I will have my first fill next week. Right now my hunger has overwhelmed me and I have gained back weight! I am trying to stick to the pouch rules but its extremely difficult! I am scared that I will not be able to lose weight once the band has been filled. My hypothyroidism had reversed because of meds before the surgery so I had to stop taking my meds to actually be able to have the surgery. Now its back and I'm exhausted and starving all the time. So back on the meds but it usually takes a few weeks for the meds to kick in and get my energy back.
Any suggestions on what to do to get a little energy and stop over eating until I get my first fill?
I am almost to my 2 week mark and I've lost 13lbs. I've read some of the forums and I feel comfortable with that loss. I was a little worried at first I wasn't losing enough. My Dr. is Awesome! I wouldn't have picked a different Dr. and I did the research for Dr.s where I live. He is however STRICT! Not mean, not abusive, really very nice, extremely knowledgeable, just expects you to follow the rules! Then again maybe all Dr.s in this area are. I did follower the rules but I felt like I was constantly drinking protein shakes, which my Dr allows the first 2 weeks and I would have gone CRAZY hungry without. I start to drink my slushy protein shake and be half way done when I remember I had a band. :cursing:CRAP! So I thought I was eating/drinking too much and hadn't lost enough.
My husband just left this morning for Iraq will be gone for a year :sad:and I came home opened my fridge and again realized I have a lap-band® and that I can't stuff my face with food to make me feel better. So I crawled into bed, cried, and now I'm writing because I have a year by myself and I really want to lose as much as I can by the time he comes home for R&R. Not that he cares he thought I was beautiful overweight but wanted me to be healthy. I just want him to be proud of my weight loss. Not my looks, I'm pretty cute chunky or not:tongue2:, just want to see the look on his face when I can stop telling him to pull into wider parking spaces so I can get out of the car without hitting the one next to us:blushing:!
Let the Journey Begin!:smile2:
