lingling

OH MY GOD I AM SO SORRY!!!

- MYTURN2BEHAPPY IS THIS WEEK'S WINNER!!

I am the worst record keeper ever!!!!

YAY MYTURN2B!!! 16LB!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!

Mrs Mitch - RUNNER UP!! Sorry to steal your glory!

Great work everyone!!

When they pump your tummy up with gas during the surgery so they can see more clearly, some of it is left in there after they have finished. Because we are upright most of the time, all the gas rises to the top - and sits right under our diaphram - the big muscle which goes up and down when we breath in so that our lungs inflate etc. This will hurt until the gas dissipates which can be up to a week or so depending on how much you had left! Just take it easy - move around a lot, and remember, someone's been prodding around inside you for an hour, you are not doing to feel great for a wee while. I am 3.5wks post op and I feel 90%, I still wouldn't do any abdominal exercises though!!

Here is the picture of the diaphram:

I'd be interested in seeing people's goal BMI (since I don't know heights, their BMI means more to me). Just a suggestion.

If everyone gives me their goal weight and their height, then I will be able to make a BMI part on the spreadsheet!!

Hi,

I am getting banded on April 30 and am having a hard time with the pre-op diet. I can drink 2-3 Protein shakes and have 2-3 meals with 4-6oz Protein, 1 cup fruit, and green veggies. I have seen pre-op diets that are much more restrictive, so I feel like a wimp for not being able to stick to it. I have been on it for 6 days and cheated 2x.

This has been an extremely stressful week for me, as a family member was in the hospital for major surgery. Our family has been together non stop since Monday, taking turns doing shifts at the hospital and now staying with her at night. Although they are very supportive of my decision to have this surgery, they are by no means going to stop eating badly in front of me (huge bags of cheetos, m&ms, cheescake- stuff I don't even usually crave but I am dying for because it is in my face!). Anyhoo, I thought if I posted on here I could get some extra support to stay on track. I am thinking about going to straight liquids for the next four days to make sure my liver has shrunk... Anyone else having a hard time?

Hey 1980. Hang in there. The Pre-op is hard, no denying that. I know you are doing the best that you can, but try really hard not to cheat as it makes it harder to stick to it. After 5 days on the diet you go into Ketosis which suppresses appetite - and if you cheat you are back to day 1 again. In saying that, its hard work and most people cheat, so don't beat yourself up now! I would not personally recommend sticking to liquid only - as it will make it harder to stay on track - for me, I'd just stick to the diet as they prescribed it - to the letter. And KEEP POSTING!! We are your support group and are here to support you!! xxx

Hey guys thanks for the support. I realised tonight that although I can eat anything I want - the sizes are so very small in comparrison to what I used to eat. Today I had 2/3 of a chicken breast and a yoghurt and then went out to dinner and had 1/2 a peice of battered fish and about 6 chips and a 1/3 of a piece of choc cake (was my bro's birthday) and I am SO UNBELIEVEABLY FULL i want to pop and I feel disgusting. Where as before I would have eaten 2 sandwiches today, picked at something in the fridge this afternoon, had a full meal and dinner and probably a big chunk of cake. So it is still working in some respects, I just need to put it into context of pre- and post diet rather than this week and last week perhaps.

x

24TH APRIL RESULTS ARE IN!

This week's biggest loser was MRS MITCH!! Woohoooo!!! With TEN pounds!!

But JayTee is still kicking butt overall with 53lb down!!

Doodle and Kaner, you guys are pretty close behind Jaytee with your total loss as a % of starting weight. Great work everyone stick at it!!

I think we should add another section - what is your goal weight in pounds ?

Fridays 24 April.doc

This is my first weigh in so Ill just start with my current weight.

213.4 current weight

Hi guys! 208 and exactly one week post op!

Surgery day weigh in 216 one week later 208 yehhhhh

241 today - still. Stupid period needs to hurry up so I'll get rid of this Water.< /div>

- Mi_Illusion_St, Terebel, Grazia - If you wanna play friday weigh ins - I need your weight prior to your pre-op diet.

- Celtic - when you were in hospital I thought that you weren't coming back to friday weigh ins - so I deleted your data (sorry! I didn't know that you were in Hospital!)

Can you tell me your weight prior to pre-op diet also please.

Cheers!

Hey guys

The hunger has returned, and I can pretty much eat whatever I like. I am feeling very scared about this - so I did a bit of a search on this site and I found an awesome thread about it that is really helpful and encouraging (except some b*tchy replies! ha ha ) But I thought I'd share it with you as I feel a lot better after reading it. xx

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/am-i-right-angry-frustrated-92399/

Lingling, so you mean that you are able to actually eat anything and it goes down fine?? I was just wondering because I notice today that things go down a lot easier and I am hungrier more often. I am still in the mushies stage, but am worried that if it is this easy to eat now, what will I do when I have to wait for a fill? Are you able to eat stuff you ate before the band? Just curious. Hang in there...I know we will make it through all this...it is just probably part of being newly banded and once we are filled it will be a lot better.:smile2:

Hey Scoob,

Yeah, i can eat pretty much anything I want. Last night I had a chicken drumstick and just ate it dry - was fine, muesli and fruit - fine, funny bready/pancake thing with spinach and feta, fine. olives, fine.

I have been searching on here and I found the best thread about bandster hell 3-8wks post op. You can find it in this thread that I have started about it.

I am so glad that I found this thread. I too am in "bandster hell" and I am encouraged by some of the replies on here.

I guess, for me, it's not about if I am losing weight, or its not about if it is a magic bullet, its just that I am anxious now that the swelling has gone down, and I feel exactly like I did pre-band. When I say I am anxious - I am not saying that it is a rational fear or emotion - I am saying that I feel scared and worried and upset that what if this isn't normal, and what if I have been through this huge experience, paid $10K + and had all these hopes for the future (and I mean 1-2yrs future - not 1mth post op) and I am starting to worry that maybe it's not going to work for me. Reading these posts of people who have been there really do help, as all I needed was a little bit of reassurance that this is normal and I will be okay and it will help me to lose weight. Perhaps this is what "A New Woman" was looking for as well. Logically we know that WLS does work - we have all looked at the 100s of amazing before & after pictures - but we just need to know that despite how scared we feel at the moment as the hunger has returned, that we can and WILL be one of those people too... So thanks for the reassurance that you guys have given. Hang in there everyone - and those waiting for fills and who are in Bandster Hell at the moment, please come back and tell us how you feel after your fill.

xx

P.S In the literature that my doc provided me with it says "your hunger will return, but do not worry, you have not had a fill yet" it also says that "anger is a common emotion post surgery - as it is often anxiety over a fear of failing once again - manifesting itself as anger". Hang in there xxx

I am 3.5wks post band, and I haven't attempted it yet. My doc said should be fine - the only issue is the bubbles which fill the pouch so you may only be able to do sips at a time rather than knock back a cold one in a hurry. He said sip a pint over 30mins you will be fine.

In saying that this guy at my friends work who was banded - he drinks 3 diet cokes a day (and has lost 40kg!) so sounds like it varies.

Am feeling the same babe. Its that the hunger has come back - and it's awful! I can eat ANYTHING!!! It sucks! We just need a fill, I am sure. Hang in there, and please let me know when you have had yours xx

Went to Aqua Aerobics tonight! Not fun - had to wear a floating belt, which really hurt my tummy!!!

Am freaking out that I have no restriction and I am hungry. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT ON WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna ring ahead and see if I need to make sure I don't need to eat etc beforehand. I am not sure if it's a fill appointment or just a followup but I am gagging for a fill - I can eat WHATEVER I want and I get hungry. I hate it so much. I am sure I am putting on weight now and I am getting really sad!!

I am three weeks post op tomorrow and feeling a bit disheartened, I weigh in again on Friday but I sneaked a weigh and it seems as though I have put on a kg. Makes me feel anxious and worried. The hunger has come back and I also need to acknowledge that I have been making not fantastic food choices. I have been sticking with the right consistency and portion sizes but I have been making unwise choices thinking that because the portion was small it wouldn't all add up. Makes me scared that I have done all this and now I am stupidly thinking it was going to be easier. I am just having a bit of a freak out, logically though I know that it must work and I can make wise choices and that it will be much easier after my next fill when I am not hungry any more. Just need the strength to undo this damage and I NEED TO FEEL LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN!!!!! I have been back to the gym this week, monday and today - which is great and good for the mood too. I am sure that this weight is really from last week of my time off (week 2 postop) where I was depressed and sitting on my butt....

Hard to admit to this on here, but you cannot change what you don't acknowlege!

Doodlebug...thanks so much for the very last sentence in your last post! I am 6 days post op and it's hard to believe that at some point this pain and discomfort will subside and will be on the way to good health, which was the ultimate goal. I find myself saying..."I signed up for this?" It's good to know that there is hope!

I hope that everyone else is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. So far, despite the ups and downs, I am greatful that I was able to have this experience to help me, my life, and my family.

Oh Sandyswhisper - hang in there!! I am nearly 3 weeks post op and feel better than I have in years, no pain, and am eating mushies now - had lasagne for dinner - so good! I am starting to get a little hungry today which would be the first time since being banded, but it easily goes away with a small meal. You will get to this point but hang in there, its the road to FREEDOMMMMM!!!!!

I'm not on any meds anymore, stopped about 2wk ago. Feeling less itchy lately - glad that I am not the only itchy one!

Don't sweat it guys - this surgery is probably more minor than having your tonsils out - the risk of blood clots is a lot less as they don't really cut much at all!

Just your port babe!

Your band is up much higher!

I dunno what this is?!!!

It didn't start until about 1 and a half weeks post op - and my arms and legs are so itchy! It comes and goes but when I start scratching it gets worse. No bumps or bites... am trying to narrow it down to why this could be happening and I have only come up with

- Surgery related

- Change in diet

- Change in moisturiser/body wash (but have only just started using biooil all over and its just my arms and legs, not anywhere else that is itchy)

- ????:thumbup:

Anyone else having this problem?

Also, I have NEVER had a problem getting to sleep and now I do. Used to drop off within 5 mins, now it takes me hours. Anyone else???

Great work everyone!

Good on you guys for posting your pictures. Cannot wait till we all post skinny ones!!

I took some 1mth ones today (took my last ones on 18th of March) but there isn't much difference so I won't post those. Hopefully my 18th May ones will show a bit more shrinkage!! I guess when you have so much to lose then 10kg doesn't show up as much as if you only have 10kg to lose!!

Have I done this right? Or was I just meant to post my own?

Bunny Bandster's July 4th Challenge

Bunny's name ------ Bunny's target loss --- Bunny's start weight --- Current date --- Bunny's Current weight --- Bunny's target July 4 weight

PharmaGirl ----------------- 20lb --------------------- ? -------------------- 1 May --------------------- ?-------------------------- ?

NYLady --------------------- 20lb --------------------- ? -------------------- 1 May ----------------------? ------------------------- ?

Lingling---------------------20lb (9kg)----------------?-----------------------1 May ----------------------?------------------------?

I feel the same way Auntbrat, I was banded on Monday and I am nervous about going back to work...it's hard to concentrate. All the soreness is gone and I am all healed and physically I feel wonderful. However, mentally I feel miserable b/c I can't eat anything... and I am tired..weak and frustrated with myself.

I m worried that I wont lose any weight...and that I'll be failure at this... or it'll be just like every other diet I've ever been on..lose some weight...gain it back... or just not lose any at all. I am scared this is all going to be a waste. I hate myself right now... so many questions that only time can answer and it sucks.

I wanna eat things other than broth, shakes, Water, pudding, and soup... I am starting to regret this whole procedure. I def. need a boost and help... I need to know that this will work... I've lost like 13lbs since the liquid diet before surgery... but I don't know how I can keep this up...I m starting to doubt myself and everything I've done...

:thumbup: sad, confused... this is horrible

Hey Isabella,

I was banded two and a half weeks ago, and I have been having the same feelings about fear of failure and was feeling very depressed until I went back to work last friday. I was thinking that I will fail at this too, or that I am not being a "model" bandster like everyone else getting 90g of Protein or whatever, and that people banded the same time as me have lost more and what if that means I am being bad or doing it wrong or it wont end up working for me.

Moreover, I was/am scared that what if I get thin, and I am still not happy, the black cloud doesn't lift, I don't find the man of my dreams, and it just doesn't work.

However, I have realised that all I can do is do my very best. I have come to this place in my life, where I "resorted" to surgery because this battle became too hard to fight on my own, and because I wanted (come hell or high water) a shot at a normal life because I believed that I deserved one and that it would be so much better as a thin healthy person. The band is a tool. You will hear that over and over again on this website. It is a tool it is not a magic wand, it will not make our fat melt away 2 or 3 weeks post op, but it WILL make me less hungry, it will make me full easier, and with sheer determination I will wake up every morning and make the most of this chance, and I swear it will work. (And when I say sheer determination, I don't mean extreme dieting and extreme exercising, I mean normal life. Get up, drink Protein shake or have porridge, go to work, sit on ass at desk for 4 hrs, have lunch - 1 cup of whatever - something healthy - go to gym for 1 hr - sit on ass at desk for 4 hours - go home - sit on ass for 4 more hours, sleep. But seriously. All we have to do is be sensible, get the exercise and type of food that "healthy" people get and the band will help us with the rest. This is not another "hell for leather" diet, it is not the quickest is the best. The simple equation of energy in vs energy out will come true in the end if you stick with it and you go for your fills and you keep coming back here for support as those three things will keep you on track.

I know it is overwhelming, but we are all here to help and all in the same boat. Feel free to PM me if you want xx

PS. Hang in there.. normal food is just around the corner