AmandaC86

I am also going in Monday... good luck to us [emoji1374] we can do it!

I am also being sleeved on 12/18! Good luck to us!

Hi I'm a Dec 18 sleever. I'm day three of my pre op fast. I need to lose 5 by the 12th to get the clearance from my nutritionist. I have hope.

So I am starting to get really nervous about this procedure. I am a prior WLS patient. Having a revision from the gastric band, but I had the band removed almost 3 years ago. I am so freaked out I am making poor food choices. I need some support!

Hi, AmandaC86! I currently live in the Bronx. I am guilty of being an emotional eater too. Hang in there, we will get through these stressful times. It's a long journey, but worth it.

I am having trouble starting the pre op diet. I feel so stressed from work that I am emotionally eating. Ugh I cant get myself together. I work full time and attend graduate school. Also do you have dumping syndrome from Vsg? I see some people post about what. I thought that was only with RNY?

Im also from NY... i dont have children but was looking for other around me going through the sane procedure. I am having trouble starting the pre op diet. I feel so stressed from work that I am emotionally eating. Ugh I cant get myself together. I work full time and attend graduate school. [emoji21]

Hi guys,

So I am a NYC employee with Emblem Health GHI-CBP. I started my 3 month nutrition counseling and will be getting all my pre-op testing done for a tentative surgery Dec. 21st 2017. I was just curious on how much this insurance covered so that I can prepare myself financially. I am planning on VSG. Thanks!

Mandaa_914

I just purchased tripact Protein from GNC in chocolate milkshake flavor. I blend it with unsweetened- vanilla almond/ coconut milk. So good especially with half a banana! I showed it to my nutritionist at the surgeons office and it fits the requirements [emoji846]

I also had the band in 2009 and initially lost 80 lbs. I then had issues with food tolerance and band erosion therefore had the band removed in 2015. I know had gained weight back to where I was before the band. I met with my surgeon about revision and have a nutrition appt tomorrow but I am nervous to do a permanent surgery just like you.

B-52... I agree I am going to call tomorrow and get in to see doctor and nutritionist for a refresher. Thanks everyone...I also realized how important it is to have support from others who had WLS.

I am very frustrated with myself. I was banded oct 2009 and was down from 280lbs to 197 lbs in a year and 1/2. Weight crept back on due to personal and physical separate issues. I was back at 263 lbs last summer.... I've been trying to get back on track and am down to ~230lb. I am doing really well with exercise but my eating habits are not the best lately. I am hungry often and can eat more than I should be able to:( I'm getting upset and want to figure something out bc I am getting married July 2015!could my pouch have stretched and I should go on liquids for a week? I need some motivation and kick start again to get me 100% back on my game. It's almost as if I forgot how to eat the way I did when I was first banded:(

Thanks! My band is empty bc i was ill for abt 8 months and they wanted to do a endoscopy and swallow study. Im gunna go back for a fill. I just know i need to retrain my thinking and it is a tool ive used it before so ive started again

Im in a similar boat as you right now and i am kicking myself for not sticking with my diet since september it is so hard for me right now to start back but I'm mainly calorie counting since my band is empty and exercising as well. The night time is what kills me... The snacking at night im over doing it bc I'm doing well alllll day. I have to make some environmental changes at home to help myself i guess, but living with a mother brothet and boyfriend who enjoy food and not te healthiest, makes my temptations harder to resist. When i let them now that my mother continues to buy junk food (cake ice cream, baking Cookies, etc.) ughhh i meed kitchen control I feel like a failure and like being a size 12 was only a dream and never really happened.... Im ashamed, embarrassed to see people who know I had surgery bc I'm sure there will be side comments. Im trying to stay positive but its so hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Financially things have been hard as well so buying the right foods has also been a struggle... Its horrible that healthier food costs more. Also without money to do anything besides pay student loan debt and bills, i am home more and food ends up being enjoyable comforting fun... Someone help me I feel like I am doomed because being very very obese is in my genes on my fathers side and I refuse to look like that Then i think I should speak to my surgeon about a revision however all I hear from my mother and boyfriend (who is a personal trainer btw) that they don't believe in it and I should just do it all myself ugh sorry for the long Rant just this frustrates me every second of the day.

Thanks all.. It has definitely been a struggle. I have to get some fill in me but my surgeon isn't participating in my health insurance. Luckily i have new insurance starting with work but that doesn't start until july I am pushing myself to exercise and tracking using my fitness pal...just tough but i try to tell myself it wasn't easy the first time to gain strength and change so i shouldnt expect it to just happy so quickly...i definitely need to stay in tune with this site bc the support helps a lot. Pictures also motivate me so i guess i can say.... Here i go again... Wish me luck

Yea thanks...I guess I decided that I did so much better at the beginning of my journey when I was blogging and using this site. I feel like I just need to talk to others that understand the journey and it keeps me more focused.

I was banded about 3 1/2yrs ago and I weighed 278.... It took a while but 1 1/2 yrs later I was down to 197. Had a lot of change the last year and half. I was sick last winter and gained some back to 225. I exercised last summer and got down to 215. Sick again through this past Winter and didnt watch what I ate and didnt exercise bc I didnt feel well. Now weigh 265 and I am beyond upset with my self that I cannot deal with y everyday life. My failure has made me bitter and angry everyday. I worked so hard for something and it was gone before my eyes. Now I need to restart my mind. I miss the good feeling of execise but I dont do it as much as I should.

Thats great! yea i'm kinda of nervous too and I think I'm getting my first fill tomorrow, not positive tho! I subscribed to you on youtube because I have a vlog as well! I was banded Oct 26th! congrats on ur success so far :w00t:

Here's some things i've tried/am going to try since I've just started my mushie stage...

Mexican Beans

Use on package of taco seasoning for one can of Fat Free Refired Beans, stir together and store so you can use the beans as you need them.

1. Bean mixer on bottom of bowl
   
2. sprinkle fat free cheese
   
3. microwave for about a minute
   
4. add some salsa
   
5. tablespoon of plain greek yogurt
   

yummy!!

Wanna Be Canoli Cream

soo I'm italian and learned how to make canoli cream, here's my little alternative.

1. 1/4 cup Ricotta
   
2. 2 Slenda packets
   
3. few drops of Brandy extract ( can use real brandy if you'd like, but only a drop or 2)
   
4. mix all together and enjoy!!!:w00t:
   

I am newly banded and have been on this site researching for a while before I even had the band....i do agree that there are just some people that don't know what they chose to do fully. Seeing posts of people that think the band is a magic tool is annoying i agree. When i was at my pre-op class i was amazed at some of the people's questions they had just days before surgery that were truly questions that they should've been asking months before deciding to even get the surgery. I've wuickly learned that it's not my thing to read posts that just are so ridiculous and that are extremely negtive when it's the individual that should've been more educated. just ranting :cursing:lol but everyone else is a great support:thumbup:

they are so good, i had them before I was banded and it was recommended that I switch after but i just can't get the other chewable down so these are gunna have to do for me and ill just make sure my levels are up to par! i just chew them really well :sad:

I just had the SILS 3 days ago, my surgeon just used the belly button scar tissue to go through so it will just look like my belly button!:thumbdown:

Hey i've actually been pretty good! less and less sore each day which is great and i'm just getting itchy where the bandage is!!! i'm too nervous to take the cotton ball out since I had the SILS in my belly button. I'm so happy i didn't have 5 incisions because I think I would be a lot more sore if it weren't for the single incision. But overall good, just some back pains from sleeping on my back:cursing: and that hurts more than the soreness from the surgery! How are u guys feeling today?

thank you everybody and good luck cindy and pj!!! wow all on the same day....im going in at 8:30!:thumbup: