phatkatblue

Why is the sleeve now the gold standard?

what a nice surprise!

wonderful news! let us know what happened!

i'll be getting my third fill thursday...i have had no complications since my injections...i get fills because i am hungry between meals, can eat way too much food, and have had some stalled weight loss...when i talked with the NP about fills she told me that these were signs that i needed a fill...don't be afraid to use your band as intended and talk with your health care professionals about your needs...if you don't need one super, but if and when you do, be informed about the process and maximize the use of your tool:)

hang in there guys! you'll be eating before you know it! what are you required liquid and mushy times?i was on mushies at discharge and stayed on them until my two week post op appointment then was able to eat some solids...

my hubby and i did this together and it has been the greatest thing:) good luck to you...

i got liquid percocet! it was wonderful:)

i was wondering the same. i asked my doc about it and he said that hair loss should not be an issue as long as i'm getting in enough protein. i have not experienced any more hair loss than i typically did before...which for me is a huge deal as i have been growing my locs since 2004! i can't be fat and hairless!!!

thank you:) i am creeping there...i think i need another fill...gonna try to get another this week...

today makes 6 weeks out and i am feeling great! i am feeling great mostly because of all of the accomplishments that i have made in the past 6 weeks. i don't want to make this journey seem like it is all roses because it is not. i still have days when i feel like progress is slow or i fantasize about food...that's right fantasize about food, but i get through it. i do find that i miss food and although i have found my new thing-exercise-there is really no replacement. i am happy that i am finding pleasure in exercise and for the first time in my life it doesn't feel like a chore. it feels like something natural...it's like brushing your teeth in the morning...and for this feeling i am thankful... the hubby and i went out to eat at real restaurant last night for the first time post-op. i must say that i was very nervous when what seemed like a platter of food was placed in front of me. we declined the sweet fresh buttery rolls that are a prelude to the main course and ordered water, which we never were able to drink...we asked for to go boxes at the beginning of our meals and put 3/4 of the food in the boxes before we began eating and shared what was left on our plates. i must say we were both truly disappointed with our meals and have vowed not to eat out again until we are much closer to our goal weights...it was a total wast of money...btw i ordered teriyaki chicken breast, veggie skewers, and a sweet potato...he ordered shrimp skewers, broccoli, and a sweet potato... we still have difficulty trying to rearrange our lives around food because this was our life...we really need to find some new activities...as we can't work out all of the time!!! i am going in for my first fill on friday and really don't feel like i need one, but i'm going to take it! i am not experiencing any major hunger between meals and i am consistently losing weight albeit slowly. my fill will be done under fluro so tomorrow i'll be paying my piercer a visit again to get all the metal removed from my head and then all put back in after the fill on friday:/ so my weight today is 215. my goal is to be under 200 by sometime in June...doable...right? i would love to be at my goal by my birthday which is the end of September, but i don't want to set this in stone because it seems kinda grand... the med center where we had our surgery offers a wls support group twice a month and we attended for the first time tonight...as bandsters we were definitely the minority (there were only three of us), but we were welcomed with open arms...the struggles and psychological pieces of this journey appear to be the same...i found comfort in this meeting and plan to go again...it was like lapbandtalk.com live! it was wonderful meeting a veteran bandster in real life:) until next time... in weight loss and beyond...

thank you:)

nothing really new going on with me since my last post...prom went well for my kiddo and graduation is in june! my mom who has no idea that i have had surgery will be here may 30...i have started sending her pics to prepare her for my subtle changes and she has noticed my face slimming. i have described to her my exercise routine and high protein diet as an explanation for my weight loss...i'm planning on telling her in person when she arrives...:/ i did start the couch25k treadmill version this week:) and i am finally on the upside of this cold...i'm thinking about having another small fill in the beginning of may to kick it up a notch...thinking i'll definitely make an afternoon appointment as i am tight in the mornings and probably have not been maximizing my fill potential by having my fills done in the morning... finally i wanted to share with you all my husbands wonderful progress. he was banded on 3-13-12 and is down 45 pounds:) this includes the preop diet that he went on with me, but wasn't required for him! he is not a slave to the scale as i am, but he has been staying focused on his nsv's! yay him! the scale still rules my world:(

toottoot:)

i have done this since i have been banded and it worked quite well. i just went back my preop diet for a week and lost 5 lbs...it seemed to be much harder than when i initially did it though...probably just a mind thing! you can do it!

210 this week!

my doc had a strict 6 week rule...check and see what yours is willing to do...it seems they all have different protocols...

Yes I have felt this way but I am much older and have only been banded for 2 months...what i do is kick up and change up the exercise. I have also resorted back to the preop diet or some version of it and even added calories some days just to change things up...I come on this site for support, remember my NSVs, and value my 31 lb loss that i know would not be possible without my band! Hang in there...there will be plenty more ups and downs! How long have you been banded?

i have a girlfriend that was approved fairly easy for bypass with medicaid after she met all the insurance requirements...

i have the 10cc and my husband has the 14cc...both by the same company...doc says it was due to the size of our stomachs...hubby's was larger...

my np says the same! 24 hours liquids, 24 hour mushies...

i just started on Monday! I've been doing the treadmill version daily:) i hope to see some of the same results you are.