Dietician

Had my first visit with my dietician. I am planning to get lapband over RNY. Had RNy in 2004 and lost all my weight. Hip went bad and had hip replacement and looking at knee replacement. I want to try to loose weight before another replacement.  I am hoping to atleast maintain my weight until Dec. that is what the hospital policy is. Insurance is 3 months. I don't know if I can maintain. If I loose any my BMI will be too low to have surgery and if I gain I will the dietician says will be denied. So maintaining is the deal here. I go once a month to see her and she told me to weigh myself before coming in but lets face it we never know what their scales are going to show. Wish me luck. I sure need it. Thanks.

From one BOB (band over bypass) to another, I wish you nothing but the best in your new journey. Just stay focused and do the very best you can.

~Kel

Thank you very much. May I ask how your band over bypass has worked out for you. I get a lot of negatives on the lapband. More negative than positive. Take care.

I am 2 years out. I had mine in July 2010. In the two years since I was banded, I have taken off 102 pounds. However, a lot of that has to do with hard work.  I am in the gym 3-4 times a week for an hour and a half doing weight training and cardio. I have cut out all white carbs like pasta, rice and bread. I have changed my thinking toward food and eating entirely.

When I had the RNY, the weight melted off of me. I could sit on the couch eating Chinese food and I would still lose weight (obviously because of the malabsorbtion). The band is a different story. You have to work harder at it and earn every pound you take off by making good food choices. It restricts your eating, but if you're eating the wrong things, it won't do anything at all for you.  I keep about 4.5cc's of fluid in my 10cc VG band. I keep mine a little more on the loose side, simply because that is what I am comfortable with.

You will need to be aware of everything you put in your mouth and go back to basics. The band is just a tool, you're going to have to put in a little more work with it than you did the RNY.

I hope this helps 

Thanks for that information and encouragement  Kaleigh.  I just had my band over bypass on 7/16/12.  I need to lose 100lbs and people don't seem to think that is a possiblity.  I am glad to see that with hard work it can be done.

Any time  ;)  I think if you have the expectation that this time around you will need to work really hard, then you have a much better shot at succeeding. It made me realize how much I took for granted when I had the RNY, but I was so young (17 years old) and now at 30, I can grasp life changing concepts such as these, so much better.

I know what you mean about the RNY you wake up every morning and lost weight. It just melted. I didn't even have a butt. I have always had a butt. My husband didn't like me as thin as I got. I am 5'7 and got down to 135 and I am big boned so I kinda looked sick. Now I just want to loose enough to help my joints. I am willing to work for it too. Congrats on your weight loss that is great.