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I just got this idea if you were banded between 1 june and 10 june, we would like to start a weekly weight check. Every friday we weigh ourselves and see who will be the biggest loser :drool: just a way to keep us running and help each other if you like it please lets start from here ......

Congratulations on your weight loss so far - that's great! I've only been sleeved for 10 days. For me it's not an issue of putting myself first or not - it's that I HATE exercise. I know I have to change this fast if I want to get healthy. I'm open to suggestions as well!

I don't know if I'm normal or not, but I never get a "full" feeling. Instead, I eat a few bites and feel a tightness in my chest. Sometimes it's painful, but, if I stop soon enough, it's just uncomfortable. I take this as my signal to stop eating. Sometimes I even still feel a little hungry, but it goes away very soon. I can only eat a few bites before this happens. I used to wait until the "plop" feeling; however, my thought on that was this: my understanding is that the band stops us from overeating by filling the top pouch with food. Since the "plop" feeling is food transferring from the upper pouch to the lower pouch, that defeats the purpose of the band and means I am eating too much. So, even though I only get a few small bites to eat (read: beween 5-10), I know that in a few minutes I won't be hungry anymore. But, to answer your question, no, I never have a "full" feeling anymore. It is either uncomfortable in my chest or actual pain. Both make me stop eating!! :-)

Banded: 09/13/2010 (1cc) Blog: http://glamorousband....wordpress.com/ 1st fill: 10/26/2010 (4cc) 2nd fill: 12/27/2010 (2cc) Unfill: 01/10/11 (-1cc) Unfill: 01/31/11 (-1cc) 3rd fill: 02/22/11 (1cc) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total: 6cc's in 14cc Band CONGRATS ON UR WEIGHT LOSS HOW DID U DO IT????

I have tried multiple things concerning fills. Even 1/10 of a cc sometimes is enough for me. This last fill I recieved 1/2cc, but this morning I can already tell it's too much. I will have to call and get at least 1/2 taken out.This gets expensive since I am cash pay.

I had lap-band surgery back on 7/19/2010. My primary reason for the lap-band was to send my diabetes into remission. On the day of my surgery as I waited to be call (got there 4 hours early) I had a horrible tooth ache from a tooth that I found out later needed a root canal. I didn't say anything because I was concern that it would cancel the surgery. The surgery was fine and the only real pain was from my tooth afterwards. It took me awhile to get the root canal done and so I lived with the tooth discomfort for a while. As a result I ate very little and therefore I lost a lot of weight - the doctors thought lap-band, I wondered tooth. When I started the fills food began to get stuck immediately and also pain and discomfort. They stopped the fills thinking I had enough and after all I had lost 20 pounds fairly quickly. I felt good and my AC1 almost return to normal levels. I won't go into the details of port fills and lack of results because we have all been there. Three months ago when I was in the doctors office they mentioned that I was a "lap-band failure" and suggested that one possibility might be the sleeve. My first reaction was I had purposely gone with the least invasive procedure and that to pursue the sleeve was to be going down the rabitt hole permanently. Which frankly scared me. However after thinking about the real consequences of diabetes in the long term and how much I hurt physically with the weight regained I signed up for the conversion from lap-band to sleeve. I have requested that they remove the lap-band and do the sleeve at once which the doctor says that he will try. I am now scheduled for surgery on December 21st. I'm not sure that I have any specific questions. I have concerns about the quality of life after surgery. I am also concerned about the psychological impact of the surgery. Thanks.

I'm a slow starter/loser too. After 10 months I'm only down 25lb. I'm totally to blame. Denial was my middle name. :tt1: I've done some mental butt-kicking and think I'm on my way!

You have no idea how thankful you are going to be next year when you have these pictures to gloat over. Today, my MIL and I looked through 7 years of pictures to find "before" pics of me, we found 10 so I am in about 1 1/2 pictures a year with my family. I know its painful now but next year you will be one happy camper when you are able to see the difference a year makes. Don't let this take you off course. :smile2:

Hi Abby, congratulations. I am searching through ebay for nice things in smaller sizes. I bought 3 really beautiful (and new with label) shirts for $10 each recently. I figure once I stop fitting them I will onsell them on ebay.

Since January, I have lost 50 lbs. I still can't believe it. I would like to lose about 40 more, but 30 would be okay. I can't believe that in less than 10 lbs from now, I will be in the 160's! Crazy!

Ok, so I am 9 days post-op and constantly tired, like laying around and even sleeping 10 hours a day...which is totally abnormal for me. I realize that it is from the lack of protein. I am trying to eat it, but I simply cannot consume so much in a day. All I can eat is 4-5 times a day, and like 1-2 ounces at a time. Yesterday, I bought the Gordan's Frozen Fish Fillet's, but all I could eat was 3/4 and that is the entire day. That is 17 g. of protein. I HATE SHAKES...HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE. Any other suggestions? Thanks-Tracey

For me fish and chicken worked well as long as it was the breast and not overlooked. I could also handle ground beef. (This of course was in the soft stage). Turkey breast also worked for me if it was not overlooked and sliced thin. It took about 4 months before shrimp worked for me and even now sometimes I have trouble chewing it small enough. I am now 10 months post op and still struggle with pork. I tolerate really lean tender cuts of beef like filet mignon. (I know how sad! LOL) If I do eat pork it is usually a piece of pork tenderloin.

I also am from NY upstate. I am going to Albany Med for my operation. I am in the begining stages. I have all my required appointments set up and am on my way to losing 10% of my body weight. I am excited, scared and nervious. I know it is alot of work. But will be well worth it in the end. :shades_smile:

Look into Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, NC. Huge hospital system and teaching university. Lived here for 18 years now (moved from NY) and love it. Great location. VSG 10/11/17 HW = 360 SW = 292 GW = 220 3/7/18 CW = 211.6 (6'5") [emoji256]

Hi Everyone, I was banded April 22, 2009.......I had my 3rd fill Friday (actually my 4th, but had problems and had to be completly unfilled for 6 weeks). Now have 4.8ccs in 10 band. I am having a hard time getting the food to go down in the beginning (when starting to eat), but after awhile I can eat and it takes alot to get filled.......So I guess I am not at my sweet spot yet........but does it sound like I am having any restriction??? I am very confused. Help. Thanks

We will be in this together!! I start my diet on the 10th. My surgeon only requires a 10 day diet. When do u start yours Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

So this is my first post. I've been researching and contemplating bariatric surgery for a few years now, but it's only recently that I decided to put my foot on the road and start the journey. A little background: I'm a 38 year old woman, 3 kids, and husband, cat mom (hoping to bring in a dog soon too, hehe) I've been overweight all my life. All 3 pregnancies were with gestational diabetes, but I managed without meds, and that has been the only time I've ever lost significant weight. Actually, prior to my first pregnancy, I cut out soda, and stopped relying on hamburger helper/boxed meals for dinner, and went from 255 to about 230. My weight over the years has fluctuated between 200 to 230. My biggest problem now is diabetes. I was diagnosed with type 2 a few years back. I'm on metformin, which my body doesn't handle well. In 2015, I lost my mother, who was over 300lbs and had diabetes to complications from diabetes. It has really scared me, enough that I've had anxiety issues since, and what's really pushing me to find a way to lose weight. After all my research, I'm aiming for the sleeve. I've been to my program's orientation, and met with the Nurse Practitioner. I now have loads of appointments, and a goal of losing 12 lbs by January 24. It feels like a lot, only because my timing is poor and I'm doing all this through the Christmas season. While I'd like surgery in March, I'm actually thinking May would be better since my older kids would still be in school, but my husband would be home (he's a professor) so that he can take care of my 3 year old. I could try to time it right so that it happened over his spring break too, but that's going to take the stars aligning just right, lol. Anyways, I feel like I'm taking on a whole bunch of stuff at once, and I'm not sure how to handle it all. My husband is a good man, who listens, but as he says "I'm not a therapist and other than listening, I'm not sure how to help you." I've got an appointment with a therapist, but not until January, so I'm on my own. So I guess here's my questions...how do you keep focused? I have little direction at this point, and find my confidence wavering. It's always a stressful time of year for me, and while I realize that I have to change how I handle stress, I feel a bit "thrown into the fire" by doing all this now and not say...next month, when I'd have more time to learn more ways to deal with everything. (Another back story, December goes like this: Christmas Eve, Christmas, my oldest' birthday, my youngest birthday, and 10 days later but within the 12 Days of Christmas, my middle child's birthday.) I find the site here too big so I'm not sure where to read in order to get more positive stories and other helpful information. I read a few books, but I guess I'm not ready to invest in any sort of emotional eating books. I'm counting calories and watching what I eat, and trying to exercise more, but really, that's not enough to keep me focused completely. So what other resources do you use? Sites with good articles and information, positive stories of success, etc? And finally, on a grosser note, and a rather...embarrassing question to ask, but how are bowel movements after surgery? I mean mostly on the long term, but I ask because one of the biggest factors to not just simply "losing weight with diet and exercise without the surgery" is I can't handle the thought of being on metformin for the rest of my life. Even at 1000mgs, the loose BM's are horrid and painful and interfering with my every day life (with my current primary care physician pushing for me to move up to 1500mgs despite my protests). I have this worry that I'll still be dealing with intestinal issues after surgery. So if you have had the surgery, and were on metformin, did you get off of it? If you've had intestinal issues in the past, have they continued after surgery? Sorry for the novel!

So I've been on liquids for 13 days and I've lost 10 pounds. However, for days I've been thinking that I haven't cheated, but unfortantly now I'm wondering if I have. I've been drinking 3 shakes a day and have a small I mean small salad with olive oil and vinegar with like 2-3 strips of grilled chicken, I don't do the chicken everyday. I was also told I could have no sugar pudding and yogurt and low fat cottage cheese. Do you guys think I screwed up by having the small salad? My nutritionist said that I could eat as many fresh veggies as I wanted, so isn't salad fresh veggies, I just am worried about the grilled chicken and oil and vinegar. I also went out for girls night last night and my friends were so proud of me, they all drank and ate appetizers and I drank my Water and eat NOTHING!!! I was so proud of myself. I'm just scared now about the salad and my surgery is on Tuesday!! Anyone that can tell me their thought or opinions would be greatly appreciated!

thanks, sorry to say it doesn't get better, but time goes fast. slim fast chocolate or coffee I liked the best but premier had to most Protein. you should drop about 10 lbs pre-op

I'm 10 days post op. band removal and sleeve. rough couple of days. 2 days in hospital. no vomiting but lots of heartburn/nausea. hard to tell if hunger pains or nausea. salty foods go down better loving tomato soup. on pureed diet. Breakfast is worst, as I luv my coffee. taking Prilosec 20 30 minutes before breakfast. didn't work today,lightheaded/nausea. greek yogurt goes down ok and dry chicken soup mix. I am very sick of the Protein drinks but know that is a guaranteed protein.

Dr. Malley in Kansas City is doing a live surgery this morning with Q&A at 10:00am CST. Here's his website just click on "Live Event". Home Good Luck all

I haven't blogged about my weight loss forever nor have I read posts. I am going in for my 3rd fill 2 years later and and excited! I was dragging feet for the first 10 months of surgery and then my husband and I split the sheets and my weight loss rocketed! I got rid of someone that made me very unhappy and made me happy.... amazing what that can do! So this past year I have lost over 100 lbs and am starting to slow. I am on the downhill slope of things but I have worked so hard. I have gained about 20 lbs., not from over eating its from undereating and getting carried away thinking that I can just go back to not eating but once a day.... The scale reality checked me the other day and I became panicked!!!! I am very aware of my weight and when I start gaining I feel awful, bloated, and think to myself that I can't gain any weight because.... I have gotten rid of the larger wardrobe and refuse to go buy bigger! Anyways... my little rant... Hope everyone is doing well and having great success! :cursing: