bandster_1007

i finally lost weight..down to 205, but i'm also pregnant.. BE CAREFUL LADIES, EVERY FAT CELL YOU LOSE MAKES YOU EVEN MORE FERTILE!!!

i don't know if i believe my doctor's diagnosis of pcos. he did it from symptoms. but here's the thing. sure, i'm hairy, heavy, and have been diagnosed with insulin resisitance, but 2 times in my life i have suffered from amenhorrea (no period), and each time i got pregnant. explain to me how in the world it is that i get pregnant when i am NOT having a period. at the beginning of last month my doctor was telling me that my current 7 year old was a miracle, and that i would more than likely need fertility drugs for another baby, and then i needed a hyster....well, now i'm pregnant, not even a full 2 months later, and i'm pregnant..no drugs....and no period.

wow, i guess i missed that you were pregnant. i read your posts all the time, but i didn't know that you were in your first trimester. i have a 7 year old, and i didn't get sick with him at all, this one is a bit different. i'm just now getting over a 3 day migraine with no meds, and i haven't eaten hardly a thing in those 3 days. i know my doctor is going to gripe at me, but my ob doctor will not ever know my actual prepregancy weight, because i don't know it. i think i'm at the stage where i'm supposed to gain at least 1 lb. a week, or something like that. when did you find out?

yes you did read on another thread that i am pregnant, but we have no idea how far along i am. i have an ultrasound scheduled for 3/31. my husband is happy too. (the whole..i don't want kids thing..wasn't true)..which we have a 7 year old already. i'm having an awful time with being pregnant, migraines out the whazoo, and i cramp like crazy, you know those stretching cramps. according to my ob doctor, when you lose fat cells they have estrogen, and it pumps your body up with estrogen, and makes you very fertile while losing weight. this is the reason i go pregnant, birth control and everything.

yeah, my fill loosened up, as if a by miracle, this last week, and i can drink and eat "normally", you know deck of cards for meat sized servings. i feel so much better. now i'm having awful migraines and i can't do anything for them.

I have not been posting a lot on here, but I have a slight dilemma, and I thought this would be the best place to bring it. I’m losing my hair. I’m not bald yet, but I’m thinning. And I already have super fine hair. So, this only complicates my problem. My hair is healthy, very little breakage or split ends (I use a flat iron almost daily on my ends because I wear my hair up a lot). My hair falls just below my breasts and about 4 inches below my bra line in the back. I have light long layers now with slithering sides to frame my face and wispy bangs. This is my dilemma. I seem to think that if I cut my hair off I will lose less and it will look fuller. I am short and I have a round face. I read that short people should not have long hair, but long hair is flattering to the round face. What recommendations do you all have, if you have pictures of your own style, please show them to me. I’m getting it done Saturday and I need to have my mind made up by then. Right now, my hair is just flat to my head and straight. (it has some natural wave).

i haven't had time to read through this thread, but i need to. i have a question, my band doctor says no unfill, my baby doctor says that i need a minimum of 1500 calories a day. what do i do????????????????????

OK, so i'm pregnant. some of you may have read my thread from the beginning of february where my doctor said i would need fertility drugs and that i needed to hurry to try to have one and then get a hysterectomy. well, i haven't had a period since my surgery, and now i'm pregnant. and i tested negative the beginning of last month (i had one positive, but a negative blood and a negative dr. urine). so, here i am...lost 20 lbs in the past 4 or so weeks, and now i'm pregnant...and i'm not hardly eating anything at all.

thank you guys. i haven't had my first doctor's appointment yet, but i did ask my band doc. they said they used to unfill for every pregnancy and the women would gain 100 lbs. being obese, my ideal weight gain is 15 lbs. so, i'm going to try to stick with thtat. i think i've been preg for at least the past month and i've lost 20 lbs. i've read that you need to eat 2200 calories when pregnant. i can't wait to meet with my ob/gyn to find out minimum calorie requirements and Protein requirement. i know that the baby takes it from the mother, but it still worries me. my first son is 7 now, but i didn't know that i was pregnant until i was 4 months (i didn't have periods then, and i didn't have them this time either..crazy huh?) well, i was struggling with anorexia again, so i wasn't eating then either. when i got pregnant i was fine with eating, but i only gained the recommended weight (i was not heavy then). my baby turned out healthy-ish too. he was jaundice really bad and got down to 3 lbs, but they never said that was due to early diet. my band doc called last night and told me to do what i can to avoid throwing up. so, i'm sticking with Protein drinks and solid Proteins in the evening for now. hopefully i'll be getting enough nutrients and Vitamins from my prenatal.

i was single and 18 when i had my son. i went to college and later married my son's father. i was fine. very adamant about my son's intelligence level, read to him, cared for him like any mother should. ...loved being a mom. still wanted to hang out some, but not a lot. i do not think age makes you a good mother, you either have that instinct or you do not. (unless you are 14 or something..but you are by no means too young). geez..our grandparent's had kids when they were 13.

i just found out that i'm pregnant, and i have not been getting enough protein, i am only 5 months post op, and have only lost 20 lbs. how do you guys double your protein??? looks like i will have to do protein drinks.

bexley..i'm not trying to hijack the thread, but i'm having trouble getting feedback on being banded and pregnant. how much weight had you lost when you got pregnant? did you have a healthy pregnancy? i've only lost 20 lbs, so i weigh 209 now, and i found out i'm pregnant tuesday. the thing is, i just went to the gyno last month because i wasn't having any periods, and he said i would have a hard time and would probably need fertility drugs. now i'm pregnant. guess that 20 lbs, helped a lot.

i just found out that i'm pregnant, but i'm guessing that i'm anywhere between 4 and 8 weeks pregnant (i haven't had a period since surgery), but i have lost almost 20 lbs, this past month, due to nausea, and the band.

hi! i'm new to the forum. just found out i'm pregnant last night!! can't believe it! one month ago doc told me i would need fertility drugs and then i needed a hysterectomy after i had my baby. i'm 25, just banded in october..i'm really nervous about being pregnant with my diet being what it has been, and i'm nervous that it will mess up my band, or that the band will just have been a waste. advise from those of you that are experienced would help a lot.

i have no regrets...and a few months ago i posted "i hate my band"...those days are over. restriction took a while, and i have only lost 20 lbs, but i already see such an improvement in my health..no more blood sugar problems, no more high blood pressure, decreased migraines, ...i was losing a lot of hair, and that was freaking me out, but i go a lot of it cut off and it quit. i'm starting to save for cosmetics now :confused:.

i'm shortie too, i'm only 5'2" and currently 209. talk about pants problems, most petites are too long on me. my inseam is 26 1/2 inches!!! i have found that jms pants fit well in length and are pretty durable, then i find great work pants occasionally at walmart, other than that, i have to hem them. 3/4 length sleeves are perfect for me, they come to my wrist, and if i get a regular long sleeve shirt, i roll up the cuffs. i wear long skirts with seperate shirts, they look good..other than that, solid pants and printed tops. i have very large thighs, but a smaller waist. i'm an 18 now..maybe i 16..can't wait to be a 6. i would like to weigh about 130.

i never really ate what i thought were really large portions, but i did eat really unhealthy stuff. anything fast food, i loved, anything covered in grease and cheese, i loved...add some sour cream, and i had the perfect dish. chips were my favorite snack. i also liked healthy meals, that i cooked, but i opted for fast food more often than not. so, bad choices was a major part of my problem, but i didn't have control over it, that is all i wanted. i also loved little debbie cakes and ice cream and things like that...AND..i drank regular cokes and sweet tea every day. i also ate when i was bored..like at night before bed while watching tv. we had all eaten and we would have some popcorn or dh would have his fourth meal (he is thin but he eats SOOOOO much). so, after i was banded, immediately, i had no restriction and it was the most horrible emotional process i had ever been through. i thought about food all the time, i was starving, and so i ate. then restriction came, now i cannot believe that i thought i did not overeat. i look at my 7 year old son sometimes and i think..does he really need any more to eat, that seems like an awful lot... i can't remember the last time that i had a little debbie snack, the last time that i tried one, i do remember that it was gross. i do not like fast food anymore, it just takes nasty and makes my stomach feel gross. i don't like chip (except tortilla w/cheese dip) anymore, because they are too greasy. i don't like to snack, and i crave healthier foods now. i crave carrots, green Beans, and meat. if i'm hungry i will get up and fix something healthy like a can of beans, that was unheard of before my surgery. i have lost 15 lbs in a little under a month. (i just got restriction). and believe it or not, if i find myself hungry in the evenings like i used to, i try to find an alternate way to satisfy it..like..am i thirsty..do i need to move around some to get my mind occupied. i just simply really do not care about food anymore...except that it is good Protein and as low cal as i want to be. i don't eat diet foods because i think they are bad, and i do not black list foods. i have food freedom, and it is awesome!!!! (it took 4 months to get here though).

ok, if you look at my record, you will think my advise isn't worth much, but i just got restriction...so.. i personally do not do free days or free meals, because it encourages me to obsess over it...like i used to do. now i eat very little, and if i do want something that is sweet or not good, i eat it, i just can't eat very much. the cool thing is, most of the time, i don't want it. before the band if i would have allowed myself to do that it would have been catastrophic, because there was no stopping point. now, however, if i want a girl scouts cookie, i have one, but one is fine with me...not 20. ...if i allow myself to eat it when i want it, i don't focus on it, and life seems more free. i also believe the body craves things for a reason, and it is not a bad thing to satisfy, for instance, now that my caloric intake is so low (i'm really only getting about 500 calories a day, because i'm too tight)..i crave things like meat, carrots, green Beans, etc. i rarely crave any type of junk.

good luck to you from me also. i just realized how morbid my post was. i have bcbs advantage though, and it is different. i know a lot of people that get approved through them at my doctor's office, even people with high BMI's. my doc pretty much only does lap band now and most of his insurance patients are bcbs.

i would have started exercising immediately, and i would have dieted until i found restriction. instead i had a few months of, i'm not restricted so i'll eat whatever.

i have bcbs, and my policy had a written exclusion for any obesity treatment. i was a self pay.

i am in my sweet spot now. i lost 2-3 lbs per week without trying. it takes effort for me to get my recommended 700 - 800 calories per day. i could not, no way, no how, eat an entire sandwich. no way. 1/4 of a sandwich does it for me.

i've had 4 fills, and most of the time i can only eat 1/4 of a sandwich. that is all i can have. i rarely even attempt more, unless i just really need my calories for the day, but i have to take a break to finish it. it was hard to adjust to, but that is just the way i am, if it's got bread on it, on 1/4 for me, and that is with 1 or 2 thin pieces of deli meat, one piece of cheese and miracle whip. i am pretty tight, and i used to pb daily. i do not do that anymore, but recently i have had all out vomits. where it settles in my stomach and then all the sudden it doesn't work. that is horrible..heaving...drooling, etc.

ok, so i'm pretty tight since my last fill. i can buy a south beach diet wrap meal, and i can eat a half of a wrap. here is my problem. all of a sudden, every bite that i put into my mouth makes me nauseous... anyone else experience this? it seems to be worse in the morning time.

it's every bite. i know that when i sneeze, i'm done. if i eat any more after that, it's coming up..so i don't push it.