Banded Together

jenduffey81 - 29 July 2009 10:25 AM

Even my sister has said that my entire self image has changed drastically in such a short time!

Your sister is so right - your self image does change.  I can guarantee you that I have not grown any taller since I had the lap band, but I sure do stand a lot taller and feel taller. 

My boss is one of the few work people that know about this surgery.  She caught me trying to roll up the waistband of my pants today because they were too big and kind of dragging the floor.  I am going to have this pair tailored, but the original ones I planned on wearing today still were also too big and since they still have the tags on them I will be exchanging for a smaller size.

Pat Hewitt - 29 July 2009 08:54 AM

Smiley,

Keep your mouth shut and have some fun with him I know that can be hard but do it. How long has it been that you were banded. My first 100 days have gone great but the last 10 days have been up .5, down 1.5, up .3, up .5, down 2.2 and so on over all I am down a total 1.7 over the last 10 has been crazy any thoughts.

Yes sir, consider my lips zipped. 

I was banded 2/29/08.  I tried to convince them that I wouldn’t be out of my global time until 2/29/12 as that was the next time Feb. would have 29 days, but they weren’t buy that argument. 

My main thought is I remember those times when the weight loss slowed down and they really stunk.  At one point I spent 3 months trying to take off 10 pounds.  Something I wish I had done was take measurements prior to surgery as I only took pictures.  It is during the plateau’s that the measurements would come in handy because what you may find is that even though you are not losing pounds, you are losing inches.  Sometimes plateau’s occur simply because your body needs some time to adjust and catch up with all of the positive changes you have made.  You might drink some extra water or change up your exercise routine a little bit by going an extra 15 minutes or trying a different type of exercise for a week or so.  Your body does have the ability to figure out what you are up to and refuse to cooperate unles you “trick” it so to speak.

Don’t let the scale get you down, if anything use it as a motivator.  If you find that you are relying too much on the scale or it is discouraging you, put it away and only weigh once a week.  Just keep plugging along and know that you will get there.  The nice part about being banded by WLSC is that we have the potential to get a fill once a month as well being closely monitored the first year.  I bet once you get your next fill you will see the scale move again.  How long has it been since your last fill?

Hope this helps a little bit.

it has been 32 days I think I will call Mitch.  Pat

Pat - are things going any better for you?  You looked great at the meeting on Saturday.  I could definitely tell a difference in just the past few months that I have been attending.

Good Morning Smiley, Yes, things are going great thanks for asking. You know the NSV’s how ever can be a problem I have found. For myself after hearing a few of the NSV’s I start to think to much and relax that’s bad. I had a great weekend I and 21 others took our motorcycles to Mountain View, Arkansas and we had Blue Grass,BBR, and Bikes for 4 days what a great time. I have had some fun with a few people they will offer me a beer and I say no thanks I have not had one sence March 26th and I get some great commints such as I am so proud of you, boy I did not you had a problem, or what AA group do I go to that was the best one. We can have fun with this. Thanks Pat H.

I realized today how much easier it was to exercise with the weight loss. It really hit me today when I was finished working out, I looked at the machine and it said that I had burned approx 450 calories in 45 minutes. I wasn’t even winded! Before I would have been barely able to catch my breath. I love working out now!

Pat Hewitt - 24 August 2009 11:09 AM

Good Morning Smiley, Yes, things are going great thanks for asking. You know the NSV’s how ever can be a problem I have found. For myself after hearing a few of the NSV’s I start to think to much and relax that’s bad. I had a great weekend I and 21 others took our motorcycles to Mountain View, Arkansas and we had Blue Grass,BBR, and Bikes for 4 days what a great time. I have had some fun with a few people they will offer me a beer and I say no thanks I have not had one sence March 26th and I get some great commints such as I am so proud of you, boy I did not you had a problem, or what AA group do I go to that was the best one. We can have fun with this. Thanks Pat H.

Wow, didn’t know drinking was a problem for you, but congratulations for getting on that wagon. 
I’m just kidding, it is funny the things that people imagagine based on our choices. 

My brother enjoys riding his motorcycle, but with 2 little boys and now being a conservation agent and having to drive the state truck he doesn’t get much of an opportunity any longer.

Congrats!

jenduffey81 - 24 August 2009 04:58 PM

I realized today how much easier it was to exercise with the weight loss. It really hit me today when I was finished working out, I looked at the machine and it said that I had burned approx 450 calories in 45 minutes. I wasn’t even winded! Before I would have been barely able to catch my breath. I love working out now!

That is a wonderful realization and will probably give you more motivation for tomorrow.

My NSV’s are:

August 19th & August 23rd, was on a plane without an extension and tray table down.  Never done that before.
I can bend down and touch the floor and tie my shoes.
I can do squats.
I can be on my feet for hours and not be exhausted & have to sit down.
I can wear clothes at normal department stores where I wasn’t able to.
I can sit in the theater seats without being squeezed in and pull up the arm rest for more room.
I have been doing more socializing than before and able to hand it with my band.
I can mow the grass in less than an hour when it used to take me 2-3 hours total before being banded.

So many things to say about non-weight successes!!!!

Jen,
Those are great successes!!! I know the first time I bought clothes at a normal department store it felt really good!! I have to admit, it has saved me some money as well. Keep up the great work. 

Last week I went to the registrar’s office to sign up for a class and then had to go to the business office and pay for it.  Evidently when they access my account in the computer my picture from April 2007 pops up.  Both of the people helping me made a comment about how different I looked from my picture.  Unfortunately I missed the deadline to get a new picture put in the directory b/c I do look a lot different and I didn’t even like that picture when it did look like me.

Same thing just happened to me just yesterday, I was asked for my ID because of a credit card transaction and the clerk questioned me. the smallest thing can be so important some times.  Pat

Just wanted to brag a little, as of today I can say I have lost 100.5 lbs, 14” off my waist and I was banded 3/27/09. What a great 8 months Thanks to all Pat H.

You Go Pat!!!

That’s Great Pat!!! Will we see you on Saturday?