meltingaway72

I haven't been exercising as much as before my cruise. My November goal is to exercise daily for at least 45 minutes. So far so good! :-).

Good morning! I had the band placed in 2009 and I did lose about 60lbs with it but after about a year and a half it kept slipping and was causing severe reflux. I had it revised to a sleeve in June of this year and I'm now losing weight, have no reflux and best of all my quality of life has improved. I have relatives who are thinking of WLS and I don't recommend the lap band to them because of how miserable it was.

It can be discouraging to lose slower than others. I was becoming frustrated with this as well but after speaking with my surgeon he assured me this was normal for a revision patient. He said because I had a lap band and had "shocked" my body with it my weight loss would be slower but assured me it would continue. I'm happy about losing 30lbs since my revision 3 months ago and I need to remember to include the 70 lbs I had lost with the band. 100 lbs lost isn't too shabby! :-)

Congratulations!!!

Great job! Shopping is so much fun now! :-)

I had a band to sleeve revision in June2013 and it was the BEST decision ever. My lapband kept slipping and was causing severe reflux. Since converting I've had no reflux and I've had pretty consistent weight loss which I didn't have with the band. The one thing I truly enjoy is that the sleeve feels more natural than the band ever did. Hope this helps. :-)

Hi! I have the same problem. I find if I blend the fruit and ice first, the air bubbles are usually less because I don't have to blend the milk as long. Usually 5-10 seconds works.

I'm 38 years old, single, no kids, great job as a RN in the San Antonio, Texas area