beautifultina

Welcome to the other side.... I have truely never felt hunger since being banded. for me it has all been head hunger. I eat my premeasured portions (when ever possible ) at regularly scheduled times (as my work schedule will allow). I try not to eat more than three meals a day. If i do give into the head hunger I try to stay with protein bars and healthy snacks like cut up apple slices or a small handful of frozen blueberries or a snack pack of yogurt. This is where a call to your nutritionist comes in handy. Call and ask for them to call you back or to email you snack/ meal ideas. They usually are more than happy to help. Best of luck on your Journey.

i get these horrible hiccups everytime i eat. And it is always with the first two bites. My bf calles them Teradactial mateing calls. They are loud obnoxious and embarrassing. I have tried the hot drink thing and I have tried taking small bites..to no avail...I just have found that time is the only cure for me. I have to wait it out. When I am at work and I am upstairs out of public view it is not so bad ...just painful, but If i am on the sales floor it is humiliating. These horrible hiccups come back after my 5th or 6th bite.. my doc said that is probably an indication of being full. So i just stop eating. When I am doing home health care its not so bad; it just makes the old lady i work for giggle.

Check with your insurance company. My insurance co covers my post op care under my surgery for 1 year...and this does include fills. For the cost of fills you would need to ask the provider who will be doing your fills how much they charge. I am not aware of medicare's policy on lap band fills. My surgeon want to see me every 6 weeks for a check up and possible fill. There are no set guidelines for when you have to be filled or not. It is up to you and your surgeon to discuss. Everyone is different. No not having a fill or not having the time to get a fill does not cause a person to gain weight.. its OUR OWN behaviors that cause us to gain or to lose. If i were you I would call my surgeon's office and ask these questions to them. I would also call my insurance company and ask to speak to some one in the benifits department and ask what is or is not a covered benifit with the surgery. Best of luck in getting YOUR BAND. Keep you chin up and keep asking questions...the information you have is a great tool to help you suceed.

I love Splenda. It has been my saving grace. I tried using Aspartame and it and nutra sweet gave both myself and my mother MIGRANE headaches.... Remember TAB..My mom was JUNKIE to the crap until she found out it was causing the Daily migranes.... no thanks...I will take my chances with Splenda. For those of you you are afraid of it..just like any other produt or service that is out there...you have the right to leave it on the shelf. Just walk past it. But leave it alone so that the rest of us have the right to make a choice as well.

Well, I am ready to lose and ready to be a healthier happier me. SIGN ME UP!!!:spy: chicken side of me asking: Do I have to shave my head for this?:hippie: Don't get me wrong if it will help me look like Demi in GI JANE...I WOULD DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT!!!! PRAYER::pray: God please help me get abs like GI Jane. Amen.:amen:

OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SIGN ME UP for belly dance lessons!!!! I have already started saving for the trip and as of today, April 4th we have 143 days until the bash. YIPPEE!!!!! I have never been on a Harley before. DOES THAT MAKE ME A HARLEY VIRGIN?!?!?! Can I sign up to get a ride from one of your local friends with a spare seat? If I have to bring a pup tent and camp in your yard I will be there this year!! I f you want any help coordinating the clothes swap I am volunteering to help. I have organized two for those of us here in Reno. I am also a very good cook and volunteering myself to help you where ever you need help. Are we going to start a thread that says who is comming and where they will be staying and if they are willing to share a room with someone else and what recipe they want to contribute to the cooking on saturday (just to avoid repeats of the same recipe)? oh yeah!! and if they are signing up for motorcycle rides and/or belly dancing lessons? Do they have threads/ stickies that can hold that much info? HA HA I am stoked!!!! and I am looking for nice pretty undies to wear infront of all of you while i am trying on the clothes for the swap!!

If you are AT ALL concerned about your port or band you need to call your surgeon's office IMMEDIATELY and speak with some one there. They are trained professionals and know what the signs and symptoms to concerned about. Seriously, do not hesitate. DO not pass go. Do not collect $200. CALL YOUR SURGEON!!

great words of wisdom. "True love is something you give, not get." You have to love yourself first. Then it opens you up to Fully being capeable to love others around you. I am not one to talk about relationships. I am 32; never been married and have no children.

this is a great thread. i had 183 pounds to lose when i was first banded. i have only lost 55 pouinds but am looking forward to losing the last 128 with all of you. i want to say thank you for all your kind words of encouragement and support through out this. I can hardly wait to add my name to the 100 pounds gone club. Congrats to all of you who have made it here already. never lose sight of who you are for those of us who are struggling to get here.

If the words you said don't do it, then the picture comparisons do ~~ YOU LOOK AWESOME!!! All of your hard work and efforts ARE noticeable. You give the rest of us hope. Congrats on your first BANDIVERSARY! Imagine the pictures you will be posting at your two year... WOW! Be extremly proud of yourself. You have done a great job.

its not a realistic goal for me to meet but the best of luck to those of you who are with in reach. my prayers are with you . maybe if i pray hard enough i could reach 199.5 by may 1st...humm...calculate....i am now 253 and its april 1 so i would have to lose 54 pounds in 30 days...not even i i prayed really hard while on the treadmill could i do it...LOL GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL !!!

well its april 1st and i think i should go and look really hard for my secret easter bunny a non candy gift. unless i get her a gift of candy and she is willing to share it with me ....humm APRIL FOOL"S!! I have it and wating until closer to easter to mail it out so it will be more of an EASTER present. hope you like it tiny bunny friend of mine....

WTG moor! Congrats to you !

penni i am glad to hear that you had such a wonderful time with your grand son. hard time keeping your eye on the prze? try thinking of it this way...everytime you eat some thing you shouldn't be or dont do soomething you should be think of the time that takes away from you spending GREAT QUALITY time with your family. I am tying to look at things like that too. i think to myself is this bag of chips worth me not ever being able to lose enough weight to be able to have a baby? hell no its not and in the garbage they go. best of luck to you and my prayers are with you .

hi I am Tina i was 335 pounds in jan 2003. I hit rock bottom when i was diagnosed with PCOS. I started walking and got my weight down to 275 with in 7 months. that is 60 pounds gone just from walking 4 days a week every week. but then i was laid off and went into a deep depression (so bad that i would go for days with out showering or even brushing my teeth--sounds worse than it was) i stopped walking and by jan 2005 I was back up to 308. I fluxed between 308 and 300 for a few months before meeting with surgeon for lap band surgery. I am 5'2" and weighed 308 before my surgery. I was at 56.3 BMI. now being banded I am down to 253 and my BMI is 46.3. My goal is to get to 125. I understand the I only need to lose 60 pounds comments getting to you. It gets to me. It make me second guess myself for getting lap band I think maybe I should have gotten RNY gastric bypass and have lost most of me weight already. But then there are times i am glad to be banded and not out there in the world all alone fighting the demons that are in my head telling me that i need to eat when i really dont. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL

i am 32 and have old grandma boobs already and have for years. mine sag like basset hound ears . my nipples look like broken compasses...always pointing south. i am literally flat chested with out my bra on to scoop and lift them back to where they are supposed to be. funny how my bf can tickle my knee and my boob at the same time with out moving his hand. I plan on getting a lift and reconstruction after i hit my goal. I want to be a small c when all is said and done.

i am so excited to hear about the bash being at the end of August!!! what a perferct birthday present for me DOB AUG 30 i was banded on july27 last year and couldnt swing the cost of my part of the surgery and the trip so had to gracefully bow out; but i REFUSE to this year. I know I will have a BUNCH of clothes to swap with others there. I am excited and want to know more. Please keep me in mind.

Penni I am so proud of you !!! keep up the good work and keep the determination in the foremost part of your mind and it will help I was thinking that for every week that i dont lose at least a pound i will have to put a dollar in a jar and cant take the money out or use it until i have reached my final goal or i am filing bankruptcy...lol...jk ...which ever comes first

i can always use a good challenge count me in

megan i too would find solace in eating infront of the tv as i would fall asleep for the night .. i am proud of you for putting the chips away and making the healthy choice and the best choice for you . WAY TO GO !!!:clap2:

awww vinesqueen you have been such a great source of help and support and inspiration to a lot of people on here to inculde myself..please don't discount your sucess by the lack of movement on the scales.

i had such a great time with the Valentiine's day one please add me to your list of participants. I loved all the gifts I got from my secret cupid!! Thanks again Kelly!! :dance: HERE COMES PETER COTTON TAIL:Bunny ..HOPPING DOWN THE BUNNY TRAIL...HIPPITY HOPPITY... :music: EASTERS ON ITS WAY!!!!!!!:confused: YEAH SPRING!:Bunny

vinesqueen can you tell us more about Cushing's?

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wow that is a bad burn..and a nasty bruise across your hiney i wish you a speedy recovery and hope that you have a lawyer on speed dial.