Jessizzle

wooww you look amazing!!!

thank you all soooo much!! soo supportive!! I made an appointment with a therapist... i'll keep you guys posted thanks again!!

Hellooo everyone! Woww its been YEARSSS since I've posted on here...! I cant beleive im 5yrs POST OP, and down 140lbs! Its been a VERY slow journey, but well worth it! Now please don;t get me wrong the lapband is the best decision i've ever made in my life, AND NEVER HAD ONE REGET TO THIS DAY! Anyways you guys... I don't recognize myself! Has anyone else felt like this, or going through this??!! I was sooo confident at 315lbs, wore stilettos had the highest self esteem, yet now, 140lbs lighter, I just feel like I don't know how I truely look...I havent posted a facebook or Instgram pics online in like almost a year... Everyone is like you look great why don't you take any pictures? I just feel like I don't look the pictures!! Sometimes I cry because when I see myself in a picture, even a mirror I'm like who is that? I feel like i've completed changed... even my skin has gotten lighter from the weightloss... So not only am I different size, I'm a different color! I assumed that since my weight loss was so slow, when I got closer to my goal weight it wouldn't be this shocking but it is! I know that the doctors warned me this before the surgery (this is one of the side effects) but I know I cant be the only out there that's close to their goal weight feeling this way... anyone else out there or with any advice? thanks!

IVE LOST 140 AND STILL LOOSING!! I'm almost 5yrs post op, its been VERRRYYY slow, but omg SOOO WORTH IT!!

OMG IM IN THE SAME SITUATION!!! im a year and a half out, almost 2yrs and my restriction had gotten tight all of a sudden, like over night! ive lost 76lbs so far (i didnt have any restriction at all in the first 6months after my surgery) but a couple days later, im fine i feel i have PERFECT restriction, i think ive reached my sweet spot:thumbup: i have no clue why this happens though... a week ago i had made an apt to get tighten!! now i dont need it

lol, it's TOTALLY NOT WRONG!!! i'm going through a very similar situation... the more weight i loose, the more attention i get. i hate guys... especially shallow ones who now all of a sudden want to say hello since i've lost 50+lbs... DONT GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!!! and congrads on your weightloss!!!:smile:

lol thank you, thank you!!:confused:

before was like 2008... 6months before my surgery @ my heighest weight 315!! now im @ like 270... i dunno HATTEE weighing myself lol my new pics were taken 2*3*09

i have been where you are.... i think maybe you should go for an unfil... as for the hiccups and burping... that comes with the band. i believe everyone experiences that. good luck!! :tongue:

i could careless if prositiution was legalized or not. I dont exactly understand why it's illegal anway... if youre 18+, and a competent adult, its THEIR decision.

thank you everyone who responded back to my question!!! today i went for an unfil... he said he took out .15, so now im at a 4.1 in a 4cc band.... so far its soo much better!! :shades_smile: thanks again everyone!

Ok, so.... i know i havent posted on here in a while... but i do have a very important question, but first i should explain my rare situation. i was banded over SIX MONTHS ago, however, it took until my last month, when i had to get an xray because i didnt have ANY restriction at all. Up until the xray, i was able to eat anything, and fast as well. so my doctor said hes not sure why i havent had restrtiction, he said his best guest was i needed more than the average person (everyones diffrent) so according to my doctor, i have 4.25cc in 4cc band!!:confused_smile: when i did the xray he put in 4cc, and i had felt comfortable with that restriction, but he insisted i go to a 4.25.... so i did... and now my band is hella tight! i can sometimes barely get down water, and im only eating maybe ONE meal a day. sometimes soups dont even get down or water... and now im starting to get nervous because i'm throwing up alot, almost 3x a day when ever i try to eat. so... could someone please give their advice?? i'm at the point where im going to call my doctor and tell him i need an unfil... Do you think maybe i should wait until my next fill and give it some more time...?? yes im loosing weight faster, but i KNOW its not worth me risking band slippage... but thank you for reading my post!! you guys are GREAT and helpful!!:thumbup:

OMG i PB just about everyday also.... well to sum it up, i basically BP more often then i dont :cursing:

i am on my 6TH FILL and still have not had any restriction... i can still eat anything, chew fast, and everything goes down with a problem. as a matter of fact, i have NEVER once had anything get caught. my doctor says hes not really worried about me not having restriction because i seem to be loosing weight a normal paste... im getting SOOO FRUSTRATED NOW THOUGH! so for my next fill, he says i'm going to need to get an xray of my band to see why i dont have any restriction... good luck! but does anyone else have any advice for me? i mean is this normal?? my 6th, and nothing yet?