Living My Dream

Yes, vomiting does affect the band, especially when it happens quite a bit which it did with me. My band feels fine right now but I have to wait for the test results to rbe shared with my lapband surgeon before I can either fix the problem (slipped band) or get another fill. I want to get back to my sweet spot and get the weight I have gained off. I miss my slim body. I just don't have patience to go backwards. It will be resolved, my band is guaranteed for life through my clinic. I would still get a lapband in a heartbeat. I am terrified of gastric bypass. It seems too severe. The lapband works but you have to work with it. I need to get my head together too and stop overeating and eating junk. That's what got me to size 2XL and almost 240 lbs in the first place. Good luck to you. Keep in touch and let me know how you do. where do you live? Lynda

Hi Thanks for your reply. You have done very well. Are you close to goal? Keep in touch although I see you have lots of contacts/friends. Where do you live? Tell me about yourself. Lynda

I have been banded almost 27 months and have pain from gas still popping up. I sometimes wake up with it. I use gas x and wailk around but it is quite painful and takes sometimes an hour to stop finally. anyone else with recurring gas pain?:thumbup:

I have been banded almost 27 months and have pain from gas still popping up. I sometimes wake up with it. I use gas x and wailk around but it is quite painful and takes sometimes an hour to stop finally. anyone else with recurring gas pain?:thumbup:

Well here I am sitting in a resort in Florida enjoying the fabulous view and sound of the ocean and enjoying my new body. I never dreamed I would ever be a size 10 and I am (depending on the make). I feel so elated when I am shopping for clothes and the sizes 12 and 14 are now too big. Wow. I have never worn size 10 in my life. I don't like wearing anything baggy now. I want fitted stylish clothes to show off my new curves. I can feel my bones clearly now and have shape. Who knew? I do miss doing Curves while we are traveling but am trying to swim and walk. No more buffet waist bands and clothes with no belts or buttons. I have a wonderful new wardrobe. I don't want to wear my old size 2XL coat and hide under it. I am thinking now about a new bathing suit. Life is good!:blushing:

Well here I am sitting in a resort in Florida enjoying the fabulous view and sound of the ocean and enjoying my new body. I never dreamed I would ever be a size 10 and I am (depending on the make). I feel so elated when I am shopping for clothes and the sizes 12 and 14 are now too big. Wow. I have never worn size 10 in my life. I don't like wearing anything baggy now. I want fitted stylish clothes to show off my new curves. I can feel my bones clearly now and have shape. Who knew? I do miss doing Curves while we are traveling but am trying to swim and walk. No more buffet waist bands and clothes with no belts or buttons. I have a wonderful new wardrobe. I don't want to wear my old size 2XL coat and hide under it. I am thinking now about a new bathing suit. Life is good!:wub:

I am a retired teacher and notice spelling and grammar more than most people. I have noticed that people on this site tend to use the spelling "loose" as a verb ie I want to loose weight. In fact, "loose" is the adjective form of the verb "lose" ie I am trying to "lose" weight. (the word "lose" shows action and is a verb) In the spelling "lose" the "s" sounds like a "z". My clothes are getting very "loose". (the word "loose" is an adjective describing the clothes) In the spelling "loose" the "s" is an "s" sound. Lynda

Well I have just experienced bandster hell of another kind. I have been sick with a very sore throat and tired then my band tightened so much I was throwing up in my sleep. Horrible. I tried to just ride it out. I tried to eat softer foods and stop eating a couple of hours before bed. Oh, well, I feel better today. I had chills, aches and headache plus a sick, acidy stomach yesterday. The good news is that I have lost a couple more pounds. I am at 162 lbs this morning. I can't believe it. I am sooooo happy. I am aiming for size 12 or 150, not sure which. I'll see when it happens. I never thought I would ever get down to size 14 again and now it's getting loose. I have been buying new clothes and I am thinking about the shame of it when they don't fit and I will have hardly worn them. Oh well, I'll deal with it when it happens. I can actually buy size medium off the rack now and it fits. I am thrilled. Back to my band, I was thinking that my band must have slipped and I was going to call Slimband clinic this morning. My fill nurse, Nancy, told me that the band tightens when you are sick. I believe it. I feel better today and have had a piece of toast and a yogurt so I am fine. Thank goodness. So if I aim for 150 lbs, I have only 12 lbs left to lose. In 2 decades of dieting off and on, I never got to goal on any program before I started gaining again. Life is good!

Well I have just experienced bandster hell of another kind. I have been sick with a very sore throat and tired then my band tightened so much I was throwing up in my sleep. Horrible. I tried to just ride it out. I tried to eat softer foods and stop eating a couple of hours before bed. Oh, well, I feel better today. I had chills, aches and headache plus a sick, acidy stomach yesterday. The good news is that I have lost a couple more pounds. I am at 162 lbs this morning. I can't believe it. I am sooooo happy. I am aiming for size 12 or 150, not sure which. I'll see when it happens. I never thought I would ever get down to size 14 again and now it's getting loose. I have been buying new clothes and I am thinking about the shame of it when they don't fit and I will have hardly worn them. Oh well, I'll deal with it when it happens. I can actually buy size medium off the rack now and it fits. I am thrilled. Back to my band, I was thinking that my band must have slipped and I was going to call Slimband clinic this morning. My fill nurse, Nancy, told me that the band tightens when you are sick. I believe it. I feel better today and have had a piece of toast and a yogurt so I am fine. Thank goodness. So if I aim for 150 lbs, I have only 12 lbs left to lose. In 2 decades of dieting off and on, I never got to goal on any program before I started gaining again. Life is good!

I am thrilled with my band. It has worked better than all the diets and money for diet aids, books, programs, ... I love that it doesn't come back on like it always did in the past, especially the last 2 decades of my life. I am not hanging on to my fat clothes anymore. As my clothes get too big, I donate them and make more room for beautiful fitted clothes in my closet. I am so excited about my new body. Lynda

Hi Tom You must be one of the unlucky ones where the band didn't work. Most people find it works great. I wonder if there was a problem/flaw with your band. I would be hounding the doctor. I am very happy with mine, so is my husband. Nothing else has worked as well for the last 3 decades of yo yoing. It was money well spent. Lynda :thumbup:

Hi everyone. It has been 3 months short of 2 years since I was banded. I have lost slowly but that has been a good thing as I am not as saggy as I thought I would be. I am still going to Curves and that is helping firm up muscles as I lose the fat. My body is emerging out of the fat layers I was hidden beneath. Who knew I would ever find a slim body after being overweight for at least 25 years. I have always had a weight problem and was a size 16 then went down to a size 12 in high school. I am in size 14 now and loving every minute of it. I am revamping my whole wardrobe, donating the big sizes as I pass them on the way down I still can't believe I am actually doing this. It is exciting to get dressed now instead of dreading it. I used to worry about what to wear especially if I was going out somewhere special. Now I look forward to finding another outfit I can now wear again. I kept all the sizes as my weight increased and hoped that someday I would wear my smaller clothes again. It seemed like a pipe dream and as I got older seemed less and less possible. Now the smallest clothes that I saved are getting baggy. I love, love, love it. I would so recommend lapband to anyone struggling with obesity. Lapband is so easy compared to the old invasive weight loss surgeries. :biggrin:

Hi everyone. It has been 3 months short of 2 years since I was banded. I have lost slowly but that has been a good thing as I am not as saggy as I thought I would be. I am still going to Curves and that is helping firm up muscles as I lose the fat. My body is emerging out of the fat layers I was hidden beneath. Who knew I would ever find a slim body after being overweight for at least 25 years. I have always had a weight problem and was a size 16 then went down to a size 12 in high school. I am in size 14 now and loving every minute of it. I am revamping my whole wardrobe, donating the big sizes as I pass them on the way down I still can't believe I am actually doing this. It is exciting to get dressed now instead of dreading it. I used to worry about what to wear especially if I was going out somewhere special. Now I look forward to finding another outfit I can now wear again. I kept all the sizes as my weight increased and hoped that someday I would wear my smaller clothes again. It seemed like a pipe dream and as I got older seemed less and less possible. Now the smallest clothes that I saved are getting baggy. I love, love, love it. I would so recommend lapband to anyone struggling with obesity. Lapband is so easy compared to the old invasive weight loss surgeries. :thumbup:

I had a big non scale victory today. I cleaned out my closet. I have been hording all the clothes that didn't fit for years and as you can imagine couldn't fit another piece of clothing into my small walk in closet. I kept thinking that someday I would eventually wear those smaller clothes again. Well the day has finally come. I threw out size 2X, 1X, 18 and started on my size 16 clothes. I was shocked at how matronly some of the styles were. I was trying to cover up my expanding body and hating every minute of it. When I got to 238 lbs I thought I would die. I kept thinking my weight would stop going up and it never did. Now I am buying size 14 and still wearing a few smaller size 16's. And I don't regain the weight. Even when I don't eat wisely, the most I gain is 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. It is so amazing! I love, love, love my band. And my husband is looking terrific with his lapband too. Together we have lost 130 lbs of ugly, uncomfortable weight. We feel fantastic. Now we are deciding how much more to lose. People are telling us we don't need to lose any more. We might still lose about 20 lbs each. It was the best money we ever spent.:sad:

I had a big non scale victory today. I cleaned out my closet. I have been hording all the clothes that didn't fit for years and as you can imagine couldn't fit another piece of clothing into my small walk in closet. I kept thinking that someday I would eventually wear those smaller clothes again. Well the day has finally come. I threw out size 2X, 1X, 18 and started on my size 16 clothes. I was shocked at how matronly some of the styles were. I was trying to cover up my expanding body and hating every minute of it. When I got to 238 lbs I thought I would die. I kept thinking my weight would stop going up and it never did. Now I am buying size 14 and still wearing a few smaller size 16's. And I don't regain the weight. Even when I don't eat wisely, the most I gain is 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. It is so amazing! I love, love, love my band. And my husband is looking terrific with his lapband too. Together we have lost 130 lbs of ugly, uncomfortable weight. We feel fantastic. Now we are deciding how much more to lose. People are telling us we don't need to lose any more. We might still lose about 20 lbs each. It was the best money we ever spent.:wink:

I had that but had my only ovary and my uterus removed 10 years ago. My eating got way out of control after my hysterectomy but I don't know why. I am interested to hear about this hormone that causes hunger. I have been banded 19 months now and have had five fills I think. I don't have any problem with my appetite now with the band. I can sometimes only eat a couple of bites and feel full. I may eat more often but only small amounts. I don't really have to watch what I am eating but I try to eat healthy ie protein first, then veggies, fruit, ... It is working great for me. I finally feel in control of my eating. I eat to live now not live to eat. Lynda

It has been 19 months since my lapband surgery. I have been slowly going down in size. Even when I don't lose any weight on the scale, I seem to be firming up and getting more compact. I can see shape in places I thought were gone forever. I can fit into size 14 now. I don't think I have been able to do that for over 20 years. I went shopping and bought size 14 blue jeans that look awesome. I don't think I have even owned blue jeans in over a decade at least. We went to an FCRV campout this past weekend and I got compliments everywhere I went on how great I look. I have bought new clothes that fit my new shape instead of baggy ones to cover up. I am excited to get dressed every morning instead of dreading it when I knew I was going out. I can't wait to clean out some more baggy clothes from my closet after our daughter goes back out west and I have some time. I have lost 65 lbs so far and am contemplating maybe losing another 20 lbs. People are starting to tell me I don't need to lose any more but I still have some rolls and lumps around my middle and on my legs. I am not getting to Curves very often right now with my daughter and grandchildren here and wedding activities. I need to firm up and Curves really helps. I am trying to walk when I can. I walk with my neighbour when we have time. My daughter's wedding is August 15 and I am looking forward to wearing my beautiful new dress. When I bought it last Spring it was really tight but now it feels loose and comfortable. I feel like a Queen wearing it. I don't have to try to hold in my stomach anymore mostly because I don't have much stomach any more. Wow does that feel great! People were calling me "Skinny Minnie" this weekend. I was delighted. My husband has also lost 65 lbs and looks soooooo... handsome. He will look amazing in his new tux at the wedding. He bought a black one. I remember when I first met him in high school and he wore his black suit for assemblies. I was drooling over him. He is looking as handsome again. We love our bands. They were worth the $30,000 we spent to get our bodies and our health back. Thankyou Dr Yau and TLBC.:sneaky:

It has been 19 months since my lapband surgery. I have been slowly going down in size. Even when I don't lose any weight on the scale, I seem to be firming up and getting more compact. I can see shape in places I thought were gone forever. I can fit into size 14 now. I don't think I have been able to do that for over 20 years. I went shopping and bought size 14 blue jeans that look awesome. I don't think I have even owned blue jeans in over a decade at least. We went to an FCRV campout this past weekend and I got compliments everywhere I went on how great I look. I have bought new clothes that fit my new shape instead of baggy ones to cover up. I am excited to get dressed every morning instead of dreading it when I knew I was going out. I can't wait to clean out some more baggy clothes from my closet after our daughter goes back out west and I have some time. I have lost 65 lbs so far and am contemplating maybe losing another 20 lbs. People are starting to tell me I don't need to lose any more but I still have some rolls and lumps around my middle and on my legs. I am not getting to Curves very often right now with my daughter and grandchildren here and wedding activities. I need to firm up and Curves really helps. I am trying to walk when I can. I walk with my neighbour when we have time. My daughter's wedding is August 15 and I am looking forward to wearing my beautiful new dress. When I bought it last Spring it was really tight but now it feels loose and comfortable. I feel like a Queen wearing it. I don't have to try to hold in my stomach anymore mostly because I don't have much stomach any more. Wow does that feel great! People were calling me "Skinny Minnie" this weekend. I was delighted. My husband has also lost 65 lbs and looks soooooo... handsome. He will look amazing in his new tux at the wedding. He bought a black one. I remember when I first met him in high school and he wore his black suit for assemblies. I was drooling over him. He is looking as handsome again. We love our bands. They were worth the $30,000 we spent to get our bodies and our health back. Thankyou Dr Yau and TLBC.:cursing:

Well it's been 18 months since my lapband surgery and I have slowly been going down. My size 16 clothes are now getting way too big, depending on where I bought them. Sizes vary a lot. I dreamed for a long time of being able to wear all the too small clothes in my closet. Now that I can wear them, I am finding that I don't really like them or they are outdated or better still they are too big. I thought I would never get into them again. It is great knowing I won't regain the weight ever again too. I weigh myself almost every day now and although I am not really dieting, I can't overeat so the band is working terrific. I also don't think about food all the time. I now eat to live not live to eat. I am quite happy going to any function where there is tons of food and just eating a tiny bit. I feel so in control for the first time in years. I don't feel deprived at all because mostly I just want to taste things then I am happy. More and more non scale victories keep coming my way. I sooooooooooo love my band. My husband is doing great too. We have both lost 62 pounds each and we feel great and everyone comments on how good we look. We both want to lose a bit more but aren't sure how much. I am thinking about getting down to size 12 and I can wear a 14 now (in some clothes). I am going to Curves and trying to tone up as I continue to lose. Life is good. I am glad we did this.

Well it's been 18 months since my lapband surgery and I have slowly been going down. My size 16 clothes are now getting way too big, depending on where I bought them. Sizes vary a lot. I dreamed for a long time of being able to wear all the too small clothes in my closet. Now that I can wear them, I am finding that I don't really like them or they are outdated or better still they are too big. I thought I would never get into them again. It is great knowing I won't regain the weight ever again too. I weigh myself almost every day now and although I am not really dieting, I can't overeat so the band is working terrific. I also don't think about food all the time. I now eat to live not live to eat. I am quite happy going to any function where there is tons of food and just eating a tiny bit. I feel so in control for the first time in years. I don't feel deprived at all because mostly I just want to taste things then I am happy. More and more non scale victories keep coming my way. I sooooooooooo love my band. My husband is doing great too. We have both lost 62 pounds each and we feel great and everyone comments on how good we look. We both want to lose a bit more but aren't sure how much. I am thinking about getting down to size 12 and I can wear a 14 now (in some clothes). I am going to Curves and trying to tone up as I continue to lose. Life is good. I am glad we did this.

Hi My husband and I are both self pay. Ouch! My husband wanted to buy me a car and I said I would rather have a lapband. I am soooooooooo..... glad I did this. We will claim it on our income tax this year and get part of it back. Are you in Canada or US? We financed ours through Credit Medical but we live in Canada.

Good for you. I also joined Curves last week and I am trying to go 3 times a week. I also started walking again now that Spring is here and my neighbour and I walked around our country block which is 5 miles three times last week. I had so much energy last week after doing all that. I felt so much healthier. I am going to try and do Curves 3 times every week. Keep in touch. We can be exercise buddies. When were you banded? :huh2:

I love the NSV's - digging through my closet and pulling out the size 16 clothes and knowing they fit perfectly now and are even getting too big - throwing out the clothes from size 18 to 2 XL (that was even getting tight) knowing I will never be that size again - knowing that for the first time in my diet history, I don't have to worry about regaining the weight - gaining only a pound or two if I am really bad for a while then getting back on a healthy track and it comes off - getting compliments on how great I look - not having to worry about fitting into places like amusement rides, theatre seats - wearing clothes that fit my new body and show it off instead of hiding under loose baggy clothes - having a waist again I LOVE MY BAND! It is the best thing I ever did for myself.:rolleyes2: