Carriejess

hi my name is rhian and i am from sunny scotland!

i have made the major decision to get banded in january - i just have to get my date confirmed!

my mum isn't being very supportive about the whole thing - in her eyes i should just lose the weight through diet and exercise alone...as if i havent tried that since before i can remember!

she is obese herself so she should really know the struggle it is!

i am 20years old and weigh about 240lbs.

i want to be able to go into shops and pick the clothes i want to wear...not the ones i have to pick because there is nothing else in my size!

well i hope to get to know you all a bit better!

rhian

xxx

Hey Rhian

Im in Sunny Kent, good luck and if you have any qs let me know x

Hello to everyone old & new, especially those who have recently been banded well done to you. The journeys a long and hard one, but well rewarding..

I feel Great that finally my weight loss has really started moving, restriction is a wonderfull thing. Takes a bit of getting use too after years of scoffing what I like.

the only thing I hate about it is the Acid reflux I get some nights. I have a bin at the side of the bed just incase I need to spit out (sorry lol) but its getting much better now usually I can get a good nights rest.

It's really Good&weird at the sametime everyday I look in the mirror Im beginning to see the old me or should I say the new me. People at work have really noticed the weight loss, on average I get 2 people everyday say "Wow whats happened to you"

"Whats the secret" "Are you on the atkins" Etc I find it really strange lol but secretly loving it I feel my confidence growing stronger everyday....

Wish I had done the Op ages ago, Ive still got a way to go yet but it feels great being able to fit in some of my old clothes im glad I kept them lol..

18stone 6lbs Today it feels GRRRRRRREAT finally being in the teens

Thankyou Band.

Keep up the fight guys it can take a while to get restriction it took me 3 months (Thankgod for the Wls Group aftercare Package) But when you finally get it then things start moving :thumbup:

(Cw)

Awesome isnt it, and your already half way there!

Hi everyone,

just got back from Belgium yesterday (op was on Tuesday 17th) and could not wait to get on here and thank everyone for their support pre-op. I am obviously in a little pain which is much less than I was expecting at this stage. I feel on a real high that the op is behind me and the new slimmer me in front of me. Just wanted to say thanks again to you all, just hearing your experiences will continue to guide me in the future on this journey. I will continue to come on here, that reminds me that I must get a ticker. best wishes MiaBlue

Hi Mia

Glad your feeling ok and everything went well. Welcome to bandster world!

x

Hi all hope everyones doing well. Well I have defo arrived at restriction, I should have came off mushies today after my 4th fill last Tuesday but I tried to eat a Cracker bread with chicken mayo and the whole lot came up before it went down. I cant really eat anything solid. I know Ive waited for this time but to be honest dont know if I like this feeling. Im sure Gary says it slackens off after 10days or something like that? I can drink easily enough and eat mushies just a problem with solids. Some advice would be APPRECIATED. jX

Hi Homecare

Congrats on the restriction, i know its a weird feeling. It will settle down in a while especially as you should lose quite a bit over the next few days as you cant eat that much. As long as you can sleep ok and you can get fluids down you are fine.

x

Hi honey i hope your well, are you sitting down for this, at your current weight based upon your normal daily activity ie wlking talking sleeping eating your body needs 1430 cals per day to keep your weight steady. THe rough rule is that to loose 1 pound of body fat per week you need to be minus 3500 calories per week which equtes to you eating 930 which is not a lot, thats why the importance of excercise is crucial to you looosing as you can still loose that pound per week by still eating 1400 cals as long as your burning 3500 per week in excercise which at your low weight is quite a bit of training to give you and idea at your weight an hour of jogging will burn you 600 cals so you would need to add 5 runs per week phewwwwww, i cant emphasise enough about doing weights as well,(it wont get you bigger) this is even more effective in loosing fat than cardio training ask any fitness instructor therefroe if you do a combo of both you will loose that extra bit but more importantly you will be toned.

http://www.prohealth.com/weightloss/tools/exercise/calculator1_2.cfm this is a handy wee site for calculating calories through excercise. Also look up in your area "Bikhram hot yoga" s since i have added this to my training i have toned up a lot and lost weight .I hope this makes sense if not PM me your number and i will call you as its easier to talk through (good try at getting your number eh just a pitty your so far way hahahaha).

gx

Thanks Garry, i didnt realise i was eating 1400 calories a day, christ knows how...must be the alcohol! Guess il have to step up the exercise although i am currently cycling alot because we have a charity thing at work where we have to do the same amount as from london to lapland.

aw thats a shame, the gym will make a huge difference but please please please give it time, i say to folk that it will take at least a month of going min of 3 times a week before even mentally you feel the benefit and then you will get obsessed, just trust me. Some days you will drive into car park and want to drive right back out but it does change.

gx

Garry

Can you do me a favour and calculate my calorie thing for me? I can easily maintain but i cant lose its driving me mental!! 5'5 and 9 stone 9.

Hi to everyone, crazy busy at the moment but look forward to being able to read posts properly and reply soon.

aw thanks fatpants i am feeling pretty good and people are noticing it, you dont notice till you see photos together.

gx

great new pics lovey x

As its the first of November now and i guess you are all bandsters just wanted to wish you luck from an 08 October bandster!

Yo Bobo - Loved your posts and Congratulations!

Flirty - Nice to see you back!

Garry and Homecare - thank you very much! xx

Hi Carriejess, thanks for that,i am guilty of weighing myself ever day getting a bit obsessed with it,im starting to have the odd biscuit as well but still dont go over 1000 cals think i need to eat more veg and fruit, Wendy said to cut out all carbs find that very hard suffer with low blood pressure if i dont eat a little carb i feel a bit weak,i think your right about the starvation mode im so afraid of putting weight back on i stick to 1000 cals i try up the cals see what happens, you must feel fantastic you've reached your goal well done how long did it take you ,how are you maintaining your weight :thumbup:

Hi to everyone hav'nt been on for a while great to see all the newbies well done and the oldies are doing well, will have to catch up good luck to everyone:wub:

Hi

I do feel pretty damn good thanks! Im finding it very easy to maintain at the mo im not doing anything differently. I still want to lose 12 pounds though but i am not really putting in the neccessary work to achieve it. I am relatively happy with myself so im trying not to put too much pressure on myself to lose. I reached goal in 10 months.

xx

Hi guy,s haven't been on for a while not much to report only that i went to Wendy couples of weeks ago in Swords Dublin she was very nice up to this i have been to Frederick for my fills i had 4 fills with him my band holds 7 to 9 mils i was up to 6 & half mils with him didn't have much restriction thought i needed some more advice so made an appointment with Wendy, she drew Fluid out and measured it to show me how much i had in my band surprisingly it was only 5mils she explained sometimes it can ivaporates a little she then put in half a mil which brought me up to 5 & half what a difference half a mil makes i have good restriction not to tight but enough to control me very tight in the morning loosens off a little as day goes by very happy with weight loss so far all tho im only having around 1000 cals weight has come to a stand still i have 2 & a half stone still to lose very frustrating when you and band are working well together with good restriction and small portions, just wondering any out there with last couple of stone experiencing this i have heard that your body comes to a plato just wish the scales would start moving again

I stopped losing on the last few stone a couple of times, very frustrating when you are not doing anything wrong! Either try upping your calories slightly to 1200 or so as you may be in starvation mode or try 5 days or so of liquids only. You need to do something to make your body wake up slightly. After that sometimes changing the amount of calories you have each day can keep your body out of starvation mode so 800 one day and then 1200, 1500 etc that normally works. Even if none of this works eventually you will come out of it. I stayed at 10 stone 7 for ages stopped weighing myself and two weeks later i had lost 7 pounds without even noticing!

Hope this helps!

Hi Carriejess,

Thanks for that, have had a look but not found.... such is life!! Was wondering are there any food you can't eat after the band? x

Try this http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/any-november-2009-bandsters-102014/

There is not anything i cant eat. Theres lots of things that i find difficult to eat. Mainly meat such as chicken and steak etc i can eat them but i really have to concentrate and eat very slowly. There are also things that i cannot eat alot of because its just fills me up too quickly like bread, rice and Pasta. I do not rule out any foods and try to eat as normally as possible. The band is a funny thing like i can only eat a very small portion of a roast dinner before i get uncomfortable but i can quite easily leave it for 15 mins and eat a whole portion of cake with cream. Its mainly about the consistency of the food you eat. Anything that you can eat alot of but is not that great for you like Desserts and wotsits and things that melt in the mouth or a quite liquidy are called slider foods. Its inportant that after you have finished your liquids and mushy foods you do try to eat more solid stuff like Proteins etc its harder but you eat less and its better for you!

Is anyone getting banded at the end of Nov?

Hi Jersey

If there is no one from this thread who will be banded at the same time as you there will be a thread for people in general who will be banded at the same time as you. You should be able to find it on the home page. x

GOOD NEWS

Sians baby was born yesterday weight 7lb 6oz all is well with mum and baby, and no problems with her having a band, so all pregnant bandsters take heart

Congratulations!!!:thumbup:

I feel amazing in myself but i have a real problem with comparisons to other people. I went from a 20 to an 8 in a year, when i say to my friends that someone we see looks great and they reply with 'Carrie your thinner than they are' i honestly cannot see that. I still think that i am bigger than a thin person yet i am a thin person now. Im not sure if at this stage that will ever change!

Halloween Challenge:

Julie.Ann----------(16lbs) -1.1, -4.8, ,-1.3, :w00t:

Nazzy--------------(18lbs) -3.0, -2.0, ,

CarrieJess----------(5lbs) 0.0, , ,

GiddyupGrandma-(10lbs) -0.5, , ,

Ruby124-----------(17lbs) :crying:, , ,

Annecolorgreen---(10lbs) :thumbup:, , ,

Sarahp626----------(8lbs) +2.0, -4.61, +1.1,-1.7, :w00t:

Hallfamilyx2-------(10lbs) , , ,

Ewiedbingcott-------(8lbs) -1.0, 0.0, ,

Loveislovely -------(8lbs) , , ,

Catherine55--------(6.4lbs) , , ,

MollyJo-------------(10 lbs) , , ,

Great Job Sarah! How about the rest of you. We have hit our Bandiversary Month. How are you doing on our Halloween chanllenge?

Sorry i am so rubbish at reporting in! I have lost 4 pounds in total so im hoping to make my October challenge! I have reached goal but have now decided that i want to lose a bit more so have redone my ticker!

Hi all, I so enjoy reading the support you all have for each other. I have read a few times about injections please can someone explain this to me as I am looking to have the band in about 4 weeks time? Do you have to inject yourself?

Thanks

JB

Hi JB

Do you mean the injections they give you after your op? If so then you do give them to yourself they help to stop your blood clotting or something. Its for 5 days after i think and they give you the needle already filled and ready to go, you just stick them in your stomach no precision required. They are only small and dont hurt.

Carrie

Oliverdog

Welcome back! Hope you are feeling Ok?

x

Hi Carriejess,

Thanks for that, I fly a lot of the time with my work, they send me all over the world. Does this mean I will fill then defill and fill and defill all the time?

xx

Hi jb

Too be honest i dont think i can give you a concrete answer to that as i dont fly enough to know properly. I would advise you to ask CDB or Frederick or perhaps even give Wendy from WLS a call and ask them.

Carrie

Hi all, interesting talk you all have. Nice to see such support. I am looking to have the band with CDB and I have a few questions if I may?

I am in UK but normally live in India, so how important is the after care in the respect of 6 months after surgery?

How often and for how long after do you need fills?

That's a starter for 10!!!

Many thanks

JB

Hi JB

Welcome! Have you looked into how easy it is to get fills in India? If you travel long distance alot they normally advise you to have some Fluid taken out of your band prior to flying so you will definately need easy access to someone who can do your fills.

x

So made up for all you losers, brilliant!!!

Its a week now since i had my de-fill, at least I can sleep laying down now, which is heaven.

I am eating more but not a great deal. havent lost anymore, but then didnt expect to. As long as I stay the same I will be happy.

Maggs, any sign of Sian's new baby yet??

Carrie you are so lucky to be able to do your own fills, be careful babe you dont get run down if its too tight.

Garry nice to see you.

lol i think we have flipped, i cant sleep lying down! i have dropped 4 pounds since saturday..ill see how it goes over the weekend but i def do not want to stay as tight as this for any length of time!

Bobo - Congrats 7 stone is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mandy - nice to see you back

Wishfull - Hows it going?

Freckles - all these baby pictures keep making me broody!

Damn im really tight, i forgot what its like to be this tight. I ate a muller light yoghurt and a bowl of Soup today and last night i had to sleep with my head on three pillows because because everytime i swallowed my throat was making random noises! I have lost 2 pounds since saturday though. I will leave it til the weekend and if im still this tight i might have to have some taken out.

My very best wishes to all those recovering or preparing for their surgery.

xx

Frecles so glad youve had your procedure. Baby is a real wee cutie. You must be so relieved.

Carrie is that still an ok weight for you? If you feel thats were you want to be good luck but make sure you dont get too skinny. I think you look just perfect just now. Jx

Thank you x It will put my bmi at 21 underweight is under 18.5 so i will still be well within the limits. Im getting the i dont thing you should lose any more coments now but its only because people are not used to seeing you change. However i definately dont want to look too skinny (lol i never thought i would say those words) so if i lose 7 puonds and im happy with that then i will leave it!

Im 5'4 and although i was 224 when i had the band my average weight was approx 190/ I tried diet pills also and they are awful. I think lapband works for those with lower bmi's i would go for it...best thing i ever did.