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Fattithinanna

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Hi,
I live in South Africa, am 55 and going to have the BIB inserted tomorrow. I am excited, nervous(what if for some reason I cannot have the procedure, or they discover something else wrong with me- something really wrong, will I be nauseous for weeks?)
However despite my nerves I am positive and hope this will be a new beginning- I need to lose 21 kgs. I take great comfort from all the posts I have been reading and hope I will be able to contribute something meaningful along the way.
 
Hey, welcome to the forum. Can you explain, for those that don't know, what the BIB is? I assume you mean the stomach balloon as that's all I could find when I googled it :)

I'm actually surprised that they are doing this procedure on you as 21kg does not seem high enough to justify this sort of thing. I don't know much about it though, I'm probably wrong! Have you tried dieting before? How come you have chosen to get the BIB?
 
You are correct. However my height, weight and BM put me in the lower end of obese. I have chronically high BP- on and off and insulin resistance, so the gastric balloon seemed like a good option. ( And , yes, in the last ten years I have tried every diet under the sun .It seems my willpower and size of portions have gone out the window). I had the balloon inserted yesterday, I was not nauseous at all, just feel incredibly full. I saw a dietitian first and got a specific diet. I hope that the next 6 months will give me time to retrain my eating habits. My, and the doctor's feeling was, that an intervention now, rather than when I had put on another 25 kg , was in order. I am comfortable with the decision. In South Africa it costs about R20,000 all inclusive, and when I think of the money I have spent in the past on the Lipo diet, pills, ( not to mention the cost of snack foods) etc etc I think it will balance out. Today is my second day and I feel great- did not get up in the middle of the night to snack, sneak some leftover Lasagna from last night's supper before breakfast or grab some cheese for lunch at work ( and then eat it immediately). I know I will have to come to terms with the underlying problems of why I binge eat, but am hoping the next 6 months will give me time to do this.
 
Hi Fattithinanna,:hurray:
ost you
How are you doing with the weight loss? Who was your surgeon in South Africa? I also live in sunny South Africa and are really interested in having the balloon done.

Mariet:hat:
 
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Just a commment on the binge eating, have you ever dealt with your emotional issues in therapy?

I"ve had therapy and i got a lot out of it. It didn't solve all my problem. But i wouldn't give that experience back for the world. Since then i have started seeing another psychologist (the first therapist was a psychiartrist and he prescribed me antidepressants too). I don't see the psychologist that often but when i have crises. What's great about her is that i can go back whenever i need to (so long as she continues to be around) and i like her a lot.

I used to binge as a reaction to disappointments and then it became just a habit. Now i am dealing with the habit by quitting all my binge foods. The thing is i am dedicated to quitting them forever now too. I know i can do it because its a lot like cigarettes and i gave up those 13 years ago.

I know its possible that i will want to binge again as a result of a disappointment or even a hormonal upset, but my life is fairly stable now and should remain so on the whole. I'm 47 and gotten to a point where i can limit my stressors and things are reasonably comfortable.

If i do binge again, i know its not the end of the world and i will just try to get back to my diet straight away. Rapid recovery is what i am about now. I know how to do that now.

The thing is i don't want to go back to a state where i don't care!
 
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