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I'm gaining weight :-( was band Oct 10,2014 lost thirty now gaining back. I only had one fill so far. . Frustrated
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Went on my first date in years.
blondiebabs replied to Lacowgirl72's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Awesome!! Congrats on taking control of your life! I have the same problem... when I lose weight I will.. whatever! =) -
How do you define a stall?
RickM replied to simpsongrad's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I basically used a week without loss as that was when I formally logged my weight (though it was usually checked most every day for other reasons,) and only had one week when I didn't log a loss up to the point that I was within sight of goal and started ramping up the calories to slow things down and ease into maintenance. -
Hey everyone! I'm new here. I've finished my 6 months of weight management. My chart was sent off for clearance.. so I'm only waiting on my surgery date. I'm excited and nervous eat the same time. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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i need help lots of conflicting info from insurance and surgeons office
crazystacy81 posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
i was told I had to do a 12 month weigh documentation with my family doctor and lose a total of 10lbs, this info came from surgeons office stating that this is what my insurance requires, I have McLaren Medicaid. so I do the 12 months in a row I lost a few lbs gained a few lbs thru the 12 months so sept 26th 2014 my doc turns in my documentation well he forwards it to the surgeons office and they send it to insurance, well nothing has been sent in the lady at the surgeons office is rude telling me I have to lose 10 lbs or ill be denied andto continue going to drs each month till I lose 10lbs then she will send to insurance cuz as of now she said ill get denied so ok im going to do that but then I call my insurance and I only had to do 6 months of documentation but had to lose weight each month well I didn't so now I have to do 6 months all over again to possibly get approved. can anyone tell me the right answer please I need help -
pre op support needed.
magicalwoman replied to Peanutbutterlady's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
As I have said, I am scheduled for surgery (sleeve) on September 9th. I am excited, yet scared. I keep reading things that frighten me, hair loss, vomiting, infections, torn stitches etc. The one that really has me concerned right now is skin, skin, skin......I want to dip myself in a vat of olive oil until my surgery. I'm no spring chicken (57), but I love to be active especially swimming. I have no interest in becoming a size 4, I would settle for a 16. At 330 this is a LOT of weight to lose. Maybe I should aim for an 18 and then adjust. I hear some people drop the pounds super fast and others not so much. I am on a mission to become a healthy me. -
12 Pounds Below Goal...Whatever Miss Pearlie!
PrettyThick1 posted a topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Miss Pearlie is a hot mess I tell you. My personal goal was 150, but nooooooo that wasn't HER goal and as we all know, what Miss Pearlie wants, Miss Pearlie gets. So I've quit freaking out about it and I'm just letting her do her. I'm eating just fine, drinking just fine and maintaining my normal activity level and the weight keeps coming off. Fortunately enough, it has slowed to about a pound a week which is allowing my skin to catch up with it a bit more quickly. My mother and some of my friends were freaking out because after a substantial loss, my skin sags, I look tired and aged. That has tapered off and I am now looking younger than I did before the band...which was already really remarkable. There was a time that I wanted to get a slight unfill to bring the loss to a complete stop, but after getting advice from experienced bandsters that I trust I just allowed my body to do what it would, trusting that it would stop losing when it wanted to. I am a lot less stressed out as a result and accepting each day and each new surprise as it comes. It is so weird to look at a pair of pants and say "there is no way I'm getting in those"... hold them up to me and still say "nuh, un...not gonna work", then try them on and they are a perfect fit. I have to just sit back and say "no way, I'm really THAT small?" It is shocking and I thought I was over the body dysmorphia, but I'm not quite there yet. I still see myself as chunky...everyone else sees me as skinny. At 138, I'm still way more solid than my body appears and most people think I'm around 120 / 125 at the most. I love being "little". I don't realize how little I am until someone who I thought was an average weight hugs me and they are wrapped around me. Woooooow! Anyway, I'm thrilled that this first year has been so good for me and Miss Pearlie, I'm glad I chose to get the band rather than the sleeve. It turns out it was the right procedure for me and it hasn't given me any complications, even through a horrible stomach virus which caused me to vomit from below the band several times...she's still sitting pretty and perfect. I thank God for my surgeon, I know a lot of my success can be attributed to his level of skill, expertise and his genuine care for his patients. I wish everyone had him, I honestly don't think you would see any complaints about this surgery if they were all like him.- 1 reply
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sleeve and food addiction
mon_jam74 replied to bigirleurope's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
It's good that you're thinking about all of this now and not going into surgery blindly thinking that it will solve all of your food related issues. Most insurances require a psych eval before surgery. Did you discuss any of these issues? That's what the psych eval is for. However, I know many just see it as a "check in the box" to get to surgery approval. I highly suggest you read Geneen Roth's book "When Food is Love". It's a great read that I only read recently (I'm almost 10 mos post op). The food "addiction" will not go away with surgery. Early on, you will not physically be able to eat much but you will want to and be suffering emotionally. This can cause you to sabotage your weight loss by not following Drs orders (and finding lots of excuses to justify it). Within about 6 mos, it will be easy to stop losing weight and start gaining if you're not in the right mind set with food. So, start working on it now. As for your lack of support from family- As you read Roth's book, you might realize that the approval of others is overly important to you. You need to make the decision to have this surgery for you and not for the approval of others. If they truly care about you, they will support you regardless of what they're saying now. If you're not sure that surgery is the best for you right now, then postpone. It is truly a life changing procedure. There are opportunities for great results but it will require many changes that you must be ready for. If it helps, I don't regret the surgery. I only regret not doing it sooner. -
not losing much
kaohinani replied to andreerichards1's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
you never said, how long you have been on the optifast. But just remember any loss, is still a loss. You are walking a lot, so maybe you are gaining some muscle so the weight loss is not showing up as much. Don't worry, if you are following your diet, all will be good. Good Luck on your surgery. -
Congratulation on getting your surgery date. It is cool that we have the same appointment date and surgery date. Good luck with it I am sure everything will go good. I am 29 and I have had problems all my life too. I want to start a family but I could not see myself starting one with the weight that I am. Keep in touch and let me know how your surgery went. Good Luck
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I need some encouragement and motivation!
nightingale2u replied to Marie3181's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hi Marie... you have done a fantastic job so far and I bet you look fantastic! I know that my surgeon sugests that it may be time for a fill if a bandster has zero weight-loss or a gain for anything longer than a month ... do you feel like you have enough restriction??? I've been have some of the same issues... and had to force myself to return to some of the most basic bandster rules. I told myself to at least follow two of the rules... 1. chew...chew...chew 2. no Water with or after meals. Just going back to those simple rules has helped beyond what I would have imagined. (((hugs))) Darcy -
I had my band installed December 31st 2007 (Hell of a New Years Resolution). Back then I weighed 300lbs. Over the next year and a half I was down to 190. It wasn't easy. I never went to any support groups and the rapid loss wreaked havoc on my hormones making me a bit unstable. My surgeon was pleased to see someone in their late 20s with a band thinking I will be healthy and have almost no issues. Sometimes I worry at night. Trying to sleep I find myself terrified of erosion. Before I was terrified of heart trouble from being overweight. But I feel like I can't stop worrying. During the day, I maintain a distracted life at work. Lately my hours have been 60-90 hour weeks with work provided meals. Due to this I had my band loosened by 1cc last August. I can now eat anything without much trouble. My appetite is strong and unforgiving. My metabolism didn't handle it too well and I'm 20lbs heavier today. I had 0.5ccs added last week, but I can still eat mostly anything. I'd like to say I was a model bandster, but I'm not. Not even close. Once at my comfortable weight, I found my band as a tool to eat almost anything without gaining weight. I would push it more and more to get more food. Over the last year I gained 10lbs, but it never went higher. I drink carbonated soda, and eat almost anything. I eat slowly depending on my restriction, but it seems to be more lose in the evening. It was because of my inability to maintain control that I had it loosened a bit since the band was a bit uncomfortable. I want to tighten it back up to a strong restriction and get back to my target weight, but I'm very afraid of my irresponsible side slowly killing me. The lapband diets are difficult for me. I have major food allergies. Raw fruit / vegetables, shell fish, nuts, all close up my esophagus. Protein products give me the same problem. My wife stocks the house with food for the kids, a inventory I can't seem to steer clear from. I want to feel full, a feeling I couldn't achieve even without the band. I instead feel uncomfortable or regrettable. I need friends I can talk to. In person works great, but difficult to find in my area.
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I was banded on June 25th and have no restrictions I started my journey at 198 I've only lost 20 lbs and I hate that I can see and feel my port , the Dr told me that we might have to change it to a smaller one I hope so I hate that I can see it , I'm getting my first fill on August 14 I can't wait because I can eat anything I want I'm just glad I'm not gaining weight but I'm not loosing either so I'm in need of my first fill
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Red Deer or TO?
More than this replied to More than this's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
THANK YOU shringpeach & James for taking the time to give me your answers. Thank you. It is excellent information. I had asked at the information session if we could still get the surgery if we were closer to the 35. The nurse said she would wait & NOT go on a diet yet. I had heard the same from my doc that if you lose the weight they would NOT do surgery, as it has happened to many of her patients. I don't think this is fair because I have lost the weight only to put it back on once I went off, with more added. Just like all the yo yo dieters do. So this is perplexing. I am so scared of going on a diet again without a good tool, which is how I look at the sleeve. I look at the sleeve as being able to resist the hunger in helping me lose weight both during & after I have lost the weight. I don't understand why they would disqualify you if you don't meet their qualifications at time of surgery but they will....so see the dilemma? I want to get going now but am afraid I will ruin my chances to be able to get the sleeve....but as I write this I am thinking maybe I am looking ,at this all wrong. One way or another it is up to me to stop the yo-yoing & having a sleeve is not what will help me....it's what I eat & my exercise. But on the other hand, having to eat very small portions for so long with the sleeve helping me so that I can't possibly eat larger portions may do the trick. May TEACH me to be able to eat smaller portions. Does any of his make sense or am I tricking myself & really a, not getting it? Guess I am going to have to think this one out....again, thank you both for your advice. It is truly appreciated & has given me more to think about..& as for having 20k lying around, I am not one of those people. It would be a few years over which I would be paying that back. Best of luck to you both on your day-to-day fight with this crazy thing, & stay healthy & happy -
Red Deer or TO?
More than this replied to More than this's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
You would think with all the new inventions out there, they should be able to find a cure for obesity, cancer, etc.. For Petes sake they can make invisibility capes for fighter jets. They can do the beam me up Scottie thing with a photon. How far has the voyager gone? It's out of our universe now, if I remember correctly. But the diet industry is so very lucrative. And they add to it by adding more & more things to make us fatter through better & improved foods that taste so much better. Have you ever watched a cooking channel? They use so much butter & fat that you have to wonder why most of them aren't obese. I don't know what the answer, is other than I am so sick of this fight which has always ended up in failure for me as well as so many others. So do I try again & risk the chance of failure, AGAIN & possibly gaining it all back & more once again? It's pretty scary. Add the cost, be it out of my pocket or the provinces, & that's another scary issue. Perhaps we should all get attachments to our vacu flows & learn how to liposuction? I am so confused. Professor, I hope you make it! I hope you are one of the winners & beat this thing. -
OK August 05 Bandsters. Come out, come out, wherever you are! :smile: I want to hear from you if you are successful! I want to hear from you if you are struggling, too! I feel a whole lot better with the weight I've lost so far. It's certainly nothing to sneeze at. I stalled for almost a year -- my fault, I should have gone in for another fill but didn't, then we adopted our son and that was a stressful time. Just got adjusted to that and then he had surgery, more stress. And then it was time for the holidays... anyway, I made lots of bad eating choices in the past year. Well, I got my fill and I'm doing a LOT better now. Eating the way I should, working my way through The Beck Diet Solution (highly recommended if you are struggling - it's not a diet, it's coping strategies for people trying to lose or maintain their weight). Anyway, I wish I were here to be an example for people just getting banded of how it's so easy to get to goal and stay there, but sorry, you're out of luck. I'll have to settle for being an example of how you need to stay on top of getting fills, exercise and work on the head stuff. And hopefully, an example of how the band is always there when you're ready! There's no "window of opportunity" that says you have to lose all your weight in one straight shot. Anyone out there from Aug 2005? How ya doin? :biggrin:
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I think it depends on your body shape and where you carry your weight. I always lose top down so my butt and legs are slower to go down than my top half! Don't worry, - you will get there! Just be patient!
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Well today I hit my six months with my band.. Yesterday - just one day till my 6 months I had to have my band removed. My Dr took me in for emergancey sugery. I had a horrible slippage. This was actually my second slippage in the six months. The frist one was from a fill being way to tight. This second one, no only was my fill tight ( I am one of those rare people that after a month or so the fill gets much more restriction) but I had a stomach bug and the two did not work well together. Needless to say I was deathly ill for a week from the slippage and when I finally went to the Dr they did an upper GI and I was rushed to surgery then. They were afraid that my stomach would tear from the slippage. That is how bad it is. I will say for me personally the last six months - yes I did lose by my Dr's paperwork 65 lbs and I am proud of that.. but all of the sickness I had, I am somewhat glad my band is gone now. Don't get me wrong. I am also a little sad. I will be rejoining Weight Watchers. I have a head start and I can lose this last 40lbs. I have faith in myself to do that. I am on liquids for 2 weeks to help heal my stomach and then I plan on joining. Everyone on here has been great. I enjoy the boards so much. I don't think I'll be visiting to often anymore. I need to start with my new lifestyle now. Some may ask, am I going to get rebanded. Right now the answer to that is NO. My Dr said that the chances of problems after being reband are even higher and after what I went throught the last week. I never want to go through that again. WW has worked well for me in the past, I just need to give it another fair chance. Thank you all for the support you have given. Good luck to everyone You will do great, the band just wasn't for me. Crystal
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Ive started my training for the Triathlon. Feels good to have a focus. Weight loss stalled. Haven't lost for the last week. I think it is because it has been hot here and I have been reaching for the juice. To many calories. I've been tired lately too. Perhaps because of the increased exercise. I think I will be hitting the pillow early tonight. TTFN
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Weekend Away Had Me Reverting Back To Old Habbits
carbgrl replied to jennrus's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I fell hard! Cookies, cake...It did makee feel awful. All that sugar. I gained 3 lbs. Tomorrow, I'll try to stick to protein shakes all day. I'm 9 mos post op and was about 11 lbs to goal -
It's been over 20 years, since I've seen this weight!
TakeitorSleeveit posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
This weekend, I blew right into Onederland!! Woohoo! I'm 53, and I had my sleeve surgery on 6/23/15. Since then, I've lost 56 pounds. I lost 20 during the 3 month pre-surgical period required by my insurance. I feel a bit like a new person. And I don't really mean emotionally. I was a pretty confident fat person before surgery. But now, my knees and ankles and feet don't hurt. I'm enjoying wearing my clothes again, and I'm so excited about the future. I have five grandchildren, and I'm back to being that fun grandmother I always planned to be. Now, instead of just being fun in the kitchen and at the sewing machine, I'm active with them. I can be physically fun with them!- 7 replies
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Hi Marie I have lost 106lbs. The first 70 odd just fell off but I have been on plateau for about a year. My surgeon has found that my port is leaking the fill so am scheduled to have port replaced on 27th sept. I do 25 mins exercycle on 5 or 6 gms of seafood. I have a low fat muesli bar mid arvo and about an hr after dinner I have 1/4 cup fresh fruit with 1/4 cup low fat yoghurt and a couple of dessert spoons of low joule jelly. I drink about a litre of Water a day and probably 4 cups of coffee and diet soda. I started my exercise on the Exercycle and about 15 months later started on treadmill but unfortunately have done some ligament damage to ankle that won't heal so am back on bike My surgeon has suggested a gastric sleeve if having the port replaced and fills done does not move the weight. I have about 55lbs further to lose
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My God ... that is bloody brilliant... i certainly would NOT be complaining about fast weight loss...lol... as Diva said, keep up the good work!
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From Morbidly Obese To "just" Obese
Chubarella replied to Marty McSkinnystein's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Congrats on your weight loss! Sorry to hear about your husband but thank God he's alive! -
2muchfun - thanks for the "wake-up"...you are absolutely right. If not for the band, I would be heavier than I started 7 months ago....I wouldn't be able to walk 2-3 miles a day - shoot 7 months ago I was in so much pain, I could barely make it from my car to my office....so thank you, all of you, for reminding me....it may be a slower weight loss, but it will also be easier to keep off in the long run. AND, I'm much better off today, than I ever was 7 months ago...Thank you...I don't know what I would do without you all...
