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Banded 11/17/11!

Mandii

By Mandii, in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

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Mandii    1

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Hi all! I'm a newbie here. I had my Lap Band surgery on 11/17/11 by Dr. Hamn in Dallas, Texas. :) So far I've seen a rousing success, with ten pounds lost in a little less than a week. I'm twenty-three, and my six-month goal is to get to less than a size 16. Currently, I'm 258lbs, previously 270 the day of surgery! I have a blog updating my progress at http://healthier-happier-me.blogspot.com/!

Anyway, I'd love to hear from you all! I look forward to posting here more and more.

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Corrigan    75

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Hi Mandii, congratulations on your wise choice, and welcome.

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maddmar    12

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Congrats I'm so pumped for you I can't wait until my turn... How long did the process take

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I went to a seminar the second week of September, and went to my Nutritionist appointment and had my Psychiatric Evaluation within a week. On the first of October, I was accepted by my insurance. I had my tests done on November 2nd, and a pre-surgery appointment on November 8th. All in all, it's taken me around three months from start to finish - from my seminar to my surgery. :)

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Damander    11

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Hi all! I'm a newbie here. I had my Lap Band surgery on 11/17/11 by Dr. Hamn in Dallas, Texas. smile.png So far I've seen a rousing success, with ten pounds lost in a little less than a week. I'm twenty-three, and my six-month goal is to get to less than a size 16. Currently, I'm 258lbs, previously 270 the day of surgery! I have a blog updating my progress at http://healthier-hap...e.blogspot.com/!

Anyway, I'd love to hear from you all! I look forward to posting here more and more.

Hi Mandii! I'm Amanda (lol) I was banded on the 17th as well and I live in Temple! Its so nice to finally see someone close to me get banded lol! I lost 10 lbs preop and 8 since saturday! I'm looking forward to reading your blog! Good luck, you can totally do it!!

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Ahh! How exciting! :) That's wonderful, and I'm sure glad to see someone else that - not only is local, but had it the same day I did! I look forward to reading your blog too! Ahhh, onederland - my goal for that is something around six months to the next year, but it's so great that you're already there! Congratulations on your progress so far!

Hi Mandii! I'm Amanda (lol) I was banded on the 17th as well and I live in Temple! Its so nice to finally see someone close to me get banded lol! I lost 10 lbs preop and 8 since saturday! I'm looking forward to reading your blog! Good luck, you can totally do it!!

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Damander    11

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From all that I have read on this forum, you will be surprised at how fast you reach that goal of yours, even if it was like mine-to just hit 199!

I am struggling a bit with the hunger, but I've already put myself on thinned malt-o-meal, just for substance. It's really getting me by! How is your pain?

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Damander    11

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Btw, we have an awesome secret group on fb for the November bandsters so that no one can read what we write (people that we aren't telling)

If you wanna join, send me an invite!

facebook.com/damander

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Mandii    1

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The pain is not so bad -- I'm hoping today will be my first day without any pain medicine at all, and I took a small victory in being able to wear a bra today. (oh, simple pleasures) I've gone on to Protein drinks which have helped a little with the hunger. I attempted some oatmeal yesterday that didn't go down very easily at ALL so I've been a little worried to try anything thicker than my Muscle Milk Light. :( How about you? Also, I added you. Secret group ftw! :D

From all that I have read on this forum, you will be surprised at how fast you reach that goal of yours, even if it was like mine-to just hit 199!

I am struggling a bit with the hunger, but I've already put myself on thinned malt-o-meal, just for substance. It's really getting me by! How is your pain?

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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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      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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        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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