing. :clap2: no pre-op diet here either, I started mushie today.