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i would do it all over again with my eyes openn!.. i just wish i did this sooner its the best thing that ever happen to me

Ok, I am only 8 days away from surgery but I started feeling depressed yesterday! I should be jumping for joy but I just can't shake this. Has anyone else experienced this????

I know exactly what u mean.. and lemme tell u IT GETS BETTER .. i did my surgury in 2008 on november 24 a few days before thanksgiving and it was hard but i got over it..and soo muchhh HAPPy then i have ever been,, try to stay strong.. do things to forget about food :thumbup:

Okay here it goes.. i had my surgury in november 08.. and so far lost 50 pounds.. yayay which im very happy about.. i had fills in the past.. and i was doing good after it.. this very last time i went to see my doctor he said i had not lost any weight in the last 6 months and told me i needed a fill so i got it.. and boyy was it helll i could not even drink waterr but the good thing was i had lost about 7 pounds in a week so thats always good.. my question is.. tommorow its exactly gonna be a week i have this fill.. is it gonna get a little loose as time pases or do i need to go for a unfill??.. any ideas pleasee helpp.. thank you .

Okay here it goes.. i had my surgury in november 08.. and so far lost 50 pounds.. yayay which im very happy about.. i had fills in the past.. and i was doing good after it.. this very last time i went to see my doctor he said i had not lost any weight in the last 6 months and told me i needed a fill so i got it.. and boyy was it helll i could not even drink waterr but the good thing was i had lost about 7 pounds in a week so thats always good.. my question is.. tommorow its exactly gonna be a week i have this fill.. is it gonna get a little loose as time pases or do i need to go for a unfill??.. any ideas pleasee helpp.. thank you . :scared2:

So today is the one year anniversary yayaya meee.. It took me 3 years to decide whether or not to do this surgury.. and after lookin at my pics it was like woww i cant look like this i hatedd how i lookedd it made me sad to walk out the house.. and i decided this was the only way .. and lemme tell u it was the besttt thing i ever did in my life.. yess it has been hard but soo worth it.. im not at my goal weight but i have lost 55 pounds another 30 ill be happy im trying to be patient.. when i began commin to this site i saw people who lost 20 30 pounds first month or two.. just to let u all know EVERYONE IS NOT THE SAME DONT EXPECT THAT every body is different.. so anyone who has any questions please feel free to ask.. goodd luckk all :thumbup:

Hello, my name is Angela and I have decided to go forward with my weight loss surgery and have chosen the LAP-BAND® procedure. My doctors office says I should have an answer within 2 weeks. I am soo excited. I am 32 years old and have been overweight 22 of those years so new life....Here I come!

its the bestt thingg in the worldd too do your life is gonna changee soooo muchh and for the betterr GOOD LUCK..

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY WHERE TO START I FEEL LIKE GIVING UP AGAIN I DUNNO WHAT TO DO .. WERE IN JULY AND MY WEIGHT IS STILL 215 I HAD MY SURGERY IN NOVEMBER 08 .. 2 MONTHS I HAVE LOST NOTHING PLEASE HELP ME WHO DO I NEED TO DO THIS IS REALLY DEPRESSING ME AND MAKING ME FEEL LIKE A FAILURE IS THERE A PLAN I SHOULD FOLLOW OR WHAT IM GOIN TO HAVE A FILL ON THE 28TH PLEASE ANY IDEAS WILL BE APPRECIATED :thumbup::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

I have a Protein drink for Breakfast, a can of Soup or a small salad for lunch and either a salad, chicken & vegi, or a Protein smoothie for dinner. I go to Curves 3 times a week and bicycle 7-10 miles 4 times a week. I also drink 5 or six Water bottles each day. I'm doing okay, weight is coming off slower than I would like but at least it is coming off. Good luck to you!

Banded 4/17/09

First fill 5/30/09 1.6 cc

11 pounds lost on 10-day liver shrinking diet pre-op.

im not a real big fan of Protein drinks i always get the yuckie ones lol but thanks for the ideas :bored:

I find the "SHARE IDEAS, What did you eat today" Thread to be very helpful as far as what everyone is eating... Try that, or get back with your nutritionist and ask them to give you a refresher, maybe they can map out a menu plan for you if you are struggling...?

thank you but i couldnt find that post :bored:

So i had my band in novemeber and until now i have lost 35 pounds im very happy aboout that but i feel like i need so much more i think im doing something wrong please i need some ideas or lists oh what people exactly eat everyday and what helps anything at all im really feeling depresssed and like a faliure and i so dont wanna feel like this im blessed to have the band but i really need some help.. thank you :bored:

i think you're loss is great. think of this...if it's about 6 months and you've lost like 30 lbs that is 60 at the end of a year. You're pace is great...keep going.

wow u know what you are soooo right i never though of it like that thanks a lot

I think you are doing great. I have my surgery Dec 16 2008 and I have lost nothing since. I know why though.

You may be at a plateau.

Are you in a food rut, or an exercise rut? Sometimes if you mix things up more, that helps.

Bravo on the weightloss. You motivate me. :redface:

Wow thats so nice to hear thank u so much i never ever in my life though i would actually motivate anyone that means soo much dont give up we all came soo far :crying:

thank you all so much very helpful information i think the food log is the best way for now and i already had 2 fills i dont think i can get another one right now i dont think i can take it.. u all are just wonderful thank you sooo soo much

So i had my surgury on november 24 2008 best thing i can do for myself i was 246 and now im down to 215 its almost 6 months and i dunno why but i feel like i should have lost more.. im so confused and sad i have no idea what to do i need some ideas please i need to get out of the 200 zone what can i do?? any ideas would be greatly appreciated thank u :eek:

Sweety your not alone everyone thinks NEGATIVE but u shouldn't i was the same way you were i kept thinking omg im gonna get denied then what blah blah but u know what i got approved in 4 days so BE POSATIVE and stay strong its all worth it.. u will do great.. ) i was banded november 24 08

Thank you all for the nice ideas.. Iam gonna go and try that botrin i started the Calcium so i hope it helps and for the Protein i read about it so much the only problem is i dont even get close to 60 grams of protien a day im never hungry like before.. i tried the protien bars so maybe ill go back to those.. once again thank u all so much for caring and the ideas.

I needd helpp againn this is really getting hard :cursing: so my hair is falling like crazy i dunno what to dooooo anymoreee i bought some Calcium and magnesium pills today .. will that helpp plzz i need somee helppp any ideas or pills i can take anything

We have one fellow in our support group that weighs 450 pounds. Most of his brothers and father died before the age 45. He decided he wanted to live to see his children grow up. He has to get to 300 if he wants the lap band. 350 for the bypass. He's lost 27 pounds so far in 4 months. So he will get there. I eat 2 Protein drinks a day(isopure no carb) 6 oz each when hungry.

Breakfast is 1/2 C. greek yogurt with2 oz unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon.

lunch and dinner is 4 oz of chicken, turkey or fish and 2 vegetables of 1/2 cup each. Normally for lunch I have the starchy veg. (peas, winter squash, or brown rice) I am not allowed anything white(flour, Cereal, rice etc).

In the afternoons I normally have a cup of sugar free Jello. And in the evenings I have 1 cup of sugar free pudding with skim milk. An hour before I go to bed I have an 8 oz glass of milk. I drink Diet snapple, herbal tea with splenda, and at least 64 oz of Water. If you get hungry add one more zero carb Protein Drink. If you go off the plan before pudding time you get no pudding. This works for me. One of our nurses does the same diet even though she has had any surgery, so I know you can do it. Remember you didn't gain the weight in a month so don't plan on losing it in a month. We are all cheering for you.

Thank you so much really means a lot

What are you eating? Do you keep a food log? This will show if you are around 1000 cal. and 75 g of Protein. If you eat too little your body will go in starvation mode and you will not lose as fast. Did you have to have a mental health consult before your surgery? I did and he told me I would mourn the loss of food, but if I got angry or depressed to call him so he could help me through that rough time. I've been struggling with the exercise also as it's just too cold to walk. Let me know how your doing.

Well the food log i dont have but i was reading about it today and i made one but i didnt put the foods yet and yes i went for the mental consult the thing is i DONT WANNA EAT which is good i think im actually not eating enough i never had that problem before but i know im supposed to eat a curtain amount a day to be okay but i dunno what to eat?? and yea exercise is annoying especially after work

Exercise will make a difference, but also examine what you are eating. I notice you used the word "stuck". Are you possibly eating slider foods because eating Protein gets stuck easily? If so, you may be a little too tight. Log what you eat everyday for a few days and notice how each of the foods make you feel. Does Protein like chicken go down easily enough if you chew it well, or are you avoiding it because it gets stuck easily?

I felt great after my fill i ate a piece of bread very small and yea it was stuck i had to throw up worse feeling ever other then that i eat chicken but i have to chew it a lot i eat a lot of salads i think i dont drink enough Water but i have been this week and i dunno what the hell to eat for breakfast:crying:

excersize makes a huge difference hon - if anything start out by walking - if you are not used to walking start with short goals - like 15 minutes a day for 2 weeks then 30 minutes a day for 2 weeks and then if you like it try to work up to an hour a day or join the gym once you master the 30 min a day. I got my band on 11/14/08 - also it is normal to plateau for awhile b4 you start losing again. let me know if you need any support or help. You will do this! just make up in your mind that it will work. You can also find alot of support and learn things in the chat room too.

Thanks for the advice hun that really helps a lot yea i think i need to start exercise and see where it takes me but for sure ill ask for help and support when i need it

Please i need some help.. i had my band on november 24 and since then have lost 25 pounds but i feel like im stuck im not loosing anymore i had my first fill on jan14 and i dont even eat a lot cuz i had that feeling of being STUCK and i hated it.. I dunno im feeling so sad and depressed i dont wanna be a Failed LAPband patient:cursing: im only 25 and i want to do so much things in my life but i feel like my weight is the reason why im not doing it i dunno what to think is it gonna get better iam i gonna loose more after my second fill what can i do please help me I have another fill on the 1st of april im not sure if that will help or not.. i dont really exxercie can that be a big factor in not loosing the weight PLEASE HELP what can i do :thumbup:

(This should go in the 'success stories" posting area, but i just spent over an hour trying to post without a pic and it just WILL NOT LET ME. I am in computers for a living, so I know what I am doing. I am furious at this point, so I am posting my story here.......for whatever it is worth without a pic!!)

I remember being obsessed with this website before my surgery - scanning every story and every posting to apply to my decision and journey. I had a C-section and an appendectomy and in the year prior, but the idea of this surgery scared the Hell out of me. It was different because I was making this decision to do this to myself and there was no going back. Like getting on a roller coaster -there is no stop button, but at least the coaster is only a minute or two - this is a lifetime! I was sure I would die on the table and almost cancelled the night before. I was so scared.

All went well though and I got through it. The hardest part of the whole thing was realizing what a major MIND SCREW this whole thing really is. It isn't the physical that is effected in this process - it is your mind! The pain was minimal, the surgery no biggie, all bearable - but the effect on my mind was what surprised me the most and still does.

First off - I was not one of the lucky ones who felt no hunger in the weeks after surgery. Before surgery I could not lose more than 4 pounds and felt like an utter failure. After surgery I was to be on Clear Liquids 2 weeks, then thick liquids 2 weeks, mushies 2 weeks, and so on. I was in TOTAL HELL!! I cannot tell you upset I was - angry and furious and actually panicked that I could not eat. I also felt like I hated my band and wanted it out. I felt like I had done this terrible thing to myself and was suffering. I was mad at myself for getting so damned fat and mad for torturing myself with this ridiculous surgery. I felt hopeless and depressed. It was a very hard time in my life.....but guess what, it passed! I made it through those weeks and after that, time flew.

At first - I lost barely anything. Another girl who had the surgery with me lost tons and I started getting pissed off and avoiding her - just seeing her made me feel like a failure. I wasn't tight for forever and had to keep going back to the doctor who always made me feel stupid for my one or two pound weight loss. I hated going back there. One day, a girl in the waiting room who was now thin from the surgery told me - "look - you paid for this thing - be aggressive and keep getting a fill until it works - don't let the doctor shame you for not losing enough weight - if you could do it without a fill - you wouldn't have had the damn surgery in the first place." She was right - I swallowed my shame and made him keep doing the fills until it worked. Then started the mind games.

It was pretty tight and I had trial and error over and over. things got stuck, I PB'd a lot and slimed and felt so frustrated and stupic. I tried eating Protein first and only like the doc said, but it was so difficult. Finally I decided - screw it - count calories. I never eat more than 1200 and if it 3 ice cream sundaes that day = 1200, so be it. I can't be bothered with all the counting, weighing, measuring and what not, and typically Protein is hard to get down anyway. Funny thing, I am not interested in sundaes anymore after all. I eat my 1200 calories and sometimes that is even hard to do - not to keep it down to 1200, but to eat that much! I don't like the way I feel when I eat junk and prefer salads and healthy foods now. Me - actually preferring that kind of crap! I cannot believe it. I sound like one of those skinny chicks I used to hate, but it's actually true! Wow.

Months went by and I thought - this Bullsh-- is not working. I look like an idiot and everyone is wondering why I am still so fat. Why did I do this to myself? I PD-ed a lot learning my lessons, but to my surprise, it was not so bad. I have notoriously avoided vomiting at all costs - hate it so damn much that I would rather lay in bed miserable for hours than vomit when I am sick or when I was drinking in college, but PBing is not the same - it just pops out and your done. I have gotten so good at it, I can close my office door, pop it up and go back to work in silence a few seconds later- no one hears anything. it is not like vomiting really. Its easy. I am proud of myself for that - weird, but true.

Finally one day - boom! I looked in the mirror and thought - damn - I look different. I feel different. People started noticing I looked different. It just creeps on you. You are going along thinking - this is not working dammit! What is taking so long - I am panicking here. Maybe this thing was a waste of money. Well - you ARE losing weight . So, while you are freaking out and upset - it is coming off in little increments. Just like it came on - one day you looked in the mirror or on a picture and WHAM - you were fat. Now you do the same thing and WHAM - you aren't.

It just takes a while and lets face it - 10 pounds on a skinny person is noticeable, but it ain't on us!! 10, then 20, then 30, then 40 and now 50. Today I am wearing a size 18 pant and my shirt is not hanging past my crotch - it is resting around my curvy waist and it just all of a sudden happened! Boom - 6 months and it is happening! I was over 300 pounds when this started and now that I am under 240 you would think that I still feel like a cow - but I don't - I feel and look awesome and it is only going to get better. I love my band and I am so happy I made it throught those first awful months to get here. I couldn't see it then, but it happened when I wasn't looking and here I am - I can cross my legs comfortably and get dressed quickly instead of crying at the closet and refusing to go anywhere. I feel so good and it is only going to get better from here.

Don't give up, don't quit, keep going and keep trying. At this point, I don't even think about food the same. I look at tv commercials of food and I used to get anxious and start hunting for food, but now, my mind says "oh, that looks good! Well, its not that great" and then I just forget about it. I actually turn food down now because I really don't want it. I don't eat because food is there or I feel pressure and panic to eat, I forget about food all the time and just go about my life. I am thinking like a normal person and I never believed I could do that. I feel so empowered and amazing. All of the other diets I have been on were fake, false, untrue - I knew I was pushing against something I could only fight for so long and then then beast would take over again - this time feels so different - it feels liket the beast is finally dead and the real me is in charge. I understand why some people think they have conquered the beast finally and have the band removed - your mind changes so much you believe that you don't need the physical restraint anymore - it is that powerful! I won't be fooled into that - the physical band is necessary to keep my mind in check. It is no longer a struggle - it is something I monitor and keep on top of - but not a burden and I feel HOPEFUL, not HOPELESS.

Thank you GOD for blessing me and answering my prayers! Life is good and I deserve to be well. I was sick with obesity for a long time and now I am recovering, thanks to this procedure. You can recover too. It doesn't happen over night, but it does happen.......don't give up. Soon you will be the one writing your story for others! Think ahead and keep going....trust in the Lord and trust in yourself. I pray for all of us who are burdened with the sickness and disease of obesity and our ongoing recovery. We deserve to be well - and SKINNY!!!!

DAMN WHAT A STORY I HAD MY SURGURY IN NOVEMBER AND I WAS FEELING LIKE THIS WHY ISISNT IT WORKIN LIKE IT DOES ON OTHERS THANK U SO MUCH FOR YOUR STORY IM GONNA BE THINKING DIFFERENT NOW

i had my surgery back in august 2008, doing great until 3wks ago when i started vomiting all my solids... Had a test done and lapband moved all the way up... Having a second surgery done next wk... Anyone having issues too? Im nervous how about if it happens again... Any suggestions?:tongue2:selene

omg that sounds scaryy how did it move?? Did they sayy?

I leave for the hospital in 15 minutes, my surgery is in two hours,everyone wish me luck please. :thumbs_up:

Good Luckkkkkk :thumbup::thumbup: