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I think a lot of people kind of go on a "binge" before they are banded. If you are worried though about the weight gain, I would follow the high protein/low carb diet. It will reduce your appetite and of course, you can eat extra protein if you are hungry. Sometimes it is difficult to get th insurance to approve it. They consider it an "elective" surgery but your doctor can write it up as medically necessary.
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Hello, I am new in lapband talk, I am in the process to get approved by my insurance, I really want to get banded I even got a part time job to cover my deductible, I really hope that all the effort is worth it, I think that I have been gaining more weight.:cool:
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Well, my weight loss has been bouncing for the last 2 weeks. I have started going up a couple of pounds and then down a couple of pounds. I know the problem isn't so much my calories eaten as it is my excercise level. I started to swim again, and got a terrible cold for the last week. I think with some regular excercise this week, I should be able to push through this. I really want to lose another 20 pounds in the next two months, so I'm going to have to get some excercise to get my metabolism going. I will start today by walking for a couple of hours, and maybe a short swim.
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Anyone NOT have a NUT?
patty61 replied to Mommysonadiet's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I never saw a NUT either, I am cash pay also, so I think they do things differently for us. I would love to see a NUT. The doctor never mentioned a goal weight, and told me not to worry about exersice yet. I am 9 weeks out, and since 2 weeks out I felt great . I never felt like I had surgery other than the scars on my stomach. -
Usually after a fill my usual surgeon recommends 3 days clear liquids. Seven days full liquid. Then as tolerated per nutritional guidelines. Shocks my metabolism! Works out great! With exercise during that time the weight just melted off. I had to start seeing a new surgeon and he said that was just my surgeons recommendations. His is 24 hour liquids. Then as tolerated. It really depends on the surgeon. Sometimes you have to just learn yourself what you can do by trial and error. Its a hard way, but I had to do the same
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Dr Phil on right now talking about bariatric surgeries
juliegeraci replied to bling's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I watched part of that yesterday . I felt really bad for the huge guy he put on a supervised diet of delivered foods. Doesn't Dr. Phil understand the probability of him regaining the weight without surgical intervention is highly possible! -
Discouraged and Considering Other Options
princess_n_thep replied to dishdiva's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I know that Dr. Pleatman does revision and replacement surgery after banding. He will also do the surgery even though you are at or near goal weight because you had a previous weight loss surgery. He also has a self pay method. He is up in the Michigan area. Try looking up his name on here Dr_Pleatman and see if you can email him from here. -
I had my lapband surgery on October 21st and I've been wondering the same thing! When will I feel like I'm really doing good and get all this wonderful energy everyone talks about? I work out 4-5 times a week and work full-time and I'm just so tired all the time. I'm 3 months & one week out from my surgery and have only lost 30 lbs. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one feeling this way and losing slow because I was starting to think there's something wrong with me or that my band isn't working. I've had 2 fills and the doc wouldn't give me a third last time I went because I'd lost 8 lbs in a month. He said I can't come back for 3 months but I'm going back in 1 month and thinking about putting rolls of quarters in my pockets so he can't say I'm losing enough weight and refuse to give me another fill. lol
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Dr Phil on right now talking about bariatric surgeries
hijabigirl1973 replied to bling's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Pizzaman thanks for posting the link to where those of us that missed it can watch. Gometros Dr. Phil isn't even a doctor, his license was pulled in 1989 due to ethical issues and he never was granted a license again b/c he didn't do what the boards told him to do. As for weight issues he settled a class action lawsuit for "weight loss" products that he used to market. -
Dr. Abkin is scheduled to perform my surgey in a few weeks. Has anyone here used him. I really liked him. I went and had my annual with my gynocologist, I told her about the lap-band surgery and she gave me this look, I asked her what was up.. She said that she doesn't believe in weight loss surgery, she said that people should just "diet and exercise". Like I never thought of that.
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A month ago today, I was having my RNY. Now, a month later, I am down almost 15# since surgery, for a total of 55# pre and post-op. I am really starting to feel the impact of my weight loss, and it is fantastic. I have had no complications. The process has been smooth sailing, although I'm still learning how my new tummy reacts to certain foods. This was a great decision.
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:) well....this site seems to be the best info and honest feedback I've found. Seeing the nutritionist for initial consult next Tues. Then it's a 5% weight loss, about 12 lbs, and then make appt for doc. Let's hope my endoscopy and prelim tests all go well. Wish me luck that this is the start of a new life for me☆
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:):scared:ok today IS AUG 31, FRIDAY... WEIGH 119.0 SO I AM UP 5 PDS SINCE BEING UNFILLED CANT WAIT TO GO TO TJ AGAIN ON THE 7TH OF SEPT AND GET A SMALL FILL.. I FEEL THAT MY COLD GONE..AND I AM READY FOR A FILL I AM TIRED OF BEING UNFILLED. E ATING TO MUCH FOOD AND CANT STAND THE FACT THAT I AM GAINING 5 PDS ALREADY SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE DONE VERY WELL SO FAR FOR THIS UNFILLED. I WILL NEED TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A FILL SHE GIVES ME AND MONTIOR IS VERY CAREFULLY. I CAN'T BE GOING DOWN TO TJ FOR FILL AND UNFILL ALL THE TIME. ANNIVERSARY IS OVER BACK TO THE GRIND :help::faint::eek::scared::scared::scared::hungry::nervous:think:DDIANE WT 119.
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Has Anyone Re- Gained After 10 Years, So Many People Have Said This Will Happen
kczar replied to Trici's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
If you check the post-op section of the board, there's a stickied thread asking members how much weight (if any) they have regained since reaching goal. There's a lot of great responses there. From what I remember, those that did say they had regained, it was in the 5-10 pound range. I'd encourage you to read through all the posts there. It really helped me feel more confident in my chances for long term success. -
@@Djmohr Ugh. So you didn't get any relief after surgery? I am hopeful that with the weight loss will come relief. I don't get that many hot flashes anymore (still a couple a day), but I just feel like I'm constantly hot. My poor husband lost 80 lbs over the last 4 years, and he's always cold now. I keep the house at 63 at the highest...even in our northeast Ohio winter right now! I am so hot at work because they have the heat set at 74. I'm surprised I haven't gotten sick going in and out of heat and cold!
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Has Anyone Re- Gained After 10 Years, So Many People Have Said This Will Happen
clk replied to Trici's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Nobody has been tracking the results of the sleeve as a WLS that long yet. Give it a bit more time. I'm not certain but when I was researching I think someone posted a five year study - you might do some searching and see if you can find anything on VST about it. Regain is possible with any surgery. The big benefit the sleeve has over bypass (what most people are probably thinking of when they talk about regain) is that there isn't a honeymoon phase or window where loss is easiest. Once you're sleeved and healed, your capacity only increases a small amount. Unlike a short window where malabsoption is guaranteed, or a pouch that is likely to stretch (or a band that requires fills and unfills, for that matter), your sleeve is going to restrict you immediately after surgery and for the rest of your life. I am two years out and maintaining beautifully. I'm currently pregnant and while I have hormone bloat and the start of a rounded tummy, I'm not having a problem with weight gain (nothing more than I'd expect at this point) despite the fact that my capacity is increased now that I'm pregnant. All surgeries come with the risk of regain. Using the sleeve like a diet that will someday end is the biggest cause of regain I've seen - people just stop being diligent at goal and fall into denial about bad habits, ones they didn't fix while losing in the first place. That said, I have seen very few regain posts in the three years I've been here. I've seen plenty of "I got out of control over the holidays and gained a few but took it off quickly" posts, though. If you weigh daily in maintenance and actually learn how to eat like a healthy, normal person during the first few months post surgery, there is no reason you can't reach goal and maintain for life. ~Cheri -
I got my scale at Kohl's. Of course I cannot remember the name of it, but it wasn't Biggest Loser or Weight Watchers. Nor Conair. Kohl's had a lot to choose from. There were good sales.So I finally chose one that told me information than I would possibly need: Weight, BMI, water weight(??)...and it was glass. Very nice. It has weight in pounds and ounces (digital).
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8 Weeks Post Surgery I'm So glad to have found this site !
sewenup1 replied to ivyrose325's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
:welcome: ivyrose325, Congratulations on your weight loss so far. Don't try to lose the weight too fast - it is tough to take it slow but always best for your body. Keep in touch and good luck with the rest of your journey. -
I would be ecstatic with 90 lbs weight loss. That would put me in the slightly overweight category and be the smallest I've been in twenty years. I just gotta get past this post op soreness. Im hurting pretty bad today but figure it will be mostly gone by the weekend.
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As of march 23 I will have had my band 4 months. I have lost 39 pounds as of this morning sure hope i can lose one more pound by morning that will bring me to 40 pounds in four months. I had a fill last week and I think I hit my sweet spot at 5cc. Can someone tell me what the sweet spot feels like. I have to be very careful when I eat because my band is so tight. I have to take bite and weight for it to go down before taking another. staying full for about three four hours depending on what I have to eat. it is so weird to actually feel your food going into your stomach kinda freaky. thanks so much for all your good advice from those on this support group.
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Loosing weight but not feeling like it !
hagerteresa replied to Janie Jackson's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I wish I could relate. I do notice those small changes like you mentioned but I never FEEL lighter or feel like I have lost. Literally I have gone to weigh in and swore I gained only to find I lost several lbs. I never go in thinking I have lost. If I did feel that optimistic I might not dread getting on the darned thing every week and have a ritual list a mile long before getting on the scale. LOL, Your doing great! Teresa -
Loosing weight but not feeling like it !
New Hope replied to Janie Jackson's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Boy, this weight thing is as much mental as it is physical! Even though I've lost weight, I still see and feel myself as extremely fat. I guess I've been stuck in that mode for so long that it's hard to let loose. I know that my health is so much better and I have energy that I haven't had for years. I guess I need to look more at how far I've come and not so much at how far I have to go. Well, one day at a time! -
Breaking Self-Destructive Habits and Patterns
Christinamo7 replied to Inner Surfer Girl's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I have been trying to find a better job for about 3 years. I have had excellent interviews, and often told after the fact that I would have been the second choice - I am going to be curious to see if/how my weight loss may affect being in the job market. -
Congrats! We're almost at the same weight but I started out heavier. I need to start training too!
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Great Book To Read About Weight Loss Surgery
aquaboogieondown2anewme posted a topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Weight Lost Surgery For Dummies
