plumpdude

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Hi guys, I dont dont post much here because everything is going well. Yesterday was my one year since getting band with plication. Started at 257 on surgery day and now I weigh around 176. 80ish pounds down since surgery and 90lbs from highest weight and 8 pounds from goal weight. Just wanted to let people know that it is possible to be successful. Sorry there isnt pics but I would like to stay anonymous. I havent told many people about my surgery so...

I go through a 12 pack a week. Love it! They are on sale right now 5 for 5 dollars at whole foods. And if you add 2 more after getting 10 you get the case discount too. Its under 11 dollars for 12. Insane deal where I live!

Had this procedure done aug of 2011. 80 pounds down from highest weight 70 from surgery date(and I only need to lose 18 more). 8 months out and So far so good. Very good in fact.

I used to eat too much too but I always ate healthy 90% of the time. I think lap band is perfect for people like this. Also I feel its perfect for people who arent prone to grazing on bad food choices. As long as you stick to your solid healthy foods the lap band is a happy camper. Also being pyshiscally forced to eating slow and chewing more then in the past is such an huge helper in losing weight. Every single time id eat before being banded I would inhale food and be overstuffed before I could tell I was full. Now that I am forced to eat so slowly the fullness is EASILY detected making it very easy to stop. For me anyway. After only 7 months im very used to eating slow and chewing and its second nature. Took some getting used to but Im happy its a new habit. Basically try to limit the sliders, no grazing and bad food choices 95% of the time and I feel its a win with the band. Oh and some exercise too.

Im pretty sure Its actually stiched with stiches not staples. The method they use to do a standalone plication can be different then the one they do that is coupled with a band. I think standalone can be a double inward fold whereas the one I got with my band is single fold(still reduces stomach size by about 70%). Single fold is supposedly safer in terms of developing necrosis etc. Also whats good about the band plus plication is that the band prevents the plication from stretching out after long terms, much like what can happen to veritcal sleeve patients over the long run. So im told by my doctor anyway.

Your doctor sounds like an idiot. Id consider changing. Any person that has any experience in this knows that the body could be holding on in efficiency mode and not losing like it should be at certain times in your weight loss and to say 4.5 in a week is bad is ridiculous. Its actually too much. Get ready to plataeu here and there because thats just how the weight loss works. Its like stairs. Down 2 platuea at 0 down 3 platuea at 0 down 4 etc. The body needs a chance to catch up to the losses. Also if you only need to lose 50 to 60 its going to come off much slower then someone that needs to lose 150. 2 lbs a week would be amazing. 1-1.5 pound is plenty.

Not to rain on your parade but I think the addition of plication is huge. If I had just gotten the band I dont think Id be as successful as I am so far. My cousin got gastric bypass and we have lost the same amount of weight in the same amount of time for the most part. And quite honestly its pretty easy for me. For the past 2 months I have worked out on average 1 to 2 times per week(burning aprox 300 cals) and I am still losing 6 to 7 pounds per month. It's pretty crazy. Dont get me wrong though my friend has just the band and she has lost 80 pounds in a year I think but she does seem to work alot harder then I do at it. She works out alot more. Having said that I still think youll do fine because I can feel the band working too.

first time for me.

Its only been one month for you? How come you are disappointed? Everything for me has been great.

I had this procedure in aug 2011. So far its been really great. Lost almost 60 pounds now in under 6 months. You really get full easily on a cup of food.

I am extremely happy. Ive lost about 44 pounds in 3.5 months so far(almost 50% of what I need to lose). Hopefully the band and plication holds up over the years though. The real test for me will be minimum complications 5 to 6 years out when it seems lap bands can start failing. So far I am doing well with the diet and program etc.

Ha ha so did I! Lost about 2 pounds since thurs. I ate everything too, just real small amounts. For dinner itself on thurs I had a cup. I even ate apple crisp with ice cream. Yum!!

Was it a urine test? All you have to do is drink massive amounts of water and it will flush right out of your system in no time. Did you drink lots of fluids during that time? 8 weeks is a ridiculous amount of time to get rid of the thc. Ive seen people get tested within days of using and test negative just from drinking alot of water prior. Im talking like a least a gallon a day.