brittanyinohio

I had my band done when I was 15 (5 years ago) and the few close friends that I told were cool with it. They were totally supportive and if we ever did go out to eat together, they wouldn't let me eat anything bad. :ohmy: Goodluck, ladies. And don't be scared about anything. Once you wake up out of your anesthesia, you will know you did the right thing!

Sidney, that is me too. If I ever go somewhere and order a burger, I rip the top bun to shreds. If I eat the bun, I am in bad shape. Same with spaghetti sometimes. My mom made rigatoni the other night and it took me forever to eat it because I had to take breaks so it would go down. Do you have a Facebook?

sound like me. i drink with my food. :scared2: heres an example meal for me: 6 oz sirloin, baked potato, salad. i eat it all. i got banded in 2005. ..i never was like that though, i dont think. i was down to losing 75 pounds. but, im right back to where i started at.

Carrie, no problem. I cannot get another fill. I am at the max limit that I can personally go. The last fill I had was (I don't even remember when or how much it was), but I had to leave school and make an emergency visit to a doctor in Columbus or Cincinatti. I was so tight that I could not swallow my own saliva. It was absolutely horrible.

Sidney, thanks! Honestly, when I lost all of that weight I don't even remember exercising. I don't even remember what I ate at that point in my life. All I know is that last night I went to bed wanting to work out this morning, I woke up and cleaned my room and got ready, I went to work, and when I got my lunch break at work I ordered a taco salad (thinking I could feel good about it because it has the word "salad" in it....:scared2:).

I need some help, guys.

Heyyy. I'm in need of some help. Ready for my story? ..I was banded by Dr. Ortiz in TJ, Mexico when I was 15 (2005). I did good. I remember the excitement when I was finally below 200lbs. I got in the scale, hopped off, and immediately called my mom and told her. It was the greatest feeling ever. She had it done too, so me making it below 200 was helping her. Anyway, that was in probably 2007. Rewind. When I was banded, I weighed probably 275#. It took me about two years to lose 75#s. So, in December of 2007 I got a boyfriend. We got serious, and (not to use it as an excuse) I got comfortable. Here I am, July 2010, I am back to 275#, maybe more. I refuse to get on the scale. I'm 20 years old.

I need a buddy. I do not want someone who wants to tell me to go get a fill or to go get my liquid taken out. Be my friend, not my mother please.

Every night I lay in bed and I think, "I'm going to get up early and work out before work." ..I hit snooze. I have so much motivation at 11pm, but I have nothing from the time I wake up to the time I get ready for bed in the evening.

I'm looking for someone my age (20s) who I can talk to and relate with. Someone who is or has been in my situation, please.