BandtoSleevechick

This is great!!!! Your great!!!! I to have done that with shopping... and i LOVE to shop... but what is the point when its just going to get smaller lol I have found it hard to get rid of the bigger sizes... i just got rid of a basket stuffed and i was about to cry lol... some of my favorite pieces gone to big... but i'll get new favorites .. this i know... great job!

This is my first post, and I just wanted to thank you all. All of your posts helped me through every step, two years ago I was a very unhappy seventeen year old, in a horrible relationship that I was scared to leave because I thought no one else would want someone like me, I weighed 110 kilos (242 pounds) and had incredibly low self esteem, but now, thanks to all of your support and my lap band i've lost 52 kilos (114 pounds) and now weigh 58kg (127 pounds), and I have found that its not that people don't look at me anymore, they just don't curl their lip in disgust when they do. I'm now in a happy relationship with a wonderful man and I have my health there are so many things for me to look forward to.

This is great!!!! Your great!!!! I to have done that with shopping... and i LOVE to shop... but what is the point when its just going to get smaller lol I have found it hard to get rid of the bigger sizes... i just got rid of a basket stuffed and i was about to cry lol... some of my favorite pieces gone to big... but i'll get new favorites .. this i know... great job!

I told everyone... and while i had positive feedback from all.. some still asked the same questions.. i politely told them that i tried basically everything short of becoming a drug addict and that this is the best option for me... that is when they told me they were just concerned because of the stories they have heard of complications.. I assured them.. the lap band was the safest and can come out of there are any issues and that i researched thoroughly for the best poss surgeon and the questions stopped. as for the cold shoulder... i know it gets to you but don't let it.. some just need to get over themselves.. you deserve to look and feel GREAT ... it;s your journey .. not theirs hun

Who is this person? Is the question I ask myself everyday since starting this journey. I don't obsess over food now I eat because I have to I still enjoy it but do not obsess like I used to. I'm satisfied with a 1/2 c to 1c of food depending on time of day. When I'm stressed it's not the huge bag of monster mix from target or junk I crave anymore I'm happy with a Protein shake/protein bar string cheese if I'm hungry if it's just stress hunger it's Water and I come on this site. I plan my weeks around my workout schedule. I work out 7 days a week spinn 5 days a week and a workout DVD the other 2... I get up at 430/5 am for a 530 am workout time . It boggles my mind. Im upset if I miss a workout instead of mad I have to work out. I just signed up for the mud run a 5k obstacle course in June. Knowing I'll be closer to my goal. 5k to couch app is getting downloaded as I write this!!!I see the caloric IntAke in my food choices and make better choices and don't feel cheated if I don't eat that cupcake. I could care less if I have it. If I want it ill have it but the calories has to be worth it... My laundry basket is filled with work clothes!!! I don't love clothes shopping as much because I know this size is temporary And looking forward to the next size... Giving all my bigger sizes away my closet looks so bare it's beautiful!!! So I buy a few pieces to get through to the next size so I don't look sloppy. Once I get to goal well I might need to build a new closet because I love shopping ... Now I'm thinking of wearing sweats n leggings cause the will look ok when I shrink instead of fit when I expand!!! I dont feel overwhelmed that I have 140 lbs to lose now it's 96 lbs n I reflect and say great job losing do far let's tackle the next group of ten. I focus on changing the middle number on the scale making my way to onederland. This is an amazing feeling. I am so proud of myself cause the band is a tool and I'm putting in the work. Choosing the right foods and working out and seeing the results!!! I have been on some diet since I was 10 years old. Now at 38 I found a lifestyle I can live. I know I'm only 3 months banded but these have been a great 3 months (after post op gas and discomfort passed) n looking forward to the rest of my life living as the improved me because this person was always in me just a little lost. I have changed in so many ways all for the better and I thought I was a happy person before but I am a truly happier healthier focused person now who is this person is my question the answer is it's me the improved me ....
I just needed to share and this site has been a great help I know you understand where I'm coming from n where I'm going

my craving for chocolate has not changed... altho some days i wish it had lol

I actually just named mine the other day ... i had a stuck episode.... Lucyyyyyyyyyy

That was how it was for me.. my Dr did not fill it during surgery.. and had to wait 6 weeks for my first fill... due to healing..

No one in my family understands how big this is for me for the first time in my life I brought a matching panties and bra set from a regular size store omg never in my life I always had to buy the bras that were ugly with thick straps and grandma panties to match I mean I'm only 32 and now I finally getting the body to match my age Im so siked

I started at 389 before surgery and had to go on my 1500 calorie diet two weeks before. My surgery was this past Tuesday and I weighed in at 374. My scale did go back up some but it's bc of all the swelling from surgery so if you see your numbers go up don't get discouraged. I weighed in today and I'm down 373. I will take that sixteen pounds! Good luck with your surgery!

I posted this 15 days into pre-op approximately. Now I'm 3 weeks in and I've lost 13 pounds as of this morning. I am sluggish due to the all liquid part of the diet but all is well! No new NSV's yet though.

Try living by this rule, if you're hungry enough to eat then eat a full meal. If you're not eating a meal then don't eat at all.

I'm 30 and it took me a LONG LONG LONG time to finally say okay this is what i want.. after doing it i sit here all the time and say what did i fear.. why did it take me so long.. why did i have so many just one more time with this diet and that one.... the lapband BEST thing ever in my life! I am the same way about diets and falling back into old ways.. however with the band .. atleast for me... i havent had the need.. while i do still have my sweet tooth, old food habits.. no i'd rather not.. this is NOT the easy way out.. just a tool to help us achieve a better life to live longer and enjoy life so we can slide into our end with a whew! what a ride... i also have a good relationship with my nutritionist and dr. office to help food wise plus all the suppose and love on this site and a few others in the long run...i feel better, mentally.. and physically... I say pray on it and if you still wake up tomorrow morning and say i want this for me! then go for it!!

I enjoy the chocolate classic more then the splendor.. best thing to do before you buy the canisters is to try the single serve packs.. get the variety pack.. you can try them all. Unjury for me has been the best one ive tried to date. and once your in their system.. you usually get your powders the next day LOVE that!

I'm 30 and it took me a LONG LONG LONG time to finally say okay this is what i want.. after doing it i sit here all the time and say what did i fear.. why did it take me so long.. why did i have so many just one more time with this diet and that one.... the lapband BEST thing ever in my life! I am the same way about diets and falling back into old ways.. however with the band .. atleast for me... i havent had the need.. while i do still have my sweet tooth, old food habits.. no i'd rather not.. this is NOT the easy way out.. just a tool to help us achieve a better life to live longer and enjoy life so we can slide into our end with a whew! what a ride... i also have a good relationship with my nutritionist and dr. office to help food wise plus all the suppose and love on this site and a few others in the long run...i feel better, mentally.. and physically... I say pray on it and if you still wake up tomorrow morning and say i want this for me! then go for it!!

I tell everybody the truth. I was banded on May 28th and have lost 51 lbs. I have had almost all positive responses. One person said "Couldn't you just go on a diet?" I simply said "This was the best solution for me" I personally don't care what people think. I feel great. One thing that has happened also is people pull me aside and ask who my doctor was. LOL.

I enjoy the chocolate classic more then the splendor.. best thing to do before you buy the canisters is to try the single serve packs.. get the variety pack.. you can try them all. Unjury for me has been the best one ive tried to date. and once your in their system.. you usually get your powders the next day LOVE that!

I'm 30 and it took me a LONG LONG LONG time to finally say okay this is what i want.. after doing it i sit here all the time and say what did i fear.. why did it take me so long.. why did i have so many just one more time with this diet and that one.... the lapband BEST thing ever in my life! I am the same way about diets and falling back into old ways.. however with the band .. atleast for me... i havent had the need.. while i do still have my sweet tooth, old food habits.. no i'd rather not.. this is NOT the easy way out.. just a tool to help us achieve a better life to live longer and enjoy life so we can slide into our end with a whew! what a ride... i also have a good relationship with my nutritionist and dr. office to help food wise plus all the suppose and love on this site and a few others in the long run...i feel better, mentally.. and physically... I say pray on it and if you still wake up tomorrow morning and say i want this for me! then go for it!!

Daddyof4.. My mom is the same way.. had gotten better and recently i had a stuck episode due to it going down to fast... she said to me.. That's the first that's ever happened.. i just smiled and said yeah .. while in my head i was thinking oh great the food nazi is back! lol Mom's mean well tho

I don't expect everyone to feel the same way as I do about this, so of course I accept that there will be those who don't want to say anything, and those who do, but I decided to tell everyone. And the reasons were
1) I wanted to be accountable. If I failed on the band, and everyone knew I had one, I only had myself to blame.
2) I didn't want anyone who was overweight to think that I 'miraculously' lost the weight and kept it off for years all on my own, because it would have made ME feel like a complete failure with no willpower if I were them
3) I wanted to show them that when you have a problem, you do what you need to in order to fix it. There is no shame in that.
I've never regretted telling everyone. I think I represent a good outcome as a lapband patient, and if that helps someone else make the decision to change their lives, I'm proud of that.

Heck yes, 100 pounds would be amazing.
Jenni30...I hear you! I'm at 40 pounds lost currently and it feels like I'm pulling teeth to eek out each pound. The last fill FINALLY has created some restriction...I have to take food very slow. I'm hoping that will help kick start some weight loss.

That's Awesome Charles! I seem to be at a standstill on the scale but the inches have dropped.!!

i was able to handle full liquid shakes like that after 3 days post op,... listen to your body.. most would like you to be Clear Liquids atleast a week

Don;t let them get to you! my co worker who had the band removed.. came to me the other day and said you really follow your post fill rules? i said yeah.. i don;t want issues.. she said hm maybe thats why i had so many issues.. this was the same co worker who told me right before i left to go out that i didnt need to tell anyone if i didnt want to.. i said .. its my news to share if i want plus id rather them hear from me then other people... alot of people feel that their way is best .. when in reality it's not for everyone but people dont have the censors on their mouths sometimes.. let them be jealous! their the ones who most likely won;t do anything to improve their health because they are to busy talking

i dont know the solution as i graze at work some days as well maybe when u see yourself reach for something get busy with something else? it seems to help me