- Name: debbie H.
- Username: baileyshoney
- Location: AR, USA
- Member Since: 12/28/2010
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- Family & Friends - I LOVE spending time with family and friends.
- Dogs - I have 2, very spoiled, low-shed lap dogs.
- Christianity - I am a Methodist.
- Tattoo - My ONLY tattoo is permanent make-up, eyeliner. I love it!
- Road Trips - We take short trips, often to state parks with cabins.
- Cruises - We've only been on one, but plan to take more. It was fun!
- Teachers - I taught school for 35 years.
- Married - I've been married for many years, and I tell him how lucky he is.
- Vacation - We take at least 1 vacation a year,I do mini vacs with friends and my daughter.
- Shopping - I like to do a little, not like I used to do.
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On the Right Track, Finally on April 11, 2012 11:14 am
Well now we are into April and I have dropped those pesky 5lbs and a few more. I am FINALLY under the 200 lb mark and even when I stray (like over a holiday, or a vacation trip) I DON"T cross over that threshold that seemed to evade me forever. I have also lost the "I just can't do it" attitude. And it just took that fill I had become so fearful of. I still go to Zumba at least 3 times a week, 4 if possible. And I am much happier in my own skin. I feel marvelous! I will continue this journey. What I want to be is more of a size than a weight. When I get to a comfortable 10/12, I will start trying to just maintain. Right now I am comfortably into a 16, and I do have one size 14 pants, BUT, they are stretchy material. I have lost the W"s behind all my sizes and the "2" in front of my weight, and I don't miss them at all. Other than occasional reflux when the late night eating demon rears it's ugly head, I have had no observable ill effect from the surgery, only positive ones. And I KNOW how to control the reflux, I just backslide occasionally. Hopefully, I will not have problems that others have had with the surgery. I know they had the same types of hopes and dreams I did, and theirs were dashed. I am so thankful to be where I am now. I know with as long as it's taken me to get to this point, I would have never gotten here without my lap-band.
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Now it's February on February 8, 2012 6:50 pm
Can't believe I haven't written on here since October. Well, apparently the unfill, small though it was, coupled with holiday eating has slightly derailed my plans. But hopefully that is about to change. I have gained and lost the same 5 lbs for 3 months. I also became afraid to get a fill after a support group meeting on what can happen if you are overfilled. Well, I got over it and decided that if I'm gonna pay that much for surgery, I need to use the tool correctly before my prepaid fills run out in about 5 months and lose my last 35 lbs. I got an agressive fill, and food is now staying with me for 4 hours. Before, it was 1 1/2 hours or possibly 2. I did have reflux (for the 1st time in my life) last night while I was trying to sleep. So tonight, my night eating demon is gonna have to be happy with gum. Bought several packs today. Ate my last bite at 8, and plan to take my meds a bit early, and hopefully be in bed by 11 with no reflux tonight. Wish me luck!
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Onederland...YAY! on October 18, 2011 5:46 pm
Thanks to the .3 fill, I hit Onederland, and just a bit sooner than my goal date. I did have an event to go to, but did not get to go because my Mother-in-law had (as it turned out) a minor brain bleed. I'm so glad surgery wasn't required. I may need a small unfill, but I am so afraid to get one, because my restriction is really perfect, but there is a little burn in my belly (just a little) sometimes, and I feel a lot of things as they go down. I really have to take small bites, and chew, chew, chew. That doesn't bother me. It's the slight burn way down low in my belly that makes me worry that I might do some damage if I don't get the unfill. It's Tue. and my appointment is on Monday. I can call tomorrow if necessary...but I don't really want to at this point.
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Lack of Progress on September 26, 2011 6:28 pm
Got a small fill today, .3. I have been hungry and eating more. Kept up my exercise or I would have gained. I couldn't get in to see my doc last week, and went on a short trip. I didn't make great food choices on top of having an increse in appitite. On liquids today and hope I can stay on them tomorrow too. Walked with my neighbor, though we just did a little over a mile. Will go to Zumba just once tomorrow because I'm getting a new washer and dryer. Weight loss still at 41lbs. Hoping to get to Onederland by mid Oct. for an event with my high school graduating class. Wish me luck!
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Now it's mid August on August 18, 2011 5:00 pm
Well, I did not gain on vacation. At least if I did, I managed to lose it plus 2 1/2 more lbs. by the time I was weighed. Anyway, now I'm struggling. I don't know if I need a fill or not. I would have sworn no, because I do get stuck sometimes, and occasionally my band tightens to where I feel the food going down, and it isn't comfortable. But...by night, I'm so hungry lately and can eat just about anything. I really must spend the next few weeks following lapband eating rules, cause I've done well with the exercise part, and in less than a month, probably, I'll add walking back to my Zumba. As to the stuck episodes, I am pretty sure I have myself to blame for that. If I let myself get too hungry, I STILL eat bites that are too big and eat too fast. AND I get hungry more than I used to. I think I also do that when I feel the food going down and it's uncomfortable. I don't know if it's band tightness or my stupidity. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT A FILL. After Dr. Wellborn spoke to the support group about being overfilled, and the damage it can do makes me so scared of being to tight. What to do, what to do??? I've gotten afraid to get a fill????????????????
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