Lisa_butterfly

I LOVE MY Band and to be honest at first I did not see quick result in fact the weight loss is very slow at first Today I am 199 and my diabetes is gone and it was a tool I needed to conquer hunger Day of surgery I was 250, today I am 199 Did I make the right chocie hell yes and all the problems with vomiting etc fills etc was no big deal ..not like u have the flu kinda vomiting more like a spit up Being morbid obese was the big deal I would never have lost the weight DIET control alone and with out the tool in place. I would still be obese, If u have a wonderful support group in place u will do fine but it is out nature to complain. Losing weight is not easy this is really a tool not a cure. I choose to live a better life w/o obesity and diabetes and thinking I can do weight watches and lose is only lying to my myself if that was the case I would not have been 263 lbs day of consult. hope for the best and good luck on your decision ALL OTHER DIETS FAILED ME THIS ONE WORKED!!! Lisa

Ok I was filled on tuesday and when I left the office I was able to drink a full glass of water before I left and next morning swelling set in and can only get in 3 oz of fluid a hour and today drank 4 oz protien shake in am and slowly increasing my fluids. Tonight I took in 6 oz broth in 30 mins so why was it so much eaiser to drink down hot fluids vs cold fluids?

I had to get 5 year history of being morbid obese which was merely going back to my old docs had that done in a week and then I went to 3 mos of doc follow ups and then they put my paper work in monday and was approved by thursday. I just had diabetes.. and BMI 40.1 compared to my hubby he had healthnet and took him 3 years to approved and he had like 8 co morbities. HMO not the way to go for WLS Lisa

Anyone intresting in a lap band support group where we can chat about it? I go to the chat room here but it is not the same mostly about newbies and fill questions. U can IM me at butterfly_lisa2001 Yahoo, I think daily checking in is the key to sucess during a platues. Lisa

on a stall now but i am not getting in enought of protien working on it now,,

I have no issues with popcorn I can eat cups of it and I have 3.9 cc fill GREAT ROUGHAGE I am 1 year post surgery Lisa

4-3: JenRN - 263/257/223/150 - 40 total 4-3: jenn28 - 282/265/229/165 - 53 total 4-3: Picardy3 - 298/300/257.5/150 - 42.5 total 4-3: tipper - 300/290/259/165 - 41 total 4-4: Sugar1 - 311/289/231/150 - 80 total 4-4: DeltaDawn - 358/184/179 - 174 total 4-4: Dak – 255/251/205/150 – 50 total 4-4: Angels - 264/255/235/? - 29 total 4-4: Harpseal Al - 327/295/220 - 34 total 4-5: Boo - 208/203/165/132 - 43 total 4-5: siestaqh - 180+/177/117/110 - 63 total--NO MORE BAND :-( 4-6: Disneynut - 290/287/260/125 - 27 total 4-7: Guysis - 234/170/134 - 64 total 4-10: JulieNYC - 358/186/179 - 172 total 4-11: Vickie1177 - 320/297/267/137 - 53 total 4-11: tellymelly - 240/235/143.5/140 - 96.5total 4-11: Fel0816 - 307/284/265/to get under 200 - 42 total 4-11: dsrjrr - 231/230/210/130 - 21 total 4-11: truckinmama - 262/234/160 - 28 total 4-11: waterlily1072 - 354/273/150 - 81 total 4-13: Nursekathy2u - 358/356/335/175 - 23 total 4-13: NJgirl - 248/230/188/140 - 60 total 4-13: Miper70 - 217.5/187/145 - 33 total 4-17: Amourette - 22.5 total 4-17: Jeepergurrl - 242/192/140 - 50 total 4-17: MelAnne - 245/207/150 - 38 total 4-18: KAYBEE-284/198/180 -86 total 4-18: Danaclark2 - 270/260.5/259/150 - 11 total 4 18: lisa_butterfly 295Hw /263pre op/250/205 -90 lbs 4-20: TrustUfirst - 210/205/177/135 - 32 total 4-20: Omamoon - 220/211.5/179/130 - 41 total 4-20: KimInMD - 288/288/228/156 - 60 total 4-21: Yoda - 273/257/198/150 - 75 total 4-21: kristielynn - 310/302/237/150 - 73 total 4-22: alisonb - 286/270/176 - 16 total 4-24: Eficka - 125/117/95/69 - 27 kgs/66 lbs total 4-24: Ceparano- 255/270.5/201/170 - 69.5 total 4-24: Kat - 289/281/203/165 - 86 total 4-24: hlj25950 - 262/257/200/160 - 62 total 4-25: momof2boys - 270/266/237/145 - 33 total 4-26: Bostongurl - 264/244/184/150 - 80 total 4-27: tinaj - 226/221/210/150 - 15 total 4-27: lookingout - 185/178/165/101 - 20 total 4-27: flowergoddesstn - 214/204/190/130 - 24 total 4-27: Dimples0323 - 284/284/241/145 - 43 total 4-28: Susan4794 - 283/228/150 - 55 total 4-28: bluehill - 333/228/150 - 105 total 4-28: Irish Girl - 225/214/150/135 - 75 total 4-29: Momofsixkids - 238/188/140 - 50 total

I had my surgery 1 year ago on 4 /18/ 07 started out at 263 and currently 205.. has been a slow journey was hoping to be 199 before my 1 year anniversary but that is not gonna happen unleds I chop a arm off LOL Question what is everyone eating? I am currently training for a marathon but had set back when I haD shoulder surgery a month ago but I got back to the gym even tho I have limited use still of my arm. I do high intensity training and that has helped me past my stalls.I hope to get back to gym 2 to 3 hours for training but what baffles me is one would think with the amount of exercise i do and a radical change in my diet I would have lost more than 47 pounds in a year, would love to hear from people who lost real fast how much protien u get a day .. and calories carbs thanks Lisa

I am so tired of this up down of weight loss .. I was 250 day of surgery April 07 and now and am 220 this am I was 218 on sept 29,07 and I had to have unfill due to excess vomiting and went up to 226 and now slowly losing the lbs I gained I exercise and I am now able to eat 900 to 1200 calories now:hungry: .. I have metablism that is slow as a slug .. Before my unfill I know I was on starvation mode and getting off it shot my weight way up. I am now able to exercise due to getting my energy back but has anyone had much luck getting their metabloism moving in the right direction .. I am soooooooooo discouraged:mad: .. on how slow my weight loss is going.Current fill 3.4 cc on 4cc band seems like I will never lose weight the rate I am going.. :help: need some encourgement here I just dont any weight weeks on end and if the scale does move it is always in the up direction Lisa

I am so tired of this up down of weight loss .. I was 250 day of surgery April 07 and now and am 220 this am I was 218 on sept 29,07 and I had to have unfill due to excess vomiting and went up to 226 and now slowly losing the lbs I gained I exercise and I am now able to eat 900 to 1200 calories now:hungry: .. I have metablism that is slow as a slug .. Before my unfill I know I was on starvation mode and getting off it shot my weight way up. I am now able to exercise due to getting my energy back but has anyone had much luck getting their metabloism moving in the right direction .. I am soooooooooo discouraged:mad: .. on how slow my weight loss is going.Current fill 3.4 cc on 4cc band seems like I will never lose weight the rate I am going.. :help: need some encourgement here I just dont any weight weeks on end and if the scale does move it is always in the up direction Lisa

I was banded April 18,07 and I been threw a rough timne with it .. fills un fills etc. would love to hear from my fellow bandsters on how their journey is going.Also had my hitial hernia repaired.

Saw the doc yesterday and he gave psuedofed and zofron for nausea and said the vomiting will pass once the mucus goes away .. he put me on clear liquids for 3 days ugh ,,, has anyone gone threw this .. I had great restriction tell i got sick.. seems i cannot digest the mucus .. he gave me tell the end of weekendto see if the sweeling goes down before he does a unfill . anyone have this problem? How long did it take the swelling to go away? Thanks

Has been a rough 6 weeks with a fill of 3.7 but I still continue to to lose 3 to 4 lbs a week I had a fill of 3.5 and did not lose a pound in 4 mos . I could eat anything, I first had a fill of 3.9 and was to tight so had unfill of .2cc and with the current 3.7 I can keep down liquids and take in protien but with the mushies i seem to vomit up I seem to have alot of mucus vomit been in a cycle vomit alittle swelling and back to full liquids tell the swelling goes down then i am able to eat fish and no doubt something will not agree and back to full liquids tell swelling is gone ... very fine line here. Was hoping some of the fat would come off around the band to help losen it up but that has not yetHappen any suggestions why I have alot of mucus on some days like i need to vomit it up in order to eat food.. anyone have the same problem i had my hitial hernia also worked on at the time of banding. Lisa