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Any September 2010 Bandsters out there?

sara31

By sara31, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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onegr8teachr    0

onegr8teachr
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I was bande last week on the 16th and I am feeling great and so excited to start this new journey!!! I have started a community group as well so lets all stick together and encourage one another!

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BUNNY7    3

BUNNY7
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I was bande last week on the 16th and I am feeling great and so excited to start this new journey!!! I have started a community group as well so lets all stick together and encourage one another!

Great! I'm also a teacher but have retired now - you never want to stop teaching though so am doing other kinds. I'm battling with the liquids only but went on UTube and watched a banding op. Did me a lot of good as it showed how much my poor stomach has gone through. Determined to really keep to the right measured amounts! I've been a little casual about the 2hr stretch between meals. Hope you're cruising along happily!!

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jadekatz    0

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Im a sept 9 2010 bandee! have lost 23 lbs so far 10 lbs before on the liquid phase and 10 after..... my problem is that when i started eating mushies and solids i quit losing and am just maintaining even tho i dont go over 1000 -1200 cal. a day... confused since to maintain my current weight of 205 should take like 1677 cal a day! my doc says its normal at this stage since i have not had my first fill yet that will be oct5th is any one else having this issue?

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jadekatz    0

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sept.9 2010 bandee here! have lost a total of 23lbs so far...

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midlandmary    0

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Im a sept 9 2010 bandee! have lost 23 lbs so far 10 lbs before on the liquid phase and 10 after..... my problem is that when i started eating mushies and solids i quit losing and am just maintaining even tho i dont go over 1000 -1200 cal. a day... confused since to maintain my current weight of 205 should take like 1677 cal a day! my doc says its normal at this stage since i have not had my first fill yet that will be oct5th is any one else having this issue?

Thank goodness i am not alone I was banded on 9-21 and I am on the full liquids and I was told it is higher cal foods but when stepped on the scale and gained 2 lbs I was so bummed. I was not going to ask my doc if it was normal just in case it is not and have him think i was eatting the wrong things witch i have not been.

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peggycas    0

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I was banded on 9/2/10. I haven't had a fill yet since my band was so tight after surgery. I'm schedule to see Dr. again on 10/11 and he will consider fill at that time. I have lost 31 lbs so far and have not gained any yet. I'm hoping I will continue to lose at a steady rate. Keep up the good work.

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CSE    0

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Hi, I am finally banded! I had my surgery today at 1:00. I was scheduled for 10:30 but got delayed. Waiting was the hardest part! I was in recovery by 2:30 and awake shortly after that. I felt really good and was able to get up and walk around really quickly. I could drink and pee and was dressed and waiting for my ride by 5:30. I am really pretty comfortable, just a little achy in my stomach. I am pleasantly surprised! I am so glad to be on the other side! Thanks for all the well wishes!

Christine

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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