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trish151

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  1. Jay, I can't remember where on this site I found it but there is a post that talks about how there is a fat pad around your stomach where the band is and as you lose weight, the fat pad also shrinks. I've also experienced this. When I had my first fill, I was good. Then about a month later, I could eat more. I would recommend you put in fat pad in the search and find the post. It was really good at explaining it. As a matter of fact. I've had good restriction with all of my fills and then as the month goes on and I lose more weight, I get less restriction. I've had this happen for the past 5 fills. I thought something was wrong at first too until I read this. Hope you can find it.
  2. I get them at Wal-Mart. It's called Coromega Omega 3 + D. It's a box that has 30 Tropical orange flavored squeeze packs. I've tried the pills, liquid, mixing the liquid with juice and this is the only thing I can stand. They are actually pretty good. A little expensive $12 for a box of 30 but I usually take 3 packs a day and it has so improved my mood and weight loss.
  3. You just go ahead and fuss sunshine. Lord knows I've had my days. I just usually let my husband hear it all. I'll b***h one day and then get back on the bus the next day with some changes. There have only been a couple of times where I have been hungry and that has been right before it is time for a fill. I'll just trick myself with some Special K cracker chips or some pickles because I can eat quite a bit of both for not a lot of calories. Here recently I started really looking at any nutrients I might be missing and uped my fish oil. It took my grouchies away and I also started loosing 3 lbs a week doing the same thing I was doing before and barely loosing a pound. You might want to look into that. I did a lot of research on it and I sware by it now. Just keep swimming.
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    Wonderful Onederland!

    Alright. I hope to post the same thing next month. I've got 10 lbs to go. I'm so excited, I can hardly stand it.
  5. Oh, that sounds painful. Ok, I guess I'll get a charm. Someone else said something about a charm bracelet. I actually have a charm anklet. I read right after my surgery where people where making charm bracelets so I bought the one for my ankle and a bunch of charms that I like. Every time I lose 10 lbs, I get to add a charm. Just a little motivational thing. It's cool when people ask you about it and you get to explain. Plus, you get to add the charms that represent something to you.
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    Any Regrets after Lap Band Surgery ?

    Same here, not getting it sooner. Yes, you will grieve food a little after surgery. Yes, you may have times when you get something stuck. Yes, you will have to still watch what you eat (ice cream, candy bars, etc.), yes, I have had to exercise but I can say that 5 months down the road, 53 lbs lighter, past the grieving period, past the port healing, past the scars on my belly, most days I forget I even have a band. I love it and just wish I had done this years ago. Good luck sunshine. The only frustrating part was that I didn't loose 10 lbs a day like I wish I could have.......giggle.
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    Jealousy

    I didn't think I would experience any jelousy because my family knows I have struggled with my weight all of my life. Unfortunately, I ran into it two weeks ago. I have an older sister and a younger sister and when we were younger, they were always thin and I wasn't. They used to tease me so bad and it hurt. Now, they are overweight too. I didn't know how much they weighed but I knew we were all close. My oldest sister came to see me last week and brought me some clothes she said she couldn't wear anymore. She's lost 40 lbs, she claims and I could tell she had lost some. I was so happy she was losing too because I know how hard it is. Long story short, I have lost 53 lbs and was feeling so good about that until she got here. When I opened the bag of clothes she wanted me to have, I found that they were a size 22 and size 20. I told her they were too big but I apprecited it. She kept telling me they were too big for her too and said that she was wearing a size 18. Which is what I am wearing. I just wanted to cry because as I looked at her I kept thinking that if I were still that big that I didn't feel it and my heart was just sad. I felt like I had been working out all of this time and I still looked so big too if we were wearing the same size. I know we carry our weight differently. Mine is in my butt and hips and hers is around the middle but I didn't see any way we were wearing the same size. She never said how much she weighed but I just kept saying no way. Then I did something sneaky. (I know and I felt bad) but when she went to the store, I went into the room she was staying in and I looked through her suitcase to see what size pants she was wearing. I felt really bad about doing it but I found out she was wearing a size 24 and not 18. The thing that hurt my feelings was that she had to lie about it. I just don't understand that. She knew where I started at 263 lbs. She also knows how much I have struggled to get this off, even with the band. In all honesty, I am losing weight for vanity reasons and because I have felt bad about myself and the way I have felt I looked and I was sick of it. I am also getting older and I have not had any health problems and I don't want any associated with being over weight. I am at a point in my life where I have been through so many bad things that I want to feel better and look better and have a better self esteem. As crappy as that may be, it's the truth. I slipped on a pair of 16 jeans today and they wouldn't button, but I got them up and buttoned is just my next goal. I am seeing my legs look better and I'm making little muscles in my arms and jelousy, or no jelousy, I'm getting this off this time. I've carried all of my emotional hurt in my body for too long and at 40 years of age, I've discovered that people are going to like me or not and it has very little to do with my weight.
  8. Woo Hoo, this morning I am down 50 lbs. I just wanted to share a little bit of something I have found that may help other's with some depression. I started out my lap band journey just wanting to lose weight because I was starting to have some health problems. One of the biggest things I hated was that it was harder to roll over in bed at night and I was tired of my clothes always feeling restrictive. I had surgery Feb 23, 2011. My weight loss has been pretty steady but there have been times when I have felt depressed that it wasn't happening faster.............I know the best way is slow and steady but when you have a lot to lose, it's always frustrating to see that all of your blood, sweat and tears can't make the scales move as fast as you want them to. A few years ago I was diagnosed as being a bit hypothyroid and I had hoped when they finally got my medication regulated that the weight would fall off. It didn't. Before my surgery, I started taking a multi-vitamin and 2 fish oil pills a day. It really helped my mood a lot. After surgery, I couldn't take the fish oil pills any more because they were really big. Since surgery, I have been snappy a bit with my family and some days I have just been so frustrated with my progress. I knew it was in my head, but I didn't know what to do about it. In the past few weeks, I have really started looking at what I have been eating and how it affects brain chemestry and how I feel. I was pretty adicted to sugar before surgery. I started looking for suppliments and things to help with the sugar cravings. I have found two things that have really helped improve my mood, the sugar cravings, and help my weight loss are glutamin and fish oil. Since my surgery I have been taking 2 MultiVites gummy Vitamins. (I have found all of this stuff at Wal-Mart except the glutamine). I take a Calcium chocolate chew. I have also been taking one pack of Coromega Omega 3+D. It comes in an orange box and the flavor is tropical orange. Since surgery I have tried all kinds of liquid and gummy Omega 3 products and they have all been so nasty that I couldn't take them. Something happened the other day and I was just feeling a little blue. It wasn't really anything I could put my finger on, just frustration. Then I decided to take and extra pack of the fish oil. Something happened immediately and I felt my mood improve. Then I got on the internet and started doing a lot of research on the benefits of the Omega 3 and how our brains really need these good fats to functhion properly and make good use of our serotonin. I also researched how important these fats are to help lose weight. I was really surprised. I hope anyone who is frustrated or feeling a little depressed will do some research on the subject and maybe give it a try themselves. I was kind of stalled out on my weight loss because I had stoped taking my fishoil and glutamine is supposed to help maintain muscle and lose fat and is supposed to be excellent for recovery from surgery and for people following a restricted calorie diet. Again, I was stalled out on my weight loss and went 3 weeks without losing a pound. In this past week since uping my Omega 3 to two packs a day, and starting my gluatime again, I have dropped 4 lbs this past week. Again, this may not be beneficial for everyone, so I hope that you will do your own research on it. The omega 3 is also good for bad cholesteral. I knew this from my past also because about 3 years ago I went to the doctor and my LDL was really high. I started taking the fish oil every day and by the next month when I went to the doctor, she asked what I had been taking because my LDL was really low. Best of luck everyone on your journey and us all getting healthy and having the best times of our lives.
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    Why did you chose the band?

    I chose the band over bypass for the same reasons. My mom had bypass surgery and she gained back all of her weight before she passed away. It took her 20 years to gain it all back but she also had to take B12 shots and was anemic. My best friend's mom had bypass when we were younger too and over time, she gained it all back and then had it again. She passed away 2 years ago and before she did, she had problems with her potassium levels all of the time. What I saw with both of their surgeries was that they didn't change their eating habits and over time, they just regrew a larger stomach that allowed them to eat more and regain the weight. With my band, I know that I had to change the amount of food I was eating and that is what I was looking for. Following my surgery, I bought a baby spoon and fork (to help me take smaller bites) and I went to Wal-Mart and got some take-a-longs (small containers that hold 1 cup of food). I use these to help monitor how much I eat. Sometimes I can't eat the whole cup so I will just put the lid on it and put it in the fridge for later. I had lapband 2/23/11 and have lost 52 lbs as of this morning. The weight loss has not been as fast as perhaps with the bypass but I can get in all my nutritional needs and it is coming off. I don't recall seeing how old you are or how much you weigh, but I understand about the attention and wanting to shop for the cute clothes. I am 40 years old and married but when you gain so much weight, you feel invisible and I felt lousy. I wanted to feel sexy again for my husband and be able to feel comfortable in my clothes. I too struggled from an early age with my weight. For me, the thing I have to remember is that the band is only going to help with the amount you can eat, if you are wanting to reduce the amount you eat. That is what I was looking for. I hated feeling like I was never full and knowing I was eating way to much. The band did help me feel more satisifed with smaller amounts of food. However, what it doesn't do is limit the amount of calories you eat. You can still eat ice cream and other high calorie foods. I still have to watch my calorie count and the weight won't come off if I don't eat good foods and exercise. It only helps me with how much I can eat before I feel satisfied.
  10. I had the same thing happen and it really made me angry. I just cried to my husband. I think I said something like "this sucks. I had to count calories before surgery because I was taking in too many and now I have to count calories because I am not getting enough." I had surgery on 2/23/11 and as of this morning I'm down 52 lbs and have lowered my BMI by 10. I am also 40 years old and so I know what you mean about this being your last chance. I lost pretty easy the fist 2 or 3 weeks and then it stalled. My loss has come and gone in spurts and when I have stalled I have had to tweak things to get it going. Some things I have found that worked is making sure I get enough sleep, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, and take my fish oil. Without these, I stall. I'm starting to understand the relationship but it has been a little confusing. I had labs drawn several years ago and it showed I had a high cortisol count. If you don't get enough sleep, my cortisol goes up (it's the stress hormone). If I am frustrated that I'm not losing, my cortisol goes up. I still don't understand all what it does but I upped my Omega 3's the other day and instantly I could feel my mood improve. Then I was looking on the internet last night and it said that the Omega 3's in fish oil and sleep both block the production of cortisol. All I can say is that something is working because I broke my stall and I have lost 3 lbs consistantly for the past 3 weeks. I'm also keeping my calories around 1300 a day. Hope that helps some.
  11. Wow, that is so great. I am 12 lbs away from wonderland and my thighs will only let me get into an 18 right now. My waist is small but my dang butt and hips don't match.......................thank you genetics. I always have to alter the waist bands in my pants. I'm hoping right past my wonderland that I can squeeze a pair of 16's on and maybe zip them without laying on the bed with a wire coat hanger................nah, I'm too old for that. I think I'll just wait........giggle. Anybody else ever have to use the bar of soap on the zipper to get them to go up easier? Oh, the things we do for vanity.
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    Let's Talk Exercise!

    I have been working out six days a week and resting on Sunday. At first it was all I could do to get through it so I started jogging outside. I loved the outdoor part but then it started getting into the 100's. We have had 18 Days over 100 degrees here in Texas this year. I have a workout room in my house and because I have not been working, I do at least an hour a day but I have really been reading that I can't pep up my slow metabolism without muscle so my focus has been more about the intensity and not the time or the speed. I finally saw a little bitty muscle appear in my arms the other day. Me and my husband were laughing about that earlier. It used to not come up any when I would flex and now you can see it...............woo hoo. One of the best things I work out on is a rebounder (mini trampoline). I turn on some of my old good 80's music and it really makes it fun and more like dancing.
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    Bad Band Days

    I've had a couple when I've gotten lazy with my chewing.
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    Help for Depression

    Oh thank you for mentioning that. I am actually hypo-thyroid and I am not taking any other antidepressants. I have in the past but they really started messing me up after a while. I started looking for whatever I could find to improve it naturally. I knew I was Vitamin or mineral or something deficient because my diet for many years consisted of doritos and Mt. Dew. You don't get very many nutrients that way but it sure was good while it lasted. I'm just paying for it now............giggle.
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    Help for Depression

    I think they taste great. They have been the only one's I can stomach. They are also higher in the EPA and DHA than any of the other stuff I have found.
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    Help for Depression

    I eat pretty high protein just because I get really tired if I eat to many carbs. I exercise about an hour a day for 6 days a week but if I miss a day, I don't stress over it. I got the Coromega fish oil from Wal-Mart. If you look where the Vitamin suppliments are and then look where all of the fish oil is, it comes in a colorful yellow box. I tried just plain liquid fish oil and it was so nasty that I threw the bottle away and it cost around $30. Then I tried squeezing the regular fish oil capsules I used to take out on some food, still really nasty. Then the lady at the health food store recommended squeezing the capsules into a glass of juice. (still nasty). Then I tried some kids gummy Omega 3's but they didn't have enough fish oil in them to make a difference and they were coated in sugar. I found the Coromega Omega's and they are tropical flavored and are loaded with Vitamin D. The box contains little packets. I started off taking one but I really felt the difference when I took 2 in one day. I even tried 3 one day and felt even better. I have lost 4 lbs this week with the increased fish oil, where I was barely loosing one or two in a good week before. I also have a day a week where I'll eat a small 3 Musketeers or have a 40 calorie fudgecycle. My skinny butt husband is also addicted to chocolate and sometimes he will ask if I want a bite and sometimes I will. The glutamine I think really helps too because it is an amino acid that is said to help you burn fat and not muscle so I think that really helps being on a lowered calorie diet that the weight I am actually losing is fat and not any more muscle. Hope that helps.
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    counseling for food addiction

    I really thought I was a food addict too until I started learning about nutrition and what my body actually needs. I used to crave sugary foods so bad and I knew that wasn't normal. I also used food as a way to keep people away from me. That only works for so long. Before I was banded, I started doing research about carb cravings and found out about an amino acid called Glutamine being good for stoping carb cravings. I started taking it and it worked. I also had some blood tests ran to see if I was deficient in any of my vitamins and minerals because I had become pretty negative in my thinking all of the time. Turns out I was vitamin D deficient too. My cholesterol was high. I also started taking fish oil again and that lowered my cholesterol and really improved my mood and negative thinking. Since I have been banded, I rarely have any sugar cravings and if I do, I can usually satisfy it with a sugar free popcycle or a piece of sugar free candy. I also take a vitamin every day and I fill a lot better than when I used to just love on Dorito's and cheese dip.
  18. I think I would find another doctor if possible. What an ass (excuse my french). The goal should be yours and not his. I don't have a lot of faith in doctors a lot of times because I have seen so many family member's butchered by quacks. If it doesn't feel right to you and if he won't give you any more fills and you think you need them, go elsewhere. What an arrogant doctor. I can't find it right now but I believe when I originally read the lap band book that it said that fills may be needed over time as some of the fluid can leak out. What then? Sorry to get so mad but I don't get the arrogance of some of the doctors. What will your BMI be at "his" goal? Good luck to you. I'm glad my doctor let me set my own goal, he even said I could change it any time I felt like it.
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    Vitamins! What are you taking?

    I take two adult gummy vitamins, a chewable calcium. I also take a 5 hour power every day before my workout. I am also taking powdered glutamine (amino acid because of reducing calories) and 2 packs of omega 3 with Vitamin D. I was one that was vitamin D deficient. I have been for the past few years. The Omega 3 has really improved my mood and motivation. I used to take it all the time before surgery but quit after surgery because I couldn't take the big pills. I suffered too. I could tell my mood was more negative and my weight loss really stalled. I started taking it again, but only one pack and it helped my mood some. Then one day I decided to try two little packs and I have felt incredible for the past 3 weeks and I have been averaging about 3 lbs a week on the weight loss.
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    I met a new goal today...

    Woo Hoo, I can't wait to be there myself. I have 13 more lbs to go to hit wonderland. That is my first goal. I'll be down 63 lbs total when I get there.
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    40 lbs!!!

    Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alright!!!!!!!!!!! Way to Go!!!!!!!!!!! I hit the 50 lb mark this morning and I giggle as I sit here reading messages with my leg up in the chair. I haven't been able to sit like this in years. I also giggled the other day when I sat down in a chair and crossed my legs...........ha! That was an incredible feeling. Congratulations.
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    Lap Band and Divorce

    Ms.Hawkins, I think akward's intentions were good. My sister was married to her high school sweetheart for 34 years and after she had many, many health problems, he cheated on her and left her for a 24 year old that lived next door. I can tell you that when someone get's a divorce, everyone bleeds with hurt. Thank you for sharing your concerns on here. I am sure that was not easy. My first husband also left me right after my mom committed suicide. I agree with akward that some people just think other people are disposable. However, everybody goes through changes and it's part of life and you just have to work through it.........even when it sucks and you don't know what to do about it. Me and my husband talked a lot before my surgery about the reasons I put the weight on in the first place. It was really hard for me to admit to him that my weight helped keep people away. My husband said he couldn't understand that because he loved my personality and thought that I was beautiful. He is also really thin and didn't understand how it helped me hide. We also talked about how and why I wanted things to change and we discussed if I thought I would be happy with him when I got to a point where I wanted to be. I think it is natural for a partner to ponder that question when the other initiates any kind of change. I understand where you are coming from. It has most likely taken all of us a lot of strength to go through with surgery and decide something in our lives has got to change. For me, the more I drop my weight, the more I am thankful for my husband. I am getting more attention from other men and this time it is not as scary. Sometimes I just look at my wedding band and remember how blessed I am. I bought a new night gown the other day because the other one was just old and ratty and now to big (woo hoo). My husband commented the minute that I stepped out of the bathroom. I can also tell you though that I thank him constantly for all of his support and the more I do, the more he does it. I hope you can find a way to let your husband be a part of the new you. Talk to him about your feelings and let you talk to you about his. Fortunately, my husband is the great communicator in our marriage and he has taught me that talking through things can stir emotions that neither of us may know we have but if we don't talk them out, we will definitely act them out. Keep swimming sunshine! This too shall pass. God please help us all to be mindful that we are never so tall as when we lift someone else up.
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    Lap Band and Divorce

    Sorry to hear about your struggle. For me, I have found that with every pound I lose, I am falling in love with my husband all over again. He cheers with me for every pound that I lose. He has listened to my frustrations for years and I find that the more I lose, the more he has gotten excited about getting healthy himself. My husband is 6'2" and skinney. However, he has been eating healthy with me and has started taking his Vitamins and fish oil (that I stick in his face), and he has been working out on the total gym and treadmill. For me, I knew before my surgery that I have a problem getting attention from other men. I had that problem before I gained all of the weight and quite honestly, I have used the weight for years to keep people away from me. It has always made me angry when I was thinner how men would approach me and use me or lie to me, etc. I have always been a very trusting person so I have used the weight to keep from getting hurt. Now, I know my husband married me because he really loves me. He said that when we got married and he has proven it over and over. He loved me when I weighed 263 lbs and he loves me now that I have lost 50 lbs. I hope you can find peace with where you are and your changing body. I can tell you that I was single for many years and as you continue to change, you will attract the attention of more and more men. Not all of them will have honest intentions with you. Some men just like the eye candy. Other's just like the thrill of the chase. I count my blessings every day that I am not single. I was there for years and have met many men that were at the bottom of the barrel. I'm a firm believer that the grass is not greener on the other, it's greener where it is watered. Congrats on your 18 years of marriage. That is almost unheard of today and is something to be admired. I hope you remember that you didn't throw your old body away, you changed it.............I hope you won't throw your marriage away, but will find away just to change it and make it better.
  24. Woo Hoo, I just was going through this new profile thingy and saw you were a fellow banster here in longview. Hope things are going well.

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