I'm baaaaacccckkkkkk. And I know I NEED this forum.

Hey Gang,

How are you?    Some of you may remember me and some of you will see me for the first time.  Regardless, hello to everyone!

My name is Jamie, I am guy who had Lapband Surgery on May 15, 2009.   Since then I have been very fortunate and have had little to no complications.   (I am thankful for that)

I have lost 85 pounds and I'm trying to get to 100+ but I seem to have this mental block.   I haven't made the smartest choices over the past year or so when it comes to diet and excersise.   I have found that I am at a point where I can pretty much eat anything I want within reason.   I still have trouble with breads and dry meats but.... that's not a bad thing.    Ironically I can still get down pizza...and its so good.

Since I have noticed myself getting back into my bad habits I thought I would come back to the place where it all began.   Read your stories of inspiration, pain, joy, etc and get my head back in the game.   I have so many things to be thankful for....and to be honest I am afraid of letting it all go and gaining weight again.

Looking forward to chatting with some of you.

Jamie

Good luck getting back on the path to your goals, and skip the pizza until you get to maintenance!

No clue what Georgia has to do with not eating pizza, but ok!

Ruggie

he had lap band he is already in maintenance. He had the Lap band  in 2009. But your right about pizza not being a good choice if he wants to lose more weight.

Craig

Not the smartest, but still mine.  Do you eat 100% perfect everyday?

Hey Gusband!  Yeah... WTF does ATL have to do with pizza?  I mean hello... you aint in NYC or Chicago! LOL.  I love you!  and get ur butt back to a local WLS support group that hopefully specializes in longer term post ops.  I have one here in my area that I run and it's awesome.  Most of us are 1-3 years post-op and almost everyone deals with getting "close" to goal or a 10-15% regain.  it's normal!  Don't beat urself up sweetie.  Remember... ur down 85 lbs and ur a frickin hawtie!

Hey... Wifey and I are going to Vegas 12/17-19.  U free? LOL

Hey stud. Did your spidey senses tingle on saturday. I drove through Atlanta and sent you good vibes ;)


Hopefully I'll be more active on here too

T

Haha, I missed you Tony & Maryn, thank you for being supportive.
Tony H - I guess I missed the vibes, lol.
Maryn - love you, thank you for being positive.

To elaborate on my posts...  Yes, pizza isnt the smartest choice I could have made but, I also am not a perfect person.  If I was, I would have never had to have the lapband to begin with.  I got my demon's like we all do....  my first year I was very angelic and didnt do anything bad or eat anything bad but that changed.   I dont think anyone is perfect here.... nobody is.   I dont eat pizza daily, I wanted it so I ate it that day for lunch.  I had a salad with tuna on it for dinner.   I have learned enough about weight loss and banding that habits need to change... notice I said CHANGE and not PERFECTION.  I now know enough about myself to say "Hey Jamie, you made a really bad choice for lunch so you need to make a smarter choice for dinner"  and I do.   I am PROUD to say that even though I have my days of bad, I also have my days of good.   I am also proud to say I have my days of total indulgence... why?  Because I am human and not perfect.

Anyone that is living a life of "I'll never eat that ever ever again" is just in denial.

Amen, brother!  Nobody is perfect.  Life is a journey and not a race to perfection.  We can only learn from falling down and making mistakes.  The fact that you get yourself back up and consciously make a healthy choice to balance the not so healthy choices is admirable.  Maintenance or life after about a year post-op is the most challenging.  Most WLS'ers lose most of the excess weight during the first year with minimal struggle.  The real work comes in after that "honeymoon" phase and when we are back into the swing of every day life and our WLS tool adjusts to a new norm.  This aint the easy road that some non-WLSers think it is.  But it is the very smart road!