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reneek

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Everything posted by reneek

  1. Omg i never thought about losing weight off my feet. I hope i don't drop any sizes because i LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE shoes and i have so many that i love (i own close to 50 pair). I would hate to give them up. But i only wear a size 7.5 and i don't wear wide so i don't think i will loose anything (i hope).
  2. I also sleep on my tummy. I was able to sleep on my tummy about 2 weeks after surgery.
  3. I am doing well also. my long incision took a long time to heal but all better now i do get a shap pain from my port sometimes if i turn the wrong way but DR. said that is because of the stitches on the muscle wall sometimes they pull. I just had my second fill yesturday and am on a liquid diet right now (YUK protein shakes). I don't take well to protein shakes they upset my stomach and make me want to through up. Other then that i feel GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. I wanted to thank everyone for the kind words. I was at the doctors yesturday and i lost 9lbs since my last appointment (one month ago) for a total of 28lbs since surgery (2 months ago). The doctor was so happy with my weight loss. I guess i shouldn't be so hard on my self.
  5. I just had my 2nd fill and it was so easy one little stick and right in.
  6. I didn't have any pain in my stomach at all. I was tired and the only pain i had was the pain in my shoulder but that was it. I was back to work in 3 days
  7. Maybe because of your success at weight loss she felt a little imtimidated and she told you she lost a higher number then she acutual did. Maybe she is just felling a little insecure. I think you did the right thing because if you would have make that comment that you didn't see a difference she might of started not to care and then not loose anymore weight. Some things are better left unsaid.
  8. surgery date may 12 and i am down 28lbs as off today.
  9. I still sometimes have some aches from it if i turn the wrong way. I sleep on my stomach also and sometimes when i get up in the morning my port is a little tender, but it never hurts to ask your doctor.
  10. I had surgery on Tuesday i went back to work on Friday. So i took 3 days off.
  11. Thanks everyone for you replys i think i am going to get the fill last night i kept looking for food so i know i need a fill. Thanks so much
  12. Wow that's average 10lbs a month you go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. I know how you feel i would always say that " i'm not that big" or "i still look good" untill one day bam it hit me when i saw a photo one of my friends took i looked so big I did the same thing OMG!!!!! but we are moving in the right direction so don't be depressed
  14. I have never had such a nice doctor he is so caring. He has done almost 300 surgery.
  15. I get what your saying and you are right but sometimes you just have to vent and get things off of you chest. I know you said that you are now past feeling guilty which is great i can't wait to get to the point that I don't feel guilty but some of us just take longer to get to that point. We didn't get fat overnight we arn't going to break all of our emotional habbits overnight. Oh and i do have thin friends that are like "OH my god i eat one twizzler today i could just die" LOL. Thanks for your post i alway love to read everyones take on things
  16. I thought this would be a great thread i didn't see this posted anywhere. Everyone will have a bad day and sometimes you just have to get it off your chest. Sometimes you just can't confess to you husband, girlfriend, boyfriend ect. but you know us lapbanders will understand. Tell me your lap band sin for today did you eat something bad or did you lay on the couch all day did you 2500 calories. Get it off you chest and have a great day tommorrow. Here we go my sin was yesturday i eat a hugh peanut butter rivel ice cream cone and no it wasn't low fat, low calories or frozen yogert.:thumbdown: Your turn!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. I have my 2 month post-op appointment on Thurs. I am not sure if i should get a fill or not (this is so confusing). My first fill went great which i recieved on June 15. I had great restricition i would fell full quick but i never got anything stuck or PB or slimed. But over the last week and a half i have kinda lost a little of the restricition i feel like i can eat more. I have lost 10lbs since my last appointment which is great. I kinda fell like i need a fill but i am so scared that i would get to tight. I don't want to PB or get stuff stuck right now i can eat what i want just in smaller potions but i am geting hungrey a lot quicker. Oh the questions that plague the lapbanders mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  18. Yes it did and since it was a couple of days since i was on it i did see the difference in my weight so i do get my husbands point. I have decided to only weigh once a week it gives me something to look forward too ( like a child at christmas). I did tell him i found it couldn't keep the secert.
  19. KEEP BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I kept my mind of food by staying out of the kitchen and when my family eat i would go up stairs so i didn't have to see it. It was hard i am note going to lie but you will see that scale move and that is the best feeling in the world. You can do It
  20. I am at a slow period and want to do the 5 day test but i read a post that scared the crap out me. She said that she went on the 5 day test and lost weight and then as soon as she was done she gained it back and it took her 9 days to get back to where is was before the test. Has anyone had that problem?
  21. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that was banded close to the same day i was. I fell like i am moving so slow in my weight loss. I keep reading everyone's tickers and them have way more weight lose then me and they were banded after me. I fell so depressed. I am following all the rules. I journal everything i eat everyday there isn't a day that i miss. I am getting between 900-1100 a day. I go and see the doctor next week and i so wanted to do be down 10lbs from my last appointment but right now i don't think that it is going to happen i am only down about 7.5lbs from my last appointment (3.5weeks ago). I lost 4 lbs of that the week of my appointment because i had a fill and was on liquids for a few days. Please help let me know how much weight you have lost. I am as of today at 25lbs. Is there anyway i can get the weight loss to pick up?
  22. I know i haven't been banded for very long but what has keep me losing weight is my little Black book. It is a litte book i ordered that is a food jounal. I know some people say that they don't want to diet and that they don't keep track of calorie and that works for them but i know my self better then anyone and if i didn't write it down them i would cheat and not loose weight and if 5 mins a day puting things down on paper is going to keep me skinny then so be it.
  23. I was banded the same day as you and i have lost 25lbs and i see that you have already lost 31lbs so i think you are doing great. I also have hit a slow period but i am just going to not think to much about it and just keeping doing what i am doing and i know it will pass.
  24. I had my first fill on June 15 was had great restriction been loosing weight doing good untill yesturday i have been starving looking for things to eat for the first time since being banded i am looking for things to put in my month. I am not cheating i am still only eating 1000 calories but i picked up an bags of chip out of the cupbroad yesturday look at them thought about it then put them back (didn't even eat one talk about will power). How am i going to make it the next two weeks my next appointment isn't till July 16 (dr will only fill once every 4 weeks). Any tips to keep my will power up should i include a small snack between breakfast and lunch and lunch and supper to help me not overeat at my meals? Did anyone else loose restriciton after having it?

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