beena

I have had an interesting journey but you can hear all about it at www.beenabeena.blogspot.com

I am nearly at 1 year banded and am down a fair bit of weight. It is really nice to be in smaller sizes and not have to shop at the bigger girls stores anymore. That I would have to say has been the highlight. I do have really yucky legs and breasts from the skin that once was filled with fat. i had every intention of getting this all fixed until I recently went in for a restitch of a flipped port and the gallbladder was taken out at the same time. I have been getting spasms once a month since the band that radiate through the chest and my back and have had a heap of tests!!! We are just putting it down to oesophegal spasms irritated by the band and my menstral cycle! I have came to a stand still with the weight loss but its my own doing I have became addicted to chocolate lately (It think I have picked up another addiction due to the band) they say that this can happen as food has always been my addiction... I have also hurt my ankle so my usual walking each day has not been happening! The band does not tell you not to eat chocolate so BEWARE!!! LOL!! but im not complaining!!! I am happy with my progress and have always planned to do this over 2 years! 1 down another 1 to go to get to my goal of 75kg!!! 145lbs (i think)!! anyway take care have a read @ www.beenabeena.blogspot.com

Cheers

Beena:thumbup:

I have now been banded for 3months and with pre op diet i have lost a total of about 27kg (60lbs) It has been a hard journey from drinking Optifast for 1 month to having the operation and being in pain for 3 weeks but I sit here and feel fantastic. Im nearly half way to my goal weight and people are really strating to notice the change in my body. I can now start to fit into clothes at "main stream shops" and dont have to find the big girl stores. I cant wait until i can give up my email subscriptions to the fat stores.

The lapband is changing my life making me into something that i cant remember ever being. Im more mature to deal with the mind side of the band so Im glad that I have done it now. im still young enough to enjoy my new and improved body LOL! There have been moments of sheer pain where I have eaten something that didnt agree with the band but we are new to eachother and I will eventually figure it out. It was such a hard decision to make at first What will it feel like?, will I miss certain foods? amI doing the right thing? I have suprised myself. I dont miss certain foods like i thought I would and there seems to always be a way around it. Iam 27kg (60lbs) lighter and as long as the scales keep going down and as long as things keep going down the right path Ive made the right choice for me. I can still eat most things (bad and good) but just little tiny plate size full and pre band i use to think "but how" am I not gong to go for the second helping... But the band wont let you it says "you are full" its great.:thumbup:THUMBS UP SO FAR

Today I was watching our local news and a report came up about how there had been 7 deaths in Victoria regarding the band! Of course within 1 minute my mum called me in a total state of panic! I was so sure I was going to do this and still am but that still plays in your mind! I figure that I m going to die anyway with this extra weight sooner then i planned so i need to take the small risk and do this because in 28 years so far nothing has worked....I have heard great stories from other Ausssie bansters and seen fantastic results and I wanna be in there shoes to!:tt2:

Well this is now me a year later and I am happy to say Im banded and have been for near 12 months next week!!! I have recorded my journey on www.beenabeena.blogspot.com Im down near 40kg (80lbs I think my metric terms may be out abit). Ive got another 20 to go and plan on getting it off in the next 12 months!:biggrin:

There are days where I hesitate to even think about getting the band and there are others where i am excited for the unknown!! I have managed to make a few calls today with the dietition and the physicion that the surgeon reccomended for me (man I cant spell today) Im not thinking straight!!!Anyway you get the drift! Either way I really know in my heart that something needs to be done about my huge weight problem that has been haunting me forever! I remember the days when I was 100kg (about 220lbs) and now I wish i was back there instead of being 131kg (288lbs) If i can manage to get off 132lbs (60kg) which is a huge ask I will be happy. That will bring me down to 70kg which is (154lbs) That for my height is still big but It would be true bliss. I have yet to meet a banster that has lost this amount of weight anyone out there with this success your motivation will be appreciated!

At a very large size i have a big decision to make. Today I finally took the first step and made it to my first appointment to meet the suregon. He seemed really nice and Im hoping that all goes well. The next step is to see a dietision and another doctor who will assess me.

Im hoping that there are no regrets but it is something I need to do.:car: ..... but its doing my head in.

:thumbup:Hello Welcome to my blog. Im from Australia and weigh a good 260lbs i think! (not good with metric conversion ) (131kg) either way the fact is my bmi is 56 really not good Im fairly short so I guess that puts me in a higher category. Anyway I will post my progress. As the year goes ahead and as i get more advanced and educated with my band I will answer as many questions as i can

cheers!

Just popping in 2c how u are going keep me posted all the best

I hear you!! I know what u mean! I think for me its more of a bored thing I eat when im bored! I eat out of enjoyment I rarely eat cos im actually hungry. But at least we have worked out our problems. Now to fix them is another story. I guess we need to get it out of our heads and keep busy. Food can be like an addiction I guess!! except you need food to live!! Im not yet banded but its an option for me cos im over being big. But ive been able to analyze my thoughts about food lately which is helping me make a decision. good luck keep me posted

GOOD LUCK TO YOU Im not sure what u need to loose but hopefully u r on your way to success. Each day i just keep getting bigger and bigger and more and more depressed. I need to get my butt moving in the same direction you have gone in. In a month or 2 you wont know yourself and i will still be huge!!! More power to u keep me posted on your journey it will help me make a final decision on my future and the lapband.

GOOD LUCK Im yet to be banded but im hopeful just looking into it at the moment need to loose 110+ so I could only wish I was 216 pounds like your start weight. I dont know where and how I got to this point.

All the best keep me posted on your journey to sucess

Just dropping in to c how u are feeling?

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Yes here is a debate for the bansters !!! Do you tell everyone or those close to you? or do you keep your mouth shut completly? Do you need the support or will you feel as though that you are being watched like a hawlk? Me personally feel that its no ones business but my own! My husband is there to support me and he doesnt judge me! I feel if I tell my mother and father and sisters and brothers things could get out of hand!! Im at the point now where the lapband is my last resort and if all else fails im just meant to be BIG!! I mean the world and everything in it comes in all different shapes and sizes right!!! I have disscussed my plans with my parents and my sister and a few friends but am not prepared to admit that I have gone through with it until the time is right and i make that step to have the surgery. Thats if it ever is!!! I m sure many of you out there need the support of everyone and that is great for you but I know what the past has been like for me! I went on Jenny Craig about 4 times and each time i lost 30lbs which really doesnt show on someone my size I never got the compliments I deserved even from the ones that knew. On top of that ive been told on many occasions that it obviously doesnt work! well not for me anyway but im sure it has for some. i just dont want the same opinions and pressure put on me again.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL:kiss

Good luck with your banding I m certainly not in denial but have been in the past so i get what you mean about your friend. If i had the money i would do it tomorrow but 2008 is looking good for me

What has posessed me to make a decion that will in tern effect the rest of my life!! I really do not know how all this has came about!:omg:

But the rest of my life hopfully will be longer then the path im currently on if i dont do something about this weight! Im 126kg which is around 270lbs OUCH!!! I cant remember getting here its a long life journey that needs to end. I do know too much food and no working out=ME!!!!!

Im currently depressed and frankly have no real motivation to do anything this is my last option and if it fails well so be it Im just meant to be big!:hungry:

i know there will be some of you that say that i should think positive. My response to that is Well here iam making a dramatic lifestyle choice and its a big step for me so cut me some slack! LOL . I think im in denyal and i never thought I was until I tried to hide myself under loads of makeup today to make myself look attractive! but it doesnt work anymore I cant hide the fat that has built up over 28 years under foundation. I cant hide it under my size 26 clothes and i cant hide it from myself anymore. My husband is supportive but i find it offencive that he is. I mean i think he must think im ugly and fat and must secretly be repulsed by me!! But if he wasnt supportive i would be angery at him!! POOR GUY;)!!!

Im in a pickle confused about who im and what I want to be but if anything i need to do this for myself and for my life i dont wont to be another statistic and i certainly dont want to see the day where my 2boys get ridiculled cos there mother is fat.

So i picked up the phone and made the first step wish me luck my journey starts on the 16 Aug where i will meet the Doctor for the first time!!