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Blog 75595

A blog by vmack2001 in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by vmack2001 on BariatricPal. 22 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Im scared

Ok..its been awhile since I have been on here and I need some type of encouragement. I have been banded for 4 years now and in the first 3 yrs I have had nothing but complications. I started off at 239 lbs. and is currently at 152 lbs. Just this past year is when I started actually taking my weight loss seriously. My doctor also prescribed me diet pills for additional assistance to suppress my appetite. Last year alone I lost close to 50 lbs. It was hard. With ALOT of exercise and dedication I d

Please Help!

OK..so let me just explain briefly of what I have been going thru..I have been banded for exactly 4 yrs now..Feb of this year was when I decided to really take this weight loss serious..In Feb. I weighed about 205 lbs..I went to see my dr and he prescribed me phentermine..to my surprise it helped! I even lost 12 lbs in 2 wks! That alone motivated me to really want to lose weight..so I started working out everyday..so on top of my lapband..i was taking diet pills and walking a minimum of 3-5 mile

One thing after another..

Since I last blog I decided to get a revision and do the gastric sleeve, so of course I would have to get a EGD done..and what did they find????? FOOD in my tummy 9.5 hrs after i ate..WTH!! so my doctor wanted some tests done. I had to do a nuclear emptying of the stomach..and apparently my digestive system is NOT working properly..GEEZE what else can go wrong???they dont no what the heck is wrong with my stomach.. so that means MORE test and NO surgery.. so my doctor thinks I should try to give

November 14th..The day i will never forget

It has been awhile since i last blogged.. since then my mother has past away..Pantcreatic cancer took her away from us.. she past on NOv 14th-sUNDAY AT 7:45 PM.. lORD REST HER SOUL.. SINCE THEN i FEEL like I have completely gaVE UP.. ON everthing...This lapband thing has frustrated me.. I guess I just have so much anger inside I have no one to release it to.. so i eat and i eat and i make myself sick to the point where i just vomit ALL the time..i just:( dont no what to do anymore...as much as

Out of control

GEEZE..where to start.. since my last blog in July things has turned for the worse.. my husband finally returned to work after his injury (thank goodness) but my mothers health has deteriated rapidly..she is now at stage 4 cancer..its gotten to the point where hospice has stepped in and is taking care of her..it hurts to see her in pain and there's absolutely NOTHING that I can do to make it better. She use to be such a happy person and now all you see is sadness in her face..this has been a rou

Im lost

Well it has been months since I have been on this site..and since then I have not lost any weight..I actually gained weight.. I feel like everything is hitting me at once.. my husband injured himself and tore his achilles tendon, so he had to have surgery and will be out of work at least 4 mths..the financial hardship of haven to provide for the family is not just stressful in itself but around the same time he got injured my mother got ill and was diagnosed with "PANCREATIC CANCER"... I have b

The big day...

Ok...today was the big day for me... it has been 1 1/2 months since the doc took all the saline out of my band..and it has been wonderful being able to eat again...sooooooo...I must admit I have been out of control and eating basically whatever I wanted..BUT good news is.... when I weighed in..I ONLY GAINED 1.8 lbs!!!! YAY ME!! for having NO restrictions for 1 1/2 months.. I think i did GREAT...anyways..the doc gave me a fill again...my pouch went back to normal and now it's time to get back on

14 more days till my doc appt...UH OH....

Alrighty now.. it has been over a week since I last blogged...and here's the update with me.. I AM GETTEN OUT OF CONTROL!!! I have been eating just to eat!! Even when Im not hungry! like just now I ate an entire salami sandwhich! and I am miserable..I wasnt even hungry when I ate it..Im turning into a monster!!!BUT good news is.... I am at the same weight when I weighed in at the doc's office 3 weeks ago.. so I havent gained any weight...On Dec. 17th I go in to see if my pouch shrunk back to nor

And it begins........

OK.. SO NOW IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE THE DOC REMOVED ALL THE SALINE OUT OF MY BAND..IN THE BEGINNING I LOST THE 3 LBS THAT I GAINED..I AM NOW ABLE TO EAT WHAT EVER I WANTED AND IT FEELS SOOOOOO GOOD...HERE LATELY I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN OVEREATING AND GUESS WHAT??? I GAINED THE 3 LBS BACK PLUS 2 ADDITIONAL LBS!!!! OH NOOOOO!!! I STILL WORK OUT AND WALK DAILY...BUT IT SEEMS AS IF A LB OR 2 IS CREEPING BACK UP ON ME WEEKLY.. THE NEXT DOC APPT IS DEC 17TH!! THATS TOO LONG FROM NOW!!! THIS I

5 days out with no restriction...

OK.. SO IT HAS BEEN 5 DAYS OUT SINCE THE DOC TOOK ALL THE SALINE OUT OF MY BAND.. I HAVE STILL BEEN DOING MY "BIGGEST LOSER" WORKOUT AND FOR THE MOST PART WATCHING WHAT I EAT.. BUT HONESTLY I HAVE TO SAY.. THAT IT FEELS SOOOOOOOO GOOD TO BE ABLE TO EAT WITHOUT THROWING UP EVERY FEW MINUTES.. IT'S WONDERFUL!!! AND THE GOOD NEWS IS.. I LOST THE 3 LBS THAT I GAINED!! YAY ME!!! I AM TRYEN MY BESTEST NOT TO GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK.. AS LONG AS I CAN MAINTAIN MY WEIGHT WE SHOULD BE OK.. IM SUPPOSE TO GO

More bad news- :(

OK... SO IT HAS BEEN 3 WKS SINCE I LAST BLOGGED...AND IF SOME OF YOU DONT KNOW WHATS BEEN GOING ON LET ME TELL YA...I'VE BEEN BANDED FOR A YEAR NOW AND SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN HAVING COMPLICATIONS.. I HAVE LOST A TOTAL OF 38 LBS:cursing: I HAVE BEEN ON UPS AND DOWNS WITH MY WEIGHT LOSS... 3 WKS AGO I WENT TO SEE THE DOC AND MY POUCH HAS STRETCHED..:wub: SO HE PUT ME ON A LIQUID SHAKE DIET W/ EATING 1 SMALL MEAL A DAY..THE SHAKE WAS GOOD AT FIRST THE IT STARTED MAKING ME SICK BUT I STUCK WITH IT..

When will I learn????

When will I get it thru my thick skull to stop EATING!!!! so my doc put me on a 2 week liquid diet since my lil pouch stretched out a bit.. and i've been drinking the shake twice a day like he advised but yet I still eat..my mom made this pork lettuce wrap that I just couldnt resist.. man being asian I grew up eating mostyly asian food.. now that i have the band I really cant.. so when she made the lettuce wrap I couldnt help myself.. I ate and ate and ate untill I couldnt breath and my stomach

Bad news= bad day :(

Ok.. here is my update: I went to see the doctor today, ready for another fill.. so of course I go thru the entire check in process, got weighed and all that good stuff.. I havent seen him since July so it has been about 2 1/2 months and I only lost 12 lbs since I last saw him.:mad: The nurse takes me to a room and then the doc comes inside to talk to me. He asked me how everything was and I told him the TRUTH. That I have basically been stuffing my face with anything and everything to the poin

I have a serious problem!!!

Ok... so I have a serious problem that I need to get off my chest... I luv food too much..and lately I have been eating whatever I want to and basically throw it back up.. my friends tell me that I am bindgeing... i eat to the point where I cant eat no more until I have the urge to throw up then I would stop... when Im at work I hardly eat at all.. its just when I am at home when I do this.. I am sooo ashame of myself.. Im scared that I might have a slip in my band.. I go back this thursday and

I stopped losing weight!!!

OMG!! will I ever get down to the 100's mark??? Im now down to 201 lbs. Im not eating much at all, and yet the weight lost has STOPPED. My next fill will be on the 16th.. I CANT WAIT!! Im really starting to get frustrated with this band. Im tired of counting preoteins. I dont even think I consume my daily 50gm that im suppose to eat. Is that y Im not losing weight? After a fill does anyone have to be on a liquid diet again for a week?? ANY ADVICE??? PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Ready for another fill..

http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/t/wRompQb/weight.png     So, It has been about 1 1/2 months since I have went to see the doctor..at that time I weighed in at 212 and now down to 202..I've noticed that my weight has been fluctuating from between 206 and 203..I have been so busy with work that I havent went back.. So today I called and the earliest they can get me in is Oct.16th! :thumbup: I cant wait that long!! but I guess I dont have a choice..Im still not able to eat anything.. Im

Ready for another fill..

http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/t/wRompQb/weight.png       So, It has been about 1 1/2 months since I have went to see the doctor..at that time I weighed in at 212 and now down to 202..I've noticed that my weight has been fluctuating from between 206 and 203..I have been so busy with work that I havent went back.. So today I called and the earliest they can get me in is Oct.16th! :thumbup: I cant wait that long!! but I guess I dont have a choice..Im still not able to eat anything..

To fill or not to fill???

OK..so its been a few days since I've updated.. So the last time I was depressed because I went back up to 208.. now I got back down to 202 lbs.. buts thats where I have been the last 1 1/2 months.. its been up and down like a roller coaster.. but never made it under 202..   I need ya'lls advice.. SHOULD I GET A FILL?? but keep in mind before u answer my question.. Im the one that barely can eat anything without throwing up.. lots of people think that I'm too tight.. I currently have 6.2CC in

Ugh..i hate get togethers

So today was my god daughter's 1st birthday!!! And of course at EVERY get together there is FOOD!!! lots of FOOD..:mad: I helped cooked..made fried rice and fried noodles and yummy eggrolls.. Man was I tempted.,.I finally gave in and TRIED to eat half an eggroll, a spoon of rice and a spoon of fried rice... and thats when it all went down hill for me..:thumbup: the food did not sit too well and all came back up.. GOSH..how do any of ya'll control yourself when there's sooo much good food around

What the heck went wrong????

OK...so today I decided that today was gonna be a new day for me..and decided that I really needed to start eating right.. so all day I ate 1 cup of yogurt, 2 slices of cheese, my protein shake and 6 baby carrots with veggie dip. I am sooo proud of myself because I have not yet to throw my food back up.. after I got off work this evening I came home and weighed myself..HOW DID I GAIN 3LBS????!!!!! I am now back up to 208..OMG!!! what went wrong???? now im sitting here starving and eating a chick

New day...

First off I wanna say thanks to the peeps that has responded back with inspiring words...and you guys are right. maybe I beat myself up to much and not give myself enough credit for the lbs that I have lost.. but one thing I no.. is that I will not give up.. I have in the past but now i realize that if I do.. everything that I have worked hard for will just go down the drain... plus this DAM surgery WASNT cheap!! LOL.. so now I have finally got up the courage to post my pics.. sadly to say I am

Im sooo disappointed in myself...

Right now is 11:30 pm and Im sitting here with my husband.. I should be asleep since I have to get up at 3:30 in the morning to get ready for work.. my stomache is growling so I ate 12 small pcs of rice crackers and I still feel hungry.. WHATS WRONG WITH ME??? I am struggling so much losing weight.. I no its the food I eat...I eat what I am able to just so I wont be hungry.. Im not able to eat veggies or even any kind of meat without throwing up..I currently have 6.2CC in my band. I no that it i

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