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Any September bandsters out there???

stacy73

By stacy73, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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poohlvr    0

poohlvr
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Yes, and we still have some newbies finding us...but I figured the month was over and there weren't very many other voters going to it. Did you vote?

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SUPERSTU58    0

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I was banded on September 14, I am doing great. Dr Coirin did my banding at Memorial Hospital Modesto, CA. I should be having my first fill on October 24.:)

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poohlvr    0

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Superstu58 - do you live there in Modesto? I used to live in Oakdale and miss it all very much! How are you doing with your band? How much weight have you lost?

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boylesk4    0

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I was banded on Sept 19 and everything is going well. I am now walking 2 miles every other day and have lost 15 lbs since Sept 10th (slim fast) I still drink one slimfast about every other day for the Protein. This is my first day on the site. Good luck everyone!

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poohlvr    0

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Welcome to the site boylesk4 - it is a great group of people with all the same weight issues we have had to deal with our whole lives! Welcome to the September Finer Niners! Keep checking in and letting us know how you are doing. I was also banded on 9/19!

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Ginger_    0

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Hi! Just discovered this group for my very wn band month. I was banded Sept 13th in Toronto, and am doing well. I'm on mushies, it's no sweat. I'm getting my first fill in mid Novemver as I will be on holidays starting the day after I SHOULD get my first fill. I don't want any surprises oin my trip!

I am looking forward to that first fill thought, I want this show on the road!

Nice to meet you all!

"Finer Niners"? lol okay

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BigBoyinTX    0

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I am bald so the hair falling out isnt an issue!!

So far so good down 13 ..will be 2 weeks tomorrow

miss some food but keeping busy..

Nice to hear from all the sept folks out there keep it up

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mermaidpuppy    0

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Hi guys, I was banded Sept 7th. I feel like a failure. I'm hungry all the time, and have NO energy. Trying to get in all my Protein, but falling short. I'm getting about 40-50 grams per day and the minimum is 60. I have a Dr's apt Friday and im thinking about cancelling it because I haven't lost much. Just about 3 lbs since my 2wk visit. 12lbs since surgery. I'm so intimidated by my Dr. He rescheduled my surgery because I had gained 4lbs (didn't require pre-op diet). He wasen't happy with my weight on the day of surgery and played mind games with me and questioned my eating then. Just never a positive person, I always walk away from him feeling ashamed and like a failure. I'm so afraid he's going to be rude to me since my loss hasen't been spectacular. I used to get a burst of energy after a walk, but now i feel like im dragging my legs through mud and after I crash. I have to wait until 6wks for a fill. Im not eating half what I used to, since surgery. But I feel fatter than ever. I'm so depresed. Are all of you haveing fabulous success or is anyone feeling like a failure like me?

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KD8888    0

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Originally Posted by mermaidpuppy viewpost.gif

Hi guys, I was banded Sept 7th. I feel like a failure. I'm hungry all the time, and have NO energy. Trying to get in all my Protein, but falling short. I'm getting about 40-50 grams per day and the minimum is 60. I have a Dr's apt Friday and im thinking about cancelling it because I haven't lost much. Just about 3 lbs since my 2wk visit. 12lbs since surgery. I'm so intimidated by my Dr. He rescheduled my surgery because I had gained 4lbs (didn't require pre-op diet). He wasen't happy with my weight on the day of surgery and played mind games with me and questioned my eating then. Just never a positive person, I always walk away from him feeling ashamed and like a failure. I'm so afraid he's going to be rude to me since my loss hasen't been spectacular. I used to get a burst of energy after a walk, but now i feel like im dragging my legs through mud and after I crash. I have to wait until 6wks for a fill. Im not eating half what I used to, since surgery. But I feel fatter than ever. I'm so depresed. Are all of you haveing fabulous success or is anyone feeling like a failure like me?

From what I read, I don't think it is uncommon to not lose a great deal during the stage before your first fill. I believe I've even read that some people gain during this time. Don't cancel your appointment and don't let the doctor intimidate you. This is why you went to see him in the first place.

If you haven't been logging your food, try fitday.com or sparkpeople.com. I'm not sure if the programs have print capability, but I've pulled mine up online in the doctor's office to show them. Of course, that assumes your doctor uses computers in the examining rooms.

Don't give up. It will get better!

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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.

        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.

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