Byebyeband

Hello ladies. I'm 25 and was sleeved on 10/29 and in the Los Angeles area. I too am looking to make friends. Feel free to message me anytime.

I am home now and doing much better. The revision went well and I am officially sleeved!!!! Yay! The pain was pretty bad when I woke up, but the nurses were very good at managing my pain. I stayed over night and came home yesterday evening. Other than a bit of gas pain in my shoulder yesterday, I feel great! Big thanks to Dr. Zane and his surgical team and all you well wishers. I really appreciate it.

Congrats. I'm right with you in a few hours. Best wishes sent your way.

Mine is tomorrow also! II can't wait!

I am being sleeved tomorrow also. Best wishes to everyone and a speedy recovery.

Thank you so much for the responses and positive vibes, I only had to do liquids 2 days before, and am also praying that there isn't a lot of scar tissue and that everything runs smoothly.

I've been banded for about 2 1/2 years. I am fortunate to have it all done in one surgery, granted there isn't too much scar tissue/ *fingers crossed*

Hello all. I am new to this site, but was very vocal in my beginning stages with the band on lapbandtalk. I am having my surgery tomorrow morning by Dr. Zane at the Kaiser Harbor City medical office. I am both nervous and excited about starting my new journey. Who else has had their band removed and sleeved the same day. Anyone NOT have a pre op diet. All responses would be greatly appreciated!!

Hello all. I am new to this site, but was very vocal in my beginning stages with the band on lapbandtalk. I am having my surgery tomorrow morning by Dr. Zane at the Kaiser Harbor City medical office. I am both nervous and excited about starting my new journey. Who else has had their band removed and sleeved the same day. Anyone NOT have a pre op diet. All responses would be greatly appreciated!!

29th here!

Went to the doctor today. Sick as a dog (not due to lapband)...Anyway I got on the scale and realized I am now 162lbs, a total of 90 lbs lost since surgery 2/8/11!

Congrats! I was banded 2/8/11 with a starting weight of 252 and am now 180 with maybe 25 to go... 72 lbs lost! I feel soooo good. Way to go!

After 6 months and 10 days from being banded, I am finally in Onderland. It feels great. I have been slacking on the band for the past few months and eating and drinking A LOT of things in the past few months that I know I shouldn't have. So I finally went in on Tuesday to get a fill. Only prob was I was too tight. I couldn't even get Water down. I tried ice chips, broth, popsicles and everything would come right back up. I fought it for 2 days because I was losing, but I was in pure hell. I finally went in for an unfill yesterday and I feel soooo much better. To top it off the scale said 198. I know it was mostly due to dehydration, but I was ecstatic nonetheless I am re-motivated and back on track now and I'm lovin' it!

I am so frustrated and disappointed with myself. I was banded March 19, 2010. I think that I lost most of my weight before the surgery on the liquid diet. I have gone to my follow-up appointments and I have lost very slowly with only a total loss of 27 pounds. I am so stuck.... I don't exercise like I should but I do get exercise daily walking. I feel defective. I barely eat but I am at a MAJOR plateau... I need to jumpstart my weight-loss again... I want it so badly but I keep falling short. Any inspiration would be Appreciated! I wish I had a weightloss buddy . That would probably help...

I'm sorry to hear that and can relate with you to a certain extent. I was banded 2/8/11. While I think I have done ok so far, I KNOW for a fact that I could have lost a lot more weight. I don't exercise at all, so at least you are getting in some type of activity. My prob is I eat whatever I want. Mind you the amount isn't much, but you name it, I eat it. Including sodas, juices, cocktails etc. It all comes down to how bad we really want this. We didn't go through all of this to fail. Why put our minds and bodies through this process for nothing. Don't lose faith. Try changing up your diet, walk an extra 10 mins. Protein, Protein, protein! You can do it. Best wishes

42 lbs is FANTASTIC! i was banded 2/24/11 and only lost 15 so far! Its not a race and remember your body has to work really hard to undo years of all the crap we ate before! Your doing great.! i was very discouraged untill about 2 weeks ago. I got my fill that really ment restriction for me! I am 5.5 in a 10cc band and feel the restriction for right now! I believe its really starting to work! I have decided instead of being down about not losing or just blowing my hard work, I am embracing the fact that I have lost 15lbs and if I keep this rate up 15lb every 2 months thats a possibility of 52lbs off by december! When you think about it...WHEN ELSE Would that EVER really happen!!!!!!! your doing great keep your head up. When do you get another fill?

You are doing great!!! You were banded a day after me and have lost over 10+ pounds than I have. Pat yourself on the back!!! We are barely 3 months out and that amt of weight within that time is awesome! Don't beat yourself up hun. Trust me, you are doing a great job. Keep up the good work. Im going to walk around my building now LOL.

First I'd like to start off by saying that I'm super happy that my TOM is even here. Since my 3rd fill 2 weeks ago I have begun to lose steadily again and I think it threw it off track a bit. According to my calculations, I was about a week late and starting to get nervous It finally came yesterday and the cravings and cramps are out of this world. I had rocky road ice cream last night. A Orange crush this morning along with baked ruffles I guess I was eating the ruffles too fast along with the soda and it all came up a few minutes ago (serves me right). How do you manage to control these urges and is it me or can I eat more? Most women say they get tighter. So far, I seem to feel the opposite. Any insight is welcome.

I was banded in January. I am 58 years old and have steadily put on weight my entire life. My weight reached a high of 390 lbs. I am not very tall 5-3 so at that weight my BMI was almost 70. I had type II diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and could not walk more than 50 feet without stopping to catch my breath. So why did I wait so long to do something about it. Mainly I didn't want to change my lifestyle. I like to eat good food, I like to drink beer and wine and whiskey and smoke good cigars, I enjoy going out to eat and I really didn't want to change.

In October I decided to make a change, I talked to a surgeon about being banded. I quit drinking, I had already given up the cigars. During the liver reduction phase before my surgery I lost 28 lbs in two months. I didn't really starve myself but I did follow the diet. I attribute a lot of the weight loss from not drinking.

I have been banded now since January and have lost a total of 70 lbs since I decided to make this change. I normally loose about 2 to 5 lbs per week, but there is one thing I have noticed. On the weeks where I go out and have a few drinks, which I still do occasionally, those are the weeks I loose the least amount.

The bottom line is alcohol and loosing weight just don't go together.

First of all, congrats on your weight loss thus far! That is truly an accomplishment. I admire your willpower and self control you show in making those changes. You are right about one thing, alcohol and weight loss just don't go together and I see that more than ever now. Thank you for the inspiration

Your drinking, and eating the wrong foods, and you have problems. If that's not part of it,,,,,,,, then I'm missing something ? I don't think so.

You live a certain life style, but you want to see a difference. IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY.....

You're definitely missing something, but unfortunately Im not in that particular profession to help you.

what size band do you have and how many cc's do you currently have in your band? hopefully once you have a couple more fills that will help with your fast food eating. you can still go to fast food restaurants but make the healthier choice... grilled chicken instead of fried chicken, a salad with dressing on the side instead of a burger. you KNOW what you have to do so you just have to put forth the effort.

as for the drinking... i don't live in L.A. so i don't know what it's like there but i can see where you're coming from. what do you drink when you go out? have a "skinny girl" margarita or rum with diet coke. instead of having 5 drinks, maybe have 3?

and yes, dating suck while banded but it can be done. i usually order an appetizer instead of an entree. and eat slow... that will give you time to get to know the person better : )

only YOU can make this work... the band can't do it alone.

Thanks and I do for the most part make much smarter decisions at the fast food window, but I admit I am there way to often. As far as the drinks, I do try and stick to just straight tequila and a light vodka mix. If it's just a regular date I will only have about 2 or 3 martinis, but if Im going out say to a bar with friends, and we hang out some more after, then that's when it turns into 5. I know I have to do my part and I will. Much appreciated.

Well, I believe you when you say you're not an alcoholic but sheesh, you drink an awful lot for a non acoholic, it definitely qualifies as binge drinking and not only will it sabotage your weight loss, it will definitely lead to later health problems, you're drinking WAY beyond the recommended intake for women. Its also easy to crave alcohol and cave in and have more than you should as well without having a "problem" with alcohol. But its a choice - keep up your lifestyle and probably forego real success or change your lifestyle. If you want to keep going ot, you have to decide not to drink if you cant decide to just have one - not drinking saves you a lot of calories and will probably cut down those post bar fast food detours as well, you lose all control when you've got a few drinks on board.

That's the tough love part over with - I agree with you, its so awfully frustrating when you're trying to gain control when at every turn of your life there's another meal out, another drinks date, etc etc. I have weeks where I have that happen four or five times too, it drives me nuts, why does everything have to revolve around food? But the truth is, you cant always change it, nor may you want to if its the way you socialise and date, so the alternative is you have to learn to not view each occasion as an opportunity to go sick, but instead practice real restraint at each and every turn - drink club soda, eat only an appetiser, never ever ever order dessert, only drink white wine if you DO drink, and make damn sure you get plenty of exercise to balance it out. Nobody ever recommends skipping meals, but truth is, if we have a big lunch out, or we often catch up with my SIL and BIL with a cheese platter and a glass of wine on a Sunday afternoon - thenI dont eat dinner. The kids love being taken out for pancakes, and they are one of my fave treats too, so we time it as brunch and I dont eat at all again till dinner (even if I get hungry!), and we also often time that after a big walk up a mountain, known as the Thousand Steps, here in Melbourne, so a good bit of really hard exercise beforehand. I never ever miss my exercise, and on the days when I do have complete control, I really make them count so that I have a bit of a bank for those inevitable bad days. All that and I"m just working to MAINTAIN my weight. Being thin and healthy is a job, it never becomes efffortless, sad to say. You are always always working on it.

VERY helpful tips. Im not looking to stop the way I socialize, just drastically reduce it. Thank you very much for the advice.

Hopefullyhappy, perhaps you can look up a local support group meeting for banded people in your area? I am recently banded and I will be attending my first meeting this month.

I do agree with Honk that you should try to halt your drinking. Try drinking one, then sip on Water. We are all in a new way of life and it may take time to change our previous lifestyle choices. I attend bootcamp for exercise, perhaps you can join a dance class? I know it is hard to keep a journal, perhaps you can write down your thoughts at the end of the night when you realized how much you were going out per week and over indulging in alcohol. That may help identify a pattern. I am finding I am getting better at organzing my house and watching less TV than before. I too struggle with watching choices but I remind myself that I can begin the day with a fresh new start.

Don't beat yourself up, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and remember you are walking a new pathway and it isn't always mapped out for ourselves. Hang in there chickita! Best of luck to you! Dena.

Thank you. I should probably look into that. I haven't been to any type of support groups or meetings since my band. I just need to find better ways of spending my time. Thanks for the words of encouragement and I am confident that I will be just fine.

I'm sorry but I have to say it. Your drinking is excessive. Not long ago there was a research study that showed in families where the males were alcohics; the females were statistically more likely to be obese. In my family there are a significant number of male alcoholics and most of the females are overweight. The compulsion to drink is closely related to the urge to eat when you are'nt hungry.

I agree it is excessive, Im not refuting that. What I'm saying is that what might ring out as a red flag to some, isn't the reality in my case. That is also true in my family, must be the genes

I will word it another way.

If you drink to much Booze, and eat what ever you feel like. How can you expect GOOD RESULTS down the road. Especially from empty calories.

You say your not a Alcoholic ! Can you put the bottle down, and leave it alone? Or if you were to start drinking, would you be like This Is Mine All Night Long !

As far as a Junk food Junkie... Well I am Banded too for almost 5 yrs.. Tell me again why your disappointed. I'm sure you can figure it out.

Go spill all this to a food Counselor, and let them tell you what you have going on. Maybe then you will believe someone.

You said you wanted TOUGH LOVE ! Well there it is. Either Deal with it, or don't be to shocked when you find yourself in for a major let down. And the control is all up to you.

Good Luck, Shirley.

You clearly aren't comprehending what I'm saying, nor understand where Im coming from, but thanks for trying to help.

One day at a time!

My motto--if I must cheat then I will, but will be mindful about it. For example, if I really want McDonalds I'll get it, but I might just get a Filet O Fish and a small diet. That's a lot less calories than a meal or something, and it satisfies my craving just the same.

Stress also contributes to my making bad choices. I try to keep Protein around so that even if I'm cheating there's a better chance I'll grab a mozzarella stick or a Protein Bar or shake or something.

You CAN do it! You've lost 20 pounds already! I got 6 weeks on you and only 25 pounds so the way I see it, you're ahead of the game! One day at a time! You CAN!!!

I can definitely relate to what you're saying. When it comes to the fast food, that's usually exactly what I do I'm just doing it way too often. Congrats on your 25 and I love the way you put that into perspective. Thank you so much

I responded to a post the other day about SWAPING ADDICTIONS ! Trust me, it is not uncommon at all. In fact a lot of people that have WLS, and try to live with their addiction to food, can't do it unless they pick up another habit. It's called ADDICTION.

I am not hear to Crucify you.

I am here to tell you that you are not alone, and lapBand meetings, sometimes these are discussed there, and it is a good thing.

Do me a favor will ya ! Tonight on the OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK OWN on your cable. On her shoe tonight she is going to talk about food addictions with different couples.

If a lot of us didn't have some kind of problem, we wouldn't bother with this site.

So if you have cable or are home tonight, check it out. I know I will be watching. I want to see what sounds familiar to me, about me.

See if anything rings a bell to you to.

This is just a thought, but it is a good one. So take a look o.k....

Thanks for the tip, however, as I mentioned in my initial post, I am not swapping addictions. I am simply carrying on with my life as I was pre band and I know this is not acceptable for what I'm trying to achieve. Thank you for your words.