July5forMe

i'm still on stuck at my current weight loss. I haven't lost anymore weight since i started eating real food. I know all the weight i lost is because i was only eating liquids for so long. I actually got out and exercised. I know i'm a month post op but i just started. I was never big on exercising so yesterday i was proud of myself for actually getting out and doing that. I just walked for 30 mins but it felt pretty good. So anybody else start exercising? if so any difficulties w/the band and exercising?

I'm glad to see everyone is okay. There sure was alot of us in July. As you all know i was banded on the 5th and everytime i move a certain way i get a sharp pain around my port. Is everyone else who had surgery around my time still having occassional port pain? Just curious. it doesn't last but a second but it is a real sharp pain.

:help: Okay. So i know now that i relied alot on food for comfort. I go back to work tomorrow and its a job i'm not really happy with. I don't know how to deal with it now that i just don't enjoy eating anymore. Everytime i eat i'm so afraid of having a PB. I'm just nervous the whole time I can't enjoy the conversation or the food. I would really like to know how do you deal with things now that you don't have the comfort of food? (for those who used food to cope) Also if you could describe what a PB is like. Why do we have them? Do you feel them coming on? I appreciate any advice i can get. Just wondering how to deal now that i feel it getting tougher and tougher.

thank you both. your advice helps alot. thank you.

Thank you to both of you for your advice. I guess i just need reassurance that this isn't going to be the worse thing i have ever done. I see i'm getting alot of views but not alot of replies. If you have anything at all to say i'd appreciate it. Thanks again for the support.

thank you d c princess. I guess i just need someone there who will kick me in the "you know what" when i start doubting if i can do this.

i weighed 265 during my surgery. My liver didn't seem to be an issue. I don't want you to worry about your liver. If the doctor thinks its too big he won't continue. But just to let you know if you are at all worried about surgery eating right does help your liver shrink which does reduce your risk for complications during the actual surgeryl

neenagh, I ate so much while i was waiting to see when my surgery date was. then when i found out it was only 2weeks in advance. Then the eating really started. I hate to admit it but i would eat out by myself because i didn't want my husband to know how much i was eating. I ate ate and ate. I felt so bad about it but i couldn't stop. I tried to try to eat a chicken sandwich instead of a hamburger and do little things like that so that i felt it wasn't as bad but i still couldn't stop. So i wasn't able to buckle down and stop eating until 2 days prior to surgery and i think that was solely because of how nervous i was. You just need to be strong. You need to do the things you know you need to do to make your self stop. It's going to help you so much after you get the band to know that you starting controlling your eating habits. The sooner the better. Its hard for me to give you great advice since i wasn't really able to stop myself but i want you to know that you aren't the only one who did it but you are the only one who can stop it. GOOD LUCK!!!

hello all you august bandster waiting for your day to come. I was banded july 5. Just wanted to let you know that our July thread is here if you have any questions once you get banded. I know we go to the june thread alot for advice. Well i'm excited for all of you and don't be too nervous. I know i was a worried wreck before surgery but it was a lot easier than i could have ever thought. I think the tough part starts when you can eat regular foods and you have to make the right choices. congrats on your surgery dates!!!

i was just banded on july 5th. since having the band i've realized how much of an emotional eater i was. I hope the band helps but for right now i can't say it does. I still want to eat the food but i can't. the urge is still there but i just can't satisfied it. I'm going to find a support group or a therapist because i think for us who are emotional eaters we need more then just the band. the band will stop you from eating alot of food but it will not help you deal with the emotions that cause you to eat. hope this helps. :huggie:

Hello June Bandster. July Bandster here. I was banded july 5th and now that i'm starting to slowly move on to eating more regular food i'm starting to worry if i can really do this. Its hard keeping away from the fast food. Its hard not eating everything on you plate when it tastes so good. All this kind of just jumped up and suddenly i realized i am an emotional eater and an overeater and all of the above. Its like suddenly realizing you do have a problem and you did need help. Now that i have the help all i want to do is run back to all the food i used to eat. Since you were all banded last month, did you go thru this phase and did it pass? How was it after your first fill? Anything scarey? Anything you can tell me will be great.

I thought this would be a great thread to post my question on. How did you get through the tough beginning? The emotional and coping part of this journey. I am having a hard time right now coping with not being able to eat all of my comfort foods. I know now i eat so much because i'm upset or not in a good mood. I was so excited losing 22 pounds in 3 weeks. Now i'm moving slowly moving on to regular foods and i'm having a harder time staying away from the bad foods. So what keeps you going and when does it get better.

Thanks for all the advice. I don't post as much as i'd like but i think i'm going to make it a point to try to check in at least once a day. It is a really great support systems. I realize now how much i need the support of people who understand. DH is great help but he is very slim and has never been overweight so he just can't relate. You are all so right about it's going to pay off in the long run. I go thru phases. One day i'll feel like working out till i can't work out any more and there's no stopping me. Then the next day i'm sitting on the couch wondering what i've done to myself. Its an emotional rollercoaster. My doctors office has a great support systems that i guess i just though i was too strong to need. I guess i was wrong. I think i'll be looking into that right now. I guess i'm just coming to realize that i can't eat whatever i want. I can't comfort myself with all the junk food i can find. I'm trying to look at it as i did the right thing for myself because i had no idea how much i relied on food. NO idea whatsoever. I go to the doctor at the end of august to talk about a fill. It is kind of scary for me. Its taking me so long to get a feel for the band now and then when i see him "if" he does give me a fill its going to start all over. I wonder when this all gets better.

ericsmon, how did it go with the pizza? I had a low carb quesadilla from this mexican restaurant and i know i should of stopped eating a long time ago but i was determined to finish it and i did. I feel completely fine just nervous thinking that something terrible is going to happen as a result. I'm starting to hit a bump in the road. I'm not sure what to do anymore. I know now that i used food to deal with alot of things. Now with this band i can't really enjoy eating. I'm scared when i eat and i chew till its all practically liquid. Who could enjoy that? Now i'm going back to a job i don't enjoy and i've lost my way to deal with it and i don't know what else to do. I've been treated for depression for almost a year now. So i'm just worried about all the emotional side affects with me losing my comfort zone. Well I'm just venting. I guess this might be my new outlet. who knows. Thanks to everyone for listening.

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing. I have 2 more days off. I go back to work Thursday. I really don't want to. I've been job hunting but nothing but a phone interview scheduled for Thur. I've been released by my doctor to pretty much eat whatever. I'm starting out with the mushies and then moving on slowly. Just got done with tuna salad and toasted piece of rye bread. I have to say though for right now i'm just bored. I've healed for the most part just getting used to the funny feeling i get from the port site every now and then. I have my next appointment at the end of August and that will be when we talk about me getting a fill. I'm so scared to get a fill. The only reason I think that i'm scared is because that PB stuff sounds scary.

:hungry::clap2::biggrin1::bananapartyhat::hungry::clap2: MUSHIES FOR ME!!! I had my follow up appointment today. Its good to know that my scale and the doctor's scale are the same. So I'm able to start mushies. I don't know what ot eat and i don't know what to make. I don't want to eat anything too solid. I'm not a fan of puree so i really have no ideal what to eat. I've looked at the food threads but i didn't see anything interesting. For all of you eating mushies, what are your favorite mushies to eat?

It's so exciting seeing that some of us are moving on to mushie foods. Congrats on that! I was banded on the 5th and i'm still on liquids and ff low sodium cream soups when hungary. I've been very surprised that i haven't been that hungary. Today the hunger started to hit a little so I'm sure tomorrow i might be starving but i'm trying to hold out. I see my doctor Friday and he'll let me know then if i can move on. I wouldn't see why not. I've been doing fine on liquids and i haven't had any complaints so far. Sounds like everyone is doing great. Keep up the good work.

:bump2: I am 10 days post op. I can finally say i feel pretty good. I don't have any pain except during certain movements. That's all from the port area. Other than that. I'm feeling pretty good. I've been holding out on thicker liquids till now. I finally got hungary and had about a cup of cream of chicken soup. I don't remember that stuff tasting soooooo good. :hungry: But for the last 10 days i've been living soley off of water, crystal light, and carnation instant breakfast. A few broth like soups here and there. I don't see my doctor till friday so i'm going to try to wait till he says its okay to go onto the mushie stage. I'm kind of unsure what to eat in the mushie stage food. I have a few ideas but i don't think there are as many options as there were with just liquids. I've looked at the thread for mushie foods but i have to say I'm no gourmet chef. Any simple ideas? :help: We'll just checking in. Feeling pretty good. :typing:

wow Paula, I am glad you're doing so well. I was banded on the 5th and i don't even feel close to 100%. I still run around and walk around. But i still can't bend down and my port site is the only one that causes me a little pain here and there. You sound like you're doing great. I was scared before surgery too. I probably would of backed out if they didn't put me to sleep when they did. Now i realize i did all the worrying for nothing. Even though i'm not completely well its not as nearly as bad as i thought it would be Keep up the good work Paula!

hello everybody. I am glad that everyone is doing so well. I still doing okay. I am 9 days out now. I'm not sure about my healing progress. I think i might just be a little inpatient. :bored My port site got pretty sensitive the last couple days so i had to go back on the pain meds. Boy! Do those pain meds work. :notagree The port incision is a bit larger than i expected it to be so that coul explain why it is taking longer to heal. All the port site are fine though. I don't even feel those. I've been trying to move around and mostly stretch. I am just ready to get better so that i can start doing more before i have to go back to work. My doctor gives me 6 weeks off of work. I can't afford to take all six i decided on 2 weeks. I just want to do stuff other than sit around and heal. As far as food goes. I still haven't moved on to any soft foods yet. I'm trying to stay off of those as long as i can. My dr says this will prolong the post op weight loss process. So i'm hoping i can hold out till my appt on the 21st. Liquids seem to be doing the job for now. Its really weird about how my outlook on food has changed. I really thought i had an eating problem before surgery. I just loved to eat even when i wasn't hungary i just had to have food. Mostly fast food. I ate large portions of food at home and just never wanted to stop. But now I really haven't had the urge to eat any of those foods. I think the band did something to my brain. Its like my brain knows i can't have it so it just stopped sending me all those signals that tell me to eat everything around. I'm very happy about that. I guess that's why i'm sort of afraid to start eating soft foods because i might not know when to stop or i'll only eat the wrong things. well that's my looooong story for now. uh, venting. feels pretty good. thanks for listening.

Also Banded July 5. We should really have our own thread. lol I don't have my first post op appointment till the 21st. I haven't had any hunger issues so far (knock on wood). I've only had Water, crystal lite, diet tea, sf popsicles, and when i think i'm hunger i can keep down a third of thos sf carnation instant Breakfast drinks. I'm think about trying creme Soups next week. Any recommendations? :hungry: It sounds like all of us are doing really well. :clap2:

:clap2: Congrats to all of you banded last month. :clap2: I've been reading your thread for weeks now and i'm glad that alot of you are doing so well. I was banded 7/5/06 and i thought who better to ask questions to than those banded last month. :help::help::help::help::help: 1. did anyone have trouble breathing after surgery? (taking deep breathes) If so, when did this finally go away? 2. How would you describe how it feels when you're full? Because i'm still sore and swollen a little its hard to tell what's surgery discomfort verses hunger or fullness. 3. Who would say that they have healed 100%? And how long did it take for you to feel that way? :phanvanSorry for all the questions. I'm part of the july bandster thread but my surgery was one the first ones and we are all really new to this. Any advice will help. I feel pretty good for the most part. Just alittle painful when i move certain ways. again, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!! :clap2:

i originally posted a before of me sitting which probably wasn't the best pic. so i just closed my eyes and took one today. here's my before and why not......... my DREAM after

yeah housecatgirl. it stayed in for about 3 days then i took it out. I think it helped alot now that it has completely worn off. The doctors called it a numb ball.

i am also central time. i can pretty much be on anytime. i'm off of work right now til i heal.