Countdown to Balloon Launch

[femfrankie]

Yayyy well done to you Rose. It's these little achievements that keeps us going.... Another NSV for me tonight. I have never been able to push the manual recliner back into its upright position. I usually have to push it as far as I can, get out of the settee with my legs braced up against the recliner so it doesn't shoot back out again, stand on one foot and then push it fully back home with the other foot... Which is all a bit of a pilavah so i usually get hubby to do it :8855: Tonight I did it all by myself while sitting down :happy036:

I have been a bit the same weakness wise it's like I'm dragging myself everywhere because everything feels heavy and tired. Once I get motivated though it gets a bitt easier. I managed to walk around the Mall for nearly an hour and a half (with crutches though) without having to take a seat. I barely managed 20 mins before! Only thing is my plantar fasciitis has flared up for the first time in over ten years... Just knew there would be pay back lol

Good luck in getting to under the 200 mark Rose... You are not far off it now

 

[RoseMcnose]

Jayzuz!!! I wouldn't manage that long on my feet!! Well done!

 

[cb4]

Ok I have less than a half pound to get under the 14s and into the 13s!!!!!
Although I'm in such a bad humour, exhausted and in the horrors!!!
My sister had a go at me over money. We are struggling and I never tell any of my sisters, but they know it and have no understanding what so ever!!! I'm so upset and this is where I would normaly high tail it to mc Donald's and the garrage for Chochlate!!!
But I hope I can stay strong!
Lately I can feel the baloon moving around and I have to say!!!! It sure does feel like a baby in there!!!!! Think it's coz I'm loosing the weight off the front of the ribs so right where the stomach is
Oh god I would love to be a man right now and not have these dreaded hormones!!!!
Sorry

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

 

[RoseMcnose]

Hang in there. I find at moments like that vent elsewhere, pass on the pain. Ring Dave and shout at him for a while!!!!

Joking!!!!!!

Seriously though, take it easy, each ten minutes at a time. That's how I got through not smoking and its how I am getting through carb cravings. I say to myself, if you still want it in ten minutes, you can have it. In ten minutes the craving is gone and you make it through to the next wave of cravings.

Good luck!

 

[cb4]

Hang in there. I find at moments like that vent elsewhere, pass on the pain. Ring Dave and shout at him for a while!!!!

Joking!!!!!!

Seriously though, take it easy, each ten minutes at a time. That's how I got through not smoking and its how I am getting through carb cravings. I say to myself, if you still want it in ten minutes, you can have it. In ten minutes the craving is gone and you make it through to the next wave of cravings.

Good luck!

Thanks
I did contemplate ringing Dave but Im not in the humour of bull....!!!!!!
I will be grand!

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

 

[femfrankie]

Aww CB4 we all get days like that when we have to be super strong.. I just think about all the effort I have put in and is the chocs really worth the blow out. In saying that im not a chocoholic and if the urge is unbearable I can stop myself at one or two squares which is enough to quell it... cheese on the other hand is a whole different ball game. Thank goodness that with the balloon I cant tolerate cheese at the moment!
Got to say I dont feel the balloon at all ... I have restriction but I dont feel it moving. I think mine is wedged in hahaha xx

 

[cb4]

Aww CB4 we all get days like that when we have to be super strong.. I just think about all the effort I have put in and is the chocs really worth the blow out. In saying that im not a chocoholic and if the urge is unbearable I can stop myself at one or two squares which is enough to quell it... cheese on the other hand is a whole different ball game. Thank goodness that with the balloon I cant tolerate cheese at the moment!
Got to say I dont feel the balloon at all ... I have restriction but I dont feel it moving. I think mine is wedged in hahaha xx

I'm the opposite!!! I have not got much restriction! I know I mentally have to stop myself from eating too much. There is nothing so far that can't go in and stay in. Although I'm suffering bad from the after effects of the antibiotics!!!! The gut is so sensitive and no matter what I eat its not happy at all. So sleep is not the best coz the guts complaining so much at night!!!
Hopefully when I do the detox next week that will all be ok fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow
Thanks xx

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

 

[RoseMcnose]

I'm the opposite!!! I have not got much restriction! I know I mentally have to stop myself from eating too much. There is nothing so far that can't go in and stay in. Although I'm suffering bad from the after effects of the antibiotics!!!! The gut is so sensitive and no matter what I eat its not happy at all. So sleep is not the best coz the guts complaining so much at night!!!
Hopefully when I do the detox next week that will all be ok fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow
Thanks xx

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

Make sure you take a provocative. Think you mentioned that you can't have dairy but if you go to a health food shop they will have a powder you can take. Sort out the flora in those tubes for you!!!

 

[RoseMcnose]

Lol, bloody predictive text!!!!!!!

That's meant to read probiotic!!!!!!

 

[femfrankie]

There is nothing so far that can't go in and stay in.......
Hopefully when I do the detox next week that will all be ok fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow

I wish I could say the same. I am finding that I still can't tolerate most veg, fruit (except bananas), spicy foods, red meat, cheese, anything with more than 4%fat content, bitty gritty foods and anything tomato based. Thought I would have 1/2 a fish pie from marksies last night. It had bits of spinach through it. It's always on rising first thing in the morning that my tum will throw back anything I have had the day before that didnt agree with it. So now, as you might of guessed, i can add spinach to the ever growing list . It's almost as if some thing's just can't get past the balloon?!
My diet mostly consists of milk, yogurt, mushy soups, fish and chicken. I keep trying to up the stakes but nope tummy takes a huff and you know the rest. I'm not too worried at the mo as I am coping with it ...just. It's just very boring and I'm missing a lot of my favourite foods. .. Just another 5 month to go :sigh:... Oh wait...as long a everything goes to plan I will be on liquid and mush again once I get the bypass :censored: :sigh:

CB4 I hope that you start feeling better come tomorrow. Keep the fluid intake up and as Rose said make sure you take a provocative (sorry couldn't resist Rose hehehe) xx

 

[RoseMcnose]

Femfrankie, could you tolerate vegetable juices? Personally I couldn't be that's down to taste but just from a nutrition point of view, maybe they would be good. V8 or carrot juice or maybe make juices yourself etc. Maybe one to ask the dietician when next you see her.

I have restriction, pretty much same as always, no symptoms,no food not tolerated including mad amounts of hot sauce and Reggie Reggie sauce!!! I could eat a lot more than I am just now but just easier to say no when I need to which suits me perfectly. I have eaten some bigger meals, last weekend I had three courses and am worried about when it comes out but I am hoping the habitual overeating will be controlled by the time the year is up.

 

[cb4]

Make sure you take a provocative. Think you mentioned that you can't have dairy but if you go to a health food shop they will have a powder you can take. Sort out the flora in those tubes for you!!!

Yea the detox has pure aloe Vera to be drank three or four times a day. So fingers crossed that will sort me out

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

 

[cb4]

Femfrankie, could you tolerate vegetable juices? Personally I couldn't be that's down to taste but just from a nutrition point of view, maybe they would be good. V8 or carrot juice or maybe make juices yourself etc. Maybe one to ask the dietician when next you see her.

I have restriction, pretty much same as always, no symptoms,no food not tolerated including mad amounts of hot sauce and Reggie Reggie sauce!!! I could eat a lot more than I am just now but just easier to say no when I need to which suits me perfectly. I have eaten some bigger meals, last weekend I had three courses and am worried about when it comes out but I am hoping the habitual overeating will be controlled by the time the year is up.

Yea Im a bit worried coz I don't notice any restriction at all. But I'd say its going to be habit and mentally restricting myself! Balloon! Yea I'm getting weight loss but I don't feel like it was worth it at the minute.
Things may change

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

 

[femfrankie]

Nah veggie juice does not do it for me at all.... I just don't like the taste full stop. Not sure if it comes into the same league as smoothies which I love but dietician has warned me off. Apparently complex sugars in a liquidised form are just as bad as refined sugar .. Oh well

 

[femfrankie]

That's why follow ups are vital CB4! So get on the blower to Dave and ask him why you have no restriction!.. Refresh my memory .. Did you get the spatz balloon in?

 

[RoseMcnose]

Aloe Vera won't sort out the flora in the gut. You need to redress the balance of bugs in your gut. The anti bios will have killed the good bugs as well as the bad so you need to give them a boost. Anything with bioculture. I am or was before I lost my job a consultant microbiologist as am a bit ocd about this stuff.

Aloe Vera promotes and aid healing, so when you have done your detox, you take a bioculture. Do not take at the same time.

And you have to follow up with your provider cb4, you need their input!

 

[RoseMcnose]

That's why follow ups are vital CB4! So get on the blower to Dave and ask him why you have no restriction!.. Refresh my memory .. Did you get the spatz balloon in?

I am the spatz girl femfrankie, it's not available in Ireland. I think cb4 has orbera. Cb4, the support program really helps, please chase them down, you cant be expected to do this on your own. You have paid for a support program - get narky with that charming chap.

 

[pooh71]

I wish I could say the same. I am finding that I still can't tolerate most veg, fruit (except bananas), spicy foods, red meat, cheese, anything with more than 4%fat content, bitty gritty foods and anything tomato based. Thought I would have 1/2 a fish pie from marksies last night. It had bits of spinach through it. It's always on rising first thing in the morning that my tum will throw back anything I have had the day before that didnt agree with it. So now, as you might of guessed, i can add spinach to the ever growing list . It's almost as if some thing's just can't get past the balloon?!
My diet mostly consists of milk, yogurt, mushy soups, fish and chicken. I keep trying to up the stakes but nope tummy takes a huff and you know the rest. I'm not too worried at the mo as I am coping with it ...just. It's just very boring and I'm missing a lot of my favourite foods. .. Just another 5 month to go :sigh:... Oh wait...as long a everything goes to plan I will be on liquid and mush again once I get the bypass :censored: :sigh:

CB4 I hope that you start feeling better come tomorrow. Keep the fluid intake up and as Rose said make sure you take a provocative (sorry couldn't resist Rose hehehe) xx

Hi femfrankie, I had the balloon in prior to my sleeve and had trouble with food coming up the next day for ages. When I spoke to the hospital they said you must drink well after a meal to effectively 'wash the food' off the top of the balloon, otherwise I just sits on the top all night, and will be rejected. Also the food sitting on top caused those dreadful smelly sulphur burps and the liquid needs to wash it off. ( not sure if you've had them?). When I started doing this, it worked! Well for three months, then the restriction went and I could get anything in!! Lol

Good luck xx

 

[cb4]

Hi thanks I'm going to email him now, bit of pre warning for him for Tuesday.
Yea I will be getting the acidophilus because I'm doing the sulphury burps and am so sick with it. Whopper of a colesore n all
I'd want to be getting healthier soon!!!!

I haven't a clue what type of balloon I have. But it's not Spatz. It can not be refilled or anything. It's in till August and I was told to expect to loose two stone Mabey three max!!!! But it's all down to me!

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

 

[pooh71]

Hi thanks I'm going to email him now, bit of pre warning for him for Tuesday.
Yea I will be getting the acidophilus because I'm doing the sulphury burps and am so sick with it. Whopper of a colesore n all
I'd want to be getting healthier soon!!!!

I haven't a clue what type of balloon I have. But it's not Spatz. It can not be refilled or anything. It's in till August and I was told to expect to loose two stone Mabey three max!!!! But it's all down to me!

hi I got the balloon in feb the 9th 2012. pre balloon I have lost 5st and since having it put in I'm down another 11lb!!! slow but getting there!!! my goal is to loose another 3stone!

I lost two stone with mine. Lost it in the first three months and then remained at that weightloss for the remaining three months it was in. I had I taken out a week before Xmas (bad idea), and unfortunately from then up to getting my sleeve done in feb, it went back on. Im pleased to say its now come off again though talk about up and down!! You must stay focused, and yes you do have to work at it. It's just a tool, as all wls is. You'll do it Hun, stay focused. It does work! X