Greetings

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New to the site. 7 months post.

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Welcome! How has banded life been treating you?!

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Welcome! How has banded life been treating you?!

It sucks and I hate it

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It sucks and I hate it

Oh, I am sorry to hear that. What is going on that is bad?

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Oh, I am sorry to hear that. What is going on that is bad?

I've had 3 revision surgeries and a port move with no significant weight loss. Basically, what I've discovered is that if I eat and workout as recommended I could have lost weight w/o out the surgery. I just feel totally ripped off. I really don't want to eat Soup for the rest of my life.

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I am sorry to hear you had all the problems.

I have been fortunate so far and haven't had any complications. I was too tight briefly after I had my hysterectomy in Dec. Being too tight was extremely uncomfortable and I ate Cereal until it passed. I couldn't get an unfill, because I had an incision from the hysterectomy where my port is. I definitely didn't want them poking or feeling for it.

You are correct that the weight loss can be done without the band. What the band has done for me is help me not be STARVING while losing the weight. I have lost weight before with the lower calorie diet and exercise, but I was hungry most of the time and then returned to eating bigger portions after a while. Hopefully this won't be the case this time. I have lost 72lbs in 7 months. This is a lot, but basically it amounts to about 10 lbs per month which is doable without the band.

It really isn't recommended that you eat Soup, because it defeats the purpose of the band. Soup can't stay in a pouch, it goes right through. If you are having to eat soup all of the time, you may be too tight.

Think about how you feel when you eat foods like chicken or fish. If you are chewing it well and it is uncomfortable, or sticks, you are too tight. If that is the case, consider going for a slight unfill. Sometimes all it takes is .5ccs out to make a huge difference. If you can't eat healthy foods, you won't be able to fuel your body properly to exercise effectively and losing the weight is going to be difficult, if not impossible.

Edited February 22, 2009 by crzytchr

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Thanks for the information