HamuChan

Well I have been working out 4 days a week and counting my calories for the past few weeks. I have lost 5 pounds since I began working out but I am thinking that I am eating too many calories. I am eating approximately 1700 calories a day and working off about 300 doing cardio. Am I eating too much though. Everyone on here says to eat like 1200 calories right? So is 1700 bad? I am having a really difficult time cutting down to 1200 calories. I am SOOOO hungry lately since I started working out so much. Plus food tastes better and stays with me longer if a has a few extra calories. I am feeling paranoid because I still have so much weight to lose. Thank goodness for my band here to help me. I am not nearly as hungry as I would be. Losing weight is 1 million times easier with the band, but I do still have to make effort and watch what I'm eating.

I had mine out after I got my band. I think my problems were caused by weight loss. That surgery was so painful for me!!! I was miserable!

I am 28 also! I saw like 2 other people with the same age. My birthday was Friday so I am still getting used to 28. I am worried a little because I'm so young so therefore I will have my lapband for another like 50 years (hopefully). I hope they last that long!!

:update: To anyone who has read or respsonded to this thread I wanted to update you on my progress. In the past week I have lost 4 lbs and continue to lose. I will hopefully lose another 4 lbs in the next week. Still working out everyday! My attitude has changed so much in the last week! I am going to lose all this weight now! I KNOW it!!! My band helps me everyday and I am so thankful for it! I still need to work hard though. P.S. Happy Birthday to me!! 1/19/1979 :happybday:

I didn't see it or hear of it. How are hoarding and M.O. related?

I'm so sorry sweetie! Is there another bank you can try? Can your hubby take out a credit card with enough credit available to charge a portion of the surgery? Can you sell your car and get a cheaper one? Just thinking out loud. I wish I had some better ideas! Good luck!

My mother is a recovery room nurse at the Surgery Center of Richardson so she works with Dr Benevidies everyday. He's very experienced and has a lot of success as a lapband doctor. My mom had a choice of free lapband surgery from all the Dr's in Dallas and chose another doctor. Dr Benevides is a safe and experienced choice but my mom does not like him personally. If you go with him, say hi to my mom in the recovery room!

No regrets, but I will agree that it's not as easy as people would think. You do have to make an effort but your band helps you feel full, making it easier. It was worth it. I damn well hope my lapband lasts my lifetime! That's what my Dr told me. I don't want to have to have to switched out every 10 years! I guess only time will tell!

My worst experience was the fault of my boyfriend at the time, he's now my husband. Needless to say he has changed completely. He loves me for who I am now... So at the time we had been together for 3 years (we've been together 9 years now) and I loved him dearly and as far as I knew he loved me as well. I had gained probably 60 lbs since we had gotten together, no excuses, I had just gotten lazy and eaten too much. Well I knew he didn't like it because he constantly commented on my portion sizes. He made comments like, "Aren't you full yet?" and "Haven't you had enough already?" Keep in mind that he has been about 80 lbs overweight since the day I met him, so he's kind of a hypocrite. So one day he told me, "Since you gained that weight, I am not attracted to you anymore." I cried for months after that. It's 6 years later and it still hurts. He felt like total crap after that but I still feel a little resentful. You may be wondering, why did you marry that guy? No worries, he regrets what he said and is SOOOO different now. Thank goodness!!

Never had that problem but wanted to reassure you that all will be well. If it's a minor surgery then your doc'll fix it and you'll be good as new. Congrats on your band! Keep us updated! :biggrin1:

Ok so I finally got my butt moving. I joined a gym and have worked out for 3 days straight. I am going to keep working out until 20 lbs are gone. I've already lost 3 lbs since I began my workout!! :huggie: My workouts have been intense! Ok so my question is, when will I stop feeling completely drained and exhausted by my workout? I know workouts eventually GIVE you energy but so far I am just tired and sore. I want to feel that pumped up energetic feeling! Does it take weeks or will I feel it soon? I need to feel that good feeling soon or I will be SO tired all the time until my 20 lbs are gone.

I'm at 21 months with the band, no complications at all so far. I feel lucky and hope for no problems in the future.

So you've never had ANY restriction?? I'd be SO mad at my doctor after two years like this. Did they just put an really huge band on your stomach? My Dr allows me to come back within a week to add/subtract from my band if the fill did not work out, no extra cost. Find a new fill Dr, my advice. Good luck!

My advice on drinking while eating is, just don't do it. Two reasons: It makes food either slip right through your band band or it'll make it get stuck and come back up. I have acheived perfect retriction many times and have experimented with drinking while eating, it just doesn't work. I need to separate those activities by about 30 mins. Hope this helps! :welldone:

There I was on top of the world. Then I kinda just stopped weighing and ate what I wanted for the past 6 months. I knew I had gained some weight when I noticed a few pairs of pants fitting snugly. Then....my husband mentioned it...He may as well have stabbed me in the heart with a flaming dagger. I was crying and upset, boy did he feel stupid. I refuse to change my weight on my profile because I will have this weight off in a month. I SWEAR. I am up about 18 pounds. :cool: Today me and my husband joined a gym and I worked out for the first time since I got my band. It actually felt really good and I have my work out bag all packed for tomorrow. I am going to go every single day until I get to goal weight. I just can't let the weekend spoil me. NO WAY. I am so depressed guys. Why have I gone through all this just to gain weight? And it's TOTALLY my fault. I was drinking beer all the time (like 5 times a week) eating chocolate, ice cream, eating lots of mushy stuff, Jack in the Box tacos, Taco Bell, "eating around the band," and pretty much sitting in my recliner whenever I am home from work. I am stressed because now I know it's possible to gain weight back with the band if you're not careful. I mean how could you eat like I was eating and expect not to gain weight?? Don't get me wrong, my band helps me immensely. I only gained 17 pounds eating like that everyday for 6 months, I deserved to have gained like 30-40 pounds. My band still limits what foods I can eat, what time of day I can eat, and the amount I can eat. I love my band and would be in SOOOOO much more trouble without it. But this is just a grim reminder that I have to watch it. I cannot depend on my band to do everything because I need to stay active and eat healthy. I need encouragement. Has anyone elsed had a setback like this?? How did you handle it?? I am going to eat a banana, they're only like 100 calories right?? :welldone:

Paige, why did you put a link for an ad for an RNY surgeon on here? Of course she's going to criticize the lapband, it's her competition!! The lapband surgeons are going to have their little pages criticizing the RNY, that doesn't make it bad. I made my choice because my sister was on the verge of death after her RNY. Now 3 years later she has regained all her weight. I think that if I HAD to reverse my lapband I could. But I hope I never have to.

Chrissie, Hearing you say that had me feel 1 million times better. So that's why I never hear about long term success!!? Maybe I have a shot after all?? I will try to keep my hopes up!! I need to find some Australian or European lapband boards to see the long term success. I just want to hear from someone with success long term.

Well, after having prowled around a bunch of "complications" message boards for a few hours I have decided that I am hopeless and may one day lose my band. The only positive statements I read are from those that are like 3 months from having had the band. NONE for 3 or more years. Are there any success stories from someone who has had the band for more than 3 years?? I have had my band for 19 months and have not had a complication yet but am comvinced that I am going to have one. What if I gain back all my weight? THAT'S my biggest fear... One postitive thing, I do not think that I will ever slip. My band feels secure and I am always able to get proper restriction. But am I one in a million?? Or will I be the next to fail?? Where can I find the success rate on the band?? Percentages %%%%??

No more pain! I am feeling so much better. I didn't realize that gallbladder problems were so common! Hope everyone is doing well! :biggrin1:

had my hietal (sp?) hernia and lap-band done at the same time.

263 lbs, 12 months, 98%, 15 minutes, 4, no, white, 68 lbs

Welcome to bandland! You're going to love it here!! Congrats!!!!

I'm a little over a year out and have no regrets at all. I feel like I could not live without my band! Love it!

This past week as been one of the WORST ever. I ended up in the emergency room with SEVERE abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. I threw up all over the emergency room staff and was really scared something was wrong with my band. After being told it was only the "stomach flu" I finally got a decent dr who ran 3 or 4 more tests and viola! My gallbladder was infected and had to come out. I got my gallbladder out yesterday and am feeling like I got the band all over again. Ouch!! This explains why on a previous post I was complaining of constant nausea!! It hurts to breathe and the awful awful nausea! :sick So apprently after you lose a bunch of weight it's really commom to develop gallstones and possibly a gallbladder infection. So, if any of you guys end up in the ER with abdominal pain and vomiting insist on a gallbladder check bc weight loss can do that to you. If they tell you it's just the stomach flu don't buy it!!! After a few days I should be good as new! Can't wait to feel normal again! :phanvan

Wow you guys made me feel soooooooooooooo much better. I'm not sweating this anymore. Thanks GeezerSue for letting me know that this is something that can be fixed. WHEW!!! I was afraid EVERYTHING would have to be replaced. Sigh of relief!!! But I am still SO mad that the stupid fill center allowed the nurse to "train" while giving me a fill. It hurts when they stab you waaaaay too far in! MAD at The Surgery Center in Richardson Fill Center. I have never had a problem with them before this. They were like, "Ok now numb her first...ok good now stab the needle in...oh wait stop stop stop that's too far.! Oh no, now you're stuck in the side of the port let me yank that out of there. OOOps! There we go!" Ahhhhh!