I just sceeeeer'ed myself! Got out of the shower and caught a view of myself in the mirror. I'm a little beyond 50% to goal and my stomach looks like that of a 300 y/o smoking lady, wrinkles and all.

Man, that's just wrong. I have worked sooo hard and my stomach is just gross.

Personally, I consider this a Lap Band Complication!

I will NEVER take my clothes off AGAIN!

You should be proud of all you have done. How may people really see you getting out of the shower anyway? If you have considered plastic surgery you should check out the pics on the lower body lift threads. Some of them are amazing! Puddin's are especially unbelievable! Very encouraging. Good luck to you!

Great to have good friends huh! I'm asking you alot of questions all of the sudden,but what is sliming? (and I'm the one who just asked about UNTIE too)

I just sceeeeer'ed myself! Got out of the shower and caught a view of myself in the mirror. I'm a little beyond 50% to goal and my stomach looks like that of a 300 y/o smoking lady, wrinkles and all.

Man, that's just wrong. I have worked sooo hard and my stomach is just gross.

Personally, I consider this a Lap Band Complication!

I will NEVER take my clothes off AGAIN!

WOW, just think how close to plastic surgery you are to remove that apron hanging on your stomach. *Mine looks like a 11 month pregnant woman*

BubbleButt you must have some good weight loss to not be filling out that tummy. Isn't that the possitive side-I can't wait to not fill out my skin!

#$%^ I'm feelin' your pain sister. I'm kind of ashamed to say that for that reason alone I almost decided to NOT get banded. I'm a little.. ok more tha a little.. worried about the loose skin thing. hang in there and give your skin time to shrink back some. That sucks and I hate that you are discouraged but you know.. I'll probably be screaming the same thing in about 6-9 months myself. sigh

You'd think, but honestly... I don't feel like that now. Sure, I'm pleased with my weight loss but I am not the least bit pleased with what it looks like.

I've worked really hard, I've done all the right things, I have also barfed in ways I didn't know were possible. Repeatedly. I feel like a gerbil in a wheel on my treadmill. I fully relate to Fred Flinstone driving his car while running on my treadmill. I had surgery right before xmas and didn't cheat a single time.

It just feels like something pretty should come of this. Instead my gut looks like dead pig skin.

It was just a bit of a shock, that's all.

You know what's going through my mind? The thought that I'm going through all this and My hubby will still be grossed out when I don't have clothes on after I lose the weight. So, are we to look bad no matter what because of the food abuse we wrought upon our body? Of course he says.. don't be silly but he's just being nice. Whatever. What are your stats?

I'm 5'6" 37 yrs old and my top weight was 341ish.

T

You know, for the first time it dawned on me today that the mere thought of EVER going out in public with a two piece swimming suit.. it's totally out of the question. Even with plastic surgery it won't fix everything.

Shoot, I'm not sure I can ever see myself going out in public in a one piece suit.

It's gross, it's fugly, it's just nasty. Even money can't fix this one.

I just sceeeeer'ed myself! Got out of the shower and caught a view of myself in the mirror. I'm a little beyond 50% to goal and my stomach looks like that of a 300 y/o smoking lady, wrinkles and all.

Man, that's just wrong. I have worked sooo hard and my stomach is just gross.

Personally, I consider this a Lap Band Complication!

I will NEVER take my clothes off AGAIN!

I was talking to my husband about this exact thing the other day. He said but wouldnt you rather have that and be able to walk around and be healthier. All the skin, thats something I have been worrying about lately too.

Synical

I am amazed you posted that about the loose skin. Of course we are going to have looose skin. And that is what we ALL need to be saving up for. And JUst FYI, the loose skin also weighs weight on the scale, so in reality, when we getour tummy tucks we will be losing even more weight on the operating table. Go look at the before and after pix. I know I will never do a bikini, but at 43, I don't want to be in a bikini, that is showing too much skin for me. Just FYI too! Every woman who has had a baby has an apron, it just probably is not thick like usheavy woman have, so when we lose more weight our heavy apron will be less heavy too.

Lap Dancer...

You are correct, and it's just FUGLY.

:eek:

(and is it me or banana16 looking "happy"?)

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Synical

I am amazed you posted that about the loose skin. Of course we are going to have looose skin. And that is what we ALL need to be saving up for. And JUst FYI, the loose skin also weighs weight on the scale, so in reality, when we getour tummy tucks we will be losing even more weight on the operating table. Go look at the before and after pix. I know I will never do a bikini, but at 43, I don't want to be in a bikini, that is showing too much skin for me. Just FYI too! Every woman who has had a baby has an apron, it just probably is not thick like usheavy woman have, so when we lose more weight our heavy apron will be less heavy too.

HMMM I think I just developed a new fondness for bananas....

Have I just not noticed this before or is that banana a happier banana than the others?

You know, I could write stuff... but I probably shouldn't. I do wish Carlene was over here, I know exactly what she'd say! HAHA!

I have the same issue. That is what plastic surgery is for :-}

Sliming is when something gets stuck in your stoma. Your body produces a thick saliva in an attempt to make it slide down. If it doesn't, you PB slime. It comes out in ropes. Gahhhh

COMES OUT FROM WHERE IN ROPES???????????????????????????????

ok...someone please tell me how long the PB'ing lasts for! As long as im banded? A few weeks? Months?

The PB'ing will last as long as we have restriction without dilation, or slippage, and refuse to eat right. It is caused by our own inattention for the most part, so it lessens as we learn what our own bodies will and will not handle. Occasionally there are people who just have problems with the band causing everything to back up---and for them they are quite common. Unfortunately this often means there is a deeper problem. I have been banded for 11 months, and have only had 2 true PB's---to the point of actually bringing everything up. I have been lucky---and very careful when away from home. At home when I get too slack in my eating habits, I have slimed many a time, but I spit and walk, and stretch, and have avoided further problems. The slime is very thick and heavy. It is naturally produced by the body when it is trying to help us move food through, either from something being stuck or overeating. When you swallow the slime, it tends to pool together due to the weight of it. When I say it is heavy and gooey and thick---it is not an over statement!!! So when you swallow it, and you are already overfull, or stuck, it has nowhere to go---so eventually it will fill into your esophagus, and a PB will be next. When you do PB (basically like vomiting) the slime comes out in "ropes". It conforms to the shape of the throat, but is all together, due to the weight of it. It is tasteless, and odorless, it is gross, but nothing like stomach acid. When you PB it is the slime and the undigested food---nothing else. In that way it differs from real vomiting.

As for the belly/skin issues----oh yeah I got those!!! I was heavy (yeah talk about understatements!!!) but I carried all of my weight in my belly. Well most of it. I always had fairly thin legs---still do. Not much butt---still don't. My hips were always narrow. My belly----omg........it was huge---still is in my mind! I also have large breasts, and my upper arms were getting pretty heavy. I have lost a lot of weight from my torso. I can see my collar bones, and feel my ribs, and hip bones. My belly is beginning to look like a balloon that has been blown up and deflated several times. The skin is crepey, and soft. I figure the first of next year, I will be ready to get the TT. I would like a boob lift too---but I have keloid factor, and scar pretty badly. The plastic surgeon I spoke to years ago concerning a reduction, said it would be dicey, and he would not do it. I don't know if they have come up with new ways or not. My port scar is just now almost a year later, returning to normal coloration, but is pretty ugly still. I know the TT scar will be bad, but it will not be as limiting as this skin hanging in my way.

My high weight was 289, and I am tall, I am 5'9". I am still 200 pounds and if I had this skin gone I could easily fit into a size 12 jeans. I am wearing 14's, just to accomodate my belly....the butt and thighs have excess room. I just want to "deflate" this belly as much as possible before surgery.

Til then, I can totally relate to the sudden sighting of the blob. My DH knows I am unhappy with it, he allows me my vanity!! I don't like him touching it! He can touch me anywhere else, but do NOT play with the belly skin!!! I thought about the satin slip gowns, then just letting them slide off the shoulders, to pool about my middle to "hide" it....but I figured that was a bit orchestrated....and am more of a go with the flow kind of person. Just don't touch it! LMAO!!!

Kat