SylviaM

Hi Diane. I have read your positive msg. many times and feel great inside each time. I have a positive attitude but not very well with myself. I know I need 24 hour weight loss support and can't seem to find it. I am truly struggling not to gain all my weight back. It is just myself and my 12 yr old son whom is a very active baseball player that live at home. I can't seem to stay away from the consession stand! Each day I try to plan things out and then once I get home, I just fall apart. I don't like the terrible eating habits I have created within myself but can't seem to stop eating a lot in the evenings after work. My job is not physical. I do sit most of the day answer phones. Cant step away to long from the phones at all. I always want to be chewing! Gum doesnt cut it either. I am trying to walk each day that I can but sometimes I blow that too. I feel like I am just falling down and can't find my WAY to get up and do this right! I can't focus on a new healthy routine way of Life for more than one week. I love the way i feel when I do well for that one week!! Why am I not getting it??? Why do I give up constantly??!! : ( I am not happy with the way I look and feel....ugh! Any advise???? Sylvia

I can definitely relate to your circumstances.....I have been in your shoes many of times. After 5 years of this battle, I feel the band was really to tight and this was not a healthy way of living especially when I had to release it 2 - 3 times a day. This is very tough on your esphagus. I had to really journal my food and fluid intake and how many time it came back out. I did lots of praying to finally make the decision to have some taken out. I have battled with the Dr. about taking out to much when I totally felt exhausted from living this way. (Sometimes I would need to go back for a small fill.) For whatever reason after a month or so my band would tighten up again. Finally last week I had to go to a new dr cuz my left the area and that was a blessing in disguese. He took out a very small amt. and I FEEL I HAVE FINALLY WHERE I AM SUPPOSE TO BE TO START LOOSING AGAIN! Fluids and food pass thru much easier and rarely get stuck. I still chew and eat very slowly but it actually goes through! I am able to eat my fruits and veggies, etc. I feel so much like a normal person again as weird as that sounds. Not sure if this info will help you but just wanted to share this with you!

I am also dealing with the same issue. Sometimes I too feel like my band has a mind of its own. I was banded in 2006 and I have never felt that full feeling most people speak about. There was a time I thought my band was not applied correctly. Over the years I have learned and still learning how stress and expercises can tighted the band. Of course I don't know why but that is when I have noticed tightness. Even when I worry some about getting my son to a game on time after work due to traffic, etc.... I still am try working on my stress levels and not worry day after day if I will be able to eat at my next meal. Today with God's help and I now have more good days than bad days. Don't ever give up! I know the one time after starting over and over and over, I will succeed!! : )

You looked fabulous! You have done well on your two year journey. I plan to start my journey for the 10th time. I don't ever give up but seem to do well for a couple of weeks. I definitely enjoy the way I feel when the journey is going well!! Full of energy and life and feeling proud of myself. Then for whatever reason I feel I must reward myself for a good job and of course it takes time to get back on the right track! UGH! Such a vicious circle! Maybe this will be the one where I can make a healthy life change with no END!!! Thanks for listening! You have done a great job and look forward to reading more of your blogs for future support !! Sylvia

Wow what a wonderful surprise! Way to go! I can imagine how happy you must feel inside and the to feel the motivation to keep going! YOU are doing this yourself and doing great!

This is always a GREAT reminder for me. Thanks for posting! Have a Happy Friday.

Would anyone be interested in meeting this Friday (8/26) at 7PM or on Sunday (8/28) at 1:30 PM at the Subway off of Hwy 646 and Hwy 45 in League City area across from Target? I I missed the meeting in Alvin last weekend and I am in desparate need of support. I am gaining and know I am needing guidanace in my life cause doing this alone is of course not working at all! : )

Hi there! I am located in Santa Fe, TX and work in the Webster area. I was banded in 2006 and have not had a steady support group. I have learned I am not good at this on my own with my busy life style and need some support. I am willing to start from the beginning and move forward. Now I am finally trying to focus on me and I am working toward making my lap band lifestyle change again with a support groupthis time. I hope we all can meet soon and have a STRONG SUPPORT GROUP.... I plan to attend the meeting on the 3rd Saturday at Case Ole in Alvin if they are still meeting there. Next scheduled meeting is August 20th at 1:30pm. It will be great to meet with a Support Group again....... Sylvia

Hi Kristi! I am located in Santa Fe, TX and work in the Webster area. I was banded in 2006 and have not had a steady support group. I attended a couple of meetings with Cheri from Hitchcock in the Friendswood area until my schedule got real crazy. Now I am finally trying to focus on me and I am working toward making my lapband lifestyle change again with a support group. I plan to attend the meeting that Cheri mentioned below on the 3rd Saturday at Case Ole in Alvin if they are still meeting there. Cheri helped me out a lot when we met and I hope to get with you both soon. How is the lap band working for you. Hope all is going smooth. It will be great to meet with a Support Group again. Hope to hear back from you or Cheri very soon. Sylvia

This may be a silly question but, What is a BodyBugg???

Happens to me too a lot. I get a lot of anxiety eating in front of other people especially my co-workers. I try to think positive but does not always work. I'm sure they are wondering why I eat like I do? Eating at home is always better for me and for whatever reason most times food seems to go down a lot better unless I am upset or have a lot on my mind. Today is my first good day to eat in about 4 or 5 days. Glad to hear I am not alone......Sylvia

Sounds like you had a nice vacation for sure. When you say u have a good day and then a bad day, do you mean that you able to eat and on the bad days nothing goes down to stay? I have a lot of bad days cuz the band is probably a little too tight. I am having "great difficulty" changing my eating habits. I either can eat lots when band is not too tight or not eat much at all only because of the band being too tight. I have never found a happy medium for me. The days food can go down, it has been hard to eat healthy because I want to chew something so bad. This site has been my only support so I am using it! Have you had these issues with your band ever?? Sylvia

Thank you so much for sharing. I love to try new receipes all the time! Especially the ones that have chicken. I have not been eating a lot lately due to a tight band. Today for whatever reason I was able to eat Lunch! Yea for Me! Sylvia

Well I rec'd my lap band in 2006. I have had fills and unfills trying to find that sweet spot or fullness filling and still struggling til this day! I may be that person that may never experience either one... I had an unfill 12/31/09 because I started boot camp on 1/1/10 and was not eating enough for energy. I believe my body was in that survival mode too. I did well for about 4 weeks and then I kind of ate more and more unhealthy foods untill I gained 18 lbs. Decided to go for a fill on April 13, 2010 and now I am having a hard time eating again. Eating is now a challege for me. I have tried to eat oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, etc. but breakfast will not go down at all. I drink 2 cups of coffee from 5:30 am till 10:30 am. Most the time I have to eat lunch at the office and then it may not go down either or it may take me from about 1pm to 3pm to finish lunch. Dinner time is usually an easier meal but I eat late due to my son's baseball activities (next bootball, then basketball) and by that time I am so hungry and may not make the best choices. If dinner doesn't go well, forwhatever reason I can eat ice cream. Not a good habit to fall into at ALL! But seems to be a common thing with lap band patients. Then it is bedtime. I have lost 5 lbs but maybe could loose more if I could choose and limit my dinner meals and go back to boot camp. I AM starting on my new plan today. With the Lapband Talk and God's help I will succeed!! : ) Everyone's support is very much welcomed and appreciated and hopefully I can inspire others in my future!

Banded 2/14/2006 and was gaining so I had a fill on 4/13/2010 and I am very tight in the mornings. I can only do liquids until about 11am and then it is iiiiffffyyyy.......Usually can not eat much solid food until about 2 or 3pm. I can relate to the monthly problem too. I noticed this a while back. Now I just wonder why this happens. I asked a few people but no one seems to have an answer. It only last like a couple of days before and then the first couple of days during and then I am good. So include me in too.

Well I finally got a fill from my dr on 4/13/2010. I am happy that my band looked so good on my tests. I am back on the right path once again. I will be starting my boot camp exercise program and I have a terrific friend and we will support each other to attend each class faithfully. Just within the 8 days I have notice such a wonderful change in my mood and energy level when I eat the foods that are good for your body. It also seems I am more alert and can focus better towards my daily routine. Before, things could get a little overwhelming. This is great and I WILL continue to move forward and pray that I will not go backwards again!

Great to see I am not the only one with this issue too. I was banded February 2006 and I started at 255. My doctor's support group is too far for me to attend therefore no support since 2006. I got down to 175 and also became discouraged mostly because I don't think the dr took the time to find my "sweet spot". I battled with my band tightening itself for whatever reason and had difficulties eatting a drinking for weeks til I decided it was time for an unfill. Then I ended up over the years gaining back and now am at 209. I went for a fill on 04/14/10 and now redicating myself also. This is hard to learn how to eat the right foods and the correct amount of food with "No Support". Gotta go for now. Lets keep in touch.......Sylvia

Need support and advise on how to handle this so call "HEAD HUNGER".:eek: I remember so many times when my band was tight and then I had an unfill so I could eat and drink water again. Well from starving to eating was bad enough for me. Then I remember eating after eating knowing I was not hungry. I think I need to begin focusing on what I believe to be possible underlying issues. I believe some of my issues are overwhelmed with life in general (such as working, paying bills, blessed with a 9 year old son who is involved in sports, yard work, landry, etc), bordom-no time to take care of me, wanting to eat fast foods like skinny people which they eat a couple of bites and then they are full, tired of being alone, etc. I am trying to start over beginning this week and move forward. I have never had a steady support group and have tried to do it all on my own over and over again. Well this week I have recently started to get more involved with this web site because I realize I need all the support I can get!! I feel better just getting it all out. WOW who knew! LOL :w00t: I am still 45 lbs lighter than 2006 but want to loose 45 more pounds!

Need support and advise on how to handle this so call "HEAD HUNGER".:eek: I remember so many times when my band was tight and then I had an unfill so I could eat and drink water again. Well from starving to eating was bad enough for me. Then I remember eating after eating knowing I was not hungry. I think I need to begin focusing on what I believe to be possible underlying issues. I believe some of my issues are overwhelmed with life in general (such as working, paying bills, blessed with a 9 year old son who is involved in sports, yard work, landry, etc), bordom-no time to take care of me, wanting to eat fast foods like skinny people which they eat a couple of bites and then they are full, tired of being alone, etc. I am trying to start over beginning this week and move forward. I have never had a steady support group and have tried to do it all on my own over and over again. Well this week I have recently started to get more involved with this web site because I realize I need all the support I can get!!:eek: I feel better just getting it all out. WOW who knew! LOL :w00t: I am still 45 lbs lighter than 2006 but want to loose 45 more pounds! :tongue:

So that is what it is called...."HEAD HUNGER". I remember so many times when my band was tight and then I had an unfill so I could eat and drink water again. Well from starving to eating was bad enough for me. Then I remember eating after eating knowing I was not hungry. I think I need to begin focusing on the underlying issues too. I believe some of my issues are overwhelmed with life, bordom, wanting to eat fast foods like skinny people which they eat a couple of bites and then they are full, tired of being alone, etc. I am trying to start over beginning this week and move forward. I have never had a steady support group and tried to do it all on my own. Well this week I have recently started to get more involved with this web site because I realize I need all the support I can get!!

Thanks for your support. I have worked really hard this week trying to make a life change and I got on the scale this morning and I have lost 3 lbs. I am working so hard to control the portion of my food. I have read so many times how good is controlling me. I realize this is just one week but it's a beginning for me. I am happy to see I am headed the right way. I just pray God continues to give the patience during this slow process and to give me the strenght to keep eating small portions and to stay away from fast fry foods and ice cream......it is so hard when you fill hungry within short periods of your meals. I am trying to just eat fruit for snacks. At the baseball field I have been taking round whole wheat bread with turkey, low fat cheese, lettuce and mustard sandwich to munch on to keep me away from the concession stand! This is a CHALLEGE for me!!

I was banded 2/14/2006. My hightest weight was 256 and then last summer I was down to 176. It truly felt great. But I lost it because for whatever reason my band tighted on its own and I could not eat hardly anything for a while. Maybe 4-8 weeks. Then I got hooked on ice cream and then sometimes that would not go down. I was so unhappy. I was happy I was loosing but it i was miserable and starving. I had to get an unfill. Then I could eat much better. But from STARVING to eating again was not a good thing. I have done this 2 to 3 times going back and forth. Receive Fills(then band tightens up again after about 3-4 months) then Unfills...(feels like I am still on that rollercoaster)......Not sure why my band never feels just right. I very rarely have that full feeling after eating too. Why do I never have the full feeling everyone talks about?? So now I find myself eating those big portions,( I do try to eat healthier but fail at that a lot too) I am going in 2 weeks to get a fill but working really hard to change by lifestyle and eating habits up till that day comes. I started walking at lunch and at my son's baseball practice, cause I do not like where this is going (now I am at 209) and I know only I can change this horrible cycle with God's help and your support. I do like this website for support cause my doctor's support groups are too far away for me. I have found a couple of groups locally but sometimes their are conflicts with my son's sports, etc.....I hope to accomplish what I began back in 2006.

I was banded 2/14/2006. My hightest weight was 256 and then last summer I was down to 176. It truly felt great. But I lost it because for whatever reason my band tighted on its own and I could not eat hardly anything for a while. Maybe 4-8 weeks. Then I got hooked on ice cream and then sometimes that would not go down. I was so unhappy. I was happy I was loosing but it i was miserable and starving. I had to get an unfill. Then I could eat much better. But from STARVING to eating again was not a good thing. I have done this 2 to 3 times going back and forth. Receive Fills(then band tightens up again after about 3-4 months) then Unfills...(feels like I am still on that rollercoaster)......Not sure why my band never feels just right. I very rarely have that full feeling after eating too. Why do I never have the full feeling everyone talks about?? So now I find myself eating those big portions,( I do try to eat healthier but fail at that a lot too) I am going in 2 weeks to get a fill but working really hard to change by lifestyle and eating habits up till that day comes. I started walking at lunch and at my son's baseball practice, cause I do not like where this is going (now I am at 209) and I know only I can change this horrible cycle with God's help and your support. I do like this website for support cause my doctor's support groups are too far away for me. I have found a couple of groups locally but sometimes their are conflicts with my son's sports, etc.....I hope to accomplish what I began back in 2006.

I am sorry to hear about your mom. I lost my mom who was my best friend too. Only TIME helps the healing process......Well I want to say Congratulations for Starting OVER! I am doing the same thing. I was banded 2/14/2006. My hightest weight was 256 and then last summer I was down to 176. It truly felt great. But I am in the same boat as you are too. I got to a point for whatever reason my band tighted on its own and I could not eat hardly anything for a couple of weeks. Then I got hooked on ice cream and then sometimes that would not go down. I was not happy. I had to get an unfill. Then I could eat much better. But from STARVING to eating again was not a good thing. I have done this 2 to 3 times going back and forth. Fills(then band tightens up again after about 3-4months) then Unfills.........Not sure why my band never feels just right. I very rarely have that full feeling after eating too. Why do we never have the full feeling everyone talks about?? Now I am eating those big portions,( I do try to eat healthier but fail at that too) I am going in 2 weeks to get a fill but working really hard to change by lifestyle and eating habits up till that day comes. I started walking at lunch and at my son's baseball practice, cause I do not like where this is going and I know only I can change this horrible cycle with God's help. I like this website for support cause my doctor's support groups are too far away for me. I have found a couple of groups here but sometimes their are conflicts with my son's sports etc.....I hope to accomplish what I began back in 2006. I would really like to keep in touch with you and know we can do this!!!!!

Yes pls. include me too. I need some motivation and support through the holidays. I think I would have done better if this I would have had some type of local support. I plan to start exercising today and will keep in touch. Thanks, Sylvia