One Month Post-Op-- The Fill Appointment

[voiceomt2002 4]

This should more correctly be called: The Fill Appointment with no fill. That’s right, I didn’t get a fill. Since I’ve lost 8 lbs of pure body fat, I’m not hungry, and eating correctly Dr. Baptista feels I’m one of the bandsters who walks out of the hospital already at or very near the “sweet spot” and may never need a fill. (Happy Dance!!)

As long as I continue to lose 1-3 pounds a week, I may never need a fill, but if I do, he’ll be monitoring me and will let me know!

Now for the semi-sorta-bad news. When he did my surgery, he found two hernias. The hiatal hernia, he corrected as he commonly does. However, there was a hernia lower he cannot repair at this time. I must reach at or near a normal BMI of 25 before that surgery has a hope of being successful, because it’s not far above my navel, where the overweight abdominal fat would possibly rip and tear his work.

That’s fair, even if it means I have this weird lump in my abdomen for a year or two. After all, I have a minimum of 100 pounds to lose before I come close to my healthy weight range. Not like I’ll be in a bikini before then anyways.

[pvtash61 1]

Good morning Lena,

my question for you is are you hungry in between meals? And did your doc progress you to solid foods?

Can you give me an ideas what you are having throughout the day. Thanks so much.

I go for dr. visit on the 16th of Feb. not sure what will happen..fill or no fill. I am at 2 wks post and have loss 9 lbs. I am hungry, i have progressed myself to a semi- solid meal for lunch. That helped yesterday, so going to do that today at lunch time. Yes, chew, chew.:bananalama:

Continued success, Patti

[voiceomt2002 4]

Good morning Lena,

my question for you is are you hungry in between meals? And did your doc progress you to solid foods?

Can you give me an ideas what you are having throughout the day. Thanks so much.

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Continued success, Patti

Under normal circumstances, I am not terribly hungry at any time except first thing in the morning. I get a bit peckish about mid-afternoon, but a light low carb snack takes care of the problem. I can tell it's time to eat when the area above and near my band growls. (I ignore the lower belly growls now.)

I've been on solid foods and eating normally since about 15 days after surgery, as per my doctor's instructions. This has not been without a few unfortunate events where I discovered I wasn't quite ready for that food yet. Even now, I still have some difficulty with beef and pork. Poultry and seafood pass with relative ease unless I eat too quickly.

Let's see...my typical meals. Hmm. Okay.

Breakfast-- one egg, usually mixed with a couple of tablespoons of both a well-cooked vegetable and perhaps a tiny bit of meat. This is often baked. I like baked eggs. Call me lazy. Add this to two cups of coffee before I switch to Crystal Light for the rest of the day.

Lunch- often this is a meal heavy on the Protein, like tuna salad, a leftover meat from the night before, or something. Today, I was different. I had 2 oz of brussells sprouts and called it done.

Snack-- today I had 1/2 cup of LF cottage cheese with a bit of Splenda and DaVinci SF raspberry Syrup.

Dinner-- Here is where I cook. I love to cook! I use SavingDinner.com to choose recipes and each week's low carb meals come with a grocery list. Last night was Saigon Shrimp over Cauli-Rice. My DH and roommate also had a rice pilaf and green Beans. Normally, I'd have indulged in the green Beans, but I was too stuffed after the Saigon Shrimp, and I didn't even have it over the Cauli-Rice.

Tonight is Tuscan Bean Soup! I'll make biscuits for the guys, but I'll probably have just the Soup and maybe a little spinach salad.

BTW, I often work into the night, so I'll have a hot herb tea. Somehow, that satisfies my late night cravings.

Sorry this took so long to answer. I'm working a promotion today and keep having to stop typing. LOL!

[dannigirl 0]

HI, I was banded jan 19th. I have lost 25 pounds so far :blushing: my first fill was yesterday. I needed it. I was starting to eat a little more and more hungry than I have been. I tend to eat 4 small snack/meals a day. Usually a Protein Shake for Breakfast and coffee, then a couplewheat crackers and lf cheese, a small chkn salad with lf ranch, and 1/4 c yogurt and 1/4 c lf cottage chese. Hope that helps. It is normal to still think about food, that's all we did for years, it's gonna take a some work but we'll loose that.