LessLee

Best wishes and speedy recovery!

Hello and welcome. I responded to your other post, I am also a Slimband patient.

I also blog on here.

I was banded at Slimband, but I am in Ottawa.

I have had a slow reading month. Picked up "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel. I am still on a Tudor streak.

Hello, I am 37 from Canada. I am booked for Slimband on the 21st of June. I am a big mix of emotions and anxiety. Would love to chat with newbies and veterans alike. I am only telling 2 people irl.

You look amazing!

Wow, you look great! Congrats!

Best wishes!

Happy Birthday and good luck!

Hi, I was banded on June 21st. Welcome and glad you are doing well!

Hi! Nice to meet you. I also struggled with energy! I still am a bit, but it's better. I am working on getting enough Protein. I just find my muscles - or lack there of - feel depleted. I started solids last week and some days I feel I can go for a good few hours before being hungry (like today I had lunch at 1pm and I am just starting to get a bit of hunger thoughts now at 5pm, but it is likely because I was preparing dinner.) Other times I am fighting off head hunger. My first fill if I need it, will be at 5 weeks, so another 2 to go.

I am not in Montreal, sorry..but I wanted to say hi. I am in Ottawa and was banded June 21st.

Thanks! I forgot all about that and just used it. Time saver!

I went vegan for a bit pre-band. I felt great and my skin was soft and clear. I also did not consume a lot of soy. I still do only drink almond milk, but I eat cheese again - the only thing I missed being vegan cause vegan cheese sucks... It may be something I will look into again after I get used to life banded. I love animals, but I didn't do it for moral reasons, although I do buy cruelty free beauty products.

I am sorry. My husband is not the most sensitive or supportive person in the world and has said similar things. 2 weeks ago I told him I had lost 14 lbs and he turned around and said he lost 9 and didn't pay to do it. So my point is I know how you feel. I really do think it's their own insecurities talking. Fear of us losing the weight and dropping them. Congrats on your loss!!

I was reading some things that kinda scared me too. But it is so true that it is a small percentage that are posting to seek help or guidance. There are tons of people who don't post here often because they have no issues at all. I wish there were some people around me too. It can get lonely. You are doing great though!

I know what that's like! I did that all the time pre-band! I think Sharpie is right, it is part of the addiction but also part of the emotional eating. Sad- eat, Lonely - eat, Celebrate - eat, at least for me. The only emotion that didn't make me want to eat was anger.

Congrats and good luck to you all!

Ditto! I start solids later this week and I have been so nervous about it! Thanks.

I am a little worried about dinners at my father's and dinners at my in laws, as neither know about my surgery. Only my mother and husband know and I feel like it is no one else's business. If I go out to a restaurant, I feel I will at least have the power to choose what to eat and can stick with soup or something I know.

Just wondering how you are holding up? Did you have a good Canada Day?

Hi mom2dle, how are you feeling?