patricksmom

wow!!! haha to your cheating ex...YOU look great! Congrats on the success of looking beautiful AND loving yourself during this time :thumbup: How long did it take you to lose the 131 pounds? How is maintance, do you find it difficult to maintain? I am 9 months today and down 77 pounds....25 to go and hoping it won't take too long. I got "comfortable" but am really working it these days. You have further motivated me, thanks!!

I was banded June 12th and am down 49 pounds INCLUDING two week preop diet. I have fifty to go. I feel like it is a slow process but looking back now it seems like it went kinda quick! I weighed in this morning at 199.5!! I was very happy (isnt that gross) but I have been working REALLY hard at this. I eat about 1200 calories a day and work out for an hour almost every day. I do have occasional "treats" like a small soft serve vanilla ice cream cone from DQ which is like heaven :laugh: I think that the changes are so much more managable then anything I have ever done. This band keeps me from being obsessive about my eating and I rarely feel hungry. I am so much more in control and one the occasion that I am not, the band keeps me from "over doing" it. I tend to lean towards instant gratification but I remind myself slow and steady wins the race. Keep at it everyone, keep up the fight :Banane20::blushing:

Commando....

I too was banded on June 12th and am down just under thirty pounds since June 1st. I think that most of that came right after my surgery and then this past ten days when I finally had the aha moment...Calories count! The band will keep me satiated but I can NOT eat the foods I did before and expect to lose weight. I also must exercise. I have started a journal and I am taking in about 1100-1300 calories a day and walking 2-3 miles a day for the last ten days and getting excellent results again! I am also not hungry which is an enormous improvement for me! I don't think I am yet at my sweet spot but getting close. And to the gal that started this thread, the results you report are amazing if you haven't beeen "trying really hard or exercising" as your note suggests. Even being one of the slower losers here, I am still about 2.5 pounds a week with the learning curve! I am excited because I feel like I am on to something finally Good luck to you all and keep up the good work. It would be super easy to eat the same dinner as everyone else or have just a bite of cake or a half of a muffin etc....BUT....I am choosing to make changes and since I did, its working!! yippppppppppeeeeeeee

I think some of the more casual rude remarks are hard to take as well such as "Have you lost any weight yet" or "Is that thing even working" after losing 25 pounds and people can't notice , that is discouraging too! I can't imagine asking such a loser question to someone I knew was struggling with their weight and going on this journey...how unsupportive! One of the ladies was even fat herself! ughhhhh...but I think, we are just a nicer, more sensitive group of people and this is clearly not our issue to fix.

oh lastly, I paid for mine too!!! :wink2: Hang in there! Jill

Suzette...I am five weeks post op btw and this was the worst I felt yet AND I have been either starving OR able to eat too much and have pain :wink2: NO PB, no throwing up, no stuck...it all goes right on down.

Suzette- I am thinking like you but lets hang in there until we get real restriction. I am only down about 20 pounds and at a stand still PLUS....this weekend, I have developed some serious lower bowel gas pain. Yesterday I was convinced I slipped my band....maybe I did is what I am thinking today but I hope not. My stomach doesnt hurt but I was bloated and had so much lower bowel gas that it hurt to touch my abdomen or even drive over bumps :wink2: I broke out a heating pad, took a hot bath and I have been doing mushies today/soup. It is starting to settle down....I kept thinking, what have I done to myself? BUT, in my heart...I just know, when TRUE restriction presents and this cramping subsides....I will be truly happy I did this! I am going for my second fill tomorrow BTW (bearing that my tummy aches subside ). Good luck...... Jill

fluffy! I am an RN too and feel exactly like you banded in June as well with 5cc first fill. I can still eat a lot :cursing: I try not too but it is sooooo hard! My Dr. is great though and is letting me have a second fill MOnday! Hope its a good one :confused: Good luck to you and I will keep you posted!

You look so pretty! Congrats :redface:

Reading this post has given me another question to ponder! Why are us nurses FAT? We should be the thin ones working like we do....well I realize some of you have reached thinness and congrats ! But isnt it amazing that we care for everyone beforee ourselves?? I am so glad we have done this for ourselves!

I am a RN too and I even often tap ports in my field. I would NOT do it to myself but I dont think I could puncture my bowels or anything cuz I am way thicker then that huber needle!! I'll leave it to the Dr......

I am in band hell my friends.... I had my surgery June 12th. Started two week preop diet, lost 7 pounds. Post op, lost ten more....recently gained back four. I feel like I have NO restriction. I get hungry, REALLY hungry and want to eat evberything in site. I feel like I am failing! I am going to the grocery store tonight and loading up on shakes. I think starting tomorrow I will do two shakes during the day and another after a 1 cup dinner. I havent been measuring but I know I am having way more then that and I honbestly could keep going but I dont! Anyway...I am happy for you that are losing but I am wondering what is wrong with me???? I hope the first fill helps! Oh, and yes I realize I have major head hunger too...I will always think like a fat girl I am sure! I started at 247 and today am 235, I had been 231 and felt more in control! I am five foot six btw. Good luck all. :thumbdown:

You look fabulous!! What a great motivator for me :thumbup: Thank You! Ok...so since you have success...what is the best advice you can give someone in band hell?? I am post op about 2.5 weeks. I started preop at 247 and am now 235 (ugh)!! I am five foot six and cant wait to be at least 90 pounds lighter! Can you share your wisdom?? Thanks!! Jill

I was banded on June 12th by Dr. K in Aurora Co (He did a great job, all went well). I am about 2.5 weeks post op, can eat anything I want and have no restrction. I am TRYING to be good...eating three times a day and having shakes (protien, not milk . I have only lost about 15pounds since two weeks before surgery I can eat everything the same as before. I am trying to have modest portions but am afraid 1. I am stretching my pouch 2. I am not losing weight 3. I am a failure? My first fill is scheduled for July 13th and they said NO sooner!!!! What can I do? Should I go back to just liquid or mushies? ugh......any input is greatly appreciated! I am so discouraged because I keep reading "I lost thirty pounds since surgery" or "I have no appetite and can only eat 500 cals a day"...I am eating a lot more then that and am no longer losing :smile2::sad::mad2::thumbup::frown::smile2::eek::w00t:

Hi There. I had bmi of 40 and also have afib(tendency towards being out of sinus rythem. I am on beta blocker and had put a lot of weight on due to the beta blocker and afib making me tired (PLUS eating too much). I am also a registered :thumbup:nurse. I went with lap band surgery last week. This past week I have not felt one bit of flutter! I am also already down 10 pounds since surgery and 8 before! I cant say that it is right for you because of this, but so far I am feeling statisfactory results :biggrin: Good luck! Jill

Hello...I will be banded 1 week tomorrow! The week has brought me the ability to sleep on my side and clean the house. I got to thinking (after cleaning today).....is it possible I could slip the band or port by bending over a million times picking up the house and cleaning? It didnt hurt and I didnt think anything of it until after......EEK...what do you all think??? Thanks, Jill:crying:

I just got done by Dr. K this past week. With preop and post op (5 days) I have already lost 14 pounds :wink2: He was very good to me and I am sure he would be a great surgeon for you too! Good luck Jill

oh what a bummer! I just got banded by Dr. K this past Friday. He did a great job, what a nice man. He found an ungly mole on me and told my husband while I was in recovery to be sure I got it checked. Seriously, a thourough and effecient man. I recommend him :bored: Good luck, better safe then sorry! Jill

Yes, I am a Hospice RN and was very worried I would die on the table OR they would open me up and say "oh, Cancer everywhere, sorry..." I am laughing while I type this because I know how far out there that worry was but I had it :tongue_smilie: I think worry is natural. I did pray to God to help and he did....I gave up on the worry before the moment of surgery and came through with flying colors....No near death Just a chubby gal who is sore and still hurting on the left with deep breathing...nothing more, nothing less! You'll be fine and good luck ! Jill

oh at 3 pm today it will be 24 hours for me. The surgery went well but all I can think today to write is "ouch". I have had many surgeries and I am bummed I am in pain. I hate to take pain meds but just broke down to do it I think it is the gas really and the port site :drool: I am no wimp either but this is uncomfortable. "Ouch" is the word of the day.....any encoraging words, when does this pass???

Spud! Hope all went well today. I was thinking of you. I go tomorrow! I am soooooooooooooooo scared! Hope it goes well for me too. lets talk in a few days okay?? Thanks. Jill

Hi. I am getting banded tomorrow too and am excited but sooooooooooo scared too :thumbdown: I am afraid that my ekg wont pass (I have hx of afib), and they will cancel....afraid that I will pass the ekg and they will do it and ill die on the table and then super excited thinking I am probably being dramatic and will take it all smoothely! I am driving my husband crazy :laugh: But....once its done, I know I will embrace the tool and what I can do with it Let me know how you do and I will do the same. Jill

Cheryl!! Your message is true and it made me laugh out loud!! I guess I worry I will die on the table and then my pallbarers will not be so happy. Thanks for the laugh. Jill

Hi. I had abdominal surgery about 14 years ago and they put mesh over my abdominal wall for hernia preventitive. Can the surgeon puncture this to get my band in? It just dawned on me tonight. I have surgery scheduled for June 12th and my consult on Friday. Suddenly I feel terrified!!!! What is the criteria they would use if they had to "open you up", I don't want that!!!! Any advice, where others scared? I am also afraid they will go in and find something else and say they had to close me up...am I turning physco? I would feel reassured to know others felt this way :crying: What were you all afraid of? Thanks! Jill