Sombra1718

Was hoping to hear from any members who have been unfilled (or filled) and began eating large enough portions that they stretched their pouches out. What happened? Were you able to shrink it back to a smaller size over time with the correct portions?

I'm wondering if I'm the only one in my city. It sure feels like it. We have a gastric bypass group at the hospital but that's it.

I had to get all of the saline removed from my band yesterday. (I had been extremely tight for the last three months. I thought my band was going to explode inside of me because if the pressure I felt yesterday. The band and pouch are fine luckily. I got so tight because I lost all motivation and gained back fifty lbs. I am slowly gaining motivation back but I'm still feeling very hopeless.) have any if

This would be an awesome support group topic I think. How to come back from medical complications.

I'm very interested in hearing what other people who have been completely unfilled told themselves to keep motivation without restriction. And what steps you took to keep losing weight. Sometimes it is the little thoughts and baby steps that make a huge difference. I'm stuck in my own head and it's not coming up with much right now so lend me your thoughts.

Yes you have the just of it. I apologist I had planned on giving more information but the post was sent prematurely. I got the band and lost 80lbs in the first 8 months. I had a gym membership and worked out at least four times a week. Then I got sick for a few months and had a very traumatic experience with the hospital. They took my gallbladder out and when they went to take out the stones that were left inside me they refused to call my Lapband surgeon and did not believe I had a band. So while I was awake they shoved tubes down my throat, down my stomach and through my band which was filled to 7ccs. I thought that they were taking the stones out but they were just checking to see if I had a band and if they could fit through it to get the stones. I cried when it was over and the dr was pissed at me because I was crying. After that my band felt different. Possibly slipped. And I never came back from it. I lost hope.

So this is a bit different, but I was hoping you all might help me out with a school project. I am a grad student in my last semester for social work. We are looking into ways that people can initiate change in their lives just by spending a little time every day doing something that addresses a problem area. My problem area is my band. I originally lost 80lbs and gained back 50lbs while in school. What I am doing to initiate change is searching for new knowledge over the next couple days about the relationship between the band and spirituality (any form of spirituality). How does it affect you? How does it help you? What is the role of spirituality in this weight loss journey?

I thought you couldn't get chicken pox if you had already had them?

Boyfriends can come and go. I would imagine that if you didn't get your surgery and something happened and you broke up with him you would possibly regret not getting the surgery because he didn't want you to. It would be a huge setback.

I just got my second fill today which brings me up to 5.5ccs in a 10cc band. I had no restriction at all before this fill. I will be on liquids a few days so I don't know yet if I have restriction but I sure hope so!

I was wondering what types of exercise everyone likes to do. I am going to compile a "to do" list for myself for when I can really start working out. I was a competitive swimmer when I was in school and I love weight lifting so those will be on the list for sure.

I am a very emotional eater and my satisfaction is based on how big of a portion I get to eat. I am not happy with just a little bit of food...I want a lot of food. Not because I'm hungry. I know I have to change my frame of mind about my portions and I'm not doing well with that right now. I eat way too much. For those of you who deal with this head hunger I would like to know what thinking process you use to try to get around it. What goes through your head at that moment when you are about to serve yourself and you want to serve yourself too much. How do you motivate yourself not to do it?

I would really recommend having an extra blanket for yourself in that case I am really looking forward to being able to do hard exercise. It might sound weird coming from a three hundred pound chick but I really like exercise and body building. I was a swimmer when I was a kid and they told me I had potential but that all went out the window. I want to be a bad ass again.

Mine is Sombra1718 feel free to add me.

I have only lost around 40 lbs but it drastically changed how I process alcohol which I figured out the really hard way the other night. I used to have very high tolerance for a lot of hard alcohol and every once in a blue moon I would drink quite a bit. I hadn't drank in many months and decided to try it. I only really remember the first few shots but after that things got pretty ugly. I was really sick to my stomach the next day but I was able to not throw up. I'm glad to hear it won't be the end of my band if I do throw up. But yea alcohol is out.

I just got started with my fitness pal but it is awesome. I was writing everything out by hand before. I would love more friends. Sombra1718.

My fitness pal is really good.

Every week at least three or four times I will realize that I am very depressed and it seems to stem from my belief that I have messed up in sticking to my guidelines. (I am five weeks out and on solid foods. No beef, pork or bread till after my first fill.) I am wondering if I am actuall messing up as badly as I feel like I am and I was wondering how often other people feel like they mess up? Do you think you ever beat yourself up too much? How do you try to get over it if you do? (I do keep track of my calories, protein, fat intake and i do usually go a little bit over every day.)

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So I haven't had a regular period in years and for most of that time they were nonexsistant. But now with my weight loss I started a very lite period oh about two months ago and now in the past three days it is out of control. I have never had cramps or back pain like this and never ever so heavy. I haven't dealt with this in years and it's kinda freaking me out. Is this something that happens often with the weight loss?

I had some port soreness because of the stomach muscle use but nothing bad at all.

My surgeon instructs everyone to start their day with a hot liquid every day to losen the band and wash through mucus. She said that for the people who don't like hot liquids in the morning she recomends that they drink a bit of the warm water when they take a shower. Kinda different but what ever works...

Out of cureosity do chicken gizzards taste like the rest of the chicken? I have never thought about eating them but that is a good amount of protein!

Awesome!