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Blog 78347
 

Head hunger not stomach hunger

Need support and advise on how to handle this so call "HEAD HUNGER".:eek: I remember so many times when my band was tight and then I had an unfill so I could eat and drink water again. Well from starving to eating was bad enough for me. Then I remember eating after eating knowing I was not hungry. I think I need to begin focusing on what I believe to be possible underlying issues. I believe some of my issues are overwhelmed with life in general (such as working, paying bills, blessed with a 9 year old son who is involved in sports, yard work, landry, etc), bordom-no time to take care of me, wanting to eat fast foods like skinny people which they eat a couple of bites and then they are full, tired of being alone, etc. I am trying to start over beginning this week and move forward. I have never had a steady support group and have tried to do it all on my own over and over again. Well this week I have recently started to get more involved with this web site because I realize I need all the support I can get!! I feel better just getting it all out. WOW who knew! LOL :w00t: I am still 45 lbs lighter than 2006 but want to loose 45 more pounds!
SylviaM

SylviaM

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Blog 59856
 

Lapband blues...

so on april 13th 2010 will my a year since I've been banded. Today I went for my annual esophagram... the band is nicely in place, however my esophagus is irritated with ulcers due to my habit of regurgitation.. :-( my surgeon prescribed me meds and she said it will clear up if Im consistent with the meds for one month. Plus I gained 1 pound since last visit a month ago. This was not a good appointment, I happy for the meds because I feel pain in my throat. and she said that I will def feel better. I feel like Im letting myself down on this journey...I wanna take control again. I feel part of my problems are b/c I feel I can eat like a normal person again (which I never ate normal, I always OVER ATE) I feel that I can binge eat on the things I love, knowing very well they aren't going to stay down! this is so upsetting. Today, Im starting a new path to getting back on track the only reason I only gained 1 pound is because I workout like a maniac! I got back in one month, I wanna show her that I can control myself. She wouldn't tighten the band today either, which made me annoyed.... I needed her to so that I could lose more weight, but since I had this problem she wouldn't, which is completely understandable. oh well...Im gonna write back in one month...   thanks for reading
IsabellaP84

IsabellaP84

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Blog 87939
 

Medifast Day 1

Today is the first day of Medifast. I have had 3 meals so far. Im not sure you could call them 'meals' It is almost 4 and I have a headache and I am really tired. I am probably going through withdrawl. It is about 80 degrees outside so I think I am going to take a nap under my open window. 13 more days to go. I was told it all gets better by the 3rd day. I am crossing my fingers.
JaxieGirl

JaxieGirl

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Blog 76207
 

2nd fill today

Had my doctor appointment today and wasn't sure if I wanted another fill. I do show restriction but I've also noticed that I'm eating more than I did after having the surgery. However I've also experienced a few times where I have thrown up because something has gotten stuck, so... doc and I agreed to just do a "little" fill.
season4change

season4change

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The Sweet Spot
 

4/1/10 Happy Bandiversary Bunnies!

WOW what a year we've all had! Can you believe this is our Bandiversary month already?   Remember all the nightmares of insurance approval, and no sleep the night before LB surgery because we were so excited; It was almost heaven taking that first shower after surgery! We had some work to do, learning how not to be a couch potato anymore. Then we had to learn how to eat right. and prepare healthy food; but pretty soon we were losing weight and had to buy new clothes; Sure there were a few unpleasent changes, like bathroom schedules; but also nice ones, like being able to wear a bathing suit again; Happy Bandiversary Bunnies! It's going to be one wild party; and watch out for all the candy at Easter!
Band_Groupie

Band_Groupie

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Blog 88982
 

A lifetime ago...

It's April 01st 2010, Fool's Day. Seems like a good day to start recording what life was like, what's going to happen and beyond. Knowing what i know about myself, i think it a good idea to write as much down as possible so that i can look back and remember, if per chance i forget where i am right now and where i want to be... after my scheduled lap-band surgery on June 21st 2010.   The 7th of March, the day i decided to take the step and have a lap-band inserted, was just a little over 3 weeks ago, but it seems like a lifetime. So much has happened since then... but that's another story for tomorrow.
Serenidee

Serenidee

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Blog 85870
 

Banded-day 4

Just a quick update. Today is day 4 and the pain is noticably less. I was able to sleep alot better and longer without waking up from pain from the insicions. This is what I am doing: Taking multiple deep breaths to open up my lungs. I was told this would also help with gas pains??? I am also walking laps around my house whenever I can. As a result, I have had NO gas pains at all. I also jumped on the scale this morning and I am down to 208! That is a 3 pound loss since Monday. I am on clear liquids until tomorrow. Then I can add in 3 protein shakes a day until my dietician appointment on April 9th. I am not hungry at all and the fluid is satisfying. Shocking. I know it wont last long. So, taking deep breaths, walking alot and getting in enough fluids had really made this process easier than expected. I just can't wait to add in protein now!
Jilly29

Jilly29

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Blog 88043
 

My first fill

I have waited in anticipation for the day of my first fill. It was not a bee sting, it really hurt but I can take it! I layed down on the table and the nurse searched for the port in my belly button. Then she took out this needle and one, two, three ouch! I felt the saline going in, it was a weird sensation. I had no problem drinking water after that. I then went to dinner, had chicken breast, mashed potatoes and grilled veggies. I ate enough to feel satisfied. Overall it was okay. They say you should go 4 to 6 hours without hunger and for the most part that was true for me. I will test this out and see if I need another adjustment. We will see
Cmor2k

Cmor2k

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tImE fOr a cHaNgE
 

Good Girl Gone Bad...

In 2008 I embarked on a journey to change my life for the better, or so I thought. At 96kg I decided to have gastric banding surgery. I had been 'big boned' my entire life and first visited the dietician when I was 12 years old. Then along came my children and 'life' and up went my weight. At my heaviest I was 110kg. I wanted to do this surgery for me. To make myself a better person, in my eyes. Instead of losing weight with the band I actually gained weight! In January 2010 I had the band removed and I weighed 101kg. With the band in I had recurrent pneumonia and never really felt well. Having the band removed was one of the best decisions I ever made. My next best decision was to have the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy...My surgeon insisted on waiting at least 10 weeks for my stomach swelling to reduce before he would perform the VSG surgery. On 23rd March I was sleeved :scared0: I was prepared for a LOT of pain. The pain of having my band removed was excruciating so I was prepared for the worst. To my surprise there was no comparison. I didn't feel any pain. Not even gas pain. What I did have though was awful nausea. It was 3 days before I was able to hold the tiniest sip of fluid down. Day four was a turn around day for me. I felt really good and was holding fluids down so on day five I was able to go home. I still had my drainage bag in which had to remain for a further five days.The hospital have used the wrong tape and wound patches on my skin! I wore a special red allergy bracelet. Arggghhhh!!! The patches have burnt my skin and when I took them off they took my skin off with them. Not happy!!! I have no internal pain or pain where my sutures are. Instead I have weeping sore without skin!The past few days have flown by! I am at home and drinking all of my fluids. Well as much as possible anyway. It's day 8 today. Everything was going fine until my four year old decided to climb across my tummy to cuddle me while I was laying on the bed. When she did this she pulled my drainage tube. Now it's sooo sore. I've gone from being pain free to very sore :sneaky2:Today is Day 9. My drainage tube site was very badly infected when I woke up this morning. I can hardly move or even stand upright. It's agony. I was awake all night. I'm off to see my surgeon this morning. I'm dreading it because I know he will want to remove the bag and wow it's going to hurt like a bugger!
Smelly Melly

Smelly Melly

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Blog 70748
 

Band Fills

So Friday will be my third band fill. I'm apprehensive about the appointment because I know I haven't really lost any weight since my last visit a few months ago and I'm afraid they might be a little upset. This is where the hard work starts, well more like where it continues. My goal this week over spring break was really to get back into my exercise habits because I genuinely feel so much better when I'm on track. Also I think the time is here to deal with the severely crippling depression that I've been having. Unfortunately I'm almost too good at analyzing myself and knowing exactly what the problem is. I'm pretty sure that I've been so angry at God that I've been avoiding him. It's not so much that we have a disconnect but more a lack of connecting. It's not really his fault because I know that he's always there and still tries to talk to me in that voice that sounds like mine in words that I would totally use. Like this morning when he said, "how is me giving you the desires of your heart mean? Why, because it doesn't look like you want it to? Who's fault is that?" This is the kind of thing he frequently points out to me at the height of my anger. Luckily he can take it. Through this whole Lent season I feel that the Lord has really shown me a lot of tough things about myself that I don't think I really wanted to see and wasn't ready to see. It's a whole lot easier to point out the flaws in other people and know that I don't have that problem than it is to look inward. But this great sadness that I've been feeling for months hasn't gone away with any of the usual tactics that I use. Yesterday at work I just felt completely devastated, as if something horrible was happening to me as waves and waves of sadness swept over me. Where does this sadness come from, why am I so sad? Is it really that I don't like my job and I get tired of talking to sick people? Or is it more the fact that I am just desperately lonely and wish every day that I had someone to come home to at night and that I didn't have to sleep alone? Probably more that I'm desperately lonely. I wish that I could say that it's ok with me that I'm still single and that I'm just at a place where I'm comfortable, but I would be lying to myself and to the entire world if I said that. If only everything was La vie en Rose. That is to say that I wish I was living my life as if looking through rose-colored glasses. I've been feeling as if God has taken every dream of mine and given it to someone else and it's like he's shoving it in my face. So I know that this isn't the most positive of blog topics but as it pertains to my journey of weight loss, the heartache is a big part of it. With all of that going on in my heart and head, i've had a really hard time with sugar. It seems like it's almost impossible for me to stay away from because when I'm lonely and sad, it's the best friend I've ever had and I feel like I need it. I know that this isn't actually true but so often I just give in to the addiction and it's got to stop. Now that I feel the great sadness lifting, I feel like it's a new day. I just want to say that this journey is a lot harder than I ever dreamed it would be. But when I'm at my goal I'll be a much better person for it. God has always been there for me even when I feel like he isn't. I am just praying that after this next fill, that I will be able to feel the restriction again. Cottage cheese phase, here I come.
bluestategirl

bluestategirl

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Blog 89199
 

First consult made

I have made my first consultation with Dr. Enochs. He has come recommended to me by a former preceptor and a co-worker. The former preceptor had a RNY. I am looking to just have gastric banding. I am not ready for something incredibly invasive like RNY nor do I want to loose weight at that pace. Enochs makes me nervous though I have not met him yet. His commercials and office staff make him sound as if he is all about the money although multiple feedback reports state that he is very nice. One of his office assistances state that he is often late for clinic. I hope not! I can't be late for work everytime I have an appointment with him. Looking forward to April 20! I want to meet him and form an entire opinion. It isn't just about one day of surgery but years of follow-through. It is important to choose the right team for life!
muddieguryl

muddieguryl

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Blog 75574
 

Bought a size 12 tonight! Not a 24W anymore! Whoo Hooo!

Yes I am smilin, now in a size 12 (although they are little tight) and it feels so good. I was in a size 24W (packed in) when I started this journey 8 months ago today! I have been at times ready to throw in the towel, but I held on tight! In a few weeks and a few more lbs, I will get into these new clothes with ease! If you are just beginning, or just thinking about having the LapBand and you are unsure, let me tell you, get a positive attitude, don't let anyone talk you out of it, and just get with the program after the surgery and make everyone get out of your way and go for the goal! You will be so glad you did! Lovin my BAND!
janetsjourneytoslim

janetsjourneytoslim

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Blog 73848
 

Surprising Dress Experiment

So, I have been wondering what size I am in now. I haven't been able to go shopping because of the whole knee replacement business. I suddenly remembered that in my closet there is a dress that belonged to my daughter. It is an 18 and all the clothes I have been wearing are 26/28 (granted they are baggy as can be). So, I experimented and tried the dress on (it is a long formal dress). I got it on!!! I zipped it up!!!! Shocking - now, it is too tight to actually wear anywhere but - I got it on!!! I zipped it up!!!!!! An 18!!!! Life is good!
grizzlyrider

grizzlyrider

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Blog 89062
 

Well, One Day After Being Filled

I have a 4cc lapband and I am now filled to 3cc. I am still not getting full... Arrgghh. My stomach is roaring all the time. Maybe this is because I simply have been eating too much for soooo long that my stomach needs to shrink again. Feeling anxiety that I may not be able to do this because of the hunger but I will stay on the straight and narrow to see what kind of results I get. No ice cream, that's a good thing!   I love reading all of your comments and suggestions. It is nice to know that someone out there knows exactly how I am feeling.   How about some suggestions for meals.... What would satisfy my ice cream craving that wouldn't be bad for me??? The doctor told me all of my food needs to be in solid form - no more smoothies, etc...
HopeForTheFuture

HopeForTheFuture

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Blog 84325
 

Diet Pepsi

I am going through something right now where i just REALLY want a diet pepsi......I'm about 8 weeks out.....13 pounds down since surgery...doing ok......just want a diet pepsi.. Does it hurt to drink a little soda every now and then?
Peggy1

Peggy1

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Blog 1502
 

Let's get this show on the road!

My surguery is scheduled for 4-19-10 and I can't wait:thumbup:. The only thing I'm dealing with now is... I am a shop-a-holic :sneaky2: and can't shop for cute summer clothes UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I also planned a day trip to Chicago one week after starting my liquid pre-op diet (what was I thinking), but that's ok more money for a cute purse and sandels.   I am more excited to be off work for 2 weeks than I am to have surgery, but still counting the next three weeks down :scared0:.
stlvoy02

stlvoy02

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Blog 87499
 

question about chest and band tightness

Hello everyone, I am now 5 days out from surgery my weight at the beginning was 340 pre-op 321 and today 5 days out 316 a total of 24 pounds down. my breathing is better now and the pain is just in the insesions. but i have notice and unpleasant feeling and was hoping someone out there could give some input on this. my band area feels weird, When i take a deep breath in my band and stomach feels tight and my chest its an uncomfortably feeling no pain its uncomfortably to lay certain ways for a few minutes, i have to hurry and sit up when the feeling gets to much then i will burp.I am not sick, or vomiting and anything like that. so i don't think my band has slipped. and it when it happens i feel an uncontrollable erge to burp and cant or if i do it hurts. anyone out there feeling what i am.
tjgibson1968

tjgibson1968

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Blog 78347
 

Promblems not feeling full after eating!!

I was banded 2/14/2006. My hightest weight was 256 and then last summer I was down to 176. It truly felt great. But I lost it because for whatever reason my band tighted on its own and I could not eat hardly anything for a while. Maybe 4-8 weeks. Then I got hooked on ice cream and then sometimes that would not go down. I was so unhappy. I was happy I was loosing but it i was miserable and starving. I had to get an unfill. Then I could eat much better. But from STARVING to eating again was not a good thing. I have done this 2 to 3 times going back and forth. Receive Fills(then band tightens up again after about 3-4 months) then Unfills...(feels like I am still on that rollercoaster)......Not sure why my band never feels just right. I very rarely have that full feeling after eating too. Why do I never have the full feeling everyone talks about?? So now I find myself eating those big portions,( I do try to eat healthier but fail at that a lot too) I am going in 2 weeks to get a fill but working really hard to change by lifestyle and eating habits up till that day comes. I started walking at lunch and at my son's baseball practice, cause I do not like where this is going (now I am at 209) and I know only I can change this horrible cycle with God's help and your support. I do like this website for support cause my doctor's support groups are too far away for me. I have found a couple of groups locally but sometimes their are conflicts with my son's sports, etc.....I hope to accomplish what I began back in 2006.
SylviaM

SylviaM

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How I lost 100lbs
 

Master Cleanse and the Lap Band...

Anyone ever done it? I'm starting today for cleansing and weightloss purposes. I'm 10lbs from my own first personal goal and I MUST reach it by monday. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this. I thought about doing the pre-op diet or the liquids pouch test diet but then I thought if I'm going to do it, I need to cleanse my body as well.   So here I am...dreading my first Salt water slam... the thought of it...ICK...   I know you can do the master cleanse for 40 days but I only intend on doing it til Monday morning before my fill appointment. I also want them to go super aggressive on my fill, since I skipped my last one, if they'll put 2 cc's in that would be good, or maybe even 1.5 cause I need one. I have days where I feel like a hungry hungry hippo and days where I want nothing at all.   I'm super sore from working out yesterday...Oh my goodness...I think it was the stretching that did me in, not even the work out lol.   It's all working and worth it, when kids tell you "Oh wow you're getting skinnier" lol gotta love the honesty of kids, especially when they keep you in check as well...as the 4 yr old says to me "Why do you always eat that?" as I'm popping something not good for me into my mouth. I stop to think, do I ALWAYS eat that? and pop it out... lol it's a great checks and balances system lol   So now I'm off to the store, need some syrup and some seasalt... here goes umm something lol:thumbup:
Yvette1026

Yvette1026

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LoseIt!'s Blog
 

2 Months Post Op

I am now two months post op. This month I lost 7.4 lbs, for a grand total of 29.4.   This month I reached one of my early goals of losing 10% of my body weight. YAY!!   Later this week, I will retake measurements, so that should be interesting!   I lost around 10 pounds on my preop diet. My goal has been to average 10 pounds lost per month. Jan-10 pounds preop, Feb-12 lbs., March-7.4 lbs. Not too bad!!   I will have new pictures in a couple of weeks so that will be great to see as well.   Have a great Easter!!  
LoseIt!

LoseIt!

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Blog 81095
 

Low carb and pre-op diet information.

I've been struggling with the low carb pre-op diet (and I'm not on the liquids yet.) So I found this helpful information about the pre-op diets and how they are used for a safe surgery.   When I met the nutritionist she told me to follow a restricted carb diet. I figured it was just to lose weight quickly pre-op, which is true but more importantly it's to shrink the liver so that the surgeon will have easier access to your stomach, decreased surgery time and increasing safety.   This was posted by SeattleSweetie and at the bottom shows where she found her information.   http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f273/how-shrink-your-liver-increase-st-weight-loss-low-carb-pre-op-diet-65020/
Mel Mel

Mel Mel

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Blog 85870
 

I made it!

Well, i am officially banded. Still hasn't sunk in yet. The surgery went smoothly. I remember being wheeled into the OR, talking to the nurses and doctors then the mask was placed over my nose and that was it. I woke up in recovery and was told everything went perfectly. I couldnt drink anything the whole rest of the day. I did have a pain pump that helped alot with the incision pain. Tuesday am i went for a barium swallow to make sure everything was doing well then i was given a tray full of liquids: tea, broth, jello, popcicle and water. I couldn't wait to dig in! Suprisingly i was hungry, just really thirsty. So, today marks day 3. I am definitley in more pain in the stomach area. No gas pains yet. I am sure they will come. Drinking fluids is really satifying. I am suprised on that. i have been taking laps around the house and that really seems to help loosen things up. So, in summery, everything well and the only pain i have is from the incisions. I am still bloated and up 2 pounds from before surgery. I hear days 3-5 are the worst?? I will keep you posted. Good luck to everyone that is scheduled this week!
Jilly29

Jilly29

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