mauraclegg

Sabotaging yourself is so hard! Even with an empty band you CAN do it. Start tracking foods again for sure. That will help u see where ur mistakes are happening. Is it head or true hunger? I still have head hunger 2 yrs later. Many are here to help.

Username: mauraclegg

YES. Even now 2 years later it happens to me when I am not eating enough protein and staying hydrates.

I got my TT done a year ago. It was approved one year after banding when I had lost 85lbs. I had hanging skin, etc.

First congrats on your success. I think that you are doing so well. I too didn't feel restriction for quite some time, but managed to lose an average of 10 lbs a month. I think much of it is in our heads. I still struggle with head hunger (2yrs out). And I still have sweets - just something small everyday so I don't feel I am depriving myself. You are doing fantastic.

Congrats you look great

Good job & congrats

Congrats! I look a good success story

IMO that seems like a lot of calories. I still (2 yrs post band) average 1,000 a day.

So I am 2 years banded and 1 year post TT. In that time I have lost 100+ pounds (idk how many inches). Gone from a 22w to an 8/10. And yet I still struggle with my body image I just don't see what others see or what the clothing size difference says. Eureka!! Today a huge lightbulb (100 watt) when on above my head. My problem is the number on the scale (isn't that what brought most of us to banding). Seriously though I mean I am relating how I think I look to that number that glows at me when I step on that scale. Has it changed - hell yes it has. 262/3 pre banding to 159 this morning. Somewhere in my brain that number tells me I am still fat! If Jennifer Anniston and Angelina Jolie are like 120 or less than I MUST still be fat. And forget when I watched Kirstie Alley on DWTS. I felt like a beast. I never wanted to be a size 2 and I still don't want that. I would look awkward especially since I am a 36dd. I know now I need to separate what I see from what Hollywood tells me. Heck Marilyn Monroe was a 12 and she was perfect!! Am I a success. Yes I am and if u are trying your best and u like u than u are too

I have a bunch of tattoos. Got them all pre-band and have lost 100 lbs. ink on ankles, back, shoulders, foot. None spread or look incky after the weight loss. You could always do top of your foot - wont chane with weight loss.

Was looking here because I've had some reflux for about 2 days whenever I have dairy. I can still swallow pills w/o a problem and no vomiting so didn't really think slip. It is strange though. I went back to liquids yesterday and still feel reflux with dairy. If it continues will call surgeon, but can't afford any problems since I have new insurance and nothing bariatric is covered.

You may not want to tell everyone, but why is it a secret. If these are your friends then they will support your WLS and efforts to do better for yourself. I just got back from vaca - if my family or friends were eating something I couldn't I found an alternative or just didn't go out to eat. My husband and friends drink, but I don't. I'm still social- but no alcohol. I think your friends could be a great support. Low carb dieting could be a valid excuse but in this case when they see u losing fast u could be caught in a lie.

Okay, I have a horrible body image. I still look at the plus sized clothes when I need something new, WHen I shop online I am drawn to plus size thing. My t-shirts are still XX and above; my sweatpants I still by XL. I just can't see the new me. It doesn't make me eat more, I don't want to be that size again..... .....yet, I can reconcile what I look like to the world to what I look like to me in the mirror. I have tried tucking shirts in; wearing tighter clothes, telling myself I look good - all to no avail. I just can't see it. Now it's been 2 years... I don't have a better grasp on self-image than I did before. I will tell you though that I felt I looked pretty good before (until I saw the pics). Now I think I look BAD, even in pics.... lol I am a hot mess