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BANDERS UNITE ! Get to know each other chatter !

Just popping in for a quick catch up !

Leesh I was gonna suggest cauliflower as a good spud/rice/pasta replacement. It's plain enough that it would not mess with flavours too much and I use it a lot.

It's wonderful to have the horseriding as something you want to get back into. If you are passionate enough about it , it is really going to be a strong motivation that will hopefully save you from going off course x

Jenn, excellent linkage hun x Thankyou for being so enthusiastic inspite of that crazy long pre-op you are enduring. You are doing amazing !

Be back later :)
 
hmmm....thanks neen....well I am going to do what I can....but as I said earlier...I am in a bit of a shock today thinking about it all....Like I said before If I am only having an average about 900cals with the milk a day and nothing is really happening...how will the band do anything better? I know what it does, and of course it would help with regards to portions, but seeing as I have NO PORTIONS at the moment and only on milk, I can't see that I will be able to lose the weight....and I am certainly not having a bypass. So I am not too sure how this will all pan out.
 
Good afternoon ladies,

you have been busy today jenn, i shall look at your links shortly...... I see what your saying if you already consume so little..may be worth asking? I do kinda eat like a pig at times hence the size i am.

I've been into birmingham xmas shopping, with hubby and son, as hubby has day off..what fun!! Not too much to get now, costly time of year with 4 children..worse the older they get too as they want consoles and phones ipods etc...my 2 year old is the easiest to buy bless him, he's in love with peppa pig.

It's the support group meeting tonight at heartlands so i'm looking forward to that..be nice to meet some peeps off this site ;) and there is a plastic surgeon coming for a talk, be intersting to hear what he has to say.....i think my arms will be my bug bear i will have to wear support bandages on them in the summer i think:eek:!.....as i am going to lose soo much weight with the help of you lovely ladies ;) xxx
 
Afternoon ladies. Just back from walking the dog. Just a tip that was given to me at the hospital after being banded. If you get food stuck - a small glass of diet coke drunk fairly quickly will do the trick. The surgeon did say however to drink it whilst in the bathroom as the effects can sometimes be quite spectacular!! I know this to be true as have used this when I've got chicken stuck. I don't eat chicken breast now only chicken thigh and only very small mouthfulls chewed to mush!!
 
hope2bthina said:
Good afternoon ladies,

you have been busy today jenn, i shall look at your links shortly...... I see what your saying if you already consume so little..may be worth asking? I do kinda eat like a pig at times hence the size i am.

I've been into birmingham xmas shopping, with hubby and son, as hubby has day off..what fun!! Not too much to get now, costly time of year with 4 children..worse the older they get too as they want consoles and phones ipods etc...my 2 year old is the easiest to buy bless him, he's in love with peppa pig.

It's the support group meeting tonight at heartlands so i'm looking forward to that..be nice to meet some peeps off this site ;) and there is a plastic surgeon coming for a talk, be intersting to hear what he has to say.....i think my arms will be my bug bear i will have to wear support bandages on them in the summer i think:eek:!.....as i am going to lose soo much weight with the help of you lovely ladies ;) xxx
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I am sure you will hun!;)

Don't get me wrong I am not perfect. I am disciplined, but I do have my times where I eat more than I should, cuz I like it But it is a rare thing. I am HUGE, I am aware that my problems got worse with PG and then then just as I was losing after the first I got PG with the second, and this is the lightest i have been since giving birth to my son almost 18 months ago. It just seems that no matter what I do, I just can't shift it.

I will ask the dietician next week, what she thinks, but I reckon they are just going to think it is a load of old guff and not bother. I haven't even got any idea what they found out from the blood tests, or even what exactly they were looking for. I know the since I have mild PCOS, that it can be more difficult to lose weight, but Christ....I am eating NOTHING....only drinking water and milk only, having my 1 A-Z and 1/2 tsp of salt dissolved in some water for a salt shot, that I apparently need to have. I am exercising as I normally would...not over doing it. Just my normal walks everyday, that I was doing prior to starting. So I really am at a loss as to what I can do/should do.

Obviously I will do my best between now and when I have surgery, to lose what I can, still exercise,do my work, look after the kids and etc......watch my portion sizes, drink plenty of water, only eat when I am hungry, stop just before I feel full, and not eat after 6:30pm. Other than that...I am not too sure if there is anymore I can do.....I feel....umm......not sure how i feel....weird.....:eek:
 
archiesmum said:
Afternoon ladies. Just back from walking the dog. Just a tip that was given to me at the hospital after being banded. If you get food stuck - a small glass of diet coke drunk fairly quickly will do the trick. The surgeon did say however to drink it whilst in the bathroom as the effects can sometimes be quite spectacular!! I know this to be true as have used this when I've got chicken stuck. I don't eat chicken breast now only chicken thigh and only very small mouthfulls chewed to mush!!
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I knew I read about that somewhere, just wasn't sure where....;)
 
FFBB,

I think the milk is just about sustaining you so you'll have a drastic loss put will peter out.

I think when you're eating proper food it will be better for you. Also you'll have the boost of exercise ;-)

Also weight loss happens in fits and spurts. On Cambridge Diet yo're on about 450/500 kCals per day and people still lose - but they have ALL nutrients provided by the soup/shake packs. So don't lose hope just yet... x
 
cah-ching said:
FFBB,

I think the milk is just about sustaining you so you'll have a drastic loss put will peter out.

I think when you're eating proper food it will be better for you. Also you'll have the boost of exercise ;-)

Also weight loss happens in fits and spurts. On Cambridge Diet yo're on about 450/500 kCals per day and people still lose - but they have ALL nutrients provided by the soup/shake packs. So don't lose hope just yet... x
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CC-I have only lost 12lbs since the 1st and I have been 22st 8 for the last 5 days give and take a few grams here and there. It I am just thinking, if I am having so little...and the band is meant to make me only have a little at a time, and in theory having around about the same caloric intake....then how will it work for me?

I have done Cambridge.....and I almost prefer this to that...the soups were awful....it did make me laughing seeing all these "most women" doing their best to try and make the soup into crisps and things *LOL* and I lost a stone in a week on it...but then I continued for a further 3 more weeks and lost nothing.....so I stopped and went on SW and then lost a stone more...which freaked me out as I was eating and losing.....but then I got PG and it all started all over again!!:sigh:
 
archiesmum said:
Afternoon ladies. Just back from walking the dog. Just a tip that was given to me at the hospital after being banded. If you get food stuck - a small glass of diet coke drunk fairly quickly will do the trick. The surgeon did say however to drink it whilst in the bathroom as the effects can sometimes be quite spectacular!! I know this to be true as have used this when I've got chicken stuck. I don't eat chicken breast now only chicken thigh and only very small mouthfulls chewed to mush!!
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i'm really goin to have to concentrate when i have my band i hardly chew..it's in my mouth and down my throat before i know it. I tried the paul mckenna idea of chewing 20 times before but by the 20 times it had all gone!! I shall have to start practising i think!
 
I AM going to lost this weight...apart from a sleeve or the bypass, I will try anything to get this off..... just gonna have to try more things until I can figure out something else.....I can/will try and best and see where I get.....at least something has come off.....i guess
 
hope2bthina said:
i'm really goin to have to concentrate when i have my band i hardly chew..it's in my mouth and down my throat before i know it. I tried the paul mckenna idea of chewing 20 times before but by the 20 times it had all gone!! I shall have to start practising i think!
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*LOL* yeah I think you'll have to think that one through! :D
 
Fattyfattyboomboom said:
I am sure you will hun!;)

Don't get me wrong I am not perfect. I am disciplined, but I do have my times where I eat more than I should, cuz I like it But it is a rare thing. I am HUGE, I am aware that my problems got worse with PG and then then just as I was losing after the first I got PG with the second, and this is the lightest i have been since giving birth to my son almost 18 months ago. It just seems that no matter what I do, I just can't shift it.

I will ask the dietician next week, what she thinks, but I reckon they are just going to think it is a load of old guff and not bother. I haven't even got any idea what they found out from the blood tests, or even what exactly they were looking for. I know the since I have mild PCOS, that it can be more difficult to lose weight, but Christ....I am eating NOTHING....only drinking water and milk only, having my 1 A-Z and 1/2 tsp of salt dissolved in some water for a salt shot, that I apparently need to have. I am exercising as I normally would...not over doing it. Just my normal walks everyday, that I was doing prior to starting. So I really am at a loss as to what I can do/should do.

Obviously I will do my best between now and when I have surgery, to lose what I can, still exercise,do my work, look after the kids and etc......watch my portion sizes, drink plenty of water, only eat when I am hungry, stop just before I feel full, and not eat after 6:30pm. Other than that...I am not too sure if there is anymore I can do.....I feel....umm......not sure how i feel....weird.....:eek:
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It is odd..and with how little you do eat you'd think the lbs would drop off..the thing is like you say, they probably won't believe you only eat what you do! Have faith tho, those last 4lbs needed will come off xx
 
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