kristallynn13

Hello all! Weighed in at 226 today. That is a 5 pound loss for me!! I am dropping weight so fast. It seems so surreal!

This is Julie checking in. Weight today is 231 with a 4 lb loss. Woo Hoo!

Total food aversion, no appetite

Congrats on the Hemoglobin A1C! One thing I would like to add...there is nothing "easy" about being banded. It is much harder than any diet I have ever done. It is very regimented and structured.

I have also had this type of response from my dad, friends, and co-workers. Depending on the relationship I have with the person saying the comment is how I judge my response. Usually it goes something like this....I have lost hundreds, if not thousands of pounds in my lifetime. Losing weight is not the problem. Keeping it off after I lose it is. If you have never been morbidly obese, you could never began to understand what it is like. This is my decision. Your approval is not neccessary. Good luck! It is only your journey to take. You decide how to take it.

Good morning all. This is Julie checking in. My weight this morning was 235 with a 3lb loss.

Name, real or screen~ Julie Age~ 42 Weight on November 1st~ 238 Goal Weight for November 29th~ 225 Exercise Goal for November~ 30 minutes 4 times a week Dietary Goal for November~ Drink more water, get all my protein in Personal Goal for November~ Have more happy days Date Banded~ 09/27/2011 Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 20

Its funny because when I lost weight on previous diets I did not like people commenting on my weight loss. It made me uncomfortable. Sometimes it even made me fall off the wagon. Now with my weight loss, I crave the compliments and comments, good or bad! Some people that I have not seen in awhile that don't say anything at all do kinda peeve me off, but oh well. My 20 year old daughter was sitting next to me this past weekend and looked down at my chest and asked me "Where are your boobs?" I guess this was her way of saying I had lost weight

I can totally relate. I am a month post op and have a sense of not being quite right. Food has been my friend/enemy for so long. I am having a hard time dealing with any emotions. I keep tellin gmyself this will pass. I am going to the Psychologist and it does help some. I don't get any enjoyment out of eating anymore. I feel lost without this enjoyment. I have been trying to channel these feelings into some other type of healthy addiction, but so far have not been very successful. I have begun working out everyday and maybe I can become an exercise nut. Good luck to you. We will make it through this hurdle together!

I can totally relate to the haters. One of my co-workers told me she would rather be fat than to have WLS. My response was, "you have never been 317 pounds, unable to walk without becoming short of breath, not being able to sit in any chair comfortably, not be able to reach certain areas of your body, etc, etc," People do not understand. Lapband is a personal decision you have to make for yourself. It is something you have to be comfortably living with. No one can live your life but you. Good luck to you!

Just remember this is small portion of your journey and it will get better. I know right now it may not seems like it will ever get better. I am 28 days post-op and thought I would never make it to this point. I was very depressed, hated (and still do) the protein shakes. I promise it will get better. Keep telling yourself this too shall pass! Good luck with your journey!

I am with you on the cottage cheese. I eat alot of it too. It seems to be what I crave mostly and it settles my stomach when I am nauseated, which seems to be all the time. Usually 1/2 cup is all I need to fill me up. I have been craving some egg salad and I made some last night and it was yummy.

Good luck to you. I hate hearing about people that have had bad experiences with their surgeons. We have all been through so much, we don't need any additional hurdles toward our weight loss.

Actually I was following my nutritional guidelines giving to me by the dietician. I am allowed to eat all Proteins. Any meat, eggs or cheese. I never did the mushies. I went from liquid to regular proteins. I wish I did do some mushies. I would have loved to eat some of the things I see other people able to eat. I did learn my lesson though. I will definitely be chew chew chewing from now on

I am 3 weeks post op. Have been able to eat whatever I want basically so far. Have been eating what I am supposed to, but not chew chew chewing, because I havent had to thus far. Well tonight I was extra hungry, running my mouth, trying to eat a bacon cheeseburger from Burger King...without the bun of course. After about the 3rd bite, it stopped going down. Not a good feeling at all. I was beginning to think being stuck was an urban myth. Boy was I wrong. I remembered reading about meat tenderizer helping some people get unstuck. I tried it and after 3 swigs, i started feeling somewhat better. But that was the end of my hamburger. As a precaution I am gonna but my self on liquids only for a day. Today was definitely a learning experience in my new bandland.

Well I have been following all the rules as well, and have gained 2 lbs back. I read a post on here that explains how our bodies are in a state of dehydration and is holding on to all the liquids we take in for the first few weeks. I am hoping once I get a fill, I will start losing again. It is very discouraging to be eating less than 1000 calories a day and gaining weight. Might as well eat a Big Mac, huh? Not really though. Keep doing what you are doing. Hopefully you and I both will break through this soon.

I am so glad that this topic was posted. I was banded 9/27. Lost 22 lbs 2weeks pre and 2 weeks post, and now nothing. Very depressing. I am eating next to nothing. I get my first fill in a couple weeks. Hope that will make a difference. Think positive!! This too shall pass.

I had similar pain for about 10 days after surgery. It felt like trapped indigestion that I just couldn't burp up. If you are able to keep liquids down, hopefully you will be ok.

I am 2 weeks postop today. For the first 3-4 days, I had some pain at the port site, and gas pain, but nothing unbearable. I didn't take any pain meds in the hospital and only 2 or 3 doses of the liquid pain med at home so I could get a good nights sleep. My problem is getting in enough fluids and feeling weak all the time. You will do just fine. Surely a C-section is much worse than this!! Good luck

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So the gas-x works pretty good? I need to invest in some. Everytime I walk, I fart. Very embarassing!! I am in a new relationship and am not sure my boyfriend appreciates my gasiness.

I talked to the surgeons office today. They said it is probably an allergic reaction to the dermabond. They told me to use hydrocortisone cream and benadryl. It really itches. I can not keep my hands off of it. I hope it gets better soon. Thanks for the input.

I peeled my dermabond off last night. It was starting to peel and really getting on my nerves. The incisions look pretty good, well healed. Today the incisions itch like crazy. I haven't been scratching directly on them, but around them. Tonight I notice the incisional areas are very swollen. Has this happened to anyone else? How long will the itching last?

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So I am 7 days post-op. I am so weak and tired most of the time. I go back to work in 5 days, and don't know if I will be ready. I can be up for about 2 hours, then I have to lay down for at least 4 hours. I know this is a normal part of surgery, but I have had other surgeries, and it was never like this. I am eager to start exercising, but I am struggling just doing the minimal amount of housework. Okay, here is my venting part. I had to go to work today for a quick minute, and I could just sense the jealousy among some of my co-workers. One of them even told my boyfriend that she was not gonna let me get skinny. I have lost almost 70 pounds in the past 4 months. I was doing Atkins before I was banded. I am no longer the biggest gal at work, and I can tell it threatens people. Another vent, strangers are much nicer to me now. When I was 317 lbs, it was amazing to me just how invisible I was to people. It makes me a little hostile knowing that these people would not have treated me the same 70 lbs ago. I know as I lose weight, this issue will only get worse. I try to tell myself that alot of it is because I am more friendlier and open to strangers, but I know I can blame it all on this. Thanks for reading