ZinNH

I'm also scheduled for sept. 12!

I was hoping for an August surgery date, but I will be sleeved in September, which works out fine too. Now I just have to wait.....

I just got my date. I was hoping for August, but I am scheduled for mid september. It stinks because of my work schedule, but it is what it is. I am going to use the next ten weeks to make sure my good habits are all in place. I am hoping to lose some more weight before surgery, and improve my fitness level since that will help with recovery.

Good luck to to everyone who is going in August. I know you can do it!

On 6/7/2017 at 11:27 PM, ResheaGoode said:

Yes! My surgery date is August 4th! I'm 26 and a single mother of one! I'm excited and nervous as well! I've just been doing a lot of research and trying to prepare as best I can! Good luck!

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Yay! I'm happy for yowhat are you planning on telling your child? Do you have someone who can help out during your recovery time? My husband travels and I don't have any family nearby. I am trying to figure out how to handle everything on my own.

13 hours ago, K_aane said:

If you want to crave greens start drinking green juices. I still drink a green juice and plan to do that for my liquid phase. My juice is made of cilantro, ginger, lemon, green apple, celery, cucumber and romaine lettuce. The more you drink, the more you crave salad. I swear it's true. Green juices are high in nutrition and very low in calories. They naturally detox the body and keep you regular (bowels). Someone on here can't remember , suggested diluting coconut Water with the green juice. I am going to do that. Juicing really does help your body. Your skin will definitely benefit. The skin is the last organ to get nutrition. When you juice it goes right through to the cells, instant nutrition. It really is true. Try it!

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Do you strain it and drink just the thin liquid, or do you drink the pulpy part? I want to try it, but I'm a little nervous.

I have tried for years to get sugar out of my life, but it always seemed to sneak back in. A few months ago, I read a book called Never Binge Again, and it really really helped me. I think you can download it free from the website. (Just add a dot com to the end of the book title.)

I've jumped through all of my hoops over the last six months. I meet with the surgeon on July 5. I am hoping for an august date.

Im a little nervous because the upper GI shows that I have some reflux, so I'm hoping I can still get the sleeve. With my current life situation, I can't do the bypass because of the long recovery time. Maybe in a few years. I'm really hoping to get approved for the sleeve.

Ive made all of the changes- added exercise, cut back on quantity of food, and greatly improved the quality. I'm feeling really good, so even if I don't get approved for surgery, the changes I've made will continue to help me improve my life.

I've enjoyed reading your posts. Thank you for sharing! I'm struggling to lose the pre-op weight as well.

On 5/24/2017 at 10:19 AM, SweetGisy said:

Hello everyone! Here is my WLS story...I got banded on 8/2014 SW:369, I am now almost 3 years out and weigh 335lbs. Clearly I failed my lap-band. I try not to be hard on myself but its almost impossible not to be. Post-op I had 2 pregnancies (1 of which was a demise) So needless to say my weight was up and down, at my lowest I went down to 312lbs. I recently had a baby boy 12/2016 highest prepartum weight was 345lbs, I came down to 335lbs postpartum, had a fill on 5/3/2017- initially I went down 6lbs and now I'm back up! I am not a victim here..I know my eating habits play a major role. There are days where I am your regular Jillian Michaels and others where I'm eating like a 15 y/o boy going through a serious growth spurt.

Nonetheless, I feel defeated. I am scheduled to have another fill on 6/5/2017, but called my surgeon and asked for a VSG consult instead. I am lost, confused..torn all of the above. Part of me feels like I just need to get back on track and remain consistent..the other part of me feels the band is just not enough for me and the amount of weight I need to lose. Help! I could really use some advice. Thank you in advance!

You are not alone. I had the lapband for close to five years and never lost more than fifteen pounds. I had it taken out about five years ago, and have felt like a huge failure ever since. I mean, come on, I failed at the most drastic thing I could do to lose weight- surgery!! Then, last year, I ventured back on to the WL forums and discovered that the lapband itself was a failure.

I do take responsibility for some of the failure of course, but the lap band was NOT the right tool for me. I've started seeing a therapist to help me determine whether or not I should try again with the sleeve. I'm pretty far along on the road to approval, but I need to make sure my head is in the right place before I take that leap again.

there are a LOT of people on here who have gone to the sleeve after having little or no success with the lapband. You definitely aren't alone.

I've made my appointments, so I guess I'm on the road now!! I'm increasing my exercise and making a few changes to my diet. Slow but steady wins the race, right?

Hey fellow NHers!!! I wanted to check in and see how you're doing with your journey. I hope all is going well!!


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While on your weight loss journey, did you find that going for therapy helped you deal with your food issues? If so, how did it help? Did the therapist help you figure out why you were addicted to food? Do they have some special trick that helps you lose the addiction?

How did you find a therapist who was good with weight loss issues? Several of them in my area list weight loss as one of their specialties, but I am still nervous about going to someone who just tells me to eat less and exercise more. WLS will help fix the physical issue, but many people (myself included) need to figure out the root causes of the weight gain.

I'm going to attend my first support group meeting next week, so I will ask for some local recommendations at that time, but I am interested in hearing about other people's experiences with seeing a therapist to help fix your head.

Here is a before and after of me. My surgery was march 7th. I've had great results with CMC. ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1477842975.514449.jpg

You look great! You should update your profile to show how much weight you've lost. Right now I think it says 15 pounds!

I think I've worked out my childcare issue, so I am hoping to go to the info meeting at cmc on wednesday.

@@ZinNH I'm a little over 2 months post op, and what I've found is that during the day, I have to eat every 2 to 3 hrs anyway because I can't eat more than 3-4 oz at a time. It's true that the slider foods are the same with the band and the sleeve... High calorie liquids, chips, cake... Etc. However, for me, I am finding it is far easier, less willpower needed, choosing healthy foods. I had to exercise a LOT of willpower when I had the band not to eat slider foods. For years, I'd get stuck on an healthy things. For example, I can munch an apple now and enjoy all the nutrition it gives my body. I can eat anything I want but just much less of it. It's like a normal stomach but much smaller. If you go one bite too many, one will feel absolutely miserable. I did that once and haven't came close to it since. It was that bad. Fast heartbeat, nausea, almost like having a heart attack. Everybody gets different symptoms though.

As far as head hunger, we all suffer from it, but the removal of ghrelin does help the cravings, and in turn, you naturally make better decisions. I think it's important to have it done with success on your mind. I miss my band sometimes (I had a successful band with little complications except a finicky sweet spot was annoying, expensive and time consuming) but no regrets. I've known quite a few with food addiction, and after the sleeve they also see a therapist and they are successful. I personally go to online OA meetings (Overeaters Anonymous) when I start feeling those unwanted feelings of obsession with food.< /p>

I had no idea that there were online OA meetings! I tried to go to a local one a few months ago, but lost my nerve. I need to look into this option!

I'm also a LapBand to sleeve revision. My band started to go bad a few years ago and I'm thrilled that the thing is gone.

I'm not quite two weeks post op yet, but I will tell you, I'm already so far ahead of where I was with the band. I'm down 17 pounds since pre op started. It took me two months to have that with the band.

I wish that the sleeve had been available in 2010.

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I know a big part of my failure with the band was my fault, but it really didn't do what we were told it would do! I wasn't able to eat healthy food regularly because it would get stuck. And it would change from day to day- one day, I'd be able to eat grilled chicken and some veggies, and the next, a forkful of scrambled eggs would get stuck and cause 12 hours of discomfort. I ended up developing really bad habits, because junk food (ice creams, sweets, carbs) went down easily all the time, whereas healthy foods were iffy.

So now I am wondering what, if anything, would be different with the sleeve. The band didn't keep me from overeating, or from grazing and eating out of boredom. The sleeve won't help with that problem either, since that's a problem in my head. My hope is that a.) i find a therapist who will help me conquer my food addiction, and b.) the initial weight loss (which I didn't have with the lapband) will motivate me to continue with good habits.

I'm chiming in- I'm still at the "thinking about it" stage. I had the lapband almost ten years ago over in Portsmouth, but I am leaning toward cmc for the sleeve. I can't make it to this month's info session. Do you HAVE to attend an info session? Can I just call and get started? If not, I should be able to get to the December info session. I'm aiming for surgery in the summer.

You will love CMC! It is my understanding that everyone must attend the info session before starting the program. You will to ask questions and hear from those that have been through the program . Who knows, maybe I'll be there!!!

Any questions, anytime please feel free to ask .

Did you look into any other programs before deciding on CMC? Do they require you to use a certain nutritionist? If so, did you think the advice he/she gave was worthwhile?

I'm chiming in- I'm still at the "thinking about it" stage. I had the lapband almost ten years ago over in Portsmouth, but I am leaning toward cmc for the sleeve. I can't make it to this month's info session. Do you HAVE to attend an info session? Can I just call and get started? If not, I should be able to get to the December info session. I'm aiming for surgery in the summer.

I am so glad to find other people in the same boat as me. Had the lapband almost ten years ago and had it removed after five years, with no weight loss to show for it. I felt like such a failure . Now I am considering getting the sleeve, but I am afraid it will end the same way.