JENNIFER7375

Hey guys just wanted to update you guys on how the last months been. I am feeling great. No reflux problems at all since the unfill and i've managed not gain back any weight. I really consider myself at goal right now. I'm wearing size medium or even small tops. I'm in a size 6-8 in jeans (mostly 6's!!) my 16 year old daughter and i are now in the same clothes. when i first started this journey i decided i wanted to be a size 10 and consider myself at goal. I honestly didn't think id be able to achieve that. well i've exceeded that. Im starting to adjust more to the image in the mirror. Sometimes I still cant get over the change in me. People refer to me as skinny all the time. my work schedule still sucks but thats just life. i have an apt with my surgeon tomorrow i may do a slight fill maybe just .25cc or .50cc at most. thanks so much for all of your support and concern. All through this journey when no one else understood what i was going through my LBT friends always had my back! thanks so very much

Im really seroiusly considering getting a slight unfill right now for a number of reasons. and before i go much further. I love my band and would don't wanna go back to where i was 6 montths ago. Not now, not ever. 1. i've been having a lot of acid reflux the last week. 2. right now i love the way i look in clothes. but i'm not too happy naked. 3. i've been working like crazy lately. i mean crazy like i worked 90 hours last week/ most weeks i've been doin like 65 or 70. between work and my family i don't feel like i've been making a true effort to eat right and have been eating way too many slider foods lately just because i'm busy and they're easier in a hurry. I've also been PBing way more than i think is healthy. 4. my daughter is 16. she's not heavy but she's a curvy girl at arounf 136. I think seeing me drop so fast is starting to bother her. She is a beautiful girl and the light of my life. Well she's gained the usual 5-10 pounds most teens do over the summer.Recently she's been talking about taking diet pills to take it off. which i absolutely forbid by the way. I"ve lost like 40 pounds this summer while she's gained and she says all the time how proud she is of me but i know its bothering her. and happy as i am i'd cut off my arm before i'd hurt her or contribute to her having an eating disorder. 5. because i've worked so much my exercise is no where near what it should be. Probably why i hate my body so much right now. I've had a long talk with my daughter about the proper way to lose weight and we are starting couch to 5K together tomorrow. my kids are the main reason i wanna get healthy so i think its important to focus on being healthy and break some of the negative cycles i learned from my mom. 6. My boyfriend has been wonderfully supportive. We sarted dating about 2 months before i was banded. He's never made 1 negative comment about my loss. he says i'm beautiful and sexy no matter what i weigh. He's always treated me like a princess. But i have to think it's weird for him at times when physically i'm so different then the girl he 1st met in such a short period of time. 7. right now sometimes i look and i just don't recognize myself. And its a scary thing. Yes i'm happy bring banded but it's just so weird. My body image is so off sometimes. I was out with some girlfriends last night and they were all carrying on about how thin i am. I told them they were nuts. to prove my point i askrd my one girlfrind how much she weighed. Shes very thin to me. Well i figured by showing everyone how much more i weighed then her it would shut them up. Well guess what? I only out weigh her by 2 pounds. my body image is so off at times i can't grasp my real size right now. So i may sound whiny. And i know its a problem a lot of people would like to have. But i think for now it's time to let not only me but the people i love catch up to the dramatic change i've made in the last 6 months. the past few months i've been treating my weight loss like it's a sprint to goal and it's just not the right attitude. I got the band to be healthy for life not to get skinny as quickly as possible. So for all the reasons i've listed i'm gonna schedule an apt with my doc and get a slight unfill. i think it;s the right thing for now. So to anyone who reads this thanks for listening to the early AM rant of a confused insomniac. Life can be crazy. I never have and probably never will meet most of you in person. But i have to say so far some of my LBT friends have been some of the best and most supportive i've ever met. Thanks guys

Hey ladies I'm pretty close to goal right now. I'm at 153 and my goals 145. I'm gonna try with exercise but I've had 3 kids and just don't see me getting it into any reasonable shape with exercise alone. Right now I hate my stomach. If it's not being too nosey do any of you mind sharing what you paid for your procedure? I'd like to get an idea of how much I'm gonna need to save. Also how long was your recovery process and how long were you off work? Thanks!!

Thsnks restlees. missed you guys too! If you get to be laura does thst mean im nellie olsen? oh goodie i've always wanted to be an mean and evil spoiled brat.

id much rather be on little house on the prairie

seinfeld yes. the walton's ewww! restless can i not take a week off without your brain turning to mush. lol

Im about 6 months post op and so far have had a pretty good experience. Id be happy to answer any questions or help any way i can:thumbup:

my surgery is scheduled for 2-24-09. when is it safe to resume sex? any positions to be avoided?

1.When you put your jeans in the dryer on purpose. 2. when you are shopping and trying on clothes you have to go back out to the rack for smaller sizes. 6.asking the salesgirls in shops does this come in an 8? 3. when you have to TRY to get in enough calories. 4. when you go out for ice cream and wonder if the baby cone is too big. 5. when you have emergency PB bags stashed everywhere instead of emergency bags of potato chips.

i like keeping some lean deli meats on hand. a few slices of lean ham wrapped around a piece of cheese make a quick, great tasting band friendly snack. oh and if you get the hillshire farms deli select brand( i think its the right brand) they come in a nice reusable gladware container. perfect for a poor college student. i alsp keep some fiber choice granola bars on hand. they taste great are filling and help give me my daily chocolate fix. good luck at school!:blushing:

Im not sure if you are quite ready for Peanut Butter toast. But if your doc says its ok give it a try. ( personally would wait a few more weeks). that being said i enjoy a slice of multi grain toast with peanut butter for breakfast at least once a week and have never once had a problem with it. It was a favorite of mine even before being banded. Good luck. And jackie i completely agree about the powder thing. i love my peanut butter and the idea of changing its form like that just seems wrong to me.:blushing:

thanks for all your concern guys. I went for an upper GI today then to see my doc. I wasnt slipped thank god. but my doc said i was way too tight and swollen and that he was surprised that i'd been able to keep any solid food down at all.He also said it was good that i came in because i was tight enough i was at risk to do some serious damage to my band. So ended up having 1cc of fluid taken out. He scheduled me to come back in a few weeks. He said he'd see me sooner and take out more if needed or to put back if i started to gain. So all in all i'm pretty happy with my decision to see my doc. I think i did the right thing. i know i've been eating way too many slider foods the last few weeks due to being too tight. So now i wanna take the time to start eating better. if i do things the right way i think i can still cont to lose.And again thanks for all your covcern. Right now i still feel like a bit of an overtired emotional train wreck. But i rhink i'm heading in the right direction.

Im gonna put my 2 cents in as someone who's previously argued with HH. We had a go round about something then it was done with. We were never rude again and were able to get over it. I personally find him informative and his posts highly entertaining. Did he piss me off at 1 point yes he did. But so what were adults people piss us off daily. If someone annoys you then just ignore them. Don't cont to argue with them every chance you get. Were adults on the Internet not kids trying to get our big brother grounded. Just ignore someone you don't like it's not like it's a co worker or family member you have to speak to.

Jacks if you're still having hair loss i too wouls suggest upping you protein. i've also heard a lot of people on here that take a biotin supplement to help with hair loss. hopefully one of these suggestions will help

sure, i had 1ccin at surgery. about 6 weeks later i had a 2cc fil in the office. my 2nd fill was 1cc and my last fill was on june 1st that took to a total of 4.5cc in a 10cc band. And i don't foresee having another fill any time soon. I'm actually really considering having a slight unfill to slow things down so i can work on toning. I try to maintain a healthy diet, but i'm more of a strict calorie counter than anything else. i try to stay around 1200 a day or below. And if i want a treat a have it. but i definitely think about what i eat first instead of mindlessly shoving food in my mouth til i'm stuffed. but if i do have a snack. its counted as part of that 1200 and not extra calories. Counting is definitely the key for me.. good luck and keep me posted on how you progress. And 42 pounds is awesome!! those are 42 pounds you will never have to see on your hips or thigh again!!

I guess everyone heals at a different rate. I was to have sex about 10 days post op with no problems. Maybe try some more comfortable positions?

Hey guys just thought i would pop in and see how everyones doing now that we're all past the 6 month mark. I'm having some reflux issues right now that have got me kind of bummed. But i'm only 6 pounds from goal and am still very happy with my choice to be banded. I haven't regretted my decision at all so far. So how's everyone else doing?

i w2as driving home from work the other and noticed my hands while i was driving. My wrists are so small!! thin ankles and wrists are something i only wished for in the past

i really cant ever picture getting a complete unfill myself either. I think i may get to a point where i need less restrictio0n, but i can't see most of us maintaining without some kind of fill. Oh and i called my doc today. Going for an upper GI on wed then to see him afterwards. Hopefully he'll be able to help me feel better. I do think a lot of the problems i'm having a re stress related so i'm gonna try to calm down a little. Right now I just feel completely off