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tammyece    0

tammyece
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Hello,

I am new and have been researching lapband for a while know. I am really impressed with this site. I am going to a seminar on Tueaday and have appointment with the dr. on the 30th. I live in southern Tennessee and will be using Vanderbilt in Nashville. I would apreciate any advice you deem important I am 43 years old wife, mother of 2 teenage girls and a pre-K teacher I am 5'4" amd weight 270 lbs. I am afraid if I don't do something soon I will shorten the time God has given me. I want to be healthy and am so tired of being tired. Thank you for taking the time to listen and my God bless you all.

Tammy

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DeLarla    22

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Tammy, I don't know where to start since there's way too much information to put in one short post. I've lost 70 pounds since last May with my band, even though I'm the weird one that had lots of complications. I hit rock bottom and was laying in bed every night basically waiting to die. I had high blood pressure, anxiety disorder, high chloesterol, sleep apnea, painful feet, blah blah blah. I still have 70 more pounds to lose, but I can't seem to lose any more, but the first 70 pounds was worth it. My best advice is for you to learn the "Search" feature here. Just click on the Search button, then type the type of information you want. It will take you to tons of information that's already posted here. Good luck to you.

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tammyece    0

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Thank you for the information and Good luck to you I am at a point that I can not even imagine losing 10 lbs much less 70 Good luck and God Bless

Tammy

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DeLarla    22

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Tammy, I can't even believe I wrote that! Did I really lose 70 pounds? It's like a weird dream, but the scale says I lost that much so I gotta believe it. I feel exactly the same way as you - that even 10 pounds would be awesome. I wish I could get even 10 more off to prove to myself that I can still lose.

You'll learn a lot at the seminar. Take notes so you can come back here afterwards to fine-tune your questions. Don't listen to just one person or one doctor, but gather tons of information so you can make good decisions.

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paula    4

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Hi Tammy, Welcome to LBT!

I agree with Lisa, gather tons of information for your journey.

Ive lost around 45 pounds since July, I guess you can say Im a slow loser! Regardless, Im still 45 pounds lighter. :)

Good luck and God bless you.

If you need anything, just ask!

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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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