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Eating 'raw cuisine', my lap-band and, oh dear, no weight loss
HappyVegan replied to TheProfessor's topic in Vegetarian or Vegan Eating
Hi Im sooo happy found this topic!! I got my surgery 1 month ago, and after been vegetarian for most of my life, wanted to do the leap of faith and compassion and been a vegan... So since my surgery i have only had a vegan diet.... fruits, veggies and grains, legumes etc.. for the first 2 weeks i dropped 15 pounds, then i stall for 10 days and i noticed it was because i introduce more nuts and grains and avocado So for the last 5 days i been eating only vegetables, legumes ( chickpeas, green peas, black Beans etc) and fruits and i started loosing again yay!! 3 pounds less!!! And it makes sense to me now!! im doing a big effort to dropped the fat i have inside so i can not put extra fat in!! Soo only legumes, fruits and veggies has done the trick for me!! I also recommend listening to dr. Garth Davis interviews, or fb, he has been one of my inspirations, because he is a surgeon specialist in bariatric and he recommend a vegan diet from the beginning to his patients and he has tons of great testimonies and when he speaks about it is so informative and facts oriented. For the most part being a vegan in this new stage of my life has been wonderful, no nausea, no reflux or digestion problems AT ALL. everything goes down easily and i can get to enjoy fruits, veggies and legumes . Im learning while i go... but so far so good!! I want to know if there is someone else wanted to share their food blog and progress with me? i log using cronometer cuz allow me to see the nutrients in my food. It will be interesting see what works for other vegan so we can have a little comparison. hugs and lots of good vibes!! -
My hubby, my dad, my family members, AND my coworkers!!!! Yes I'm still far from skinny but its amazing I was starting to get depressed because I was stalled for almost 4 wks them boom I started loosing again:) Sorry, just had to share this with u guys. Sleeved 5/28 Starting weight: 271 Surgery weight: 258 Current weight: 223 Woot woot!
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Today was my 1 month follow up and scheduled for my first fill,this week I have been having a flare up due to lupus,overall not feeling good, I was NOT numbed before the poke my dr said " we don't numb anyone because they can be over poked" it was painful! I felt immediate stabbing pain in my back. And the sensation of the fluid running through the port was excruciating. I had to ask her to stop! I couldn't take it anymore. A 10/10 pain. And I have a high tolerance to pain. I'm wondering has anyone else experienced pain like this, it's probably that my body is sensitive and hurting because of my flare up :/
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Mine have all been quick and painless. I can eat the same day....my doctor just asks that you don't go out of town for two weeks.
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@@CanyonBaby, great post! So much truth and I hope people read and absorb it. It can be a real struggle, but I think it's worth it. I want to elaborate a bit on your: "You may gain weight back." a little. I've seen so many people online and off who say thing about weight loss surgery being PERMANENT weight loss. No damned way. SO many people lose considerable amounts of weight and yet gain back every pound and sometimes more because they go right back to eating the foods they did before and sometimes nearly the same amount. I have a friend who had surgery six months before me and she had less to lose than I do. She was 10 pounds from her goal around Christmas. A piece of pizza turned into three. A piece of pie at Thanksgiving had turned into trying a piece of each pie at Christmas along with Cookies and fudge. After the holidays it kept going and it continues to as of this month. This story also touches on your "you may lose friends" point as well, because she blew up at me a week ago because I wouldn't go out for pizza with her. I offered to have her over for something else but she insisted we get a pizza. Pizza is a food I used to love but I haven't had a bite of it since I started preparing for surgery last March because I know me and I need to focus to stay on track. She's gained back 40 pounds since December and shows no signs of stopping. She told me I'm obsessed with my surgery and my weight loss and that it isn't healthy for her to be around me anymore. It made me a little sad, but I can't afford to let anyone or anything knock me off my track. I used to weigh 450 pounds and I never want to be there again. I'm telling this not for pity, but to illustrate how even people who've been on a journey like yours, it isn't exactly like yours. We all arrived at the decision for surgery for myriad reasons and our weight loss paths are going to be different a well. There isn't one way to do it right, you have to do what's right for YOU to keep yourself moving in the losing direction. It's too easy to stumble and go backwards.
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Overcoming half way point apathy
JustWatchMe replied to sleepingarby's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I'm a little past halfway and got back in my groove two weeks ago. I ditched daily weighing, started the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet, and started working daily intensely on the psychological issues underneath my food addiction. I'm back on track and feeling more energized than ever. -
Hi All I am hardly a newbie to the lap band but have only had 2 fills in the entire time I have had it and both were within 3 months post op. I was banded in Jan 04 and have lost around 140 pounds but my weight has been pretty much the same for the last 18 months or so because I haven't been as committed as I should be eating the right foods and I get hungry quite often ......... so this brings me to my question. I get full on small amounts of food still so I don't think I have an issue with my pouch being stretched (which previously I have had) or with slippage. The problem is I am hungry again within an hour or two of eating so I am snacking all day because I am never satisfied for long. I eat small amounts each time but it's SEVERAL times during the day, not just 3 or 4 times. Do you think this is indicative of needing a fill? My band has been entirely empty for just over 18 months (No coincidence really is it that my weight loss came to a screaming halt around the same time??!!) so I probably could do with a fill. I had port revision surgery in Dec 06 and have not had a fill since then. I am scared it is something more serious even though I can only eat small amounts and have no pain or anything else unusual going on. I have an appt with my surgeon next week and they want to do a fluoroscopy first just to make sure everything is ok because it has been so long. I guess it is just a precaution to make sure its all ok before they fill me. I know you guys arent doctors but hearing your opinion would calm me down a little if you just think a fill is all that is needed. I'm a bit scared. :crying:
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If I had a job (I don't), I would've taken off a week for a sitting job, maybe 2 weeks for a more active one. My brother in law stayed with me the first week (comes in handy to have someone else there) and I took my liquid Vicodin as directed. I don't remember the gas pain very much. I think lapband surgery is like having a baby - you don't really remember the pain 3 1/2 yrs later! Some people don't need narcotics at all - Tylenol works fine. I wasn't one of those people, however. I even gota refill on my liquid Vicodin. I had a treadmill and starting maybe day 3, I started walking really slowly several times a day. Believe it or not, I gave away my $1200 treadmill cuz I never used it. Since I pay for the gym, it motivates me more to go! It sure came in handy when I couldn't sleep tho at 2 am! Good luck with your surgery! Marci
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10 pound gain at week 15???
Lisa the loser replied to Lisa the loser's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Thanks for the advise , I was in fact pre menstrual and I am on day 4 of my pouch test have only gone down 3 pounds so far. will try just low carb next week ! -
The worst part for me was the gas pains. I had to sleep sitting up for the first week. I too got tired a little faster, but overall it was not that bad. I took a week off work because I wanted to not because they told me to. When I went back to work I could not lift anything over 30 lbs over my head. Other than that I was good. Looking back.....it was WAY WORTH IT!!!!! good luck with your journey.
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I know how you feel...I finished my 6 month diet on Dec 19th and the only person in the office that could submit my info to the insurance company for approval was out on vacation for two weeks. Are you serious? Nobody else in the office could help? I was so angry, I had done what I needed to do with all my tests and diet and I got all my little ducks in a row and then had to wait on them. It's so frustrating. I did finally get a call this monring that I'm approved and we just need to schedule the date now. Again, waiting to hear from a different person in the office to set the schedule. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can still get in this month. Keep me posted on how you're doing. I wish you the best of luck!
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I hear the best results seem to be the patients that have the drains removed in the hospital and then their surgeons close them up with some sort of liquid glue. That sounds much better! I am not having those dig dag drains hanging out of me for 2 weeks! I'll lose my mind. (What little is left!!)
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I am with you Lavender!!! My surgeon is over cautious and uses a cath, drains FOR 2 weeks!!!!!!! and we have to give ourselves shots for 2 weeks.. she also insists on liquid diet for 2 weeks pre-op. PLEASE. I am insisting they remove the drains before I leave that hospital... everyone who has those nasty drains has incresed pain and infections!!!
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Did anyone had trouble getting approved from Atena? I am doing the three month program,but I am having doubts that I will get denied.My PCP is not really on board with this wls,and I am noticing that she is not putting any notes in regards of weight loss the last two visits.My nut is fabulous,but my PCP is what i am worried about.I really don't want to be fat for another year lol.If anybody went through this please give me some insight.
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So I had my 3 month post op appt today and before I start complaining let me say I have gone from 348 pounds in the second week of January to 286 pounds!! The dietician at my surgeons office said that was one of the highest weight losses she had seen at 3 months. I have been working out so hard every single day it was awesome to see it all paying off. Now for the complaining my doctors office has an amazing nurse that does all the fills but she is leaving at the end of June so she has been training another nurse for several months. Well the nurse that always does it is off till Tuesday of next week so I saw the trainee and she could not find my port. I got stuck 3 times and she was digging around for 10 minutes with the needle in me before she told me she couldn't find my port and I would need to come in next Tuesday to have the regular nurse do it. So now I have a bruise the side of my fist on my stomach and am soooooo nervous to get another fill it hurt so bad! I just don't understand with the other lady I don't even feel it ugh! Oh well done bitching I have lost 62 Pounds in a little over 3 months woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Need Help with Pre-op Diet
juliegeraci replied to badonkadonkbutt's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hi LeeAnn, if you want to start eating like a bandster drop your calories to 800-1k a day. You will drop the weight fast. I bet you could lose that 15 lbs in 4-6 weeks easily. Good luck. Julie -
Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor I want a buddy! I'm in NJ
heatherv posted a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hi Possible Buddy! My name is Heather. I'm getting the band next week - 1/29. I am so excited :biggrin: and a little nervous and overwhelmed :thumbup: I'm hoping to find someone who can tell me what to expect and keep me sane when I'm asking - what the heck did I get myself into! -
Help please! So many questions - lots of pain and confusion
Pescador replied to rolosmom7's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Maybe your prescriber of mental heal meds could guide you a little? Also, I could not talk to my surgeons nurse after surgery when I had panic over some very toxic gout meds, and only after I demanded to talk to the surgeon did his "not there" nurse miraculously pick up the phone. I tend to think for the first couple of weeks they know people panic and call them, but trust your gut instinct when you have a problem and know when to seek medical attention, such as going to the ER. I think you might settle down a bit, and hope the nausea goes away. Do the best you can but try to talk to someone before the weekend. Good luck girl! -
Help please! So many questions - lots of pain and confusion
kelliev2015 replied to rolosmom7's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
You will feel so much better soon! You have to remember that you are only 5 days out from major surgery. I felt SO much better after the first week and just feel better every day. I'm 6 weeks post op. You will feel better soon too! I know it is hard right now but try and be patient. -
Yes, it's a stall. Won't be your last, either. Like Jamie said, stay with your program and it will pass. If it's going to drive you crazy, don't weigh as much so you don't see the scale at a standstill. Also remember you may still be losing inches instead, so get out the tape measure!
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Hi guys so I'm three months and 3 days post op starting weight was 268 now I'm 214 yay ....
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Ugh!!! So aggravating! 3 min before my appointment the doc office calls to tell me that the doctor was stuck in surgery and couldn't make it so now I have to wait 2 more weeks for when he comes back to town!!!!
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It's different for everyone (bet you've never heard that line before! ) My last fill was just 0.5cc and it made a difference. Now I am satisfied on smaller portions and do not find myself looking for food within three to four hours. Before this fill, I was eating progressively more and the scales had stalled. I feel as though a 1cc fill would have been too much and I would have ended up going back for an unfill. I generally rely on my surgeon's advice and experience when determining how much fill I should get - except for the two visits where I have said I didn't want any fill. 13 months out and I have not had to go in for an unfill, I have lost 60kg, so I guess he really does know what he is doing!
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L&D I hear you! I think we all hear you. I just posted this same thing on another thread (I will learn to look before I post) and said I had a mini meltdown last week after my final pre-op appointment. I'm not sure if it was the long process finally being done or the reality that, OMG I'm finally done & now its surgery time! I really questioning if I am doing the right thing. I'm feeling like I'm cheating, maybe didn't try as hard as I could to lose the weight, or afraid of being judged b/c of having the surgery. This last is blowing my mind b/c I have never card what anyone one thought but now I do! I have all little friends and they are supportive but I'm not sure they really get it b/c the only time any of them have been big is when they were pregnant! I keep reading all these people planning their last meals and I can't even think about food I'm so nervous.
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First Month Out, How did you do.
SuziDavis replied to SuziDavis's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I think I need to stop the once a week weigh in and go to once a month.
