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Peeling Off the Layers
 

Grrr

Ok, so I've had my first "Grrr" moment today.... I was sitting with my manager at work and I mentioned that I am starting my pre op diet tomorrow. She already knows that I am having the surgery due to the fact that I needed her approval for time off etc. So anyways, her response after a couple questions about the surgery was "You better not be eating chocolate; otherwise I may have to say something" Which, Ok, fine, please do say something but last time I checked, this is MY journey. I don't see her policing every other person on the team that may be on a diet   Anyway - just had to rant. My first experience with people criticizing my every bite.
BikiniBodby30

BikiniBodby30

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chunkychic30's Blog
 

Still Waiting.....

I know some of you mitte have seen my previous post on forums just thought i would rant and rave a little. I am 6 weeks post op and am doing everything as instructed by my doctors. I lost 20lbs first 2 weeks of surgery the last 4 weeks i have been at a complete stall well not stall cause i have managed to gain 6 lbs back wth!!. I have heard about the dreaded 3 week stall but this has been going on for 4 weeks, i contacted the doctors office and they could not explain why i havent lost. i take to protein as i am suppose to , eat protein first keep in mind i am still only getting about 500 calories a day, I excerice daily .The doc said even a weeks worth of food doesnt add to a pound. I really was hoping to have lost 25-30 lbs by now amd i have a BMI of 54 so i have alot more to lose. i lost 73 lbs on my own pre surgery . Has anyone heard of this ? well i am hoping that next week gets better. I only weight weekly , fingers crossed i can get threw this. I am trying to up calories as instructed by doc to 800. I love hearing people success stories just it seems like i am waiting on my own.......
chunkychic30

chunkychic30

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mahalkita's Blog
 

Anyone Had Improved Back Pain Since Surgery?

I am debating a sleeve...one main reason is I have had 2 previous lumbar fusions and am facing having a 3rd level fused. I have chronic back pain...and take pain meds uite a bit. Has anyone had previous fusions or severe chronic back pain that has improved since getting a sleeve and losing weight. I have three small kids to chase after and zero energy along with difficulty moving. I am 39 , 5ft4in, and weigh 215.... which is new to me I've put on 20 pounds since march. I could use some help, advice, or info. I've had a consultation, the surgeon said he would not talk me out of having it. Anyway, anyone's thoughts or experience would be apreciated.
mahalkita

mahalkita

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Lisa Curry's Blog
 

Surgery In 19 Days

I am a married mother of 4. My children s' ages 14, 13, 5, and 3. I am currently out of work due to back problems stemming from my weight. I always wondered how people got so fat that they can walk, well now I know..lol...I   was so excited in March then my insurance denied the Auth so I got depressed and ate probably gaining another 20 lbs. But now I finally got the Authorization and scheduled for June 25th. I am so excited!!   So since my Surgery is so close I am will be beginning my pre op diet on Monday. Since I heard the news I have been eating like I'm going to the electric chair. Anyway, this weekend I will go food shopping for the pre-op diet.   it's not a bad diet just a regular low-fat cottage cheese, tuna, chicken breast, fat free milk kind of diet. You know the diet we have all been on at least once in our life. I'm going to prepare my food this weekend thinking   about putting each meal in a zip loc gallon bag and just pull it out when its time to eat. I really suck at pre planning my food and eating low fat with small portions (Hence the weight problem) But I figured it will be a good   practice tool for a new lifestyle which I have to adapt too. Well I will let you know how it all works out. Good Luck to Me
Lisa Curry

Lisa Curry

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sissy12's Blog
 

Two Weeks Away

In two weeks I will have my band. I have a list of things to do before, a list of things to take to the surgery center, but it just doesn't seem real at all yet, it hasn't hit me or something.   I will hear from the nurse next Friday, other than that I am on my own...meaning I won't see the Doctor until I get prepped, and he's ready to play ball!   I don't know how I feel, maybe I don't feel much of anything right now. I'm excited yes, but other than that I am kind of numb.   I'm sure next week will be different...we'll see.
sissy12

sissy12

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desertmom's Blog
 

Acid

last night I forgot to take my nexium.at 5 I woke up with severe burning in my throat.I took the nexium but had severe stomach ache all day long.   Now I've been wondering.My dr said that the stomach will adjust the amount of acid over time.But how can it while I am taking a PPI in the morning and in the evening?It blocks acid formation,doesnt it?   Some other dr's patient dont take a PPI automatically from the beginning and a lot of them dont have the acid issues at all.   At the moment with the threat about senseless questions going so furiously I am to scared to aks any questions really...lol   Will try to research this or ask on obesityhelp.   xxxo
desertmom

desertmom

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MV ROCKS' Blog
 

Wow

Well I haven't blogged in awhile. I really got away from it for some reason but I'm back and ready to go. I have been on a steady losing path thanks to re committing myself to the lap band lifestyle. I even told my husband last night that I could have probably been at goal weight if I would have done this a long time ago. How stupid was I. I wasn't eating horrible but just enough to stay at the same weight. I just though I was destined to be at this weight forever. I'm getting close to 167 which will be a milestone because I have not been under that since surgery and I'm only 6 pounds away. Vacation is in a few days but I'm going to stick to my plan because I'm on a mission.
mmv671

mmv671

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Dazeylover's Blog
 

Day 1

Hi all,   today is day one of my new life. I have two weeks of optifast, an endoscopy on Friday this week then surgery on the 20th of June   I'm excited. I feel very lucky to have this opportunity. My BMI is 36. Any other Adelaide future lap banders out there??
Dazeylover

Dazeylover

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Mo's Awesome Recipes
 

New Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome Shepards Pie

I just came back home from a huge conference. I was ever so tired. Mom was bugging me about dinner. Sisters were bugging me about dinner. The dog was bugging me about dinner. I swore, my neighbors were bugging me about dinner as well......So I was like "Screw it....Let me make something quick, so these people can shut up" (Talk about family dynamics) So I decided to make an awesome healthy shepherd's pie.The meal serves 6.   What you need.   5 large Sweet Potatoes (or Large Eastern Potatoes) 1 Green onion. 1 sweet red pepper 1.5 cup of frozen peas 1 medium carrot one corn on cob 1.5 lb of ground chicken breast (less than 1 percent fat) tsp of olive oil pinch of sea salt pinch of crushed black pepper .5 cup of fat free milk   Prep less than 10 minutes   1.Peel potatoes, and cut them in slices 2.Shave, and dice carrots. 3.Thaw peas 4.Chop onion 5. Slice the corn off the cob   Cook   1a. place sweet potatoes(or potato) into a pot of boiling water, wait till the potatoes soften, 1b. Take Ground Chicken, and place it in the pan 2. Cook under medium heat, using the spoon to break the ground chicken. 3. Pour Olive Oil, sprinkle salt, Pepper, and corn 4. cook until the chicken is light brown.   Potato Prep   1. Drain potatoes, and place them in a bowl (or in a blender) 2. Pour milk onto the potatoes 3. MASH MASH MASH MASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hell Yeah!   More Prep   1. Place peas and carrots into a casserole dish 2. Place chicken on top of the peas and carrots. 3. dice red pepper 4. sprinkle red pepper on top of chicken 5. Place potatoes on top of chicken   Bake   Bake for 15 minutes in 350F     Enjoy   Total time I took- 1 Hour, 3 Minutes
mocaba1987

mocaba1987

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Shelleymb's Blog
 

A Struggle...

Last night, while crunching numbers with Ty, he asked if maybe we should wait until I came home from Japan (May 2013) to have the surgery done instead of at Christmas time, since by then we would have all the money saved up, instead of 10 grand and financing the rest, then paying off the credit card with my per diem from Japan. It only took me a moment to answer, and I knew it wasn't a good idea. If I have to wait for a year to have the surgery done, then I wouldn't get it. I'm already in the wrong mind set now, "why work out when I know that I'll have the band in 6 months?" "No it's ok, we can eat out tonight, in December is when we will get strict with food." I know that I should still be taking the healthier steps in life, but it's growing more difficult to do when I know that the surgery is actually going to happen. I would probably gain a hundred pounds if I waited a year for the surgery.   On the topic of Japan, I have the thought in the back of my head that it might be a bad idea for me to leave a few weeks after getting the surgery. I'm worried Ty won't be able to stay on the strict diet by himself and that he will need some sort of support system close... instead of me being in Japan, face-timing him when we have the chance. I hope that I am just not giving him enough credit and that he will be fine. He just isn't as open about it as I am. I'm addicted to saving money and researching as much as I can, and he thinks I'm being silly. But I know that if I don't do it then it won't get done. Hopefully everything just works out as it should. I'm getting excited about the upcoming seminar in two days, hopefully that will make it more real for Ty and he will get more involved. He likes looking at everyone's Before and After pictures on this site with me, but not reading the forums. (He's more visual then withthe written). Well, these were just some of my thoughts that I had from today. I'm in four days of training, so I have a lot of time with my thoughts.   I'm getting my Nuclear Qualification for work... and if you don't know anything about Nuclear work, I'll tell you right now, it's not as dangerous as one may think.... it's almost boring once you learn how it works. Nothing really special.   Good night LBT.com, I hope everyone finds themselves happy in the morning.   ~Shel
Shelleymb

Shelleymb

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Discordya's Fairytale
 

I'm Having Surgery Sooner Than I Thought!

So if you've been following my posts or my blog at all you'd know that originally I was waiting until I moved to Tennessee sometime around September/October and getting the surgery after that, but now it's not going to be then it's going to be NOW. I mean not literally this second, but since there is a surgeon in the area we feel it might be good that I do it here while I am still living with my mom so she can help if I need it and be there for the surgery, etc. There is a bariatric surgeon in the area and they take financing, too!   I am only worried about the financing in the sense that now he won't be able to be the one who signs for it so there is a possibility I will be denied. I don't think I would be since my credit score is "okay" but I don't know if that's good "enough" for a lending company to want to accept me. It all depends. And if I did get denied, I don't know if they would let my fiancee sign from another state. Does anyone else know?   So tomorrow (although I guess technically today, just after I sleep) I am going to be calling the surgeon's office to ask a few questions and see about setting up a consult date. I'm not sure if they are going to want me to attend the seminar first or not, since I have already done my homework but I'm sure they can't have any trust in that since they do not know me. So I'm not sure if I will be required to do that first or not.   I'm just sooooo excited to get this done, I just wish I had a few hundred dollars extra to throw at my fiancee to come down here for the surgery time. I really want him to but I don't know that he would be able to. I miss him so much.   I'm just overwhelmed and nervous because I've always had the kind of life where I try to do my best to be as nice to people and do nice things, but I don't always get that back at me. I sort of have bad luck a lot and people don't always treat me as good and I have been burned in a lot of aspects of my life. I'm just hoping and praying that this will not be another one of those moments where I am let down. This needs to happen for me, and for my health. I am 27 and have little issues that will only get worse as I get older. I want to stop them now from getting worse and live a young adult life like I haven't been able to fully enjoy. By the time I am 30 I want to be able to wear all of those clothes types that I really wish I could wear that have all the cool designs and features that I've desperately wished I could fit in to.   That could happen for me. And that process could be starting SOON!!!
Failure

Failure

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linlin8899's Blog
 

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Peeling Off the Layers
 

Surgeon Consultation

Today I had the consultation with my surgeon, Dr. Gowen Nirmul. He seems friendly enough and took time to answer my questions thoroughly before our 15 minute time slot was up. I was slightly concerned that the team wanted me to start my pre op diet only 2 weeks before surgery since the guidelines I was given indicated 3 weeks for those that were over 50 BMI. Dr. Nirmul assured me that since I was not very far over the 50 point mark, two weeks would be more than sufficient. Whew!   True Results gave me plenty more reading material along with my Success Kit. As with before, the team is a wealth of information and ever so patient with the multitude of questions that I ask.   Surgery is set for June 21st.   Pre Op diet starts June 7th. One more day of 'normal' food before the two weeks of Hell On Earth   Wish me Luck!
BikiniBodby30

BikiniBodby30

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CAsleeve's Blog
 

A Week Shy Of 5 Months Post-Op....

Man time flies by so fast. I am very happy with where I am at with my weightloss so far. I was down a total of 60lbs at my 4 month post-op appt. My doc is VERY happy with me. The loss has slowed down quite a bit.   I need to get back to basics and make sure I get protein in first. I also need to keep doing 5-6 tiny meals a day rather than 2-3 not as tiny. I know it makes a difference. I've been out of my Premier protein shakes and I need to get some more. They help me tremendously.   I've overdone it by eating a bit too much sometimes and I definitely pay for it - with the feeling of over fullness, belching and throwing up. It is not intentional, but it does happen once in a while.   I'm working out 5-7 days a week and rather intensely - spinning classes, circuit training, yoga, hiking, etc... I actually like to work out.   Great so far! I hope to get off another 20lbs in the next month..or month and a half...then the next 20....   I got a copy of the 'before' photo taken in my docs office....YIKES! I am so glad I got sleeved!!!! I will post before and current photos soon.   One Love.
CAsleeve

CAsleeve

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goal_will_be_met's Blog
 

Keep On Keeping On

This is my first entry on here, I've been on some websites but I am hoping to get the support here. So here goes...I had my surgery Oct 27, 2011...Overall I am pretty happy with my weightloss but I really want more support...Let's face it...just because we had surgery doesn't mean our battle is over. I am doing better and better with food but I have to admit I have days were I just want and want. I don't give in because one...I can't handle bread so its not a bad thing that I can't shovel my face with it. ha! I know this is short but for now I am just going to surf this site and talk with others...Good luck to all!
goal_will_be_met

goal_will_be_met

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CrazyCatLady's Blog
 

Toofiddy

So, it appears that my body was just waiting for some unknown signal from my ovaries that yes, my period was DONE and I was allowed to commence losing weight again. Phew.   Though, it was really bizarre to step on the scale and see a "5" in the second digit. The 250s are a historically hot-button weight for me. I always seem to hinge stuff on the 250 mark...   "I'll buy a swimsuit when I hit 250" "I'll go to the gym when I hit 250 - when I'm heavier, my knees hurt too bad and I can't exercise" .....ad nauseum   So today, I bought a swimsuit. Yes, it's a fluffy lady suit with a skirt...cause that's what I could find, dammit! But it's not bad looking, and it's a size 20, instead of the 26 I had to buy last time (and that made my boobs sag to where they were nearly parallel with my waistline, I kid you not).   Cause eventually, I have to stop being a number and start being a person, even if ignorant teenagers still "mooooo" at me ocassionally. It's all good.
CrazyCatLady

CrazyCatLady

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mylynn1377's Blog
 

Today I Want...bread Preferably Covered In Cheese

All of a sudden I am so freaking hungry when for most of the day I wasn't hungry at all. It started when I went outside with my boys to fix up their slip n slide. I was sitting there and I wasn't feeling well and I thought ok eat a bit of protein and a tiny carb and all will be well. So I did that but did that fix it...nope. Still sitting here obsessing in my head about cheese covered bread of all things. I know I'm not banded yet, but it's so important to me personally to do good on this lifestyle change. And most days I do well, and keep it around 1000 calories, low carb, low fat. Today I wasn't hungry much but I ate a bit to keep the metabolism going and was doing well with that.   Now I ask myself what the trigger is? I'm not stressed, I had a good day, I hung out with my 3 yr old who I have to say is a wonderful boy. My 5 yr old came home from summer school excited to go swimming tomorrow. I set up the freaking slip n slide by myself Hooray!   And then I realized that the only thing different about today was that as soon as I walked in the door my best friend called me. Yup the one that I've already blogged about. The one that I'm having issues with, but find myself in a position where I don't know what to do about her or our friendship. That was my trigger today to eat like a nut job, and make it as fattening as I possibly could.   But I want to say thanks to this forum and all you banded and on the way to be banded. I actually recognized a trigger before I went gung ho with the junk and stuffed it in my face. Now maybe I can talk to my fiancee about it and calm down so that I can eat a normal dinner!
mylynn1377

mylynn1377

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Weighty Wagey's Blog
 

2Nd Fill

I had my 2nd fill today. My Dr was able to do it in the office this time and got it on the first poke. YAY! He put in 1 cc. I can totally feel it this time. Yesterday I was able to jog for 20 minutes straight. I was so stoked. It felt really good. Not much else to say today.
Weighty Wagey

Weighty Wagey

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Jim1967's Blog
 

What You Haven't Lost All The Weight Yet?

Some how practically everyone who knows me know I have had this surgery. It is my own fault as I told so many myself and word of mouth especially around the office travels. Most of my relatives now know thanks to my Mother who loves to gossip. None of this would bother me if it wasn't for the fact I constantly get asked "how much you down", "how much you plan to lose". I even had a former manager ask me "what are you going to do with all the loose skin when you drop all the weight". I felt like tell him I was going to smother him with it....LOL   I had a buddy come into the office and because of travel he hadn't seen me in a couple of weeks and he jokingly said "what you haven't dropped all the weight yet".   I have a fairly thick skin (hehe no pun intended) but this is getting quite tiresome. Not only do I have to deal with my own thoughts of "why is the scale not moving", "Am I getting enough protein", "Am I consuming too many calories", "I thought the weight would drop faster". Now I have to have the constant reminder of it all because I did not keep my damn mouth shut!!   I wish I never told anyone aside from my wife....now in the back of my mind I am afraid of failure. To be known as the fat guy who couldn't lose weight after having weight loss surgery.   Today has been a rough day work-wise and scale-wise. I am a bit down on myself to the point where I gave up on work today to post this and try to adjust my attitude. My attitude just plain sucks today...today is one of those "should have I gotten the bypass instead."   I have my eating in check today just fine but the scale is toying with me again. I was 413 last Friday and today 415. I know it's only 2 pounds but seriously it's going in the wrong direction.   Sorry for the pity poor me story but I would rather post here and get it out rather then take it home to my wife. She deserves better....
Jim1967

Jim1967

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mauraclegg's Blog
 

Body Image, Or Lack Thereof

Okay, I have a horrible body image. I still look at the plus sized clothes when I need something new, WHen I shop online I am drawn to plus size thing. My t-shirts are still XX and above; my sweatpants I still by XL. I just can't see the new me. It doesn't make me eat more, I don't want to be that size again.....   .....yet, I can reconcile what I look like to the world to what I look like to me in the mirror. I have tried tucking shirts in; wearing tighter clothes, telling myself I look good - all to no avail. I just can't see it.   Now it's been 2 years... I don't have a better grasp on self-image than I did before. I will tell you though that I felt I looked pretty good before (until I saw the pics). Now I think I look BAD, even in pics.... lol   I am a hot mess
mauraclegg

mauraclegg

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desertmom's Blog
 

Bored With All This!

Today I weighed 239 and I am happy to keep losing a pound here and there as long as I keep losing.   Things will be a little less hectic from next week and then I might try to go to the gym.   Good things so far.My hip is a lot less painful some days.I still walk like a duck after I've sat down for to long but I definetly have less pain.   I often sleep at least 5 hours before waking up lately and then I will mostly be able to sleep on and off another few hours.This is such a blessing as I have been struggling with sleep for the past few years.   My clothes are much loser fitting now and people have commented that its time to get new ones.Will wait a little longer though as it doesnt make sense to buy one size smaller and then to buy again in a month.   So for now I am not obsessing wirh the scale or with the eating.We've had a house guest for the past few months and I now eat a little of whatever I cook at night.   Another great thing is the fact that I am eating a lot less lately and I am happy with it.I am trying to not snack as much and I do realize that the more often I eat,the more often I want to eat.A head thing I know.   Some days I dont really know how much protein I did but the next day I will make up for it by drinking a shake.   Well,thats me for now.Still waiting for that 5 pound drop over night...lol
desertmom

desertmom

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