JustWatchMe

It's a new day. One day, one meal at a time. You can do this. Never give up on yourself. Have a plan and take it a meal at a time. You can do this!!

Also I didn't fill out any forms. I just show up and sit in the back.

This is not my hospital. I found it by googling bariatric support groups. I go but I don't speak because it's not my surgical center. I'm also LapBand but I mostly go to the rny/sleeve group because I can't get to the earlier one fast enough after work. But I enjoy hearing the folks discuss the various issues WLS patients face. The facilitator is good too. http://www.lcmh.org/mobile/forms/index.cfm?pageID=575&formID=4E07489F-F789-5FD6-FA5D6F323A325FA8

yay!!!!!

I like little Little Company of Mary's groups. They have LapBand at 6pm and RnY/Sleeve at 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month. 2800 95th street in Evergreen Park. It's not my hospital, but there are many long term WLS patients at the RnY/Sleeve meeting. It's worth my hour drive to get there.

Six months from first orientation meeting to surgery.

Ended the day with 1380 calories and 12 flights of stairs. Pretty good. Having minor surgery Friday and so tomorrow I'm on Clear liquids all day. I don't know how I managed to be unprepared for that. I knew it was liquids and planned to have my

Good luck and post when you're up to it!!

Congratulations !! It should feel a little better, not worse, each day. If not, call your doctor. Don't wait. Stay off the scale. Post op weight goes up a little, even a couple of weeks out. Weigh at your doctor's office until your first fill. Be gentle with yourself. You've traumatized your body and have put it through some extreme stuff, and it's not over yet. Emotions will be all over the map. Give yourself permission to feel them. Walk walk walk. Karate chops to the neck and shoulders from a pal help get the gas pain out. Finally, dream and dream big !! My life is completely different than it was the day I had surgery ten months ago. I can walk, I can breathe, I can sleep, and can eat normal portions and be satisfied. It's a frickin miracle.

Good for you for not giving up on yourself! You can do it!!

I'm glad you posted here. Stay connected and get support from us fellow travelers. I can't tell you how many days a word of encouragement from this site lifts me up.

Liz, you're amazing. Your posts help me every day. I know I can do this because I'm watching you do this. Your honesty about what's going on and how you're feeling let me know I'm not doomed to failure and I'm not doomed to repeat the patterns I've been in for years. You're brave. You are facing the underlying reasons for overeating, and examining the consequences of changing your body. You offer a hand up to us newbies and the oldies too. You're one of the strongest voices of BariatricPal for me and I love reading what you write. Congratulations to you. <3

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Tomorrow I'm going to try for six trips up and down = 12 floors. And a goal of 1200 calories. Having leftover chicken again for lunch tomorrow.

Got all my stair climbing in and came in at 925 calories for the day. Woo hoo!

I'm dreaming of 145. Never been there since my early teens.

Glad it's going well. Wow, protocols are all different. I wasn't allowed anything except liquids for six weeks. Congrats on your new life!!

Karate chops to the neck and shoulders helped me. And walking.

What's your daydream? Mine is walking on the beach next summer, in shorts, for miles. Big old floppy hat, Jackie O sunglasses, sassy butt, and my trusty dog at my side. Cruising Chicago's Lake Shore Drive on a Saturday from Hyde Park to Sheridan Road and back with the sunroof open and the windows down.

Ten months ago today I was banded. Woo hoo! What a wonderful ten months it has been. I'm feeling grateful for you folks today, and hopeful for 2015. My therapist tells me to dare to dream. So today I'm daydreaming about summer 2015. Will I be at goal weight? I sure hope so! Gotta get this body moving more! I started walking the stairs at work as a planned exercise. Ten flights up and ten flights down each day. Too cold to walk outside. Hope everyone is having a good day.

First of all backing out when you did is better than regretting a decision you were not comfortable with. So good on you for that. I'm a new bander and it is work to stay compliant. All I can worry about is being compliant today. I won't second guess my band decision because I feel it was right FOR ME. I may have complications later, but I don't today and for that I am grateful. So grateful that I'm vigilant about following the rules. One day at a time, I've lost 104 pounds in 10 months and got my life back. My weight loss has slowed to a crawl with fifty two pounds to go. But I know what to do to kick it up a notch. I need to get off my butt and exercise, and eat less. For today I'm working this tool as best I can, and reaping its benefits. Good luck and don't rush into anything. Be sure, because no matter which road you take, it's work. But it's the most rewarding work I've done in ages.

This is so exciting. Post here as soon as you feel up to it. Good luck !!!

Lol I have fifty two pounds to go. But my rear is definitely skinny. Full disclosure. Not a veteran. I missed that part. I was banded 10 months ago today. Can I stay? I don't see the forum for many posts from my iPhone app. I'm replying before I realize where I've posted. Today I will do the stairs at work again (10 floors up, 10 floors down) and bring my lunch. Aiming for 1500 calories. It felt right yesterday and I actually went to bed with a grumbling stomach. So I think it's more realistic than 1200 for me. I'm having a minor surgery Friday which will mess up my eating big time Thursday and Friday. As in liquids only Thursday and probably nausea Friday. So my goal this week food wise is nutrition. So for lunch I'll have solid Protein and a salad. dinner I'll have to plan a little later. Good luck, team!

For those of us who turned to food for comfort, finding a way to live without self medication is harder than the weight loss itself. I do believe addiction transfer is real, and may be both biological and psychological in origin. I'm grateful to have a 12-step program for the overeating. For me, the battle was never just about finding the right diet or weight loss tool, surgical or otherwise.

I have trouble with dry chicken and can't eat pork at all. Beef is usually fine, but once I got very very stuck on dry beef. I do okay with ground meat like chili. I've heard that constant irritation of the band (being too tight) can be a vicious circle. Can you try liquids transitioning into mushies and then solids as if it was right after surgery? Maybe your band needs a rest.