Stevee

just swinging thru for an update. i weighed this morning and i'm down to 256! another 5 lbs lost since my fill! woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!! i dont think i really have restriction since he only added 1cc to the 2ccs i already had. but somehow i have tricked my brain into thinking that i have restriction! its awesome!

I'm from Oklahoma!

wow wow wow! where have you, fanny, been allllll my life. i hope everyone reads this post! u r a savior! so tonight was liquids, i had a v8 after my fill. then at 6 i had a cup and a half of egg drop soup. and a glass of milk. now im sippin water. i dont feel starving. of course i could eat but ill survive. you will be a big part of why i suceed this time! thank you so much!

well i got my fill and i feel great! i had a wake up call though. they said at my last appointment in december of 2008 i was down to 237! i dont remember ever bein 230 anything! but any ways 2 weeks ago i was up to 270 and as of today i was 261! woo hoo! im sooooooo excited!

im with you randy! i've made that same decision! i'm doin this for me now! and i'm ready to succeed! for me.. not for anyone else... for me! so i'm with ya! lets do it!

Thank you Sue! So i get the fill and still dont fill restriction, are you saying just keep my head in it and eat like i do feel restriction?

omg! today is my "first fill" on my 2nd try at this journey. i'm so excited but so nervous at the same time! I just keep telling myself I can do it I can do it I can do it!!!!!! any last minute words of advice? :scared2:

CONGRATS! i think the title is very clever... its what made me click it to read!

ok i am sooooo proud of myself. if you read the previous posts then you know that i have no fluid in my band and havent for a year. i get my second first fill next thursday, so i've been trying to practice eating like i have restriction, cutting portion size etc. well this morning on my way to work i was like hmm i think i'm hungry. so i stopped at sonic. i love love love their toaster breakfast sandwiches and tator tots... well bandsters... i ordered apple slices and went on my merry way. I TURNED DOWN THE TATOR TOTS he tried to up sell me! woo hoo!!!! i'm calling this an NSV! wha wha! i'm doin a lil dance! lol i ate my apple slices with fat free carmel sauce and i'm feeling great! they were quite tasty if i do say so myself!

thank you sue! i wonder if my doc would let me do that, go in for weigh ins. i hope i can someday love my band, i never have since i got it. :smile: and that sucks

thank you destin. i just have to see if my insurance will cover a therapist. i work for a different company now and the insurance here doesn't cover anything that has to do with weight. so yeah... i dunno. before i didnt talk to anyone about what i was going through. this time i'm dong it different. i'm talking to my mom a lot, plus on here, and my girlfriend is a tremendous help as well. i'm feeling better about it all this go round. maybe when i had my surgery i just wasnt ready yet. ya know?

thank you for your advice, im gonna check into a therapist.

thank you for your positive thoughts.. its helping me get motivated

I don't know if I’m looking for advice or what. But here is my story. I was banded in October of 2007; in the year that followed I got really sick from fills being too tight like 3 times. Finally in December of 2008 I had all the liquid removed from my band and have lived like that for a year now. I didn’t gain any weight back over that year until the past 2 months. L And now I’m so upset I’m almost back to the weight I was the day of surgery. My mom keeps telling me I have to do this for me. I can’t figure out why I don’t have the motivation to do this for me. I feel like if someone told me to do it for them I could, but since it has to be for me I struggle. The month I had my lap band my g/f of 2 years broke up with me, and I guess that could be part of the reason why I failed. I don’t know. After that break up I was in and out of unhealthy relationships until April of 2009 when I met my current girlfriend. And honestly I have never been happier in a relationship in my life; however I still look in the mirror and hate what I see. So I have to ask myself am I really happy? For once I’m with someone that loves me for me, every curve, every roll, every blemish, no matter what she is madly in love with me… so WHAT IS MY DEAL? Ugh! I just called my doctor, I haven’t seen him in a year, I have an appointment on December 10th to get a fill. I wanted to go today but I owe him money and can’t pay him until the 10th. Thanks for listening… sorry I was rambling, just needed to get some things off my chest I guess. Any advice or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

welcome girl! glad to hear you are doing great!

thank you. :thumbup: i've printed out the 5 day pouch test! i will do that for sure!

thank you for your encouraging words. i'm going to try that. i owe my doc $130 right now and he wont see me til i pay him, which i can't do that til beginning of dec, so i gotta wait for now.

thanks tom. i appreciate the encouragement. i have to wait a little bit though. i currently owe my surgeon $130, and he won't see me til i pay him, so i'm going to have to wait it out. i'll be able to pay him off the beginning of dec.

Well well well... i dont know how many of the same folks are still here... but i'm back. :thumbup: its been sooooooooo long and i feel like a complete failure. so many of you helped me get my band and i've failed. i havent been to this site since march of 2008. i was banded in october of 2007. i think i made it to my 3rd fill before i ended up unable to drink or eat for almost 2 weeks. ended up total dehydrated and really sick. so i had all my fluid taken out and i waited about 6 months and tried again. well i got sick again. so i said screw it. in dec of 2008 i had all my fluid removed and havent went back. thru all of this i had some hoooooooooooorrrrible relationships which i think could have been causing my failure. i dont know. fast forward to current day. i am happier than i have ever been. i'm in the best relationship i've ever been in. we are engaged and things are amazing. however... my highest weight was 275, i was 263 on the day of surgery and i got down to 237 when i was sick. as of saturday i'm 263 again. i guess i could look at it as i havent gained more than i ever was. i dunno its hard to think positive though. but anyways i think i'm ready to try this again and start over. what do yall think? i think i'm going to go to the doc and get a fill. i feel like my g/f will support me and help me stay positive and that maybe this time i can do it. i'm sorry for disappearing everyone but i'm back in full affect......

i had my surgery oct 4 2007. i had horrible luck with it and was constantly sick. i finally had all the fluid taken out in dec of 2008. i think i'm ready to try this again. just curious if anyone has ever done this? gone a year with no fluid and then started over.....

thought i'd go a lil further w/ my update. i'm now down 30 lbs. the part i didnt go into in my last post.... well bout 2 months ago my g/f broke up with me. we were together 2 years. we still live together and are still friends. she however is now with my best friend. its hard and its a struggle everyday. i moved on... i have a wonderful g/f now, i've known her for a while... and we've just recently decided to be exclusive. so my life not only changed drastically w/ the band but then this. so its be a struggle. stress sometimes causes me issues when eating i've noticed. if i'm upset or stressed my food is more likely to get stuck. so i'm working on that. i hope everyone is doing very well!

hey everyone. long time no talk. only have a minute thought id give a brief update had my 2nd fill on 1-2-08. as of the 11th i've lost 5 lbs since the fill. im averaging 1.77 lbs since sept 24th!!!! total loss of 26 lbs feelin pretty good.

just thought i'd take a min for a quick update.... had my first fill this morning! it went great. didnt feel it at all! daddy went with me. he didnt want me to go alone. hehehe. so i had lost 20 lbs as of oct 23... well i have had no restriction since then... and as of today... i only gained 2 lbs back! so i'm still down 18! woo hoo. hopefully i'm on my way down now! hope everyone is doing well!

OMG OMG.. ITS STEVEE FREAKIN OUT AGAIN! i know i know ya'll are so used to this. i'm STARVING! i feel like i could eat a horse! i just know i've gained some weight back but i refuse to weigh until its time for a fill. i called this morning. i go on the 20th for my first fill! tell me i'm normal please...

i know i know ya'll told me! hehehe oops!