jeepygurl

I agree, a long time ago I cared, and now that I am focused on me, the gym, friends, work, although I am still single I don't really care, I would not try to meet someone at the gym, due to it being my time for me, I do spin class but after 50 mins of that I look bad....lol but a GREAT work out....lol Good luck keep asking, all they can do is say NO, and who cares, your a wonderful, amazing woman in her 30's who anyone would be lucky to date..... GO get em

you can do it....

I don't know why I listen, at my age, why do I feel badly....UGGHH!!!! I work in a hospital, today was my weekend on, so I get to work 2:30-11:30pm, no big deal, not like I can eat dinner, I had a fill on friday I am on liquids till tomorrow and I think I may be on liquids till sometime this week I feel tight... I go to my parents house, my sister is there with the kids,( I adore my nephews) and we do the easter egg hunt, and we are getting dinner ready, now we all sit down to eat BUT NOT ME!!!!! I have a 1/2 cup of broth, cause thats what I can eat...ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!!!! I had the chance to work a double making killer $$$$ and I passed it up to watch the family eat, and sip my broth, something is wrong with me, ohhh and listen to my brother in law WHO I DISLIKE greatly ( he talks down to my sister, and trys with me but I put him in his place) how he lost 3 pds this week, and he dosent need WLS, I finally got up, kissed who I love and walked out....I can only take so much..... Maybe 4th of july will be better....LOL

60% have it removed....damn where are all this things before surgery.....and I am sorry I dont think docs tell us all, I went friday for a fill and somehow I have screws and bolts in me... I was like HUH??? you never told me that.. his responce was.."I did to"...Like he is 3 .....

I am now a llama, I spit when I get stuck and I get stuck 3-4 times a week. I eat mushies, like i am a toddler. I don't eat in front of people due to getting stuck and having to vomit. I make the most unhuman sounds when I am stuck. I miss chicken. I dislike eating at all anymore. I find myself drinking, protien shakes, water, and taking my vitamns. No one ever told me I was going to be a llama or a bulimic, I feel that way, no one ever told me before surgery that I would barf so often, and I HATE to barf, but for me it has to come up. I exercise, I do all I was told to and still I have issues, I wish I had known about this board before surgery and would have been able to ask people but I didn't, and I asked my doctor, DR MUPPETMAN is what I call him now. I am sad, and no one seems to get it... jeepy

I was banded in Jan, single for a year due to a bad break up, but I agree with another post, I am working on me now, I work,go to school for another degree, family, friends, exercise, little to no time for dating..... if I did date I would pick coffee, tea or something where i dont have to eat due to a lot of band issues....just my 2 cents...

My dad laughed at me, hurt yes but i thought I was doing the right thing, see thing is it's your decsion, as it was mine, I informed my family and supportive or not I did it...... I learned a long time ago can't make everyone happy worry about you Good luck

Train for a triathlon Bathe topless somewhere far from home Wear short, shorts..not to short but shorter.. More to come

MM is still my friend, when you have fills you need to go back to liquids for a few days as well, make sure to ask your doctor everything, I feel mine didnt tell me all the details of this operation....good luck

My friends are great, except when we go out, "can you eat", "should we not do dinner this month"...my thought was you all eat to much anyway, and I am on a good path now, I exercise daily, I am careful about what I eat as I always have been but when in rome kind of thing......Anyway I tend to avoid things like that...makes me mad now....

I can't eat as I just had a fill yesterday so i am on liquids, yet STILL have to go to parents house for dinner, BUT thankfully I have to go to work to....LOL

since jan 14 2011, down 50 pds and still going, I do work out hard, everyday, and spin class as well.....

i vomit all the time, went in today and he didnt fill wants me to stay where i am.....i hate the foamy. spitting......

nice.,...we all need some inspiration

LOL..you can do it... I agree it took me YEARS to gain it, and the yo yo dieting, so I know it will come off but why so slow...LOL Keep going

good luck, I was thinking being down 50pds, but still nervous, and players, even on this site I have been hit on my some sad guys who are wanna be players...... Hope you went and had fun

You have thrown up everyday for 4 years...did i read this right???? I am hoping due to the late hour I have not....please explain..

thank you kelly, no one tells you this...thats my damn issue, I wish someone had been HONEST and up front with me, if one more person tells me "it's what your eating"...NO IT'S NOT!!!! I can stuck on pudding sometimes, its the damn band has a mind all it's own and it makes me mad!!! Good luck and keep fighting,,,

I can also work my stomach and get the stuck item out, I dont mean to sound negative, I guess I am, my only issue is i wish someone had been honest with me before surgery, I read and read and read , talked to my doctor and I was told, "sliming from getting stuck rarely happens"....BS!!!! I just feel like I was cheated on facts, whatever you choose you have the knowledge you need

know I might be weird, but this is kind of the part that I am looking forward to. I like that eating will be just a chore. I am tired of food controlling my life. *I* should be controlling my life. I feel like overeating is an addiction to food. The hard thing is, you can't just give up food. Smokers can just quit cold turkey. We can't just not eat. This seems to be the biggest advantage to the band is it forces you to only eat out of necessity and to only eat small amounts of nutritious foods and then move along with your day. Eating is a social thing, but nothing says you can't still sit at the table with a glass of Water and enjoy the social company of those around you without eating a heaping plate full. I agree to a point, I do go out with friends and not eat, i find myself skipping meals or just opting for liquid due to the above i have stated, wait till you get banded, you will see the difference, and I actually hope you don't have this issue, it stinks and it's annoying, I have taken back my life, and I will continue but I do miss enjoying a simple piece of chicken, after a spin class, the simple things.

I think getting banded changes how you look at food, I no longer look at it as a coping skill, perhaps it was getting stuck ALL THE TIME, I can't eat chicken, granted my doctor told me certain foods I would say good bye to and I was ok with that, but every damn thing I eat, so i am on liquid, dare I go off liquid I get stuck, I have asked my doctor about this and he thinks I eat to fast, don't chew enough, and I know it's not that.... I no longer enjoy food, I think of eating as a chore, as a pain in the ass due to getting stuck, if i am at work and I need to leave to throw up, or I start spitting to try and get it out, I tend to not eat around people due to fearing this...... Perhaps it will be different for you and I am only 3 months out but still.....

I began going to the gym after work, I work in a hospital 2nd shift and my gym is 24 hours, no one there at that time, as I lost some weight I am still going and have even been going to spin class 2-3 times a week...I love it!!! it makes me cranky when I can't go, just do it once, and pretty soon it's habit forming....good luck

Glad to see someone out there who has had some of the same issues, well not glad but I thought something was wrong with me...it made me sad, thinking I cant even do this right, down 52pds since Jan, my doctor thinks.."your ahead of the schedule"...I feel like to him I am a stat, and he dosent care that I miss food, I miss eating it and not barfing, today was a good day, nothing came back up, but these days are rare....... I am giving it till I am six months out and will decide, right now, i exercise 6 days a week, drink right....and we shall see..... Good luck