gilliebean

I know there are more of us fatties out there. If your out there reading this some of us need your support. thanks

I to have a major problem with night eating i always want something at about 10 and i work night shift so that doesn't help. So what I do is leave myself calories for that time and i eat two packs of oatmeal and that works for me and holds me till breakfast at about 9 in the morning.

Ok heres my back story. I got banded jan of 2008 lost 80lbs did really well had to get unfilled cause the doc thaught it slipped then insurance decided not to cover me getting filled anymore so i gained back 60lbs before i had enough money and fill to be full. So now i have a pretty good fill am eating between 1000 and 1500 calories a day and am excercising for 4 or 5 days a week for atleast an hour. And in the first week back to the gym i lost 6lbs and nothing since. So what do i do now just wait and hope it falls off?

Hang tight. I actually gained all my wieght back cause my band was empty for six months do to insurance issues anyway point being i am back on track and full. What you going threw now is normal and just get your next fill and youll do great

i would like to be your buddy i had my surgery on the 14th of jan. And i to have lost 60 lbs. It was 80 but i gained back 20 when i had to get an unfill. I am on the road to trying to find my sweetspot again and am tring really had to get motivated.

I go to my support group every month i love it. I didn't think i would guess i don't really like that kind of setting but i love my support groups. I really do wish we had them more then once a month like every other week atleast would be great.

I had to have my band completely emptied two weeks ago i have gained back 14 lbs so far. I can't get any fluid back in until the 22nd. I need help on how to get back into this thing before i gain all my weight back. If there is anyone out there with words of wisdom and encouragement i would greatly appriecate any help. thanks so much

I had to be unfilled cause for some reason my stomach got really irrated and i couldn't get anything down. My doc had just filled me 4 days before and i was fine untill the fourth day and then i wasn't. I think i got irrated tho cause i had a head and chest cold. When I get sick my band gets really tight for some reason.

If sipping hot liquids for an hour or so doesn't help i would go get unfilled. I waited a day and a half and ended up with a complete unfill cause my stomach was so irrated.

you have to remember you did take the slow route. And five years from now when you haven't gained your weight back you will be happy you did this surgery instead. Thats what i keep telling myself when i stop losing. Do your best to keep moving and just keep working on it.

can you explain the type of diet you are now on i could use a good diet im completely empty right now

I would imagine its either from the needle collecting some blood before it got injected into the port itself. Was there alot of digging or maybe the needle come out while he was pulling out your fill and sucked up some blood while he did it. I wouldn't worry unless it becomes an all the time thing. I am sure its a fluke.

i do have this problem my doc and i use the fluro every time cause when i lay down my port tries to go up under my ribs but with the fluro its not so bad. He does the fluro and uses clamps to make a bullseye where my port is.

i would start with calling your insurance and see if its even an option you might have to save money. Thats were i started and its a good thing i did cause my hubbys insurance didn't cover it so i had to get insurance threw my work which was bcbs. So call and ask.

eat a big chinesse dinner it always makes me retain about 7 lbs of water

maybe you need to be checked to see if you have a leak?

Congrats. I just reached this goal myself and i know how it feels to want to shout it from the roof tops. I was telling anyone that would listen. But congrats and you will get to your next goal soon.

Yes actually you get use to chewing and if your eating things with lots of flavor you actually get to enjoy it more cause you are taking the time to taste it. Like try to experment with this. Do you eat a quater pounder from mcdonalds. If so get one and eat it slow you will realize how gross they really are. I never knew it before cause i was eating it so fast i didn't get the full effect. When i tried to take a bite and eat it slow it was gross all i could taste was fat and grease. So i think you really do get to enjoy things more once being banded.

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Well here is the thing. Most doctors require this stuff rather the insurance does or not. So they know your safe to perform the surgery on. And most insurances do require the tests. And will tell you they don't approve the surgery and say its because you don't have those things. So the doctors office probably ment well. I wouldn't stress about it just go on where you are now and let it go its not worth it.

Hey just want to shout it from the roof top that i am no longer a 300lb woman as of this morning i weighed in at 299.. I am totally excited. I have lots more to go but i can see the end of the very long tunnel i am traveling.

Lets see had to give up pepsi i use to drink 100 oz of pepsi a day but i don't really miss it anymore. Had to give up all breads they get stuck. And ceral cause it gets threw to easy and i found that i became addicted to it cause it slides threw.

It not only losens the band but it helps to settle the irratation that is going on in your stomach

It depends on what your eating. My last fill took about four weeks to kick in. I know this is not the norm however it was like suddenly my port tube came unkinked and i was full. So i personally would wait and make sure im eating my solid protien first.

Sounds like to me you just need a tweak. Like me. I know im almost at my sweet spot im just not quite there yet. but hopefully after next week i will be. You will know for sure once he does the fluro cause it will let him know how quick things are dropping threw. I wouldn't stress you sound like your in the same boat i am in.