Juliana

Thanks guys for the comments.. :mad2: I think this is a battle we will always have to deal with.

Hey guys..... i haven't been on the site for a few weeks and thought i would write a blog for a little update....

My surgery was June 2 and I have lost 66 pounds to date. I have had great willpower and control and been able to handle most of my temptations until the past couple of weeks.....

On October 15, we moved into our first house. What a great day :mad2: The next day, i received a phone call from my boss that i no longer had a job. I'm a nurse and work on a cardiac step down unit in the hospital. The hospital board held a meeting and decided it best to shut down the entire heart program effective immediately at the hospital because it was losing money. Without notice or warning, in one night, 40 of us were out of a job. They transferred our patients to other departments or to other hospitals. We didn't get the chance to say goodbye to our co-workers or anything. The hospital did not have any openings in other departments to place us in because of all the cut backs they have been doing. This week, i have been job hunting like a crazy person and was able to get a job at another hospital. I took a paycut, and took a department that is not my area of expertise nor desire, but it is a job and i am so thankful to have it.

Needless to say, a lot of my willpower has went out the window this week. I have found myself eating comfort foods.....and eating too much.... I find myself walking by the table and putting a piece of halloween candy in my mouth....not even realizing what i'm doing until i've done it, and thinking, why did i just do that?? I should not have the candy in the house, but i wanted to have it for the neighborhood kids, and have not even been tempted with it until now... it's all emotional.... How do we stop this crazy cycle of emotional eating?????? YIKES!!!!

I have really got to get back on the straight and narrow!!!!

Thanks for reading, and any advice is always welcomed!!!!

Julie

YAY!!! You should do something nice for yourself!!! When i made it to the 50 pound mark, i went and got a manicure and a pedicure.. I'm trying to reward myself with something other than food these days :tongue2:

Congratulations!!!

I'm so excited for you!! I think the band is going to help you. It has really helped me so far and i love it!!! We have struggled long enough and now we are getting help!!! woo hoo!!! Keep me updated :frown:

Thanks for sharing!!! I get my first fill next tuesday... i'm excited and nervous at the same time..I'm a nurse, and you know nurses make the worst patients...lol

I'm excited hoping that it will help my hungry tummy. My surgeon doesn't do the first fill until 12 weeks post op. So believe me, i am ready!!! I've been steadily losing, but have a lot of hunger!!! Good luck girl!! Keep up the good work :frown:

jessica....you are such a beautiful girl and you don't let anyone tell you differently. I too have suffered with self esteem issues my entire life. I was always the fat and ugly kid according to my elementary classmates... i grew into myself as a teenager but out of control during my adulthood and have yo yo dieted for years. I was banded on June 2, 2008. I have a long way to go, but this was the best thing i have ever done for myself!! I feel so much better already. It has helped me so much. It is a tool, not a magic wand, but it is helping me be able to eat right and be in control! And just remember....we are beautiful!!!! and one day soon, our bodies are gonna be healthy!!!

Good luck honey and keep us updated!!!

YAY!!! That is awesome!!! I cannot wait until i get down to 200 pounds!!! I am 269 and counting down :frown:

YAY!!! Congratulations on your 10 month anniversary!!!

You should be so proud of yourself for your accomplishment!! That is awesome. Keep up the good work girl. :frown:

You are so right missinkkie!!!! One day, it's going to be about ourselves!!! and not about food and not about being fat!!!! I can't wait :frown:

Good luck girl!!! Keep me updated after your surgery, and if you need anything, let me know!!

Well, this is my first blog and I’m not good at this…so here it goes….

Like most of us, my weight had gotten out of control. I was 320 pounds… I squeezed into a size 26/28 and my scrubs were size 5x. I was miserable. I was so embarrassed of myself, and so physically exhausted from hauling all that weight around. I was 31 years old and felt about 90 years old. I physically could not do anything fun with my friends and i no longer could fit in the seats at the movies. I had given up so many things that i used to love doing because i didn't want anyone staring at me with disgust anymore...( i think everyone here knows what i am talking about).. I pretty much became a hermit except for going to work.. I had depression, I had trouble breathing, joint pain, back pain, high blood pressure, and had just been diagnosed with diabetes type II. :frown:

I knew I needed to do something.

I had been off and on diets since I was about 10 years old. I remember being made fun of for the first time at 6 years old. I had things under control for a few years as an adult (so I thought), then after a divorce, things got out of control. The next thing I knew, I was over 100 pounds overweight. I did a lot of yo yo dieting, and then finally lost 110 pounds between 2001-2002. By 2003, the weight began creeping back. I got married, went through nursing school, and began working night shift …By 2006, things were out of control again. I began researching the band and the bypass options.

In 2007, myself and a co-worker went to a seminar given by Dr. Ravindra Mailapur. I knew at this point, surgery was what I needed to do. I never had peace about gastric bypass and felt the band was right for me.

May 2007, my process started. After many hurdles (this will be a whole other blog) to get through (taking over one year), May 1, 2008, I was finally given a surgery date!!!!

I lost 15 pounds on my 2 week pre-op diet.

June 2, 2008 was the first day of the rest of my life!!!

I got my band!!!!! YAY This was by far the best thing that I have ever done and I really feel that now i have a tool to help me get the weight off and KEEP it off!! I only wish i had done it years ago...But, it's all in God's timing...

Surgery went perfect and I went home the same day. I had a lot of trapped gas pain, as most banders experience post op, but no big deal. I returned to work as a nurse in 10 days.

I am a little over 2 months out and I feel great! I have lost 50 pounds (including my preop weight loss). I’m breathing better, my knees feel better and I no longer have to take my medication for high blood pressure or diabetes!

I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!!

I’m seeing a nutritionist and learning how to eat healthy.

I do miss food, and still have the blah’s from time to time, but I know this will get better in the future.

I will get my first fill on August 19, 2008. I’m excited because I know this is going to help my hungry tummy. My surgeon doesn’t fill anyone until 12 weeks out..not sure why…but I trust his decisions..

I have a long way to go, but I’m on my way….

I want to get healthy and to be able to have children!!

I’m excited about this journey and so glad that I have beautiful people to share it and experience it with and so thankful that there is so much support and advice here!! :ohmy: