lauriearnold

i'm doing really good. i'm prob one of the only ones that miss my band. I have a hard time knowing when i'm full now until i'm sick. i measure everything out 3-4 oz a meal but sometimes it seems like everything i eat makes me nauseous. I'm dealing with that all day today. I do good on most days but the weight loss is really slow after having band removed cause your body is use to not getting alot of calories still. I had no problems with my band, the band just decided to do it's own thing and went into my stomach where the stomach tissue and scar tissue grew around it and i didn't know it and had no symptoms. I'm 10 weeks out now and taking it one day at a time. I didn't have all this nausea with he band. the dr said it's just going to take time. I think in the long run it's going to do really good and i look forward to see where i'm at in 6 months and a year. i believe you'll like it but just have to get use to what you can and can't eat. sometimes i eat the same thing and one time it'll make me deathly sick and i may have just eaten the same thing the day before and i was fine. i'm just on a emotional roller coaster right now and they say it's normal so i'm hoping it will ease up. good luck girl. gym and working out is a big deal also.

i'm a personal trainer and a nutritionist and this has just thrown me for a loop. It's not good if i get in too many calories and it's not good if i get in less either. being 9 weeks out i thought this would work like the band but it doesn't. I don't eat carbs unless i have 1 pc of bread a week. I'm totally depressed and disgusted too @@calitexan, especially working out 5 days a week with my personal trainer. i go to my surgeon next week on 23rd and i'm doing to ask him about this and what to do about this. i was a self pay in the US and i'll just be sick if i stay where i'm at after paying a whole lot of money to them
I am a strong believe in Protein first (which needs to come from as much food as possible), then i eat my veggies.

I had my revision done May 3. Lost 30lbs. while on pre-op and post-op diet, then, weight loss halted. All of July and August I was up 3 pounds, down three pounds. In July I added 1/2 hour light strength training, in addition to my 1 hour cardio and recently changed my cardio (mainly arch trainer) with intervals. I also, added 1 or 2 days of swimming and a weekend bike ride. Mid July I only weighed myself every 2 weeks, if that. I just got on the scale 3 days ago and am down 6 pounds. My point? Heck, I don't know, I was told so many things, but, what seemed to make the most sense to me was that my body was used to the same workout over and over. Once I changed this, I guess I shocked my body and the weight started dropping again. My portions are 1/2 cup. I follow the rules and I did increase my calorie intake to 1000 cals per day. I think for men 1200 is a good number to lose weight, but, for a female it think 1200 may be a little high, but, I'm no nutritionist. Anyhow, one thing that stuck out to me on a Facebook support group was someone telling that I would eventually find what works for me. I googled "why am I not losing weight with working out" and discovered the interval cardio training with an explanation why my body was holding on to my weight and how interval training would help. I also learned that I needed some carbs before my workout session and I try to get in some oatmeal before my workout and gives me more strength and endurance. I say "some" because it fills me quickly. Anyhow, I hope this it and I found what works. I'm not out of the wood yet, but, am feeling much more encouraged. We have to be patient and above all we can't give up! jake

oh, starvation is not a myth!! yes, your body will know when it's not getting enough calories and will start storing the fat away and you will not lose weight. she is totally wrong on that part. find another nutritionist!!!

I lost 100lbs with my band with 700 Cals a day and no stalls. I worked out 5-6 times per week. I lost the weight in 9 months. This time I've lost about 35lbs in about 2 1/2 months. I guess my body doesn't know about starvation.
I lost 100lbs with my band with 700 Cals a day and no stalls. I worked out 5-6 times per week. I lost the weight in 9 months. This time I've lost about 35lbs in about 2 1/2 months. I guess my body doesn't know about starvation.

Thank you for that info. I am having it removed cause the band makes me sick. And when I eat I get sick. I finished all my doctor visits now it's the waiting game from the insurance company.

oh, starvation is not a myth!! yes, your body will know when it's not getting enough calories and will start storing the fat away and you will not lose weight. she is totally wrong on that part. find another nutritionist!!!

I can relate. Very frustrated now

hey girl. my band eroded into my stomach and i am just now 4 weeks out from having sleeve. They removed my band 11/14 and i had to wait a while so my stomach would heal. I am now on normal foods and so pleased to have had the chance to get this sleeve. It is so much different. I love this better then i did the band cause i always worried about the band doing exactly what it did and doing the damage that it did. I would def recommend take band out and do sleeve. I've already started losing again and doing so much better. i wished the sleeve would have been available in 2006 when i got my band or i would have went this route first. good luck and prayers

i swear by the italian ice that helped me a lot and i ate a lot of Jello with just a dab of cool whip on top. i also drink 1 12 oz of muscle milk in Cookies in cream every day plus the Water. i had to find find other ways to get me through the liquid diet stage. I had my band taken out on Nov 4th and now 7 months later i am finally getting my sleeve on 6/29. I'm excited and scared cause the band worked for me but it worked it's way into my stomach and caused a lot of damage including paralization of the stomach so now my stomach won't empty. we'll get through this girl. this is the hard part. after this it's all Protein and veggies!!!! WE GOT THIS GIRL!!!!! I have to go on all liquids 5 days before surgery but know i can do it cause i did it before the band and i can do it again and so can you. one day at at time.

i swear by the italian ice that helped me a lot and i ate a lot of Jello with just a dab of cool whip on top. i also drink 1 12 oz of muscle milk in Cookies in cream every day plus the Water. i had to find find other ways to get me through the liquid diet stage. I had my band taken out on Nov 4th and now 7 months later i am finally getting my sleeve on 6/29. I'm excited and scared cause the band worked for me but it worked it's way into my stomach and caused a lot of damage including paralization of the stomach so now my stomach won't empty. we'll get through this girl. this is the hard part. after this it's all Protein and veggies!!!! WE GOT THIS GIRL!!!!! I have to go on all liquids 5 days before surgery but know i can do it cause i did it before the band and i can do it again and so can you. one day at at time.

The hunger feeling could be your stomach acid tricking your stomach to feel empty. Have you been prescribed antacids? If not, you may want to consult your doctor about it.

so sorry Juliannabaca@yahoo.com i believe we caught mine early enough that i think we saved it. i don't ever want mine removed. i have no liquid right now and have a lot more restriction then i did with 3cc of Fluid in me. not going to sleeve either, ins won't pay, bmi too low

With the hell that I went through?! You betcha! Where can I sign up?!?!

Yes, in the US. I have a friend who's cousin went to Mexico and she came back with an extra incision and didn't know what it was so my friend talked her into going to the dr. They did a cat scan on her and she was missing a kidney!!!!!!! NO, no mexico. I'd rather keep my organs and pay more in the US and i will have follow up care here where if i go to Mexico i will not. I will have to go to an ER to have a gastro look at me. I've already got the money saved up so i'm just waiting for my 3 month healing time and getting it done.

thank you. yes i'm def ready to heal and get back in the gym with my trainer and my ciients until i'll have to take off again to do the sleeve.

Indeed amen! Best of luck to your on your journey to the next WLS. By the sounds of it, your have it down pact.

i'm 12 days post op of lap band removal and i am too on a liquid diet. Yes, i am hungry and like you would love to just lick something off a plate but i do not. I learned how to eat healthy and Portion Control with the band that i had for 9 years. i stick to what my dr says cause there is a reason for their rules. they know better then we do. I have to wait 3 months and get to go in and get the gastric sleeve (self Pay) but it's going to be so worth it. i've seen where people have gained between 30-90 lbs they've told me in between band removal and their next wls. I can't do that mentally or physically. I do not want to sabotage what i have worked so hard for for 9 years. AMEN!!!

What do you mean.. ""Iike the gastric"?
I revised from band to sleeve II n 2011 and currently maintaining 160# weight loss. Best decision EVER.

I had my band out 2 years ago and in spite of best efforts did regain all but 30 pounds. I had the sleeve last week and wish I had not waited so long

Yes, in the US. I have a friend who's cousin went to Mexico and she came back with an extra incision and didn't know what it was so my friend talked her into going to the dr. They did a cat scan on her and she was missing a kidney!!!!!!! NO, no mexico. I'd rather keep my organs and pay more in the US and i will have follow up care here where if i go to Mexico i will not. I will have to go to an ER to have a gastro look at me. I've already got the money saved up so i'm just waiting for my 3 month healing time and getting it done.

i know my insurance said once in a life time. I have a friend who had bariatric surgery years ago with a different insurance and just recently she tried to get the sleeve since it had been almost 15 years and her new insurance company picked it up and denied her cause they seen where she had already had one and denied her 3 times. good luck girl1! I'm just forking out the dough cause i'm tired of fighting with UHC, after 3 appeals and the dr sending in all kinds of stuff, i'm just done. It's been a week since my band has been out yesterday (Monday) and i have to wait 3 months for total healing before i can get my sleeve. Got to let stomach heal or i'll more likely have a leak.

BadBand you need to get to a dr asap. they found my slip in february and took out all the fill but the dr told me if i had any chest pain whatsoever, not able to keep Water or food down, that i had to get to the ER fast and the band would have to come out in an emergency. You need to call a dr and find out what's going on but i know that is not good at all. Your band could be eroding into your stomach right now and that is very dangerous. Please keep me up with what's going on girl. I'm worried about you. Sending prayers up for you. I don't know if insurance will pay for it due to you having it done in Mexico but def need to have an american dr look at it. insurance will prob pay to have it taken out. My insurance is paying to have mine removed next month.

wow, i hope my doc will go through with it while i'm in there. I don't have a clue what it's going to look like. i've had no symptoms at all and he fully unfilled me as soon as they found it in February and i've been eating very carefully since then to try and not stretch it out more. I can't wait to get this all out. it's so hard to work out and do abs and stuff with this stupid port.

thank you so much nowornever14. I have been doing a lot of research for the past couple months. I have 5 friends that have went to Mexico and are doing great. My husband comes back today, he works off shore on the oil rigs and is stationed in Malaysia so i'm going to talk to him today when he gets home. I have been in contact with the doctor and his nurse a lot in Mexico and he has done a lot of revisions. i just worry i'll be the one that ends up having problems. But he has started doing it in 2 surgeries where my dr here in US said that if there wasn't much scar tissue he will do it all in one. the difference is the money. Mexico is $9000 for removal and sleeve all in one or 2 trips and here in US it's $17,000 and that's self pay. I've read a lot of comments here on bariatric pal and another bariatric site i found that i've been talking to and researching. i'm just kind of confused right now.