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March 27th is the big day!

mareinpa

By mareinpa, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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mareinpa    0

mareinpa
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I feel like I did when I was in labor.....what was I thinking?!

Getting a bit jittery hoping that this is my answer to my life long obesity struggle. I first joined Weight Watchers in 1971, so you can tell that I have been on this yo-yo ride for a long time.

Each time I tell someone that I am having Lap-Band surgery, it seems they have a story to tell me of someone they know who had the surgery and gained all the lost weight back. Alright already!:) I once lost 80 pounds on the Opti-Fast program and never got over my shame over gaining 100 pounds soon after my initial success.

I am having the surgery done in Pittsburgh, PA. at Magee Hospital.

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March 27th is my day too! I hope all goes well with your surgery. I am trying my best not to be nervous and stick to this terrible pre-op diet.

Hopefully I will talk to you again through the the post.

Good Luck!:cursing:

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tekker    0

tekker
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Had my band done on 3/27 also! How are you doing now?/ where are you at with your fills??

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Had my band done on 3/27 also! How are you doing now?/ where are you at with your fills??

I had my first fill a month ago. I see the surgeon again tomorrow--June 9th. Actually, I barely feel like I had the surgery at all. I can eat anything as long as I chew well. I had hoped that I would feel the need to eat less. But I can eat an entire cheeseburger....bun and all with no trouble. I lost more weight on the pre-op diet. Then again, I am not keeping a food diary and that may be my big problem. I need to eat three meals a day and I am not doing that.

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I was like that too during my first fill but I just had my second fill and I can tell you that you will notice a big difference after that. I am up to 6 cc or 6.5 cc and I am lucky to finish a small plate of food. I am really trying to be aware of the types of food I am eating. Eating junk will get me no where so I am really working to eat more filling foods that are better for me. I am really looking at this band as a tool and I am the one that has to decide how to use it. I definitely think it will be a while before I need another fill. I hope we can all stay positive because that is the best way to succeed.

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Ok...we are almost to 9 months, hows everyone doing?? Things for me have seemed to be slow, but then..Im a bone head to! I have lost 75 pounds this far, and am just very happy that at least im loosing! I feel great! Now for 2010, Im starting at the gym(should have a long time ago) trying to make it a habit to go at least 5 days a week! Hope to hear from you all...take care and good luck! :thumbup:

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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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