Sarahbear

Thank you! you're so right!

So what a great weekend. I exercised allot, went hiking and long walks. It felt great. My lap band nurse just emailed me and wants to do the fill tomorrow. I am kinda nervous and super excited. I was so hungry yesterday. Exercise = ravished! I ate two small fajitas the other day. That's almost twice what I was eating 2-3 weeks ago. So yeah I am ready. I also have been eating pasta without any incedent, I read that I shouldn't be able to do this after a fill? Is this true I love my whole wheat pasta. Any sage advice for my first fill? I was told not to eat after a certain time.

Woohoo looks like I am making a little progress. I weighed 240.4 today! That's great. I might make my 5 pound week goal by Monday. Which will be 237. I am going to keep up the 45minutes of exercise all week. Wish me luck.

So I am not losing weight :thumbup: I ramped up my exercise yesterday. I also started drinking coffee, in the past it has helped me be less hungry and more active. I want to try to lose 5 pounds this week. I think I will just walk everyday for at lest 45 minutes. I am starting to wonder if my drinking alchohol is slowing things down. I may just have to cut it out again and see. Today I was 243. I want the scale to MOVE! My fill is on 10/8 seems like forever. Though at the same time I am not eating that much. I just had 4 spinach ravioli for lunch and I am happy and full.

Since I can't have diet soda in my drinks I went to juice. So I am sure that is the offender. I think the best choice may be having one vodka martini. I go out all the time to live music venues it's hard to escape having one drink. I have cut out all booze this week, we'll see.

So I am not losing weight I ramped up my exercise yesterday. I also started drinking coffee, in the past it has helped me be less hungry and more active. I want to try to lose 5 pounds this week. I think I will just walk everyday for at lest 45 minutes. I am starting to wonder if my drinking alchohol is slowing things down. I may just have to cut it out again and see. Today I was 243. I want the scale to MOVE! My fill is on 10/8 seems like forever. Though at the same time I am not eating that much. I just had 4 spinach ravioli for lunch and I am happy and full.

Dr. Pedro Kuri

I wanted to post this. This is from my livejournal and I thought people might want to read about my surgery journey. My surgery was 08/27/09 I changed my boyfriends name to M. I just don't want annoying people that I know, to find out I had this surgery. So on Thursday I had lap band surgery. Yeah crazy, I know. But when you have done every diet since the age of 10 you kind of have to do something drastic. Truth is the ONLY thing making me depressed was my weight and it was getting me all kinds of depressed. Hopefully now I can live again. I hope my friends respect my decision. I feel if I needed a boob job I would have gone and done the same thing, I want to improve me. It's partially cosmetic but also it's a lobotomy of my brain I can no longer EAT. I mean eat eat. My stomach can only 1/4 a cup at a time. So I write this saga while on vicodin sorry if it's confusing. It all started in December the weight since has piled on and on. I checked out some place online and attended a seminar in July. After going I knew then that this was probably the closet I would come to a miracle diet. One problem money! They wanted 18k and getting a personal loan in this economy is a joke. My only collateral was my car but those loans were just stupid. So after more research I found Dr. Kuri in Mexico. I know you may think this is crazy but I also get dental in Mexico so this was not that far fetched of an idea. It took me awhile to commit to doing it. But once I got approved for 5k I wanted it done ASAP. With the help of a friend I borrowed 2k more and was off to Mexico with M. I think I will do Weds and add the rest later. Weds 8/26/2009 it was pre-op day, X-rays, blood work, EKG you name it they did it. It was all nerve racking to do all this on no sleep we drove to Tijuana at 11pm the night before. My Dr. Appt was at 10am weds. The best part of the story is that my loan was only conditionally approved and it was like 50/50 would I make it? But I got the call of approval at 1pm during a blood draw at the hospital I kinda screamed and danced, the other girls were so excited for me. So after all that I and 3 other pre-op "bandsters" went for last supper at a real Mexican restaurant everything was in Pesos (yeah fun). I had cheese enchiladas with molee sauce. It was ok but really I could hardly eat I was really excited and exhausted. That day we checked into the hospital. It was pretty much brand new and we all had private suites with showers. Here is the place http://www.hospitalangelestijuana.com.mx/ at 7pm we had to meet the surgeon for a little meeting. He was the coolest guy and very mysterious in a good way he had Latin charm he was like a Mexican Hugh Hefner personality wise. He explained the band rules and showed how it would be placed and answered all our questions. By this time their were 7 of us being banded on Thursday, I was the second to the thinnest which was kinda weird but good I guess, I didn't feel morbidly obese for once.. I asked if I could go first and he said he had to look at the charts to decide the order. We than all retired to our suites. I watched TV but 50% was in Spanish and the other subtitled gotta love the E channel in Mexico they show full nudity. So the nurses at the hospital were hilarious, oh and beautiful most of them looked like models. So the Doctors and the head people all speak English but the nurses forget it. They answer "no problem" when they have no idea what you are saying. I ended up doing allot of hand gestures. Trying to get the asthma treatment the pre op Dr. prescribed was entertaining. But they showed up hours later with the breathing machine so either I explained it or they finally got my chart. They later gave us all a sedative to sleep that was pretty awesome because it is fucking insanely loud in Mexico. Tijuana never sleeps. Also the nurses bug you every 2 hours with blood pressure and temp readings on top of that. I have to say they are very thorough in Mexico with health care. I slept kinda odd and M slept on this "day bed" next to me that was more like a board with cushions. More later...I need to lie down.

I went back to work 4 days later. But I took it easy and went home an hour earlly all that week.

Glad to know I am not alone here. I have been heavy all my life. But a LLOOOOONG time ago I was a size 9 and not by healthy means. I have been a size 14 for a majority of my life. Right now I am a 16 Yeah I think this surgery is for yourself and nobody else. I want to love being me :cursing:

So I am still not losing. Not gaining either so let's not freak out. Heh. I have always had a slow ass motabolism so I am sure my body is adjusting or something. My relatives are stressing me out. My step dad told my long term boyfriend. That I am hot when I am thinner. WTF? So groos. Also a family friend also was acting like I had surgery for my boyfriend. I just want to make this perfectly clear I am way too selfish to ever change my body for a man! He is/was very happy with me at that weight. I didn't really ask him his opinion about the surgery. I make up my mind and do it, that's the way I get stuff done. My family drives me crazy makes me wish I kept my mouth shut about the surgery to more of them. I have a family affair in 3 weeks. I am worried about the gossip about my surgery. Even the backwards compliments really get to me. Who wants to hear that they're pretty but not the way they currently are? Nobody. I am having my fill not this Thurs but next. Weee

So I am still not losing. Not gaining either so let's not freak out. Heh. I have always had a slow ass motabolism so I am sure my body is adjusting or something. My relatives are stressing me out. My step dad told my long term boyfriend. That I am hot when I am thinner. WTF? So groos. Also a family friend also was acting like I had surgery for my boyfriend. I just want to make this perfectly clear I am way too selfish to ever change my body for a man! He is/was very happy with me at that weight. I didn't really ask him his opinion about the surgery. I make up my mind and do it, that's the way I get stuff done. My family drives me crazy makes me wish I kept my mouth shut about the surgery to more of them. I have a family affair in 3 weeks. I am worried about the gossip about my surgery. Even the backwards compliments really get to me. Who wants to hear that they're pretty but not the way they currently are? Nobody. I am having my fill not this Thurs but next. Weee

So should I wait the 6 weeks for a fill? What are your experiences. I am feeling alright. I think I could use a fill. I wanted to get it near my 5 week date. But after talking to the nurse he agreed with my Dr. that 6 weeks is better. Because of healing. But I read so many people get fills at 4 weeks. So I am confused. :thumbup:

Thank you! you have the best advice. The nurse suggested the same thing. To wait the six weeks out. I just had my first golf ball attack that was fun! OMG gross. The food came up what a relief.

I am not losing right now but maintaining the 12 lbs weight loss. Is it icky? hehe. The guy said he has lanacaine. Might be better.

So should I wait the 6 weeks for a fill? What are your experiences. I am feeling alright. I think I could use a fill. I wanted to get it near my 5 week date. But after talking to the nurse he agreed with my Dr. that 6 weeks is better. Because of healing. But I read so many people get fills at 4 weeks. So I am confused.

I am starving!! hehe. What the hell I have an appetite. :tongue_smilie: I hope this is normal. I am eating mushy foods fine which somehow has my brain thinking I eat like a normal person. I have been trying to resist all my urges. It's so hard! I had chocolate today I am not sure why I am hungry I already ate twice today. Wah.

Thanks for the encouragement :tt1: I am trying hard to make the best choices for food. All the protein I eat in the day helps me way later in the day and has made my dinners better. Did you get a fill at 4 weeks? I am trying to figure out if I should go for it sometime next week. I am at 4 weeks today. I was banded in Mexico and my Dr. says to wait 6 weeks so it heals properly. But I might just gain weight if I wait that long.

So I didn't really lose anything in the last week. Maybe .5 pounds. But I have not gained so that's a positive. I am able to eat a little more. But I have been consuming almost all protein to get to 60g a day. I am looking into getting a fill next week. Today is my 4 week anniversary. Yay. 13 pounds! My clothes still feel the same. At 5'8" 13 pounds is barely noticable. I think once I get down to 220 I will look and feel alot better. I have tons of cute clothes that I can wear at 220. Today I was 242.4. I hope everyone is doing good.

So I didn't really lose anything in the last week. Maybe .5 pounds. But I have not gained so that's a positive. I am able to eat a little more. But I have been consuming almost all protein to get to 60g a day. I am looking into getting a fill next week. Today is my 4 week anniversary. Yay. 13 pounds! My clothes still feel the same. At 5'8" 13 pounds is barely noticable. I think once I get down to 220 I will look and feel alot better. I have tons of cute clothes that I can wear at 220. Today I was 242.4. I hope everyone is doing good.

Day 10 rocks! Ok so I am finally look less puffy and my incisions are looking great. I feel great today. I am so ready to eat mushy food but have till weds I think. Sigh. I have been so good with food I deserve one thing that tastes good. I am craving chkn' veggie nuggets. I think those will be ok to eat on the mushy diet especially if I nuke them they get soggy. I am so glad I have tomorrow off. Not sure what to do with myself?

I am starving!! hehe. What the hell I have an appetite. :tt1: I hope this is normal. I am eating mushy foods fine which somehow has my brain thinking I eat like a normal person. I have been trying to resist all my urges. It's so hard! I had chocolate today I am not sure why I am hungry I already ate twice today. Wah.

I am trying to not get hungrier. My weight has stalled the last few days I am stuck at 244, so I need to kick some ass the next few days and workout. I do not want to gain anything. I have been eating carbs and veggie protein like soy. I am eating about 4oz 3-4 times a day. I think this is good. My Dr. did not give the best nutritional guide other than getting protein. I am vegetarian so it's different for me. I wish I could afford a nutrionalist. Any advice on eating on the mushies would be awesome :tongue_smilie: Breakfast today was 1 pack oatmeal and half a nanner. Lunch will likely be 4oz veg chicken Dinner 1 large veggie sausage 30 grams of protein I know it sounds vain but I have a show on 9/25 and really want to be 230.

I have some soy protien powder I will try that in the morning. :thumbup:

I am so not sure if I will get a fill on the 4th week or 6th. My doc said the 6th week. But as I am sure you have read most get them sooner. Good luck with the fill.