Countdown to Balloon Launch

[RoseMcnose]

I am just trying to make sure I have my five a day. I don't want to take supplements. Have lost three pounds this week after my gain and stall. Body still kicking and screaming. Been out for a walks few days too. Specialist for my back on Wednesday so hopefully have an answer for that.

 

[RoseMcnose]

Excited!!!! Just weighed myself, have lost the regained and another 2 lbs. Just 1 lb to go to first major target for me which is under 15 stone. I have been wishing I would hit that before March. Looks like I will do it!

Might be slow girlies, but it is working for me!!!!!

 

[femfrankie]

Congrats Rose Well done!! All loss is good
I can't weigh myself as I still haven't replaced the battery in my scales yet.. Maybe that's a good thing

 

[RoseMcnose]

That will be a good thing femfrankie, you will have such a great surprise! Can't wait to hear what it is! How are you feeling? Have you had your consultation with the nurse? Would be interested to hear what they say about the protein.

We have decided to go to new York to my brother for next Christmas. I am so happy I got my balloon. Last time they saw me was the week before I got it so I am hoping they will see a massive difference and that I can do some major shopping for new clothes when I am there. Bring on the skinny jeans and nice boots!!!!!

 

[femfrankie]

Nurse app is next Monday but thinking will phone beforehand.

Boots :drool: I can't wait to get into a pair of knee highs.

New York for Christmas lucky you! Ohhhh imagine all the shopping you could do! & You will be well skinny by then

 

[RoseMcnose]

We I'll stay with my brother so it will be really good fun. His wife is a designer in ny. So she gets all the designer stuff for hardly anything but the biggest size they do is a 14 so I can't fit into them at the moment.hopefully by Christmas it will be a different story.

 

[cb4]

Hi there I'm doing my best now to weigh my self!!!! I'm an impulse weigher
Been out for a 40 min walk then 30 min weight session and another 25 min walk today lets hope it all lasts
I'm having a protein shake after gym
Meat for lunch
Protein shake
A yogurt for a snack
That's it.
But I'm not full all the time.
Nights is very tough but I blame it on the hubby!!!!
Well done Rosie it's such a good feeling isn't it!!!!
I'm living for some new clothes!!!!!!!
Femfrankie!!!! Glad ur feeling better. Boots is the best ever when ye can get a pair to fit!!! There is no looking back then! It's amazing how many people use it as a goal! Love boots
My balloon has setteled but I'm not pushing it much at all!
Haven't been the toilet in like a week and its driving me bananas!!!! Coz I'm used to going every day!!!!!

 

[femfrankie]

A gherkin a gherkin my kingdom for a gherkin

I have developed an odd craving for pickled gherkins?!?! It is so overpowering that over two days I have munched my way through half a jar and I even found myself drinking the juice?! Can only think my body is screaming for something. Thank god they are not high in calories

 

[femfrankie]

Hi there I'm doing my best now to weigh my self!!!! I'm an impulse weigher ...

Me too so I am in no rush to replace the battery in the scales lol

Nights is very tough but I blame it on the hubby!!!!

My hubby is finding it hard to enjoy his snacks because he has lost his snacking partner and he has gone into overkill. He had three packets of crisps one after the other last night ... I'm trying hard not to get all high and mighty with him ad i am sure he will adapt. Thankfully he scoffs them out of sight but I can still hear him lol!

Haven't been the toilet in like a week and its driving me bananas!!!! Coz I'm used to going every day!!!!!

I had the same problem ... Gherkins work well lol

 

[cb4]

Femfrankie, I couldn't eat a girkin if my life depended on it!!! Or drink the juice!!!!!
I did try orange juice in the first few days, normaly I'd refuse point blank because of all the calories in it and sugar, but it was a meal replacement so I decided that it was ok!
My husband was working the first five day and nights so it was fine. I could go to bed and have a protein shake for dinner! But I feel guilty when he's here or something
Home alone tonight with the kids so I don't mind!
Just getting over a viral infection, sore troath n ear. But the exercise did help to forget about the pain

 

[cb4]

My hubby. Has changed a lot and now is starting to feel guilty when he eats around me!!!!
Have faith, your hubby will start to see its bad for him too!!!!!
I won't buy any bad stuff in the shop!!!! There is the odd treat for the kids. Only ones I don't like!!!! Hula hoops and crackers that I can put Chochlate spread on but mainly stuff I don't like! Mean I know

 

[femfrankie]

Yes I know he will.. He seems to be io a see food and eat it mode just now but the supplies are fast running out and they will not be getting replaced :giggle:

 

[cb4]

Yea I forget that's what it was like in January in my house. I went super strict on myself the 7th of jan my hubby ate rings around himself!
He was on a see food diet! Anything he seen he ate!!!

 

[femfrankie]

Well it's been 18days now and I finally got new batteries for my scales ...:sigh::sigh::break_diet: not another pound lost... Frustration does not come into it. I still have restriction and i am using the balloon well and eating sensibly so why have my scales well and truly stuck?.. I was at my bariatric dietician last night & she was more than impressed with my near 6kg loss while I moaned bitterly about being disappointed with it . She put my mind at rest though, listened to me moaning and laughed that i was to stop fretting as this was to be expected and that she knew that this would happen. Apparently my body just does not want to let go of its fat reserves and since I am noticing weight loss in my clothes she tells me this is because I am burning muscle instead. She assures me that my body will have to use my fat stores eventually. So in the meantime I have to try not obsess too much about it and as long as I stick to the regime my body will have no alternative but come into line and start dropping the pounds. ....please please please :sign0009:

 

[tizzy9]

Hi

I had a laproscopy a few days ago due to abdominal pain and what it revealed was my upper part of my abdomen is full of adhesions so I am not keen for invasive surgery but am looking at doing the balloon,

Any advice or recommendations is welcome

Liz

 

[cb4]

Femfrankie!!!! That's fantastic!!!! Nearly a stone is wonderfull!!!! Well done
I'm down 9lb, also lost a stone before I got the balloon. But I'm also at a standstill! I hate when that happens! Although I haven't been the gym much in the past week coz my son wasn't well and I decided to toilet train him today so no getting a minute to myself!!!!!
But I think it's good to have a rest here and there and change the routine so the body will not adapt to the exercise and by this time next week I should be back in flying form with no nappies on my son!!!!!!!
I got into a pair of skinny jeans last night for xfactor!!!! Size 16, I was delighted!!!!
The best way to go is clothes sizes down

 

[cb4]

Any advice or recommendations is welcome

Liz

Hi Liz
I too have the same problem from 2 sections and appendix removal.
The first week I found a little tough but now i can bairly notice the balloon!
I've lost 9lb in 2 weeks.
I have another 3 stone to loose but was told I will Probly only loose 2 stone with the balloon.
But it depends on each person!
Have u much to loose?
I have also lost 5 stone in the past two years myself and kept it off!
But it's tough!!!!

 

[RoseMcnose]

Hi

I had a laproscopy a few days ago due to abdominal pain and what it revealed was my upper part of my abdomen is full of adhesions so I am not keen for invasive surgery but am looking at doing the balloon,

Any advice or recommendations is welcome

Liz

Hi Liz, I have a spatz balloon which is a 12 month balloon. I was sick for first two days. . I have lost 21 lbs in a month. I love it and am really happy with the provider and support. My weight is going in fits and starts. I stall for a while and then off I go again. I have three and a half stone left to loose and am hopeful I will do it. I can eat anything I want but just feel full much quicker. I can continue to eat if I want but the balloon just makes me able to say no.

 

[femfrankie]

Hi and welcome tizzy . So sorry to hear that you suffer adhesions and can understand why you want to avoid any more invasive surgery. How much weight are you looking to lose? The balloon is a bit easier to cheat with unlike other WLS procedures. So bearing that in mind you need to be in the right frame of mind and be prepared to work with the balloon. Dependent on how much weight you want to lose there are two types of balloon. i have the intra gastric balloon which once inserted is none adjustable and as a rule can only be left in place for 6 months. Another member, Rose Mcnose, posts here has the Spatz balloon inserted which if I am right can be left in place for a year and is adjustable I believe. I am sure rose will be along to correct me if I have got the wrong end of the stick .
It took me nearly two weeks to get used to having the balloon in place with the first five days being the worst but now I am comfortable with it and it is working well. If you have any questions don hesitate to ask

 

[femfrankie]

rose got here before me ... I need to learn to type faster