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Band finally working!!

luchay

By luchay, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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luchay    0

luchay
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Greetings

I was banded 02/25/09 and just had my third fill 5/30/9. I am now (finally) feeling real restriction and I am so thrilled. I have not been compliant with eating properly and had felt the band was not going to work for me. Actually that is why I got the band, I was not strong in the will power area. Now that I have restriction (8.1 in 10 cc band) I find I am getting motivated to eat right and exercise-to really try to lose weight. I am learning what to eat, not to drink with meals. So far i have been indulging in the little bit of fast food i could eat since i couldnt eat much of it- make sense? i know this is still not going to promote weight loss. My goal is to stay away from fast food, eat three Protein meals a day with no liquid and begin to exercise. Doesnt seem that impossible now that my band is working. I am finally able to see maybe I can do my part-which before i was not willing to do or thought i could do. Wanted to share for anyone that may have felt like me.

My first goal is under 200. I lost 5 lbs since last fill and i am close. 202.4 this morning. Now i want to get on with it!

Thank you all for your helpful postings, especially about nutrition. I was banded in Mexico and have not had local support, so I have appreciated these forum.

Good Luck to all,

Luchay

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JENNIFER7375    3

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Congratulations. I was banded the day before you. I struggled at 1st as well. But what a change it is when you finally get some restriction. You keep thinking WOW am I really that full of that tiny bit of food? Plus for me now that I have restriction I have to stop as soon as I feel full. It's crazy how just 1 or 2 bites too much can take you from being full to being really sorry you didn't stop as soon as your body told you to quit.

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Jaffa    5

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I rest my case!!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't it have been better to have been properly restricted without problems and fills?

Adjustable!!!!!! What a marketing farst. Adjustable because it doesn't start out doing anything in the beginning, doesn't seem like a real benefit, when you realize it is just a marketing thing.

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RobzGr8    0

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oh nice! I was banded 12/31/08. I've lost 50lbs so far, but I haven't been fully restricted yet either!! I'm 5 out of 10cc's right now and am dying to get to 7 or 8!! I feel restriction, but it's easily pushed down with some water!! I know, I know...I'm totally cheating!!!! I can't wait until I have some imposed self-control and will power! Hahaha!

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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
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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.

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        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.

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