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bandiva

By bandiva, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Yasmina    0

Yasmina
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Green stay strong, you'll get there, look at what you have been through ! Sending you some healing vibes~

Take care Y

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bandiva    0

bandiva
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So...I may have gained 15 pounds over the last 3 months. Oops. Have been exercising again, and I am going to get a fill. My band has been empty for almost 2 years. I hope you all had a great holiday and didn't eat as much chocolate as I did!

I really missed the mental high of exercise. I have been back at it for just over a week and I feel better already...now the scale needs to start cooperating. I need to put an end to this before it gets out of control and overwhelms me.

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ok...make it 18 now. It's ok, I have a plan! I am going to TJ for a fill and little check up next monday. I know what happened and I a,m ok now. I feel more positive and strong and I trust myself again. It is funny that I think that I am being nice to myself when I am sabatoging myself....I will keep you posted!

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Well it turns out i have stretched my pouch. I know now exactly how i did it, so hopefully this post helps someone else. Do not drink with meals it stretches your pouch without you feeling it. Also, I had been drinking pop over the winter...not smart.

So, they emptied my band. I am on liquids for 10 days and then mushy for 4 weeks then my pouch should be shrunk back down and I can get a fill. Off to work now, will write more later.

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I am done my liquids. I am suprised I didn't lose any weight. I guess when you are on liquids you take in a lot of calories due to hunger. I took my measurements this morning from a month ago...overall I am up one inch.

Eating soft food now and I am going down to TJ for a fill on July 26th. Getting lots of exercise, and I haven't been over eating so that is good.

Feeling a little down but that will pass. At least I have sometning to look forward to July 26.

Thinking of a TT and Breast lift. Espensive but people who have gone through it say it is worth it. I don't think I am quite ready for surgery again. We will see. :thumbup:

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This is an awesome thread! Thanks for posting the good stuff and the not so good stuff, I'm learning lots! Bandiva, July 26 will be here before you know it and then you will be back on track in no time! Cheers to you!

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Thanks Buggie! I love the support of this forum. Have been thinking a lot addictions lately, flour, sugar. I wonder if I could cut them out completely. I know they are a huge trigger for me. Maybe that will be my one day goal...I will cut out sugar and flour today for one day...great, now what should I have for breakfast...cheerios are not out of the plan. lol. I will let you know tonight how it went. :thumbup:

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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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        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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