Lady Lap Band

Yes..........however some people have certain foods they feel they can't eat.
Some people can't eat bread, other can eat bread but not rice. ect ect everyone is different. I personally have the most problems with thick bread and potatoes.

I am! haha but a June 2009 Bandster! Good luck to all of you! I LOVE my band still 5 years later. =)

Congrats, enjoy the journey!!

Thanks @@Ladylapband and @bandarella.

There is more maintenance with the band (meaning the fills) and I have a feeling some doctors offices are getting tired of that. Personally I like the maintenance because I feel I have more chances to be held accountable because I have more visits to the doctors office. The band has been a wonderful tool for me and I've had it 5 years and still LOVE it.

I ate a very low carb diet the first 4 months banded and lost nearly 40lbs. When I started eating carbs again I did put some weight back on. I totally suggest just staying away from them. They don’t really agree with the band anyway. I think people are talking about when they have restriction mostly.

I ate a very low carb diet the first 4 months banded and lost nearly 40lbs. When I started eating carbs again I did put some weight back on. I totally suggest just staying away from them. They don’t really agree with the band anyway. I think people are talking about when they have restriction mostly.

Let me ask you one more question. When you are belching in the morning is anything coming up with that? Like a reflux or heartburn feeling?
If not then it could be as @@Lady Lap Band said and it's just trapped air and that can happen if you snore at all or have your mouth open (drool lol) or even if you grind your teeth at night.
I would be concerned if you had any kind of reflux or heartburn then I would think your band might be a bit too tight. Right now I would ride it out and see how you are in a few days. Keep track of the air push back in the mornings and if you have some reflux give the doc a call to check it out.

@@catfish87 Thanks! Looks like you were banded jut a few months after me! When we first started out those who had already been banded 5 years seemed like they had been banded forever to me! I can’t believe how fast 5 yrs went by!

@@Lady Lap Band
Congrats! I remember when I first started on this site wanting to read from people who had "experience"....and success, JUST LIKE YOU!
Here's to the next 5 and many more happy years to come!

Thank you although you are much too kind! =) I’m so thankful for my band and STILL love having it 5 years later; I’d never give it back. So long as I work with it my little cheerleader inside makes me feel like I can do it. I have 28lbs to lose now and if I didn’t have my band I’d never believe I could do that on my own.

Thank you and congrats on your weight loss! So many people don't think 50lbs is a lot when they compare it to the total weight they need to shed but 50lbs is a massive amount! Congrats! Slow and steady wins the race!!

Hi all!
My name is Breanne and I just passed my 5 year bandiversary! I lost 103lbs slowly over 3 years and weighed in at 149lbs which was the smallest I had been in my life! It also put me in the normal weight range for the first time ever!! Wooohoo!
The last 2 years have been a little stressful for me and I gained 30lbs back in what felt like the blink of an eye. I’m telling you this because I didn’t realize just how happy I was at 149lbs until I wasn’t there anymore. When I was 149 I was telling myself it wasn’t enough and that I still needed to hit my goal of 138lbs.
I’m happy to report that I’m back on the wagon now and am working vigorously to hit my new re-evaluated goal of 148lbs. My advice to all is to really enjoy the journey and don’t forget that this band is like your cheerleader. It can cheer you on all day but if you’re not playing the game you can’t win. =)

I have not hit my goal yet. I am one and half years out. I still love my band and a 50 pound weight loss is great to me. Still chugging along and hopefully will make it to my second goal of 175 soon. Good luck.

Thank you although you are much too kind! =) I’m so thankful for my band and STILL love having it 5 years later; I’d never give it back. So long as I work with it my little cheerleader inside makes me feel like I can do it. I have 28lbs to lose now and if I didn’t have my band I’d never believe I could do that on my own.

Thank you and congrats on your weight loss! So many people don't think 50lbs is a lot when they compare it to the total weight they need to shed but 50lbs is a massive amount! Congrats! Slow and steady wins the race!!

Regain glasses suck.
The moment regain becomes a problem we put on those regain glasses and NOTHING looks good.


A few years ago I distinctly remember reading a post from a woman that went something like this.
I hate my hair. I don't like my face and don't know how to use makeup. I hate what I'm eating every day and I'm sick of it. Oh and I gained 5 pounds.
One of my most often repeated quotes...."we are rarely upset for the reason we think". Of course I assume you can guess what she was really upset about. I wrote her and told her to get a cute haircut, go to a department store and get someone to show her how to do makeup (free) or check out thousands of makeup videos on You Tube. I also told her she could change what she eats every day. Of course none of that made her feel better because she didn't FEEL like doing any of that because she was wearing her regain glasses loud and proud.
It seems that for most people everything looks pretty awful through those regain glasses. I want to help you take them off. You say "Yeah right…like I haven’t tried… and mostly..... I don't FEEL like it. I don't feel like doing anything." I have often pointed out that when you were at this weight on the way down you were ecstatic! Do you see how your perspective totally messes with your head? Why do we obsess about the lowest weight we ever reached instead of constantly realizing what our highest weight was and being grateful we aren't there? And if you choose to obsess about your lowest weight, doesn't it make sense to move towards doing something about it instead of continuing to walk down regain road?
Unfortunately we have this big adjustment to make after weight loss surgery because the first year we are wearing the "honeymoon glasses" and EVERYTHING looks GREAT! Remember how wonderful everything was when you lost your first 30-40 pounds? Yet you were heavier than you are now. You could hardly mess up at all the first year. It was all good!
One day you wake up and you can't find your honeymoon glasses. You start to take for granted the little things like being able to tie your shoes, paint your toe nails, fit in an airplane seat..... and the next thing you know it isn't enough anymore. Some of us hang in there for a while or even a long while and eventually something shifts and you start to think about how much you miss those honeymoon glasses.... you start looking for that feeling in other things like our old friend Mr. food. He’s tappin' you on the shoulder every day..."Pssst....remember me? Remember how much fun we had? Oh come on... a little sum-um sum-um won't hurt you". All the while your old friend has some regain glasses stuck in his back pocket just waiting to slide them on your face.
One of the most extreme cases of the perspective meter being out of whack was a woman I met who had lost 485 pounds. Not a typo! She lost 485 pounds but she had gained 40 back. She was all out of sorts and literally more miserable than when she weighed her heaviest.
I asked her to imagine that 485 pounds sitting on the floor. Right next to it 40 lbs. I guess we could say it looks something like this. (For those with perfectly analytical brains please forgive me…I guesstimated it)

I told her not to give that 40 pounds the time of day and dust it off. We give that regain so much power and of course we can pile plenty of shame on top of that for good measure. Shame is toxic, shame keeps us down. Shame keeps those damn regain glasses cemented to our face.
Here's the thing....if you don't take off the glasses and begin to turn things around....chances are that you'll look up in another year with more regain. Get off the insanity train today. Of course you remember... “Insanity=doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome”
Everyone is different but here are a few suggestions. You can’t build Rome in a day but you can always do the next best thing. (Thank you Post-Op and a Doc for “the next best thing”)
Look at your before picture in the morning and FEEL what you felt like. Sit it that for a while. I do that every morning without fail. Remember the things you wanted so badly. BE GRATEFUL you aren't there. If I could put you back in that body for a week you would be SO grateful to be you right now.
Quit thinking about the perceived mountain you have to move and pick up the shovel and start with one scoop at a time. Instead of Nike's "just do it", change it to "just start". (Thank you Chuck for that one) It’s too overwhelming to plan into the next century. I can hear the questions now….how long will this take? It DOES NOT matter. Just move toward your goal instead of away from it..... just for today. Today is all that counts.
Get the crap food out of your house. I know many people who find creative ways to do this with a family that feels they have to have the crap food. Put it in a place it can locked up but you'd do your family a favor by getting it out of their reach as well. Sugar and junk food is as addictive as any drug and they will guarantee that you will still be wearing those regain glasses. See my “M&M” story in this post.
Find a way to move your body that you can enjoy. I LOVE to dance. I hate to run….I wanted to love it but I don’t. I wanted that runner's high and I just could not get it. I love yoga and if you think you can’t do it, watch this! I describe yoga as slow dancing with yourself. Abby Lentz from Heartfelt Yoga is a dear friend. Look her up, she has DVD’s.

http://video.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365170173


You won’t do anything for very long if you perceive it as suffering. When you eat healthier food envision how you are nourishing your body. Remember it will make you feel better and look better instead of putting on more weight which equates to depression, physical pain, more misery and a shorter life span. Again the most important part of this is to stop the bleeding that has begun with regain. Nothing in life is easy so here comes your choices…...choose your hard.

Hi all!
My name is Breanne and I just passed my 5 year bandiversary! I lost 103lbs slowly over 3 years and weighed in at 149lbs which was the smallest I had been in my life! It also put me in the normal weight range for the first time ever!! Wooohoo!
The last 2 years have been a little stressful for me and I gained 30lbs back in what felt like the blink of an eye. I’m telling you this because I didn’t realize just how happy I was at 149lbs until I wasn’t there anymore. When I was 149 I was telling myself it wasn’t enough and that I still needed to hit my goal of 138lbs.
I’m happy to report that I’m back on the wagon now and am working vigorously to hit my new re-evaluated goal of 148lbs. My advice to all is to really enjoy the journey and don’t forget that this band is like your cheerleader. It can cheer you on all day but if you’re not playing the game you can’t win. =)

Hi all! I just passed my 5 years bandiversay on 6/19! I had lost 103lbs in 3 years but due to the stresses of life I fell off the wagon and went from 150 – 180. I’m at 176 now and am super focused. I’d like to get back to 150 before trying to conceive.
I’m looking for those who’ve had a lap band pregnancy. I’d like to know your experience in general and how much weight you put on during your pregnancy. Also, how was it trying to get it off after giving birth?
Thanks!

My blog did help me in the begining. Then life got crazy and I didn't have time for it and the closer to my goal I got the less exciting blogging felt. If you don't feel like blogging I think you can acheive the same feeling it would give you on this board.

This is hard to do because your skin won't always bounce back. Building muscle can help though! Check out this curcuit training DVD
http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Training-Jackie-Power-Circuit/dp/B002L6HDAQ
It's the best I've ever done and you can do 15 minute workouts. Slowly increase your weights over time and it should help you out!

Thank you although you are much too kind! =) I’m so thankful for my band and STILL love having it 5 years later; I’d never give it back. So long as I work with it my little cheerleader inside makes me feel like I can do it. I have 28lbs to lose now and if I didn’t have my band I’d never believe I could do that on my own.

Wow, thank you so much for posting. I thrive on the stories of long term bander success, and you are!!! Most of us have lost weight before, but gave up when we regained, only to be worse off than when we started. I'm so ready for my LapBand to be the end of my cycles of failure.
Thank you and congratulations. You are beautiful!!

Hi all!
My name is Breanne and I just passed my 5 year bandiversary! I lost 103lbs slowly over 3 years and weighed in at 149lbs which was the smallest I had been in my life! It also put me in the normal weight range for the first time ever!! Wooohoo!
The last 2 years have been a little stressful for me and I gained 30lbs back in what felt like the blink of an eye. I’m telling you this because I didn’t realize just how happy I was at 149lbs until I wasn’t there anymore. When I was 149 I was telling myself it wasn’t enough and that I still needed to hit my goal of 138lbs.
I’m happy to report that I’m back on the wagon now and am working vigorously to hit my new re-evaluated goal of 148lbs. My advice to all is to really enjoy the journey and don’t forget that this band is like your cheerleader. It can cheer you on all day but if you’re not playing the game you can’t win. =)

Hi all!
My name is Breanne and I just passed my 5 year bandiversary! I lost 103lbs slowly over 3 years and weighed in at 149lbs which was the smallest I had been in my life! It also put me in the normal weight range for the first time ever!! Wooohoo!
The last 2 years have been a little stressful for me and I gained 30lbs back in what felt like the blink of an eye. I’m telling you this because I didn’t realize just how happy I was at 149lbs until I wasn’t there anymore. When I was 149 I was telling myself it wasn’t enough and that I still needed to hit my goal of 138lbs.
I’m happy to report that I’m back on the wagon now and am working vigorously to hit my new re-evaluated goal of 148lbs. My advice to all is to really enjoy the journey and don’t forget that this band is like your cheerleader. It can cheer you on all day but if you’re not playing the game you can’t win. =)