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I will be praying for you. Emotional eating has something behind it so turn that over to Him and let Him carry whatever is bothering you. Cheri PS ifyourstomachoffendsyou (same name what is your middle name?)

Dry to Drink something hot, You need a small unfill

Coffee every morning for me before I even try to take my pills.

I am 11 months out. When it starts for me I try to just wash my face until I relax and it stops. It is not good for your band or fun for you.

My advice to you is to change something up. Eat different for a week change to a different type of exercise for a week. That usually works!

My suggestion is to get some counceling to help you through your journey with the band. Most of the time there are issues that are causing you to overeat besides hunger. My counseling has helped me a lot and everyone could benefit with some type of counseling. Cheri

My Doctor say high Protein but lean protien and low carbs but NOT no carbs. I stay around 50 carbs or less a day if I can. Cheri

I was just passing along what one doctor said. I ate cashew before and I am going to give them up to see is anything happens. Cheri

I want to add this. When your Doctor tells you that you are only expected to lose 50% of your extra weight that is what he/she means. Some people go on to lose to whatever their goal is. But the least you can expect is 50% of extra weight. I say be as disiplined as you can the first 6-8 months as that is the largest window for weightloss with the band. After that it does slow a lot. I am very happy with my band and have had a great experience lost 65 lbs so far and hope to lose more but my Dr said today that I had already exceeded the 50% and it will be slow from here on, maybe 1-2 lbs a month. Kinda burst my bubble but I am determined to lose no matter what. He also informed me that excess protien turns to fat so eat what you are suppose to but don't go overboard. He also said in his opinion if you eat nuts of any kind you might as well paste them on you butt or arms as they are not for people with any type of weightloss surgery. So if you eat nuts drop them and see if it helps with your weightloss My doctor is a very well respected Dr and ranks very highly among Weightloss surgeons. My friend and I attended a support group meeting with him tonight and we were the only ones to show up tonight so we had him all to ourselves and asked all kind of questions for 1½ hours and he was very honest in answering them all. I learned a lot Poor man we were firing questons at him as fast as we could ! One more thing he believes true and I agree is not to drink high calorie, high fat Protein shakes eat your protein. He told me that before sugery and later I added them to my diet and my weightloss did slow. He said do not drink any high calorie beverage at all they are like milk shakes with protein. Eat solid protien which could inclued protien bars but watch the fat content and amount of calories. Take whatever out of this that might help you and forget about the rest. Just thought I would pass on some words of advice from a highly respected lapband Doctor I do not mean to sound too down as I know people met and exceed their goal. I would like to lose 30 or 40 lbs before I start to maintain, but if I did not lose any more my surgeon would not consider me a failure as I have exceed the 50% that he told me about before surgery. Cheri

I am stalled out too so is a friend of mine. What do you think we can do to get things moving again for the 3 of us. Cheri

No enemies but a few people might have added loserbob to their prayer list. I did! Cheri

Will be happy to let you know when they are. We always have room for people and support is the best thing for everyone. I am going to private message you my phone number if you ever want to talk. I work at home but Tuesdays and Thursdays are not good phone talking days as I watch my two grandbabies and work too on those 2 days. We also go to a meeting in Alvin on the 3rd Saturday of the month at Casa Ole on Highway 6 at 1:30 pm. It is for all types of weightloss surgery, but there are about 5 Lapbanders and everyone is so nice. Also one in pasadena on the 14th of this month same thing all types of surgery but they have a leader and usually a topic discussion and then regular talking it is at 7:00 - 9:00 pm but you can leave early if you need to it is in a resturant too they say be there at 6:30 to eat or 7:00 for meeting. We never eat just drink Water or coffee. We could meet you in Clear Lake and ride together or you can follow us whatever makes you feel safe. Then we have one towards the end of the month in Friendswood at one the the ladies houses, I will find out for sure which day and let you know. We needed support so we just made out own little group all lapbanders and some of the best friends I have ever made. We are in all stages of lapbanding from 1 month to 15 months and all different Doctors. Who was your DR? Cheri

A good cry is good for you. I was mourning my diet coke in those early days. I am STILL mourning my diet coke 10 months later. You are going through a huge change in your life it is normal to be emotional!! Cheri

Thanks Lisa!!! I have known since the beginning that I had omnipaque in my band as my Dr. asked me if I was not allergic to shellfish he would rather use that than saline, because it is thicker and is less likely to have any leakage. Well after I had my 2nd fill about 8 weeks out. I started to feel really tired and started falling alseep at work and would sleep hours at a time in the daytime where I never had before. My regular Dr. and I looked at all of my meds I take and we changed dosages and cut some in half. I am also on Lexapro for depression but have been on if for about 3 years. I myself after losing 65 lbs decided that I was on too high of a dosage more than my brain could take so I slowly weaned myself down to half a dosage of that and it is not the problem. I eat all my Protein almost everday and drink all my Water, take Vitamins and work out one hour to one and a half hours a night on a total gym or walk. So I feel that I am doing what I am suppose to do as far as the band is concerned and my health, but I am so tired. I am 10 months out right now down 66 lbs and people in my support group are trying to help me figure out what is wrong with me. My regular Doctor thinks that my deppression is worse than I am willing to admit and that is why I am so tired all the time. My brother just died in December of this year of an overdose, he too suffered from depression and it scares me too that what if I just lose it too. I have a great husband, a sweet loving son wonderful daughter-in-law and two of the most beautiful grandbabies so I have nothing to be depressed about really but it seems to be a chemical thing. Anyway the last time (2 weeks ago) I went for a fill the Dr. pulled out all to check if all fuild was there and them gave me .05 ccs and as soon as he pushed it in I felt so tired, just the moment it went in. We did the floro as he always did and everything was okay so I left. I have never discussed my tiredness with him as I did not think it was band related. Well my friends who also have bands and have saline were helping me reserch omnipaque and one of the side effect is extreme tiredness, so they think it is the omnipaque causing this. I call my Dr.'s office on Friday and discussed this with one of the staff and she also has omnipaque in her band and said they have never had complaints like this before. I am going to call on Monday tomorrow and talk to him his self and see what he tells me. I do not know how I would know if I am allergic to shellfish as I eat no seafood. But my support group wants me to have omnipaque taken out and saline put in which my Dr. office said is to big deal they would do it no problem. But I am afraid to mess with what is working for me so far. But need to find out what is wrong with me. In the last 6 months I have had to complete blood workups and nothing seems to be the problem. I do take meds for my thyriod and it is in the right spot. I am 49 and will soon be 50 so that plays part of it too. My Dr gave me a B-12 shot and it did not even phase me. So anyway that is why I am looking for people who have omnipaque in their band to see their experiences. The omnipaque is a whole lot thicker that is why my Dr. gives me very small fills. The omnipaque is not flexable and is less forgiving when you get stuck. I have 4 ccs in a 10cc band. See I never slime, only once when I had my first fill. If I get stuck it must come up it will not go through except one time and it was a 10 hour wait. Where my friend never throws up and one of them has lost 103 lbs but she slimes ALL the time. Sorry that I wrote all this when you were so nice to reply and let me know people are out there. I will post again after I talk to my Dr. tomorrow. So others will know in case they have this same problem. Sorry so long!! Cheri

I was self pay and my Dr. treats me just like everyone else. I paid $12,999 and that included a year worth of fills and all office visits for that year. I put mine on a credit card and am just paying it off monthly. My husband is from Mexico and I have spent many, many days down there and I would never consider going there for surgery things are just so different than here in the US. Even though it would be half-price sometimes you get what you pay for. I know it is hard but spend the extra money and have it done here in the States. Cheri

I live in Hitchcock so we are really close. I am 10 months out and have lost 65 lbs, been stuck at that weight for about a month. My Dr. was Dr Spivak in Houston. I love everything about him and his staff. I will be 50 in November and would like to lose another 40 lbs by them but time will tell. I would love to talk to you anytime. I have met some really nice people on these boards a few of us have started our own support group and meet once a month if you are interested I will let you know what day it will be this month. We usually meet in League City or Friendswood. Cheri

Just my opinion . . . but you must not truly have a relationship with God or you could not or would not want to use those words. God gives us free will to do as we want but if you love God you would not take His name in vain. Do you believe in a Heaven and hell?

Not cheating, it is not like we just get to lay there and watch the weight fall off. Would be nice huh? Cheri

MOM is great no cramps or pain either!! Cheri

I am looking to talk to people who have ominpaque in their band instead of saline. I am having some weird side effects and need to talk to others? From what I have heard a lot of Dr Spivak's people do. I am one of his patents too. Cheri

I tried at a Support Group meeting it was good so was the other one they make chocolate Peanut Butter. Cheri

When you are “Born Again” then you should have a relationship with God where you are in constant contact with Him. It is not that we are pushy we are just Happy about that relationship and all that comes with it that you can't help but talk about it. I like to think that I do not have to be pushy but just live my life and hope people can see Jesus' love in me by the way I treat people and the choices I make. But remember us “Born Again” people are just human like everyone else and we make mistakes and do things that are wrong too, but we believe if we repent then we are forgiven. So if someone goes around bragging about their good deeds and how perfect they are keep looking for another example of a Christian - “Born Again person” Also keep us the up the good writing Patty!!!! Cheri

I have had a great experience. I am 10 months out and have lost 65 lbs, would have like it to be a bit more. but I am working on it. Walking is the best exercise of all times. But the first couple of months for sure! Cheri

I have Omnipaque in my band. Just looking to talk to someone also with omnipaque instead of Saline? Thanks Cheri

I have a 10cc AP band. But my friend has a 14cc Realize band I see no differece between our experences.