Post-Op: Week 10- "Things I've Learned"

Jul 27, 2009

A month ago I received the first fill to my Band. It was 5ml and the largest one my surgeon performs. Below are things I have learned about eating with the Band and am dealing with on this journey.

I cannot eat any of the following:

-White Meat Chicken (sliming & pb-too dry and too fibrous)
-Bread (sliming & pb-too gluey)
-Rice (sliming & pb-too sticky)
-Whole Beef (sliming & pb-too fibrous)
-Pork Chops (sliming & pb-too dry)
-Dairy with Lactose (serious indigestion & gas)
-Prawns (sliming & pb-too fibrous)
-Fish without sauce (sliming & pb-too dry)


I have discovered the following: 

-Sauce is necessary. Period. Sauce is the lubricant that makes protein soft enough to slide through the band. Saliva just isn't enough.
-If I don't focus on eating when I am eating (every time!) I will eat too fast and end up sliming and throwing up.
-Sometimes, you just need a salad because it is easier.
-Plain soy milk makes a perfectly decent latte.
-Ground protein (chicken, beef, turkey) goes down waaaaay easier.
-Soy Crisps work to satisfy the cracker/chip crunchy cravings and they have protein.
-When I am over-tired my port rubs my abdominal wall and it hurts.
-In a pinch, add mayo. Chicken salad, tuna salad, salmon salad, egg salad..they all go down easier than the protein alone.  

I am happy to report:

-I have lost 36 pounds since surgery. (An average of 3.6 pounds/week)
-I have lost 44 pounds since I chose WLS. I am over 1/3 of the way to my goal!
-I am down two pant sizes since surgery. (Was a size 20, now a size 16)
-My joint pain is almost completely gone. It no longer hurts to walk.

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