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Congrats on your life changing decision! I'm so glad that I made it! I have the energy I need to keep up with my 6 & 4 year old boys and I feel great. I was sleeved 1/21/13 and I am halfway to my goal, it is so exciting! My advice is to start exercising as soon as possible! Take advantage of the first 3 to 6 months, that is when people lose the most of their excess weight (from what I've read). I for one am trying to get into good habits now, so when the weight loss slows down I will not have to try to start working out. I am training for my first 5K, me the chubby girl training for a 5K...it is all so exciting!
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@@laurenella82 Very soon. I would say 6 weeks at the most for GW and your doctor may even be less. Right around the corner and a wonderful new year's present to yourself. I'm 9 weeks post and have lost 51 lbs. I cannot tell you how good I feel. Never mind the weight loss and how I look, how I feel is the real miracle. I walked around for 3 hours last night at the Wash. DC Zoo to see the lights and I was running around like a little kid. A year ago. I would have to take breaks and go slow up that hill. Even the 45 minute line to get flashing lights cotton candy was a breeze. Not once did I require a break.
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Bariatric Surgery and Alcoholism
VSGAnn2014 replied to WL WARRIOR's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Anecdotal experiences of individuals are often attention-grabbing. However, the following facts about alcohol abuse and dependence among the general population and among WLS populations offer context for the experience of the WLS patient shown in the above video. Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the U.S. 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence along with several million more who engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. More than half of all adults have a family history of alcoholism or problem drinking, and more than seven million children live in a household where at least one parent is dependent or has abused alcohol. https://ncadd.org/for-the-media/alcohol-a-drug-information Here are the findings from one study published in 2012 about transfer alcohol addiction after WLS (in this case RnY): In addition to the potential for weight regain, WLS patients, RYGB patients in particular, are at risk for emergence of alcohol use disorders by 2 years post-WLS, with 16.5% of patients engaging in hazardous alcohol use and nearly 10% having an alcohol use disorder [37] http://turner-white.com/pdf/jcom_oct13_bariatric.pdf The same study referenced these earlier study's findings: In a large-scale longitudinal study, rates of alcohol use disorders did not differ from 1 year before to 1 year after surgery, but by 2 years post-WLS the rate of problematic alcohol use increased significantly. Specifically, drinking ≥ 4 times per week and meeting alcohol dependence criteria both increased from about 3% to 5% of patients from baseline to year 2, and any form of alcohol use disorder increased from 7.6% to 9.6% during this same time frame. Notably, the escalation of problematic alcohol use was significant only among RYGB patients, not those who underwent adjustable gastric banding. -
Who do I tell? Is it ok to only tell a couple people?
jtickle replied to Sassypants92201's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I think I have told everyone in four counties that I am having the surgery. I don't really care what they think. No one as of yet has asked me why I just can't do it on my own. Most people that know me real well, know I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. Telling people is personal decision that can only be decided by you. -
Your experience is completely normal. There will be stalls. Lots of them. Just work your program, be patient and trust that the weight will go. It will. It's all good.
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Fill Dr.'s in Wisconsin or Illinois?
BETTERLIFE replied to BETTERLIFE's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Thank You So Much For Your Reply. Can You Please Tell Me Where You Go When You Do Go To Madison? And Perhaps How Much They Charge For Fills? How Much Was Your First Fill And Where Are You At As Far As Weight Loss. Thank You So Much. Betterlife -
Help me please...I'm so down.
Happyfrog4u replied to gtrigona1's topic in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums
Honey when you look in the mirror remember how much you love yourself. What you are doing for yourself, not only you but your family will benefit too. Try putting up some positive statements around the house so that you inspire yourself to keep going. Listen to your body not your head. Your head is telling you that the old way of eating is good but your stomach know difference. Please take care of yourself. I had my surgery October 1st 2014 and I am down 150 pounds. I feel like a new person. I am so thankful that I have taken off this weight as in April I have to have my left knee replaced. Having this weight off will help. My arthritis has taken over several of my joints but I am determined to keep a positive attitude and ENJOY my life. Best wishes to you and you can always drop me a note here and I will get back to you. Have a wonderful day! SMILE -
Help me please...I'm so down.
Tssiemer1 replied to gtrigona1's topic in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums
Stalls are normal I hear. Keep hydrated. Maybe the weight is from muscle now and not fat since you work out so much. Keep up with protein to satisfy you. Remember why you did this when you're faced with foods that got you to that point. -
Who do I tell? Is it ok to only tell a couple people?
lsereno replied to Sassypants92201's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Whether to tell or not is personal decision, just like the decision to have WLS. Do what feels best for you. I was a teller, because I'm comfortable with that, wanted to share the word about WLS, and worried my friends and family would think I had a terminal disease when I started dropping weight rapidly and my hair thinned. But that's me! If you decide to not tell, think of contingency plan for how to handle direct questions after weight loss begins and if someone you did tell blabs to others. If you decide to tell, think of responses for those that make comments about your choice, from those you care about most to near strangers. Be prepared, some comments will be nice and come from a caring place and it will vary from that to downright mean for some. Best wishes on your journey, Lynda Lynda -
Calorie/fat/carb counting post op..
stcyt replied to susimar's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm stalled right now and its killing me!!! Its been 10 days since the scale has moved. I'm trying not to get freaked out about it but my inclination is to want to "go on a diet". The whole reason I had the surgery was because obsessive dieting was ruling my life. I really wanted to let go of all that. I would like to eat protien veggies fruit and complex carbs, in that order. After that I just want to trust the sleeve... let go of my obsessive need to diet. I'm sure others feel differently.... they just want to loose the weight and get it over with. That makes sense too, I guess it depends on factors like your reason for having surgery, what your particular mal adaptive thinking patterns are (if any), your BMI, the amount of cravings you have...... etc. Stacey -
Next phase...mourning food
Sojourner replied to Laneyb_00's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
You are absolutely correct to identify your feelings as mourning. For obese people, food is often turn to food to cope with stress, boredom, and other situations. For the weight loss journey to be successful, it is necessary to identify and put intoractoce alternative ways to cope with our feelings and life stress, and change our relationship with food. We must learn to eat to live, not live to eat. While it is correct that there will be some foods which you may never be able to eat again, over time I have been able to eat just about anything I did before my band is placed. Favorites such as broccoli cooked the way I like it, asparagus, and fresh pineapple are no longer tolerated. But very thin crust pizza is ok ( I've had 2 pieces in 18 months), among other questionable food choices. We usually can eat just about anything post band, but just because we can eat something does not mean that we should. I understand the temptations all around us. Sometimes we just have to be content with a bite instead of an entire piece of pizza. My post is from the perspective of someone who has been banded for awhile, and not just post op. At present, it is essential that you adhere closely to the post op stages recommended by your surgeon. The future with food choices is not totally bleak, but you must understand your trigger foods and avoid them if you cannot be satisfied with a bite. -
Scheduled for July 18
Clarevoyant replied to Clarevoyant's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Great attitude! Plus now you know you can handle the pre-op diet! Did you lose a lot of weight on that? Mine is just one week but liquid only. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
I lost weight faster at the beginning than I am now but I'm actualy doing better now. As time goes on I'm working my band better, learning to follow the rules and I'm improving my life constantly in regards to nutrition and exercise. Your band is a tool to help make weight loss easier, you still have to work at it. If you continue to loose a pound a week, just think of where you will be in a year from now. Work on yourself and follow the band rules and you'll get there in no time!!!
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male only Men's fashion after weight loss - any women help us out?
DougNichols posted a topic in The Guys’ Room
Since magazines take like 3 months before they actually start arriving at the house, I figured I'd subscribe to something. Which magazines, guides or other material can help me out after I'm a "normal weight"? Right now I just buy whatever is on the clearance rack at the Big and Tall store. thanks! -
BabewiththePower, are you using the same surgeon that submitted the weight watchers documentation?
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One Year After Lap Band Surgery........
lucky2bLAURA replied to muelle's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
I'm so happy for you!! A year... That's what inspires me to get the surgery. To think in a year or so I can reverse everything I've done wrong the last 12+ years... I know there is going to be some hard work ahead, but knowing that it works is wonderful. Reading other peoples success stories is really helping me get thru the waiting period required by my insurance (monitered weight loss program). -
I feel you, I just got my band in December and I've been the same weight since my first post op visit. I had my first fill last month and really didn't have any restrictions. I pray that you'll get the results you want soon and be encouraged everyone is different and we'll all get to where we need to be in time. God bless.
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FINALLY -- 50 pounds
ouroborous replied to ouroborous's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
You beat me to it... I'm pretty sure that the muscle teardown/repair/rebuild cycle requires you to retain water for a few days. Even when I wasn't losing weight, I was losing inches; I started this wearing 48 inch waistband jeans, and now I'm wearing 40 inch waistband shorts (they're elastic in the waist, so that's probably like a 42 inch jean, but still). For reference, in my 20's when I was working at a very physically demanding job (UPS, unloading boxes, 6 hours of dripping sweat every day), I was wearing 38 inch jeans, so I'm getting within sight of being near or at the lowest weight I've had in my adult life (which is sorta sad at 276 pounds, but still!) I haven't started going to the gym yet (I got overeager a few weeks back and pulled a triceps, but I think that's healed), but I think now it's time! -
I have Cigna and am starting the process for approval for the Lapband. I did Jenny Craig for six months last summer on my own and wasn't thinking about the Lapband at the time. I lost 60 pounds but then I had to stop because it cost so much. I have now gained almost all of it back and I am at the end of my line. I can't keep doing this to myself. My question is: Will Cigna accept those 6 months on Jenny Craig? Or will I have to do a physician supervised diet for the next six months? I have called them and one lady said Jenny Craig was fine but when I read the policy it stated it was not sufficient, but it was worded weird... What have your experiences been?
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Cigna Insurance: 6 month supervised diet
heyhon63 replied to ShellShock's topic in Insurance & Financing
I have cigna and they covered all my visit to my PCP for my diet. It was a co pay just like any other time i went to see her. However they would not cover the nutritionist. So I am not sure why they wouldn't cover yours. I don't know personally about the Jenny Craig but the paper I got from St. Agnes says they will use Jenny Craig, LA weight loss, but it needs to be 6 mths or 2 3 mths consecutive not skipping. But like I said I didn't go that way. -
My whole family has a sweating issue, though i've found that since i've lost 20 lbs and am eating healthier I haven't been sweating quite as much. I truly feel it has more to do with what you eat rather than the weight because I used to sweat terribly when i was 80 lbs lighter
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My journey started when I admitted to myself that dieting and willpower would not be enough. The journey started when I sought out medical options. I know most people don't start counting there...but that is when it began for me. A year of hoops, fighting with the insurance, I actually gained weight. My surgeon put me on a 5 1/2 week liquid diet. If I didn't loose 25-30 lbs in 4 weeks, surgery would be cancelled because I WAS NOT COMMITTED ENOUGH!!! I made it, loosing even more by sleeve day. Now, that is where I count from on my weight loss. There are so many "firsts". First chewed food...BLISS, first day at the gym (water aerobics) and ME getting into a bathing suit, making it through a 60 minute class! The first clothes I got too SMALL for. The first 100 lbs. lost. Your count down to a goal is a good thing. Once you reach a goal, celebrate it, share it. Then determine what is your next goal and focus on achieving it. Best of luck on your surgery.
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It really bothers me to read so many people having to fight, fake, lie and pretend to get through a psych eval for WLS. This is so unfair! If a person has eaten themselves into a morbidly obese body weight they have psych issues IMO. That means all of us that have done this to our bodies. Lets face it, at some point in our lives we were taught (or taught ourselves) to eat more than our body needs. It was not engrained in us that food is many things in our society but most importantly it is a fuel and it should be used as such. We were intended to enjoy foods which is why we have taste buds and appetites. The reason being to continue the drive to fuel our bodies in order to live, not to gorge ourselves because the taste is pleasant. The last part of that sentence is where we all went wrong IMO. Of course some have deeper issues than others but we all have them. If a drug addict realized they were killing themselves with drugs and sought a known cure would they be refused because they had a psych issue? No they wouldn't. They would get the treatment and FU sessions with a psych. Some would succeed and some would fail but all would be given the chance to get off the drug that was killing them. I have read a lot of people say that they have a BMI or 38, 40 or much higher but they have no co morbidities and are very healthy. I don't believe thats true. I think the excess weight is a ticking time bomb for all of us whether we have a diagnosed obesity related illness or not. When we overeat to the point of stuffing ourselves and adding lb after lb of excess body fat we are causing harm. We will see it now or down the road if the course remains unchanged. If a person is paying medical insurance and that insurance covers WLS they should be given the surgery if they request it. Make a certain amount of counseling sessions part of the deal if they want but do not bar them from a procedure that will give them the chance to have their life back. No offense to anyone intended. Just thinking outloud.
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Confused/advice please
☠carolinagirl☠ replied to Lela Clark's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
as dawg said, the TOM, sodium or heavy diamond earrings can make the scale go up...def nothing to worry about unless you are eating alot of junk/fast foods or eating more then 3500 cals all the time (3500 cal is a pound whether its ate or drank)..and taking in more cals than you burn off.--that makes you gain. ....as for going back on Protein shakes, i drink one every morning as i am too tight to eat but just being on liquids helps you lose liquids .....best to eat good foods in your small amounts allotted, drink alot and stay positive.. are you losing inches? if so, then you are losing weight.....and FAB that you are under 200...i am aiming for that myself sweetie -
Today was my 1 year band-aversary and I am very happy with my weight loss so far! Just wanted to post to let everyone who is just starting this process to hang in there. The results are wonderful! This is by far the best weight loss decision I have ever made.
