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Carriejess

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  5. Posted

    Okay, I know all the complications of cigarette smoking. I'm well aware of that, so please no lectures. I know you all are nice folks who want the best for fellow banders. With that said, I stopped smoking pre op for a few weeks, but I do enjoy a cigarette or two at night while with friends drinking my warm tea. I plan to quit sooner or later.

    I'm just wondering who else has smoked after surgery and anything they can tell me about it.

    P.S. I also know that smoking with the LAP-BAND® defeats the purpose of being healthy, etc.

    So any other banders who smoke, feel free to drop me a line or two!!

    Thanks

    Hello

    I had my surgery last October and i still smoke when socially (mainly when drinking!) I know the health risks and used to smoke about 20 a day pre band and prob 5 a day now. Quiting is one of my 2010 goals!

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    Im not too worried, it has taken me 3 weeks to put on a pound. I might have a fill in Jan, i fancy having a bit of super tight time...il get the drinking calories in in Dec. Mind you i don't want to be so tight that is difficult to get enough calories in for the gym freak routine im planning for my 2010 goal. Lol must be 8 stone 12 must be 8 stone 12 must lose 6 pounds! Then if i excerise alot i might weigh more as i put on muscle? Oh the dilema!!!!

    Have a fab Xmas G if i don't get the chance to say it to you before xx

  9. Posted

    I agree with Jaqui, all the diets i did before gave me a guilt complex about food. I could never keep up with the counting and the restrictions therefore always gave up and punished myself by going on a binge and putting the weight back on. The band has helped me to view food in a healthy non obsessive way. I still like food and i still eat but i no longer think about it all the time i never think 'if i have this bar of chocolate now i wont eat any Breakfast to make up for it' which is how i thought when i was obese. Now i am thin and i never get up in the morning and think that i will have x amount of Protein and i will only eat any carbs on my plate last if im still hungry... To me that takes me back to when food was the most important thing in my life.

  10. Posted

    I eat what i want just a load less of it. I guess i am lucky as my diet has always been reasonably healthy just way too much of it! I couldnt cope with counting calories and weighing things or i could for a while just like every other diet i have ever done but certainly not on a long term basis i would just give up and the whole routine would collapse! As long as it works for you then thats all that matters i guess!

  11. Posted

    I agree with Bobo, i do think that you just leave it out for a few weeks whilst you heal and i did find that i got drunk alot more quickly.

    Other than that i have no probs, i spend less money because i need less alcohol and it takes me twice as long as my friends to finish a drink in the first place. I love wine, in fact i can be described as a bit of a wine snob but i do find that after a few glasses it does cause a bit of acid reflux and throat burning, not sure why this is... vodka and orange etc is fine.

    I really disagree with all the Dr's who are food and drink nazi's i got the band to be able to think about food etc like a normal person, normal people go out and drink and have the occassional pudding. I find alot of the posts especially in America about Dr's instructions about how to eat with the band too constricting. If i was one of their patients i would have probably found it too hard to stick to like any other diet and then hate myself for slipping up etc or have turned into someone who still has major food issues!

    Sorry rant over...lol Happy Christmas everyone!

  18. Posted

    No it doesnt matter, you have come so far and even with the big shoulder pads you still look so svelte.

    Reading your advice to Starsky I see you say when youve got restriction you know. I have had 4 fills and Im going for my fifth on Tuesday. At the moment I can eat not too badly and would say the band is defo working as Portion Control however the nearer it comes to my next fill I do feel the bands tightness wearing off slightly. I can still eat a fairly normal portion maybe slightly smaller than average but not tiny. So Im slightly confused as to what real restriction is. I dont want to get that I cant eat anything or only mushy food especially over christmas but I dont want to be able to eat anything. Can you give any advice on this. Jx:cursing:

    Svelte - good word!

    The restriction question is such as difficult one! Portion control is the way you want the band to be working! Ok so i thought i would put what i eat in a typical day.

    Breakfast - nothing...some people can eat in the morning i can never eat until lunchtime.

    lunch - half a bowl of Soup and maybe a couple of crackerbread

    dinner - if im eating out il have fish or risotto coz i know i can eat those in a reasonable amount of time. If im at home then i will have chicken etc but it takes me ages to eat.

    My Dinner portion is the same as a starter in a restaurant, i could just order a starter instead of a main and be hapy but i always think it looks a bit weird if you do that.

    The bad thing with me at the moment is that i prob eat more chocolate and cake now than i did before the band because i dont feel as guilty and they are easy to eat! If i cut out the lattes and the chocolate then i could probably lose those eight pounds.

    I think that when most people achieve proper restriction then you will not be able to eat anything other than mushy stuff for a week or so but it will ease off after that and you can re introduce other foods into your diet. Even when you get propr restriction you will still need to have adjustments quite regularly until you get near to goal. I had one adjustment in august and i may have another after xmas but i will see how it goes.

    There is no easy answer unfortunatley, if you reach a good level of restiction on Tues then you may not be able to eat everything you want to over xmas but then the stuff you want to eat would prob not help you lose!

  20. Posted

    Hi Carriejess

    Can you give me some words of wisdom, since you have been working with your band for over a year now and doing so well ??

    I have just come back from my 3rd fill and have 5.25cc in my 7-9cc band but I do not feel any different or restriction. I can eat almost anything and still reasonable size portions. Can you advise what level of band fill will get me to restriction. I am so impatient, I was really hoping to be eating baby portions after my 3rd fill.........am I trying to rush things cus at the moment I feel very demotivated and cant see how the weight is ever going to come off ?? I have not lost or put on any weight since the end of September !!

    :w00t: S. xx

    Hi

    Sorry to hear that you are felling down but i agree with the others! Everyones restriction levels are different and when you get there you will def know and it will be a bit of a shock to the system. I know its difficult but you just need to try and resist temptation until then. Just think of it as a breather for xmas until the new year and a new you!

  21. Posted

    Im 26 and i do have a little bit of excess skin, its more like a little pouch of fat on my stomach rather than sagging skin other than that i held up ok. If i had the money i would have a TT and prob breast implants. However i have learnt that no one has a perfect body and my friends who have always maintained a healthy weight have areas of their body that look worse than mine do and vice versa!

    If someone gave me a lump sum and said you can spend it on what you want i would probably spend it on a new car and say that the plastic surgery can wait for a bit...thats how happy and comfortable i am with myself now compared to how i felt before surgery!

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