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TracyinKS got a reaction from darla in 5 Years Banded
Hello all!
04/26/2012 will be my FIFTH bandversary. Yes, 5 years. I used to live on this site and for me it was vital to my success and accountability. I was tight with my group of "Violets" who were all 2007 bandsters..... I am still friends with most of them on Facebook and such, but the need to come here and post is long gone.
If you click on my profile you can see where I started and where I'm at today..........as I uploaded more pics to my progress album. I did awesome my first year and lost 98 lbs, and then I just quit watching what I ate and quite weighing every day....... I gained about 30 lbs, but then I just settled. I would get on the scale about once every 6 months and the scale would read the same 204-208. Failure? Hell NO! I was (and am) normal sized and comfortable in my size 12-14's. In 2012 I am refocusing on re-losing those same 30 lbs, because I loved the feeling of size 10 levis! and my narrow face, plus I ready.
I love my band. I haven't had a fill (or unfill) in well over two years and have no plans for one in the future. I still eat too fast, but I will never again be able to eat 6 tacos or a large thin crust pizza! I can however eat two tacos and be completely stuffed!!!!
I believe in eating Low Carb.. it has always helped me lose weight banded and pre-band. I am currently adhering to a LC lifestyle and I will come back and post a pic when I get back down to those size 10's in 2012!
I was the first in my family to get banded........
My Brother in law got banded in Mexico 4 years ago
My Mom by Dr, K 3 years ago
My StepDad by Dr. K 1 year ago
All of us have lost weight.
My band has been a great tool and the ONLY way I've been able to maintain any ONE size in my entire life!
Good Luck on YOUR band journey!
Tracy Banded 04/26/2007
272/174/today206/goal for 2012... 172
and it is totally do-able!
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TracyinKS reacted to Sue Magoo in 5 Years Banded
Tracy:
You truly are a success! It was nice to see you here LBT again.
I think it's great that you got down to your low weight and though you gained from there you feel comfortable. Alot of people don't understand how someone can be comfortable when they've lost 100 pounds and then gained 30. I can and appreciate that you shared your experience. Knowing that you feel better at a size 10, but are comfortable in 12-14's is okay. At some point it becomes more about living life and not so much about thinking about every bite that goes into your mouth and how many calories you're burning with exercise. The best part about the band is that if we follow the rules and have the right restriction we can get back down to the low weight again if we want to.
I got as low as 174 and I am up over 200 again. I was just talking with my doctor about this yesterday. He said that there is some type of reset that our bodies want to go back to our old weight once we've been so heavy. It just pisses me off that I may have to "diet" again to get back down under 200. Working on getting fills now after being unfilled for a while so that my band can help me.
Thanks for updating us. I remember you from before and always enjoyed reading your posts.
Take care.
Sue
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TracyinKS got a reaction from Skinny_Jill in ONE year and 85lbs Lost!
The time has come for me to post my long awaited 1st year bandversary entry.
What has my band meant to me? I have asked myself this question many times over the last 12 months.
I’ve come up with a laundry list of ramblings.
Preband – it represented HOPE, Anxiety, and the What if’s of life after WLS
Early Post Band – the what the heck did I do? And WHERE THE HELL IS MY RESTRICTION?
1st Fill anticipation – I AM HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where the hell is my restriction????
2nd Fill anticipation – I am hungry but not AS MUCH or as often
3rd Fill anticipation – Restriction lasts for about 3 weeks
4th Fill anticipation – OK lets clamp this puppy down!!!!!!!
5th Fill anticipation – HOLY CRAP .3 cc’s was too much fill! I am only able to smell foods and sip Soup
1’st UNFILL – removal of the .3cc’s was the difference between soup and FOOD……. And is where I’m maintaining at since January 2008.
Also…. Getting an unfill and eating real food is what started the scale moving again.
Things that have amazed me:
I have POWER over my hunger.
I have actually FORGOTTEN to eat.
I CAN eat without drinking
I CAN be full on very little food.
Things that I have realized about myself: Restriction WiseI swell (get tighter) when I’m on my period or when I’m stressed
I am tighter in the mornings and more open in the evenings.
Foods that worked last week, might not work so well this week.
I can raise my hands and do a little shimmy to pop up a stuck item of food
Things that I have realized about myself: Non band
I am a stress and emotional eater.
I crave sweets around my cycle
I am pretty happy and comfy in a size 12
It scares me to HOPE for a size 8 or 10 (because it is unknown to me)
If I COULD eat pizza…….. I WOULD, so keeping a decent amount of fill is what is needed for ME not to be able to.
Dairy Queen has become my go to place for stress eating (and this is NOT a good thing)
Things that I had to overcome once banded:
Realizing that you don’t HAVE to eat multiple plates of food at a buffet in order to “get your money’s worth”
Realizing that people REALLY aren’t LOOKING at how much or how little you eat!
Realizing that you CAN keep your band a secret if you want!
Realizing that fast food joints don’t really offer much choice,
Its cheaper to order an appetizer or alacarte, or split a meal with my 4 year old.
Being banded is NOT rocket science, and for me it has worked well because I knew going in that FOR ME and MY GOALS
I needed to be in diet mode, and truth be told the scale moves when I am IN MOTIVATED DIET MODE. It stalls when I
Go to dairy queen for a small blizzard… but I don’t gain
I chose the band for its adjustability and the hopes that I will for once in my life MAINTAIN a loss!
Would I do it again? In a heartbeat
Will I be rebanded if needed in the future? In HALF a heartbeat!
My band has really given me the power over my appetite and that is priceless.
Journey with me as I enter into YEAR TWO of my banding experience!
Here are my pics:
1st pic I was in stretcy 2x and size 24 pants.... 2nd and as I am today: Size Large shirt from Kohls, size 12 A.N.A. cords from JcPenney
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TracyinKS got a reaction from Daisalana in Shrinkin' Violets- Part 2 Read Here
GOOD MORNING!!!!!!
Happy Bandversary Jenn!
Kat: geesh woman.. I hope you start feeling better!
Jane: Have a great day at work!!!!
Laura: 229, 229, 229 229!!! WHOOOHOOOOOOO!
Pam: Yeah DH would stab me with a fork if I tried to split a meal with him! LOL........ so I just order alacart or have left overs.
I am sooooooo sick of being stuck.. I hit ONEderland on 1/05/08.. and I keep bouncing from 189-192..... I think its time for me to start a traditional eating plan..... go into regular diet mode.. because obviously this last 30-40 lbs is not wanting to budge.. it is weird to think that I'm a mere 30ish pounds from goal.... surreal really.....
I can tell that my gut is getting mushy and deflated.. it is so weird.. it's like the fat is falling down and settling "down there" so much that a mons lift might be the only cure..... WIERD LOOKING.
Yesterday I wore a size 10 black levi capri, and then after work switched to a size 10 denim capri.. (both had a bit of stretch) but I felt victorious.. as those black levi capri are officially THE SMALLEST THING IN MY CLOSET PRE-BAND.. I got into them for uuuuhhhh a MINUTE the last time I lost weight... yet I was a good 15 lbs lighter than I am now.......... Today I am wearing a size 16 NONstretch Docker pant.. it is loose on the thighs but snug in the waist... go figure.... DH said my butt looked good in them... so I guess I need to quit focusing on sizes and start going for style......(which is also weird)
I have been hitting the clearance racks lately and it is so weird that more than just one or two things fit and I actually have a choice as to what looks good and then refrain from buying 1 in every color.. LOL
Today I started my day with a glass of milk.. and I'm getting ready to go make some oatmeal....... today I'm going to TRY to stay away from the junk that goes down oohhh sooo easily.
Yesterday I had:
pb cookie ok... two
1 bag of popcorn w/real butter melted all over it
a bit of beef stew broth
a bowl of Peanut Butter icecream on top of a piece of chocolate cake
a glass of milk
..... so yeah.. full disclosure........ there IS room for improvement :confused:
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TracyinKS reacted to Kat817 in Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters
Jennifur, when you fill your pouch, the only place for excess to go is up into the esophagus----which is where your Water is! It will trickle down-----walk, deep breaths might help. Yep----I answer with a voice of experience, not guzzling tea was my hard thing to learn!!!
Kat
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TracyinKS got a reaction from Jennifur in Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! 23 lbs... again, me ... speechless..... and able to eat some real food ...... PRICELESS!
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TracyinKS got a reaction from MEW in Want to help Spouse
Realize its not about you, its about her. Don't be the food police.
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TracyinKS got a reaction from Teachlady in Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters
Welcome WarpedPegasus!!!!!!!!!
Pamela: CONGRATS on all your NSV's and your liberation!!!!
Kat: What can I say woman!!!!!!! You are my LapBand Hero, and after looking at those skinny legs....... IT'S NO FREAKEN WONDER WHY I CAN'T FIT INTO YOUR OLD JEANS!!!!!!!! LOL
Laura: You might want to start trying on those sexy jeans once a week.... you might be suprised at how much they go up every week!!!!
someone just walked in....
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TracyinKS got a reaction from TerriDoodle in Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters
SHRINK'N VIOLETS
Hello all... I'm Tracy and I'm starting this thread because I just found out that I'm scheduled for Surgery on April 26, 2007.
fffffffffffffffffffast forward to April 30, 2007
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
We made it to the other side of bandland and now we are set to support one another while we shrink our booties and grow into our new smaller skins.
All are welcome to join in and post, but we are not a group that bickers..... please be supportive as we all have different paths to follow... but the journies to the more healthy self beckons....
Let the losing begin!!!!!!!!!!!
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TracyinKS got a reaction from janiebug in Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters
GOOD MORNING ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 more days, 2 more days, 2 MORE DAYS!!!
Thanks for all the kind words and ENCOURAGING words about my short recovery schedule... So at 7:30 a.m. CENTRAL TIME on Thursday.. I want all my LBT buds to cross their fingers and throw up a prayer to your higher power and WISH ME LUCK!!!!!! and NO GAS PAINS! LOL (and hoping that my hospital room will get CBS so I can watch Survivor, oh and ABC for Greys! LOL :girl_hug:
Ok.. I've really got to get serious about my office today....... I am going to MAKE MYSELF FILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a wonderful day!!!
p.s.............. I walked a mile last night too!!!! well ok.. ALMOST a mile.
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TracyinKS got a reaction from travelgirl in New Today--Band Tomorrow
CONGRATS on your surgery tomorrow!
Come on over to the General Discussion board and check out our April 07 bandsters!
http://www.lapbandtalk.com/april-2007-head-t29472.html