Banded Beauty

Hi Rebecca, I'm from the Central Coast too! Did Dr Caska do your band? You've had great weight loss so far, well done!!

You're doing great so far, you should be very proud of the weight you've lost. And we all know about the hard liquid stage, just remember that nothing tastes as good as looking slimmer!! I've had 2 slips in the past, but luckily I didn't need my band to be replaced, just all the Fluid taken out. I really admire you for starting again and I wish you well with your new band

Hi there! Don't worry about struggling... I think a lot of people with the band are struggling. I think it's a lot harder than I imagined when I signed up. But in saying that, I still don't regret getting my band and am glad I had it done as I dread to think about what weight I'd be if I didn't have it done. My "bandiversary" will be 4 years in December... wow that's gone quick!! I lost nearly 40kgs in the 7 months after my surgery (eating basically nothing and doing 2 gym classes a night, 5 nights a week!!), then I fell pregant. So I had my band loosened and hello... I got 30kgs back My son is now 2 and I've decided to use my band again, so I'm going back to have it filled on Friday. I'm actually really excited and can't wait to see the numbers going down again. I think if we are honest with ourselves, stop the junk (which is always the easiest thing to go through the band!), drink heaps of Water and do some exercise, there's no reason why the weight won't come off. But anyways, I completely understand where you're coming from in regard to your food choices being limited, I don't have any advice but wanted to reply to you and say that I'll be your friend if and when you need support from someone who knows EXACTLY what you're going through

Sorry, I'm new and just learning how to use this forum... Anyways, I'm someone who has vomited countless times and had 2 slips, yep, not 1 but 2!! And I knew they were more than just having something caught... felt like I was having a heart attack (not that I'd ever had one, thank god!) I couldn't keep anything down, not even my own saliva. With something just caught, it'd be painful but I'd get up and walk then it'd go through. And what a relief that was!! Yeah so, I do vomit more than I ever thought I would and getting a slip was really easy to do. Hope that helps!