April 2008
posted on 4/3/08 4:23 am
04/02 [239.4] ****FILL THREE***
Fill was great, only 1cc went in this time, I hope it's not temporary because of tom. I can definitely feel a difference when I drink, because it doesn't go down as easy as always. I had one chicken strip from Carls Jr. and was full. That was after a day of nothing but some protein water. Then 1/2 string cheese went down at night, so I stupidly tried some deli turkey breast. Even being careful it got stuck, and took about an hour to go down. I'll have to be sooo careful now. I'm superglad :) I'll start back going to the gym this week.
04/03
Aaackk!! Holey Fill Three! I 1c. tomato soup, 1pkt of 15gm protein drink, and 1 cup of water in today. I have to sip the water like crazy. I can't gulp or I will slime on water. I'm now stuck on either a miniscule piece of mushroom or onion. It's been over an hour now, and I'm still feeling pressure and sliming, so I sent hubby to go get some mineral water. I just have to, I need to go to sleep sometime! I've sure forgotten what restriction's like. I feel like I did just after surgery when even sipping was hard. I don't know if I should call them and get an unfill or wait out this TOM crap.
04/05 [238.4]
Ugghhh... only clear liquids yesterday. I've been a bit looser today. Able to drink in bigger sips, slowly though. Ate one piece of toast, one hot cup of soup so far. I ate 3oz of really soft tilapia, but it felt like it was stuck when it was going down, but I kept eating and I didn't feel like throwing up. So I don't know...
04/06 [237.2]
I am eating 4 oz of tilapia this am, after hot tea. We'll see how much of it I can eat. Took two BIG gulps of tea, and it does feel like it is pooling some, but not too bad. Well ended up eating 4-5 bites of tilapia and 1/2cup tea, that's it. Lunch is some italian roast beef w/ mayo and mustard, not eating the bread. I chew it 20-30 times, but it goes down slow, I have to wait about 3-4min after I swallow to start another bite.
04/07
Well, I had some trouble w/ a cup of tomato soup. Have to do it really slow, feels like it's pooling. One chicken nugget, but the last bite was either too fast or not chewed enough and stuck for a loooong time. At night I tried hummus on top of mashed up tofu w/ balsamic vinegar, and it was a no-go. I then tried a cup of HOT milk, and that was semi-successful, but I felt the food all night. I guess no more trying to eat so late.
04/08 [236.8]
Brkfst: 1.5?oz tilapia and 2tbsp of avocado went down just fine, no pain, no scratchy, nothing. I took pea-sized bites, chewed 20-30 times. I'll try water after an hour. Woohooo!! Was at class thru lunch and ate 4 chick nuggets from BK (uugghh) slowly w/ no problem. Came home and had tofu fried in Teriyaki sauce, again no problem. Wooohoooo!!!! I'm so happy. All I have to do is eat slooowly now, and chew, and small bites. I'll try salad tomorrow :)
04/09 [235.4]
1cup shredded wheat w/ milk went down ok. 1/4 donut got stuck Yay!
04/10 [235.8]
TOM over. Able to drink 1 cup of water in a couple minutes now, Awesome! Able to eat anything as long as I chew well and eat slow. Portion control is great right now, I haven't PB'd or felt uncomfortable because of eating too much. Dried out Pork goes down pretty easy. Tilapia (in butter) goes down ok, I have to be more careful. Haven't tried salad yet. Ate pork and lasagna... had some heartburn I think, but I'm not sure. I'll have to stop eating 3 hours before bed.
04/11 [234.4]
Can't believe I lost a pound with all the food I ate last night. Ok, it was like a cup of food, but it felt like a lot especially given how little I've eaten this last week. I'm going to try to eat mainly protein and veggies until my 6-month bandiversary. I also vow to not have ANY sweets!!! And to exercise every day. Oh and drink 8 glasses of water. Fitday, here I come!
04/13 [233.2] 60minWaterAerobics
I lost even more weight. Unbelieveable. Yesterday I ate more carbs than protein, but I still lost weight. So cool! I'm definitely restricted. I think if I eat too much I have heartburn, but I'm not sure. I mean eating more than 5-6 bites. I can only eat 1 scrambled egg before I *think* I feel full. (Or 1/4 of a bagel. Or 4-6 bites of anything.) That's it. Nothing else. If I eat more, I start feeling this weird heartburning type feeling at the bottom of my esophagus. Measured out, that's about a 1/4c. Am I having first-bite syndrome?(I drink HOT tea right before I eat.) Are these typical bandster sizes? I was expecting to eat 1-1.5cups... I'm not complaining here, I'm finally losing weight like mad, but I'm trying to figure out the difference between head hunger and real hunger and I'm afraid I don't know the difference at this point... So I'm reasoning that if you guys say it's too little, then it must be real hunger. HELP, I'd hate to eat around the band by eating slooowly for an hour just to finish!
04/15
Ate 1 baby cuke, 1 large cherry tomato, 1 sl. turkey pastrami, .5oz cream chz, 1/4th bagel throughout the day. At night, ate 2oz pork pot roast, 3/4 of a muffin(kill me now)! Now (1am) extremely thirsty, drank 1 cup water, feeling heartburn. Did not feel before drinking. Maybe the heartburn is directly tied in to the amount of food I eat whether it is liquid or not.
04/16 [232.8?]
***Elliptical:40min,3mi,480Cal***UB:chest15min*** No heartburn problem yesterday. Gone all day, ate 1 everything bagel w/cream chz, 3/4 peanut buster parfait, no peanuts, 2/3 chicken from costco. No heartburn today.
04/22 [234md]
Ok, what I had today, was honest to GOD, horrible heartburn with a huge headache on top, and probably dehydration on top of that. I felt soooo miserable, that I can't stand it. I made an appointment with Fitzpatrick tomorrow in Eugene to get a slight unfill. This is horrible. I was finally able to eat sloooowly 1/4c pasta, some goldfish and finally felt fine. I just drank some water (1.5hrs after food) and am starting to feel the heartburn. UUUGGHHH, I can't wait for tomorrow!
04/24 [233]
WWAAAHOOOO! My unfill went soooo great! She didn't numb me at all! She just stuck the huge needle in! The numbing stuff usually hurts waay more usually! She took 0.25cc out and I feel like I'm in heaven!!!! I was able to drink 3 cups of water in about 5 minutes, I was soooo thirsty! I am now eating a LeanCuisine Panini and doing it using bandster methods, nothing is getting stuck! Nothing is refluxing! Nothing is heartburning! OMG, I am so HAPPY!! Hallelujah! Will keep updating on the unfill from heaven. Oh, apparently the reason I my knee is hurting so bad is because I have patellofemoral pain syndrome. I will be starting physical therapy. The reason my pain usually went away after water aerobics is because that is excellent therapy for it! I am restricted from any aerobic machines until this is healed. I ate a small slice of orange and apple and them immediately drank a huge gulp of water and... slight pressure, gone in a couple seconds. Yay!!
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Barb H. commented on 4/25/08 10:29 am
