cheryl2586

O MMMM GGGGGG seems that since this has went on this long you all have no life. What ever I will help when I can, ignore when I want to, and I do have to say that I was not being mean when I said it. Seems maybe your bands have tightened your sense of humor too. Live on people it was just a statement.

4 slices of turkey bacon, handful of cherry tomatoes, and a tblspoon of kraft mayo with olive oil. You may not be staying full because your body needs that fat factor to signal fullness. Just a little though. As a doctor explained to me that the dueodenum needs fat to signal the stomach that it is full. Adding a little fat to your diet in the morning can make a big difference in how hungry you get later on.

Its not that Im tired of people asking questions its the repetition of the questions. If you search the forum you can find all the answers to any question that everyone keeps asking. Its just being lazy to not look to see if someone else posted the same question. I think I give enough to my fellow man every day of my life. If you are not hungry then that is great but you are probably one of the few that wont be. If you look at all the post op forum there are probably a million times posted HELP IM HUNGRY come on its not hard search the forums to find your answers.

Ok Im going to break it as gently to the new folks as I can. YOU ARE GOING TO BE HUNGRY. If you are never hungry you would be skinny. Just because you get banded does not in any way shape or form take away your hunger. Even after fills you will be hungry. Your stomach is still there and when its empty you are going to be hungry. Over and over I see this post and it is just plain and simple you are going to be hungry. Please make a note of it. People wonder why old bandsters stop posting or leave the site its because everyone keeps asking the same questions over and over again. Your going to have gas, pain, hunger, shoulder pain, a runny nose, hiccups, gas may never go away. It is a diet forever forever forever. You can not eat whatever you want and lose weight just like with every single diet we all tried before the band. Who knows when you will get restriction. You may never but measure your food and know its enough. You dont need a whole plate of food to satisfy hunger. Write down every single thing you eat all day and drink drink drink.

Now this is how I feel. Most of the post in these forums are repetitive over and over and over again with the same questions. It just gets a little much to read after a while when you keep answering the same questions over and over because people dont come up with new ideas or different things to post. Its like watchng the same movie over and over or reading the same book it gets to be ridiculous to keep reading and I think some just get sick of it and stop coming here. The success or failure of your band is up to you and no one else. Plain and simple. The ones that just keep asking the same old questions over and over need to learn how to search the forums for the answers. I for one am not staying around here much longer cause I get tired of answering the same questions every single day. I dont think its because they moved on I think this just gets old for real it does.

liquids for four weeks. No way girl you can not do that it is usually only 14 days post op then on to soft foods. What is your doctor thinking.

It is very slow and I have a brand new computer it also keeps coming up 400 bad request error most of the time. I dont have a problem with any other site but this one.

If you are going to cheat it doesnt matter what weight loss surgery you have. If she is refering to not eating sweets with the by pass she still can she might have a reaction but she still can. Weight loss surgery is not a cure for obesity. Our minds are a cure for obesity. You can eat food not matter what surgery you have. If you have the by pass you can eat anything you want in time, if you have the lap band you can eat mostly anything you want also. Its all in how you percieve your surgery. I am a sugar addict one piece of candy leads to a whole bag no matter how tight my band ever will be chocolate will always go down it. You have to diet no matter what and weight loss surgery is only a tool. It wont make you break your bad habits if you dont want to. All I can say is if she thinks that way she is risking a whole lot more complications just to think she wont cheat because yes she will.

I didnt say you woudnt find your sweet spot I said hunger will always be there because that is what our bodies are meant to do. When you are not full you stomach will be hungry. But are you hungry or just empty. When it growls you are hungry when its doesnt you are just empty. But you can not ever think you wont be hungry. You will you have to know how to control it.

Listen you all have some misconception that you will not be hungry. That is a lie no matter if you have a 20cc band and it is filled all the way up. It just is not going to happen. Your stomach was not removed and the bottom works just fine. You are going to be hungry always yes always. That is never going to stop no matter how many fills you get and yes you are dieting. The lap band is a diet and if you think its not then you have been very misguided to the band. It is a forever and ever and ever and did I say forever a diet always and forever.

It is a diet and I dont know why people get that misconception. You still have the same head they didnt remove that with the band. We all got fat because we can not control ourselves with food the band helps to fill you up quicker but it in no way prevents you from gaining your weight back if you do not STICK TO THE DIET YOU ARE GIVEN FOREVER FOREVER FOREVER AND DID I SAY FOREVER PEOPLE. I gained some weight after I quit smoking have I lost it NO AND YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE I GOT OFF THE DIET. ITS FOREVER PEOPLE IT REALLY AND TRULY IS FOREVER NO KIDDING NO BEING SMART ABOUT IT. IT IS FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. THANKS FOR POSTING THAT.

You cant get fills every couple of months if you do what happens when your band is completely full. You only need a fill when you stop losing weight or are not maintaining your goal weight, are excessively hungry, or start gaining. You dont need a fill ever couple of months that is insane thinking. On another note I dont think the band can actually stop working we just stop doing what we did in the beginning thats all. We fall off the wagon just like we did before the band and stray just like we did on other diets. It is our make up. You have to try to get back on track and not eat every and anything.

Get up Girl you are being a big baby lol. Your feeling pain is normal but you got to get up and move if you dont it aint gonna get no better. 5 min little walks can end you up with worse than pain. You can get blood clots and pneumonia. Get up and get moving.

I reported this thread in hopes that it will be removed. The starter of this thread is an idiot to even post such crap. You my friend have no right to post for someone how to fill your own band. I am a medical professional access porta caths every single day and would not in no way fill my own band. Do you think your surgeon would even touch you ever again if he knows you filled your own band. Do you think that if anything goes wrong while you are doing it that any medical professional would touch you knowing that you caused your own stupid problems. Get a life in Romania we have plenty of resouces in the US we dont have to fill our own ports. Now I am really pissed that this has went on this far. I hope it gets removed forever.

My only goal for today is drinking all my water. Thats a small start but anything is better than nothing. It is a struggle maybe this weekend I will attempt the tread mill. I just have to do it because I am otherwise unhappy. I know 70lbs is a lot but I still have 40 to go and I want it gone by summer. Lets do this thing we have too we didnt have surgery to be like this. Its just a set back and that is how I am looking at it. On we go.

Diarrhea? liquids in liquids out yes you can have diarrhea

Well I feel your pain as I am a year post op lost 70lbs and then nothing for the last 7 months. Im ready to pull my hair out have had fills but I mostly stick to the diet. The question I have for you is what do you like to eat because we have to establish that too. I dont like to excersie either and have two treadmills a bike and an ab lounger in my front bedroom sitting there collecting dust because I dont like to walk without anything to watch. So I keep making the excuse for my husband to buy me a tv to put in there and I will probably walk. Not. It aint going to happen. The only thing I can tell you is that maybe from this day forward we have to make each other accountable for the excersise part. I dont know how because we wont really know if the other is doing it or not but we have to start somewhere. Im willing to be your buddy if you want and help you if everyone is willing to help all of us struggling. I think once we see the scale moving again it will be a motivation enough. So lets start one day at a time and today the goal is to drink all our water. Thats todays goal. If you are ready then so am I. Lets do this and here is my email address if you want to email me iluvbears42@yahoo.com

Why would you want the empty calories? Just asking. Seems to me that we should all make every single calorie count and be worth something. Why not just eat cookies then. Same theory. We did this to lose weight not make up excuses why we should do something that we know we shouldnt. Its your choice however you have to deal with that demon

Are you sick or something did you think all your weight would be gone in a month well think again because after the first month it slows down more then more some months you will only lose 2lbs slow but steady that is what it is. What were you thinking. I cant believe you thought you would actually be down more by now. Who are you kidding.

Yes weight watchers allows carbs which two weeks post op you should not be having. Im telling you that is not the way to go and dont do it.

Usually you need a Dr to have documented for at least two years about your weight and comorbidities. Once that happens they will write a letter of medical necessity and submit it to your insurance company or to the surgeon. If you dont have a lot of documentation or have had a BMI of 40 for at least two years they wont approve it. You have to have a stable dr who has taken care of you for quite some time if not then you need to get one and start going every single month to get the ball rolling. Complaints of being tired, back pain, heartburn, then yes test after test. Its just the way it is. Its not about cheating the system. Weight loss surgery should be done on people with comorbidities if you are a normal healthy person with just a weight problem then they are going to make you document every single diet you ever tried since you have been overwieght and you have to have dates for these diets. Its not easy but it has to be. Its not cheating the system its doing it right so you dont run in to problems later down the road

If you just got banded you should not be doing weight watchers. There are certain things you need fresh post op that you cant have on weight watchers like carbs. You will not lose weight like that. Dont do it and follow the meal plan your doctor told you too. Once you are at your goal weight or a year down the road and you stop losing then that may be an option but not a couple weeks post op I wouldnt do it. Its going to set you up big time for failure.

Why in the world would you switch insurance before your surgery is even done? That makes no sense to me. If you are planning any surgery at all never switch insurance before you have it done. It has nothing to do with obama care either it has everything to do with insurance companies and prexisting things they wont cover it 90 percent of the time.

I hardly think any surgeon will remove it so quickly. Why dont you want it?????? What is the problem. Surely you can not be that discouraged so soon after surgery. Its only been a week. What in the world is so terrible that you could want it out in just a week.

I was three weeks post op and went back to work on a rehab floor lifting patients I had no problems. Its only precations they have to warn you about what would happen.