CarolinaGirl270
No Slip but no weight loss
Mar 25, 2008
I had an upper GI last week due to pain in my band area. There is no slip but I am tight. I keep gaining weight and I was almost hoping for a slip so I could have a revision to a different surgery. I am very frustrated at this point and have only lost 22 pounds since August 2006. I work evenings and am so tight during the day that I get the majority of my calories at night while I'm at work. Then I'm so exhausted during the day from only sleeping 4 hours and taking care of my kids during the day that I can barely muster the energy to cook them b/l/and dinner much less exercise. This is just a post filled with exuses but I am so tired. Sarah turning 8 months old yesterday was a good thing though.
Band Baby
Jan 18, 2008
I can't believe my band baby Sarah will be 6 months old on the 25th!! Time really goes by so fast. Having three girls is the most precious thing! Everyone makes the comment about not being "rounded out" with a boy but God gave me what I could handle and that happened to be all girls. Do people realize that I didn't have a choice in the matter? I just shrug it off. I also can't believe it has taken me so long to get back on track with losing weight after being pregnant but I have finally pulled myself back up. I do have a perpetual battle raging against sugar though and this will never end. I am ready to deal with that on a daily basis and I know some days will be worse than others but I am finally OK with that!! I noticed today that my knees are rubbing together when I walk. My inner thighs were so huge that my legs never could get close enough for my knees to touch! This is only after one month of using the bike for 20 minutes 5 days a week!!! So, for everybody reading this (if there is anybody reading this) small changes DO add up so get going with a little bit of exercise and it will pay off.
Back on Track
Jan 16, 2008
Today I weigh 241 thanks to my last fill and my stationary bike! That last fill was only about .20 and I cannot eat until after 4pm and it's been a month already. EVERYTHING SOLID gets stuck before 4 . Today I was really dizzy and just pigged out when I opened up around 7. Tomorrow I will do protein shakes to keep my blood sugar levels stable. I use my stationary bike for 20 minutes a day and I really like it. It's the one that moves your arms too. I'm in much better spirits since all the holiday foods are gone. I'm seeing more loss in my body than the scale shows but my big belly needs a good talking to! I know I would be at least 2 sizes smaller without my big waist and panni. My goal this year is to get to ONEderland. That is 42 pounds away and I feel so good now that I know it won't take me all year to get there but I will give myself this entire year to get there. Slow and steady is OK as long as I keep going in the right direction...down!
Another Fill--18.8% loss
Dec 21, 2007
Well, yesterday I had another fill. I had 3cc in my band and he added .5. I threw up the water after being stuck for 5 minutes. I couldn't even lay back down for him to get the fill out until I threw up the water. I then asked if he could leave me with .25 and he said that the syringes he used didn't give him the ability to see that it was exactly .25 but he told me he took almost .5 out and left me with a little. Yesterday my restriction was perfect due to swelling but tonight I'm getting hungry but I can always eat more at night so I don't know if this is an accurate test of my new restriction or not.
I also saw the nutritionist and she told me that I was eating about 50% more calories than I should be and to cut out the carbs. I am trying and am back down to 243 today. I don't ever want to get out of control with my weight again so I will have to deal with the fact that there may be no more fills for me and I will have to really work hard to lose and maintain my weight with the band. I will give it all I got!!! Anyway, Merry Christmas as this is Dec 21 (my oldest daughter reminds me everyday that there are only ..x.. number of days til Christmas..today is 4 more days!)
I also saw the nutritionist and she told me that I was eating about 50% more calories than I should be and to cut out the carbs. I am trying and am back down to 243 today. I don't ever want to get out of control with my weight again so I will have to deal with the fact that there may be no more fills for me and I will have to really work hard to lose and maintain my weight with the band. I will give it all I got!!! Anyway, Merry Christmas as this is Dec 21 (my oldest daughter reminds me everyday that there are only ..x.. number of days til Christmas..today is 4 more days!)
STOP THE MADNESS
Dec 15, 2007
This morning I weighed 249!!! AHHHHHH
This is it!! It's saturday and I am making my grocery list for the coming week. I will rededicated myself to losing weight and working this band. I was also inspired by Magpie's story of losing 75 lbs in 10 months. No magic, she just followed the rules. I need to get my tired butt off the couch and exercise. I will never lose any weight if I don't. I am also going to start taking my Zoloft again since I'm so depressed. This has a lot to do with my failure. I feel like I want this band to fail. Like I can prove to my doc that I should have had RNY. I would fail RNY too since this is all in my head. I am also grazing again and this has to stop. I will test my band this weekend with measured portions--bandster portions of 1-1.5 cups of real food with no liquids for an hour after. I need to see what my band is really doing before I get my next fill. I will have to answer to my doc about my 9lbs weight gain in 4 weeks. It's all self sabotage and I will ask him to let me speak to the nut and maybe even the psych doc again. Having the baby really changed the way I view my band journey and really my restriction is soooo very different. I'm not so tight and this worries me. Update to come after my fill wednesday.
This is it!! It's saturday and I am making my grocery list for the coming week. I will rededicated myself to losing weight and working this band. I was also inspired by Magpie's story of losing 75 lbs in 10 months. No magic, she just followed the rules. I need to get my tired butt off the couch and exercise. I will never lose any weight if I don't. I am also going to start taking my Zoloft again since I'm so depressed. This has a lot to do with my failure. I feel like I want this band to fail. Like I can prove to my doc that I should have had RNY. I would fail RNY too since this is all in my head. I am also grazing again and this has to stop. I will test my band this weekend with measured portions--bandster portions of 1-1.5 cups of real food with no liquids for an hour after. I need to see what my band is really doing before I get my next fill. I will have to answer to my doc about my 9lbs weight gain in 4 weeks. It's all self sabotage and I will ask him to let me speak to the nut and maybe even the psych doc again. Having the baby really changed the way I view my band journey and really my restriction is soooo very different. I'm not so tight and this worries me. Update to come after my fill wednesday.
Gained 3 more..ugh
Dec 07, 2007
I have gained 7 lbs in 2 weeks! What is up??? Maybe no restriction, eating sweets by the truckload and not exercising. I want restiction NOW!! I get another fill on Dec 20. I'm still at 3cc in a 4 cc band and can eat everything! Hopefully this next one will do the trick (this is what my surgeon has said after my last 2 fills...guess what..it didn't do the trick).
I'm fat
Dec 03, 2007
I am 16 months out and still fat! I feel like a total failure. I have gained 4 lbs and am not exercising due to exhaustion. I have only lost about 27 lbs in all this time. I look exactly the same as I did and I have lost hope. I don't know how to get myself motivated from this point. Anyway, I don't know when I'll update again but I hope it will be in better spirits.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
I'm Back!! On with the journey!
Nov 05, 2007
Well, my new baby girl ( Sarah Penelope) is already 3 months old. She was born 6 weeks premature on July 25. She weighed 5lbs 5oz. She had to stay in the hospital for two weeks. Two days after going home, she was back at the hospital for two more days with a parotid gland infecton. Having bi weekly visits after that with a hematologist for blood work and a blood transfusion. She had an exchange transfusion after she was born since her anemia was so severe. Thanks to anyone who donates blood. This simple act saved my baby's life. Anyway, I have had two fills since her birth and am now just starting to feel restriction again. I am also starting to eat a raw foods diet. This is really helping me feel better. One month after I had my baby, my OB's office called and said that they found Choriocarcinoma in my placenta when they ran the pathology on it. It was only a microscopic focus but I am still testing every month for it and then for the next 3-5 years they will be testing me to make sure it doesn't come back. I've been negative so far--thank God!! This type of cancer has a very good outcome. It also spreads fast and goes to the brain and lungs which can be bad but I am not even thinking like that! My raw foods diet sort of evolved out of a fear of what all the processed crap has done to me. Something in my body was not right for those cells to have the opportunity to change and morph into cancer. I want to have control over something--so my diet will be first. I will start green smoothies once my blender gets here. By the way, I only gained 7 lbs while I was pregnant. I lost that the first two weeks out. I have also lost an additional 10 lbs. So, in the last 3 months, I have lost 17 lbs and 23 lbs before getting pregnant. SO---drumroll please----40 lbs lost. I never thought I'd see the day. I am 14 months out--minus 8 months for baby--so that's like month 6 on my lap-band journey if you want to get technical, and I do--tee hee. I will be sure to update as my diet progresses and we'll just see how it goes. I have 2.5 in my band but I might get a tweak in a few weeks.
LOST WEIGHT
Jul 06, 2007
OK--I'm 32 weeks pregnant as of tomorrow. I went to the OB yesterday and I have dropped 3 lbs in 2 weeks. My OB is concerned that I'm not eating. I was 247 at my first OB appt and now I am 251. Total weight gain= 4 lbs. This makes ME happy since I know my baby is healthy and growing since I get ultrasounds every two weeks for the antibody thing. I am morbidly obese and I never gained a lot with any of my babies. In fact, I kinda just look fat, not pregnant which makes me mad. I want people to know that my big belly is full of a baby, not my lunch! I eat small meals throughout the day since I don't have much room left in my belly. I'm back to adding decaf protein coffee and bars just to get the extra protein in. I don't know. Sometimes I just have to force myself to eat. Nothing sounds good but I try to keep it healthy. I know my band is getting tighter with the baby filling up my abdomen because I PB'd on 4th of July. I took a regular size bite of a hamburger with the works. That got stuck and I made the stupid mistake of taking a bite of baked beans. I don't PB anymore since my band was so loose but I still have 2cc's so anything is possible. Anyway, I still have 8 weeks left to gain weight.
Threatend Preterm labor
Jun 15, 2007
I have not updated in soooo long since my weight loss is kinda' at a stand still. My doc wants me to gain 15lbs total. I have gained 7lbs in 7 months so far. My band is getting tight due to the baby getting bigger and I have PB'd twice this week! I haven't done that in 7 months since my band only has 2cc and is loose. Well, yesterday I had a small gush of fluid at 5am and was having small contractions about every 30 minutes all day yesterday. I went to my OB and they did all kinds of tests. They all came back negative and all my symptoms have cleared up. The only thing I can think of that caused this is I was sitting at work the night before this happened breathing fumes from tile glue remover for 4 hours. When I moved away from the fumes I had a ringing right ear and a headache. I wonder if this contributed to my symptoms. Anyway, it scared the crap outta me since I'm only 29 weeks. All is well with me besides this and I will start back with my band journey once I have the baby. I can't wait to get another fill and get things moving again.
