tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post5953081523961453230..comments2023-04-28T02:48:02.614-07:00Comments on Primal Girl in a Carb World: Pondering....deep thoughtsJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011244467777606525noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-69918542575965617112010-04-14T09:58:25.459-07:002010-04-14T09:58:25.459-07:00I just happen to find your blog through another bl...I just happen to find your blog through another blog. I had gastric bypass and felt a lot of what you are saying to people in my group who only had hundred or under to lose. And not because I didn't think they deserved or needed a surgery for help but more beause GBP is way more drastic. In my mind a general rule should be under 100 to lose band and over choice. I first checked into a band but for selfish reasons went with the full surgery. I have some regrets for different reasons but in all after losing 170 lbs it is good. I am now where I can eat a lot more and more sugary things and now I have to actually work at maintaining. THe thing with any surgery and I am sure you were told is it a tool. I was like yah whatever but it really really is. I wish there was a fat thinking lobotmy out there that would cure your brain from wanting those carbs and wanting to indulge. We are human so we do what we want as we never outgrow it. It is like well I know I might get burned on the stove but maybe this time will be different with these surgeries is sometimes we get burned and then sometimes we don't then if we don't we wonder why and try again. Sorry to babble but I feel what you are saying and I guess I want you to know you are not alone and you just have to try and want better. You will fail but this is a lifetime of this not just x amount for surgery etc. <br /><br />Best of luck and I am so going to become a follower!thanks... Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371950702501018517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-50973204337956950972010-04-05T23:25:34.366-07:002010-04-05T23:25:34.366-07:00What's so funny is that I thought I would get ...What's so funny is that I thought I would get people telling me I was too small to get the band, but it hasn't happened yet! Of course, I'm not telling a ton of people, but no one has even said I was one of the smaller bandster's in the group! I think now it is so common (the lap band) and so many people know that it is for people with 50 or more pounds to lose (with co morbidities) that no one bats an eye anymore. I started surgery at 208 and my highest was 217. Ugh. But I have co-morbidities so was definitely a candidate.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116482163287664390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-7080497857258837482010-04-05T20:53:15.826-07:002010-04-05T20:53:15.826-07:00A few have said similar stuff to me (starting BMI ...A few have said similar stuff to me (starting BMI 38.5) but none in a negative manner. In fact, I rememeber mostly the other post-op patients in the hospital saying it. I simply said "I'm on the path to worse, not better and I need help reversing that." The women totally understood, one even said "Yep, you're me 10 years ago and boy do I wish I'd have had the opportunity to do this back then."<br /><br />I feel empowered that I took control before I got worse.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766642418925063957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-21150832410646746622010-04-05T18:20:31.152-07:002010-04-05T18:20:31.152-07:00tell them to f off :-)
like jennifer, i too am a...tell them to f off :-) <br />like jennifer, i too am a jealous bitch lol but i never thought bad of you or rolled my eyes etc. <br />as i told people i was going to have it i too got a lot of "but you aren't big enough for it!" i LOATHED hearing that. plain and simple its your body, do with it what you will :-)CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947137883748295392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-40299379753313759832010-04-05T14:38:19.884-07:002010-04-05T14:38:19.884-07:00Great post - I guess it all goes back to people ju...Great post - I guess it all goes back to people judging or being scared to do something themselves so they feel the need to question you. It's your body - only you know. I don't have a band but when I gain 10 lbs I feel bigger and not healthy and my BP and cholesterol suffer - though I weigh 160. When I say I need to lose weight I get people rolling eyes and all that - it's hard to deal with but whatever - I know how I feel at what weight I wanna be at. You're doing great - it's your journey - no one else's.♥ Drazil ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/10177140029694038645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-28825286365769870602010-04-05T14:10:35.702-07:002010-04-05T14:10:35.702-07:00I was 209 was I was banded also and I'm shooti...I was 209 was I was banded also and I'm shooting for 65 lbs. to lose. I find that the ones who have told me "I didn't need the band", tend to have more weight to lose than me. Possibly, my doing this makes them feel like they should be doing something about their own weight? I don't know.<br /><br />I have a very thin girl friend who is 5'7" and weighs roughly 130 lbs. When she gains 5 lbs, she says "she's getting fat". I used to laugh until she pointed out that when she gains 5 lbs., percentage wise, its more weight on her than someone who weighs more. She's right, if she doesn't lose it and than gains another 5, blah, blah, blah, she will be fat!Jacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612121609893900847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-75162720571640859962010-04-05T13:34:38.821-07:002010-04-05T13:34:38.821-07:00I never even noticed. Isnt that funny? When I fi...I never even noticed. Isnt that funny? When I first got banded I noticed a lot more when people who were "small" got the band. But I realized quickly that it is all relative ya know! You need what you need no matter what the weight! <br /><br />:)Amy W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765516850913923317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-1490945971044025522010-04-05T13:16:17.178-07:002010-04-05T13:16:17.178-07:00Who's done said something to you? And, tell Ry...Who's done said something to you? And, tell Ryan to shut it, cause you're gonna look blammin' when we go to the river.MIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253954438180623145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-38811170457430122522010-04-05T12:43:44.168-07:002010-04-05T12:43:44.168-07:00Girl, I'm with Jennifer, I wish I would have d...Girl, I'm with Jennifer, I wish I would have done this a long time ago. I'm tall and get that a lot from my friends telling me that they didn't think I was big enough to get the band. It's hard to lose and keep off any significant amout of weight. You don't have to explain yourself to anyone!Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794746954511347596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-40020630401088246752010-04-05T12:21:23.515-07:002010-04-05T12:21:23.515-07:00Oh Girlfriend, I am so with you on this post. I...Oh Girlfriend, I am so with you on this post. I've been trying to get up the nerve to post the same thing, so thanks so much for saying what I wanted. Same story with me. I started at 209, need to lose 65 pounds, but will be happy with 55 lost. Did I really have to "resort" to the band. Just get some willpower I was told. Well I figure I can match anyone out there for the amount of weight I have to lose. I'm 56, have been dieting for 45 years. At an average loss and gain of 20 pounds that is 900 pounds I have to lose. So yes I deserve the band if this time it keeps it off. I will die otherwise. So as I see it, it doesn't matter if you have 50 or 100 or 150 or 200 pounds to lose. It is still the hardest thing that anyone will ever have to do.<br /><br />The one thing I have found is in this blogging world, I don't think anyone has felt that we didn't deserve the band or didn't deserve to lose weight. I sometimes see the huge loses and wonder why I don't get them. But I do have less to lose. And one day they will catch up to me. Stick around. You will see your measly few pounds (I say this in jest) that you have to lose will be just as challenging and difficult as all the others with huge numbers.<br /><br />We will get there and we will keep it off and we will be better for it.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400904095865742386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566657128671764115.post-25937263818943283442010-04-05T12:14:24.796-07:002010-04-05T12:14:24.796-07:00lol - this made me laugh. I kinda did think that w...lol - this made me laugh. I kinda did think that when I saw 204 but I never thought BAD of you, just more like 'DANG! Why didn't I do this sooner so I could have started at 204 instead of 306??!!' - but that's b/c I'm a jealous bitch! hahahaha!<br />It's amazing how much just a few inches on a woman makes such a difference. I'm not saying that I looked good, but at 5'7 I was able to carry my weight pretty well. People didn't realize how much I weighed. Well, my BFF says that anyway - maybe she's just a liar! hahaha!<br />Oh, and I get the 'testing' the band thing...I did it too. It's normal. (So says me = the crazy lady!)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825425735172749255noreply@blogger.com