Sita
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New to the forum, but not the band
Sita replied to Sita's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Ahahaha, I like that, I totally will! You're very right about focusing on the way I eat. I find that I go in spurts. For a couple of months I rock it super hard and I'm making fresh food and exercising all the time, and then for a couple of months I get lazy and think a quesadilla will cut it. :ohmy: Good thing it's about progress, not perfection, right? -
New to the forum, but not the band
Sita replied to Sita's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Thank you so much for the encouragement! I don't know anyone with the band other than myself, so I don't have any reference other than the research I did before I started the process. It's so encouraging to hear about your friend! I hope that you have the same kind of total success that she is having. :ohmy: -
New to the forum, but not the band
Sita replied to Sita's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Thank you so much, Gabi! :ohmy: -
New to the forum, but not the band
Sita replied to Sita's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Thank you, Heather! I very much appreciate the encouragement and the warm welcome. :ohmy: -
Hey Sita,
I just found your post in the Intro section and I wanted to send you a message to say welcome! I also live in Pasadena and was banded almost 2 weeks ago. Your portraits are BEAUTIFUL! You are very talented. If you don't mind me asking, what part of Pasadena do you live in? I live on Allen.
My roommate is also going to be banded, hopefully in April or May so it would be cool for us to keep in touch since we live so close to each other. Talk to you soon and welcome again!
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Hello Jonathan. :ohmy: I just signed up here, too. I hope it's going well for you so far.
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Need a Dr in the Los Angeles area (long)
Sita replied to muiritelove's topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
I went to Dr. Namir Katkhouda at USC. He's one of the leading laparoscopic bariatric surgeons in the world, and teaches and lectures all over the world. I was also a cash patient, and I didn't feel like he was any more excited about helping me than he was anyone else, which was nice. I was afraid of that "sell" mentality, but didn't run into it with him. The hospital itself was pretty incredible. Their nurses and doctors are super personal and kind, and made the experience about as positive as I can imagine it being. With that said, the women who work in his office on scheduling and billing are, in my experience, unbelievably unpleasant and impersonal. If you decide to call, don't judge him by their behavior. Namir Katkhouda, MD | Doctors of USC -
Excited, but scared to death
Sita replied to tamkin65's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Hi Tammy! I was in the same boat you're in when I went into the hospital. I've never broken anything, or even been to the hospital before, so it was a big scary world. My experience, while not super easy (we are getting cut, after all!), was so much better than I was afraid it would be. I spent one night in the hospital and was out by noon the next day. The nurses and doctors were all incredibly supportive and positive and did everything but bring their pom poms to cheer me on. It was pretty sweet. And if your doctor is anything like mine was, s/he'll give you really good drugs to take home with you. :ohmy: Wishing you the best of luck! -
new, excited, nervous and not very good on online stuff!
Sita replied to elcee's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Well, it's not incorrect to say that the band isn't a solution, in that it's not enough to get the band and then go merrily along your way. It's just one tool in what should be a comprehensive arsenal. It will help you make changes, but you have to be the one making the changes. It is not a quick fix, and it requires commitment and hard work. -
New to the forum, but not the band
Sita replied to Sita's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Yep, I for sure would have been a backslider! I have my band filled pretty tightly so that I can't ever, ever eat thoughtlessly. I can't even drink a smoothie in big chugging gulps, and that's good for me. I'll think good thoughts for you. Wishing you all the best, and nothing but success! -
What kind of exercises do you do for flabby batwing arms??
Sita replied to amonroy's topic in Fitness & Exercise
This question made me laugh out loud, because BOY can I relate! I started working with a trainer at the gym about eight months ago and we weight train together about two times a week. The difference in my arms is unbelievable. I still feel somewhat self-conscious about my upper arms, but not so much that I don't wear tank tops now! I noticed a huge difference in how I used to have all this flab that hung down by my elbow. (Yuck.) It's almost entirely gone now. Improving the muscle tone so much in my arms has made a huge difference in my skin tone. I recommend working with a trainer if you can, at least long enough to learn the exercises that will most benefit you. -
New to the forum, but not the band
Sita replied to Sita's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Hi there, and thank you for the welcome! My surgeon definitely wanted me to have bypass, but I used my good old Taurus stubbornness to convince him that I should be banded. From the lessons having the band is teaching me, I know that was the right decision. Having the behavior modification of having to eat less, and eat more slowly, has made me conscious of just how very unconscious my eating was before. This is a lesson I still am working on - I'm a slow learner! :ohmy: I can definitely testify to the band working for people as big as we were. You can totally do it!
