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charlottesweb91

By charlottesweb91, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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charlottesweb91    0

charlottesweb91
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I have not been on the forums here since May, and I thought I would just log in and look around, but I am compelled to start a new thread.

I stopped visitng the forums because I was living my day to day life by what everyone else experienced, and really downing myself when I didn't do as well as others here at Lapbandtalk. Now, 4 months later, here I am again.

I had my surgery January 29th, 2007. I started slowly. I struggled with finding the right way to eat and hating myself for spending over 15 grand when I was not losing weight quickly.

Now I can say this....15 grand well spent! Face it folks, GOOD eating habits are learned, even with lapband. I learned this the hard way.

Today is my 8 month Bandiversary. YEAH!!!!! I have lost 53 pounds, and dropped 4 sizes. I have loads more energy. I am happy for the first time in ages!!!

My advice and thoughts are this: Don't give up, every person is different, and slow can be good! (You didn't gain the 100 pounds overnight, so you won't lost it overnight!)

Charlotte

Former struggling bandster; now a HAPPY bandster!

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IndioGirl55    32

IndioGirl55
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I have not been on the forums here since May, and I thought I would just log in and look around, but I am compelled to start a new thread.

I stopped visitng the forums because I was living my day to day life by what everyone else experienced, and really downing myself when I didn't do as well as others here at Lapbandtalk. Now, 4 months later, here I am again.

I had my surgery January 29th, 2007. I started slowly. I struggled with finding the right way to eat and hating myself for spending over 15 grand when I was not losing weight quickly.

Now I can say this....15 grand well spent! Face it folks, GOOD eating habits are learned, even with lapband. I learned this the hard way.

Today is my 8 month Bandiversary. YEAH!!!!! I have lost 53 pounds, and dropped 4 sizes. I have loads more energy. I am happy for the first time in ages!!!

My advice and thoughts are this: Don't give up, every person is different, and slow can be good! (You didn't gain the 100 pounds overnight, so you won't lost it overnight!)

Charlotte

Former struggling bandster; now a HAPPY bandster!

Charlotte

:clap2::clap2: on getting back on the bandwagon - and figuring out what you needed to do to lose the weight :clap2::clap2: imho i have gone into this knowing that is the only way it's going to work is to change my eatly to healthy choices & exercise... I am not relying on the band to do the work - I am doing it with the assistant of the band..

Also, love your band date - it's my Bday :)

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OH Juli    15

OH Juli
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I've taken breaks and come back...it's understandable.

Like everything you take what you need and leave the rest alone. [That's hard to learn about food, lol].

It's good to have you here again.

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S@ssen@ch    745

S@ssen@ch
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:whoo:CONGRATULATIONS!:clap2: YOU'VE ARRIVED!:)

I couldn't have said it better myself. So often I see bandsters hanging out here freaking out because they aren't achieving the results they wanted, they're frustrated and are searching in a wilderness trying to find their own path.

That's what theses support forums are for, but it's so very exciting to see someone who has found their way through the darkness.

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foxychick04    0

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Charlotte - thanks for coming back to let us know how you've been doing. I've got 9 days until I'm being banded and from everything I've read I realise this is something that has to be taken one day at a time.

Well done on your success so far :)

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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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      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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