Carriejess

Handed in 07 lost all my weight. Over all the years band slipped and reflux issues. Gained half back due to pregnancies. Revised four months ago to bypass. The quality of life is sooo much better, I am so happy that I can actually feel full and not in pain!

Cambridge is still going strong in the uk!

I'm a cross fitter and a band to bypass revision. I moved at the same time as surgery and I'm finding it hard to get childcare to watch my toddlers to go to class. I'm also getting married in sept and my box know that I won't go back until after the wedding and kids go to school. They don't know I had a revision so I guess it will be a shock! Like you I couldn't lose the weight with cross fit and healthy excercise, they should support you whatever and work around your needs. It should b a supportive environment!

I had lapband 8 years ago. Reached goal weight and fell pregnant and then again once my little girls turned nine months. I was told that due to my pcos I love would probably never conceive!

Sadly this is mostly down to genetics but hydration, trying not to lose the weight really quickly and excercise especially weights will all help

I had my band for seven years and always did my own fills and I am not medically trained my mums a nurse and she taught me. I only did it because my port was below the rib cage and very close to the surface of the skin. To be honest a monkey could do it on my port. However it does come with a lot of temptations so If you are going to do it I would suggest that you draw up a sensible schedule and stick to it or you may find your self in trouble with filling too often or over filling or even worse keeping a too tight band to lose weight quicker which Is a sure fire way to get severe acid reflux and slips. My band slipped due to pregnancy but I believe that the terrible acid reflux came from keeping my band over tight.

So I am 11 weeks post op and I have a two and four year old who only go to nursery 1 1/2 days a week. Now I am a big fan of non processed healthy eating but of course I allow my kids to have occasional treats. When I make them meals/snacks I just automatically seem to eat some of it and it's never the extra healthy stuff it's always the crackers from the fruit and cheese plate or the buttered mash from chicken dinner or the chips from the picnic etc when I do this I am then full up so its not even really the calorie content from what I'm eating because it's not that much but it means I'm missing out on the protein/ good fats that I should be eating. What do other parents who's children are at home do?

Her BMR is only around 3500 calls even at that weight.

No idea how the science works. https://asmbs.org/patients/benefits-of-bariatric-surgery this is a very simple explanation on hormones etc.

I believe that the more you have abused your body with a million different diets the more your metabolism is damaged. Last year I ate super healthy and was doing a lot of crossfit. Didn't lose any weight...because my metabolism was so damaged with fifteen years of diets and previous wls. This is why you get the syndrome of the person who is overweight and never really been on a diet joining weight watchers and losing twice as much weight as their friend who has done every diet under the sun. Having wls surgery especially sleeve/bypass helps to reset the metabolism. That is why this time around I am less concerned with starving myself thin like I did with my band. I have a second chance at eating well and at a good calorie level and I am going to take it. I don't want my body to think that I can only eat 800 calories a day for the rest of its life to maintain. I have found the Dr Weiner videos really helpfull with this. Everyone is different and this is only my opinion and approach!

The reason most people not lose on the paleo diet is that they eat too much fat. Yes coconut oil, butter, nuts, fatty meats etc are not bad for you but you can't eat as much as you want. I ate paleo and went to crossfit for 12 months and didn't lose a pound yes my body changed and I was fit but I didn't lean out. Now I eat a more balanced approach, high protein and veggies, lowish dairy and legumes and very low sugars and grains. Organic and home prepared whenever possible.

Dr Christian de bruyne in Belgium did mine. I don't think they did anything special. There's was quite a lot of scarring etc.

It's difficult because four weeks out from having my band I was really happy but I can say that the feeling of being able to eat actual chicken/beef/broccoli etc without getting stuck/throwing up/having that weird chest pain/not being able to eat but being hungry etc etc is such a relief. When I am full I feel full just as you do with a normal stomach.

I do get slightly hungry now but easily fixed with a drink. I have three meals and one snack a day but breakfast is usually a drink/yoghurt meal. I am still on the slightly soft phase, averaging 60/80 grams protein, 30 fat and 50 max carbs. Today my meals are Ovaltine light with unflavoured protein powder Small white fish fillet, broccoli, sweet potato and light cheese sauce (portion fits into half a cup) Homemade pork burger, spinach and cream cheese stuffed mushroom (half a cup) Two slices deli turkey breast. Half a cup fills me up but it has to be denser foods, I could definately eat more than half a cup of purée. Around 700 calls daily

I didn't talk with others but while I was in the hospital I met three other girls similar to myself (under 30 Bmi under 35) having lapband to mgb revision which reassured me as I always associated bypass with those that needed extreme weightloss