Guest guest Posted June 8, 2000 Report Share Posted June 8, 2000 , I think I have a larger stomach. bummer. How is s losing? yes with all our fat we can live with the little food we eat. I need to get out of the house and back to work out in the field, I am drinking, eating as soon as some more will fit in. I think it is because im sad, these wild hormones? It was so much fun meeting you two. are you coming to the picnic in September? I hope so it will be fun! Please let me know when you are having your surgery. Did go home early I did not see him at clinic to get his staples out. You do not have the biggest butt! you are to funny. oops my honey is coming i better go..lol Take care Trish Lanman MGB 6/01/2000 start weight 242 on surgery date 212 as of 6/8/2000 205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2000 Report Share Posted June 9, 2000 > Hello everyone, > My husband, , had his MGB last week with many of you > wonderful ladies that post often to this amazing list. Hello Flo, > Trish, Toni, , Francine and Lori. You all continue to be in my > thoughts and I hope all is well. I so enjoy reading your updates to > the list! is doing really well, yet I worry that he is not > eating enough. Can a 1/2 cup of yogurt, soup broth, and juice really > sustain you over the course of the day? Sure, the first week. By the second week, you start getting a little actual hunger now and then, or tired from not getting enough protein/potassium, so by the third week, you're ready for a little more. V-8 the second week, along with better soups (with some veggies) helps. Yogourt has protein and more calories, too. Fruit juices are usually pretty high calorie. Believe it or not, we all start out well-nourished and a complete week-long fast wouldn't likely phase most of us. I did a two week fast before (lost whoopie, 13 pounds) and it didn't bother me. I was, um, er, " well-nourished, " in the medical jargon. Today was the end of week three for me. I don't want nearly as much as I used to. It's amazing. I kept a snack-sized bag (the small, lunch-type) of pretzels for four days and never did eat them all. Now that would have been a total impossibility three weeks and one day ago. I am still having to deal with " head hunger, " though -- that drive that makes me open the fridge and look in every time I pass it. So I've bought a lot of nothing foods -- sugar-free jello, sugar-free popsicles, garlic dill and dill pickles, salad and fat-free salad dressing, carrots. I chomp on one of those when the head-hunger gives me trouble. As a result, I'm staying uncomfortably full a lot, and that, in turn, is making me lose the head-hunger. Yippee!!! I'm using dietwatch.com to keep track of what I'm actually eating and what the calorie content comes up to each day. The first week, I had trouble getting in 350 calories a day. Now, I'm actually having a little trouble keeping it under 600 calories (which is where I want it for now). I'm not having much trouble getting my protein requirements or potassium, because I'm eating shrimp (high protein) and spicey V-8 (high potassium). > Remember, I'm still on the > other side where a 1/2 cup of Ben and Jerry's ice cream seem like a > toddler size serving! Doesn't even sound good to me now, at all, and I was an ice cream addict. >I wish that I had gone first, so that I could > experience firsthand how the new tummy actually feels and how quickly > it gets full. I'm making progress on my packet to send to Dr. R. and > am hoping for a date in late July or August. Oh, and count me in on > the big butt pageant! I'm sure that's a contest I could definately > win! SIS!!!! There's FOUR of us? Of course, our mother had those " good birthing hips! " I should have thought of that! Quadruplet butt sisters! Reunited at last! > , MGB pre-op, no longer needing to cook for , 8 days > post-op. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2000 Report Share Posted June 9, 2000 > Hello everyone, > My husband, , had his MGB last week with many of you > wonderful ladies that post often to this amazing list. Hello Flo, > Trish, Toni, , Francine and Lori. You all continue to be in my > thoughts and I hope all is well. I so enjoy reading your updates to > the list! is doing really well, yet I worry that he is not > eating enough. Can a 1/2 cup of yogurt, soup broth, and juice really > sustain you over the course of the day? Sure, the first week. By the second week, you start getting a little actual hunger now and then, or tired from not getting enough protein/potassium, so by the third week, you're ready for a little more. V-8 the second week, along with better soups (with some veggies) helps. Yogourt has protein and more calories, too. Fruit juices are usually pretty high calorie. Believe it or not, we all start out well-nourished and a complete week-long fast wouldn't likely phase most of us. I did a two week fast before (lost whoopie, 13 pounds) and it didn't bother me. I was, um, er, " well-nourished, " in the medical jargon. Today was the end of week three for me. I don't want nearly as much as I used to. It's amazing. I kept a snack-sized bag (the small, lunch-type) of pretzels for four days and never did eat them all. Now that would have been a total impossibility three weeks and one day ago. I am still having to deal with " head hunger, " though -- that drive that makes me open the fridge and look in every time I pass it. So I've bought a lot of nothing foods -- sugar-free jello, sugar-free popsicles, garlic dill and dill pickles, salad and fat-free salad dressing, carrots. I chomp on one of those when the head-hunger gives me trouble. As a result, I'm staying uncomfortably full a lot, and that, in turn, is making me lose the head-hunger. Yippee!!! I'm using dietwatch.com to keep track of what I'm actually eating and what the calorie content comes up to each day. The first week, I had trouble getting in 350 calories a day. Now, I'm actually having a little trouble keeping it under 600 calories (which is where I want it for now). I'm not having much trouble getting my protein requirements or potassium, because I'm eating shrimp (high protein) and spicey V-8 (high potassium). > Remember, I'm still on the > other side where a 1/2 cup of Ben and Jerry's ice cream seem like a > toddler size serving! Doesn't even sound good to me now, at all, and I was an ice cream addict. >I wish that I had gone first, so that I could > experience firsthand how the new tummy actually feels and how quickly > it gets full. I'm making progress on my packet to send to Dr. R. and > am hoping for a date in late July or August. Oh, and count me in on > the big butt pageant! I'm sure that's a contest I could definately > win! SIS!!!! There's FOUR of us? Of course, our mother had those " good birthing hips! " I should have thought of that! Quadruplet butt sisters! Reunited at last! > , MGB pre-op, no longer needing to cook for , 8 days > post-op. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2000 Report Share Posted June 9, 2000 > Hello everyone, > My husband, , had his MGB last week with many of you > wonderful ladies that post often to this amazing list. Hello Flo, > Trish, Toni, , Francine and Lori. You all continue to be in my > thoughts and I hope all is well. I so enjoy reading your updates to > the list! is doing really well, yet I worry that he is not > eating enough. Can a 1/2 cup of yogurt, soup broth, and juice really > sustain you over the course of the day? Sure, the first week. By the second week, you start getting a little actual hunger now and then, or tired from not getting enough protein/potassium, so by the third week, you're ready for a little more. V-8 the second week, along with better soups (with some veggies) helps. Yogourt has protein and more calories, too. Fruit juices are usually pretty high calorie. Believe it or not, we all start out well-nourished and a complete week-long fast wouldn't likely phase most of us. I did a two week fast before (lost whoopie, 13 pounds) and it didn't bother me. I was, um, er, " well-nourished, " in the medical jargon. Today was the end of week three for me. I don't want nearly as much as I used to. It's amazing. I kept a snack-sized bag (the small, lunch-type) of pretzels for four days and never did eat them all. Now that would have been a total impossibility three weeks and one day ago. I am still having to deal with " head hunger, " though -- that drive that makes me open the fridge and look in every time I pass it. So I've bought a lot of nothing foods -- sugar-free jello, sugar-free popsicles, garlic dill and dill pickles, salad and fat-free salad dressing, carrots. I chomp on one of those when the head-hunger gives me trouble. As a result, I'm staying uncomfortably full a lot, and that, in turn, is making me lose the head-hunger. Yippee!!! I'm using dietwatch.com to keep track of what I'm actually eating and what the calorie content comes up to each day. The first week, I had trouble getting in 350 calories a day. Now, I'm actually having a little trouble keeping it under 600 calories (which is where I want it for now). I'm not having much trouble getting my protein requirements or potassium, because I'm eating shrimp (high protein) and spicey V-8 (high potassium). > Remember, I'm still on the > other side where a 1/2 cup of Ben and Jerry's ice cream seem like a > toddler size serving! Doesn't even sound good to me now, at all, and I was an ice cream addict. >I wish that I had gone first, so that I could > experience firsthand how the new tummy actually feels and how quickly > it gets full. I'm making progress on my packet to send to Dr. R. and > am hoping for a date in late July or August. Oh, and count me in on > the big butt pageant! I'm sure that's a contest I could definately > win! SIS!!!! There's FOUR of us? Of course, our mother had those " good birthing hips! " I should have thought of that! Quadruplet butt sisters! Reunited at last! > , MGB pre-op, no longer needing to cook for , 8 days > post-op. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2000 Report Share Posted June 9, 2000 Hey , a 1/2 cup is good! I too was concerned and wrote to the lest. Overwhelmingly, the answers I got were that many people can only eat that and less in the very beginning and that after a few weeks that will change to a slightly larger capacity. I'm to the point where I need to plan a shopping trip for the supplements. Has got that planned out yet? You DO NOT even dare enter the big butt contest! You cannot win. You're not even a contender. Email me privately if you would . I'd like to know what made you make your final decision. My daughter had decided to do it too. Flo in land Trying to feed >Hello everyone, > My husband, , had his MGB last week with many of you >wonderful ladies that post often to this amazing list. Hello Flo, >Trish, Toni, , Francine and Lori. You all continue to be in my >thoughts and I hope all is well. I so enjoy reading your updates to >the list! is doing really well, yet I worry that he is not >eating enough. Can a 1/2 cup of yogurt, soup broth, and juice really >sustain you over the course of the day? Remember, I'm still on the >other side where a 1/2 cup of Ben and Jerry's ice cream seem like a >toddler size serving! I wish that I had gone first, so that I could >experience firsthand how the new tummy actually feels and how quickly >it gets full. I'm making progress on my packet to send to Dr. R. and >am hoping for a date in late July or August. Oh, and count me in on >the big butt pageant! I'm sure that's a contest I could definately >win! > , MGB pre-op, no longer needing to cook for , 8 days >post-op. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Click here for a chance to win airfare to Vegas for you and 20 friends, >$15,000 and a suite at Bellagio for New Year's from Expedia.com. Or >win 2 roundtrip tickets anywhere in the U.S. given away daily. >http://click.egroups.com/1/5296/2/_/453517/_/960522687/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com >Please visit our web site at http://clos.net >Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2000 Report Share Posted June 9, 2000 --- Hi it's great to hear from you and to know is doing well. It must be bizarre to watch a loved one eat so little. I don't blame you for worrying, but do not fear. Believe it or not a 1/2 cup of yogurt is quite filling, but he should at least eat one container over the course of a day. It's important to get protein so your body doesn't devour muscle tissue for fuel. I'm starting the whey protein supplement soon. I mixed it with yogurt and gagged, so I'm trying to figure out another method of eating it. Being a choca-holic I bought the choc. flavored whey which leaves few options to mix it with. Sometimes I need to chew and I'm flavor starved so I bought some Nabisco Air Crisp crackers, they're low fat, low sugar and after eating about 5 of them I'm content. After you have the surgery what are you and going to spend all that unused grocery money on? Good wishhes Toni Lieb MBG 5/31/00 pre-op 296 Today 285 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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