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Lapband
spec.4
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On the 22nd of this month my wife and I got the lapband. Everything went GREAT. Started out at 270lbs and she was at about 300lbs. Only about a week out I am down to 252 and she is about 273. They say we will drop, but man, it feel good that we made a good choice. They try to get us to do the sleeve, but when we come off the road, our weight should drop faster then setting in the truck.
Has anyone else done the lapband?
Rob
Has anyone else done the lapband?
Rob
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On the 22nd of this month my wife and I got the lapband. Everything went GREAT. Started out at 270lbs and she was at about 300lbs. Only about a week out I am down to 252 and she is about 273. They say we will drop, but man, it feel good that we made a good choice. They try to get us to do the sleeve, but when we come off the road, our weight should drop faster then setting in the truck.
Has anyone else done the lapband? I looked into it..but decided to quit eating three meals a day...and started eating small amounts when I get hungry.. dropped 48 lbs in a a year....I guess every one has a different way of doing it...congratulations..
Rob
It seems like a nice way to get a GOOD jump on things.
Jimmy's friend has gained some of his weight back though. I don't know him well enough to know what is going on, but it has been at least 5 years since I last saw him....but he is a lot larger than he was.
I thought about trying it myself. Ever since I started working on line and stopped retail I've gained a LOT. I don't know exactly what I'm up to, but I'm guessing I need to lose at least 100 pounds. [V]
Wife had the gastric bypass. I took the class with her before surgery. You MUST stick to a reasonable diet or all your weight plus some is gonna come back. The lap band folks according to the doctor have a higher rate of regaining the weight. Also helps to ditch soda, includes diet soda.
BINGO...ding ding ding...I wonder how many patients five years out have regained most of the weight they lost with the surgery? I personally know three people that lost 100-150 lbs, and were actually skinny and then slowly crept back into their normal lifestyle and after five years have gained virtually all the weight back.
This is a lifestyle issue, if you don't change your lifestyle then you don't fix the problem. Like someone who has financial problems, if you hand them a check and wipe out all their debt, and they don't learn to live differently chances are good then in five years out they will be back in the hole in debt again.
I wish you luck as the weight comes off, but you'll have to be disciplined the rest of your life to keep it off.
quote:Originally posted by ruger41
Wife had the gastric bypass. I took the class with her before surgery. You MUST stick to a reasonable diet or all your weight plus some is gonna come back. The lap band folks according to the doctor have a higher rate of regaining the weight. Also helps to ditch soda, includes diet soda.
BINGO...ding ding ding...I wonder how many patients five years out have regained most of the weight they lost with the surgery? I personally know three people that lost 100-150 lbs, and were actually skinny and then slowly crept back into their normal lifestyle and after five years have gained virtually all the weight back.
This is a lifestyle issue, if you don't change your lifestyle then you don't fix the problem. Like someone who has financial problems, if you hand them a check and wipe out all their debt, and they don't learn to live differently chances are good then in five years out they will be back in the hole in debt again.
I wish you luck as the weight comes off, but you'll have to be disciplined the rest of your life to keep it off.
Exactly! When I quit smoking many years ago,I gained 60 lbs overnight.....it took me almost a year with a life style change to lose most of the weight gain....by changing my eating habits...I eat several small meals daily,this has shrunk my stomach,and can only hold very small amounts of food... I eat out of saucers most of the time...The hard part is learning when your wife loads your plate,you scrape half of it off...[;)]
Both lost a lot of weight, and both, within 2 years were back to yo-yo weight loss and gain like before the surgery.
All the best to you spec.4. Once you get to the weight you want to be, be responsible and keep it off.
Brad Steele
My wife had it years ago, and while she dropped pounds real fast, she hated the way she looked after. Skin hanging from the bones, throwing up if eating too fast or certain items.
If you want to lose pounds do it the hard and slow way so your body can adjust.
Ask any that had a lapband to take off their clothes wearing only a bikini, see what they say???
Most lapbanders put the pounds back on, by slowly "grazing" more and
more calories so they look and feel better.
Don't do it is what I tell anyone.
My wife had it years ago, and while she dropped pounds real fast, she hated the way she looked after. Skin hanging from the bones, throwing up if eating too fast or certain items.
I had a co-worker that lost weight from the lapband, basically because he was starving. he vomited virtually everytime he tried to each because they made his stomach too small. He had to have another procedure to fix it, but he still threw up frequently. He is one of the folks that eventually stretched his stomach back out and gained it all back in a few years.
Rob
The first workout lasted six minutes and left me on the floor waiting to die[:)] that's funny
that's what I used to tell my friends that said they wanted to lose weight, I said trying to starve yourself is crazy, work out burn calories eat what you want and gain muscle while you're at it, and just like you said skip the fats and soda pop it's only common sense. what I don't get is most of those yoyos already worked out and looked like Hulk Hogan before, so they didn't feel like doing it now?? whatever
I have seen a girl went from 350 to 150 in about 2 years with it. She still have it off. Then I have seen another girl get it down and weight more then she was before the band.
Someone say park in the back of the truckstop, done it. But when your truck does not stop but a few hours a day, you really can do much.
Rob
My wife and I quit smoking that way.
Good Luck
The Orthopedic surgeon said I have to lose 100 lbs before he would replace a knee should I get to needing one. Since I know they are both on borrowed time, I figured I better get on it.
Down about 35 lbs since February, the weight is still coming off, and I feel better. Just got my latest lipid panel results back, and my cholesterol is down to 171 from the 245 it was in February. LDL down to 96 from 163. Something must be working.
Whatever method you use, it has to be a decision you make, and the effort must be your's. The rest is just a tool.
Good luck, Spec.4 Keep us posted.