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200lbs Gone After My Lap Band Surgery !

Cazzy

By Cazzy, in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

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Jim1967    3,569

Jim1967
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Cazzy,

I just noticed your signature indicates you were banded this year!! WOW that is some insane weight loss. Got any advice or tips?

thanks, Jim

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Cazzy    725

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I eat around 1000/1200 calories a day made up mainly of fresh veg and fish and chicken, some red meat only in small amounts, i have home made veg Soup for lunch and i drink tea and weak coffee made with skimmed milk in between meals to stave off any hunger .. If i am hungry before my main meal i will have a weight watchers Tomato Soup before .. this always helps fill me up before i start eating.

I cycle around 8 miles a day in front of the tv :) and do dumbells for strength training. I started off slowly just doing dumbells at first as i couldnt even sit on a bike :).

I dont allow myself to get sidetracked and even tho i actually dont like exercise that much i know i have to do it.

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Lytha    2

Lytha
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Your an insperation!

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Cindy C    150

Cindy C
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Absolutely awesome! WTG!!

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TracieR    88

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You are truly an inspiration! I hope to be where you are at my one year also! What an awesome thing to Celebrate this holiday season!

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m1aman    944

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Man....... that is some major weight loss there!

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joleng5    9

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WOW!!!! i agree with everyone else 200 lbs lost within a year. that is awesome... My goal within a year is 100, i am hoping to acheive it. you are an inspiration.

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Cazzy    725

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thank you all for the kind words smile.png

I hit 'onederland' today yayyyyyyyyy !

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Cazzy    725

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Fist of all: CONGRATS!!!!! Wow, that's amazing. I've got 200 lbs to lose and it's so inspiring to hear that it can and has been done. How long did it take? Also, I heard somewhere that removal of excess skin after weightloss is considered "reconstructive" surgery and is covered by insurance. Have you looked into it?

Ty chunky .. love the name :)

I am in the UK and we dont have the same system as the US so our National Health Service may or may not cover removal of the skin, in some cases they will remove skin if there is a 'medical' need but otherwise it is regarded as 'cosmetic' . Each Health trust in the Uk covers a certain geographical area and the rules concerning skin removal are different depending on where you live. So its a lottery really my area 'may' do it but only after 2 yrs post op and a maintained wieght loss. I may go down that route if its too expensive privately and i have to explore other options.

I was pre-op on a 600 calorie a day diet to get my BMI down, I lost around 40lbs from November 2010 to January 2011 when i was banded. Weight loss is slowing down now so these last lbs may take a while :)

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kll724    3,055

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Wow! Cazzy, what an amazing story! Congrats on reaching onderland. I was so excited when I reached it, too! Marvelous is all I have to say. Have a Merry Christmas and may your New Year bring less of you! Karen

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transforming jlaroux    78

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First of all, Congratulations!!

second, I wish I could show this post to my doctor who says that band patients only average about 50 pounds weight loss! lol. I've exceeded his expectations, and umm, you've blown them out of the water!!!!

AMAZING JOB!!!!!

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Cazzy    725

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First of all, Congratulations!!

second, I wish I could show this post to my doctor who says that band patients only average about 50 pounds weight loss! lol. I've exceeded his expectations, and umm, you've blown them out of the water!!!!

AMAZING JOB!!!!!

I love to prove doctors wrong sometimes :) .. the only disheartening thing is that i still weigh more than what some of you were when u were first banded ....!!

ty all for the kind words

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Jim1967    3,569

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First of all, Congratulations!!

second, I wish I could show this post to my doctor who says that band patients only average about 50 pounds weight loss! lol. I've exceeded his expectations, and umm, you've blown them out of the water!!!!

AMAZING JOB!!!!!

Just curious is this Doc a non Bariatric Doc? My PCP is encouraging me to do this but my Orthapedic Doc has made similar comments that coincide with your Doc. I ended up telling him that it is not the lapbands job to take my weight off. Thats my job. Lapband's job is to help me keep it off.

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Cazzy    725

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Indeed Jim :)

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transforming jlaroux    78

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This is my bari surgeon. My clinic pushes the rny. I stood my ground and told him this was what i was doing and id be successful. I am and he apologized and he told me he was very proud of me

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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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      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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