Kcarr1120

I hear ya - I am two months out, and have also found out that sweets don't really bother me much, but I am doing pretty good staying away. If I need a sweet fix I get a Chobani flip that has dark choch. Or candied pecans. The Protein is good, and the sugar is like 18. As for exercise - if you can take a walk on your breaks at work - or walk the stairs, even if it is only 15 minutes, its better than nothing. it will also make you feel good about yourself that you are accomplishing some exercise everyday. that is what i do - i have a 1 & 4 year old, so i understand being tired at the end of the day, and there is no way i can get up earlier to workout before the kids get up! This surgery is definitely not a silver bullet - we must change our relationship with food if we are to succeed! I want to friend ya'll on MFP - I don't have any......

I am about 3.5 weeks out from revision of band to bypass. I feel like food, thoughts of food, exercise, MFP, Fitbit are consuming every waking moment. I just can't relax and enjoy the journey. I was self pay, so that is part of it....I am just so afraid that I won't lose this weight. I have "tested" myself in the last week with fat and sugar to see "what would happen". I think my dumping is more of a general feeling like crap, headache, cramps, super tired. I ate a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup yesterday and today I gained 1.5 lb. I am going to Overeaters Anonymous trying to get my addiction in check. I am just practically paralyzed with fear that I won't lose 100 lb in a year. I have no patience at all. I need a major reality check!

Dave.....what can I say, but thank you so very much for taking the time to reply to my "freak out"! I will be re- reading your words of wisdom daily. Thank you!

Thank you all for your support! I am back on track today, and planning to discuss my behavior in therapy. I want more than anything to change my eating habits and learn to live in a normal size body and eat healthy food - to fuel my body, not my darn brain. My inner 2 year old was throwing a tantrum and I let her have her way - not again!!!

So excited my hubby got on board with me having the revision! i am self pay, so it is a significant investment in me, and I did not really "prove" myself with the band when I gained back all I lost over the past several years!
August 19 is the birth of a new me. - I hope!

I sooooo feel the same way! I am having a revision from Lapband to bypass on 8/19, and I feel like I am eating everything in sight because I won't be able to have it afterward. I am very nervous too that maybe I am not ready for this lifestyle change. I have actually gained 2 lb in the last month! Not Good! I just keep telling myself that come Monday I will have to comply....I won't have a choice not to.......

Good luck! Get some sleep - you are gonna do great! Keep us posted on your recovery!

I hear ya! I am so afraid this won't work, or, if it does, I will gain it all back! Lets face it, if we had good eating habits, and were willing to change our lifestyle for goos, then we wouldn't be in this situation to begin with!
I am a band to bypass revision and my surgery is the 19th. I lost 60 lb with my lapband prior to getting pregnant. I have since had two beautiful boys, and gained all that weight plus some back. I don't have to do a pre-op diet, so I find myself going back and forth in my head "go ahead and eat ice cream, a Big Mac, pizza - you will not have those things ever again", and "eat healthy now, practice the new rules you will have to follow, lose a few pounds before surgery." However, the former usually wins out, and I will probably end up gaining 5 more pounds!!
I don't have any words of wisdom, but at least you know you are not alone!!

So, I'm sure I'm not the only one but, I really like my food. It just plain tastes good. So, I keep picturing this turning out that (when I'm able) I'm going to eat a couple bites of something I love and just want more. So my question is, if I were to take those few bites, would I REALLY feel full and actually NOT want anymore? I just find that hard to believe. I mean, is it not as much a matter of will power to not eat it or do you really not want anymore?

I have read several comments that revision patients don't lose as fast as "virgins". Why is that? I am back at my pre and starting weight, so it's not like I only have a little to lose.....

So excited my hubby got on board with me having the revision! i am self pay, so it is a significant investment in me, and I did not really "prove" myself with the band when I gained back all I lost over the past several years!
August 19 is the birth of a new me. - I hope!

I am also scheduled 8/19 for a band to bypass revision. I am in Atlanta with dr. Johnson

Wow. - you look great!!!! Hope I can do the same!

Ok, so I know that upon undergoing any wls one must "change his lifestyle toward eating healthy". I just don't understand how that happens when we have gone thru our lives unable to "change our lifestyle" in order to lose weight and keep it off....how does having bypass really help in the LONG RUN with that?? I don't want to go thru surgery just to gain my weight back...

Ok, so I know that upon undergoing any wls one must "change his lifestyle toward eating healthy". I just don't understand how that happens when we have gone thru our lives unable to "change our lifestyle" in order to lose weight and keep it off....how does having bypass really help in the LONG RUN with that?? I don't want to go thru surgery just to gain my weight back...

My surgeon said that my reflux should go away once the revision to rny is done. I don't understand why it is virtually eliminated with rny since there is still a pouch and restriction involved? Do you still get stuck with the rny pouch?