I am new here so this topic may have come up before. But one of the frustrating things for me on any band forum (or in real life) is lap band recipients who seemingly know nothing about this piece of silicone that they had implanted in their bodies. I am not talking about the newbies who are trying to educate themselves. I am talking about ignorant individuals who know nothing months out of surgery. The band slip rate has gone up and so has erosion rates....(not to mention revision surgeries)....do you think maybe its because of some people refusing to learn how to live with their bands? There are legitimate reasons some have band complications that are beyond their control...but I wonder how many end up with problems because they are simply tuned out and in denial that they are responsible for their success. What started this rant is an individual on another forum who is doing something dangerous daily and when we all post that she should stop she says her doctor knows what she is doing and we are all liars, because we must do it too. Thats as specific as I am going to be...I have decided to pass all those threads by from now on....if they want to screw up their bands thats their choice.

Size 14 on what planet??? At 250 I was still wearing 20-22. Talk about STRETCH pants....OUCH!

I do have a friend, though who outweighed me by about 75 lbs, and she wore the same size jeans I did. I'll never understand how that worked! Of course, she wears a T cup bra, and I was a B at my highest weight....maybe that had a little something to do with it... :omg::faint:

Holy.... A T-CUP? Her back must HATE her.

I was a 20 at 222 pounds. And that was a tad snug, to be honest. Like you said, I don't see how a 250 pound person could POSSIBLY be a size 14. But yeah, the way people wear their fat really makes a difference in sizing. I carry my weight in my belly, for the most part, so I always have to look for larger sizes than a lot of people that carry their weight in their chest or hips.

Yeah, I don't know how she's upright most of the time....How awful to be SO VERY blessed in that area... She has to have her bras specially made, and ONE usually costs her upwards of $100. RIDICULOUS.

I now have another.

Get the lap band so you can drink less and still get drunk. Saves money.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/drinking-lots-alcohol-43598/#post599357

I now have another.

Get the lap band so you can drink less and still get drunk. Saves money.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/drinking-lots-alcohol-43598/#post599357

Oy. That thread just made me shake my head. And the post about switching to red wine instead of drinking cocktails to avoid getting drunk was genious.

Fact is, you can't help anyone who doesn't want help. They have to come to the realization that they are alcoholics or food addicts or (insert addiction here). Hell, why do people think we avoided having our picture taken and most of us didn't own full-length mirrors? It was because it was a heck of a lot easier to delude ourselves and avoid the knowledge that we were FAT if we couldn't SEE our fat.

Oy. That thread just made me shake my head. And the post about switching to red wine instead of drinking cocktails to avoid getting drunk was genious.

OMZ I saw that too. I couldn't BELIEVE what I was reading.

I started to respond to that and realized it was useless so I didn't bother.

I hadn't read that thread. It's unbelievable. Then they said "maybe

I have an addictive personality" sheessh now where would you get an idea like that?!

OMZ I saw that too. I couldn't BELIEVE what I was reading.

I started to respond to that and realized it was useless so I didn't bother.

Good thing you didn't. Might have gotten accused of ganging up on her.

Hey.. at 275lbs I'm wearing 20/22.. I could possibly be in 14's if I suck my gut in at 250!

Don't crush my dreams!!

Hey.. at 275lbs I'm wearing 20/22.. I could possibly be in 14's if I suck my gut in at 250!

Don't crush my dreams!!

Yeah, but you're a giant, too! :heh: Most women just aren't lucky enough to have your body type.

URG! I was reading a post earlier, a newbie banded Oct. 1 was still supposed to be on mushies, and tried a piece of dry white meat chicken.

I couldn't help myself. I asked her if there was any particular reason she was going against her doctor's orders, and she said no reason, I just wanted to try it.

Well, you have to know it's killing me to not go back to the thread and say what's on my mind......:censored::frusty:

I saw a post on the other forum today about eating a chocolate macadamia cookie. She had surgery on 10/8. WTH??? Who in their right mind would eat nuts two weeks after surgery?

Oh, Mylanta!

I think my worst 'cheat' during post-op was my delerious moment where I sucked on a piece of pizza crust. It was certainly a crazy moment, but it sure made me happy.

Honestly, I didn't have to cheat in my post-op. Mainly because I didn't have a post-op diet. They gave me pureed stuff in the hospital and the surgeon told me to move on to soft solids whenever I started feeling hungry.

I had 2 weeks of liquids, and I really wasn't hungry so it was not a big deal most the time. It was toward the end of those 2 weeks and DH and his damn pizza boxes.. It was a day old even. I was watching tv, and I wanted pizza so bad.. and I HATE pizza.. so, it was definitely a mind thing. And I sucked on a crust of a piece he already ate.