Starting Over With The 5 Day Pouch Challenge/test
· jfaulk71 · 03/04/2012 02:02
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Ok, so It's been several months since I've visited my page or been compliant with my lap-band. I've been so off track since December. I had lost 83 pounds in 8 months and since December I've gained 27 pounds back! I've been pigging out on slidder foods or "eating around the band" as my surgeon calls it. I haven't even been to see my surgeon since October because I'm embarrassed about my weight gain. I feel like a complete looser and physically feel worse than when I weighed 323 pounds. I'm not sure how to start over or get serious again but I'm definitely going to try. I need to place my focus back on me. I have a treadmill, elipictal, free weights and an exercise bike in the guest room collecting dust! I'm making a public and personal committment right now to get back to being on track. If anyone has experienced anyone like this or has any suggestions on assisting me in my struggle please don't hesitate to comment or e-mail me.
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5 1/2 months in and I think I'm finally "getting it".
· jfaulk71 · 06/11/2011 12:53
Ok, so I was banded Dec 21, 2010. Did awesome at the rate of 9-10 pounds a month until about a month and a half ago. Now I'm gaining and loosing the same 10 pounds. I don't think I need a fill. I'm still struggling with episodes of vomiting if I each a food that I have difficulty tolerating. I'm too scared to get another fill at this point. I've got 3.5 cc in a 10 cc band. I really think I'm good on that end of it. I believe that the weight basically melted off the first 4 months without much effort on my part. Now I'm gonna have to work for it. I've just recently joined a gym. I know, I know, I need to exercise. Have to admit I haven't been at all. Plus, I sometimes eat foods that I know will stay down and are easy on my stomach. Foods we as bandsters shouild never have.....ice cream, chips, crunchy things. Yes, I know that's considered eating around the band. But as of today, for whatever reason, my perspective has changed. I get it. I really do. I've just been taking advantage that restriction was enough to get the weight loss started but now that's no longer enough I'm going to have to utilize my band as the "tool" necessary for successful weight loss. I've got a greater goal as well. I'm 39, will be 40 in September, and I want to have another baby. My fertility doctor refuses to aggressively treat me until I'm down to at least 230. So, I've got 39 pounds to go. 4 months if I really kick some lap band ass, which I totally plan to do. No more foods that anyone, especially bandsters, trying to loose weight shouldn't eat. No more snacking, protein first. I've been lacking in the protein department for months now. I bet I don't even get 20 grams of protein daily. I know it's horrible. Time for a new perspective and a new lease on my new life. I've been given a second chance at having a healthy life. I realize that now. I can see a significant difference since my starting weight of 323. 58 pounds makes a huge difference. Not so much in clothes just yet. When you wear a size 24-26 you can basically wear that size for amout 40 pounds either way. I've just recently bought a nice 22 in jeans. Haven't seen that size in a very long time. Thrilled about it. It's smaller and leaner from here on. Yeah, I'm just tooting my own horn but If I'm not gonna do it, who will?
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