How'd THIS happen...my fickle band?

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The last 4 weeks; I've had AMAZING restriction; very good place to be.

So today for lunch, I had one hot dog. Not bad. Then ate about 3/4 cup of mac/cheese w/cauliflower in it.

GO FIGURE! That's the most I've eaten in a month!

Wow band...you drive me crazy sometimes!

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First Fill: 5/8/07: 7 CC's
2nd Fill: 6/28/07: 2 CC's - My Birthday! 9CC Total
3rd Fill: 8/30: 1.2 CC's - 10.2 CC Total
4th Fill: 10/25: 0.8CC's - 11.0 CC Total
5th Fill: 2/7: I lost count of CC Total
6th Fill: 4/17

Sherilynn......I see you have 10.2 CC's in your band....may I ask what size band you have?! I have a 10 CC band and I know they'll hold a little more than the actual 10 CC's but that's a lot! I have 4.6 in mine right now and can't eat much at all. How is your weight loss going?

As for food intake....my guess is you could hold that much because of the kind of food you ate. A hot dog (and I'm assuming you really meant a weiner, not an actually hot dog with a bun, etc) is high in fat, and mac & cheese is nothing but mushy carbohydrates - they pulverize easily and go on through your pouch quickly making room for more food. If you eat a good dense protein (lean meat, cheese), your pouch will fill up and stay filled up for a longer period of time....it doesn't digest and go on through for quite a while. That's why we are instructed to eat protein first, then low carb vegetables next and to eat very few if any carbs like macaroni which have little nutritional value and also high calorie count.

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Hi Gayle,
I was eating 'soft foods', pasta, mac & cheese, because days earlier I had to bad stuck episodes, and I must have been very swollen inside, or something, because I was hardly able to get anything down at all. So I was doing the whole mushies thing. Figured SOMETHING was better going in, than nothing at all. I suppose I was a little afraid to go back to 'solid' meat/chicken, etc. for fear of that STUCK. Because no matter how much I chew - sometimes it can't be avoided. And boy - does that suck!

I did see, however - how much PASTA goes in EASY!!!! Months later, this is my first time doing the 'carbs' thing - and man its simple. But the carbs make me feel horrible, tired, etc. Plus, being diabetic - I normally steer clear completely.

Thank you!!!!!

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First Fill: 5/8/07: 7 CC's
2nd Fill: 6/28/07: 2 CC's - My Birthday! 9CC Total
3rd Fill: 8/30: 1.2 CC's - 10.2 CC Total
4th Fill: 10/25: 0.8CC's - 11.0 CC Total
5th Fill: 2/7: I lost count of CC Total
6th Fill: 4/17

It's nice to see someone else say the same thing about carbs. If I eat them I feel slow, I feel like a big fat slug on my couch for the rest of the day, I just don't have any energy. I really don't eat white carbs much at all anymore. Oh... then the next day I crave them. Even though I know I'll feel like crap I still crave them.

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Pasta has become such an overrated non-food I don't even bother with it these days....and I have yet to actually have any that tasted like I wanted a 2nd bite....

but it does the same thing to me....I'd rather not eat at all than have any kind of pasta.

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I NEVER enjoyed pasta---but do so love spaghetti squashw/sauce and some grated cheese..yum!!

I kinda miss pasta and alfredo sauce but I like approaching "thin" a WHOLE lot more than pasta.

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HOW TO RESEARCH A MEXICAN SURGEON:
http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f11/resea...s-101-a-66635/

The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there!

If you need anything please feel free to email me through the LBT system.

Goal in 10 months!!! -103lbs (-132 total)
Alberto Aceves/Mexicali, Mexico
From 22/24 to size 4

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I like the description of "Non Food". Realizing that filling my pouch with something that hold no nutritional value isn't appealing any longer. I want to get my protein and fresh veggies - something I know my body needs.

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First Fill: 5/8/07: 7 CC's
2nd Fill: 6/28/07: 2 CC's - My Birthday! 9CC Total
3rd Fill: 8/30: 1.2 CC's - 10.2 CC Total
4th Fill: 10/25: 0.8CC's - 11.0 CC Total
5th Fill: 2/7: I lost count of CC Total
6th Fill: 4/17

So true about the fickle band. It kills me when people say, Can you eat this? Hell, how do I know on that day, at that time, in that situation??? It amazes me how there is no rhyme or reason to what I can eat on any given day. I just keep trying! LOL!

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HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW!!!! lolololol ROFLMAO

I CAN SO RELATE TO THIS!
:faint::clap2::faint::clap2:

Exactly. For instance; I started this thread. My restriction was 'gone' again. TODAY - I was DONE/FULL on two bites of salad.

YIKES.

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First Fill: 5/8/07: 7 CC's
2nd Fill: 6/28/07: 2 CC's - My Birthday! 9CC Total
3rd Fill: 8/30: 1.2 CC's - 10.2 CC Total
4th Fill: 10/25: 0.8CC's - 11.0 CC Total
5th Fill: 2/7: I lost count of CC Total
6th Fill: 4/17

Mine does the same thing. Last week I had 1/2 of a Togos sandwich then the next day I could only get down 4 bites of soft fish. Go figure!

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