TELL ME ABOUT .... YOU !!!

I want to learn what I can about you guys and gals.

How is your journey going ? 
Are there anyone with struggles .
What as a group can we do to help you .

What is your one main goal ?
What are you doing to achieve this goal .

I look forward to meeting and learning from you all ,


Tink

I want to learn what I can about you guys and gals.

How is your journey going ? I am stuck and very depressed I still have about 30 pounds until my goal. I lost my job January 7th and have fallen into a very huge funk I know its wrong for me and I tell myself all the time to get it together but then for some reason I can talk myself into something else. I have not had any support other than my immediate family and OH. I dont have a dr close that will see me been to them and they refuse to take me on as a patient. my surgeon is 5 hours away so I dont see him as often as I would like. and i dont have a dietician.

Are there anyone with struggles . yep  me I deal with pain they are not sure why ive done massive amounts of tests and now its exploritory surgery that will take place 5hrs from home and i have little kids at home. my surgeon told me that since i had as many complications with my first 3 surgeries that he would have to do the exploritory open and i am not ready for that and Im not sure when i will be. I almost died and it took along time to feel good and i dont want to go back there again.

What as a group can we do to help you . keep me positive and let me know im not alone. share there stories of challenges and accomplishments.

What is your one main goal ? to feel good about myself some days i do and some not so much. i have come along way but my head is still far behind.

What are you doing to achieve this goal . at this point im struggling i try to eat right  i am not moving my butt like i should. actually i have worked out for about a month in almost 2 yrs. i wish i had friends to walk with.

What a great idea, Tink.  I almost didn't join though, as I'm feeling a bit helpless.  I hate that feeling. 

Weight loss or gain can be a symptom of Lyme disease.  Guess how lucky me is affected?

I was two pounds from my goal of 140.  I am now 162.  I can't say I follow my eating plan to the letter, but I do well.  My weakness has always been getting enough fluids down. 

Last week, I did exceptionally well with eating, by plan and determination.  I gained 1, lost 2, lost 1, gained 3, lost 1, lost 1.  WTF???  I am meant to call my doctor later this week about a medicine she started me on, so if this inability to lose weight is still happening, I will see if she can suggest anything.

I also need to learn how to pace myself for dealing with the illness.  I started out feeling good last week; I had excellent (albeit adjusted) workouts Monday and Wednesday and was feeling great about it.  However, I felt so good that I was active in some way every day...which is what we all want, right?  Except, my body can't deal with that right now and I'm supposed to be getting more rest.  By Friday night, I was sick and it continued clear through the weekend.  Fevers, chills, muscle aches, weakness, fatigue beyond belief.

I feel like such a whiner!  I have never been very tolerant of weakness in myself.  I'm getting on my own nerves very, very much.

The goal I set last week for March is to get back on track: protein, liquids, low carb.  Exercise in such a way that I don't get sick and can follow a routine.  And get losing again.  What I need to do to achieve this, I think, is find the right balance and get a lot more rest...which, to me, sounds counter-productive!  I can't seem to get my head around it.  I just feel like a lazy slob...it sucks.

My ultimate goal is to get to my original goal and then beyond it.  I've decided to go for 125, to give myself a buffer, in case I ever run into sh** like this again.  And to get back to the walking, biking, swimming, weight training person I had become when all this bs started.

Lisa

 Hi everyone, my name is Natalie. 

I was banded (Realize) in June 2008 and received my first fill in July. (3cc's). I began vomiting shortly afterward, but I thought it was my fault for overeating/under-chewing, etc.  I focused on trying to modify my eating habits, but the only way I could eat anything without puking was to stick with liquids.  By September, my band had slipped and I was fully obstructed. This required a 2nd surgery to reposition & re-secure the band. I had my first fill (3 cc's again) in November and began vomiting again in February. RAN to my surgeon to get deflated but it was too late... my band slipped AGAIN. I had to undergo surgery for a third time.  I did not lose a single pound in the last 6 months with the band, despite all the vomiting. The port never stopped hurting since it was originally implanted. I've felt like I had a knife sticking out of my gut for 7 months now. I couldn't even wear jeans or anything with a firm waistband, because it put pressure on the port and it dug into my muscle wall.  I am very active & love to exercise hard, but the port has severely reduced what I was able to do without pain.  For a weight-loss procedure to actually REDUCE your ability to exercise is unacceptable.  For a band to slip TWICE in only 7 months is unacceptable.  I don't think I could ever recommend the band to anyone.  I regret my decision and hope that I make a better one this time around.   Last week, I had the band removed and converted to a sleeve.  I've lost 13 pounds in 10 days.  Yesterday I ate an egg,  ONE egg, and was pleasantly full and remained so for 3 hours without pain or vomiting.  What a novel concept!
Looking forward to a long and beautiful relationship with my sleeve.  Also looking forward to getting lots of positive & helpful advice from my WLS peers.  

Natalie