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The "Voice" is back...

justwant2lose

By justwant2lose, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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justwant2lose    0

justwant2lose
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I was banded in September 2007. I have lost a total of 60 pounds and was doing wonderfully. I loved the feeling that I wasn't thinking about food every minute of the day and was enjoying the changes in my body. I have not lost weight in over two months, thanks in part to the holidays. I am not really ever hungry, so I don't think I need a fill. However, since I have been eating more, I have started thinking about food subconsciously, just as I did before the surgery. I have been snacking all the time. I just cannot get a hold of it. I also feel that since I have passed my one year anniversary, my doctor just doesn't care anymore as to how I do. I was expecting a little more from him I guess. I know I have to pull it together somehow. Is there anyone out there who is going through the same thing?

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KelinTx    1

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Oh how i wish i had the answer for this. I live with the voice every day. I wish i knew how to be one of those people who don't obsess about food. I have been debating long and hard about seeking councelling for this exact thing. I will say on a positive note however that when im filled properly i am unable to cave into the "i want to eat everything voice" inside my head. Perhaps a good fill would get you back on track?

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aubrie    6

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I've been banded 14 months now. I've lost 70 so I'm about where you are. I did very well right up until last August when I had to have my gallbladder removed. I haven't lost one ounce since. I haven't gained, thank God, but I haven't lost either. I had to have a complete unfill and start all over again. It sucked, so I'm way behind. I just got a fill last Friday, and now I'm finally back where I had left off, so I should start losing again. I have 40 pounds left to go, and am so anxious to get it over with. I too have had the hunger monster nagging at me. My tummy actually growls. It's hard to ignore. Even other people can hear it!! Snacks after work are my weakness. I do good all day, and then when I get home from exercise after work, I'm ravenous. I can't wait the 1 to 2 hours before dinner is ready. So I hit the nuts, chips, crackers, cheese and Cheeze Its. I have got to get a handle on that. My doctor says to eat more at lunch, but I just can't. It won't fit in my pouch. So what do I do???? I'm hoping this last fill will fix the problem. Good luck to you. Hang in there!

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justwant2lose    0

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Thank you. I am not sure about a fill right now. I am tight in the morning through lunch and it seems my window of eating is from 1pm until about 9pm. If I do eat earlier or later I will PB. I don't know what is wrong. I thought that the voice was gone but evidently was just biding its time.

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BayCityBandster    1

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I was banded in May of 08 and the voice has never left me, not even for a minute. I hope yours will go away again...

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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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