Tamiko

I have the same thing when it comes to the burping. My doctor told me about the "heaving" that's what I call it. He told me the same thing that it is the band giving me a warning the my stomach is pushing against my sternum and it is causing the hiccups. But I had planned to have the band removed but changed my mind I was having problems keeping food down because my band was way to tight. Know I feel so much better and have not pb.

Trying to start back slowly so that I don't overdo it Sat. did nothing but rest Sunday. walked for 30 minutes on the treadmill and did upper body work on the weights then sat in the steam room for 15 min.

I don't know yet which one I will do. I will talk to the doctor to see which is best for me.

We'll I have been trying to hang in there with this band for a least 16 months, and I have only managed to lose 45 lbs. I have stayed at this since last year a few months after the surgery. No mater what I do the scale will not budge. So I have chosen to switch and I am already approved for the surgery I just have to go threw the steps again. I didn't want to do this but I will be 31 this year and I want to have kids I weighed at the start at 415 know I am 380 and I don't want to be skinny but I want to stop the insulin my knees are better, but if I want to start a family I need to get on the ball. Only this time only the people real close to me will know. When I take leave from work I won't give the people I work with the real reason for it because I don't want to hear any ones negative feedback as I should have had that done first. I just want to be healthy and I am glad I took the shortest route first to see if that would work and by the weight I have lost, I know it will not.:cry :grouphug:

My cholestorl has gotten better but my doctor says that it is still elevated and I need the medecine to help get it down. I take Zocor or the generic version of it I think it's spelled levistat.

I am trying, I just started school again and I will be in class from 8:00 am to 12:30pm not to mention I work from 10 pm to 6 am I have to try to figure out a meal plan of when to eat because soon as I get home from school I go straight to sleep and wake up at about 6 or 7 pm depends on how tired I am. I will have this schedule until June this time next year so i have to do something to continue to lose weight. The only days I have off from school is Friday and I don't have neither Saturday and Sunday. Does anyone else have a schedule like this and if they do how do they adjust and maintain at losing weight. :help:

I too am a slow loser. It has been only a year and a half and I have only lost 45 lbs. I carry my weight well and I do notice the inches and my clothes fit better on me and certain things that were too tight when I began are too big now wich I love, but why is the weight not coming off. I think I need to do some serious reconsidering of what I eat and how often I think maybe my metabolism has slowed down because I eat too little. So starting tomorrow I will write down everything I eat and drink 64 oz of water or more a day and try to exercise 3-5 times a week and see if that will budge the scales at the end of this month. Wish me luck:nervous

My doctor just told me to intake 80 grams of protein a day and to drink 64 + oz. of water a day. I have found a place called vitamin shop that sells isopure at a cheaper price and a bottle of that is 40 grams of protein with no sugar and no carbs and I use that for my protein.

I am ready for duty, I have to get the measuring tape so I can keep record of my inches. I will post that Saturday. Neck chest bust waist hips thighs calves arms LBT BOOTCAMP starting 378 pds 4-10 4-17 4-24 5-1 5-8 5-15 5-22 5-29 6-5 6-12 6-19 6-26 6-30 :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

sign me up too I want to be recruited. :help: :deadhorse: I need a kick in the rear I feel like a dead horse.

finally a thread that I can relate too I started at 420 before lap band I am know 372 after a year I feel like it should be so much more. Everyone sees the weight loss I can see it a little but I do notice the inches more than anything. Close that used to be tight are know falling off so I see some progress but not enough. I guess I have to put a foot foward and step up the exercise a lot to give my body a shock.:faint:

Well I did start the prescription pills that my doctor gave me and I feel better I noticed it a week or so after taking the pills I guess I really do need them but know I have to get back into the habit of exercise. Once you stop for a long time it is so hard to start back I am trying to trick myself and make my self go at least once this week. Hopefully in the morning. I have ended a bad relationship which caused me to want to eat to battle the feelings that he was putting me threw but I did address it and I feel better getting the break up accomplished although it hurts like hell. I am so glad that I have had this surgery because it has also helped me address so many other issues in my life that I was hiding behind with food know that I don't have food to cover up my pain anymore I have to deal with everything and I thank god for that.:eek:

Well I did start the prescription pills that my doctor gave me and I feel better I noticed it a week or so after taking the pills I guess I really do need them but know I have to get back into the habit of exercise. Once you stop for a long time it is so hard to start back I am trying to trick myself and make my self go at least once this week. Hopefully in the morning. I have ended a bad relationship which caused me to want to eat to battle the feelings that he was putting me threw but I did address it and I feel better getting the break up accomplished although it hurts like hell. I am so glad that I have had this surgery because it has also helped me address so many other issues in my life that I was hiding behind with food know that I don't have food to cover up my pain anymore I have to deal with everything and I thank god for that.

Know I know we are supposed to get in 64 oz's of water but is that too much for the winter time. I get in 64+ but I always go to the sauna and steam room at the gym to try to sweat because I fear of retaining too much does anyone else have those thoughts?

I had the same problem with constipation directly after surgery. The nurse told me to walk it down, it helped eventhough I was sore as all hell. It helped me relieve it but I still had the same problem after I got home and the only thing that helped me was walking but as sone as I felt it coming I had to rush to a bathroom somewhere near by. So that could have been a problem if you know what I mean. :omg:

I was diagnose with sleep apena before I had the surgery so I had to sleep with a mask. The first mask I had just covered my nose and I always had dry mouth from it when I woke up so I just recently switched to a full mask thinking that would help but I slept with it on too long and when I woke up I had a really full feeling then shortly after that I did not feel any restriction. I guess I should not have tried to sleep over 8 hours with it on. When I go and get my next fill wednesday I will tell my doctor about that because I had finally found my sweet spot and my whenever I go to have a fill I they always check it to make sure everything is okay so I don't have a fear of the band slipping it's just that darn mask that is my problem. Does any one else have sleep apena and sleep with a face mask if so have you every had any problems with it?

Well I have been going to my counselor for about two visits know. I go into day at 1:00. I am feeling better about myslef but I refuse to take those darn prescription pills. I don't want to become addicted to it. Know I will refrain from weighing myslef everyday and do it only on monday mornings. I also will start drinking these knew protein shakes and having one meal a day. probably when I go to work. I will take it one day at a time. I will try to exercise twice a day 30-40 minutes in the morning and an hour in the afternoon for the first week. to see how I will do I will weight myself know to see how much I weigh -365- is what it says on my weight watchers scale I really can't go by it because I weigh my self but nekid. I have to weigh my self on the scale at work to get close to an accurate weight. That's all I have for today I will put in more tommorrow.:hungry:

Well I have been going to my counselor for about two visits know. I go into day at 1:00. I am feeling better about myslef but I refuse to take those darn prescription pills. I don't want to become addicted to it. Know I will refrain from weighing myslef everyday and do it only on monday mornings. I also will start drinking these knew protein shakes and having one meal a day. probably when I go to work. I will take it one day at a time. I will try to exercise twice a day 30-40 minutes in the morning and an hour in the afternoon for the first week. to see how I will do I will weight myself know to see how much I weigh -365- is what it says on my weight watchers scale I really can't go by it because I weigh my self but nekid. I have to weigh my self on the scale at work to get close to an accurate weight. That's all I have for today I will put in more tommorrow.:hungry:

my goal for sunday is: 1. to walk for at least an hour 2. to drink 64 oz of Water 3. to eat mushies

Well each fill that I have had wa successfull until the last one when the first doctor poked me several times and stopped because he though he was hurting me I really didn't care I just wanted the fill, but when he said he was going to call my doctor and see if he could do it I was dissapointed until another doctor decided he wanted a shot at it and all he did was hold the port with his hand and injected me the first time. I go for another fill wednesday by one of the doctors who did my surgery so I hope every thing will go okay.

Good for you!!!:biggrin1: :clap2:

See if your insurance will cover it sometimes cheap is not always better.

I weighed my self recently at home and the scale said 371.5(butt nakid). This is my weight watchers scale so I weighed my self at work and it said I was 375 so I finally made some sort of progress and was happy about that until I ran into a coworker who was told by another co-worker that I had surgery too and she says she had gastric bypass and I told her I have the band. She informed me that she lost 64 lbs in 9 weeks and when I said I have lost 45 in a year she looked shocked like that's all but she has 300-400 to lose I only have 100-150 to lose which one is better. I am still happy for her though and glad she is finally feeling good about herself but she has motivated me to get myself in gear it is just some friendly compitition

I just bought a 60 dollar container of Isopure (Mango peach) it tastes alright but because I paid so much for it I will make myself like it. The sales man said it is the one of the highest quality protein drink on the market and it has no sugar and no carbs.

Thanks for the great advice everyone I have decided not to give up going out with my friends. The advice that all of you have given me about the tea and soup sounds like a good idea I can't wait to try that out and if it is a thick soup I will ask to have it pureed.