veriteri68
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Ok, it has been since Jan since the last time I've checked in and at that time I was around 25lbs down I am happy to say I am now another 10lbs down. for a total of 35lbs. Which means I am losing a total of 1.4lbs a week give or take since my surgery. So you know I am pretty happy with that. I am finally in a size 12 pants and I use to be in an 18. I can finally shop in the smaller section of the stores (although, I still find myself looking in the big girls side) People are saying I look like I am melting away. (which I say ...Gosh I hope so):thumbup: I've been at 7cc for awhile in a 10cc band which seems to be working out ok. I still have around 30 more lbs to go but I'll get there. I am excited about the summer coming where I can get out and be more active this year. This has been the best thing I've ever done for myself. It is so nice to see those lbs I've lost I will never ... never see again in my life!! I am still climbing the mountain.. but the top sure seems a little closer now. In the words of Mr Joe Dirt..."keep on keeping on!"... Nite
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Ok, it has been since Jan since the last time I've checked in and at that time I was around 25lbs down I am happy to say I am now another 10lbs down. for a total of 35lbs. Which means I am losing a total of 1.4lbs a week give or take since my surgery. So you know I am pretty happy with that. I am finally in a size 12 pants and I use to be in an 18. I can finally shop in the smaller section of the stores (although, I still find myself looking in the big girls side) People are saying I look like I am melting away. (which I say ...Gosh I hope so) I've been at 7cc for awhile in a 10cc band which seems to be working out ok. I still have around 30 more lbs to go but I'll get there. I am excited about the summer coming where I can get out and be more active this year. This has been the best thing I've ever done for myself. It is so nice to see those lbs I've lost I will never ... never see again in my life!! I am still climbing the mountain.. but the top sure seems a little closer now. In the words of Mr Joe Dirt..."keep on keeping on!"... Nite
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Hi there, It has been awhile since I've been here with the holidays and all. I have to admit I really am glad to have them over with this year. I was banded in Sept 2008 and all the christmas parties we had at my work! UGH talk about having to use self control! Although, I must admit I didn't always have that much control:eek: I am down 25lbs now give or take so that is an improvment. But my new goal is to lose 30lbs by March. I am going in today or tomorrow depending on when they can schedule me for a fill and go over a plan for me for the New Year. My long term goal is to have a total of 60lbs by my 41st birthday which is in June. I am feeling better and my pants are loser which is a good feeling my kids even commented this year that I looked thinner even though I still have a long way to go but I am in oneder land now and that is a good feeling by itself. I hope everyone out there is doing great and losing the weight that they want. Heres to a New Year and a New ME/You! Happy New year everyone ... Theresa:thumbup:
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Hi there, It has been awhile since I've been here with the holidays and all. I have to admit I really am glad to have them over with this year. I was banded in Sept 2008 and all the christmas parties we had at my work! UGH talk about having to use self control! Although, I must admit I didn't always have that much control:eek: I am down 25lbs now give or take so that is an improvment. But my new goal is to lose 30lbs by March. I am going in today or tomorrow depending on when they can schedule me for a fill and go over a plan for me for the New Year. My long term goal is to have a total of 60lbs by my 41st birthday which is in June. I am feeling better and my pants are loser which is a good feeling my kids even commented this year that I looked thinner even though I still have a long way to go but I am in oneder land now and that is a good feeling by itself. I hope everyone out there is doing great and losing the weight that they want. Heres to a New Year and a New ME/You! Happy New year everyone ... Theresa:thumbup:
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Hi,
thanks for the post. I have been banded since Sept 2 and I have found that it really does take a week or so to really start feeling your fill, well at least for me it does. In fact my last fill I got put me up to 7.5 and a couple of weeks later I am finding that it is a bit too tight and I am having a hard time keeping anything down so I am going in today to have some fluid taken out. I just need a little adjusting but I am finally losing some real weight and I don't want to lose that so I'll talk to my nurse when I get there to figure out how much to take out. I really hate sliming and it is just not worth it to not be able to eat solids. I hope you have hit your sweet spot and keep in touch.... Theresa
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I just have to let the whole world know that I am in my Sweet Spot!! I am so excited and I only had to get two fills to get there. I hope that it last for awhile at my first appointment for a fill they told me the Dr had left 4cc in at surgery so she only added 2cc =6cc so I thought I was going to be good there but I still could eat waaay to much then so I called and my another appointment for a week later and I was down 2.6lbs (but I was starving that week) so she gave me .5cc for a total of 6.5cc. So far that seems to be the magic number. I was worried because sometimes you read on here how people have to go back sometimes 4times to get there. The only real problem I have now is I have to remember to CHEW MY FOOD BETTER!:cry_smile: I think I've chewed enough and WRONG:scared2: GOLF BALL IN CHEST! I guess it is just a learning curve. Hoping that everyone is in their sweet spot zone and have a great day. Theresa
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I went in yesterday for fill and I was thinking about my weightloss journey on the way home and how it really fits in with the story of the tortoise and the hare. When I got on the scale at the center it showed that I am down 14lbs from surgery (9-2-08) and that is good but my mind is the hare.. wanting to go faster with the weightloss even finding myself saying.. "My friend had it and is down 25lbs now" Then at that moment I realized that my weightloss is the tortoise doing what it is suppose to do going slow and steady losing the 1-2lbs aweek taking the road it needs to reach the finish line... It just takes time. It is hard at times when you have the hare talking to you wanting to lose faster wanting to get into that next size of pants wanting to see that 25lbs gone! I think this is a struggle every person has trying to lose weight even if they don't have the band. So the next time I get on the scale and the numbers aren't as fast as the hare thinks they should be.... I'll just remind myself I have the tortoise that will carry me to the finish line.
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I went in yesterday for fill and I was thinking about my weightloss journey on the way home and how it really fits in with the story of the tortoise and the hare. When I got on the scale at the center it showed that I am down 14lbs from surgery (9-2-08) and that is good but my mind is the hare.. wanting to go faster with the weightloss even finding myself saying.. "My friend had it and is down 25lbs now" Then at that moment I realized that my weightloss is the tortoise doing what it is suppose to do going slow and steady losing the 1-2lbs aweek taking the road it needs to reach the finish line... It just takes time. It is hard at times when you have the hare talking to you wanting to lose faster wanting to get into that next size of pants wanting to see that 25lbs gone! I think this is a struggle every person has trying to lose weight even if they don't have the band. So the next time I get on the scale and the numbers aren't as fast as the hare thinks they should be.... I'll just remind myself I have the tortoise that will carry me to the finish line.
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hi thanks for the comment to my blog. I am one month post op and looking forward to having a good weightloss this month. So how long ago were you banded? I would be interested in hearing about your weightloss journey. Plus, your in the same age group as myself and lets face it when you get in your 40's things seem to move a tad slower than when you were in your 20's...lol. Do you have the Lap Band or Realize? What was your biggest struggle with the weightloss? I am still learning a lot and love to hear other people input. Are you in a support group? I do go to those and my WLCenter. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Theresa
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This weekend I gave into my weakness. I found myself falling back into a lot of my old habits. The habits that I promised myself I wouldn't do. Pizza, hamburgers, mexican and greasy grilled ham and cheese. I had my surgery on the Sept 2 '08 and I go in for my first fill on the 30th but what makes me so upset with myself is that I've worked so hard and went thru so much this month that I just gave in like that. I will give myself a little credit that even though I did eat these things is was a little smaller portions then when I before.. example pizza ate 2 slices instead of 4.. mexican had some chips but not the half the basket and did have some food left on my plate when I left. I am hoping that when I get my fill I will only be able to eat 1/2-1cup of food because right now I can eat way more than that. I have the AP Lap Band 10cc I keep hearing that when they do surgery on you they leave some fluids in but I am not sure how much I am hoping when I get my fill Tues that I am lucky enough to get good restriction and can get back in control. Ok, going to chalk this up to a bad weekend and keep the faith that I will overcome this monkey I have on my back with food. ..... Theresa
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What was your "Sweet Spot" when it came to fills?
veriteri68 replied to Cassy's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I just went in for my second fill and my sweet spot for now at least is 6.5cc in a 10cc band. I am one month post op so I am hoping that I will see much more weight come off. I am only down 12lbs total preop and surgery but I guess that is better than nothing. I hope that this is the magic number for me and I will be down at least 40lbs by Christmas but if Santa wants to bring more weight loss that is ok with me! :wink2: Theresa -
I just have to let the whole world know that I am in my Sweet Spot!! I am so excited and I only had to get two fills to get there. I hope that it last for awhile at my first appointment for a fill they told me the Dr had left 4cc in at surgery so she only added 2cc =6cc so I thought I was going to be good there but I still could eat waaay to much then so I called and my another appointment for a week later and I was down 2.6lbs (but I was starving that week) so she gave me .5cc for a total of 6.5cc. So far that seems to be the magic number. I was worried because sometimes you read on here how people have to go back sometimes 4times to get there. The only real problem I have now is I have to remember to CHEW MY FOOD BETTER! I think I've chewed enough and WRONG:scared2: GOLF BALL IN CHEST! I guess it is just a learning curve. Hoping that everyone is in their sweet spot zone and have a great day. Theresa
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Is creamed corn ok 2 wks out?
veriteri68 replied to Losing_It_In_Texas's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I agree with the rest of the answers and don't do corn I am 1month out and don't dare do corn or soda. But I wanted to address is you not feeling your getting the care from your Dr office you need to call them if you have questions. That is what they are there for and if that is their job to make sure your taken care of. If you don't feel you are getting the results/answers you want ask to have your Dr call you back directly. You may have to wait a tad longer to get a call back from the Dr but when you do ask your questions and then explain to him/her that you tried to get your answer resolved by his/her staff and how you felt. Trust me no Dr wants any unhappy patient and maybe he/she needs to address this with his/her staff. I am sure if you feel this way there are probably other people out ther who feel the same way also. But before you ask for the Dr make sure you do give the staff a fair chance to take care of you. I have a friend after she got the lap band done called the Dr office every other day and sometimes 3 times in a day and they always answer every single question and never made her feel ashamed of calling. You paid your money now you deserve the service and respect! Also, if they have support group GO you will get a lot of your questions answer there as well as on this site as well. Wishing you the best.... Theresa WA -
hi there, if your still feeling hungry then you DO need to call and get another fill. I am not sure what cc's you are at and you only may need a .5 but I would get it done as soon as you can. I am going back in for mine. I was self pay so I figured I am getting every penny I spent on it. Good luck and let me know how it goes.... Theresa
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Today I am 1month out from my surgery date. I got my first fill on the 30th September and I have a total of 6cc in my band. I had 4cc from surgery and they added 2cc. I have the APS Lap band So I was very excited thinking I was going to have the restriction that I needed. Well, I was wrong! I stayed on soft foods the first day just because I didn't want to upset my stomach then yesterday I did my protien shake in the morning everything was fine there and then I came home for lunch and I ate a whole sandwhich with 100cal chip pack and a suger free pudding. I didn't wash down my food and didn't have any problem getting it down. Although, after everything settle I think the pudding upset my stomach. So I thought to myself I shouldn't be able to eat this much and I called my WLS center and the lady was not very happy with me she said "WHAT ARE YOU DOING EATING BREAD YOUR NOT SUPPOSE TO EAT BREAD":cursing: I said "because I was hungry" then she went on about how bread expands in your stomach and can block your band and she said I shouldn't be able to eat that much and set me up for another fill for next Tues. I wanted something this week but they were booked up. I did have a little harder time getting dinner down last night ate some chicken and didn't chew it well enough and it was stuck for a few minutes boy was that painful but was ok once I finally got it down. I am only down 10lbs so I am really looking forward to getting my fill handle so I can get this weight loss going. Plus, I am in the middle of trying to find a new job because my boss needs to downsize due to the state of our country right now and you know how food can be your friend in stressful times So yeah .... Good Times! Going to keep reading everyone elses to give me strenght and just keep the faith that "This too shall pass" Theresa WA
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Today I am 1month out from my surgery date. I got my first fill on the 30th September and I have a total of 6cc in my band. I had 4cc from surgery and they added 2cc. I have the APS Lap band So I was very excited thinking I was going to have the restriction that I needed. Well, I was wrong! I stayed on soft foods the first day just because I didn't want to upset my stomach then yesterday I did my protien shake in the morning everything was fine there and then I came home for lunch and I ate a whole sandwhich with 100cal chip pack and a suger free pudding. I didn't wash down my food and didn't have any problem getting it down. Although, after everything settle I think the pudding upset my stomach. So I thought to myself I shouldn't be able to eat this much and I called my WLS center and the lady was not very happy with me she said "WHAT ARE YOU DOING EATING BREAD YOUR NOT SUPPOSE TO EAT BREAD":cursing: I said "because I was hungry" then she went on about how bread expands in your stomach and can block your band and she said I shouldn't be able to eat that much and set me up for another fill for next Tues. I wanted something this week but they were booked up. I did have a little harder time getting dinner down last night ate some chicken and didn't chew it well enough and it was stuck for a few minutes boy was that painful but was ok once I finally got it down. I am only down 10lbs so I am really looking forward to getting my fill handle so I can get this weight loss going. Plus, I am in the middle of trying to find a new job because my boss needs to downsize due to the state of our country right now and you know how food can be your friend in stressful times So yeah .... Good Times! Going to keep reading everyone elses to give me strenght and just keep the faith that "This too shall pass" Theresa WA
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This weekend I gave into my weakness. I found myself falling back into a lot of my old habits. The habits that I promised myself I wouldn't do. Pizza, hamburgers, mexican and greasy grilled ham and cheese. I had my surgery on the Sept 2 '08 and I go in for my first fill on the 30th but what makes me so upset with myself is that I've worked so hard and went thru so much this month that I just gave in like that. I will give myself a little credit that even though I did eat these things is was a little smaller portions then when I before.. example pizza ate 2 slices instead of 4.. mexican had some chips but not the half the basket and did have some food left on my plate when I left. I am hoping that when I get my fill I will only be able to eat 1/2-1cup of food because right now I can eat way more than that. I have the AP Lap Band 10cc I keep hearing that when they do surgery on you they leave some fluids in but I am not sure how much I am hoping when I get my fill Tues that I am lucky enough to get good restriction and can get back in control. Ok, going to chalk this up to a bad weekend and keep the faith that I will overcome this monkey I have on my back with food. ..... Theresa
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Went for my Post Op appointment yesterday and everything was fine. Still only down 6.4lbs but I am feeling so much better. I am on mushy still very excited that on Monday I'll be able to eat normal food again. Hard to believe that I just had my surgery on Sept 2 and I am only a few days away from eating normal food again. I do find that I am hungry more than I was when I was swollen. But the nurse I had the appointment with said not to worry too much about that the first month is just about healing and I did get to schedule my first fill for Sept 30th so looking forward to that. I am trying to do some self control on my meals and putting everything on salad plates because right now I do feel as if I could eat more than that and I stop when I am done with that portion. Although, I do have a bad habit I am really trying to change I am a snacker when I prepare food. Take a little here ... little there and of coarse I still have to prepare meals for my husband and I found myself taking little bits from his meal. But I guess Rome was not built in a day. I really am looking forward to my first fill and maybe that will help with that. Nurse gave me the ok for working out so going to start walking more since the weather is so nice now and then I'll break out the treadmill in the winter. I am looking forward to Oct because I think once I get a fill or fills as needed I will see more weight loss which I think will help with motivation kind of hard right now when you really don't feel any difference. Love reading about everyone success really helps and I keep telling myself "It works for them and this will work for me" :thumbup: and I am going to support group at my weightloss center so I think so far I am on the right track. So until next time I ramble.... Theresa WA
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Went for my Post Op appointment yesterday and everything was fine. Still only down 6.4lbs but I am feeling so much better. I am on mushy still very excited that on Monday I'll be able to eat normal food again. Hard to believe that I just had my surgery on Sept 2 and I am only a few days away from eating normal food again. I do find that I am hungry more than I was when I was swollen. But the nurse I had the appointment with said not to worry too much about that the first month is just about healing and I did get to schedule my first fill for Sept 30th so looking forward to that. I am trying to do some self control on my meals and putting everything on salad plates because right now I do feel as if I could eat more than that and I stop when I am done with that portion. Although, I do have a bad habit I am really trying to change I am a snacker when I prepare food. Take a little here ... little there and of coarse I still have to prepare meals for my husband and I found myself taking little bits from his meal. :thumbup: But I guess Rome was not built in a day. I really am looking forward to my first fill and maybe that will help with that. Nurse gave me the ok for working out so going to start walking more since the weather is so nice now and then I'll break out the treadmill in the winter. I am looking forward to Oct because I think once I get a fill or fills as needed I will see more weight loss which I think will help with motivation kind of hard right now when you really don't feel any difference. Love reading about everyone success really helps and I keep telling myself "It works for them and this will work for me" and I am going to support group at my weightloss center so I think so far I am on the right track. So until next time I ramble.... Theresa WA
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Thanks for the advice and I will follow it. I guess I should get use to not having liquids now while I am adjusting to everything else. So starting today I will be a good girl! Thanks again. Theresa WA
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I have a quick question I hope someone can help. I am on mushy now start of my 2nd week. Doing ok so far but are we allowed to drink with our meals durning this stage or it it only when you go to solids you can't drink with your meals? Thanks for any help you can give me on this. Theresa WA
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Hi everyone, I was banded September 2 and seem to be doing pretty well now. I do still have some pain in the port area and still have some pain in my shoulders mostly on my left side but other than that I am doing pretty good. Going back to work on Monday so that should be interesting and also going to support group that day as well. Looking forward to seeing eveyone success including my own. Theresa WA
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Health4life,
Hi there, Looks like we were banded the same day! How are you doing on your port pain? How is your recovery coming? Do you get full easy on liquids? Would love to chat with you. Nice to have someone right where I am now. I am from Washington State 40yr old F. Please write and let me know how your recovery is going. Theresa
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To the Asshats Who Broke Into My House
veriteri68 commented on FeliciaLevy75's blog entry in Blog 38435
Felicia, Theresa from WA here I so sorry to hear what happpen to you and your family. I totally understand the anger you feel. When I was robbed they cut their finger stealing my TV and wiped their blood all over my bed and took things from me that can never be replaced. Just know in your heart "what goes around comes around" I will pray for you and your family that they get arrested soon and that you might get some of your things back. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Theresa -
Why get a Lapband? I asked myself the same question prior to getting it myself and that is the questions you should be asking yourself before you go into this. I mean this is something you are going to have inside of you for the rest of your life. I was just banded September 2 '08 and for me getting the band was a way for me to have a tool and little reminder that I didn't need that second helping of pasta(which lord knows I love my pasta) It is nice to know that once I get this weight off I will have it off forever. Now I am not saying that I won't bounce up 10lbs here or there but it won't be 80lbs! It is nice to know that I won't have the problems I do now with BP and knee/back pain to feel comfortable having my picture taken instead of croping myself out of them. I love the fact with the lap band it keeps you honest instead of saying"I'll start again next week" then if your like me two weeks have gone by and your 10lbs heavier. I love the support you have with the lapband from on this website to the support I am getting from Northwest weightloss center. I am going to my first support group meeting on Monday and I can't wait. I must agree with Karen Karen the first week really sucks. I am on liquids right now but I just keep telling myself "This too shall pass" and then I look online at the new jeans I will be wearing! Just remember the lapband is a tool how you use it is up to you and I got a feeling your going to have great success at it and I am looking forward to hearing in the future about you reaching your goals. Theresa WA