Ang1982

Oh gosh! I hope your kiddos are okay, being a parent must be very scary when it comes to the health of your kids. *HUG*

Here is a *BIG GROUP HUG* to anyone and everyone who needs a nice big hug today, and even if you don't think you need one have one anyways. Today's a bad "bandster hell" band day for me. I've not lost any weight in the past two weeks and am struggling to have the will power to eat the type/size of meals that I should be eating with 0 restriction. I know that this is just a phase and it to shall pass but right now ... despite knowing that I have a hard time believing it to be true. I just want to get this show on the road. :rolleyes2: I have been upping my intake of Water which was big thing for me which is good and as soon as I am finished packing up my house to move this weekend my adventure back to Curves will begin! So *HUGS* to all, please tell me this gets better.

Hey, I tried but it doesn't let you change the actual Title of thread line only "title of post". If you want to start a new threat I have no issues with that :biggrin:

I am going crazy. Bandster hell has me VERY discouraged. I feel no differently than I did before the surgery and I don't have the will power to force myself to eat small bits anymore on my own. So I find myself eating things that I know I should be but hey - they go down. I know the band wont make me eat just vegetables and lean meats but I'm having a hardtime getting my mindset right - you know the "can only eat a little bit so make it count" ... doesn't apply right now cuz I can eat whatever. Bread? Sure. Nachos? No problem. I'm feeling like a big failure these days. And I haven't lost any weight in two weeks. Very discouraged. First fill is next Monday.

That's fantastic!!!! Congrats on ONEDERLAND! *big hug*

Hmm, I read a good article once on why Water is important for weightloss and I wish I could remember where I saw the link to it. It had to do with basically - if you do not drink the 64oz of water a day your body is not receiving the water that it needs and therefore stores water because it thinks it will not get enough and storing water (causing water weight). However, if you are drinking enough water your body does not feel the need to store that water and thinks it will be given enough. Now whether all that is true... lol. My doc and I think quite a few others as well has said 64 oz's a day drink as much water as possible.

Heyas, My interpretation of what it is/how it is for me is: Bandster hell is that fun period of time between surgery post op diet and proper restriction. For example, I had my surgery Jan 23, I have no restriction what so ever and do not go for my first fill until Mar 10. I can pretty much eat whatever I want and it passes right through the band no problem. So bandster hell is the period of time where you have nothing but will power to rely on eating proper/small meals. And I don't know about others, but if I had a great deal of will power... I likely wouldn't be as overweight as I am. To me, it's also the time where you are wanting to get the show on the road and it's just not going anywhere, it's also very frustrating. Feel free to check out my blog (link in signature) as I've talked about it and how it is for me right now there. Ang

for the first bit after surgery (like a week) I was forced to sleep on my back but after that I found I could gingerly sleep on my side if I had a pillow that I kind of layed on / hugged.

Wow!! You look fantastic! how great you must be feeling!!

I know you are just upset and rightfully so *big hug*. And far be it from me to be the "posting police" .. i just know we say things that we don't mean when we are upset and can hurt some people that we never intend to which is why I pointed out what I said. You said that what you were saying wasn't coming from a racist place and I believe you - your editting your post shows that but I'd hate from others to get an unfair perception of you because you said something in anger which is why I made a short post about it. Kat's post made a good point about subpeona'ing the others that may help for sure.

Well... I'm sorry to hear that you and your DH are going through such crazyness. That has got to put a strain on both you and your marriage. I hope it all works out for you but I really do not think that the racist comments in your post were necessary. Yes this forum thread is meant for ranting and raving so by all means go at it - but as I mentioned before, I do not think that the racist comments are appropriate.

Unrelated post to drinking with the band but my best girl friend who had gastric bypass quite a few years ago is a funny thing to watch when she drinks. Due to the weightloss plus just the way your body is with the bypass more than 1 glass of wine and she's already halfway to drunk.

Ugh, I hope hope hope I can get my 600 minutes in this month. This week is a bad week for me because it's all wrapped around my moving and I won't have time to get to the gym- think I can count packing and moving day as exercise? LOL

Exactly, I may be fat but I'm losing weight and they'll always be stupid LOL.

Oh my gosh, I hear yah. I am in bandster hell which only makes it worse.. my poor fiance. I'm so grumpy and snarky and bitchy... YIKES

The feel of newspaper or dishes that are clean from the dishwasher give me the heeby-geebies. I used to think that pulling out my eyelashes and eyebrows was kinda quirky, then I learned it's a disorder so I'm not quite as crazy as I thought I was.

Fantastic! Glad to hear it all went well - send her our love!!

Hey girlie, I would start with asking your surgeon what he requires. Personally, I take the birth control pill - my surgeon knows I do and I was not told to stop taking it at all before. As a matter of fact I ended up taking an extra week in my 3 week set of pills so that I didn't end up with my period during surgery (no thanks). Good luck! I'd give your surgeon a call see what they have to say

Thanks for the update! I'm soooo excited for her this is so fantastic! She's been on my thoughts all morning!!

Hi Mike, Wow, travelling like that for work must making being banded interesting! I have yet to have my first fill (March 10th is mine) but personally I would say if you seem to have good restriction and aren't too tight than it's probably not that bad of a thing. I would rather have an aggressive first fill and than maybe only have to go back once or twice than have to go 7 or 8 times to get the right restriction. How are you finding the restriction? How long ago was your fill? I know they say it can take up to a couple of days before the restriction actually kicks in. Good luck! Ang

Have a great trip!!!! See you when you get back :thumbup:

Yup the plastic retainers are definitely allowed in surgery. I took out all my earrings and tongue ring and put the plastic one in my nose and they were fine with that. They just don't want any metal in your body. As for where to find them, most places that do piercing and sell piercing jewellery carry them up here.

Hmm... well I started poking around on the internet and found this which I copied from a Lap-band.com newsletter that may help others.. still will appreciate any info anyone can give though.

Hey guys, I was hoping some of you more seasoned (or even not so seasoned but better at it than I am) bandsters could give me a few pointers about measuring food and food amounts. During my post op diet phase I was very diligent about measuring all my food, but then it was easy to measure yogurt, pudding, cottage cheese, you get the drift. Now that I am into "regular" eating I have a hard time measuring stuff. I was hoping for some pointers... how do you measure your lunches? dinners? I have no restriction and NEED to start figuring out how to measure food again. An example of my food in a day: Breakie - Protein shake (easy to measure) lunch - half a bun-sandwich (bunwich? lol) dinner - sushi until "full" Usually breakie and lunchs have been the same thing for me other variations of dinner would be like an omelet or something. How do you measure that? I'm so confused on how to measure my dinners. I'm having a hard time with these with no restriction and I hate hate hate hate hate cooking. Please help, I'm getting so discouraged and I don't get my first fill until Mar 10. I gained 4 lbs back in the past week. :biggrin:

Done Alright you knockouts 600 minutes is ON for March. Kick ass and chew gum and I'm all outta gum.