MzKitty

I have a wonderful husband whom I adore. I love to hold his hand, or lay my head on his shoulder, or have him give me a backrub. But the moment he wants to take it further, I just can't do it. I feel so ugly and sex is the last thing I want to do when my big belly gets in the way. I was joking around with my husband earlier today that he better watch out when I lose 100 pounds. He liked that statement. I fully plan to deliver on my promise, and if I don't have a sex drive at that point, I will get some hormones. I'm too young to only have sex 5-6 times a year. That is not good for a marriage. It is a good thing I have a wonderful husband whom I know will never look elsewhere. Jenny, I honestly do think that when we feel attractive again, things will get better. So tell your husband you are committed to making that happen too. He'll be happy.

Things are going pretty well. I really have things pretty easy as I teach and have several weeks off right now It also means though, that I find myself, not necessararily eating 3 times a day like I should. Sometimes, if I'm not hungry, I'll only eat twice. I haven't been too concerned - because I've been pretty lazy and sleeping a lot too! Since I'm not allowed to lift anything (even our cats are over the weight limit) and I can't clean house or run the vacuum - well . . . there's only so much reading one can do before you just drift off Today is my 1 week anniversary of getting banded. My surgercial sites all feel pretty good - except the one that I presume is the port site - that one and the area around it is still pretty sore. I'm a little concerned concerned about the band - I was reading (of course) yesterday and felt a weird sensation in my left side - don't know if it was a muscle spasm - it didn't really feel like that. Today it sort of feels like when you exercise too soon after eating and you get "stiches" in your side - especially if I take a deep breath. Only the only exercise I've gotten are some short walks (it's snowy here!) with my dog. I've gotten my liquids down okay, and since it's day 7 I even tried a little bit of fat-free refried Beans today as well - they seemed to do okay. So I'm not sure if this something to be concerned about or not . . . otherwise things have been going great! Especially since I get to recover without the immediate stress of work
Tamara & LittlePinkCloud I hope all is going smoothly for you !!

Hi All, I just got banded on Jan. 2nd. I know how tough the pre-op diet was over the Christmas / New Year holidays! I dropped 20 lbs on the on the pre-op liquid diet and another 5 after surgery. I'm a little worried as today is the first day I've been hungry since my surgery and I know it will be about 5 weeks before my first fill for the band. I just don't want to screw up and put any of the weight back on :-( At least so far I am consuming a LOT less than ever before. I'm looking forward to hearing how all you other January bandsters do. I think this is the right way to start the new year of 2013 with lots of hope, enthusiasm and support!! My best wishes to all of you for an incredible 2013

I understand were you are coming from. Weight has been an issue for me also for the past 10 years or so. Personally I have a different approach. I’m convinced this will work for me. Remember this is a tool and its your job to use it propely. And honnestly, what do you have to lose?? Its better to have tried and failed than never tried at all. Maybe when you’ll see the weight come off it will give you that boost you need to keep going ??
Keep reading posts and success stories on this site, it will give you encouragement. I know it did it for me. If others did it, why couldn’t I ??

Hi Donyeil,
My experience has been a lot like yours. I was banded on the same day, Jan. 2nd. I've had a pretty good recovery and no hunger . . . until this morning. I felt hunger for the 1st time since getting the band this morning. I'm guessing it's a sign that the swelling is going down? How are you doing . . . any hunger yet??