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I see the surgeon this coming week. I'm excited, but freaking out on the inside. Hopefully I can get an early surgery date. Well the jeans I have now started to feel a little big on me (I did lose 15 pounds since deciding to get the surgery) so I went ahead and shopped online for a new pair of jeans, the same jeans just in a smaller size. I noticed that the website was offering a pretty sweet deal where if you spend $100 or more you get $50 off. Well my jeans cost $54 so I thought it would be pretty dumb of me not to order a 2nd pair that would be practically free. The 2nd pair I ordered I got in a size smaller as I am anticipating losing more weight once I start the liquid diet and then after I am sleeved. I wanted to inform all you women out there who are currently losing weight and going through jeans fairly quickly of this deal. It's on the Catherine's website and they are called 'right fit jeans'. It's not just jeans that apply to this deal though, it's almost anything on their website where your total purchase is over $100, you get $50 off. You have to type in coupon code NOVEMBERCA Good luck!! Oh and the offer expires on Sunday.
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1st & 2nd Goal. SCORE!
joatsaint replied to woman in me's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Congrats on your 2-fer. I'm still on my 1st goal - steady weight loss. -
Irene March 2011 6 Mos Post Op.jpg
Meekie commented on LilMissDiva Irene's gallery image in Member Photo Gallery
You go Pretty Mama! You were already beautiful! Now the weight loss just enhances your beauty! Keep it up! -
I believe "good carbs" are necessary in limited quantities. You want to get them from whole grains, fruit, veggies, dairy. Glucose (what your body easily turns carbs into) is the only nutrient your brain can use. Personally, I walk a middle ground between very low carb and what my nut says (she says 130 carbs a day). I take in about 60 carbs a day and have pretty steadily been loosing 2-3 pounds a week. Find what works for you. I believe calories in and calories out is the main issue as far as weight loss. Best wishes on your journey!
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i was dx with pcos when i was 16 and discovered on my own i was IR went to my doc and educated her she agreed to put me on metformin. I took that for years but it never worked then i tried rezulin but like previously stated rats died ....... Last year i started Avandia and cha ching blood sugars started coming down. Then in November I started Lantus(24hr Insulin) it was a god send. now my sugars are less than 120. i have started decreasing units since i have surgery weds. Now if i could just lose the darn weight. then I will have a band baby or three.. hoping for twins....crazy? maybe also i found taking aciphex helped the abd pn.
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I was dx with Insulin resistance a little over a year ago. One of the reasons I decided to have the band was to lose weight and get this under control as diabetes runs in my family and my mother had a kidney transplant due to diabetes. I am very happy to say I had my yearly ob-gyn check and they did a fasting lab on me. All my bad labs, glucose, triglycerides (bad cholesterol) and HDL (good cholesterol) were all bad last year at this time. This year they are all normal to excellent with a little over 50# weight lost. I love my band and am no longer considered insulin resistance, but was told to keep an eye on it!!!!
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Is there anyone out there that think they are too small.
DLCoggin replied to MinnesotaDreaming23's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Totally agree with music and BBdoodle. Listen to your body and you'll wind up exactly where you should be. I believe that so strongly that I never set a "goal weight". Before I even had the surgery I made the conscious decision that my body would tell me when it was where it wants to be. My job was to simply follow the protocol until my body made the decision. And that's exactly what happened. Thirteen months post-op and having lost 130 pounds, my weight stabilized. After about three weeks, I knew I had arrived. Today I'm three weeks away from two years out. And my weight this morning was 153.6. No bounce back. My body is where it wants to be. And thanks to my food log, maintaining my weight within about a three pound range has been surprisingly easy and straight forward. Listen to your body and you're gonna love the new you!! -
weight loss is rarely linear. It'll go up and down - or like many of us, you'll lose it in a "stair step" pattern (lose a few lbs, stall for a week or two, lose a few more lbs, rinse and repeat). As long as the overall trend is down, you're good. Fluctuations are very normal - but if those are messing with your head, then just weigh yourself once a week so you're seeing trends rather than day-to-day fluctuations.
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Hi all, haven't posted in ages, but I'm back now. My band is giving me issues. Every month when I get my period my band gets so tight, and after waiting for an entire week only sipping loosing 12 pounds I go to dr for unfil. I never get a chance to tighten cuz I get my period the same thing happens.but when I unfill I gain all the lost weight back. Anyways I switched Dr's, and decided I'll tighten slow and steady. Really be on top of the game. So the Rn decides to see how much Fluid I have in my band I thought I have 8 cc she says 6.6. So I told her to tighten me .4. I go out of the room drink Water but no it won't go down so it go back she loosens .2 and I didn't drink I thought all is well. I get home and I can't eat or drink. I figured they did a lot of tampering so there's probably lots of swelling. It's ok I'll handle it. But at night I was extremely nauseous and kept on throwing up saliva. I decided I'm going back to dr. As long as I don't throw up I don't care. but I was miserable all night and from all the throwing up it hurts between my breast. I went back to dr today she unfilled .2. I wasn't happy I couldn't drink water so she took out another .2. She asked what the Rn did yesterday. She said Rn was wrong cuz if she pulls out all fluid to see how much you have then there's no adjustment done that day. Anyways I am able to drink now but the pain between my breast is really hurting, and if a hiccup ouch! If I stay on liquids will it get better or does that mean something is wrong? Plse help! Thanx! Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App
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I've been keeping track of my weight loss and knew it would slow down once I started getting off the liquid phase and started introducing food back into my diet, but I've gained a pound now. I'm not eating unhealthy, aside from some frozen yogurt yesterday. Is it normal to see a pound or two weight gain as your eating food and becoming more active in the beginning? My surgery was 3/31/21 and I've lost 29 pounds, but up 1 pound this morning. Sent from my SM-G975U using BariatricPal mobile app
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Had my surgery June 26 and lost 40lbs in the first 5 weeks. I have not really lost any weight within the last 2 weeks...is this normal?
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I had the gastric sleeve on 01/24/2018, and I was wondering if any of you all hit a stage after surgery where you didn't lose weight for a couple of days. I have weighed the same amount for 1 week now and I have been exercising and doing what I was supposed to, has anyone else had this happen to them?
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I want my Sex life back!
Running2theSleeve replied to Running2theSleeve's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
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Knee replacement surgery after VSG
ProudGrammy replied to Rexcom's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
@Rexcom when i told ortho I was going to have WLS, he said "lets wait til you loose some weight". 5 months after sleeve - was down 60 lbs!! - then i successfully had knee replacement. since i weighed less, my recovery /PT went better - good luck kathy -
It is hard... when i had my sleeve, when i reached my goal weight, i relaxed, and in many ways was able to introduce the occasional empty calorie into my diet... unfortuanately in the last six months, my empty calorie intake has gone through the roof due to smoking cessation.... My plan has been to reduce my empty calorie intake, which i have and i am now not putting anymore weight on... next step is the reduce calories... essentailly rules are the same irrespective of surgery or not.... Calorie in, need to be less than energy used to reduce the weight.... Was thinking of going back on modi fast for a week or two... which from RJS is what is recommended... However as my BMI is 25.. such drastic measures is viewed by many as being excessive....
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You know what, I think that after I lose all my weight, I may just do that, go get a butterfly tattoo . . . my daughter wants a tattoo too, so this may be a good time to do it . . sorta like a mother / daughter thing. . . . like pedicures and manicures. . .
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My Story, As I Wait.......
kittylove32 replied to Jbright's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi, my name is Jen. I was lucky because my insurance wanted a 5 yr weight history. My dr office didn't have any diet records and neither did I. Thankfully my dr just wrote a letter and that was good enough. I also was on diet pills for many yrs. Too many yrs. Not anymore. I also weigh 243. I am only 5'1 so I feel horrible and am in pain every day. All my life I maintained 125-130 lbs. Then 9 yrs ago I started gaining weight due to depression. Then I had my son, that was 30 lbs there. The icing on the cake was I quit smoking and that put on 40 lbs! My small frame can't handle this weight. I just went for my last visit. Got my 2 week supply of shakes. I start those on the 10 th then surgery on the 25th! I am pretty nervous. I feel like I will die from hunger on the pre op diet but I HAVE to lose the weight. Good luck to you and I hope you find something out soon! Oh, and I called the insurance all the time too, LOL I only had to wait a week though -
Ryan, this will give you another month to drop even more weight before they see you! That's great! And two words about that Christmas shopping - mail order. No stress, no hassle, no crowds, no fighting for a parking place, and it's delivered right to your front door.
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Hi! I started w/ a BMI of 34 and had the lap band done in June 2008. My personal weight goal is 120 (i'm only 5'2). So far I'm on average w/ 1lbs a week (lost 25lbs so far). I want to get to 2lbs a week. I workout 5days a week...1 hr a day (3 days cardio, 2 day strength). My typical meals consists of a Protein shake for breakfast(110 cal), a Lean Cusine for lunch (300cal), Snacks (150 cal), dinner (300-500 cal). And still only 1lbs a week if that! I was wondering what your goal weight was/is and how long it took you to reach your goal? What did you do to accomplish your goal?
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Welcom Holly. It sounds like your LapBand has been working great for you. Congratulations on your weight loss. I love this forum and feel that I get so much from everyone on this site. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Good Luck!
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So earlier this week I was battling with some lack of focus in my efforts to stay on track. I am 1 year post-surgery, have lost a good amount of weight, but I still have about 30 pounds to go before I get to my goal weight and goal BMI. I have been stalled for a while and I was feeling down. I want to thank you all for sharing your stories on this forum! Reading all your experiences, troubles, successes, and thoughts has re-energized me to lead the healthy life that I know I need. I live pretty far from my hospital so it's hard for me to attend the once a month support groups that they offer. This on-line forum has allowed me to check in each day with others who are fighting the same battles that I am and has provided me a way to reach out to others who know the road we are all on. I may stay on forever, I may stay on for a couple of weeks, but this forum and all of you came along at the right time for me. So thanks!
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Doctor Set Final Goal at 87kg/191lb!!!
Jachut replied to lingling's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
My doc never set goals but the nutritionist (I had one compulsory visit) scoffed at me when I said at 5ft 10, I wanted to be 70kg. I pretty much told her to f..k off, yes, in those words! Rude biatch. She was really scornful and said I'd never do it. The averages lost with the lapband are due to a number of factors, nearly ALL of them within your personal control. Averages are a conglomerate of things, including people who are ill, people who are much older than you, people who dont exercise, people who got banded coz their neighbours knew a friend of a friend and it sounded like a good idea at the time, and people who are non compliant for a whole number of reasons, not to mention the growing number of people who appear to have complete idiots for doctors, who insist on doing insane things like trying to put 5mls in one single fills into a 10ml band to ah, reach good restriction quicker, and the have to unfill and start again whilst the patient recovers! You are in control of what you put in your mouth, how much you exercise and especially of how much you know about the band so that if your doctor is one of these ones that just jumped on the bandwagon so to speak and saw it as a good way to make a bit of money, YOU can tell HIM that huge fills are not a good idea or that you actually can have fills closer together than four years or whatever it is they're trying to pass off as knowledge and experience. You just have to empower yourself and then set yourself to the task. 100% of weight lost with a band is not unusual and its not a really big ask either, it just takes consistency and common sense. -
Heather & Sue Thank you for your response. I was starting to feel abnormal by still being so sore. I felt like a wimp just taking yesterday off of work. I'm sure I won't start walking for exercise until I get over the soreness. It's hard enough right now just doing day-to-day activities. I hope I lose weight before my first fill so I'll know this is all worth it. Thank you for helping me feel normal!!
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Thanks for the info. It's nice to know that I'm not the only sore person out there. I'm surprised about not expecting to lose much weight until after my first fill. Do most people start losing before that? I have sooo many questions. I'm so thankful for this site. Did you start exercising while you were still sore?
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My name is Brent and I live in Central California. My surgery was performed in Visalia, CA by Dr, Karen Mac Kenxie. Before surgery I weighted around 332 lbs, but when I went to see the Dr. I was at 322 (tying to diet on my own). At the time of the surgery I was down to 308 lbs thanks to that god awful pre-op diet. Now after the surgery I weight around 288 lbs. My surgery was 8/28/2008. My insurance paid for it because I have everything in the book: Diabetes Hight Blood Pressure BMI over 40 sleep Apnea High Cholesterol My first fill is on 10/1/2008 and I thought it would be a good idea to fine a support site. This site looks like a good place to get information and support from this who have already been thru there.
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