cheryl2586

The only issue I have with this practice is what happens when your filled completely and can no longer get fills. I am almost three years out and need my band the rest of my life. I have 3 cc's and yes I have to do some of the work myself but I am not in any hurry to get this thing filled up and then have nothing to use.

The brunt of your Protein should be coming from food form not Protein Shakes. You would be better off eating a whole chicken after a work out then drinking a Protein Shake. liquid calories should be stopped at least by six months post op. Get your protein from other sources besides shakes. I found when I eat more meat the scale moves. Im averaging 4lbs a week now that my doctor changed my diet and my skin is going back in shape nicely

The brunt of your Protein should be coming from food form not Protein Shakes. You would be better off eating a whole chicken after a work out then drinking a Protein Shake. liquid calories should be stopped at least by six months post op. Get your protein from other sources besides shakes. I found when I eat more meat the scale moves. Im averaging 4lbs a week now that my doctor changed my diet and my skin is going back in shape nicely

The brunt of your Protein should be coming from food form not Protein Shakes. You would be better off eating a whole chicken after a work out then drinking a Protein Shake. liquid calories should be stopped at least by six months post op. Get your protein from other sources besides shakes. I found when I eat more meat the scale moves. Im averaging 4lbs a week now that my doctor changed my diet and my skin is going back in shape nicely

The brunt of your Protein should be coming from food form not Protein Shakes. You would be better off eating a whole chicken after a work out then drinking a Protein Shake. liquid calories should be stopped at least by six months post op. Get your protein from other sources besides shakes. I found when I eat more meat the scale moves. Im averaging 4lbs a week now that my doctor changed my diet and my skin is going back in shape nicely

Well Dr. Wizman did my surgery Dec 09 I have yet to see him ever since surgery. Once a month I was going to his band fill clinics where he does not even do the fills or show up. I have never seen a Dr. that doesnt ever see a patient post op. Im not the first one he has ever done this too and have found many complain about it. I was told oh yeah you can make an appointment to see him on Wednesday but its very full and you will be waiting for hours cause he always runs late. So what did I do I moved to Jacksonville and found Dr. Webb who sees me every single month and does my fills and not some person who isnt even a Dr.

Everyone thinks tight is a good thing but its not. If you over eat the food has no where to go but up into the esophagus. I only have 3 cc's in a 10cc band havent had a fill in over a year and am still slowly losing. This wil make my third year being banded in December. Just because we have the band doesnt mean the lower portion of the stomach is not working. It is very much working and if its not getting any food you will not be satisfied and always feel hungry.

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At this point you have to be in control of your hunger. Go to GNC get some hoodia take it 30 minutes before you eat. It takes about a week to get into your system. You just have to try to not think about food at this point and feeling hungry isnt all that bad. How long has it been since you have actually felt that feeling of true hunger? I love feeling hungry even after two years. Then I know its really time to eat and not because I just want too

Its called post surgical depression. A lot of people get it and it will go away. You are now faced with what we never thought we would have too and that is to live life without food. Food for comfort, food just because, food for every occasion but just remember when you have lost the weight all those feelings will turn in to happiness. To the above poster my hunger never went away. Everyone is different.

Its not uncommon for some people to gain a little weight back. You just have to work that much harder to get it off. As far as the skin I dont know what you can do to make it smaller because all of us were so stretched out that it is hard for the skin to go back in.

First of all dont let your husband bully you it seems he is getting jealous maybe after he sees how well you have done he will consider having weight loss surgery. Secondly your not going to die and if all he is worried about is your insurance being paid up then I would rethink that situation. Thirdly weight loss is slow with the band and you wont look sickly. I went back to work 3 weeks post op and was lifting quite a bit of weight. Stop letting your husband bully you. He is probably afraid that once you lose the weight you will leave him.

You are NOT supposed to take Iron unless you are deficient in it. Excessive iron stores in your body especially for men can cause a cardiac arrest. Just take a multi Vitamin and it should be enough unless they find you are deficient in a vitamin. Most of the Protein Shakes are loaded with Vitamins.< /p>

People WTH you are not supposed to be vomiting ever. You think that its normal and its okay really???? People with the lapband are NEVER supposed to throw up and if you are then you need to get some unfill or tell your doctor that you are throwing up. You are putting yourself at risk for a slipped band. It is not normal to throw up and not normal not to be able to swallow Water. You should be able to eat without issues and if you are having issues especially vomiting that is not normal. SMDH

Ummmm no one is the lapband police but if your vomiting every single day then that is not normal. Yes on occassion and that should be rarely if something gets stuck it may come back up but you should not be vomiting everyday ever and if you are then you need to talk to your doctor. Whom ever thinks it is normal then you need to tell your doctor that your vomiting every single day and see what he says I am sure he will not be happy about that.

People WTH you are not supposed to be vomiting ever. You think that its normal and its okay really???? People with the lapband are NEVER supposed to throw up and if you are then you need to get some unfill or tell your doctor that you are throwing up. You are putting yourself at risk for a slipped band. It is not normal to throw up and not normal not to be able to swallow Water. You should be able to eat without issues and if you are having issues especially vomiting that is not normal. SMDH

People WTH you are not supposed to be vomiting ever. You think that its normal and its okay really???? People with the lapband are NEVER supposed to throw up and if you are then you need to get some unfill or tell your doctor that you are throwing up. You are putting yourself at risk for a slipped band. It is not normal to throw up and not normal not to be able to swallow Water. You should be able to eat without issues and if you are having issues especially vomiting that is not normal. SMDH

Buy yourself a good food scale thats what I did and you will be surprised how little 3 ounces is. Its the best present I gave to me.

SMDH clothes all over in a public pic. WTH

Buy yourself a good food scale thats what I did and you will be surprised how little 3 ounces is. Its the best present I gave to me.

Buy yourself a good food scale thats what I did and you will be surprised how little 3 ounces is. Its the best present I gave to me.

Everyone hits a plateu and sometimes it will be longer than two weeks. You have to know that this will happen and just keep doing what your doing. The best advice is only weigh yourself once a week and yes I know that is hard but dont get on the scale everyday its a bummer

Yes you have to sit up with the needle in so you can drink Water and he can remove if he has too while your drinking. Every fill I have had has been sitting up with the needle in. Pain? No I never had pain where was the pain because the needle isnt in your tissue its in the port.

Why are you waiting two hours after eating its only supposed to be 15 minutes before and 30 minutes after that might help you very much.

Im sorry to hear that hope all gets better. Thats exactly why I dont understand people when they say my doctor said not to drink soda but can I. He said to not drink alcohol can I? He said not to do this or that can I? If he said not to do it then dont test your band. Its for a reason people. No one realizes also when you over eat you are forcing the band into the wall of the stomach which equals erosion. If he tells you drink Decaf then do it. I dont miss coffee, alcohol, or soda. You have to learn its not about what you want but what is best for you. We all need to take a lesson from this and do what the doctor says to do and not ask everyone if its okay to do this or that when your doctor told you not tooooooooooooooo