Jesse Kilgore

I have always heard that fluids during or after eating is "cheating" because it makes the food you eat slip thru the band faster and in effect defeats the band. I don’t think this is true because if I eat too much solids and drink too much I will still slim and puke.

I’m down to 11 pounds to hit my goal and it’s been stale for the last 37 days. Just so happens I stopped running in that time as well because it’s cold as a MoFo for me in the AM! hahah I’m in no rush to shed these last few pounds and hit my goal. Mar 1st Ill start working out again and they will drop fast, even if I need to get another fill. No big. I have found that maintaining 200 is much easier than I thought it would be. I’ve been at 200 for what seems like months without trying too much which makes me think the last 11 to 189 is going to be pretty easy (knock on wood) when I start trying again.

With my first few fills I didn’t feel much restriction at all. I was worried it wasn’t working and that the doctor was trying to get money out of me (150.00 per fill out of pocket). After time I learned that it takes a while for you and your doctor to find that “sweet spot” where you can still eat and drink while losing weight. I went “hard core” at a few fills so the Dr. would put more in so I would have more restriction and every time I would foam, vomit and PB all over again until I got used to the new fill. Once I went three days without any real Fluid and had to schedule an appointment to get fluid taken out. Won’t do that EVER again!! lol Ohh and I Don’t know if this is true for others but I have learned that right after my fill I have to eat only Soup for a few days to a week while I wait for my swelling to go down. Then I start to slowly introduce solids again. Once you find that sweet spot you will know it.

This isn’t helpful I know but I’ve had my band since 2007 and never really broke the habit... I know most call it “cheating” but between the food and a glass of milk, ice tea, Water or ginger ale with my meal make me feel “normal” when I have a chow. When I have that glass of water or ice tea etc with my meal I never drink all of it anyway. I usually have ¼ of a glass with my meal and that’s it.

Hola, quick update. Its been since Oct 5th since my last fill and I have lost about 30 pounds. Im back to 199-200 and been stuck here since the weather really went cold on me and I cant go running. I hope to get to 189 lbs as my goal weight which isnt far away now. My wife keeps telling me that Im losing too much and that I wont lok right "skinny" and that my thick baseball player legs and footballer butt is going away and she donest like it... I guess I better start lifting again rather then just losing weight. So, my goal is 189 then back up to 200 but with muscle.. guess Ill check bak when i hit my goal weight in about 11 pounds. -jes

Monday 08 Oct 2012 I am getting my first fill in well over a year. The last fill I got was horrible. I was over filled and didn’t know it. I waited three days and turns out I jacked myself up pretty bad. They removed most of my fill and I never went back in to have it readjusted out of part fear and part "hell this is nice, I can eat again". Well, obviously for anyone who has eating issues I have put on 15-20 lbs in the last year. I’m feeling very sluggish and my clothes are not fitting right. I feel like **** in general and I’m looking tubby again too so it’s time to get back on the wagon as it were. I’m nervous and anxious at the same time. I’m picking now (right before holidays and my travel season for work) when I know I will be tempted to over eat. I have a short time to get my head back into the right place or I will be puking up everything I eat and put myself thru misery for no reason if I don’t..... You know what I’m talking about. For me, if I eat anything other than Soup or a few bites of "hard food" I’d be bent over a sink hacking my face off. Just this AM i woke up from eating too soon before going to bed. I’m pretty sure others have done it. Ate a little too much or drank before laying down and then being woke up at like 4 am coughing and hacking like you inhaled Fluid and feel like you are drowning... yet I STILL snack before bed. I have problems with food, it’s very clear to me and I’m obviously lack the self-control so I’m reaching out to others who have experienced the same thing as me for advice and help. So, comments, suggestions or smarmy remarks are welcome. thanks -jes

I have an appointment on Monday for a fill. I have been reading this stuff about pouch stretching and this and that... I have had the band since 2008 or 2009 and have lost a good deal of weight but I’m not feeling full as fast and I’m letting the stories I read worry me that I have stretched mine out… ugg! HAHAH I’m looking forward to a fill. I think a fill will for sure help. I get nailed for 150 a fill and don’t want some doctor jerking me around putting a tiny bit in or taking a tiny bit out every few weeks because teach time the 10 min appointment makes him a 150 bucks.. HAHAH I guess Monday I will see what the deal is... if I start losing weight again then cool.. I am really worried about that over fill again. That sucked soooo bad!

I think last fill they took a lot out and between that and lack of self-discipline I have gained weight. I am really worried that I have "stretched" out the area above the band. If this area has been "stretched" do you or anyone else know if it will go back to where it was pre yearlong gorge? LOL if anything worries me the most it is that I have stretched this area above the band and in effect ruined the whole reason to have the band in the first place. I REALLY hope it isn’t stretched and if so it will go back down. If it does, how long does this take? Like a liquids for a week kinda thing or longer?