I was going to say exactly what was already posted. I'm no longer fear eating and drinking in front of people. I feel like I'm living the life that the lap band promised but didn't come close to delivering. At (almost) six months out I have never vomited even though I have stupidly pushed my luck with eating. Nothing has gotten 'stuck'. No more shoulder pain. No more waking up in the middle of the night with acid shooting into my mouth and nose.

But to be honest, I do feel like I'm doing more work on my own. The lap band made me so freaking miserable that I feared eating, and because of that I lost 132 pounds fairly quickly. Since I feel pretty normal, I have to watch myself a lot closer. That is not a bad thing, mind you. I like not being afraid of getting hurt from doing something that I HAVE to do several times a day :)

You know, that makes a lot of sense! This woman walks everywhere she goes. Her husband takes the only car they have to work, so she has to walk to work everyday AND she's had horrible knee problems. Surgeries on top of surgeries for it.

It's funny, I told my 13 year old the same story (she's a woman who's worked in his school for years) and he just laughed and said "That's because she's obsessed with walking Mom". In my mind I thought her comment must mean that I really looked like I was struggling just to move, which I really wasn't. Looking at it like that makes me feel a little better about it :)

 

First I will start out with all my 'celebrations' because I decided to just do it in one post instead of each time I hit one, so some of these actually happened awhile ago. So here are all of my NSV's under one roof:

1. I'm in Onederland!

2. I hit the century mark!

3. I'm no longer obese!

4. I'm at my pre-pregnancy (well the last 4 pregnancies anyway) weight. It'll be a few pounds before I hit my pre-pregnancy weight from my 14 year old, lol!

5. I'm comfortably in a size 10

6. I had to change the box of clothes that don't fit me from "too small" to "too big". Looking to throw those out soon.

 

I've gotten a lot of compliments lately. But this morning I got an odd one. A lady I hardly know at all walked by me and said "Wow, you look really good!".

"Thanks!"

"You must have lost a lot of weight".

"Yep, I sure did"

"I bet it's a lot easier for you to walk now!"

WTF!?!?!?!

"Um, yeah?"

I had never actually had a lot of problems walking....Not that I noticed anyway. Why can't people just shut up while they're ahead?" SMH....

 

Anyway, hope everyone's good. My weightloss has been disappointing this last month or so, but that's to be expected along the way I guess. At least it's still headed in the right direction. Here's my most recent pictures (not sure why I wasn't smiling, but my husband refused to retake the picture):

 

 

 

 

June 6th here! I'm down a little over 50 pounds since the morning of surgery. I'm doing zumba 3x a week, Pump 3x a week, and taking one active rest day (meaning I take a lot of walks, but nothing strenuous). I can squeeze into a 10, but I'm pretty comfortable in a 12 right now. I think it's going great. I wanted to lose faster, I had dreams of waking up at my goal weight the morning after surgery- but I guess I'm coming to terms with the fact that it's not gonna happen. I have lost nearly 58% of my excess weight already and have a week till I hit 4 months, so I guess that's ok!

Hope everyone is doing good! Seems like we were just having this done :)

After nearly 5 years with the lapband (and all the hell that comes with it) I revised to a sleeve at the beginning of June. I'm 16 weeks post op and have lost 50.6. That's a LOT faster than I lost with the band, and I ended up losing 132 pounds in a year with the band. I know this because I've kept detailed records with both, lol! I didn't hit the 50 pound mark till month 5 with the band.

It's a whole different world! Nothing gets stuck, I haven't gotten the slimies, haven't had to throw up, no referred shoulder pain, no gagging sensation. I actually finally feel normal, but I get full a lot faster. And isn't that what the band was suppose to do in the first place? I would definately go with the sleeve if I had to do it all over again. My surgeon tried to push me into RNY when I first started talking about revising years ago, but after he saw how good the outcomes have been with VSG he was happy do it.

Good luck!

No, I have a Bodybugg. I've been wearing it for 4 1/2 years. I'm just thinking that's what I heard from people here who have a fitbit. I know that there is a sleep tracking thing on the fitbit, but I'm not even real sure how it's worn. The benefit of the fitbit is that they link through myfitness pal, and that website is free. Bodybugg is $9.95 a month after the first 6 months (which are free). It's also suppose to be more accurate. So, if you are wanting just a general idea, I would go for the fitbit. However if you're like me and you want to log and watch your defecit VERY closely so that you know you're on target, the bodybugg is probably better. It would drive me NUTS to try and lose weight and not have one or the other though. I would hate to sit around guessing about why I'm not losing weight.

I was having a fit for a couple of weeks because Bodybugg kept saying I should be losing more based on my calorie burn than I was, and it was upsetting me to think I wasn't losing like I should. HOWEVER, I found that I was getting in calories accidently that I wasn't accounting for and also my weight just dropped this week. So in the long run, it all balanced out! It's just nice to know that you're doing everything right and if you keep doing what your doing, it WILL come off because you've earned it.

Hope that helps! If you do decide to get a bodybugg let me know. I can usually kick up a good coupon code for one :) Take care!

Jodi

Haha, Just noticed this was from over a year ago! What did you end up getting?

Thanks! 

The best part is that these are jeans I couldn't get past my butt a few weeks ago. I love seeing progress :)

Yep! Bariatric Advantage multi's make me vomit (even made a post about it a few months ago). I was fine for the first few weeks after surgery, then one day I couldn't take them anymore without getting sick. I now cut them in half and only take them with food. There are still combinations that will make me feel ill even only taking half at a time. Once this bottle is gone, I won't be buying more for sure!

 

Me too! I remember you from the lapband board :D Yes, we have kind of created a new lapband board over here I guess.

My story is exactly like yours. I've had my sleeve for 3 1/2 months now. I had gained all my weight back that I lost with the band plus 13. Life is good now. It took a few months for me to love my sleeve (never really LOVED my band..). I live like a normal person, I haven't thrown up once since the revision. I have pretty good restriction, but I haven't found anything that I just can't eat. I stay around 800-900 calories a day and I don't feel like I'm starving.

There are a bunch of us old lapbanders here. If you have any questions just ask!

Anything by Pitbull or Black Eyed Peas
Wobble by VIC
Brian Setzer
Eminem (Shake That and Just Lose It)
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Joan Jett
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
Ke$ha (I hate her and yet love her all at the same time. It's like she's so annoying she's good.)
50 Cent

Ok, it just hit me that you said "what SONG". Hmmm....well, that would all depend on what mood I'm in.