Miah W.
FEBRUARY 1, 2006 I'm still researching lap band surgery. I am 31 and about 252 lbs. the last time I got on a scale. I have been overweight all of my life but it has gotten to the point where my body is not holding up like it once did. I have tried every diet under the sun and even have a membership to bally's. (Which I don't go because every time I workout I get a migraine).It gets so bad that when I get up in the morning it takes about an hour for me to get the circulation back in my feet. I have a 2 year old daughter and I can't even play with her without getting winded. I know I don't have the serious medical problems that I have seen some on the board have, but I feel like it won't hurt to talk to a surgeon about the weight now. I will update how everything goes at the initial visit on 2-11. Thanks for the support, hopefully I will join the gang of post-ops one day. June 8, 2006 I am fighting the urge to call and pester them because I want this soooo bad but I will be patient... even though that is hard for me. Dr. Geiss and his office staff is so great they even called when they received the forms. I don't want them to stop answering my phone calls because I am being a pest. June 14, 2006 June 21, 2006 August 5, 2006 And note to self : don't drink a quart of apple juice on an empty stomach. (yuck) August 11, 2006 October 23, 2006 I haven't updated in a while because honestly I haven't had any great weight loss. I have been struggling to just maintain my weight. Since my first fill in September I have only lost 3 lbs. I am not expecting to drop the weight with no work... but sometimes I feel that I could have worked this hard without surgery and had the same results. ( that is just my frustration showing) Quite honestly I have to develope alot more patience in the process. I logically know that I could take months to get to my " sweet spot" but emotionally I still have to convince myself. January 27,2007 I am completely frustrated now... I am up 20 lbs. and at this point lost the will to exercise or diet...yes I siad diet...That's exactly what I am on. I have been through this route before. Do good for a few months, lose weight....have a setback...stop exercising... gain weight... get depressed...eat and eat some more...gain more weight...end up being fatter than before! If I can't even do this with the aid of the lapband then what should I do!
May 25, 2008
I have moved from New York to (middle of nowhere)Florida about 8 months ago. Since then I have gained weight and was about 263. It has been hard to find the support I need...I have gone through alot and have done alot of emotional eating. I was throwing up with every meal because my food would get stuck no matter what I tried. I got tired of it, it would become like a weird ritual of eating a little throwing up and that would allow me to be able to go back and eat the rest of my meal. I tried to see doctors here and no one wanted to see me. As soon as I mentioned that I had a problem with the lap-band and I got my surgery in New York they would refer me back to my New York doctor. I finally went back to New York about 3 weeks ago and they said that due to stress my body was chocking the band. So they took some fluid out. Now since my eating is way out of control I am now 274 lbs. and all of the problems I was having due to obesity is back. I started going to the gym but my body can't even keep up with a 30 min walk on the treadmill daily. I got my final discouragement when after a week of really trying to be good on my diet and doing the treadmill I saw a weight gain of 5 lbs. I didn't expect a miracle I just wanted to at least stop gaining. I am so frustrated I am crying right now. :-( All I can say is it feels like I lost the battle and the war!
