wyldvelia

pb's. thats just a nice way saying throwing up! its not really the same, since there are no gastric juices involved. sometimes you'll eat something and your band will not like it. if it cant go down,,,, it will come up.

i hit my 'high' weight just late 2005. i had been a size 16 for many many years. i liked my body. i liked my breasts. i liked that i had a very well defined booty. until the last 20lb gain. that changed my perception of myself forever. my legs looked like dripping wax <ugh>. flabby arms. middle getting bigger. i stalled from december to the end of february. i got off the pot, made arrangements and was banded on 3/23/2006. my birthday gift to myself. i am now down to that size 16 again. i soooo rejoice in the fact that my mini goal is get to 199. thats 12 more lbs. from there on, it will be unchartered territory. i look at myself in the mirror all the time. after my shower, i stand in front of the full length mirror and critique. my dr said that 170 was their goal for me. i look forward to that time and see if i cant continue to lose more since i am only 5'2". there IS a curvy, full figured, sexy as all get out thinner person inside of me. like layers that are being gently pulled off, as the weight drops, i feel better and better every day. all you ladies rock!!

ok. so the 3rd fill was a little on the aggressive side. i could only take it for one week. ha. i did lose 4lbs that week though. im pretty sure one is not supposed to pb and slime every day, every meal, look longingly at food, and so on and so forth. i had .2 removed and as of today, im 20lbs down. i feel soooo good. last week i worked out 3 times at curves. this week only one so far and today is wednesday. i may have bitten off more than i can chew. damn hip pain. i hope it goes away. i'll take the excercise easy. today we had our staff meeting, i had a latte on the way there, and had a little bit of bacon, a bite or two of potatoes, sneaked in a bite of egg (the dreaded evil, comes from the devil eggs, formerly my most favorite food pre-band), couple bites of watermelon. ok. done. today, for the first time i cant believe i actually feel HUNGER. im thinking about lunch (well, it is lunchtime), but its funny cuz i actually ate breakfast and i normally dont. :confused:

OK. SO I THOUGHT I WAS HUNGRY. I REALLY DID. MY STOMACH WAS GURGLING, HUNGER PANGS... THE WHOLE WORKS. I WAS LIKE, OK, I ATE VERY LITTLE AT LUNCH, I COULD VERY WELL BE HUNGRY. I ORDERED A SIDE OF CHICKEN AT A TERIYAKI PLACE. THERE WERE SEVERAL STRIPS; VERY MOIST AND TENDER LOOKING. I BIT ONE. CHEWED RELIGIOUSLY. ONE STRIP, K? SIZE OF MY THUMB. STARTED ON THE PB <very mild one at that> BUT THE SPIT AND SLIME... GEEZ. OK, I GET IT. HOW LONG WILL IT LAST??? ITS BEEN ALMOST AN HOUR!! :help:

stacy????? what did you say?

ps.... coughing. im gonna try that if i start the PB business again. -r

donna, im doing well. thanks for asking. right now im eating a salad. chunks of turkey, some spinach leaves, slicedd mushrooms, little bit of cottage cheese and salad dressing. sounds like a lot, but theres only a little of each. it is soooo good. the first bite sorta scared me, felt a little bit of the 'stuck' feeling. there is same salad left and .... here goes.. its in the garbage. ahhh. i do feel satisfied. re: the reply about the Devil reincarnated as Eggs... the funny thing is,is that i dont miss bread, rice, pasta. those were my mainstays. i love that stuff. i was so scared that i would miss eggs in my diet. i'm an eggy person. after work for dinner most nights (k, not all, but some) i would scramble two eggs, warm up two tortillas and call it good. BUT GUESS WHAT? the same as all the white stuff (rice, sugar, flour, etc) i dont miss them. i tried to eat them, forced myself to try them, but to no avail. i even went so far as to poach a couple of them; whites cooked, and yolk runny... NO CAN DO. lol. i know now. im at 17lbs down now. two lbs in a the last couple days. i love this fill. it was that damn learning curve. i still condsider myself a turtle, but im gaining speed. TONIGHT STARTS THE CURVES REGIME. lol. -r

im on my 3rd fill. a little bit on the aggressive side. 1st fill .5 2nd fill .3 3rd fill .5 so... 1.3cc in a 4cc band i have been keeping a daily log of my weight. i know, i know you are supposed to weigh in once a week or so, but for now, this is what i want to do. i notice when i have an alcohol to drink, i level out on my loss. note to self: DONT DRINK. :confused: duh and double duh. iam beginning to really notice a difference with this last fill. im really excited about it. not only that, i can now walk, sit, and stand with no hip pain. i so so so wish i was not such a lazy girl and could just get to the gym on a daily basis. geez.

im on my 3rd fill. a little bit on the aggressive side. 1st fill .5 2nd fill .3 3rd fill .5 so... 1.3cc in a 4cc band i have been keeping a daily log of my weight. i know, i know you are supposed to weigh in once a week or so, but for now, this is what i want to do. i notice when i have an alcohol to drink, i level out on my loss. note to self: DONT DRINK. duh and double duh. iam beginning to really notice a difference with this last fill. im really excited about it. not only that, i can now walk, sit, and stand with no hip pain. i so so so wish i was not such a lazy girl and could just get to the gym on a daily basis. geez.

JACK, IM WITH YOU. THE DEVILED KIND ARE SOOOOO GOOD. I WAS AT A BBQ LAST WEEKEND AND I ENJOYED 4 HALVES OF DEVILED EGGS. BUT THEN AGAIN I WAS FILLED JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO. GO FIGURE. "ODE TO EGGS" WHAT WAS, IS NO LONGER, WHAT IS, WE WILL SEE, WHAT CAN BE WILL BE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!

hello, i too was banded on 3/23/2006, here in the seattle area. i too am a slow loser. i lost an initial 12lbs, then when i started eating, i gain 3lbs. i stayed at a 9lb weight loss until my first fill. ive had three total now and this last one may have been a smidgy too aggressive. i'll give it a the memorial day weekend to figure it out. im at 15lb loss. i know what my problem is though. i was diagnosed with hip bursitis about 2 weeks before my surgery date and could not do the physical therapy and the recovery at the same time. im now (we are now!) 2 months out and i can finally walk without limping, aching, popping excedrine, aleve, tylenol, and anything to alleviate the pain!! going to curves is in my immedidate horizon. i just wish i wasnt so damn lazy. i wish i was a morning person and just get it done. *ho hum*

had i but waited. i was at work when all that slime happened yesterday. i get home and im thinking i dont want anything aggresive for dinner; hmmm? what to have? oh, i know!! egg salad without the bread. i love eggs you see. you see? do you see???? i found out the hard... very hard way... MY BAND DOES NOT LIKE EGGS. ha. lol. boiled egg with a little mayo. im thinking smooth and creamy. um no. another episode. i thought to myself, well, im probably still a little sore. i called it a night. it wasn't even head hunger you know? it was just that i knew i had not eaten much that day. this morning i think, well, maybe a hard boiled egg, little bit of salt. ok. i know, i know, i know. stop the egg eating. its like i had to try you know? i not only pb'd my first bite, i retched. not good. im at work now and its been over an hour. my chest is still sore. i had even retched some red i knew that was not good. eggs are out. im not sad though. this is the body that rice built. bread built. tortillas built. and i dont eat those anymore and i dont miss them. eggs just made the most NOT wanted list. ho hum.

you've lost over 40lbs. today i read a post about someone who had lost over 50lbs and they were just banded in april. that is a great big WOW and a WTG. im just at 15lbs and was banded on 3/23. im a turtle. excersise is going to help big time. had hip bursitis but physical therapy has definately helped. sorry about your bad two months. my dr is only 10 minutes away and fills <and unfills> are free <yeah, right> for the first year. i will not suffer that long now that i know its not normal. im thinking that the chicken was just not lubed enough. *sigh*. live and learn... and again... and again.

so UNTIL it goes away. i see. i took a sip of some diet snapple. little itty bit hoping it would 'wash' it down. no can do. the funny thing is, i friend of mine came to my office with her lunch. i had a few of her beef strips. was sorta afraid of eating it but it was great. no problems at all. last night i had A calimari, button mushrooms, little bits of bread crust. all was fine and this was after a relatively aggressive fill. so this afternoon...<slime> im ok now. little sore, but not bad. thanks!

Edazul.... I Love Your Chile Pepper!!!! Im A Pepper Girl.

CANDY HEAVEN THONG.... <sweet lordy ouch>

i had my first fill 7 days ago. ive lost 5lbs. my body was waiting for that fill. im glad too. training ground for sure. i am so surprised when ive only eaten 1/2 of my salad and im satiated. im like wow. i have yet to learn to STOP when that happens. im still of that damn old school, "put it aside and come back to it" NO NO NO NO!! put it aside or throw it away. you are done. duh. im 44 days banded and barely 13 lbs down. im on a 'roll'!!!

had my first fill on 5/1/2006. needed it and how! after my surgery i leveled out at 9lbs down. i had my first fill a week ago and ive come down another 5lbs. i am soooo glad. its working. im trying to do all the right things and i think im succeeding. initially i did think the band was gonna be a miracle 'thing'. but ive come to realize that it really is a tool. a good one. its definatley a reminder. so far almost 14lbs down and its exciting. im at 220-221 . im still 10lbs over where i had been for a long time. 210. its gross that that is my first goal. to be 210. when i get there, the real work will begin. the next not mini but major goal will be to get under 200lbs. from there on, it will almost unchartered territory. i went shopping today. my body shape is soooo disgusting. i dont know what i did to it. rolls and lumps everywhere. i hove loved my body all my life. my size 16 body. i had a really cute shape. round booty, a waist and pretty boobs. :confused: size 18 came up on my out of nowhere. my legs are ugly. excercise has not been a part of the last 44 days since my banding, nor in the past 4-5 months. hip pain that was finally diagosed as hip bursitis is now being treated. excercise is on the horizon.

had my first fill on 5/1/2006. needed it and how! after my surgery i leveled out at 9lbs down. i had my first fill a week ago and ive come down another 5lbs. i am soooo glad. its working. im trying to do all the right things and i think im succeeding. initially i did think the band was gonna be a miracle 'thing'. but ive come to realize that it really is a tool. a good one. its definatley a reminder. so far almost 14lbs down and its exciting. im at 220-221 . im still 10lbs over where i had been for a long time. 210. its gross that that is my first goal. to be 210. when i get there, the real work will begin. the next not mini but major goal will be to get under 200lbs. from there on, it will almost unchartered territory. i went shopping today. my body shape is soooo disgusting. i dont know what i did to it. rolls and lumps everywhere. i hove loved my body all my life. my size 16 body. i had a really cute shape. round booty, a waist and pretty boobs. size 18 came up on my out of nowhere. my legs are ugly. excercise has not been a part of the last 44 days since my banding, nor in the past 4-5 months. hip pain that was finally diagosed as hip bursitis is now being treated. excercise is on the horizon.

TRYING TO GAGE THIS RESTRICTION; IM THINKING IM CHEWING REALLY WELL (im sure i am); IM THINKING IM WATING BETWEEN BITES; ARG... THE FEELING THAT SOMETHING IS STUCK IN MY ESOPHAGUS OR UPPER TUMMY, LIKE NOT EVEN TO THE STOMA... WHEW. RECKON I'LL HAVE "rethink" EATING. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS PRACTICING REALLY WELL. I HAD ALMOST NO RESTICTION BUT I WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. APPARENTLY NOT!! DAY 2. :confused: -R

You know, i had heard read that several times too, from other threads, but the nurse that did the fill was like adamant that no more soft foods, no liquid calories, three meals. Pretty much reiterated all of the do's and don'ts. I'm pretty sure i'll catch on quick. :grouphug:

this morning was the day. im only 9lbs down since i was banded on 3/23, but im soooo glad. i thought that i may have gained it ALL back. what a relief. restriction now. i have been able to eat not quite everything, but almost. had my very first PB last night. very mild, but would never want that to happen again <chances are it will, damnit>. anywho... im sooo happy to finally get on to step two. -r

:confused: I LIKE IT. :kiss2:

HELLO ALL. BOTHELL HERE. 28 DAYS BANDED. STILL LEARNING THE ROPES HERE. IVE A GOT A SLOW START BUT AS SOON AS I GET TO FEELING BETTER I HOPE TO POST SOME GOOD PROGRESS.

congrats!!!