Starting over at 5+ years out

[mypov 0]

Hello! I was banded in December of 2006. At one year I had lost 110 lbs. I became pregnant and vomited a lot. I had a complete unfil and went crazy with food and gained back 60 lbs. My son was born in 2008 and I have lost (with weight watchers) and gained the same 10 lbs over and over. I had many fills and unfills, worries that my lapband was slipped or eroded, had it checked a year ago and it was fine. My problem is that I would eat until I felt discomfort and then it just became habit to PB to end the discomfort. I also found out all the foods that go through my band easily. Basically, I became a maladaptive eater!

I've really been working harder with my diet the last few months as far as eating better but have lost nothing. I hadn't had a fill in a year, so I went in a week ago. I got a fill and followed all the rules....for 4 days! I was so happy to lose 5 lbs and be finally back to eating just a half cup of food and being done. Not comfortably full, but at least satisfied. I really started to have hope that it was going to work and I could really do this. However, today I went out to eat for a family event. I KNOW (kicking self!) I should have stuck with something same and ordered a side of pinto Beans. No, I ordered a chicken taco salad. I ate four bites and was fine....then I went for five, six, seven (all while talking and laughing with the fam) and BOOM, I get stuck. I literally can't stand that feeling of something in my throat (that's where it feels stuck to me)! So I got rid of it.

I was so proud of myself tthe other day realizing I had relearned a lapband rule- stop BEFORE I feel the restriction. This is a personal rule of mine because as I said, I hate the feel of anything in there because I know over time it will get worse until I get rid of the food.

I'm just so mad at myself for going back to old ways and i'm once again afraid I won't be able to do this. *SIGH*!

Can anyone relate or give me advice? In many ways I'm a newbie to the band because I have been not living the rules for so long!

[sinda 0]

I'd say the best thing to do is act like a newbie again. Yes, you've had the band for a long time, but it's helpful to get a refresher now and then . . . and rededicate yourself to your weight loss. Consider talking with a nutritionist as a reminder--yes, you know the rules, but it's good to hear it again. Read up on band literature. Remember what worked for you the first time, and work on that again.

I think the biggest thing for me when I was in your position was to let the past go. I purposely ignored the fact that I had fallen off of the bandwagon, and refused to feel guilty for it. Instead, I started over as if the band was new, and worked on doing all the things I knew I should be doing. And when the scale started moving down again, I celebrated each new victory as truly new (not "I've done this before"). I think that has been very helpful in keeping my spirits up and keeping me excited to carry on.

You know the rules. You know you can do this because you HAVE done this. Just forget the stuff you've been doing when you've been ignoring the rules, and start back from the beginning. It's worth it.

[54Shirley 105]

I was Banded 10/31/2006 I had lost total of 155Lbs., but not all with the band. I had 1 year pre surgical dieting of 1200 calories a day. I lost it almost all doing that. I only lost around 20 lbs. with the Band. Do to bad aftercare My surgeon ended up deflating me. I almost gained it all back.

Anyway I found a new surgeon about 100 miles away from where we moved, and he's good...

So I started over again this January with the 1200 calorie a day thing, then finally I ot the call for the fill. They thought revision but nothing wrong with this 4cc band. So they filled it to it's fill line.

So now I am of and rolling along again.

So your not alone, and don't be a stranger... We probably talked before anyway...

Shirley.

[Roses4me 10]

I CAN SO RELATE!

I had a similar problem only I haven't lost any weight. I am up and down 25 pounds every few months. I was banded in April, 2009 and I am essentially starting over.

I had a barium swallow performed and my surgeon identified esophageal dilatation and removed all of the Fluid from my band. I meet with him this wednesday.

I am starting over and could use a pal to go through this with me. It is hard to explain to people that two years out I have lost nothing.

victoria

[54Shirley 105]

I CAN SO RELATE!

I had a similar problem only I haven't lost any weight. I am up and down 25 pounds every few months. I was banded in April, 2009 and I am essentially starting over.

I had a barium swallow performed and my surgeon identified esophageal dilatation and removed all of the Fluid from my band. I meet with him this wednesday.

I am starting over and could use a pal to go through this with me. It is hard to explain to people that two years out I have lost nothing.

victoria

Well I am here if that interests you ! You can catch me on a lot of posts, or just right on my wall, and I will be in touch.

Shirley.