chrissy03

Great Job! That is so awsome, keep up the good work!

We are here for you, ill be ur buddy!! i went through the same stuff before i had surgery banded july 23, and my family ( in laws) were the same way and it didnt help that bothe my sister in laws are RN and telling me all the scary stuff with going under and that there other methods out there and one of them even got me some weight loss pills to steer me away from being under the knife and she is much older than me and she thinks she is a dr. so that hurt and did put stress on me, but i followed my heart and reminde myself that this was for me and if they couldent support my descion then i didnt want the advice even harder to disregard there opinions... Stick with what makes u feel happy and what will help u!!! Im glad i found this site i have felt so much better abt my desion because IT WAS MY DESION not THEIRS!!! JUSt LIKE IT YOURS!!! Good Luck and God Bless!!

Okay now that I have lost over 50 pounds lots of people are starting to ask me how I have lost so much weight. I never planned on telling people I had lap band so I will tell them I eat less and run 3 to 4 miles every other day. Then they will say what else did you do or did you do somthing to get kick started? Ummmmm.........well I started off doing the couch to 5k and worked my way up to running as much as I do now and I did a liquid diet for about 10 days. Then I always just want to say oh and I had lapband. So am I lying by not telling that part?

I think that ur band is ur bussiness, and tell who u want, i fell the same way because people can be cruel, and they dont know the hard work we have to do inorder to even get the band, sometimes i feel even fatter when i say i have the band and it makes me feel worse, I only told my family and a few select friends that i know that will be there and support me, not ridicule and say oh its the band not u lossing the weight, yes we can educate them but most the time when u mention the band they don't care to know the details, they cant see it the band but they can see ur eating habits and excersice routine.... it up to u who u want to share it with, it nobodys business but urs!!

Oh god, I thought I was the only one who was emotional. I rarely cry, but lately I've wanted to start bawling over nothing! I've recently started getting horrible cravings and I feel like the band isn't working. I'm sure this is normal though. But I need all the support I can get!

We are here I read O.T.R Sleevers response and it does make sense to me about being over emotional. Well i guess we all have each other to get through this, and now we know it is normal, we just have to fight those cravings.... untill the fill i have to postpone my fill another week due to funds and trust me i was irrate and even now in that iall i want to do is cry mode, nice to meet u and thank for the post i thought i was the only one too!! You don't know how much better i feel knowing there is support for us bandsters that we can relate our feeling and tuff times and sucess stories, to other people witout bands just dont understand sometimes, keep at it and Good luck!!

Completely normal. Fat stores estrogen. So, while you are experiencing rapid weightloss & the fat melts away, it releases all that estrogen into your system. That's probably why people tend to be so defensive on weight loss forums.

That is so good to hear, i didnt know what was wrong with me, thank u, im moody all the time and worst during that time of month, again thank u for the information!!

Thank you! I was the same excate way when i first got mine, sometimes i still get emotional especially during the time of month, i am more hungrier i get my first fill tommarow i belive. Goodluck on ur journey as well! i luv the support!

my first week or two was like that but i was told never eat banana anything that they are very fating and loaded with carbs... they told me to drink these myoplex lite shakes, vanilla is very good and i used it in my coffee as a Creamer with splenda and i felt energized and was not as hungry throughout the day. as well which is good dr. told me that moving around is goodjust nothing strenous.

just got my band july 23 and going for my first post op appointment aug 21 and would like to find a local support group or band buddy!!

Hi my name is Chrissy, married, three children, and i just recently got my band july 23 and i have my post op appointment aug 21. A lil about myself: i have gained a lot of weight over the past year or two, from stress, over eating etc mostly stress i think, my husband was diagnosed with leukimia and hospital to hospital food was my comfort of dealing with this. he is now in remmission and now i can focus on myself for a change. i am a month in and it has been a great change for me. and i know my journey has just begun i can tell i need a fill because i am hungry all the time and fight the cravings most of the time and it really dosent helo when my whole family eats like it will be there last meal:) not good for me so i could use all the support i can.