24th September 2009
Does anyone find that there are times in their Lap Band journey where they have thought - why couldn't I lose 5 kilo's a week and be done in 10 weeks?! I don't know about you, but patience has never really been one of my best virtues - I am one of those ...
15th September 2009
No matter what the weight loss plan you follow, there will always be a time in which you 'fall off the wagon'. What does 'falling off the wagon' mean to you? Everyone's journey is unique so everyone's answer will be completely different! Is it one meal...
12th September 2009
The Gastric Band journey is one filled with the unknown. Our lives are changing dramatically, sometimes almost every day, and it can be a very uncertain time for us. Especially as how do we know what life will be like when we reach goal? It's important...
31st August 2009
It's an important part of the Lap Band journey to make sure that we're continually looking at what we're doing and ways we can get better, but also to praise ourselves for how much we've achieved and how far we've come. Every so often it's important to st...
18th August 2009
Has anyone had an up and down journey with their Lap Band and found it hard to adjust with the fact that their life has changed in such a major way? I certainly have! For those of us who've made the brave decision of having Gastric Band surgery, whether...
08th August 2009
It's not unusual for Gastric Band patients to swap the compulsion of eating unhealthy food with another kind of unwholesome pattern. As they say, Rome wasn't built in a day and sometimes it can be tough to alter unhelpful habits. If it was that simple, ...
31st July 2009
Now that you've had weight loss surgery and your journey has begun, there's no reason to wait until you've lost all the weight you need to, to start looking sexy & wonderful!! Sometimes we know it can be difficult to make the effort to make sure we look ...
27th July 2009
Those of us on the Lap Band journey generally measure our success through the scale - this can sometimes be deceiving. We can be retaining fluid at certain times of the month or building muscle and because muscle takes up less space than fat, we have los...
24th July 2009
As we all know, learning or improving any skill takes time and practice and developing your self esteem is no different! Having a positive self image is not about self-importance, it's about self respect and appreciating your worth.
If you're anything...
23rd July 2009
Yes, this is a touchy subject for some of us with a Lap Band. Some people think that once they have a Lap Band, they will be able to eat anything that they want and not exercise and they will lose weight. Of course, when the patient hits perfect restric...
21st July 2009
The amount you are willing to change your behaviour correlates directly with the achievement that you will have on your Lap Band journey. We all know that obesity is not as straightforward as eating too much and not exercising enough ' if it was, the mul...
16th July 2009
When we were little and someone taught us (most likely our Mothers or Fathers) to do simple tasks like how to tie up our shoes or brush our teeth, no doubt they would have broken the process down into smaller, more manageable steps so we learnt easier. W...
16th July 2009
Sometimes we might find ourselves wallowing in too much comfort and we don't even know it! Being in our comfort zone is somewhere we all like to be because it's safe and familiar. We can sometimes be afraid of change because it rocks the familiarity of ...
12th July 2009
Whether or not it's intentional, sometimes our closest family and friends have the unfortunate knack of trying to sabotage our most fervent attempts to stay on track while on the Gastric Band journey. Some remarks you may have experienced include: compla...
08th July 2009
Even if we think we're doing everything we can, we can still be sabotaging our weight loss surgery journey by self sabotaging. It can present itself in many ways and there are lots of reasons, just as there are people who've had Lap Band surgery! One of...
