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Potentially stupid ? alert...does taking three Viactiv chews at the same time have any impact on weight loss? I have been told to take three - one in AM, one midday and one in PM, but my work/life makes that hard, so I take all three at the same time along with my chewable multi. I am 7 weeks out overall having good results but pretty slow progress recently, and just wondering if anyone thinks it could be related?
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I almost hate asking this outloud because I know the answer is going to be easy, but, I see that many people are using a weight tracker and I don't know where to find it. I would like to use it. Help!
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I had my surgery on the 18th May and have 4ml in a 10ml band. I am so very happy that I took this step to help me control my weight. There have been quite a few tough times since I first decided to get the band but I know it is worth it. I wish you all the best with your own weight journey, and I try to remember that everyday is a new beginning.:biggrin:
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Freaking out a little - Tomorrow is the day
LipstickLady replied to Addawn's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was very hour glass shaped so my fat was very evenly distributed. My thighs look like crap, my boobs are really long now (both places where I held the most weight), but my stomach is fairly flat. I am not too worried about it, honestly. -
Freaking out a little - Tomorrow is the day
BHoenig replied to Addawn's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My surgery is Wednesday so I understand your nervousness. I guess the only thing I can say for you is you want to go ahead and go through with it because if you chicken out...you may decide to do it in the future and you'll have to start all over again. I for one, I'm done living like this. I won't waste one more day where my first thought in the morning is that I need to lose weight and my last thought when I lay my head down at night is I wish I wasn't fat. When I made this decision, my mind was finally free for so many other things. I was no longer obsessing over how or when I would lose weight. I had a concrete change coming and weight loss was a guarantee. Think about it! You know how I knew for sure I would be successful? I took on the pre diet and never cheated once. By day three all cravings were gone and it all just clicked. I've had 37 years to eat whatever the hell I wanted. I knew I had to succeed in this pre diet because if I didn't, food had more control over me than I have over it and there is nothing scarier than that. My friend just had her surgery two weeks ago today and she came to visit Saturday and looked and felt great. She had a few rough days, but she didn't regret it at all. I'm carrying that infectious enthusiasm with me for Wednesday morning! -
I'm new at this, so please be patient if I seem not-so-smart about posting, etc. I went to my first weight loss seminar in March of this year, and have been pondering it ever since. My niece and her fiance' have had the sleeve done, and are doing great, so I've been watching their journey as well. Since I've tried every weight loss gimmick and plan and have always gained the weight back, I finally decided that I needed something that would finally work. That is why I chose the sleeve. I made an appt. with the surgeon, went for all my introductory appts. at his office and finally met with him last month. My surgery is scheduled for the 14th, and I just started the pre op diet of protein drinks only on Wed. So far, so good. I wish myself and all of you pre op members the best!
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I want this 3rd fill out of me..... sigh
Cleo's Mom replied to hotsexyrunnerchick's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
If you were losing weight with 5cc you shouldn't have been given another fill. Get a slight unfill. -
Hiya ive done a lot of pre-made taste tests, videos are available ( im repetitive) but i never found a premade that tasted like anything good. Not even the premier , i barfed first time i tried them. The problem with boost, ensure etc. is the sugar and carbs. Boost contains 20 GRAMS OF SUGAR and 41 Grams of CARBS. That not far off from a Hershey bar or a twix! You have to understand one basic fact. Protein shakes were not originally designed for weight loss, but were designed to replace a meal, or to add calories to muscle builder types. It is only recently that we see the advent of weight loss appropriate Protein Shakes. ALWAYS ALWAYS check the labels. Every special K, Boost, Atkins etc all are high in sugars and carv=bs, not one is fit for a bariatric patient. Even Muscle milk has a muscle milk light because the regular is high in sugar carbs and calories. Heres a tip buy shaker cups, load it in the morning with your protein mix inside, if you dont like that put a ziplock baggy with your daily protein mix powder in it inside the bottle. then just put it in your bag, at work pick up your 1% milk or Water from the cooler right into the bottle and shake shake youre having a shake. Easy Peasy. Heres a link to those taste tests if you like. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9YtO83j45OsMIY1l1p_rNw
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I would caution anyone who has struggled with food addiction to be careful with alcohol after surgery. I am 4 years post-op, started drinking 2 years ago, and it has really messed me up. I thought I could handle it, thought I DESERVED it. I have gained 15 pounds back, and lost a lot of evenings that I ended up inebriated. It is NOT worth it for me. I have a friend who also had RNY that is giving me support, and I am going to KICK this addiction to the curb!
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The only time I reveal to anyone that I've had surgery is when it's someone that hasn't seen me in forever, and they compliment me on how great I look yada yada. Because of me being open about my surgery, I've had 4 close friends choose to have the sleeve, and we all have this common little bond, and it feels good knowing that because of my openness they had the courage to seek out surgery to help them as well. We're military so people come and go, we don't see the same circle of friends all the time because husband's deploy, family vacations are happening year round when the Air Force lets the guys take leave so I might go several months without physically seeing someone, and they'll ask "what have you been doing to lose weight?" That's when I tell them that I had VSG. I don't tell strangers, or servers at restaurants, or people that want to know I'm only eating small portions when we are at a social function and I don't know those people all that well.
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What do you all say when people ask you what your doing to loose weight? I dont want to lie but its not public info.
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Peter, the band is a tool and your choice if you chose to do WLS will be up to you. AS with any WLS there are ways to cheat and not loose or even one can gain weight. You have to work it! Your behavior, eating habits, exercise habits, and how you deal with your eating issues. Definitely do some research and see which one fits into your life style and makes you comfortable. It may be the band, it might be something else. I too am a stress eater and I work at it everyday. I get up from my desk and walk when I want to reach for the candy jar because i'm stressed. By the way the candy jar is gone and I keep anything that might tempt me out of the house, car, office or where ever I am. If I am in a social situation, I walk away, grab a glass/bottle of flavored Water and congratulate myself on making such a smart move. I also have a very strong support system, both at home and at work. I am truly blessed to have a partner in my hubby and to be loved by those that I work with. I exercise everyday because if I have down time, I will make excuses as to why I cannot or don't have time to exercise. My reward is knowing that I am empowering myself and becoming my own being without the crutch of food! Take care I wish the best for you!
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You have done great! I would change up what your doing. If your already working out, change what you do (from teadmill to bike et..). Adding weights will increase your metabolism as you build muscle. Varying the amount of calories you eat is also suppossed to help (eat 1200 one day, 900 the next et..). Good luck! Keep up the good work and you will see that scale move.
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I'm scheduled for the 16th of September :tongue2: has anyone found a september bandsters area other than this one? I dont have to do a liquid diet but I'm kind of sad about that because it would be nice to have a jump start weight loss before the surgery. I felt like my 6 month diet would never end but now I could do with everything slowing down a bit....
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I wish. Quite the opposite for me for a variety of reasons, but even before that, weight loss didnt increase my libido at all.
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Well, I'm done and 3 days out. Pop cycles seem to be the only thing I can do. I'm not hungry after taking the meds I've been given. For those of you that may think you're too old, I'll be 73 next month and wanted my life back. The last 5 years when my band failed I really started to gain weight. I'm looking forward to being able to jump off the boat and get up the ladder again. Kayaking too. Just need to get through this recovery period, I'm not a patient woman. I realize it is only for the next four weeks of the rest of my life.
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Anyone going to Vanderbilt for lap band?
PuppyBandit posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm in month 2 of my 6 months of required appointments and all the jumping through the hoops. Just curious if anyone else is going to Vanderbilt for their weight loss surgery, or is that where you had it? My surgeon is Dr. David Williams at Vanderbilt. If all goes as planned this will be my last summer feeling like crap. How do you add the avatars and stuff? I'm pretty forum savvy but can't seem to find the area on this forum to do it. I know about ticker factory and all that, just can't find the place here to put it. This place is great :tt1: -
I am 2 days post op. I have been on clear liquids for 3 days now, and full liquids for 5 days preop. Today i got on the scale and found that i had gained three and a half pounds which put me at the weight i was when i had my first consult with the surgeon exactly 1 week ago. I am getting very discouraged. Any body experience weigh gain? I had initially lost 3 and 1/2 pounds when i first started the full liquid diet.
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i didn't have one at all last month and it started at midnight on May the 1st. I'm waiting for it to come now. but it has been out of wack for a while. I thought that since i lost some weight it would even out...nope
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Inches lost but little weight
cantweight2go posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi you all, I was wondering if there were others out there that have lost only a little weight but a lot in inches. I was upset about not losing a lot of weight in my first month but then I remeassured my self and so that I did drop many inches. Am I the only one? -
I'm now experiencing heartburn with many foods at this heightened weight. I'm wondering if its a symptom of weight gain or age?
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Preop diet is harder the second time around
Slimsoon1988 posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
A month ago, I did a strict,unnecessary, pre-op diet to qualify for surgery. Once I got my surgery date of 2/25, I've eased off the strict diet and have managed to gain 7 pounds. Today I'm actually starting the real 2 week preop diet and it is MUCH harder the second time around. It's noon Im already sick from not eating. I def should not have gone off the strict diet I was on. My next weighin is 7 days from now. There is no room for cheating or slacking. My head hurts! How did I ever do this the first time?!? And why is this time so much harder?!? (Sorry needed to vent). -
I have been wearing elastic waist basketball shorts ever since my surgery, and since I live in a hot climate and no longer work it hasn't been a problem. I have one pair of khakis that I wear to church, but my wife is getting tired of my "upper class homeless guy" look. I was fine with it, but a couple of weeks ago I had to go out of town to a funeral and realized that I had nothing to wear. SInce we had no shopping time until I had to go, I dug way in the back of my closet and found a sport coat that I had not been able to wear in 15 years and my trusty khakis. I guess I looked semi-presentable. But it did make me think that I need pants since it is now 40 degrees. My wife took matters into her own hands and went shopping. Not wanting to spend a lot, she went to K-Mart. Well she found the sleeved mans Godsend. Dockers style pants with an adjustable waist. They aren't the funky looking elastic waist things either. The look like a nice pair of slacks with this nifty little adjustable thing inside. You may be acquainted with them from tux pants or from little kids jeans. I found that I can make them go down almost 2 inches! The really cool thing is that they cost less than $20! These should work for around 20 pounds of weight loss.
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A Clothing Find for the Guys
Thomas CPA replied to LVikingFan's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I buy 3 pair of pants and a couple of shirts every two months or so to get things that fit. In September Men's Wearhouse had a 2 for 1 special. One suit got altered the other still has tags and will get altered in about another 10 pounds. Preplan your purchases. Save money - go to thrift store - salvation army pick up some cheap stuff until your weight becomes stable or if you are not embarrased - out of the closet (gay thrift store) - reason I say this is my gay clients dress really well and they donate their clothing 2 to 3 times a year so it tends to be high quality low wear and tear clothes.
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