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Anwyn

By Anwyn, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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bandayed    0

bandayed
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Well, I'm off on vacation to Florida -- land of too many cocktails and big lunches -- augh! Hopefully I will be so busy I won't over do it! I'll check in when I get back, and hopefully that ticker will stay the same!!! Good luck ladies!

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seppi    0

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I was finally able to schedule an appointment for a fill. It will make it so much easier to make the jump to onderland!! I go on Thursday, Yeah!!!

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MiaHalliwell    4

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Seppi, I go for a fill on thursday as well. In my journey to be 190 by the deadline I have hit a small NSV. I bought a shirt at Walmart that was on clearance for $3. I love this shirt, and I couldn't wait to wear it. It is a size 16/18, and it did fit when I bought it, but it looked bad on me. I have big hips and I had a roll in the area of my surgery that I think was there before surgery as well. Anyway, I have put this shirt on 3 or 4 times and taken it off because it didn't look right. This morning however, I tried the shirt again and guess what! It actually looked ok! The roll in my surgery area was significantly smaller! I was so excited that I couldn't wait to come on here and share my NSV. Also, my scale yesterday read 195.6 lbs. I am not going to count it as a lb lost until I see it again, but it was good to see, LOL.

Ok, I'm done :biggrin1:

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Tricia K.    0

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I go for a fill on Tuesday of next week. I've been at a stand-still for almost 2 weeks and hope that this will jump start the weight loss again. I also noticed that I'm extremely hungry 2 hours after I eat. Good luck everyone!

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Anwyn    0

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How is everyone doing? I'm sorry - I've been ignoring this thread because it's been too depressing to watch the scale go up and see how far I am from Onederland. I am reading and cheering you guys on though! I haven't given up, but I need a fill sooooooo badly. You guys are doing great - keep up the good work!!

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bandayed    0

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OK, so here I am in Florida and I was worried about gaining weight -- yeah, better not happen since all I can eat are liquids! I had read the thread about being tighter after flying and never thought it would happen to me....well it has. I've been here for over 3 days and last night was the first time I ate solids without a PB! Maybe all we needed to hit Onederland was a vacation!!! Sure is different from the old days -- going on vacation and trying to find enough time on the trip to be sure to visit all the restaurants you wanted to try before you have to go home! Now all I am worried about is whether they have Soup on the menu! LOL! Good thing the margaritas slide by! I think I can do this vaca without a gain....hell, maybe I'll even lose!

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seppi    0

seppi
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Yeah Tricia!!!

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PinkMary    3

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How is everyone doing? I'm sorry - I've been ignoring this thread because it's been too depressing to watch the scale go up and see how far I am from Onederland. I am reading and cheering you guys on though! I haven't given up, but I need a fill sooooooo badly. You guys are doing great - keep up the good work!!

Anwyn i was absent when you had that issue with the slipped band.. BUT

please don not lose your faith and your strength.. i remember you very well how you did start and you have done an excellent job.. PLS dont gain

other weight! i know you can do it! dont lose till May but dont destroy

all your great work!!! i will support u with all my power to do not gain

back any weight! 10th May is so close..have some patience and take one day at a time.. you know darling the basics!! bomb your metabolism with a lot of Protein and water! you re one of my beloved July05 mates!!!

i want you to try a little..

lovz lovz lovz

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MiaHalliwell    4

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I had another NSV today. I put on a pair of tan pants that were tight on me before surgery and now they are comfortable. I didn't think a 10 lb loss could feel so good! Here are pics of me at 8 days post op, the swelling at this point was minimal. Also a pic of my at 5 weeks and 2 days. (wearing the shirt mentioned in my last post.

Sorry I tried and tried to get the first pic to be the same size as the second but nothing worked. I can see a small difference in my girth.

8dayspostopside.jpg5weeksand2dayspostopside.jpg

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bandayed    0

bandayed
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No loss this week for me -- but with a vacation thrown in this week -- no gain either -- I'll take it!

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MiaHalliwell    4

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I haven't lost for 2 weeks but I got a 1cc fill today, so we will see next week.

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MiaHalliwell    4

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I lost 2 lbs.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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