The cheese itself. I got up in the middle of the night with diareha and had horrid cramps. I was crying, my pulse was racing and felt like I had to puke. I seriously thought I was going to have to go to the hospital. It is probably the closest to a rny dumping episode you can get without actually dumping.

Scary!!!!!!!

Yeah not my proudest moment.

I just need to vent, briefly. It's coming up on my TOM any day now, and I'm so FREAKING hungry the last 2 days, that yesterday, I ate 2 days worth of calories, and I'm not doing too bad today, so far, but my tummy is growling, and I feel like my blood sugar is low, even though it's within normal range. I've had plenty of protein today, so I can't blame it on the lack of that....

Ok, I sort of feel better.

Hey ladies: thanks for the advise and the menu. I think an overhaul on my eating habits is necessary! I'm gonna try to eat some of your suggestions (definately no tofu though!)You both seem so dedicated, thats great.!
My keyboard is messed up (it has taken like 20 minutes to write this much,) I'l be back 2-morrow

All right. I caved and bought some of the edamame that a few people have been raving about, bought a bag of lightly salted, and another bag of wasabi flavored. Found it at Dillon's (regional grocery store, if you're not familiar), and OMG! It's wonderful!

In case you're interested, the nutritional info is as follows: 1 serving is 1/4 cup for 4 grams fat, no trans fat, no cholesterol, 150g sodium, 10g carbs, 8g fiber, 1g sugar, and 14g protein!
FANTASTIC! The wasabi ones are nice and spicy and the lightly salted ones sort of taste like pistachios. Kind of... YUM!

Where at in the store did you buy them and how many calories do they have?

HAH! I was so excited, I forgot to say how many calories!

130 calories/serving, and I found these in with the health food / organic foods. I had been looking with the nuts, but they weren't there...

Are they like dry like nuts or like a frozen food? Or can you get them both ways?

These are dry roasted, nice and crunchy. You can get them canned or frozen, though. I think Wheetsin buys hers that way and roasts her own. I'll see if I can find the thread where she says how to do it.

If you can find these, though, you have to try the wasabi ones.... MMMMM Good!

Here's the thread link:
http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f9/mmmmmmm-edamame-49635/

I will definitely keep an eye out for them. I need a good little snack for work. I love me some almonds but I do try to not eat too many as they are a bit high in fat and calories.

Hello Ladies!

I was banded on 2/23/07 and am doing pretty good. I find I need to be really tight to continually lose weight. My simple plan is just eating the foods I love and need in very small portions and it's working so far. I need to step up the exercise though, I've been pathetic.

How is everyone doing on loose skin? I have almost 60 more pounds to go, so I can't tell yet, but I am not optimistic!

Everyone is doing great!

Welcome to our humble Ugh thread, Gretchen! There's five of us now!

I don't have a problem yet with loose skin, but some days it sort of looks like I may have a problem down the line. Time will tell.

I'd love to be able to eat the foods that I love, just in smaller quantities, but I find that a lot of the foods that I love go right on through the band, and I can eat quite a lot of them, not to mention that they're horribly high in fat and calories and sugar, and pathetically low in nutrients and fiber. Had to find new foods to love!

Hello there!

Some foods are harder for me than others, but it seems at my level of restriction right now I can only take a few bites and then I'm stuck. Sometimes at night it's a little looser, but for me to lose weight it almost has to be this way, so I just go with it as long as I can stay healthy and have no other problems.

I could do better, but I'm happy at this pace. My main goal is to be at a healthy BMI by the time I'm 40, which gives me 13 months to lose 60 more pounds. I just can't wait to be under 200.......ugh.

Thanks for the support!