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You need to find something you like. I know you may think that may not happen, I thought that. I joined a Wellness center where I take water aerobics and dance movement (similar to zumba). I can also workout on the machines but that is not my favorite.

I use a daily log on fatsecret.com. It sinks with my Droid. I have found it very helpful to log my food. This helps me track my protein and calorie intake. My favorite blog is theworldaccordingtoeggface Shelly has the best recipes.

My Dr. says no bread, rice or pasta, but my nutritionist is trying to tell me I should be able to handle these items now. I was banded on July 28. What does your Dr say about bread, rice & pasts?

Have you called the doctor about the shaky feeling? I was not feeling well and they moved me to puree diet one week early. I was not getting enough protien on the liquid diet. You should get between 60 - 100 gms.

I found a great website that will calculate calories and nutrition information for recipes you might have or find on the web missing this information. Recipe Calculator , http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

It totally depends upon your doctors guidelines. I had trouble on full liquids with my blood sugars so they advanced the schedule a week. Talk to your doctor.

Garland417 this may sound supid but at the last support meeting they said if you are not eating enough you will not lose weight. Your protein should be 70+ gm and 700 - 1000 calories. You are definitely walking more than I am. They also said the weight lose is 0 - 2 lbs a week. The speaker said remember I said zero! So I take this to mean do not be discouraged. 12 lbs is great!

Dawn5115, moving to mushie is so nice. I have now moved to soft foods so I am exploring a few more foods. If you like califlower besure to puree it - tastes really good. You reminded me why I did not tell anyone I have been banded. My family knows but I did not want to be plagued with 'how much have you lost". This is a life changer and a much slower weight lose than gasteric bypass. I do not think the general public understands. Hang in there. How is everyone else doing?

Someone else suggested having clean sheets when you get home. I did not sleep in a recliner so the bed felt really good. ISOPURE is a clear liquid protein drink you can get at GNC or Vitamin Shoppe.

Sweetbriar, how different are some dr. I just got back for my 2 wk check-up and I am only 8 lbs. down, but I have to get in 80 -100 gm of protein per day. I usually drinking at least one protein shake in my day. I do not mind the taste so I consider myself lucky.

When I was at the Dr. office last week he suggested I get an app on my phone to keep track of calories, protein etc. If you have an Iphone the app is called looseit. I have a Droid so I went looking for an app. I downloaded 3 and here is the best one: calorie counter. It has a food diary where you call log everything you eat. All the restaurants & chains, popular brands, supermarket brands and about every food I have needed to find. It gives calories, fat, carbs, proteins, fibers & sugar. It will total for the meal and day and sync it with a website called fatsecret.com if you need to print a report. Here is the best feature it has a bar scan reader. Click – focus and all the info is in your food diary. I would never write down what I eat but I will click, click, click. Hope someone finds this useful.

I am 11 days post op and finally feeling really good. I have been on puree foods since Tue. one week early because I was having trouble getting enough cal. At first it was hard to eat but for the last couple of days I have been able to eat without much problem. I am even getting hungry, I guess the next stage is bandster-hell:smile2: