chunky buddy

just a case of lights on nobody home:faint:

hi all

surgery went well thought i was gonna die with the shoulder pain on wednesday cryed and felt a bit sorry for myself feeling much better today have lost 16lbs including one week pre op diet hope everyone else is doing ok

I can't remember a time when I was not fat. If I look at pictures when I was a kid I was always "chubby" and as I went through school it got worse and I was no longer "chubby" I was plain old FAT. I was picked on all through school for being fat and I still have low self esteem as a 29 year old about it. I am fat because like many people here I LOVE food! Believe it or not I can't eat much in a sitting and I don't always finish what is on my plate BUT I will be hungry in an hour and instead of having a healthy snack I will have another meal or sweet treats! food is my addiction but unfortunately I can't go to rehab to get over my addiction. In my eyes food is the worst addiction unlike with cigarettes, alcohol or drugs you HAVE to eat to survive so you can't just quit "cold turkey" I just don't have the willpower to not eat the "bad" stuff. In my mind there is no consequence to eating the cake or ice cream so why not have it? I know that long term I am killing myself but what is the instant consequence...a full belly...PERFECT!!! Well that is my rant as to why I am fat. I have not been banded yet nor do I have a date or anything but I am on my way to changing my life with making the decision to have surgery. I look forward to the day that I can answer the question "why are you skinny?"

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hi jetti

while i was reading your remarks i could have written them myself as it sounded how i am myself and you thoughts are the same as mine good luck with your journey

Im fat because im a hoover. I hoover up my kids left overs after iv eaten my own meal as i hate to see waisted food and it all goes back to the time a few years ago we were really poor through no falt of our own and we bearly had enough money to buy food and there were times when it was food or heating to keep warm so after the kids had eaten i would eat their left overs and now im so parranoid about not waisting food that it seems that its taken over my life.

So tommorrow im due to have my surgery and although its gonna reduce the amount of food i consume im still gonna be battling with my food obsession.

hi fo fo

im also being banded on july 31st in nottingham uk it seems to have come round so quickly in the last few days. i too am very nervous i hope your surgery goes well and hope to hear how you are getting on.

Hi AZA im getting banded on tuesday 31st july so i know how you must be feeling as i have had quit an emotional day after all the waiting it is finaly upon me and is real. hope you handeling it ok and that all goes well for you.

my GP said that it wasnt the answere and to eat less well if i could do that i wouldnt be wanting surgery.

BUT when i saw my consultant he said i was way too small for a bypass (gastric that is not urban) and would only do a band.

big day 31st july 2007

<p>i havent told my boss either they know that im going in for stomach surgery and DH is under instruction of what to say afterwards. I had to give them a copy of my admissions letter so that i still get paid but that doesent say anything and im gonna take as much time as possible off to make sure im realy fit and well. I know this isnt possible for everyone but if it is take it just to make sure your up to it. Any how my boss thinks it somthing more serious so im not gonna say any different</p>

I have lost a significant amount of weight-over 100lbs in the past year.....I recently over the 4th of July saw many people who have not seen me since my banding....they all thought I had a shorter hair-do....so much for weightloss!! I did it for me and my health but it does go to show one of my favorite phrases is true.....YOU are not the bride at the wedding!! Noone really focusing on you or what you have done or not done--it is mostly your own image that guides you decisions!! Best of luck to all of you who are on the journey to self improvement!!

well done in loosing 100lbs in a year hope im as successful as you are

Hi everybody

Im due to be banded on july 31st 2007 :clap2:and have been battling with my weight for about 22 years i was slim at one point but never realised it as i was so crap at liking myself and thought if i were thiner people would like me more the fact that i had a low self opinion due to my background never entred my head and that i had ENORMOUSE BOOBS :omg:and although i only had a twenty seven inch waist when i married DH i was told the only way to get rid of the boobies was to DIET! WRONG COS that led to years of yo yo diating and am now 87lbs heavier than when i wed DH. Boobs went with surgery:whoo:.

So you may be asking why do i want to know what it feels like to be slim well its because its been such a long time i have forgotten. Cos even if i lose 30lbs i will still be thiner than i am now BUT i wanna go the whole way and its scaring the poop out of me as i have failed so many times before.:hungry:

So all you lovely fellow bandsters out their who have pased that place that we get down to on convential diets and then start putting it back on again (my door slams shut at 12st 2lbs and then i get scared and it all piles on again) please can you tell me how you delt with it and how wonderful, frightened etc you felt and how it feels now.:help:

thanks guys

x

19 days till banding

hi caolin

im due to be banded on july 31st too it seems ages off but i know its not. i always thought i was fat cos some nasty people always commented about the size of my boobs so i started dieting and it was up and down for twenty years concequently im now 87lbs hevier than when i started. Roll on surgery day. as for wot im gonna wear when im slim its a pair of jeans that i bought when i was having my son in 92 still with the lable on

hi im being banded july 31st how doi get on to this lucky # seven group

lizrbit

wish i could laugh my ars off and my fat belly lol lol lol lol

another one is when your best mate whom you havent seen for ages says

"you ve put a bit of weight on"

and they look fantastic.

its enough to make you stuff out.

28 days till surgery

hi hope your fill goes well on tuesday will be thinking of you let me know how it goes.

28 days till surgery and counting

hi hellen how did the op go hope all is well let us soon to be banded know wot to expect hunny take care you

Being asked when your baby is due. that happened to me twice in two days you should have seen the look on there faces when i said no love thats not a baby thats just fat and they start back tracking about them not realising as i carry all the fat in the front of my tummy wow tell me something i dont know. iwonder if they would say god you so skinny when was the last time you ate something.

Due to be banded 31st july 2007 and have only told my hubby, kids and my best mate.

hi mrdowntown yes i have been to bear river i attendedbear river high school with my friend for a week back in 1981 had a great time. I live in a place caled grantham in lincolnshire uk where our previous lady primminister margaret thatcher grew up. its about 110 miles from london which is were i lived up untill 99. its fantastic that you have lost so much weight since having your surgery i realy hope that im as successful i have 80lbs to loose and im soooooooo frightened that its not going to work.

:)hi im not from utah but have spent many a happy holiday with my best friend of thirty years there who lives in fielding i actually live in the uk and am getting ready for my surgery july 31 2007 am realy scared as it seems like the last option anyhow its great to hear about how you are all dealing with your bands i feel alittle homesick for my second home and family wish i lived ther too:)

thanks for you reply have you tried having your fills at nottingham although its still a bit af a way to go its alot closser than birmingham

:omg:oh my word why oh why dose everyone seem to diss the hospital group? im due to have my op with them at the end of july and with all the hyp im dreading it i know some people say its because they have to pay for their fills but my agreement package entitles me to have unlimited fill for the first year.:help:

PLEASE is there anyone out there who has gone with the hospital group and are pleased with the results as iv paid my deposit, have booked time off work and am feeling a bit daunted by whats being said:think

i had my consultation on june 2nd and could of had my surgery on 22nd but due to finances im having it on the 31st july my surgen didnt ask me to loose any weight just to follow the low cal diat a couple of weeks b4