Does anyone have anything good to say about Lap-Band?

I'm 5 years post op lapband. I don't HATE my band, but I don't love it either. I haven't had any serious complications but I haven't been able to find the "sweet spot" with my fills since after my first post-op pregnancy. So basically it's either too tight or too loose. It's either I can eat EVERYTHING or I can eat only mushy foods. And that's after many attempts to find that perfect sweet spot. Right now it's pretty much empty and therefore serving no real purpose.

I don't "regret" having WLS but honestly I do wish I'd never had it. My band is basically useless right now and has been for a long time. When I first got my surgery, I was excited and told people about it. I advocated WLS. But 5 years later honestly I think that unless you have SERIOUS mobility issues, people don't need WLS. People just need to get their act together, find a diet that works for them, stop giving up after a couple of rough months, eat healthy, exercise etc..

I am currently at my all-time lowest. I gained a chunk of weight when I was pregnant with my second post-op baby. I was 10 lbs away from my SURGERY WEIGHT when he was 3 months old! I didn't use my "tool" to lose this weight. I stopped making excuses and did what needed to be done. I started REALLY trying in September. I've lost about 45 lbs since then. I workout 6 days a week, eat healthy 85% of the time, count my calories/macros on my fitness pal, watch my carbs, avoid grains etc.. Yes, that's 45 sad little pounds in 8 months of consistently eating right and exercising religiously. I have PCOS but I'm not letting my slow progress hold me back or discourage me. Slow progress is better than NO progress.

I thought surgery would magically "fix me" both mentally and physically. This far out from surgery and I've only recently been serious about "fixing" my relationship with food. I'm proof you can have food addiction and still lose weight, but you WILL gain it back.

Most surgeons are so quick to perform WLS but one HUGE factor that's barely touched on post-op is getting your MIND right with food. It takes a LOT more than a little pre-op class on what you have to eat for the rest of your life to get your crap together. I though paying thousands of dollars and being cut open would "fix me"... well that's a big fat LOL.

I'm ranting at this point. In short, don't have surgery. Just focus on figuring out how you became morbidly obese (bad relationship with food in most cases ... I had PCOS and Hypothyroidism but I will never say that I became morbidly obese due to these things... those things were the loaded gun but my food choices pulled the trigger). Focus on finding something that works for you LONG TERM. When things get hard and discouraging, keep going anyway.

I'm 5 years post op lapband. I don't HATE my band, but I don't love it either. I haven't had any serious complications but I haven't been able to find the "sweet spot" with my fills since after my first post-op pregnancy. So basically it's either too tight or too loose. It's either I can eat EVERYTHING or I can eat only mushy foods. And that's after many attempts to find that perfect sweet spot. Right now it's pretty much empty and therefore serving no real purpose.

I don't "regret" having WLS but honestly I do wish I'd never had it. My band is basically useless right now and has been for a long time. When I first got my surgery, I was excited and told people about it. I advocated WLS. But 5 years later honestly I think that unless you have SERIOUS mobility issues, people don't need WLS. People just need to get their act together, find a diet that works for them, stop giving up after a couple of rough months, eat healthy, exercise etc..

I am currently at my all-time lowest. I gained a chunk of weight when I was pregnant with my second post-op baby. I was 10 lbs away from my SURGERY WEIGHT when he was 3 months old! I didn't use my "tool" to lose this weight. I stopped making excuses and did what needed to be done. I started REALLY trying in September. I've lost about 45 lbs since then. I workout 6 days a week, eat healthy 85% of the time, count my calories/macros on my fitness pal, watch my carbs, avoid grains etc.. Yes, that's 45 sad little pounds in 8 months of consistently eating right and exercising religiously. I have PCOS but I'm not letting my slow progress hold me back or discourage me. Slow progress is better than NO progress.

I thought surgery would magically "fix me" both mentally and physically. This far out from surgery and I've only recently been serious about "fixing" my relationship with food. I'm proof you can have food addiction and still lose weight, but you WILL gain it back.

Most surgeons are so quick to perform WLS but one HUGE factor that's barely touched on post-op is getting your MIND right with food. It takes a LOT more than a little pre-op class on what you have to eat for the rest of your life to get your crap together. I though paying thousands of dollars and being cut open would "fix me"... well that's a big fat LOL.

I'm ranting at this point. In short, don't have surgery. Just focus on figuring out how you became morbidly obese (bad relationship with food in most cases ... I had PCOS and Hypothyroidism but I will never say that I became morbidly obese due to these things... those things were the loaded gun but my food choices pulled the trigger). Focus on finding something that works for you LONG TERM. When things get hard and discouraging, keep going anyway.

I'm 5 years post op lapband. I don't HATE my band, but I don't love it either. I haven't had any serious complications but I haven't been able to find the "sweet spot" with my fills since after my first post-op pregnancy. So basically it's either too tight or too loose. It's either I can eat EVERYTHING or I can eat only mushy foods. And that's after many attempts to find that perfect sweet spot. Right now it's pretty much empty and therefore serving no real purpose.

I don't "regret" having WLS but honestly I do wish I'd never had it. My band is basically useless right now and has been for a long time. When I first got my surgery, I was excited and told people about it. I advocated WLS. But 5 years later honestly I think that unless you have SERIOUS mobility issues, people don't need WLS. People just need to get their act together, find a diet that works for them, stop giving up after a couple of rough months, eat healthy, exercise etc..

I am currently at my all-time lowest. I gained a chunk of weight when I was pregnant with my second post-op baby. I was 10 lbs away from my SURGERY WEIGHT when he was 3 months old! I didn't use my "tool" to lose this weight. I stopped making excuses and did what needed to be done. I started REALLY trying in September. I've lost about 45 lbs since then. I workout 6 days a week, eat healthy 85% of the time, count my calories/macros on my fitness pal, watch my carbs, avoid grains etc.. Yes, that's 45 sad little pounds in 8 months of consistently eating right and exercising religiously. I have PCOS but I'm not letting my slow progress hold me back or discourage me. Slow progress is better than NO progress.

I thought surgery would magically "fix me" both mentally and physically. This far out from surgery and I've only recently been serious about "fixing" my relationship with food. I'm proof you can have food addiction and still lose weight, but you WILL gain it back.

Most surgeons are so quick to perform WLS but one HUGE factor that's barely touched on post-op is getting your MIND right with food. It takes a LOT more than a little pre-op class on what you have to eat for the rest of your life to get your crap together. I though paying thousands of dollars and being cut open would "fix me"... well that's a big fat LOL.

I'm ranting at this point. In short, don't have surgery. Just focus on figuring out how you became morbidly obese (bad relationship with food in most cases ... I had PCOS and Hypothyroidism but I will never say that I became morbidly obese due to these things... those things were the loaded gun but my food choices pulled the trigger). Focus on finding something that works for you LONG TERM. When things get hard and discouraging, keep going anyway.