cheryl2586

Your pouch is made to hold 4 ounces so that is a half cup of food.

Hunger is not always eliminated for some people. That is a misconception. It may hold you longer but your bodies response to needing food is hunger.

You're eating too many carbs. Most of what you have eaten is carbs. Stop the protein shakes and eat food. Liquids do not keep you full.

You have to be diagnosed with the flu by testing in order to say you have the flu however its better to get tested and know its only a virus then have the flue for real which can last up to three weeks.

This is a sour subject amoung banded life. Everyone loses hair but why? Telogen Effluvium is stress related hair loss due to surgery, drastic weight loss, or other traumatic events that happen in your life. Some say because it is lack of protein, which in some cases it is true because hair lives on protein, but actually hair loss in weight loss surgery patients comes from vitamin deficiency. Your hair needs B-12, B-6, niacin, zinc, biotin and vitamin e. The stress of excessive weight loss and less nutrition will cause hair to start falling out. Taking these vitamins may not stop hair loss but not letting yourself get dificient to begin with may help you not lose your hair. We all hate losing our hair but if you are concerned about it then take your vitamins from the beginning. Once it starts falling out it's hard to get it back under control. It won't last forever but it can be very annoying.

In all reality cheating is only hurting you. You have to want this with all your heart. The time spent on the pre op and post op is only a small portion out of your life. It's hard but cheating only makes you feel bad. We all can say it's okay it's only once get back on track but learning that life is not about having a relationship with food needs to start now. Why do something that you have to feel guilty over after you do it.

Well you dont want to over do it with the biotin because you need other b vitamins, zinc, and niacin for hair loss.

Well any doctor that thinks that filling you quickly is their idea of great care is mistaken. A good doctor will only fill you when 1 you are going less then 3 to 4 hours and being hungry, not being satisfied on a small amount of food, foraging for food in between meals. Other then that if you are going 3 to 4 hours on small amounts of food and losing consistently then I say no fill.

I never went through bandster hell. I never had a fill for a year. I lost 70lbs with no fill. Not everyone needs fills immediately. Even if you get hungry unless its unbearable then don't worry about a fill. If you are consistantly losing weight with no fill then I say wait. Some people are in such a hurry to get filled up but this thing is for life and what happens when you are completely filled at a year or so out and cant get anymore. Then you are defeated when you need one and cant get it. I have 3 cc's in my band. I am considering getting a fill soon but I dont know I have done well on what I have. I enjoy feeling hungry because its a feeling I never knew for so many years.

2000 mcgs a day.

Swelling is normal after a fill. If you can drink with no problem then I would wait. Swelling can last for a few days to a few weeks.

You have to learn to make time to eat. Everyone has 20 minutes to eat throughout the day. If you can't find 20 minutes to eat then you need to try to find time or you will spend your band life being miserable and hungry.

Biotin comes in very small pills. They shouldnt be a problem to swallow.

I dont miss anything because if I want it I eat it just not that much. I cant eat bread though so if I want a sub I just eat the insides.

Yes it is that way for me too. Someone made some minnie muffins at work and even though I know I can not eat them of course I tried. Two bites and oh my that is one food that will not go down no matter what. Cake, breads, muffins, pasta is not happening lol. But the cake is a good thing because I love cake.

I rarely exercise and I dont look MELTED whatever that means. I look very healthy and have done well with no exercise. I do enough walking at the hospital every day I work that amounts to about 20 miles per week so I think that is more then enough. Along with bending, pushing, pulling, lifting. Im just waiting to get enough money for my tummy to be done because nothing in the world will help that one bit.

Agreed. I dont think anyone is just down right mean they just have a desire for eveyone to do with their band what it was meant to do. Sometimes we all need a swift kick whether we like it or not. Great post Jean.

I only wear spanx when I feel like I am full of fluid because it does relieve the fluid

Great NSV's for sure.

You have done well. You are moving in the right direction. We all do these things but catching it before you get out of control is a great move. You are doing great

I spent many years teaching child birth classes and many lapband patients and it is most doctors reccomendations to wait a year. You will have to get a complete unfill if you have any in order to get proper nutrition and incase you have mornng sickness. I would wait the year and try to at least get down another 60lbs before I would try to conceive and besides it is much harder to get pregnant when you have extra weight.

Way to go CG a great victory. I havent had a dress on in so long I dont even know what size hose I wear now but going to buy some dresses for summer and vacation. Now my legs dont rub together anymore lol

I do believe this is an open forum and I can comment on anything I wish. Carb cycling does not work long term unless you are a gym rat. Who said I dont eat what I want. I never said that. I eat carbs but just a small amount because you need the lean protein so you dont lose muscle. Carbs will not keep lean muscle when you ar first banded. The only thing you are doing is causing yourself muscle loss with high carb days. Im sure that is not the plan your doctor picked for you and I am more then sure he told you to eat high protein low carbs. No I have never carb cycled because I dont need too.