My update

[Guest guest]

Hi all...

It has been a while since I have written to the list, work has been busy

but it

is not cause I am ignoring you all!! It has been great reading about everyone

success over the past few weeks.

On August 2nd, I had my band restricted, It was a non-event. I had my self so

worked up over nothing. No Dr. Greenstein did not have a bagel hanging out

his

mouth but he did squirt saline at me when he was done! I did get a chance to

see Tina, Sandy and Joe and pushed the list during the support meeting. (Tina

is looking awesome!) Next time I will make up flyers so people can find us!

It was funny, after the adjustment, Sandy, Joe and myself went out to

breakfast

and we all watched each other eat. I do not know what we expected but you

would have thought we were waiting for a miracle to occur or something! The

two of them dragged me on a million mile hike through Central Park... ok it

was

not a million but hell it felt like it!

On that Thursday, I had to go to the Dr.'s office and I jumped on the

scale...

it had not moved and i almost feel apart! I know that i have done well but

for

the past four or five weeks, it has moved VERY little.. so this did not make

me happy at all. I have sworn off the scale for a while, so I do not make my

self nuts (well more crazy then I already am) and really watching what I am

eating.

A few weeks ago someone brought up Greenstein and the BS he dishes out, I did

want to point out that yes he has a MAJOR ego, but he is an awesome surgeon.

He is not going to hold your hand when you need it but will be their for

you as

a Doctor no matter what time it is. I had my three month follow-up with him

the last week of July, after the weigh-in and medical stuff, we just sat and

talked. I really did enjoy and learned alot from what he was saying. I still

have no comment on the dietitian.

I hope every one is having a good summer and enjoying the outdoors..

Kisses & Hugs

Kim

[Guest guest]

Kim,

Was this your first or second adjustment?

Barbara aka Brioletta

> My update

>

>

>

> Hi all...

>

> It has been a while since I have written to the list, work has been

> busy

> but it

> is not cause I am ignoring you all!! It has been great reading about

> everyone

> success over the past few weeks.

>

> On August 2nd, I had my band restricted, It was a non-event. I had my

> self so

> worked up over nothing. No Dr. Greenstein did not have a bagel

> hanging out

> his

> mouth but he did squirt saline at me when he was done! I did get a

> chance to

> see Tina, Sandy and Joe and pushed the list during the support

> meeting. (Tina

> is looking awesome!) Next time I will make up flyers so people can

> find us!

>

> It was funny, after the adjustment, Sandy, Joe and myself went out to

> breakfast

> and we all watched each other eat. I do not know what we expected but

> you

> would have thought we were waiting for a miracle to occur or

> something! The

> two of them dragged me on a million mile hike through Central Park...

> ok it

> was

> not a million but hell it felt like it!

>

> On that Thursday, I had to go to the Dr.'s office and I jumped on the

> scale...

> it had not moved and i almost feel apart! I know that i have done

> well but

> for

> the past four or five weeks, it has moved VERY little.. so this did

> not make

> me happy at all. I have sworn off the scale for a while, so I do not

> make my

> self nuts (well more crazy then I already am) and really watching what

> I am

> eating.

>

> A few weeks ago someone brought up Greenstein and the BS he dishes

> out, I did

> want to point out that yes he has a MAJOR ego, but he is an awesome

> surgeon.

> He is not going to hold your hand when you need it but will be their

> for

> you as

> a Doctor no matter what time it is. I had my three month follow-up

> with him

> the last week of July, after the weigh-in and medical stuff, we just

> sat and

> talked. I really did enjoy and learned alot from what he was saying.

> I still

> have no comment on the dietitian.

>

> I hope every one is having a good summer and enjoying the outdoors..

>

> Kisses & Hugs

> Kim

>

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> --

>

[Guest guest]

First..

Dr. Greenstein

Mount Sinai Medical Center

April 1, 1998

Start Weight- 371.5

As of Aug 2- 318.2

" I just found my own map to help me find the other side "

Adjustive LapBand

Homepage -

http://members.aol.com/ynta/index.htmHttp://members.aol.com/ynta/index.htm

[Guest guest]

PLEASE REFER BACK TO MY MESSAGE " LOTS OF INFO " REGARDING PLATEAUS...THESE

ARE GOOOOOOOD THINGS!!!

Success=Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst. Debi

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>

> To: bandsters (AT) onelist (DOT) com

> Subject: My update

> Date: Sunday, August 09, 1998 10:41 PM

>

>

>

> Hi all...

>

> It has been a while since I have written to the list, work has been busy

> but it

> is not cause I am ignoring you all!! It has been great reading about

everyone

> success over the past few weeks.

>

> On August 2nd, I had my band restricted, It was a non-event. I had my

self so

> worked up over nothing. No Dr. Greenstein did not have a bagel hanging

out

> his

> mouth but he did squirt saline at me when he was done! I did get a

chance to

> see Tina, Sandy and Joe and pushed the list during the support meeting.

(Tina

> is looking awesome!) Next time I will make up flyers so people can find

us!

>

> It was funny, after the adjustment, Sandy, Joe and myself went out to

> breakfast

> and we all watched each other eat. I do not know what we expected but

you

> would have thought we were waiting for a miracle to occur or something!

The

> two of them dragged me on a million mile hike through Central Park... ok

it

> was

> not a million but hell it felt like it!

>

> On that Thursday, I had to go to the Dr.'s office and I jumped on the

> scale...

> it had not moved and i almost feel apart! I know that i have done well

but

> for

> the past four or five weeks, it has moved VERY little.. so this did not

make

> me happy at all. I have sworn off the scale for a while, so I do not

make my

> self nuts (well more crazy then I already am) and really watching what I

am

> eating.

>

> A few weeks ago someone brought up Greenstein and the BS he dishes out, I

did

> want to point out that yes he has a MAJOR ego, but he is an awesome

surgeon.

> He is not going to hold your hand when you need it but will be their for

> you as

> a Doctor no matter what time it is. I had my three month follow-up with

him

> the last week of July, after the weigh-in and medical stuff, we just sat

and

> talked. I really did enjoy and learned alot from what he was saying. I

still

> have no comment on the dietitian.

>

> I hope every one is having a good summer and enjoying the outdoors..

>

> Kisses & Hugs

> Kim

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I am concerned about your update as you have not lost much weight in the

last few weeks you said. I'm having this surgery Oct 7. Could you (make me

feel better and) let me know how much weight you have lost since you had the

surgery?

Steph.

[Guest guest]

Dearest Kim..... You are too kind!!!! thanks soooo much!!!!!

I've been meaning to write for some time. I had my 2nd adjustment on 8/2/98. I

had been so pleased with my surgery up until then. I've only lost 32lbs. in 5

months but it has been pretty steady and I didn't really feel like I was on a

diet(which is very important to me).

When I saw Dr. Greenstein on 08/02/98, he informed me that I only had .7cc in

my band and he was only going to give me.8cc. which brought me up to 1.5cc.(I

thought I had 1cc and he was going to give me another 1cc.)He explained to me

that the problems that he's seen with the band are usually with young healthy

females with regular periods and made me promise that I wouldn't ever overeat.

He feels that the problems are caused because we (menstruating females) do

not form enough scar tissue and that the surge of monthly hormones can

promote slippage.

I trust him and think he's an excellent physician but I'm getting frustrated.

I feel the only difference the adjustment made is that I'm having a harder

time getting food down but I can still eat as much as before. I'm also finding

it harder to make the right food choices.

WHAT'S MY PROBLEM?? I sure hope I can get back on the wagon because I really

wanted to lose another 30lbs. by November.

I'm sorry to vent to you guys but I figure if anyone can understand, you guys

can.What prevents all of you from going back to bad eating habits?(I guess you

can tell I'm having a very bad week).

I hope all of you are doing well. You're all a tremendous help to me and I'm

very thankful to belong to a support group like this.

XOXOXOXO,

Tina

[Guest guest]

Tina wrote " What prevents all of you from going back to bad eating

habits?(I guess you

can tell I'm having a very bad week). "

Dear Tina,

Who says we have good eating habits, LOL. I for one sure don't. I knew

before the surgery I wouldn't. Why would I be able to change everything

I have failed to do for years just because of the band?

But you see, the beauty of the band is, that even though I still eat my

cakes (yum) I am losing weight. Isn't it great? Now for those of us who

can actually change their ways completely and only eat healthy food,

congratulations. But I know I can't. I still eat the same things I used

to, but I cannot get as much of it down anymore.

Now to your weight loss: 32 lbs in 5 months is better than nothing,

isn't it? Ask yourself if you would have been able to lose that much

(and keep it off) on a regular diet. I know I wouldn't be able to.

I also would love to lose all my excess weight overnight, but it is just

not going to happen. My doctor says it will take two years...so I still

have another 20 months to go. The experts even say (and we do not really

want to hear this) that it is not good to lose weight too fast, as the

body thinks it is being starved and once we lost the weight wants to get

back to the initial weight.

But as you do, I also set myself goals. I had my second adjustment last

Saturday and I now want to try and lose about 20 lbs until the end of

September. I seem to have enough willpower to " be good " for 4 -6 weeks.

I reckon that if I do these diets within the next 20 months I should be

able to get down to my goal weight.

Barbara in London

55 lbs gone forever

> Re: My update

>

>

>

> Dearest Kim..... You are too kind!!!! thanks soooo much!!!!!

>

> I've been meaning to write for some time. I had my 2nd adjustment on

> 8/2/98. I

> had been so pleased with my surgery up until then. I've only lost

> 32lbs. in 5

> months but it has been pretty steady and I didn't really feel like I

> was on a

> diet(which is very important to me).

>

> When I saw Dr. Greenstein on 08/02/98, he informed me that I only had

> .7cc in

> my band and he was only going to give me.8cc. which brought me up to

> 1.5cc.(I

> thought I had 1cc and he was going to give me another 1cc.)He

> explained to me

> that the problems that he's seen with the band are usually with young

> healthy

> females with regular periods and made me promise that I wouldn't ever

> overeat.

> He feels that the problems are caused because we (menstruating

> females) do

> not form enough scar tissue and that the surge of monthly hormones

> can

> promote slippage.

>

> I trust him and think he's an excellent physician but I'm getting

> frustrated.

> I feel the only difference the adjustment made is that I'm having a

> harder

> time getting food down but I can still eat as much as before. I'm also

> finding

> it harder to make the right food choices.

> WHAT'S MY PROBLEM?? I sure hope I can get back on the wagon because I

> really

> wanted to lose another 30lbs. by November.

>

> I'm sorry to vent to you guys but I figure if anyone can understand,

> you guys

> can.What prevents all of you from going back to bad eating habits?(I

> guess you

> can tell I'm having a very bad week).

>

> I hope all of you are doing well. You're all a tremendous help to me

> and I'm

> very thankful to belong to a support group like this.

>

> XOXOXOXO,

>

> Tina

>

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> --

>

[Guest guest]

All of us have bad days, weeks. The key is in your dietician/nurse. My

nurse, calls me on a regular basis to motivate me. holding grandbaby

now...my doc has no failure rate and only 1 slippage due to food

poisoning/barfing. it is in the followup counseling that success is

acxhieved. will write more later when donovan tyler goes

home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Success=Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst. Debi

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> From: PASTINA66@...

> To: bandsters (AT) onelist (DOT) com

> Subject: Re: My update

> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 8:07 PM

>

>

>

> Dearest Kim..... You are too kind!!!! thanks soooo much!!!!!

>

> I've been meaning to write for some time. I had my 2nd adjustment on

8/2/98. I

> had been so pleased with my surgery up until then. I've only lost 32lbs.

in 5

> months but it has been pretty steady and I didn't really feel like I was

on a

> diet(which is very important to me).

>

> When I saw Dr. Greenstein on 08/02/98, he informed me that I only had

..7cc in

> my band and he was only going to give me.8cc. which brought me up to

1.5cc.(I

> thought I had 1cc and he was going to give me another 1cc.)He explained

to me

> that the problems that he's seen with the band are usually with young

healthy

> females with regular periods and made me promise that I wouldn't ever

overeat.

> He feels that the problems are caused because we (menstruating females)

do

> not form enough scar tissue and that the surge of monthly hormones can

> promote slippage.

>

> I trust him and think he's an excellent physician but I'm getting

frustrated.

> I feel the only difference the adjustment made is that I'm having a

harder

> time getting food down but I can still eat as much as before. I'm also

finding

> it harder to make the right food choices.

> WHAT'S MY PROBLEM?? I sure hope I can get back on the wagon because I

really

> wanted to lose another 30lbs. by November.

>

> I'm sorry to vent to you guys but I figure if anyone can understand, you

guys

> can.What prevents all of you from going back to bad eating habits?(I

guess you

> can tell I'm having a very bad week).

>

> I hope all of you are doing well. You're all a tremendous help to me and

I'm

> very thankful to belong to a support group like this.

>

> XOXOXOXO,

>

> Tina

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

> I've only lost 32lbs. in 5

>months but it has been pretty steady and I didn't really feel like I

Tina,

32 pounds in 5 months sounds like heaven to me. How much did you weigh

originally? and how much have you got to go?

Congratulations!

.

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Thanx for the words of encouragement.

I started doing all protein yesterday and I dropped another 2 lbs. I'm down

to 209lbs from 243lbs and I'm feeling much better than the other night.

I hope you're all doing well!!

Love,

Tina