Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!

My band is great and has changed my life .......



Recommended Posts

because...............

Spydr post about too much researching freaking us out really hit home. So if all you people who are already banded would complete the above sentence it would be really really encouraging!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life because now I have brakes, which I couldn't find before, and can stop eating, regardless of "why" I want to eat.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life because now I have hope.

If I spend some days or weeks even, of being "not so good" a bandster, I can still keep my weight within a 3-4 pound range. When I decide to watch my intake a bit more closely...(ie: diet)...I can actually do it! I no longer feel deprived on 1200 calories, it's plenty!, and while my weight loss is slow, it's headed down, down down. I love my band. :) It makes me a success!!!! Before, I felt like a big fat loser. :)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life .......

because............... I no longer need my high blood pressure or diabetes medications. I have more energy and I have more choices for clothing shopping...and I still have more to lose.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life.....

because it allows me to feel in control for the first time in my life of what I put in my mouth. It has allowed me to feel that I can beat this fat. It allows me to feel that I CAN do this!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life.....

It has helped me become who I really am. I was a whole different person attitude-wise before my wonderful new best friend LB (Lapband) and I met. Now me and LB make a great team and forces me to stop eating, I am a food addict and LB has changed my life for the better. I feel better and I feel better about myself, I have self-esteem now that was absent before. I am so much happer after LB has helped me lose 140 pounds. I even had a slip and had to have revision surgery and did not even think twice about having it replaced. I want to encoarage anyone who is first at an unhealthy weight like I was or just totally miserable with themselves to consider getting it done. The Lord has blessed me to have it done and I am very thankful. I could talk all night about all the little things that have gotten better in my life but I don't have time to list them here and you all would be asleep before I finished.

So yes, I am a huge band fan!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life by being patient while I struggle with old emotional wounds. It has allowed me the freedom of choice and let me know it's okay that I am not perfect. It has given me back my life and in addition a much brighter future! If something happened to cause me to lose it at any time, some how some way, I would do it all over again. I never want to be without it, it has become my best friend and allowed me to love myself in a way I never could before.

Cindy

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and changed my life because it has led me this forum where i have been able to share in and share with the nicest, wisest and most caring group of people I have ever met--or not met. :)

Really, even when I don't have time to log on it encourages and supports me to know you all are here!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

because

i do not take anymore meds to have menstruation,

i don't snorring anymore

i don't have reflux in stomach anymore

i have HOPE for 1st time in my life

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

because.........

There's too much to say here! I now have hope that one day I'll be under 200 pounds, I can now play on the floor with my son, I no longer worry about not being around to see my grandchildren, I feel better about myself emotionally & physically, I'm no longer standoffish with people due to my excessive weight, and I could go on forever.

It's given me a new life already!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life .......

I am happy EVERY day, not just once in a while. My back and hips dont hurt anymore. I have my sex drive back (THANK YOU GOD!!).

and one huge NSV.....My very first love has been overheard talking lately about how he should have married me, and that I was the "best he ever had" (wonder what that means???, I'll take it as me being the best person he was ever in a relationship with) I cant even begin to describe how GOOD it feels to know that he has finally admitted that he SCREWED UP.

All good things happen for a reason though, I wouldn't have met my wonderful husband and had my 4 beautiful babies.

This band has made the real "ME" come back to life!!!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My band is great and has changed my life...because I am starting to feel like myself again and my self-esteem has been recharged! The 'sexy' factor is starting to come back too! My husband loved me no matter what but I love the feeling that I feel when he tells me that he can see the weight loss in my legs and my waist and how it feels when he holds me is out of this world!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Trending Products

  • Trending Topics

  • Recent Status Updates

    • cryoder22

      Day 1 of pre-op liquid diet (3 weeks) and I'm having a hard time already. I feel hungry and just want to eat. I got the protein and supplements recommend by my program and having a hard time getting 1 down. My doctor / nutritionist has me on the following:
      1 protein shake (bariatric advantage chocolate) with 8 oz of fat free milk 1 snack = 1 unjury protein shake (root beer) 1 protein shake (bariatric advantage orange cream) 1 snack = 1 unjury protein bar 1 protein shake (bariatric advantace orange cream or chocolate) 1 snack = 1 unjury protein soup (chicken) 3 servings of sugar free jello and popsicles throughout the day. 64 oz of water (I have flavor packets). Hot tea and coffee with splenda has been approved as well. Does anyone recommend anything for the next 3 weeks?
      · 1 reply
      1. NickelChip

        All I can tell you is that for me, it got easier after the first week. The hunger pains got less intense and I kind of got used to it and gave up torturing myself by thinking about food. But if you can, get anything tempting out of the house and avoid being around people who are eating. I sent my kids to my parents' house for two weeks so I wouldn't have to prepare meals I couldn't eat. After surgery, the hunger was totally gone.

    • buildabetteranna

      I have my final approval from my insurance, only thing holding up things is one last x-ray needed, which I have scheduled for the fourth of next month, which is my birthday.

      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • BetterLeah

      Woohoo! I have 7 more days till surgery, So far I am already down a total of 20lbs since I started this journey. 
      · 1 reply
      1. NeonRaven8919

        Well done! I'm 9 days away from surgery! Keep us updated!

    • Ladiva04

      Hello,
      I had my surgery on the 25th of June of this year. Starting off at 117 kilos.😒
      · 1 reply
      1. NeonRaven8919

        Congrats on the surgery!

    • Sandra Austin Tx

      I’m 6 days post op as of today. I had the gastric bypass 
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
  • Recent Topics

  • Hot Products

  • Sign Up For
    Our Newsletter

    Follow us for the latest news
    and special product offers!
  • Together, we have lost...
      lbs

    PatchAid Vitamin Patches

    ×