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My first fill Tues July 7!!!

Jorge52876

By Jorge52876, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Jorge52876    0

Jorge52876
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I did it!!! Thank you for all your encouraging words and support I finally got the guts today to call my doctors office and I was able to reschedule for tomorrow Tues 7!!!...Like I said in my first thread "Help!!! Have I failed???" I have been eating uncontrollably...I am a food addict/emotional eater and this kicked in...after reading all the entries in this website I see that its normal to gain weight in the time after your surgery and before the first fill. As soon as I got my appetite back on the 3rd week after my lap band surgery on May 12, 2008 I started eating uncontrollably and every kind of junk food and I feel like I gained some of the weight back that I had lost already and was feeling really embarrased to go back to the doctor's office. But like I said before all your encouraging words and support gave me the strength to call and reschedule my appointment for tomorrow. I am nervous!!! And what I have read is that this is when the real weight loss starts...I am so excited!!! I need to loose at least 275lbs to get to my ideal weight so I am ready to start this path to physical and mental wellness. Is this normal what I have gone through??? I will keep you guys updated what happened to me with the doctor in my first fill...Once again thank you to each and everyone of you who responded to my thread and gave me encouraging words!!! GOD BLESS!!!

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Katja    15

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Jorge,

I am so happy for you that you had the courage to call and get that fill appointment! BRAVO! :)

You went through nothing strange, we all have been there. Now you have to make wise foods choices and you will lose weight very quickly. It will probably take a couple fills for you not to have a lot of hunger often. But that day will come!

Don't get discouraged when the loss starts to slow down. That's the signal that you need another fill. If an appointment isn't scheduled already, be sure to make one asap. Ask your doc how often you can get new fills. You want to keep the steam going...

Keep in touch. I will rejoice your every pound lost with you!

Katja

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SueAZ    3

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Jorge,

I am getting my first fill 7/11. I was banded on May 23. So far I have been lucky and have not been really hungry. That's not to say I haven't eaten. Boredom and just mindless eating are my problems. Sometimes my choices are not very good. But this is a RELEARNING PROCESS and I will learn to do better. Hopefully today you will see that the doctors and staff are there to help and encourage us to get to our goals. This from a west valley girl to an east valley one.. Good luck

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sara7venus    0

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Jorge, that is AWESOME! I'm so happy that you decided to get your first fill. How did it go?

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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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        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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