khunt719

I'm 5'6" and my goal weight is 175 lbs. I figured that was a good number since that is what I weighed in the 7th grade. That was a terrible day, in gym class the nurse weighed you and announced your weight so everyone could here. I'll never forget that day. I've only reached that goal once before since that day and that is what I hope to reach again.

I ate very well yesterday and had no problems at all. I had an egg and 2 oz's of chopped up steak for breakfast. 5 chicken wings and a s/f jello for lunch, and then a side of cauliflower with cheese and 5 wings for dinner. Nothing bothered my stomach and all went down good. Sipped on a Route 44 diet cherry limeade all day so I got my liquids in. I had a customer go off on me right before we closed so that made my night not so good. He was just awful the way he acted but it comes with the territory. This morning my husband and I went to breakfast, I ate an egg, 3 pieces of sausage, and the insides of my toast. Don't feel over full just perfect. I'll update you tomorrow. This band seems to be working finally for me. I didn't weigh myself and plan on weighing on Tuesday. It will be 2 more weeks before my next fill, that will bring me to 9cc's in a 10cc band. All should be good.

Yesterday was a good day for eating. I had about 3/4 cup of cottage cheese and a few pieces of pineapple for lunch. 5 hot wings and a small piece of pizza for dinner and all felt really good. I work for the local cable company and working with the public can be challenging at times. There were alot of crazy people that came in yesterday. People go nuts over their cable. They can't afford food but they can have the highest package of cable there is. I brought 5 pieces of hot wings for lunch today and had a protein shake for breakfast with some coffee. So I am pretty full as it is. No new news here.

For about 3 weeks I would have 8 pieces of shrimp cocktail for breakfast and had no problems, I had a fill and got so stuck on those 8 shrimp I thought I would rather be dead. I was like I would never do that again, it took a day and a half before I could eat again. All was going good, back to having protein shake for breakfast and cottage cheese for lunch. I had about a cup and 1/2 for lunch yesterday and got stuck again. It was that terrible pain in my stomach where all I wanted to do was lay down and stretch out. So I won't ever do that again. It just goes one day at a time. Since my last fill I can definately tell the difference from what I ate before to what I can eat now. I think I will stay at a cup of food or 4 oz's and that is all.

The waiting was the worst part of it all. The insurance company took it's time but once I was approved it went by so fast from my 2 pre-op visits to my surgery day. I didn't feel weak or anything like that but I ate too soon and all the wrong foods. So I suggest getting a few books about the weight loss surgery and read those because after going 6 months without losing any weight I did that and now the weight is coming off...slowly but surely every week I lose. The books give you so much information on what would should do before surgery, the day of surgery, and after. I wished I would have done that before I had surgery because I would have a success story to tell by now.

Well after the shrimp episode I said I would never do that again. So yesterday I had about a cup and a 1/2 of cottage cheese for lunch. I didn't drink before so I thought I would be ok. Eating slowly and chewing well. That didn't work, by the time the food caught up to me I was so full I thought I was going to bust open. My jeans just put more pressure on my stomach so I pulled them up to my boobs. Thank God I wear the elastic waist old lady jeans. So I figure today I will have about 3/4 a cup of cottage cheese and 4 pieces of pineapple in it and that should be good. I just need to take 30 min to eat so the food can get to my stomach and signal that I am full before it is too late. So much for learning the hard way.

I was having a hard time at night after work and the stress of the day would catch up with me and I would eat like a pig and then I got a few books on weight loss surgery and just started to read them and that gave my mind something to distract it away from food. You need to stop throwing up though because my mother did that and her band slipped and she almost died and had to have her band removed by emergency surgery. It was terrible. I haven't thrown up yet and I was banded Sept. 28th, so I guess I am just lucky. Hope this helps. Good luck.

I get on kicks where I will eat something for a while and then the urge will pass. Well yesterday I started my shrimp cocktail kick. I had 8 shrimp in the morning and within an hour I was so blocked it wasn't even funny. My stomach felt like it was going to explode, there was this fullness and pressure and sharp pain that I had to keep moving my jeans so they didn't rest on that spot. It took 6 hours like this before I called the doctor and he said as long as I wasn't throwing up and could get liquid down I was ok. This was so painful. It is the next morning now and I still feel pressure, have no desire to eat anything and hope that this passes soon too. This was the worst I have ever felt since surgery, even having surgery wasn't that bad. So the doctor said no more shrimp. boo hoo

I take 8 in the morning (4 prescription and 4 otc) and have the feeling like I am going to puke them up and have to force them down. I take 5 prescription at night and they go down fine. The percocet is my biggest and I don't seem to have trouble with it, all the pills go down the stoma without any trouble. It's just in the morning that I want to choke them back up, ever since surgery it has been like this.

The people who know are...my husband, daughter, mother and her boyfriend, and my father. That is all because I don't want to hear how I took the easy way out or you don't have to try because you had the surgery or you aren't losing like some people I know that have had surgery. It is personal preference and who you can trust. I trust my family not to tell anyone because it is no one else's business unless you want them to know. I would want to tell people at work because they are always nagging me to eat more and that I'm not losing the weight in a healthy way. If they only knew but I don't trust them not to judge me. So I eat and exercise and they see the weight slowly, very slowly come off and they are like good job. They think I go see a nutritionist every month but that is when I go for my fills. So when I miss work for that hour they don't say anything but ask "how did it go?" I think it is up to you to tell who you want because it was such a big decision and a major surgery that you should be the one to say something.

At the doctor's, when I go for my fill. He has me bend at the knees and hold my head up like I am going to do a sit up. Then he moves his hands around and pushes down hard, when he finally locates the port there is a great amount of pain and the pressure kills me sometimes. I hate going for fills because of this. There is so much discomfort I don't try to find it myself but I can feel a hard knot in my upper right side where it is.

I am so with you on this one. I was banded on 9-28-09, gained weight for the first 6 months and then finally I think the fills started to work and I lost 10 lbs and another 5 last month. I was supposed to be at 9cc's in a 10cc band. The doctor pulled out 7cc's. He decided to put 8cc's back in and while doing the fill the needle broke and saline went all over my arm. So I don't know how much I really have but I have to wait another month before getting another fill. I don't know if the "sweet spot" exists. I don't have the gurgling, the noise, or the feeling of food and/or liquids passing through the stoma like I read people on here having. I exercise as much as my knee's will let me and walk everyday. I just can't get to 220 lbs, boy if I could that would be an "it" moment for me. I have made a goal of getting to 200 lbs by Aug 29th. That is when we leave for vacation and I have bought clothes for it and want them to fit. So I don't think my goal is unrealistic because that is 26 lbs in 3 months but to reach it is another story. It seems like no matter what I do the weight just doesn't come off. So I feel for you. I, too, am frustrated about all this and the waiting for the scale to move is unforgiving at times. Just hang in there and you will get past this.

I had surgery 9-28-09, I was 270 lbs, 240 surgery date, and 226 today. My surgery without any major complications. Had it and went home the same day, was back at work in 2 days after that. No one knows about me having surgery but my family. My mother had the band placed in Mexico and lost 140 lbs in a year and 1/2. So I thought you just get the band and eat what you want and still lose, that is what she did. So that is what I did. I would eat what I wanted, how much I wanted, and when I wanted. There was no reason for what I was doing, I just wasn't educated on how the band works like I should have been. So I bought some books on weight loss surgery and life after and had a breakthrought. March came, I gained 4 lbs and figured the fills weren't working something has to change. I go to the dietician and she tells me how to eat and the amounts to eat. Boy was I eating too much and all the wrong foods. I decide that day to change my ways. I lost 10 lbs the first month and 5 lbs last month so I know the changes have been working. I sometimes go out on a limb and eat too much or too high of fat foods, like nuts...I love nuts. It is like I am fighting my worse enemy everyday (food). I wake up every morning have my 6 cups of coffee and take my pills. Then have a protein shake or something like cottage cheese or boiled shrimp for breakfast. This gets me to lunch. I eat my protein or drink my shake and that gets me to dinner so I know the band is working. Dinner is my worst time ever. It is so hard not to just start eating and grazing all night. I just don't feel like the band is working to it's full potential. I go for fills every month and was supposed to be at 9cc's in a 10cc band. The doctor pulled out 7 cc's. What a disappointment that was. Well that is a little about me and my story of getting the band. I will keep you updated.

sounds like you are doing so good. Congratulations on the losing, sometimes it feels good to be a loser lol

I had surgery 9-28-09, I have gotten filled every month since. I was supposed to be at 9 cc's in a 10 cc band. I went a few days ago for my final fill. I told the doctor that I don't have the gurgling or feeling the water pass through the stoma like I read on here from other bandsters. I don't think it was working to it's full potential. So I had him take out all the saline to make sure I didn't have a leak, he pulls out 7 cc's. So he decided to put 8 cc's back in. While he is filling my band, the needle breaks and saline goes all over my arm. So I don't know how many cc's I have right now but I am getting hungry about 3 hours after eating and before it was about every 5-6 hours. So I know I don't have as much as before. I have to wait another month to go back in for a fill but I don't know if I can wait that long. I've lost 15 lbs in the last 2 months so losing isn't a problem but if I'm eating more than before I know this will slow down. Has anyone else had this happen to them? How did you deal with it?

So I was supposed to be at 9 cc's in a 10 cc band. I go yesterday to the doctor's for a fill and have him pull all the saline out to make sure I don't have a leak since I have no restriction yet. He pulls out 7 cc's. So he puts in 8 cc's and when he is pulling out the needle saline goes all over my arm so I don't really know how many cc's I have right now. I just hope that not too much came gushing out. I go back in a month and hope this mishap doesn't cost me so I don't over eat and it takes 2-3 hours in between my hunger pains. Fills are getting expensive and I have been going every month since Oct. Why can't I feel the gurgling and movement of the liquids or food going down my stoma like I read about. Where is my "sweet spot"? So that is my story for today and I'm sticking to it. :w00t:

I was 6 months out before I felt any kind of restriction. In that 6 months, I felt like I could eat a whole hamburger so I would eat half and still be hungry so I would finish it. I would have shakes after my fills because they are soft and easy to get down. I just made a lot of terrible choices I hope you don't make. Just eat your 3-4 oz of food and wait about an hour and then if you are hungry eat another 2 oz's. Pick something good for you like protein. It will stay with you longer. But don't do what I did and take advantage of the band because it will bite you in the butt. I gained 4 lbs in the first 6 months and since have lost 16 but it took me 7 fills to get here. Just don't be so hard on yourself. Some people can follow the diet very easily and I had a hard time with it. Good luck and don't think you will automatically fill something right away when you have your first fill because it took me to get 9cc in a 10cc band to fill restriction. Find a weight loss surgery book from like Barnes and Noble and read it...that is where I found so much information. :thumbup:

I went to my family doctor every month to weigh in for 6 months. Only to find out that those visits didn't count and I was denied. I then went to a nut that specialized in weight loss surgery, she had me keep journals of my feelings, my food, my exercise...anything that had to deal with my struggle of being over weight. I did this for 6 months. After finishing with her and she submitted the paperwork to the insurance, I had to appeal the first denial and was approved in a month and had surgery within 2 weeks there after. So I suggest going to a nut that is familiar with weight loss surgery. good luck to you

My mother went to Mexico and had the lap band surgery done about 6 years ago. She lost 140 lbs and everything was fine until it slipped and had to be taken out. She gained 50 lbs in a year and went back to Mexico and had the sleeve done. She is doing fine, has lost 20 lbs in 3 weeks and would go back in a heartbeat. She has nothing bad to say about going there and would do it again.

I'm at 9cc's in a 10 cc band and still don't feel like I have the restriction I should have by now. I haven't found that "sweet spot" everyone talks about. I go for my last fill this coming Tuesday and hope that helps. I try to keep my food down to a cup or 4 oz's. I don't drink before, during, or for an hour after I eat. I keep up with my protein, watch my calories, exercise and have only lost 16 lbs since Sept when I had surgery. So I don't know what is going on. I feel like I could eat a steak dinner and still have room for dessert sometimes and it gets so frustrating. I feel like the band is never going to work like it should. My mom lost 140 lbs in a year and a half with the band and I'm struggling to just lose 10. Something isn't right here. I feel like I got screwed.

I got my band 9-28-09, I'm at 9cc's in a 10 cc band. It took forever for me to feel any restriction. I've only lost 16 lbs and that has been a challenge. It was like I gained 10 lbs the first few months being on real food. I wasn't watching my protein or calorie intake. I was just thinking the band was going to work without my participation...boy was I wrong. So now I am measuring, counting calories, exercising, and still I only lose about 1-2 lbs a week and from what I understand that is normal. I am going for my last fill this coming Tuesday and hope that this is what gets me to my "sweet spot". Don't give up, it only gets better.

you are doing great. I was banded 9-28-09, had my first fill 1 month out and have had fills every month since. I am at 9 cc's in a 10 cc band and still haven't hit that "sweet spot" everyone talks about. I've lost 16 lbs so far so you are doing much better than I am at your weight loss. It is slow and from researching you should lose 1-2 lbs a week so I think you are on track. I just didn't take my band seriously and thought that the weight would just start falling off like it does with gastric bypass patients but it doesn't. Just hang in there and if you are getting hungry soon after you eat, you need a fill. I go about 3-4 hours in between meals. I eat 3 meals a day with 1 extra protein shake as a snack. Good luck to you. Robertsgal68@yahoo.com

I was banded 9-28-09 and didn't eat enough protein, ate too many carbs, I was literally fighting my band. In the past 7 weeks after my last fill I have lost 16 lbs. It took me that long to get my act together and make the band my friend. I am now at 9 cc's in a 10cc band. I still haven't hit my "sweet spot" everyone talks about and I am hoping with my next fill in 1 week that I will get to experience it. I keep my protein around 60-100 a day and carbs under 30. I exercise at least an hour with cardio and weights 5 nights a week. So I am finally on track and can't wait to lose the extra weight, I already feel better. Best of luck to you and welcome to the band world. If you need a band buddy just contact me. robertsgal@yahoo.com

It seems like my scale changes everyday up 2 lbs down 3 lbs. It just depends on what I eat the night before. My scale is off 3 lbs from what the doctors scale says but when I weigh there I have clothes and shoes on so I know there will be a difference. Purchasing a good scale is so worth it. Robertsgal68@yahoo.com