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ShayDee

By ShayDee, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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ShayDee    0

ShayDee
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I've been banded for 2 months now and have lost approx. 30 lbs but I just feel unmotivated and need some extra support. I don't know anyone around my aread that has had this surgery and much less anyone who wants to change their life and become healthy so I'm turning to you guys.

PLEASE HELP ME! lol

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juliegeraci    7

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Shaydee, you are doing really well. Just try and stay focused on your goal. Set mini goals for yourself. Say 10 lbs at a time or something like that. Stay on these boards as much as possible. You will get support here. Good luck.

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kland    0

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Shaydee, a 30 pound loss is fantastic! Keep going and before you know it, it will be a 50 pound loss! Just keep pushing yourself because you're doing great!

What have been doing to achieve the weight loss? Any special tips you'd like to share?

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ShayDee    0

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well, i haven't really been doing anything out of the ordinary. I'm finding it really hard to even get my Protein in and I've exercised maybe 4 times since the surgery. I thought the surgery itself would be a great motivater but I just can't seem to push myself into exercising on a daily basis when deep down i really want to.

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Sula    0

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ShayDee,

You don't have any support network where you live? Family, friends, co-workers who might like to go for walks?

How did you get motivated to get the band done?

Is it that you're happy with the 30 pound loss and think that is "good enough?" I have a sneaking suspicion that I will be battling this before too long. You know, being lighter than I've been for forever..so that is good enough.....

I have to motivate myself. I do have a support system, but it is me that has to get up and get going every day and make the good food choices (which I'm struggling with) and exercising (which I'm pretty good about right now!). I set a goal for myself when I had this done, in January..that I wanted to be able to step up on my horse without using the bumper or a stump! I'm almost there...but I need to strengthen my butt muscles and thighs...so I got myself walking. I've lost 40-44 pounds..depending on the day...

I get frustrated that I've not lost as much as others in the same time frame or that I'm not down a bunch of sizes... But I have lost more in the almost six months than I've EVER lost before..and I know I can keep it off. I am also more consistent with exercise and my mind set is good.

I think committing yourself to someone else..whether it be on here, or a closer friend...and then being accountable. I also think that since I've spent so much of "our" money, I owe it to us to get after it and not give up.

So, 30 pounds is terrific. And there is more losing to come...and you CAN do it.

Sula

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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.

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