FoxyJeun

to my profile: My before and now pic !!! I can finally see the difference for myself and I love it. I love my band!!!!!!!!...........friday I have it 6 weeks and having my first fill.Wish I got it sooner!! (((hugs))) Jeunesse

Hoi, I'm getting my first fill this friday!!!..... and I hate needles....LOL:) Great to see the pics......leuke foto's!!! (((hugs))) Jeunesse

Hi everyone, I'm Jeunesse....dutch and I live in Holland. I'm 36,married and we have 4 kids.I have asthma,high bloodpressure and a bloodclotting disease called Factor V Leiden. Till 9 years ago I was never overweight.My weight used to be around 130 pounds(I'm 5ft6).Then I got severe asthma and had to take a lot of steroids and started to gain a lot of weight.And since I gained weight I also started to eat cause I didn't care anymore.I know...pretty stupid but it's the truth. When I reached the weight of 269 last year I knew I had to do something and started to find information on the lapband.Here in Holland they prefer the lapband over the gastric bypass/duodenal switch and any other WLS.In april I had tests done like lungfunctions,ecg's,bloodwork etc.They wanted me to loose a bit of weight too.I went from 269 to 249 and had my surgery on august 1st about 4 1/2 weeks ago. I have lost 33 pounds after my surgery.I weigh 216 now and I feel great!!!.Last week I started going to the gym 3 times a week to workout and to boost my energy.I love it!!! The only things I have trouble with are drinking milk and eating white bread and lean meats. But I tend to eat a lot of fish and veggies now and that goes very well.Still in the mashmode though. Anyway....that was my introduction...a long one...I know;) Jeunesse

Hi, Here in Holland they want you to drink a lot of milk starting a week before surgery as it reduces your liversize too. Just calculated your bmi...it's 37 now and that's obese too. Here it's either you have a bmi of 40 or higher or 35-40 in combination with other healthproblems like high bloodpressure,asthma,arthritis etc etc.So no...you don't weigh too little to be wanting this surgery. I had my surgery on august 1st and have lost 34 lbs so far. My weight has dropped from 249lbs to 215 lbs and I have my band 5 weeks tomorrow.I'm 5ft6 btw. My bmi has dropped from 41 to 35 and I feel so much better. The lapband will change your life and you'll feel so much better.

Mine is in the same place. I can feel it slightly when I stand/sit but when I lay on my back It actually sticks out a bit.Even my husband has felt it.Kinda weird.

Hi Sarah:) Nice to meet you. Yes my name means youth in french;) My mom loved the word and gave it to me as a name.A lot of people ask me how to pronounce it...something which is very hard to explain in english...LOL:D Your hubby is from Oostende,Belgium.Never been there but we do go to Belgium a lot by car.The fries and chocolates are way better then ours.Ofcourse no fires and chocs for me now. We love to hire a cabin in the Ardennen.It's beautifull there. About the band...mine hasn't had a fill either.Here in Holland they don't fill during surgery.You get your first fill about 2-3 months after surgery and only if you're not losing around 2-4 lbs a week.They don't want you to loose weight to fast.Ofcourse I'm still loosing weight at a steady rate so I think I can forget a fill for awhile. I still eat and chew carefully and haven't thrown up either.Twice I had pain after I drank some milk and once when I turned quickly the port hurt.Which ofcourse gave me the creeps;) Today I saw a bunch of friends in town when John and I were shopping and they were shocked how much weight I lost. Such a great way to shock people huh? One day I hope they don't even recognize me....LOL:D (((hugs))) Jeunesse

Hi, We have 4 kids.Two boys ages 14 and 10 and identical twingirls age 9.We just told them the truth,showed them a few pics of the band and where I was gonna get sutures etc.Also explained to them why I wanted the surgery and why it was better for me. I have severe asthma and a bloodclotting disease called FactorVLeiden and due to this I also got into the intensive care unit afterwards.But we already talked and warned the kids that I might be there when I needed extra care.My 14 year old son Glenn was very concerned and he helped me a lot when I got home.He was so sweet.He's actually 6ft3 and weigh 170lbs a giant kid who loves to work out with weights. He's a big kid in the body of a grown man but he has a tiny heart and helped me very well.

Hi laura, Congrats on the weightloss!! Here in Holland we have to "eat" liquid for 6 weeks. First 2 weeks are clear fluids and then gradually mushier and purreed food. I loved custard,applesauce with cinnamon in the microwave.The only nonfluid thing I take are crackers. I ate them since my second week.Just 2 a day with pate or cheese spread.And my hubby told me that i could crumble a cookie in my applesauce and then top it with cinnamon and pop it in the microwave and when hot top with lowfat cream....haven't tried that yet but it does sounds yummy.When I really get to the point that I crave something I will try that idea though:) Can't wait for the 6th week to be over and to start chewing. Greetings from Holland.

Hi Alicia, I had the same pain this morning.I guess I had slept in a wrong position and when I woke up and got out of bed I felt a sharp pain and then it was gone.And all I could think was ...hope the thing didn't flipover.I phoned my doc too and he reassured me that this was highly unlike to have happened.He actually said something about a nerve too. Hope the fill goes smoothly.And let us know how things went. Greetings from Holland.

Hi Babs, I haven't added my dinner yet though. Still have to update that.But all in all I still eat a little and drink lotsa Water,tea and juice. My tummy already seems to be like Jello and I have been doing research to find out as much as possible about a tummy tuck next year.I also want my teeth to be laserbleached.I have pretty white teeth but I want them as white as paper....LOL:D About the food....yes I love gevulde koekjes too but I don't like oude kaas nor dubbelzoute drop.My hubby John loves it though:) I have a very good recipe for indonesian sate sauce I will look it up for you a post it if you want.I found a couple of good english websites with dutch recipes.Yeah...even for gevulde koek...LOL:D http://www.godutch.com/windmill/recipes.asp?id=6 http://www.pellatuliptime.com/recipes.html Leo it even has a recipe for kroket. But don't eat too much...we're lapbanders now. (((hugs))) Jeunesse

Hi everyone!!! I had my lapband the 1st of august and lost 33 pounds so far. weight 8/1/2003=249 weight 9/3/2003=216 I love my band!!! Btw....I'm Dutch and I live in Holland.I had my surgery in Rotterdam.

........................program on my computer. It's called weightcommander and I love it. Maybe it's something people here might like. I also use the fitday website. Here's the website for weightcommander. http://www.weightcommander.com/index.html Here's a preview of weightcommander. http://www.weightcommander.com/screen1.html Hope you like it as much as I do.

Hi Babs and Leo, Babs I responded to your post on obesityhelp.com. It's so funny to meet more people who actually been in Holland here.The 3 of us really should keep in touch.This is gonna be fun. Leo...your parents still live in Holland?....don't you miss them? And yeah....I have been craving a patatje oorlog too......and a kroket,frikandel,slaatje and all of those other things we can't have.Although I must confess that I took a bite of my son's patatje just for the taste of it.LOL:D But I miss drinking milk the most.I love milk and hot choc.I used to dip a speculaascookie in my hot choc....no more.....oh well...maybe in the future I can have at least one speculaas. But I know I'm gonna eat my chocolade letter when it's sinterklaas though;) Jeunesse

Hoi Leo, Het gaat erg goed met mij!! Your Dutch is perfect.....and it's very weird to find someone here who has actually lived in Holland.Hilversum is about an hours drive away from Heemskerk where I live.Heemskerk is next to Beverwijk where the "zwarte markt " is. Saw your website too and your pics.It really shows that you have lost weight too.Your face is getting thinner:) I'm so happy with my lapband....the only thing I can't take is a glass of milk.And you know how much milk we tend to drink here. Jeunesse