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Livingthe Dream

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tarheelfan    0

tarheelfan
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hello everyone....I'm getting banded on 2/18/08. I'm really nervous and excited at the same time. I am so glad I found this site. After reading the posts and seeing the pictures, I know that I have made the right decision. Thank you one and all.

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Livingthe Dream    0

Livingthe Dream
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Thanks, I know it made a huge difference in how I feel. I did not realise how much it was affecting my health. I have so much more energy and I feel great.

Good luck,

Wayne

Like TarHeel and Bham I was also banded on Dec 18th but in 2007. I find it very encouraging that you were able to drop 100 pounds and I am very happy to see your success. I have about 50 pounds left and I am ready for the challenge. I had my first fill last week and although I have little restriction I do feel enough to keep me from blowing my diet out of the Water with a 1500 calorie meal but I don't get a real feeling of fullness on a small cup of food.

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FLMan    0

FLMan
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Great job! An inspiration for all us.

I have a question for you I was 353 on 1-10 when I started...

Do you have extra skin? Did you work out? What did you do?

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Bhamalguy37    0

Bhamalguy37
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Great job! An inspiration for all us.

I have a question for you I was 353 on 1-10 when I started...

Do you have extra skin? Did you work out? What did you do?

I am a little flabby around my belt line, but I think from the way things are going when I lose another 15 lbs I will be in pretty good shape.

At least I don't think it will be enough to worry about as far as surgery. Mine seems to be shrinking back pretty well. I was told that drinking alot of Water and losing at a steady pace helps with your skins elasticity.

Honestly the only exercise I have done is on the treadmill. About 3-4 days a week and about 30-45 minutes. Usually 2 miles and honestly I have not been doing that lately.......

I plan on starting some kind of weight training soon to help firm up a little or tone up.

I will try and post some pics without my shirt so you can see what I mean by a little flab...LOL

Thanks,

Wayne

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ohbearly    0

ohbearly
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wow... amazing results... congrats

just going for initial consult next week... hope i get approved and banded

have u exercised more since surgery to get these results?

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ousooner    1

ousooner
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Hi guys. Thought I would share. This is my before and after and then one that was taken this week at the hospital the day after my abdominoplasty

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Fenton    3

Fenton
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Hey, Neal. How are you feeling? How has the recovery period been for you? How far around the back does that incision go?

It really looks like you're heading in the right direction, getting ready to pass the ultimate goal of this process...

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Livingthe Dream    0

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I always enjoy coming back to this thread and seeing the results. I started this thread in Oct of 2007 and can remember my concerns and anxiety about how and if this surgery would work for me. I have always felt like a athlete stuck in a overweight body and now I am finally living the dream. I have gone from 280 down to 219.5 as of this morning. I have lost 9 inches off my belly and 2 inches off my neck. I lost 4 inches off my chest which is a great feeling. I had my surgery in December and the night before I was to go in I bought a pair of running shoes. I still use those same shoes but when I lace them up the eyelets touch so I never assumed that my feet would lose weight as well. I am 6'3 tall and have lost 61 pounds in 100 days and feel great. I encourage everyone to get involved in intramural sports as much as possible. Those treadmill workouts can be a drag so I play basketball and volleyball 3 nights a week. I volunteered to ref a couple of kid basketball games because they run fun court and that helped as well.

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Livingthe Dream    0

Livingthe Dream
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I feel good coming back now and posting my pictures. I feel like I have come full circle and the risk was worth the reward. My plan is to have ribs and abs by July. I am 6'3 and started out at 280 and just hit 217 this morning.

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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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      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.

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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