Banders #7

[Julie norton 2,850]

We are always here to listen...

sometimes life is so frustrating!!!!

Many of us , myself included, know the struggle of that dreaded 10 lb coming and going...

In fact, when I look at older boards, many posters and banders are not around anymore.

I like it when I still see familiar faces... (Smaller ones...deb3!). Makes me feel like my own support system knows how good, yet hard , WLS can be.

Some days and weeks seem easy.... Some are damn hard!

Glad two of our group are lucky enough to go on vacations!![emoji322]

[jfc193 718]

No body knows the struggle loosing and gaining better than me.

I remember losing 105 lbs back in 2009 in two years to get down to 180. The weight seem to come off so easy, BUT then I stop and in 4 short years I was back to 250 lbs. I had to take a strong look at my life and I felt like such a failure even at 250 it was still 80 lbs less then my highest weight.

In January 2013 I rededicated myself and for the last 3 years and even though I am not terrific at following bandster rules I just seem to make more good choices then bad ones and I have gotten back down to 180.

So I do know how frustrating you must feel and how ashamed it can be.

Even if it is possible to gain weight it just as possible lose the weight again.

I know what you mean about not leaving the board this is truly my support system. during those 4 years of gaining I rarely came back to the board.

I do miss many of the bandsters that started with me back in September 2007 So when I am going through that 3 month stall I seem to concentrate on NSV just like I mention in my earlier post.

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

@ Gowalking you know We all backslide sometimes but you know what you have or should do. Every time I backslide even a little I guilt trip myself which is NOT good but in my mind I think wth are you doing , you paid a lot of money to lose weight & be able to do things so then I start either the 5 day pouch test or go back to the first 2 weeks of pre op, & it starts the scale moving again but I'm still not at my goal even after 3 years , but as long as I can fit & move around & my Surgeon & I am Happy with the results then , I know We can get to our goals & maintenance .

Debbie3sons

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Debbie, your transformation is amazing.

Liz, you nailed it when you promised yourself you won't leave the boards. As you guys know, I stalled for a year (yeah, I know a year is technically not a stall) and then gained a little over ten pounds before I was ready to get my sshit together. I wasn't ready until I was ready. But once I was, miracle of miracles, my band was as reliable as ever. In December I cleaned up my food. I dropped the crap that I knew was causing my weight gain. Dumped the fried everything. Dumped the movie crapcorn. Focused on p rotein instead of bread and p asta. Alcohol was already gone. I tracked the food honestly and even bought a kitchen food scale and used it. I faced the truth about what I was eating. And the truth was that I was regularly eating over 2000 calories a day. No way was this old shot-metabolism, zero-exercise body going to lose weight on that amount of calories per day. Slowly I got my calories down to approximately 1100-1200 per day. I've gone from 204 down to 189 since December. It's been slow but it's coming off. And that "tightened" my band without an additional adjustment. Funny how this contraption works. Feed it lean solid p rotein and no sliders for a couple of weeks and restriction comes back.

Don't give up on yourself. I don't know why I stagnated for a year. Furthermore I don't know what emotionally kicked my butt into reenergizing. I have my theories, but today the reasons are less important than the success I am experiencing. It feels good to feel good again. You will too.

[2muchfun 8,927]

Last year at this time I was down to 165 lbs. I lost some additional weight due to my total knee replacements. The drugs left me with very little appetite but the downside was addiction. Once I kicked the Oxy habit in April last year I started to put weight back on.

I was getting stuck a lot so I had 1 CC removed. Then I started gaining weight even faster. By the end of December last year I had gained 37 lbs. But, I never really panicked. I knew I had my tool and went back in and had .5 CCs put back in.

I lost 8 lbs by the end of February and I'm currently stalled for the time being. No worries, I just need to get back on the bike(literally) and pump those lbs off again. If only the weather would cooperate . I'm not concerned, I know once I can get back out there and ride again I'll drop another 25+ lbs.

Stay strong!

tmf

[jfc193 718]

Grand Daughter and I outside Hilton in Honolulu

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

#Jfc193 first I'm jealous LOL some day I'll go Hawaii, but you all look great , have a awesome time & have a great time exploring.

Debbie3sons

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

  my Son & I with my Aunt's dog & me before they turned down our beds had to make sure I fit Lol , no problem SO even more comfortable after they turned them down.

Debbie3sons

[lisacaron 5,075]

I love love love Hawaii!!! My hubby and I hope to retire there in a few years...

Here is a picture PRE WLS of hubby and I in the same spot John We stayed at the Hale Koa military hotel right next door

I think it's time to start making plans to go back!!

[Julie norton 2,850]

You just can't beat the weather in Hawaii. Even with a little rain, it is warm.

Special getaway place[emoji267]

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

I subscribed to too many threads and can't keep up. So I'm just visiting the participated ones.

In the last week I've met with the wasband twice in the lawyer office for negotiations (he's being a complete obstructionist a-hole), got in (caused) a minor car accident (no injuries), have been borrowing my mother's car, and got a callback for a repeat mammogram and ultrasound (tomorrow morning before work). My eldest daughter has been traveling the country looking at graduate schools (looks like she will choose Emory in Atlanta) with her boyfriend who is going to grad school in Atlanta as well; they plan to share an apartment. Emotionally I'm a mess, but I'm getting lots of support from my friends and 12-step programs. Here's the amazing part: my food is clean and my weight is 188-189. The constant in my life is my LapBand. I can't believe it but the constant in my life is my eating/food/weight loss. I am so grateful for this gift of WLS. I thank God every day I made this choice. In a few weeks my excellent insurance will be gone. My company insurance is lousier and costlier than what I have now. I'm so glad I did this when I did.

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

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[gowalking 10,790]

Meant to tell you @JustWatchMe....I giggle every time you reference the 'wasband'.

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

@ Justwatchme better get everything checked , filled & tuned up before you don't have the insurance you have now & find out if your Lapband Surgeon takes your New insurance or if they can refer you to someone that does , hope you're not in to much pain from the accident & sounds like everything else may fall into place & there's a reason your ex is becoming a wasband.

Debbie3sons

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Repeat mammogram and ultrasound are A-OK. There is a calcification in a blood vessel which is common with - you guessed it - age! Not anything to worry about. Routine follow up in a year with my regular mammogram. Very very happy!! Next: deal with the other "boob" at the lawyer's office tomorrow!