pazz1

surprise pregnancy ! i had my lap band surgery in september of 2006, i was 240 lbs and by january i was 201 lbs to my surprise. in the time i was busy concentrating on my weight loss i received a big surprise i was pregnant! and the shocker was i was three months meaning two months after the surgery. my biggest concern was the health of the baby and luckly everything went smooth through out my 9 months. i tried to eat as healthy as i could because of my baby, every nutrient counted because of the short period after surgery. i am happy to say i had a healthy baby boy and only managed to gain 20 pounds. Now six months later i have lost the 20 pounds i gained, but i am having difficulty losing weight because i dont take the time to feed myself with a new baby. so please dont get does bad habits after pregnancy. the best advise i can give you is to enjoy every moment you are pregnant it is a great feeling and more common than you think for us lap-band groupees. And the reward is worth all the sacrifices i remeber my DOCTOR when he was giving a seminar and he mentioned that once you have the surgery you should take the neccesary pre-cautions to not conceive. little did we know ! ha ha :thumbup: pazz

thanks jacqui i will diffinetly take your advice on just picking at food and really being consistent on preparing my food. i also have a 7 year old that i pack lunch for so i think i am going to start packing my lunch too. thanks again pazz

:thumbup: please help reading your journey it reminded me very much of what iam experiencing after 6 months with the band i got pregnant. Even though we were overjoyed i did not know it was going to be tougher after pregnancy. while pregnant i gained 23 pounds, after pregnancy i lost the 23 pounds and know i am in a stump. partly because i have very poor eating habits busy with a 6 month old i dont eat anything till 12:00 pm and when i finally eat something i choke and end up throwing up if i eat too fast. i grab whatever i can and tend to drink Soup just to get something in my stomach.The funny thing is that at night i tend to eat more and dont have a problem choking on food. All the wrong habits and still have cravings for chips and Cookies ? help pazz

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hi esmeralda reading your journey it reminded me very much of what iam experiencing after 6 months with the band i got pregnant. Even though we were overjoyed i did not know it was going to be tougher after pregnancy. while pregnant i gained 23 pounds, after pregnancy i lost the 23 pounds and know i am in a stump. partly because i have very poor eating habits busy with a 6 month old i dont eat anything till 12:00 pm and when i finally eat something i choke and end up throwing up if i eat too fast. i grab whatever i can and tend to drink Soup just to get something in my stomach.The funny thing is that at night i tend to eat more and dont have a problem choking on food. All the wrong habits and still have cravings for chips and Cookies ? help pazz