AngieB

A few teddy grahams 1 C milk insides to a pot pie pumpkin pie (crustless) with a small scoop of ice cream 2 glasses of home made lemonaid uses organic lemon juice and splenda 1 20 oz vw 1 cup of pot roast and mash taters

Hey there Janice - It really depends on where you go. If you are going to a provider who utilizes floro or not. Where I go, they use floro. It's a major hospital, so for the fill, I go down to radiology. They put me on a table that can stand all the way up. They put the floro machine or the x ray part over my tummy so the surgeon can see my port. Before they do the fill, they check out my esophogus, and stoma to make sure it looks right and is not disended or stretched. I do a barium swallow so they can see my restriction level and also to check me out. ( When they have you do the swallow, the table is up right, so you are nearly standing.) Then they insert a special needle called a huber needle into my stomach. This is a tiny pinch and mostly pressure. They have to make sure the needle is in the port. This feels weird. They put some saline in the band and tip you up to a near standing position to do a barium swallow. You can see the barium going down you into stoma and flow into your stomach. This I am told should take no more than 17 seconds to flow threw. They adjust the level by the way the barium flows threw. It's cool, quick and really painless. It is weird to be upright with the needle still in, but by no means does it hurt. I will say the needle is a larger one. So if you have a fear of the needle don't watch. The stomach is a great place to get poked, it is not super sensitive. It's a pretty neat process. I like watching every step of the way. Some places will put a topical on to numb the area. They don't where I go and personally I don't see the need for it. I do not fear needles and it is pretty cool! Hope this helps!

Until you feel restriction, you can eat most foods including rice.

OH BOY! I really have moments when the scale calls my name.....I can hear it.....Aaannngiieeee......Annnnggggieeeeee. Ah! When did my scale learn to say my name.....???? Did I make this challenge to hard? Once a week.....Omgoodness! I can do this right.....why is it so important for me to compulsively weigh myself. I wish I could understand why I have such a fierce driving force inside. Does it help me to see my weight everyday? Do I actually benefit from the daily ups and downs.....NO! No I do not. It has been providing me with a justification to have extra morsels of food here and there. I am up to this challenge! This is a reasonable goal. Ah self talk..... I think I can ...I think I can....I think I can be SUCCESSFUL! Another day! I made it another day! I love my inner strength! Anyone else struggling??? Oh the scale woochie in me really wants to emerge!

Suzannej - that is the beauty of this band. You can fill it up, unfill it, start, or stop whenever you wish. Sounds like you need a fill, it is not to late. Make sure you live by the banster rules and anything is possible! Don't drink with meals Protein first, then veggie and/or fruits 3 meals a day Get moving Drink 8 glasses of water a day. Hope this helps, I am sure others will chime in as well! Good luck and stick around, there is great support here!

B - coffee w/ ff creamer protein bar L - Chicken with SBR BBQ dry cereal VW - 20 oz

Glad you can join in Denise. It is hard. I make light of it by joking, but speaking honestly I have struggled with giving up the scale. The funny thing about it is, if I live by my mind set, which is; I am not entered in a race, I've had WLS and the weight will come off, I am dedicated to living the bandster lifestyle, and slow and steady wins the race. This should be a change that fits these belief statements. I was sharing with Carrie that I feel the inches changing. That feeling alone makes me want to run to the scale and see if I can visualize the feeling I have. The pay off will be great with weighing once a week, I believe this to be true. My scale goes up and down, much like the tide. So it is better for me if I don't see those tide changes and focus on ONE DAY! LOL I love your pictures Denise. You look so fabulous! Oh and my husband has the Droid and LOVES IT! I told him about the downloads you recommended and he thinks those are good too. I am keeping my Storm for now, I was going to upgrade, but decided to get a laptop instead. There is no comparison between the two. The Droid blows the BlackBerry away! LOL

LOL I am glad you are finding humor in my humor. Oh and if you would have sprayed coffee all over it would have been a good excuse to clean off the computer screen! hee hee hee I am so thankful we can all make each other laugh and have fun! Life is to be enjoyed with friends!

Carrie = OMGosh you could have called or txted. You know we wake up and then get the rooster up so he can crow! LOL I will say this - the mornings ARE the more difficult of the two times for me. *NEW FLASH* GROUND BREAKING* Last night I felt some relief from my scare whorish ways! Yes, I did not have to fight the urge one bit! Oh, and Carrie I am so with you. I feel like this next Wednesday I am going to have a kicking butt weigh in. I haven't felt that oh my gosh I am skinny in the morning feeling, but I have the I am loosing inches feeling girl! Oh how I love either of those two feelings! Gonna strut my stuff this morning and lookin in the mirror - NAKED AS A JAY BIRD! lol It's amazing to me how much time I spend looking my transforming body over, given before I took charge and got the lap band I was barely looking at myself in the mirror at all. Amazing I even put my make-up on worth a hoot! Now, I am loving myself and taking some good lookie loos. OH AND NOT JUST NAKED! (had to add that in there) I love you guys! Hope you all made it by the scale monster this morning! Good job Carrie! Waiting Till Wed to Weigh In will pay off! Hang in there! We can do this! If you have slipped, it's okay, we have plenty more days to get up and try again!

Shelby - Your hard work has paid off. I am very proud of you. Looking good girly!

When you proclaim yourself a scale whore....and have to challenge yourself to say off of it and ask for help!

Hey there! I remember you said you are drinking slim fast. You may want to consider a shake with a higher protein content. The shakes I drink have something like 30 grams of protein. That will help with the hunger. Also will Dr. Miranda allow you to have a green salad??? That might help too. Fat free dressing. Chew some gum....that will help ease the lack of chewing and curb hunger. Are you taking chewable fiber??? Chromium?

Hi my name is Angie, and I am a scale whore! I am not sure how it happened, I woke up one day and realize I had a problem. All I wanted to do was go to the bathroom and weigh myself. I knew it was bad when I started eating in the bathroom and sleeping in the tub! Ha! Totally kidding here! Glad you could join us!

Janice - I have to say that not weighing myself makes me feel out of control. Ugh! I really do love my scale and this break up is BAD! LOL Suz - when I read six more days I was like ohhh only 6 more days *insert scarcastic tone here* Ugh! Then I remembered....I get to weigh in on Monday! On the heavy scale, but still.....oh I am so sad...really. My honesty makes my dysfunctioninal ways glare at me.... I am sooo glad you all are doing this with me.

Coffee with FF creamer protein cereal protein bar a mini cheese cake VW - 20 oz

Debbie - I completely understand. Oh, not only do I pee first, I then strip off my nightgown as well. I am a believer in weighing in the buff! Ha! Not all to certain about my decision, but I did not take the scale out of the bathroom. It was hard not to fall on it by accident.....hee hee hee, but it was do-able... I am wondering if I am self torturing myself by leaving it there to taughnt me.....Ah, I will be so happy when I gain some momentum with the anti scale whore. Nurses like you make the world we live in a better, healthier place! Save on woman! Save on!

I brough several bags of Kay's Naturals foods They had a sale and a good sample package so I bought some goodies. When I focus on protein, I am finding more and more that I want something with a crunch. Now, I didn't realize I was a "cruchy" type of food eater. Before now, I have not been big into chips or foods that offered that crunch. Most of the proteins' I eat now are soft, chewy or meaty. That completely leaves out the crunch. So on the search I went. This morning I had a bag of Honey Almond Protein cereal. When I opened the bag and poured some out, my first reaction was that the pieces looked airy. Taste was good for a protein cereal. Over all good taste for the nutrition facts. Provides me with crunch, protein, low calories, so it's a winner in my book. Here is the link to Kay's website. http://www.kaysnaturals.com/ Have a crunchy good day!

It's Thursday and ........ugh! I wanted to weigh myself. I did right by me and did not step on the scale.....boy did I ever want to! Glad you guys are in this with me....gives me the positive pressure I needed. Disappointing myself, not so hard to do....all of you give me strength! Now how are you all doing.....am I the only one fighting the scale urge?? Temptation is a strong force....are you doing okay. Can I do anything to help you make this goal? Let me know....I am here for you like you are here for me! Gotcha back sista girl! Love ya all! Angie