jeepygurl

So I go to my doctor im stuck at 70 pds, wont move, he asks what Im eating, heart burn, throwing up..etc..I tell him..he looks at me and says.."drop your calories to 600-700 a day, that should move you?".... i thought he was joking, 500 is starvation!!!! So I clearified, he repeats said stupid statement, and im eating maybe 900-1000 a day if that, I work out 2 times a day everyday.... spin class to the gym to swimming and my hair is falling out in clumps....great!!!! i hate my doctor

forgive me if i am wrong isent metamucil something to help you go.....??? make it easier?? sounds to me you have what you think you might have..dumping....dont second guess hat you think you have..YOU know your body..... fight for whats right, get answers.. and for god sakes listen to you, most people NEVER experience sliming, dumpiing and dont believe you when you have it..... if they didn't have than you dont.....good luck

I hear OKCUPID is free to, I have tried match .com but met one to many frogs and I am ok being single, be you, enjoy you, and when you arent looking ( I know I hate when people say that)...it will happen GOOD LUCK

I was not banded in Mexico and I to dislike my band, being told to do all the things I have been doing, eat slow, small bites, stop drinking 30 mins before eating and STILL i get sick, I to am a bulimic, well really a llama, as I SPIT when I get sick than puke.... I AM NOT SAYING THAT THIS DOES NOT WORK, what I am saying is...I WISH MY DOCTOR HAD FULLY EXPLAIND to me, I am working out 2 times a day from swimming to spin class, and I am doing ok, but everytime I gear away from protien drinks to food I get sick, the band is not to tight as my doctor told me it wasent.........I disagree We all have opinions on this subject and for some it works great, others it stinks......so please dont yell when you know nothing about living with a cup to puke in and following all the damn rules.....

slimming, you spit like a llama, foaming you burp or throw up foam, very attractive and finally the throwing up, my personal favorite, you HAVE to throw up in order to feel better, nothing else works, and as soon as you do it's a instant..AHHHHHH These are things Docs skim over, learn EVERYTHING about lap band, know what your getting into, and be fully informed... good luck

mine is falling out to, been thinning for awhile now, and now in clumps..

Nice to know people notice, 65 pds gone, my clothes are baggy, i dyed my hair back to brown, and I know I should be happy but I still have issues eating, I work out every day, one day off, swim 60-70 laps in the am, either spin class at night or the gym, and yet the scale has stopped, for 3 weeks now..... Co workers have noticed, due to clothes that fit better but its so annoying the hard work, the way i am dedicated and not a pound is leaving the scale.................

I wish I had more honesty when I was going through the process, I was not told about the "stuck", "sliming", "dumping" and how often they really do occur, I do follow the rules, I am down 65 pounds and I am active I swim in the morning every day and I take spin 2-3 times a week and I also hit the gym everynight after work...So yes I regret it due to not feeling informed......and not being able to get a handle on my band, i swear it has a mind of its own, one day I can eat a egg the next day, nope......same way it was cooked the day before.......its annoying and frustrating.....

you are lucky when I am stuck I need to throw up, right away, I start to spit like a damn lama and hurt, OMG, it is painful, the thing with me is I can't even eat most things, eating is not pleasurable at all anymore, one day my band is ok and I can eat some things and others, nope I can only drink liquids....it's frustrating, does your band have a mind of its own...HELL YES!!!! I am not saying don;'t do it, but please hear all sides I so wish my Doctor had been more open with me about things, and instead got this "its a wonderful thing to be banded and it's all roses and unicorns bull ****".....

[@Jeepygurl: If you are having such issues as getting stuck and sliming so often that you feel you should have been warned about it, you may want to look closer at how you're eating, or talk to your doctor about physical issues with your band or fill level. The ONLY times I ever get stuck and start sliming is when I'm eating too fast, not chewing properly, or swallowing too large of a bite. If I slow down, chew better, and take smaller bites, there is no getting stuck, and I can eat anything I want. Dave I wish people would stop saying this to me, How am I vomiting on LIQUID!!!! I tell my doc this all the time I feel he was not 100% honest with me and I am now living with it, I chew fine, I eat slow I slim on various things, from liquid to chicken the band is a tool but I also think the band was not explained fully to me as I wished it had been, I exercise everyday x2 a day swimming, running, walking, spin class I am active.....SO Please...I CHEW FINE, I EAT FINE.....

I dont get left shoulder pain BUT i do throw up A LOT!!! It's making me angry when I spoke to my DR, he told me.."Maybe, sometimes, but really never".... LIAR!!!! I throw up almost daily at least once a day, I am either puking or spitting getting ready to puke...and I eat small bites, and I am careful...

I hate to be the downer here but when you do all your research, make sure you look into foaming, sliming and getting stuck, all those things are issues that CAN happen and I wish my DR had been honest with me, instead of telling me, :"Maybe, but hardly ever"..... Be prepared, Im not saying YOU WILL but to know you MIGHT.

do something different everyday I do, I swim in the am before work, than the gym after work everyday... but I alternate at the gym, the treadmill, the arc climber, the bike, and sometimes spin class..... good luck

Weird.... I know I am doing it right kind of... Have always had issues with throwing up, slimming, that feeling...it stinks..so I fixed that I don't eat solids really, my doctor in my head is not there to support me, so meanwhile I am drinking my protein , eating my protein as In shakes... and some mashies..... I have kicked up my exercise to the next level and nothing, laps in the pool in the AM before work, up to 60 ( up and back is one).... and than work, after work the gym, from 35-45 mins, and I alternate the bike to the treadmill to the arc climber, and than 2-3 times a week I do spin class, infact some days I think "I have not eaten enough"... Im getting really mad and annoyed, all this hard work and still the scale has stopped and yet I am exercising like this 6 days a week one day off... I cant even do this right........................

I find I cant eat meat of any kind, it gets "stuck"... I can cut it in small pieces, chew 30 times and i still throw up, breads, pasta's same thing, I have best luck with mashes, and protien drinks keep me full.... I wish I had heard more stories like this I would not have done this, the throwing up and the slimming are annoying and painful.... I exercise 2 times a DAY, everyday, swim in the morning, gym or spin class at night............ fills arent painful but more annoying as well........... good luck

I spit and I also got stuck with no fills , and since than everytime i eat solids, you start spitting, and you know you have to vomit, nothing stops it and once your done...you feel so much better...yours sounds like the gas pain I had.....

I am freaking out some, I have been talking to this guy, not a wl person, someone who is adorable, in shape was big as a kid but has been in shape since his early 20's, and he wants to meet... He has seen a picture, and although we seem so alike I am scared, I have not had a date in a year, it's been all about me, work, school, surgery, the gym..... There are a few things I am not crazy about, 1) he is younger, and 2) he has kids, 3 of them from 2 babies mama's..... Help???

good luck liquids arent that bad

I agree, a long time ago I cared, and now that I am focused on me, the gym, friends, work, although I am still single I don't really care, I would not try to meet someone at the gym, due to it being my time for me, I do spin class but after 50 mins of that I look bad....lol but a GREAT work out....lol Good luck keep asking, all they can do is say NO, and who cares, your a wonderful, amazing woman in her 30's who anyone would be lucky to date..... GO get em

you can do it....

60% have it removed....damn where are all this things before surgery.....and I am sorry I dont think docs tell us all, I went friday for a fill and somehow I have screws and bolts in me... I was like HUH??? you never told me that.. his responce was.."I did to"...Like he is 3 .....

I was banded in Jan, single for a year due to a bad break up, but I agree with another post, I am working on me now, I work,go to school for another degree, family, friends, exercise, little to no time for dating..... if I did date I would pick coffee, tea or something where i dont have to eat due to a lot of band issues....just my 2 cents...

My dad laughed at me, hurt yes but i thought I was doing the right thing, see thing is it's your decsion, as it was mine, I informed my family and supportive or not I did it...... I learned a long time ago can't make everyone happy worry about you Good luck

I don't know why I listen, at my age, why do I feel badly....UGGHH!!!! I work in a hospital, today was my weekend on, so I get to work 2:30-11:30pm, no big deal, not like I can eat dinner, I had a fill on friday I am on liquids till tomorrow and I think I may be on liquids till sometime this week I feel tight... I go to my parents house, my sister is there with the kids,( I adore my nephews) and we do the easter egg hunt, and we are getting dinner ready, now we all sit down to eat BUT NOT ME!!!!! I have a 1/2 cup of broth, cause thats what I can eat...ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!!!! I had the chance to work a double making killer $$$$ and I passed it up to watch the family eat, and sip my broth, something is wrong with me, ohhh and listen to my brother in law WHO I DISLIKE greatly ( he talks down to my sister, and trys with me but I put him in his place) how he lost 3 pds this week, and he dosent need WLS, I finally got up, kissed who I love and walked out....I can only take so much..... Maybe 4th of july will be better....LOL

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