Hollie519

Losing weight with lap band is losing the weight yourself. It may not be the opinion of onlookers but it's the truth. There are people who have lap band who don't ever lose weight. There are also people who lose the weight and gain it all back. The lap band is no miracle. You get exactly what you put into it. Honestly, Lap Band is the smartest thing I ever did. When i was 10 years old, I would pray to God to help me stay strong and eat healthy and exercise the next day. I have done almost every diet known to man. I would lose 30 pounds max! My mom never fed me junk food either. It was about knowing when to stop. This is the first diet i have been on where I lost more than 30 pounds. i would recomend Lap Band to anyone who is fed up with diets not working and has the will power to eat healthy. The band is amazing! good luck!

I just got a phone call from a writer at the Union Tribune. For those who don't know what that is, its a huge newspaper in the San Deigo area. I'm actually not sure how far out their papers go. Anyway, I did an interview about the lap band in May and its finally going to cycle. It comes out in 2 weeks from Sunday and its the FRONT PAGE! I'm so happy. The lap band is my future. In 6 months from now, I will be working for UCSD helping people who are just like how I was before the Lap Band. I'm so happy. I have always known that I wanted to help people but not exactly which catagory. Now I get to help people feel good about themselves! THANK YOU LAP BAND!

So I know at the end of today, i will be able to sing "today was a good day" haha! Life seems to be getting easier. I feel like I am getting better at letting go of things. I actually went up from 154 to 154.8. Makes me kind of sad but that just means I need to work a little harder. I just have been busting my butt for the last week and eating even better than normal. I have to lose this 8 pounds by October 1st now. I don't think if I was off by 5 pounds my doctor would deny me the job, but its also a personal goal. I'm also STOKED for Halloween. As bad as it is, I'm going to be something skanky this year. It'll be my first time ever. So if anyone has any ideas of what I could be and I'll just skankafy it. lol And my rash is going away! :] Usually it just gets worse and worse but its FINALLY going away. I don't know what it was that i did to releave the stress but its about time after 3 months. I'm moving next week to a new nice apartment. I finally won't have a child mulester neighbor. The boyfriend has taken full control of the bills and I have to say I am impressed. I still need to be around more people my age but life is still good. One day at a time and don't sweat it; life goes on. Thanks for being such a good support system to all of you who have responded to my posts. I can't tell you what an impact you've made.

Compared to the bypass, the band has a way lower death rate. I highly doubt you would die from the surgery. The lap band is not as drastic as the bypass either. Most doctors won't even make you stay in the hospital over night. I was also a perfectly healthy person besides the fact that I was overweight. Had i not had the surgery, I would have grown up and eventually had many health problems. Like they all say, just make sure you do your research and make sure you are committed. If you are not committed, you will feel worse about yourself than you already do. I personally have done every diet known to man and just couldn't do it. This is the first thing that has let me reach my full potential. Don't think of the band as drastic. Think of it as a tool. i would call the bypass drastic. no offense to anyone. Good luck!

You're just paranoid! lol I used to be the same way. now i really don't even pay much attention to my band at all. I mean i rub my chest when i am having pain and i know its from food. But otherwise its like wearing a g string. lol You forget its there after a while. HAHA

If you are already feeling tight, than its probably not a good idea to get a fill. It will just get worse. And there is such thing as your band being too tight.

I don't act 18 though. i've been working in the mortgage business since I was 15. I forced myself to grow up young. So i don't take offense. I am aware of how to let go lol. but we should be friends because I don't know any young people who have the band

after your swelling goes down, you should be able to get more foods down.

Don't limit yourself on what you can eat. Its about how well you chew and the small bites you take. There is no certain food I avoid except things that are really bready. Those things just make one big ball and clog your hole. :/

Oh I still have quite a butt in the right pants too though. I was happy about that :]

This made me laugh SO much! I have had the same thing. When I lay on the ground, my hips hurt too. It's totally band related. It's because all our cusion is gone. lol I can't even tell you how many people I have complained about this too. HAHA! IT sucks but beauty is pain. My tail bone actually hurts right now. I rub it a lot and my boyfriend makes fun of me because he says it looks like i'm picking my butt. lol

Me too! Good for you!

Oh sweetie, I feel your pain. I had a few people tell me not to have the surgery as well. My family was supportive but many of my friends were not. A lot of my friends didn't want me to have the surgery for fear of complications. I don't believe lap band was big enough a year ago for many people to disagree with the process itself. Lap Band is a tool. It's not a miracle. If you can put in the work, it'll do the rest. You sound pretty determined for this to work out for you. You need to stop focusing on the negative and look toward the positive. It's very sad you lost a child but you did get one right. I mean that has to be positive. Twins are expensive! Being a more positive person is something I am trying to hard to work on. Negative is always something that people focus on. I have found that although i am thin, I did not consider myself happy. I kept belittling my weightloss and saying but look what I still have to lose. Honestly, its just a more stressful and depressing way to live. i'm reading this book called A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle and it has helped me a lot and I just finished the 4th chapter. If you have the will, than having this surgery could be the positive change that you need to help make yourself a more positive person all around. Good luck! Let me know what you decide.

You guys should be contacting your doctor way before 2 hours! It's not joke! Not that i think you would take it that way but i made the mistake of waiting and it could have been horrible. I had to have my band deflated and on liquid for two weeks. It sent me into a downward spiral and i gained 10 pounds!

You shouldn't be experincing that. Call your doctor. They said if i couldn't drink any water a half hour after, than i need to see them immediately. That kind of stuff can cause your band to slip. Than you have to have recorrective suregery. I can't stress how important it is that you contact your doctor.

Nope! mine are hardly noticable compared to the stretch marks that are kind of going away. I had my surgery 11 months ago yesterday and a normal person wouldn't be able to pick out my scars. I didn't apply any kind of cream to them. Just be patient. Your scars shouldn't be that big anyway.

I'm telling you ladies. Its because you are not use to the tightness of having a band around your stomach. The band is designed so food will stay in your stomach for hours. It often won't happen right after eating because the food isn't going down yet. Like you said, when you had solid food it came. More mushy things form to the hole you have. The more solid foods don't form to the hole as easy. Hence the tightness.

Oh as bad as it is to say, I am a pretty good story maker. lol growring up we always got the 75th degree from my mom. So I got pretty good at approaching situations from all angles. Answer all the questions they'd ask before I talk to them. That way no one catches me off guard. lol Too bad I have morals or I'd make a great lawyer. JK I feel better about it today. i'm just going to schedule my next appointment in the morning and tell work to deal with it. Most people won't take the morning appointments anyway. So, it should be easier to get. I have a bunch of appointments to get my wisdom teeth pulled. I know I won't miss those because 4 grand to have braces for 2 years is worth getting chewed out for leaving. I follow all the company procedures on how to request time off and what not. i do it and they don't approve than they can kiss my ass! lol :]

Yea I feel your pain. i have 29 left to lose and i feel like its never going to come off. I think i need a tummy tuck which also bums me out. Just sounds like you need a fill though. Your body gets used to routine after a while. That's why I always try to change up my eating habbits and exercise.

I think everyone has this. It just must feel new to you. i feel the pain when i have food in my pouch going down. It's really tight, which can cause you to feel sore. It's just your food passing. Oh girl, you will get used to this feeling. It kind of sucks but its part of getting where you need to be. After a while you won't even notice it anymore. Exercise won't hurt your band either. Not running. THIS MEANS YOUR BAND IS WORKING!!!! YEAH! Good luck!

oh and congrats on 140 pounds!!!! That's awesome.

Don't be afraid. It just sounds like you need a fill. That's it. Or maybe you are not eating enough. That's definantly a question for your doctor. If you aren't having any kind of pain or other complications you are most likely due for fill. I have heard that heartburn is a major sign of band slippage. And your food intake would be greater if you stretched your pouch. Let me know how it goes. I'm curious now.

I was like you and my band became swollen shut. It's not joke. My doctor said ALWAYS call if yo can't get anything down after 30 minutes. Good luck! I know it sucks

I wouldn't do it yet but you can soak in warm water. Mine came right off in the shower but I believe they told me to wait like 2 weeks before going swimming or like completely soaking my incisions in water.

Like I said I just started a new unit on Tuesday. I have heard a lot of bad things about the boss and really just didn't want to be on his bad side. I had told him the appointment was approved a week ago. Neither send me a confirmation. She is supposed to forward it to HR but she never did. There is nothing I could've done to change it. I asked her and mentioned it several times. No offense to her but she is not a very high moraled person. She is a manager who knows more celebrity gossip than she does about her own position. The appointment I had was for a screening. I haven't been to the place I go in 2 years so I have to do a screening. It's for all the counselors; no particular one. I get to pick after that. I was trying to make the appointment easy for my work schedule. Now I'm just going to take the next available on and they can kiss my ass. lol