BandedHuns Mad Fat Diary

[BandedHun]

Foogivs?!? WTF. Auto spell on my App!!! It's meant to read "food is off my mind " .... Soz cxx

 

[Daisy dog]

So glad your feeling much more positive.Soon be slinking around in the little black dresses.One thing that's horrible though is I can feel my port through my skin.Making me feel all cringe lol.Must be loosing too much weight lol xx

 

[BandedHun]

Thank crystal rainbow! Your the amazing insightful one I just love, the quotes beautiful

Daisy ... The port.... I can't even feel mine... It's crazy... Can you see it?!! I have t poked myself ( wit woo) enough to see if I actually have a port ... (No doubt I do) but quuueeessssyyyyyy....

Do your scars still hurt??? X

 

[Daisy dog]

Can't see it but can def feel it.Its under my biggest scar. The wounds are healing ok .still a little sore n swollen but def improving.My left shoulder still aches but nowhere near as much.Starting to feel so much better about everything.Plus I've lost just over a stone since just before op.( didn't do very well on pre op diet but got away with it )

 

[BandedHun]

That's fab news you have lost that much so quickly. I have stayed the same this week but I've lost a lot quickly to start and the subsequent week. I need to watch the types of food I eat now. Can't wait to eat fruit... Gosh I miss my watermelon... You know ... We actually love each other watermelons and I ... ( how that works I have no idea but we do!!)

This is great your working the tool and your finding it figure into your life. Its so much better two weeks post... You start to feel yourself a bit more ... Like they say 21 days and its a habit forming process xxx

 

[MrsDuck]

Hello to positive feeling.. I'm pre op too, you're getting "done" just before me, how exciting! Can share stories together..

Where abouts are you from and who's doing your surgery if you don't mind mr asking? X

 

[Daisy dog]

Didn't loose anything past 2 days and started to fret.Oh says I'm not to keep weighing myself.i said 2 lbs a week would good but you want to see fast results at beginning.From Monday which is 2 weeks from my op I'm going to hide the scales and just try and weigh in once a week.Got to get in my head that this Is for the rest of my life ,not a quick fix like all my other diets. Can't wait to eat some fruit.Bloody sloppy cottage pie is starting to make me gip a bit now. X

 

[Crystalrainbow]

ewwwwwwwwwww not poked around to feel mine, but i guess mine is under a lot more layers of blubber lol wd girlies your all doing amazing i found an old thread last night and have started to post there, it in banders section, intake and exercise thread, thought it may help to log food intake so at some point (when your back to normal foods) we can compare between us how were doing etc ................... maybe i can catch some of you other banders there mawh banded hun your are an inspiration don't ever stop hunni ................. oh i must pull you up tho a few threads back you say about your 'imperfections' im sorry but to me you are perfect hunni, everyone in this world is different, beautiful and perfect in every way....... its about time we learned how to build ourselves and other up the world would be a much brighter place to be x x x

 

[Daisy dog]

Yes crystal rainbow it does feel horrible?Hey maybe I can do my own fills lol. It's good there are a few of us in the same boat.The support and advice on here is fab.I don't know anyone else who has had WLS so this site is amazing. X

 

[BandedHun]

Agree... I don't know anyone who's had it... Oh yes fern Britton ... Erm ding know her to ask advice from though... Darn!

Crystal... I'll have a looksi on that forum
And look forward to sharing comparing ...

Night perfect chicks xxx

 

[Positivefeeling]

Yeah,I'm alone on this journey too. I am divorced. Been a long time now but was treated badly and it left huge emotional scars. Having even been on on a date in 7 years lol. They say life goes in 7 year cycles don't they.? We'll ,I want my life to start again and the first thing I need to do is get back some self esteem and self confidence and until I stop hating myself and punishing myself with food that's never gonna happen.

I'm very similar in height/weight to you and just seemed to relate to everything you were saying.

I live in Lancashire and am having my surgery through THG too although at the Nuffield Leeds. All of my post op appts will be in Manchester which is much closer.

It's deffo what I want,but these few weeks beforehand are a killer!

You're doing brilliant tho. I've loved reading your diary. So inspiring!! Keep going
,you're doing great xxx

 

[Positivefeeling]

Hello to positive feeling.. I'm pre op too, you're getting "done" just before me, how exciting! Can share stories together..

Where abouts are you from and who's doing your surgery if you don't mind mr asking? X

Hi mrsduck
Would love to share stories with you! I'm in Lancashire. Having surgery in Leeds with James Halstead through THG. good luck with your journey xxx

 

[Daisy dog]

Good luck with your op positive feeling.You will feel fab when the weight starts dropping off.What op are you having ?

 

[Nikola]

I've just read the Tina Malone autobiography - I thought she would say more about her band than she did ! I spent money just to find out she can now eat whatever her husband eats just in smaller portions lol !!

I've downloaded quite a few Gastric Band books on my Kindle - some really good reads but much preferring the real life day to day diaries on here

Banded Hun how have you coped at work today ? Did anyone notice?

Nic xx

 

[MrsDuck]

Hi mrsduck
Would love to share stories with you! I'm in Lancashire. Having surgery in Leeds with James Halstead through THG. good luck with your journey xxx

I'm at Spire in Manchester, but live JUST over the lancs border in West Yorkshire... exciting times ahead my dear. xx

 

[Positivefeeling]

I'm at Spire in Manchester, but live JUST over the lancs border in West Yorkshire... exciting times ahead my dear. xx

My daughter is in Bradford so I'm always back and forth. Maybe when the surgery is over and we are feeling better we should organise a get-together. It would be good to have friends that understand xx

 

[BandedHun]

Ok so today is Day 13 of my post op.

Weight has stayed the same at 22lbs lost. Which I am happy with. I can't grumble. Whilst the liquid to real food stage is creeping in I think it's a case of experimenting and getting in what nutrients I can. I'm quite surprised because I'm eating foods if never dream of eating ( mash potato ) when dieting, it would normally boiled or oven roasted potatoes in Fry light etc. it's almost like my fear if the forbidden foods is diminishing. Which I kinda like.

Tonight I head back to work after 12 weeks of and many suicidal thoughts and feelings as a result of spending the first 9 weeks gaining 14lbs... Drugs such as OxyContin and Anmitriplynn I take regularly to deal with my hand pain after a stray dog attack back on the 26/03/2012... It severed both the tendons and nerves going to my ring finger and broke the bones . I had a 9 night stay in hospital amongst other re admissions due to serious infection. It's been one hell of a recovery , but this period off work had been the final one in my battle to reconstruct my finger and hand. The results are good. So... Yeh, I'm back to work tonight. Anxious doesn't cut it . I've struggled to put any food In my mouth. ( feel so ugly and worthless and fat ) but I know my colleagues are great and have missed me and they don't think of me, what I think of myself - so that's only positive really.

Day 13 the band had felt restrictive. I can't eat as I said earlier. I just don't feel like there's any room for food. That COULD be the anxiety though. So don't expect this on your recovery. Just saying..... ;-)

Ill do any other update on the train to London ... Until then... Keep smiling my banders and WLS buddies.... The future is bright.... The future is light! ;-)

 

[emmahc1975]

How was your 1st day back at work?

 

[WeightlossDreamer]

Good luck at work! X x

 

[MrsDuck]

Good luck back at work, I love a good routine. The dog attack sounds horrendous, you really have been through the mill! Hopefully starting back at work tonight will draw a line under that period in your life. Now on to happier and nicer things!

Hopefully you may feel a bit brighter & better once you get back into the swing of things x