imaluckydog

This is a great way to share your journey with others. I enjoy blogging it helps to keep my paws out of the cookie jar. imaluckydog

Excellent Post thanks imaluckydog

I love your attitude :-) I love the dressing room story, Good one!! I too went to the wrong sizes first LOL. It is such a shock I know it happened to me too. LOL I was told I could NOT buy clothes on this side of the store anymore. Ha ha ha. I so cried like a baby. That is all I had ever done before I shopped no where else. Thank goodness I was by myself. I am down 109 pounds in little over a year. I feel GREAT, YOU DO TOO. I like your recipes too. I do all my own cooking. I eat REAL Food, Not too much, mostly Plants with Proteins first and NO liquids with meals. I love my Band. Best wishes imaluckydog

I went early there is a lot of tests that need to be done and evaluations of all kinds. There is a list out there or you can get it from your Dr. of what has to be done before LB. It Starts with Blood tests, Psych Evals and Nutrition lessons, EKG, Sleep tests, I could go on. Maybe you have done all this? It does take some time, worth the wait. Maybe every Dr. is different and you do not need any of this? I was scheduled for July 20, 2009, and I ended up have my LB June 29,2009 a month early. Had the entire summer off was great. I was running around Disney World 2 weeks after my surgery so recovery is very short. I was feeling well after 4 days and could do everything. You could schedule it on a Thursday before a long weekend and be fine for work in a Tuesday. No kidding You have August if you get all the Pre Op stuff done. Wow, this is so exciting. I have been banded for a little over year now. I love my band. Best wishes imaluckydog

CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES! I have been at this over one year now. Thank you LB (little Body) you are my BEST FRIEND. I drink my iced coffee with a straw and I have since day 1 NO PROBLEMS, Gum gives me gas always has. I can eat whatever I want and I do in small amounts. Yes, it is about CHOICES! I would not eat a flour tortilla before banding or much bread I do like a bite or two of the crust of anything but it is not that often. Pasta was my problem before banding. I can eat about two bites now. I choose to eat REAL Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants, with Proteins FIRST and NO liquids with meals it works for me. I am NOT on a DIE-T!! I am LIVING my life with a 109 pound loss in one year two weeks. I did give up soda and I even had withdraw from it even the Fresca I used to drink. Must be something fake in it. I have had sushi only two pieces is all I can eat. I must say it would not be my first CHOICE. Go for the protein first. This has been a great blog Thank you. Best wishes imaluckydog

Thank you, I NEED to do this together with all of you. I still need this site and I am a year out from my surgery. I go on every day and learn something new about someone or something about LB or even being motivated. Another added bonus when I am at my computer I am NOT thinking about food or eating it. I keep my paws out of the cookie jar because there is a rule no food at the computer. Blogging keeps my paws busy too. I am so glad I have all of these positive vibes to relate too in my ever so crazy life. Thanks for being there for me too!! I am one year and down 109 my next blog will be about my new BELT fetish. LOL imaluckydog

Oh be kind to yourself and rest. You do heal from the inside out. Congrats and welcome I was banded June 29 2009 and it is little over a year and I have done very well. Follow the rules but you know that. Enjoy your journey as much as I have. Best wishes imaluckydog

You keep doing everything you have been doing. You need to do this for yourself. The motivation will come from within you. Just wait and see. Try to let it go and focus on yourself, I sorta feel I was in the very same place and had a walking buddy fall by the wayside. Do not look at it as a problem look at it as a solution and keep GOING. I know cuz I did and I have lost 109 pound in 1 years and 3 weeks. Work with your band and it will be your BEST friend.Blogging is GOOD. I even talk to mine now and again LOL. Best wishes imaluckydog

Shopping is so much fun I just love to shop now. I just wish I had more money to spend on clothes. LOL You look marvelous. Keep it up. Best wishes imaluckydog

Thanks for asking to be my friend. Well, we all want to be healthy Right. I eat Not too much now, mostly plants ( cooked ones) with proteins first. This is not a diet any more. This will be a way of life your LB journey if you will. You will be able to eat anything you want if your body (band) will tolerate it! Eat slow and chew well. I wanted to lose weight with the help of my band. I make my own food and try to make better food choices. If it comes to you thru a window it is not REAL. Not good for you either RIGHT!! I got off soda of all kinds and sugar and fake sugar as well. I did have a short period of withdrawal it did not last long and I do not miss the stuff. It would always make me want more. Now Chocolate is different. I do have some now that I have lost 103 pounds in a years time. You do not have to give up anything you love forever. Remember this is a journey that you are in control of. If you make poor food choices the weight will not come off and if you follow the rules when you go to sleep the weight will melt away for some fast and for some slow. This band works weather you want to help it or not. If you have specific questions I will be glad to help. You know what you need to eat trust yourself to make better choices around the foods, eat less and make sure you get enough Protein rich foods to be healthy. If you don't you will feel tired I know it has happened to me. Get on a good food schedule and try to do the same each day until it becomes normal for you. Old habits are hardest to break for me the NO DRINKING with meals was the hardest. You will feel fuller longer if you do not drink during a meal. Oh I hope this helps. I had very nice people help me when I started out. Best wishes to you on your journey. imaluckydog

What an informative blog. Let me say misery loves company! Fat cells never go away and if they are small will always want to get bigger. That is why when we lose weight before LB it always came back. The yo yo effect. You are now looking at your own habits and are making super important connections here. Who needs to take care of who? The taking care of others is a tough one for me I must say. For me to start to heal myself I needed to STOP taking care of others and START to take care for myself. I have been at this for over a year now and have realized FAT DISCRIMINATION is REAL and PAINFUL. I so relate to what you have said and it is the best blog I have read in a very long time. You are getting in touch with yourself. Keep blogging others will learn from you and you will also make better choices about who to take care of in the future. Best wishes imaluckydog

You are doing what I do!! It does work and helps so much;-) Get Blogging writing about ones feelings is the BEST way to start to figure what is going on. These demons are very, very real and I can cave so easily I need to keep refocusing myself even after a year of being banded. My thoughts seem to try to get the best of me. Even this morning I am thinking I can have something I should not. Thanks for sharing I alway feel better when I get on this site. We can do this together. Thanks again and Best Wishes imaluckydog

No Not Rambling just enjoying this amazing journey. I so can relate. Best wishes imaluckydog

Remember you are healing from the inside out. I am not sure how long you have been banded, but I needed to take a long time before I could do that much. Take it easy and go slow your body is telling you something so listen to it. Walk and change up your routine a bite. Best wishes and no need to be embarrassed. We are all hear to support each other and learn from each other. You are doing great just being in touch. Best wishes imaluckydog

It is all about the JOURNEY and you are living proof we are all on this JOURNEY together. Thanks for sharing. If this happens to me I get right back in my drivers seat and just keep it under 90. You can do it. Too Enjoy your life thats why we chose the band. Blogging is such freedom. Best wishes imaluckydog

Keep the focus on yourself! YOU LOOK AMAZING I know cuz I too have lost that much and why people feel they need to say things to us is beyond our control. The only thing we can control is ourselves. DO NOT let comments enter and stay too long, let them exit and with the fresh breathe feel you are the winner here and you have chosen HEALTHY most of all. You have also added 10 or more years to your life and you are living. At over five hundred pound this person is not living!!! YOU ARE so get out there and enjoy it. Best Wishes imaluckdog

The BEST FEELING in the world... Great Job

So HAPPY FOR YOU. You sound like you have a very good outlook on this journey of yours. I feel the Dr. is right on stay far away from sugar, candy, etc., it will just make you want MORE if you taste it. I had a short withdrawal from soda and sugar and it was well worth not having any more of it. My weight has just dropped off me. I have tasted pasta, chocolate and had a soda. I am one year out and I can now that I am skinny. But let me just tell you that stuff still calls to me and is like poison. I must be a sicko. I had my try and now I am back on my maintenance schedule and loving my new me at a size 10. What worked for me was to Remember to eat Real Food not too much mostly plants with Proteins first. No drinks with any meals worked for me too. I love my LB and I wish you all the best. imaluckydog

Wow, I remember those days like they where yesterday!! Yes your hunger is real. Those of us who have been at this for a while now call it HEAD HUNGER. Drink your fluids in between meals it may help and as you have done follow the rules to the LETTER. Your attitude sounds GREAT! This is key. Stay positive and Happy the pounds will melt away. I have lost 103 pounds in one year and I had no idea it would go so fast. Best wishes if you have any questions I may be able to help. imaluckydog

Best wishes this very exciting news. imaluckydog

The gas will move if you move so if you can walk even around the house the pain will go away faster. Keep moving! But NOT exercising yet it is too early. It took me about 2 weeks before I was feeling myself again. I was banded the same day 6/29/09 one year ago. I am so excited for you I have had an amazing LB journey. I am in a NEW BODY and love it. I lost 103 pounds in this one year and you will have no idea how fast this year will go by. Please take it easy and take the time to heal yourself, as my Dr. said "you are healing from the inside out". Stay positive and I am glad to hear you have a daughter she will be supportive. Take care, follow the rules and if you have any questions on your journey I maybe able to help. Best wishes imaluckydog

Thank you Alissa for blogging your information is so valuable to others, please keep blogging. I am also at my 1 year and 2 week mark. This year has gone by so fast. I hardly know where the time went?? My body has changed so much it is almost hard for my head to catch up with all the wonderful changes. I too have lost 103 pounds in a year. I am happy where I am I could lose more but I am not going to push it. I have been called skinny, I wear a size 10 and love it. No more sleep apnea issues or blood pressure meds or aches and pains anywhere. I am in a whole NEW BODY. I love my Lap Band I have added 10 years to my life. Thanks again, Best wishes imaluckydog

Don't wait. I have had three un fill's. Rather have a little taken out it can always be put back in. Just watch for acid reflux!! That can cause REAL BIG problems. That is NOT good. Best wishes imaluckydog

It's all about the water I have it in my hand 24 7. But NOT while eating. Stay hydrated. That has happened to me too. Best wishes imaluckydog

You will be fine. May be tender thats all. I was running and I mean RUNNING around Disney World 10 to 12 Days after my surgery I felt GREAT. You will be fine. Remember to practice slow eating and chewing and swallowing now so it becomes a way of life. That will help. Best wishes imaluckydog