rebandit

I havent been on this site for a while and i just saw that you started a support group in march , its now april and im wondering if you will be doing it again this month. I think id like to attend

<p>OK BANDORITA</p> <p>im in this with you. Im gonna take control today too. Besides im so sick of food. Lets get healthy together.</p> OK SANTA!!! IF YOURE LISTENING, i WANT WILL POWER AND A STRONG DESIRE TO LIVE FOR CHRISTMAS.ILL TRY TO BE A VERY GOOD GIRL

Tina the body bugg is a gadget that you wear strapped on your arm. It monitors the amount of calories you eat by the way your body reacts to food. At the end of the day or any time in between you can check the amount of calories youve eaten vs the amount youve worked off. To me it would be cool to have . I know that Ive been eating more then im working off but I think if you looked at the gadget and it said ok you have to work off 320 calories youd know about where to start. Ive seen a few people in here talk about it. Bandorita Thats exactly what ive been doing. Of course its nothing like eating 2 steaks or a giant bowl of mashed potatoes like before but it could prevent you from losing. im so confused sometimes at how restricted you should be. if i were any more restricted then I am now then I wouldnt be able to eat mashed potatoes but since I can eat the mashed potatoes and quite a few other choice things , ( then i do) I dont think i could return to the 110 lbs bigger that I was originally but i do see myself regaining a bit of them.

I read about the bodybug and It looks wonderful but I find it a bit pricy. Who knows ? I guess if you can find the money for the surgery then another $500 shouldnt be that big of a problem. But Id have to hear a lot more about users of them and the longevity of their use with it. Im the kind of girl who buys a treadmill and uses it for 3 weeks. Id hate to do that with the bug and not use it.

I didnt have one defining moment but I had just started gaining back weight from a diet ( again) and I thought I just couldnt handle (mentally) doing that again. I started praying that God would just help me to take control of my life. Well I wake up one morning, and I tell my husband, " I know your truck is 8 years old and we will have to get you a new one soon but when its paid off I want a lap band. Im very cheap and I couldnt believe that I had made that decision. Well my husband says " Baby my truck is fine theres nothing wrong with it. GEt your band first" I cried because hes almost as cheap as I am. I really feel like God just took me through it.WEll less then month later (Voila!!!) I have a band.

I have been an overeater all my life. Since the band , of course I can only eat so much. I am very inspired by all of you who say they only eat what they are supposed to. For me , I still cant seem to motivate myself to eat only healthy . For the first 9 months or so I did real good. Like sooooo many other diets in my life , I ate the right foods and didnt throw up and really did lose a lot of weight. and again like so many of my other diets I lost it. Now I can only eat so much if I eat the right things. I wont say what kinds of foods so that I dont tempt any one else to try those foods, but there are some that just slide right down. So my question is if any of you out there were dieters before and kept failing, after months of the band when a regular diet would have failed you , what inspires you to continue to eat the right food? Im not a rediculous person and Im waiting for answers like ( the weight loss or you feel great about yourself) . Well thats exactly how I felt when dieting before the band. but still I would lose that motivation. I really wish that something in here could motivate me to only eat right.

Sades maybe in Australia they do put all of them in I.C.U. but in the states many of us have the surgery in the morning and sent home by 1:00 same day. Im thinking that maybe only Sleep Apnea or people with other complications get put in I.C.U.

Im not totally unsatisfied with my experience with Speigel. I think his surgery techinique might be fine but his personality is awful. I think he should have other follow up drs and just stick to surgery. But i have seen a few things in here said that I didnt find true. 1. his siminars are free??? if thats true then the port naches office owes me $200 . Thats what I was charged 2. He said in his siminar that he had lost only 1 band out of 3000 or so Back when i had my surgery, well I know 3 people personally who lost theirs. 3. While their office staff has always been kind to me, kindness doesnt repair an eroded band. I found an extreme incompetence , when I called after a year of having a fill unchanged I wasnt able to eat anything And the office lady who calles me hon ( which I cant stand) said to come in for an unfill. Well after a year , Id doubt very seriously that what the problem is , is being overtight. I asked specifically to speak to the Dr. she said he wasnt in until ###. I knew my body and that I needed medical attention so whoever it was that said if it were her that shed be in an emergency room or go to her dr. thats what i was trying to do. when i finally did speak to the dr. he put me in the e.r. right away. He said the band needed to be removed just from the symptoms i was having ( which i had conveyed to the office person). By the way not all E.R. s are equipped to manage the band. And Dr. Speigel takes patients from all over. So how are they supposed to go to the E.R. at the drop of a hat? Plus, When y ou are trying to pay for a band out of pocket theres not alwyas the funds to just pop in the hospital everytime you need a little drs help. This might sound like im bashing Speigel. Im not , I think id go to him again . But I do think he needs to have follow up Drs. where im from , The orthepedic surgeons do surgerys and a follow up visit but then The regular drs follow up with their care , I think Speigel should stick to surgery wheres hes very competent.

Dr Speigel did my surgery and as a surgeon I had no complaints. But after my band eroded he was absolutely sure to let me know it was my fault and not his. Other things I have read suggest that theres no way you can tell if it was the surgeon or y our own non complaince that caused the mess up. But he did another surgery and replaced my band so im waiting to see how it turns out. NOw on aftercare, He should stick to surgery and let other drs do his follow ups.He is always in a hurry and you have about 30 seconds to ask any questions when y ou go for follow ups. And yes Dr. Speigel is h is own advertisement. I live in La. and He has commercials advertising how he is the best in the U.S.A. I didnt do enough research before my band and I can tell you that as a self pay. I called one week, they told me to go to a paid siminar and the following week I had the surgery. No preop , no psyche or nutrition evals. Just a bunch of papers to read. I dont know if id go to him again. The price was within my limits and his so called being the best in the usa made me pick him so id have to find another one inmy price range and with good credentials. funny thing is that I needed one with the best rep since i was a self pay in case of complications and i still ended up with complications

I walked almost everyday (2 miles) before my surgery. now that im down 110 lbs I cant seem to get motivated. I have some doozies for excuses. 1. If I walk before I before I shower in the morning then I have to get dressed twice. (OMG!!!) once for workout and once for work 2. If I shower before I work out then im all sweaty and Id be yucky for work. (OMG AGAIN) 3. If I work out at night then Id have to shower at night and again in the morning . (HELP!!!) ANYway, When Im good and motivated , I cant find any good excuses it just comes easily. I do wish I could get there again. Im sure it would be so much easier to workout 100 lbs lighter. Ive never been a runner. I dont have proper technique and I cant seem to get it. Id love to be able to but I have bad chest pains when I do. I dont breathe right I think. Plus I have bad knees ,(Im sure due to being overweight forever).But I have speed walked for years. I love walk away the pounds. and prevention has a tape out that I love. Its actually 30 minutes but It feels like 10. I think its called tone and something.

Im not a Texas resident , I live in S.W. La. but had my surgery by Speigel. Just wondering how your experience was with him.

Musta been pms ing when i wrote this sorry guys. What do you think my husband must feel like when im like that?? I know I was being a s***t head.