Carnie Wilson's weight gain

[lessnless 1]

Battle two really scares me.

I'm with you, sister...:smile:

[HeatherA 1]

Carnie also did a season of Celebrity Fit Club after her baby was born. My heart goes out to her... for some reason I really relate to her and intently watch her struggle with this disease.

[Tropicana 0]

Does this gaining all your weight back plus more phenomenon occuur often with the lap band?

[shortgal 5]

Does this gaining all your weight back plus more phenomenon occuur often with the lap band?

It is possible with the band or with GBP to eat "around" it and regain. Slider foods, high calorie drinks can cause weight gain. Either procedure is a "tool" that you must help to work and neither is a "magic wand".

[TulipStar 2]

My first reaction is "leave Carnie alone". I have been there...lost a lot of weight, had plastic surgery to remove excess skin and then I gained it back. I know how she must be feeling.

It is possible to gain back the weight with any weight loss surgery. My Dad had the bypass 7 years ago and put back on about 100lbs of what her originally lost. He eats a lot of ice cream, eats in the middle of the night, and grazes all day. It's possible, that's why you have to be right emotionally.

[shortgal 5]

I think we (fatties) all watch someone like Carnie Wilson's public battle with weight loss. She is just like us and it scares us. Of course, she has our sympathy, the only thing we can get from it, is a warning to not let our guard down later.

Just because we get to our goal weight does not mean the "weight war" is won. The enemy (food) is everywhere, so it will be hard.

[juliegeraci 7]

With the lapband weight gain is typically a lot less due to the fact that it is adjustable and you can always go get a fill.

[losingjusme 12]

OMG ... i have that same track suit outfit from the Avenue...

looked about as good on me as it does her ... :angry_smile:

[kelli 0]

So true! We are waging a war! I think it's key to think of any weight-loss surgery as a TOOL and not as a CURE, you still have so much work to do. I am amazed to be over 100 pounds down, and still battling my food demons. For some reason I thought once I got so much weight off it would be over...silly me.

[TracyinKS 7]

I lovie Carnie......... as a matter of fact I used to visit her webmd blog daily craving updates and is what really spurred me into researching WLS.. what someone else said.......... "We relate to her and that scares us" ////// so true....... I don't think we ever really shed the fat girl inside feeling..... (I haven't yet) I've lost large amounts of weight many times only to regain...... Self sabotage and BATTLE TWO........ Battle TWO is why I chose the band!

Maintenence......... I will go get a fill if needed. I know that I would be a regainer had I chosen the RNY.

Carnie is just like the rest of us....... life long battle with obesity.. sure our inner demons are different, but the obesity... and the damn pounds that just won't stay gone....... well that is universal........

May the force be with us all!

[Bea1128 1]

That's one of my biggest fears about telling people. I've done it before. I've lost large amounts of weight and gotten a lot of attention. Then, as always, I've gained it back. It's so humiliating. I feel confident that the band is right for me, but it won't save me from myself. It will only help me to help myself. I read where Carnie switched addictions after GBP. I think that is a greater fear than actually gaining the weight back. I'm not a big drinker and I've never touched drugs so I'm not sure how it would manifest itself, but I understand my addiction is a driving force. I understand I need to work on my brain, but I do have an addictive personality. I have my psych eval next week and plan on discussing this. Does anyone else have this worry?

[cQQlgirl 0]

I just got this fabulous new book called, "Weight Loss Surgery with the AGB: everything you need to know before and after surgery to lose weight successfully" by Robert W. Sewell, MD. It is really good and I have purchased many WLS books and researched much on the web. One thing it talked about that I found sooo interesting is that some people become addicted to FILLS. He calls it 'adjustment addiction':

"Despite doing quite well, losing a pound or two a week, these patients believe tht continually adjusting the band helps to ensure their continued success. I believe these patients are not so much craving another "needle stick" but instead are simply insecure in their own success. Generally these patients have not yet accepted the fact that it is their behavior, not the band that is causing them to lose weight."

He goes on to say that some professionals inadvertantly feed into this behavior because its easier to just adjust the patient than deal with the situation. He says it can be the cause of potential conflict with the medical team and patient. "Put a little in, take a little out--it can become an endless Quest, searching repeatedly for the right amount of Fluid in the band. In this situation the surgeon actually becomes the 'adjustment addiction' inabler."

Is that not wild? It made me stop and think a second before my last fill. Not enough to stop me from getting it. I am happy to say that I am good and tight now and am aware that this 'adjustment addiction' can be a real issue. Thought I would pass this on to y'all.

Valerie

[shortgal 5]

I just got this fabulous new book called, "Weight Loss Surgery with the AGB: everything you need to know before and after surgery to lose weight successfully" by Robert W. Sewell, MD. It is really good and I have purchased many WLS books and researched much on the web. One thing it talked about that I found sooo interesting is that some people become addicted to FILLS. He calls it 'adjustment addiction':

"Despite doing quite well, losing a pound or two a week, these patients believe tht continually adjusting the band helps to ensure their continued success. I believe these patients are not so much craving another "needle stick" but instead are simply insecure in their own success. Generally these patients have not yet accepted the fact that it is their behavior, not the band that is causing them to lose weight."

He goes on to say that some professionals inadvertantly feed into this behavior because its easier to just adjust the patient than deal with the situation. He says it can be the cause of potential conflict with the medical team and patient. "Put a little in, take a little out--it can become an endless Quest, searching repeatedly for the right amount of Fluid in the band. In this situation the surgeon actually becomes the 'adjustment addiction' inabler."

Is that not wild? It made me stop and think a second before my last fill. Not enough to stop me from getting it. I am happy to say that I am good and tight now and am aware that this 'adjustment addiction' can be a real issue. Thought I would pass this on to y'all.

Valerie

You see the adjustment addiction on here all the time. I read "I'm too tight and can't eat, but I'll wait a month and see if it gets better." It's not the month they want, it's the quick weight loss. They are willing to risk a band slip from being too tight because of the rapid weight loss.

However, we do need fills until we get the right restriction ( that's how the band works) and it's not just our "behavior" because if that were true, we would not need the band in the first place. The band supports our improved behavior.

But I think we all do that to a certain extent ( some worse than others) we believe that we are using willpower and our bands aren't working, but can't explain how we then managed to lose more weight than we ever lost before our bands!

Just MHO.