calling all bandsters

[pmkmrm]

hi everyone
can i throw out a question to the people who have had gratric bands?
you hear a lot about big weightlosses with people who have had the bypass. i am just wondering what have your weight loss successes been with the band?
are you pleased with your results?
are you at goal?
is it easier to cheat?
thank you in advance to anyone who responds
love kate xx

 

[Mrs_CakeyBun]

still pre-op but didnt want to read and run...hopw sopme one comes along with the answers soon xx

 

[LancsLass2]

Hi, I had a band at the end of October and have only lost just over 2 stone. The thing with the band is you have to get to the right restriction by fills other wise your doing it on will power alone. I now have 6.75mls in a 10ml band and I think that hopefully now this should b my sweet spot. I only had my last fill on Thurs so I haven`t started eating properly yet so when I do I`ll let u know how I get on - fingers crossed. I don`t regret having the band as although I haven`t lost quite as much as I`d have liked, I haven`t put any on either whereas beforehand I would`ve done. Hope this helps xxx

 

[thinkbethin]

Hi Kate I'm also pre op for band so can't help just yet. I'm sure you will get plenty of answers on here. Good luck xx Gaynor xx

 

[serenitylove]

hi everyone
can i throw out a question to the people who have had gratric bands?
you hear a lot about big weightlosses with people who have had the bypass. i am just wondering what have your weight loss successes been with the band?
are you pleased with your results?
are you at goal?
is it easier to cheat?
thank you in advance to anyone who responds
love kate xx

iv had my band 7mnths and have lost just over 4st im very pleased with it in fact i love my band lol
i was over 25st when i began so i have a long way to go befor i reach my goal
it is easy to cheat but you have to work round it i still eat what i want to a degree but im very small amounts im going to be loosing weigh for the next year and a half at least so i dont myself as dieting but healther eating if i have my pmt craving head on i eat foods that are sweet but dont go down easy and that usually knocks iton the head. the band can be alot harder work than the bypass but i still know i made the right choice

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

hi everyone
can i throw out a question to the people who have had gratric bands?
you hear a lot about big weightlosses with people who have had the bypass. i am just wondering what have your weight loss successes been with the band?
are you pleased with your results?
are you at goal?
is it easier to cheat?
thank you in advance to anyone who responds
love kate xx

hi kate

im a bander of 4 years i lost 7st 7 llbs with my 1st band which took me 18 months to achieve, i got to 12st 7, that was my lowest weight and very hard to maintain. i now have 1st to loose to get back to that weight again which was my goal.
it is very easy to cheat, especially with sweet foods such as chocolate, cakes and fried foods as they slide through the band hole. "will power" is needed 100% with these food types.
The band is only a slimming aid to help us through our weight loss journey, if we cheat, then that tells in what the scales say, if you work hard and commit to the band rules, the rewards are there for any band patient.

i hope my answers helped.

liz x

 

[serenitylove]

hi kate

im a bander of 4 years i lost 7st 7 llbs with my 1st band which took me 18 months to achieve, i got to 12st 7, that was my lowest weight and very hard to maintain. i now have 1st to loose to get back to that weight again which was my goal.
it is very easy to cheat, especially with sweet foods such as chocolate, cakes and fried foods as they slide through the band hole. "will power" is needed 100% with these food types.
The band is only a slimming aid to help us through our weight loss journey, if we cheat, then that tells in what the scales say, if you work hard and commit to the band rules, the rewards are there for any band patient.

i hope my answers helped.

liz x

i cant eat sponge cakes gets wedged everytime not that im complaining lol shame the cheesecake doesnt! hehe

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

i cant eat sponge cakes gets wedged everytime not that im complaining lol shame the cheesecake doesnt! hehe

yes sponge cakes do the same to me, i just need to keep away from custard as they go down fine with that

 

[serenitylove]

yes sponge cakes do the same to me, i just need to keep away from custard as they go down fine with that

lol i have my fingers in my ears and didnt hear that or il want to try lol

 

[julieann]

Hi kate, i had my band fitted in november and have gone on to lose just over 2 and a half stone so i now weigh 11 stone 4lbs which is the lowest i have ever weighed and even though i only have about a stone to go i still struggle at times with it, because as the others have said, you can still cheat with it, but having said that, i have no regrets whatsoever and i know that without the band i couldnt have got to the weight that i am today. julie

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

well done to lancslass2, serenitylove & julie anne for there weight losses so far, well done girls xxxx

 

[Deebol]

hi everyone
can i throw out a question to the people who have had gratric bands?
you hear a lot about big weightlosses with people who have had the bypass. i am just wondering what have your weight loss successes been with the band?
are you pleased with your results?
are you at goal?
is it easier to cheat?
thank you in advance to anyone who responds
love kate xx

Hiya Kate

I had my band fitted on the 27th Oct 08 at Dolan Park I lost 14lb on the pre op diet I did a week of 1000 cals and then a week of the milk diet.

I have gone on to lose 72lb in total in 5 months so average about a stone a month I think. I want to lose about another 2 stone. I am really pleased with my weight lose and wouldnt change a thing BUT it does come with its ups and downs. You can cheat the band mainly with things like chocolate that just slide straight throu!!!!! The two weeks that I have OD on choc I stayed the same! So I do have bad things but not often its really not worth having it done if your thinking of having a lot of these sort of foods as it will not work.

I have had 3 fills now had one last Monday and have lost 7lb this week but been on liquids most of the week. Am going on holiday in June so i'm going to have a bit of fluid taken out end of May to hopefully give me a little bit of freedom on hols but not to go mad. Then will have it put back in when I come back.

Good luck with your decisions

Dee x

 

[LancsLass2]

Thanx Liz xxx and to u too xxx