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Hi, lovely to hear from you - i'm down six pounds since surgery so i'm elated! finding it hard keeping to yogurts and soups but i'm not hungry. One more week on that then i'll go onto the mushy stuff. I didn't get ANY gas trapped - don't know if thats cos i got up 3 times in the night after op and walked up the corridor.

how's your weight loss been? i'm craving pasta and pizza.

jude x

Thanks for the encouragement. Wow, 20 lbs. I hope I do that great. They didn't put me on a diet prior to the surgery. I was surprised. I've lost 6 lbs. so far. I started yogurt today, Alma said we could when we got home. I don't have that full feeling yet. I don't think he put any fluid in my band. Guess it has to wait for swelling to go down. I really don't want to mess this up, but I'm hungry some of the time. Will just take a while to get used to this and then I will get my fill in 6 weeks. Write me.

Good Deal! I'm so glad your doing well. I just had breakfast and ate a 1/4 cup of cream of wheat, 1/4 cup of Vanilla Yogurt, and a 1/4 cup of Apple sauce which was ok but yesterday for lunch I had a LB Tanksgiving Dinner LOL...Pureed smoked Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and some Cranberry Applesauce which was Devine! I handled the mushy food no problem. I have yet to have any of the (typical) side effects and I did see some improvement with "the problem" today.

Speaking of Clam Chowder I have a can in the cupboard I think that will be todays lunch. I am now about to start my walking. I hope you have a GREAT DAY! TTYS-Pat

I go for my consultation on Monday and start pre-op diet on Wednesday next week. As far as I know I will have protien shakes, yogurt, and one WW meal for the 2 weeks.

I am 56 yr. old and from Illinois. I don't know if I told you that before. I think I will have 80-100 pounds to lose. How about you?

Thanks!!!! I really try to watch what I eat. I log all my food in sparkpeople.com. I eat very little the week after a fill and then as my restriction goes away, I start to eat more. I get fills every month and that works for me. I usually eat coffee and sf creamer for breakfast and some light/ff yogurt. Lunch is cottage cheese, some deli sliced turkey meat and some fruit. Dinner is a lean cuisine or some type of protein and veggies--think fish or chicken. I don't eat sweets and I try to keep it low carb/low fat/high protein. I also work out 3-6 times per week doing at least 30 min of cardio on the elliptical machine and doing strength training on the weights 2-3 times per week. I've lost 68 pounds since the pre-op diet and surgery on December 1st, 2008. Let me know if I can answer any questions and good luck. You're doing great!

I am doing well too! I came home on Saturday and day 3 and 4 were definitely turning points in recovery. Still sore at the port area and feeling gas pains under my shoulder for the first time today so hoping that goes away soon. I was so hungry yesterday so today, I tried some yogurt and a cream soup and boy do I feel so much better. I really needed that. Hope everyone else is doing well!

He actually told me something completely different than the instructions. Nikki or Rachel (can't remember which one) told me to just follow the instructions. So for the day of surgery, it was just clear liquids. Day 1-4 was broth, jello, tomato juice, milk, cofee.. I think on the second full day he said to add protein shakes back in. Day 5-14 will be mushies/pureed..anything through a straw basically. I think after that 14 days, you can start introducing soft foods first, and then solids. To be honest it was hard to even think about drinking anything the day of and the next 2 days after that. So tomorrow I get to start mushies. Yogurts, puddings, creamy soups, pureed foods. I am supposed to go back to work on Monday. I sit at a desk all day, so hopefully over the weekend I will feel even better. How is your pre-op going? Are you self-pay or did you have insurance? Rachel

I'm sitting at 146-150... I definitely the food issues... I eat normally malt o meal, poptarts or dry cereal for bkfast. Lunch is normally rolled up lunch meat with spicy mustard and cheese. Dinner is anything really... My husband travels so if he's not home I don't cook unless I have to. It is normally something easy for my kids... I eat protein bars or yogurt bars during snack time. I'm one of those rare people that eat 6 meals a day. I eat about every two to three hours. I was working out five days a week and have really slacked off this past month with the holidays going on. Now it's hard to get motivated to get back in gear. I'm losing a lot of my muscle and my skin is starting to sag really bad... so I've been trying here lately to at least get my protein in! That's probably why I'm stuck right now!

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I'll keep losing because its not even close to the calories I used to take in & this just keeps me tied over. I'm in no race to lose weight, I'm trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle. So if it doesn't melt off like Dr.Oh wants it too, I'm ok with that. I want to do this healthy. And his crash diet is so not that. I guess he has a poor reputation w/nutrionists in the area because he's not concerned w/nutrion, just weight loss. That can be dangerous. I found out his "nutrionists" at St. Francis aren't all certified, they are ex-patients of his. =O I know right! So be careful how far you take this liquid thing. Use your best judgement. But don't eat any meats!! Or even fish yet! Soft soft foods only. You don't want you stomach working hard to digest foods or the band can slip. Eat as much protein in fat free greek yogurts & fat free cottage cheese. It might help you feel human again.

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And I did it again yesterday. LOL I've got to get things done for my household and it drives me crazy no to. But I promised I'd take it easy the rest of the week.

So I've been eatting little bits, this a.m. I had 1 egg & 1 small piece of toast w/low fat p.butter. That was 10g of protein right there. I just chew chew chew. We're not "restricted" right now so we can eat. Just be careful that it's not more than 1/4 cup at one time and as low fat & low calorie as possible. I had such a great meeting with my nutrionist, she helped me realize I can do this on my own, it will be really hard but I only have 3 weeks until my 1st fill. I too am trying to get my protein from food and not just the protein shakes. Today I'm going to make it a big effort.

I'm sorry you don't like yogurt/cottage chesse. That could give you a lot of protein! Try mixing your shakes with almond milk. Freeze some almond milk that way you make a small smoothie w/protein to get 20g when you can't eat it.

Glad to hear you are doing well! I am doing way better than expected on this 10 day liquid diet. (but I figured I'd be passed out by noon on the first day of starvation LOL! so anything is better than that right?!) I can only have 2 shakes a day, broth, sugar free drinks, a fudgesicle and a yogurt, and coffee with splenda. Thats it. Uuuugh...maybe I'll be able to drop a few pounds before surgery...get a jump on the process. How much have you lost on the preop? I could NOT imagine doing this through the holidays....wow! I think I gained 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years! But this was actually the first Christmas that I ate and was not on a strick diet....i felt like a prisoner and the last meal, so i ATE! haha! That is wonderful that they are gonna fix your hernia while they are in there...I would hate to know going into one surgery that you were gonna have to have another one. Thats wonderful.

Thanks for the words of encouragement! I have found that if I get the unflavored protein powder(I love Unjury) I can put it in soup, mashed potatoes,yogurt etc.It has absolutely no taste and I know that I am getting the protein that I am missing from the foods I can eat. We are all in this together...If I can offer help and support to you say the word!

Salty1986

Apparently, the allergic reaction from last night is still causing band swelling. Yogurt went down fine this morning, but my firm cantelope for snack is having problems. Guess it's mushy for the day.

It was yogurt. I did Dannon lite and fit, key lime pie. I could only eat about half of the 6 oz container. I was stuffed!!!

Oh boy I start drinking my laxative in 30 min! Have my bag packed I am sure I will have forgotten something. Bought the special shampoo and conditioner they recommended to help with the hair loss, got a fridge full of isopure, jello, popcicles, yogurt, cottage cheese. I'm all set....i think(G)

Sandy, I had my sleeve plication on May 27, tell me more about your eating schedule you adhered to as I can't imagine that our scarring is the same as the staples but am not sure. I'm on very soft yogurts and applesauce and soups, how about you? Did Dr. Cottam do yours? Mine was done in Mexico and there are very few of the plication folks on here so I need to keep in touch with ya'll.Tell me how your eating is going and what you've had good and bad luck with.BB

I hear ya, you can only have so much Jello, yogurt and pudding....glad to hear your doing good!

Hey, I just thought I'd let ya know, I just ordered a Calcium Citrate capsule, even though I don't have problems with pills, I'll keep you posted how these work for me.

It says to take 2 per day. That's 60% of the daily recommend value, so I may take 3 since I eat quite a bit of yogurt, cheese, and have started drinking soy milk.

Twinlab Calcium Citrate Plus Magnesium -- 250 Capsules - Vitacost

All we're asked to do is take a laxative one time only, then clear fluids (and yogurt) for 3 days prior to day of flight. In this case, my flight to San Diego is this Sun. a.m. so I start pre-op Thurs a.m. My instructions are to have plain fish or chicken and a low-cal salad only if I find the liquids only too difficult. I'll see how it goes. I work in an office all day Thurs and Fri. My VSG is in Tijuana MX but their driver will pick me up at the San Diego airport only 15 minutes away. My sister did this end of Sept; my niece is getting sleeved same day as me. That's stoongal and time-for-me. Check out stoongal's photos. She's 71 and looking great.

I had yogurt! And it was good - tummy likes it! I was getting so sick of broth....

Hi everyone, Im home and sleeved. feel pretty sore today, but I'm happy. Gotta move to get rid of the gas!!! starting my mushies today. yogurt and protien shake

Hi Ruby,

I am in the soft food stage. I eat alot of soft chicken, fish, thick soup, yogurt, cheese sticks. Pretty much what I want as long as it is soft. I don't seem to be able to tolerate untoasted bread, and I am staying away from pasta. It is what got me to needing the VSG in the first place. Any more questions, email me: sheila.pinkney@shaw.ca.

Why is my band so tight today- there is no reason for it. Yogurt and water is the only things that go good.

Officially graduated to SCHMOOSHY foods today! Yogurt & cottage cheese never tasted so good!

today i ate for breakfast greek yogurt and sugar free jello with granola yummy i didnt think i could like greek yogurt but i really did smiles i also had it for a snack today i ran out of protein that sucks i do miss drinking my liquid more i usally fit protein in and hard boil eggs with 3 0z size chicken