xavier
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I can eat all of it too but I do have to be careful. I couldnt live without tortillas or the bread my husband bakes. If I am talking and not paying attention to how I eat, I can get stuck on almost anything. Agree with Jachut about the celery though...I just dont like it, maybe very tiny pieces in a tuna salad but I will strip the strings out first.
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Great if it works but most diets are short lived...thats why we needed surgical intervention. I never dieted since I got my band and I believe my past diets are actually how I got obese. I now only make changes I can keep up for a lifetime.I became vegetarian with some fish before I even got my band...any doc who tells any patient (banded or not) that they should be eating meat is just plain wrong. Theres nothing wrong with eating meat but not eating it is one of many healthy lifestyles to choose from. Unfortunately a lot of the nutrition info people are getting from their nutritionists and nurses and doctors is way out of date.
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I eat what I want in moderation. No diet, no cheating. For the rest of my life...
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Since being banded, do you notice how much people eat more??
xavier replied to screeden's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I definitely notice how much people eat in public p[laces and the vast majority of them are obese. I am just so glad not to be one of them any more! It all plays in my head but I dont say a word (especially to my husband who is thin but man can he eat!) because I wouldnt have wanted or benefitted from that kind of criticism when I was overweight! We went to In & Out the other night (hamburger joint in Ca)and I just had a few of his fries. The majority of people in there were obese and the calories are on the menu sign...the double double (two patties, two cheese) was 670 I think and fries was 370. I think the posting of the calories is a new state law...doubt it will help. Anyway the part that really bothered me was the children who are already huge and have been trained to eat like that! -
60 min to eat 1/2 cup?????
xavier replied to kimmc's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
One of the hardest things for me in having my band was getting over being worried about what other people think about how I eat, what I eat, and how little or how slowly I eat. I am ashamed to admit that I have gone out for a meal with friends and thrown up what I have eaten in the middle of the meal (excused to go to the ladies room) and then continued eating so I would look like a normal eater! I would never do that now. I am sure some people think OMG she eats sooooo little maybe shes anorexic or maybe they think I'm sitting in judgement on them because they eat a whole meal. I have finally realized that what others think is just not more important to me than my health or reaching my goal....its a slow process. I didnt tell anyone about my band except husband and daughter. -
Well hang in there...did you know you can buy the extender so you dont have to ask? I am hoping you wont need it but whenever I gave myself deadlines to lose a certain amount of weight by a certain time it didnt go welll. I always stayed at exactly the same weight when my restriction loosened up and then started losing weight easily when I got a good fill.I never could limit intake or increase
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What should it feel like if I eat too much?
xavier replied to thatchick_j's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I have tested my band plenty and have experienced plenty of pain and thrown up many times...but if you ate like that only 6 days after your procedure, well, lets just say you probably have a long road ahead. Anyway the pain of overeating (for me) is like the sharp pain of needing to burp or a bad hiccup and it is right under the middle front of my bra. -
How long does restriction last???
xavier replied to Stargurrl*'s topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I would say whenever I got good restriction I would lose it after losing about 15 to 20 pounds because I think you lose fat that is on your stomach under the band. -
Dr Eric Pham in Orange & Irvine, CA
xavier replied to 54lose's topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
He has a few locations, I had the surgery center in Torrence and I had my seminar at the Chapman center I think. -
never know when I can keep something down
xavier replied to halesredrose's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
We are really on the same page! And you are right about the soup...otherwise when I eat out with friends I get distracted and eat too fast...and you know the rest! -
Maura, Dont you need to update that ticker?? LOL! Congratulations...you rock!
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My Dr. is way too timid with fills
xavier replied to aroundthetown's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I loved my surgeon and had no complaints about him or the fills but it was too far a drive so I went for a fill to someone closer...OMG she fills you WHILE you are drinking water and when you choke she says, "Perfect!" She has been exactly right the two times I have gone to her! Perfect restriction, about 5 or so pounds lost per month, and then after I lose 15 or 20 I get looser so I went back. The second fill helped me lose the last ten to normal BMI. -
Honestly I think I have some genetic predisposition to being fat because my skinny Mom pretty much lived of coffee, cigarettes, and martinis to stay thin. Second I think I actually dieted myself to obesity by consistently losing weight and then gaining it back with a little extra each time. Thats why I have never dieted or really exercised with my band. I just eat less because my band doesnt let me overeat!
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College bander on a meal plan (HELP PLEASE)
xavier replied to hhalphen's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
First eat eggs, cheese, and tuna salad from Quiznos. Second go to the health service doc for advice and help. Next take the doc's advice to the food service director. You have special needs and I bet they can help you if you are nice about it. You might help a lot of other people on your way. Last. if you have to, get a short temporary job to either pay for a fill if you need one or to buy some healthy food. -
Starting A Stall After Lap Band Surgery
xavier replied to kassy_360's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
The only times I stalled I needed a fill. I needed to eat less because I was too lazy to exercise and I refused to diet...dieting is what made me obese, I think! -
I eat a lot less food so I do poop less often. Generally thats ok and i wouldnt call it being constipated. I do eat a lot of beans which I guess are very high fiber since I dont eat meat. On the advice of a fellow very successful bandster i eat a couple of those Russell Stover fake sugar chocolates every day and that keeps things moving. Those fake sugars pull water into the colon and that keeps things moving.
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It makes me sad to see the bad advice of some of the dieticians! Some of them are basing their advice on very outdated info! Unless you are chasing it down, killing, butchering, and cooking it yourself you really dont need to be eating meat. Even Mike Tyson is a vegan! I'm not saying its bad to eat meat but for dieticians to encourage meat eating is not nutritionally sound!
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Hiccups are a spasm due to irritation of the diaphragm...are you having reflux symptoms?
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Dr Eric Pham in Orange & Irvine, CA
xavier replied to 54lose's topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
I had Dr Oliak in Orange and he was awesome!!! His staff is so nice, I self payed and would do it again! -
Post-op breakfast difficulties
xavier replied to Mrs.Crosby87's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I guess I am an old bander but breakfast just doesnt go down. My band is just like my wedding ring - in the morning its super tight and at night its loose. I wish it was the other way around but I just have to struggle against the nigh-snacking urge! -
First spend lots of time here. You will get tons of info, brutal honesty, and lots of support! Second I always recommend my favorite blog which takes you through the very first (insurance approval) steps all the way through losing and maintaining a hundred pound loss without ever dieting or exercising. She will make you laugh till you cry and she will answer every question you dont even know you have yet! Good luck! Her blog is called: thesweetspot by band_groupie
