"Why did I do this?"

I am one week post-op and totally in the "Why did I do this?" Phase. I have lower intestinal pain, chest pain from the liquid backup and if I see one more freaking bowl of soup or protein shake...I may scream.

Any words of advice? Encouragement? Protein shake enhancer?

You can do this !!!! We all went thru this phase and it sucks but it will pass !!!!  Hang in there :)

I promise you, every day is a challenge.. but it is so worth it.. to just go for a little walk and to not feel so tired, or to not have your feet sore.. I was like you right after.. thinking, am I crazy.. but then I kicked some sense into myself and realized, I did this to get healthy to live a more productive life.. so far, it hasn't let me down!!!

You can do this.. it will take time, but it will happy.. you will lose the weight.. I still drink 1 protein a day and I am 9 weeks out.. the soup sucks, but keep in mind.. it is all for a reason..

Have faith!!

Good luck!

Add sugar free pudding powder to the shakes. Only way I could do shakes.

 What a great idea.  I will definetly try it.  Thanks

I'm 6 days post-op and about to kill someone, figurtively speaking (maybe).  My parents are eating hamburgers (in the same room, right now, as I type this..) and I'm putting soup through a freakin' blender!   I came downstairs to onion rings frying in the deep fryer and had a split-second mental image of pushing someones face into it.

Aggression issues...

Anyway, you and I are in the same boat and you should know you're totally NOT alone.  If I can do this without causing bodily harm to a family member, you can get through this. ;)

 Aw, man.  Hamburger...what I would give for one right now.  Thanks for the pep.  Fry someone up for me...hehe

yeah  liquid phase totally sucked..

Those were the first waking words out of my mouth after surgery, it gets better.  Im two and a half weeks out myself, and boy I couldn't wait to get to some substance in my diet!!  Just try to stay focused and keep telling yourself why you need to follow the instructions your Doctor stated.  Its for your body to heal properly.  Hang in there.... not much longer to go!!

Sounds like you are around # 14, 15 or 16.   You'll get through it, we all did.   I stayed away from other people in the family while they ate "real food".  Sipped my soup at the computer.  It WILL get better.


Stages of Banding by Jessie Ahroni, RN, PhD

Stages of Banding

 

Discovering the Band

Wondering if this is for me

Investigation

Doing serious research

Joining a support group

Getting hopeful

Finding a doctor

Shock at the price

Deciding to do it

Making the arrangements

Wondering if you made the right decision

Getting nervous

Going ahead with it

Waking up and wondering what the hell you did to yourself.

Post-op discomfort

Month of liquids- not being able to strictly adhere

Wondering if you've been scammed again

Seeing a little success

Getting your first fill

Changing your eating habits

Seeing more success

Getting second fill

Really losing

Seriously changing your eating habits

Being totally euphoric about your weight loss

Changing your thinking about eating

Wanting to tell every fat person you meet about the band

Realizing you really can't eat

Worrying about nutrition

Learning to eat healthy and wise

Finding other ways to meet your emotional needs

Realizing it takes a long time to lose 100lbs

Trudging along

My clothes are too big

Buying new clothes

Oops, I bought too much too soon...now these are too big

Buying more clothes

Getting near goal

Enjoying all the compliments

Feeling successful

Getting aggressive

Not taking crap from anybody

Realizing you can be assertive without steam rolling everybody

Finding balance

Wondering what comes next

 

**There are other stages and everybody does not go through them in the same order or even go through all the stages. Some people might have stages to add....and there is some looping back and forth. But  these are common stages that Bandsters go through.