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I'm ten months out and down 108 lbs. I'm about 6-7 lbs. from my doctor's goal and 16-17 lbs. from my goal. Wearing a size 10/12 on the bottom and a medium on top. Pretty much all of my extra weight is in the stomach/hip area. Feeling great and trying to start jogging. Hoping that will lean out the middle section. This photo shows me and my daughter on Easter. ????
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11weeks out Sick & Depressed!
Amyllf2 replied to mrs.papa923's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
C-diff can be a tough one. My healthy 20 year old college football playing son fought with it off and on for over 6 months. No idea how or why he got it. Nobody else on the team did. He was miserable and depressed because he was banned from the team facilities so nobody else ended up with it. He wasn't in the hospital or any kind of medical facility, isn't old, wasn't compromised. So don't look at your surgery as a negative. Maybe you would have gotten the c-diff anyway. You will eventually feel better. You will eventually be so thrilled with your weight loss and your surgery choice. You will look back on this time and say "DAMN THAT SUCKED" but it will just be a bad memory. -
I promised myself I would take pictures of my progress mainly because it is so hard to see changes day to day....below is high weight (about 230), the day of surgery(220) and today (207.5)....almost 3 weeks out. Please ignore my filthy house and scowl (oh, and the horrible house shoes in the first phot!) Little by little I am getting there
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Banded today 9-22
watermelon seeds replied to BeckyinTn's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Wow Loseweightin08, you have lost that much weight just this year WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!! I want to know what you did if you don't mind. I was banded on Sept.8th and I'm down 28 lbs and I have 86 lbs to go to meet my goal of 150 that I've set for myself. I was told that us Lapbanders can lose as much as the Gastric patients but at a much slower pace like a pound a week, but you have proven that it can be faster. Are you working out? How many calories are you eating everyday? Okay, I am so excited for you and I because you give me hope for myself and I thank you. Please pm me if you like. WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!! Congrats! You are doing an awesome job cool. -
u can always get both done.. u can get the GB once u shead ur pounds u can get the lapband if ur afraid of gaining it back..!
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Hey great job on the weight loss but try to go for healthier Snacks if your still hungry between meals nuts, yogurt and jerky
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Thanks you guys! I need to see it to believe it . . . even now, 120+ lbs. gone, I still feel like I've "cheated" the scale by hanging on to the towel bar while I weight or something . . so I need proof! -
I can't believe I've made the decision to be banded. I'm scheduled for 12-1-11. I have a few concerns. Sometimes I get a little freaked out thinking about it, then I read all the wonderful comments on here, and it makes me feel so much better. I've had a relationship with food for years, an unhealthy one, but still a relationship that I'm kind of scared of losing. But, I'm also tired of it controlling my life. Fast food and pizza, love it! I'm scared of blood clots after the surgery since I have a family history of them. My doctor told me not to worry about them, that if I walked, clots wouldn't form. I am not telling anyone (other than my husband) that I'm having this surgery. I'm hoping I will be able to hide it from my teenage child, because I want to set an example of eating healthy and eating the right portion size, and not that if surgery was the right choice for mom, it will necessarily be the right choice for her in the future, if she gets fat. My screen name now is Lookaway.....as in Look away, I'm hidious (from a Seinfeld show). After loosing the weight, I'll have to change my screen name to Look at me now! No way will I be loading a picture right now!
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Thanks guys I'm having the gastric bypass. What was your starting weight and how much weight have you lost till now. How much weight did you loose in the first 3 months?? When should I start buying clothes. I have so many questions lol
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Sleeve One Week From Today
shelbym replied to LoriRay's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
All Protein is pretty nasty!!! Hang in there it gets better! I'm one week post op and already down 17lbs!! Having the weight come off makes it sooooo worth it! You can do it! Don't be nervous, it'll all be over before you know it! Good luck Shelby -
I threw up a lot after my WLS. It was three days of vomiting bile. I threw up the entire ride home from the hospital. I do not respond well to anathesia. I was terrified but it was OK. No burst staple line. You will totally lose weight! It’s impossible not to! I was so scared of my surgery and if I had known then what I know now, I think I would have been more excited! I have had my own issues and complications but WLS is an amazing tool! This is an amazing opportunity! Make the most of it!
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Ups and Downs and UPS again
JamieLogical replied to ladivaluz806's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I seriously doubt a bite of Pasta caused you to gain 1.5 pounds of real weight, That's not 1.5 pounds of FAT magically back on your body from one bite of food. It's Water. Might not even have anything to do with the pasta. It might be the sodium from the sauce. LOTS of things can cause your weight to fluctuate from day to day. What you want to be watching for is a general downward trend. Log your weight once a week. If the daily fluctuations are making your crazy, stop weighing daily and only weigh that once a week that you plan to log. If you follow the plan, get all your Protein and water in, and exercise, you ARE going to lose weight. Unfortunately the rate of loss is going to be on your body's own terms. -
Pre-Op Depression???
ReadySteadyGo replied to Jeen423's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I did. I think, especially for people who have been large their whole life, that we have tried so long to love ourselves despite our weight and the way society treats "fat" people. We have struggled with showing people our worth despite our weight. Now, we have to accept that their is truely something wrong. Something emotional that attaches itself to the physical. I think that is a hard thing to do. Plus you are being forced to look at yourself as obese, morbidly obese, severely obese, super obese. Whatever the case I think that can be very depressing. We are also breaking off a dear friendship. We have celebrating, cried, intoxicated ourselves with food. At least for me, food has been one of my most loyal friends, and it's like it's moving across the country. Your relationship with food will never be the same. I think depression is normal, in fact I think every emotion you have pre surgery and post surgery is its on "normal". Just express everything to your doctor. -
So I'm new here. I had gastric bypass surgery on February 7th 2012. I had decided about a year prior that it was the best decision for me. At that point in my life I had attempted every type of weight loss aside from illegal drugs or starving myself. I was a gym addict. Portion controlled. No snacking. I was seeing a dietician. I had been checked multiple times to see if there was anything health wise that was hindering my weight loss. Nothing. Couldn't lose a pound. So at age 23 and 311 lbs. I had RNY. It was difficult at first. I remember the miserable feeling when I woke up that next day. The first time I tried to eat something my stomach didn't agree with post surgery. But I knew I would be a happier me after all was said and done. I struggle with depression still. Not from the surgery but just in general. So it hasn't been easy for me. But now, here I am, 4.5 years later and I've hit a plateau at 180lbs. I'm me. More me than I've ever been before. I work my butt off. I hike and swim. Practically lived in a bikini all summer when I wasn't at work. I'm at the gym religiously. I eat right and take my vitamins. The worst part still is meeting someone. My self esteem didn't change with the weight loss. I had dated someone for 6 years up until a year or so after I had the surgery and it ended suddenly. I've dated on and off since then but I struggle. So I'd like to meet someone who is on the same playing field as me. Someone who understands the emotions and struggle associated with this new lifestyle. Just looking for a friend.
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New to this app. 3/12/14 surgery date
caseyann24 posted a topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Hi everyone! I have been lurking around many WLS sites for months, this is my first time posting. I'm having the Roux n Y bypass on March 12th. I can't believe how close it is! I'm getting nervous, but I'm far more excited than I am nervous. A little about me...I'm 37 single mom of a 12yr old boy and 2yr old girl. I have struggled with my weight pretty much since I can remember. However it has really spiraled out of control these last 10 years. I'm 5'2 and a 1/2 (lol) and 270lbs. I'm looking forward to a much more active lifestyle, I have a long list of "first's" to complete. Most importantly I want to be a better example to my children, as well as be able to physically enjoy time with them outdoors etc.. -
I went back to Curves three weeks ago and last week I started back to the YMCA (figured four weeks for Curves and six weeks for the YMCA). (Two days each weekly) So my question to all of you is: have any of you had issues with lower abdominal pain? I've been to the Y 3 times--I workout for an hour on the machines--and now I'm having severe pain in the area below my port. It IS easing up since Thursday morning (I last worked out Wednesday) but it's still there. I'm blaming the leg press, because when I work that, I do experience pain in that area and end up holding that area while I'm pressing. Could this be it or do you think it's just working with too heavy weights?? (I've severe kicked back from where I was before surgery) I am such an idiot--I'm considering waiting until January to go back to heavy weights again and kick Curves up to three days a week. What's your thoughts??
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1) I know the requirements for United Healthcare was a BMI of 40 or higher, 100 pounds over weight, or a BMI of something arouund 35 with some kind of health problems like high blood pressure or diabetes. 2) I met with my doctor on 11/17 and got approved about two weeks later. 3) Insurance covers it. 4) I will be banded on 1/11 and my hospital stay will be at least two days, but most doctors allow patients to leave the same day of surgery. 5)Sorry no babies "yet", so not sure on that question. I hope some of my answers helped, even though I'm not banded yet. Good luck. Be BLESSED!
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I am just wrapping up my three month supervised diet. Within the three months I have lost 7 gained 4 then lost 2. I was just curious if anyone else has BCBS - Texas. If so was it hard to get an approval out of them. I am hoping to send in all the paperwork the first week of January (if everything goes as planned) does it take days, weeks, months? Or is it really just how ever fast my doctor moves is how fast the insurance will move. Also I feel a tad by the wasteside. I have only been in contact with my insurance once, and that was just to see even if they would cover the lap-band. Is that normal? Why does it feel I have been so stagnent for the last few months? Is that what it's suppose to be like. I just really want things to start moving quickly!!! I'm tired of waiting!!
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Thanks Kat, I think i just like to hear I am not crazy. Be the best money I ever spent. BTY congrates on your weight lose, keep it up. I hope one day i am just be a over weight loser. The class is good, even through it only been two week, this class has helped me with my eating habits. I am sure everything little bit help.
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A Date to Meet the Surgeon
HOWLUCKYAMI replied to TQUAD64's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi There! I'm from California, too. I'll be having my surgery at Valley Care in Pleasanton. I'm just about a week behind you in the process...I meet with my surgeon on 9/29/08. In fact, I'm doing sort of a 'consultation blast' that day, meeting with the nurse, dietician, psych and surgeon over a 5 hour period in one day. I'm so glad that they offered an all-in-one, as those individual appointments would have really dragged out the process. If I am deemed a candidate, I'll be well on my way! My BMI is 42, no co-morbities but for joint pain associated with my extra weight, and slightly elevated cholesterol on my last lipid panel. Like you, I have Anthem BC. But boy do I have a long history of unsustainable weight loss. Been battling the bulge for over 30 years with little success. Valley Care tells me that they are pretty good about turning around approvals, so I could be banded by the end of November! I am psyched! Good luck to you! -
10 POUNDS GAINED SINCE 3 YEARS HAVING GASTRIC BYPASS
DomLocklar posted a topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I had gastric by pass 3 years ago. Lost 107 lbs. Now I have gained 10 lbs and would like to get it off. Any suggestions would be so wonderful. Dom IN NEED OF HELP -
Holy Moly it’s been a year this month! I have attached a photo and it’s actually hard to look at! I have some work to do yet and I have moved my goal weight around so I am not done yet but what a ride If I can do it at 50 anyone can !
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Hi all I have an appt with a surgeon in the beacon hospital at the end of this month for a lap band? Would love to talk to anyone whos had one so that I go prepared to meet the doctor... I'm married with 4 kids and have gained 7 stone since my last child...I just cant shift it and I have tried everything! I had lost 7 stone with WW but just can't get it together this time to do it.... So hoping this will sort me for life!!!! Any advice would be hugely appreciated! Thanks Em X
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Hi I had Dr. Vohra do my surgery last April. The office staff is great with the paperwork & getting things done with your insurance. Trust me they will call back as soon as they see your insurance covers weight loss surgery. I also had Dr. Vohra fix an umbilical hernia at the same time he did my LapBand. He is a great doctor. Very Quiet. Unfortunately I have had a hard time losing with the Band. I am Insulin Resistant & they think that is why. If you have any questions feel free to email me at jenlevy33@aol.com Jen
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Happy anniversary & congratulations on your weight loss @Betty1971. Whoo hoo!
