June 2007 Bandsters

[captain danbo 0]

Ja9va: That gortons salmon is frozen. They have a bunch of different flavors my fav is the lemon butter, they also have shrimp and a few diff kind of fish.

Bigbaby: I also mix a little bit veggies with my meals but only like a table spoon or two of peppers or onions. I like green onions with most of the thing I eat. BUt I do get most of my veggies from V8, it says it's 3 servings for like 6oz so I think it pretty good stuff. good luck with starting real food.< /p>

Nina: I have not jerked my fish but I have crab, shrimp, pork w/ pineapple and chicken. I like to use walker's wood jerk sauce next time I go to the store I will look for that one you are talking about. I am just about out of mine anyway.

[mvr 0]

Dianne, don't worry lots of folk talk about those rumbles, I have them all day (hard to ignore though!)

Pippz lucky you put that part about not killing you, lucky dog

Well ,you all got me out to walk with that exercise talk, Thanks!!! :whoo:

[Suzzzie. 3]

o2bethin...Hang in there, I understand everything you said. I lost the majority of my weight pre opt and only I think 3/4 since June 7! It is frustrating. I am not going for my fill unitl July 31..yuk

Nina do you know if your doc left any Fluid in your band after surgery? My nurse said sometimes the doctor my leave some in there. My nurse feels I may have some because I feel restriction now, like I can't eat bread, chicken and some other foods. But I can eat some foods I shouldn't and don't get that full feeling to often. What did your doc say about what happened?

Beckie Wow passing up on cheescake from the cheesecake factory!! That is great. I love that place and I am glad there is not one closer than an hour from me!

Marga My dh and I were headed out of town on Friday and I wanted to eat something. so I bought a turkey sandwhich on toasted rye, to split with him. Well my dh lucked out because after one bite, I knew I could not eat it.

Toni good luck with your #2 fill! I am envious, but we can learn from you!

Big question for you all...why can't we drink soda? Is it due to gas? burping? Well, I am not a soda drinker, before surgery I may drink one soda in a week. This weekend I was at my brothers 50th birthday party and had a couple drinks with diet mountain dew. I did not even think about it until my way home today and a Light Bulb went off, and I was like OMG! Do you think I am ok?

The good thing about the party is I ate good, stayed away from bad, made good choices.

I had a diet coke at a baby shower a week ago. I think I drank half of it beore I even thought about it! I was fine though. Belching was pretty normal... I will say though that I was majorly addicted to diet coke before surgery, and I hadn't had one in 3 weeks... and this one tasted funny. It was the funny taste that got me thinking about it and realised that I wasn't supposed to drink it!!

[Suzzzie. 3]

Okay, so no one stab me here. I haven't had the incredible "actual" hunger everyone else has been describing here, so I could be way off base. But are those of you that are super hungry getting enough to drink? I find that even if hunger hits, if I take 1/2 hr to an hour to finish a tall glass of something, the hunger is TOTALLY gone. I'm not "full", mind you, but I'm not starving either. That helps me get through to my next meal.

Just for fun, I've been putting ice, crystal light and Water into a blender and making a super-cold low-cal drink. I find that it also helps me figure out if my stomach is really empty or not. I can feel the cold going down. So, if I feel it going down very quickly, I know I can eat safely. If it goes slowly, I know there is still food in there so I should wait a while before eating more.

About exercise, I haven't been doing it as regularly as I'd like, although I have been more active in general. Before, I'd let my house get filthy before I started to clean it (I've always been a messy person), but now I'm up cleaning every day. Then, when time allows and it's relaxing for me, I go walking at the local park for a few hours. I know it's not really enough, but with summer camp for my daughter and work I have zero time to hit the (free) gym at work, and I'm petrified of exercising outside because of dehydration. Come fall I should be back on a normal schedule and able to exercise in a gym again.

Okay, sorry for the long winded post. I haven't been on for a few days and I've been thinking about all of this stuff for the last few days, jsut waiting to get back online! :faint:

OK, I won't stab you. Haha.

Ya know, drinking doesn't satisfy me AT ALL, EVER! Unless it is something of substance... like a smoothie. But I swear I can drink gallons of water, crystal light, etc... and not feel 'full' from it! I'll feel bloated and water logged, but I am still 'hungry' for food. I'm an eater, it's what I do. - Can't WAIT to get my fill on FRIDAY!!

[ja9va 0]

Joeygirl thanks for the explanation. I am going to pray after soda for an afternoon, I am ok. I am thinking when I have my flouro fill on July 31, they will be able to look at my stomach, and hopefully it is OK!

dan thanks for the info. I am going to the store tonight.

bigbaby the emmi series is an educational video on line learning tool. It is really a recap for us that are on this site, and those who have read so much. I get an alert from the doc to read a chapter for every step, I just looked at the fill one, it is www.my-emmi.com

You have to have an access code, given to you by your doc.

diane yes, your stomach will rumble from time to time. I believe drinking will help, such as Pippz suggested.

pippz I like the idea of a cyrstal light slurpie! 7 eleven use to have crystal light slurpies. But they are not always available.

Walked this am with my dh. added more time,but still need to work up to the 50-60 min!

[Nina_S 1]

What the heck is jerk sauce? LOL

Stefanie,

This is a decription of jerk sauce...

The "Jerk" method of seasoning and cooking meats dates back over 300 years and is a unique tradition in Jamaica. This hot jerk seasoning captures the genuine taste of jerk by combining tropical herbs and spices to create a delicious marinade. Ingredients include escallion, peppers, salt, brown sugar, pimento, cane vinegar, black pepper, garlic. ginger and spices.

My favorite is the Grace brand. You can find this & other brands in the ethnic food area in your grocery store. I use it like a marinade, rub it on meat or fish, let it sit overnight, grill. You can also get a jerk dry rub.

[Nina_S 1]

Nina do you know if your doc left any Fluid in your band after surgery? My nurse said sometimes the doctor my leave some in there. My nurse feels I may have some because I feel restriction now, like I can't eat bread, chicken and some other foods. But I can eat some foods I shouldn't and don't get that full feeling to often. What did your doc say about what happened?

Big question for you all...why can't we drink soda? Is it due to gas? burping? Well, I am not a soda drinker, before surgery I may drink one soda in a week. This weekend I was at my brothers 50th birthday party and had a couple drinks with diet mountain dew. I did not even think about it until my way home today and a Light Bulb went off, and I was like OMG! Do you think I am ok?

The good thing about the party is I ate good, stayed away from bad, made good choices.

Janine,

From what I understand my band was empty. Hopefully the second fill will do the trick - I can eat ANYTHING. Ugh!

I believe that they want us to stay away from soda because of the carbonation and the possibility to create air in the pouch.

Nina

[huntersmom 0]

Before my fill too my band was empty and even with my first fill I can eat anything. Even things that I thought would get stuck doesn't and that is not a good thing.

[huntersmom 0]

Has any one thought of a gathering of us junies. I saw that LBT is going to LasVegas in February.

[toniteach 0]

Hi Gang,

I got 0.8cc's added to my band this morning...now I have 6.8 cc's total. I'm hoping that it will help me with my portions. Previously, I was able to eat more than a cup of food/meal.

Hope everyone is off to a good start this week. I'm going to watch Big Medicine on the treadmill tonight!!!! Here's a preview:

Big Medicine

Deathly Ill

After disobeying the doctors' orders, Marc Brackens develops life threatening blood clots in his legs. Garth and his father have to decide whether or not to perform gastric bypass surgery on Andrew, who at 17 would be one of their youngest patients ever.

Cheers,

Toni

[Nina_S 1]

Hi Gang,

I got 0.8cc's added to my band this morning...now I have 6.8 cc's total. I'm hoping that it will help me with my portions. Previously, I was able to eat more than a cup of food/meal.

Hope everyone is off to a good start this week. I'm going to watch Big Medicine on the treadmill tonight!!!! Here's a preview:

Big Medicine

Deathly Ill

After disobeying the doctors' orders, Marc Brackens develops life threatening blood clots in his legs. Garth and his father have to decide whether or not to perform gastric bypass surgery on Andrew, who at 17 would be one of their youngest patients ever.

Cheers,

Toni

You go Toni!!! Work it!

I want some cc's :phanvan. I'm looking forward to Big Medicine myself.

Nina

[bigbaby 4]

Toni--have you heard about the bariatric chef with JourneyLite. Are you with JourneyLite...see my post on page 138.

Nina---I was in the store yesterday and got some jerk sauce--I'm going to try it on some talapia later this week. Someone posted about stuffed talapia in wal-mart. I'm going to look for it later.

I get my first fill on Wed....YEA...YEA...YEA... I hope it gives me some restriction. I feel like I have something in my band, because I don't eat as much. It may just be mental for me...I'm going to ask if there's anything in my band.

[Nina_S 1]

Toni--have you heard about the bariatric chef with JourneyLite. Are you with JourneyLite...see my post on page 138.

Nina---I was in the store yesterday and got some jerk sauce--I'm going to try it on some talapia later this week. Someone posted about stuffed talapia in wal-mart. I'm going to look for it later.

I get my first fill on Wed....YEA...YEA...YEA... I hope it gives me some restriction. I feel like I have something in my band, because I don't eat as much. It may just be mental for me...I'm going to ask if there's anything in my band.

Hi Bigbaby!

Enjoy your tilapia & good luck with your fill on Wednesday. Please let us know how you feel.

Nina

[FarmerE 0]

I'm sooo jealous of you guys with fills and the ones that are starting on their second fills. I wanna be like you! I still have probably another four weeks before my doc will consider a fill. Oh well.

BUT, I was given permission to go be a drunk person for training. LOL. They are providing the alcohol and I get to drink enough to be legally drunk and beyond so the officers can put us through field sobriety tests. YAY! My doc said he wanted to volunteer too!

You guys are doing awesome. I'm so happy to see that everyone is doing well and that the issues creeping up are minor.

Huntersmom: I'm up for going somewhere. They are considering Vegas in Feb of '08 but they haven't ironed out the details yet.

[Suzzzie. 3]

Has any one thought of a gathering of us junies. I saw that LBT is going to LasVegas in February.

I think it would be great to meet up with all of our wonderful June group. What are some of ya'lls thoughts?