MyNewLife

Angie, I am sorry to hear that your family is not being supportive of you but you will have WONDERFUL support hear. I think everyone on this board has gone through frustrating times. I will say this is one of the hardest things I have done. I have to make the decision to what food I put in my mouth and it is not easy at times. The band does not prevent me from eating the no no foods vrs something high protein, that is MY CHOICE. The band has helps me with the amount of food I can eat, however there are foods that I think I could eat my weight in,(chips and dip, anything sweet) I just have to stay away from them. As far as the fills, I just got my third fill on Friday and it has help. I am now at 3.0ccs in my 4.0cc band. Everyone is different but until my second fill I pretty much had no restriction. You have made the FIRST CHOICE to change your life, now you have to make the choice to work with this WONDERFUL tool that we have. You can do this. Good Luck! Carrie

Thank you and Shelby gave you a really good idea. That would help you alot. There are great posts on this board and anytime you have a question, really dont matter how small you think it is, post it, I promise you will get it answered! Good luck to you! Carrie

I just want to post some advice that I received from a friend of mine. Today is my fouth month banded. I wanted to post this. This was my response to one of social kids post.......but who knows, might help someone else. I had lunch with a friend of mine that was banded two years ago and is a size 4 now. I have been getting so frustrated, today is 4months for me! I have decided I HATE SCALES. I was weighing everyday, then twice a week and then once a week. My friend told me to stop EVERYTHING that I was doing and to live, just live life. She told me that I have now went from being obessed with food, to know being obessed with scales, protein, fiber, weights, walking, everthing I do or say is about this band which will cause so much stress and depression. She could have not been so correct. I think I thought ok, I have the band, the weight is going to fall off, wow was I WRONG! The more I was wrong the more obessed with doing everthing correct the more discouraged I was getting because I was doing everthing correct and the weight was still not falling off. I hope that makes since, feel like I am rambling. I have decided to live, just live life. Keep eating the correct food with my exercise but just live. This has been for the past week or two. Well guess what. I went for my third fill yesterday and am happy to report I had lost 9 lbs of fat and gained 3 pounds of muscle since my last fill a little over a month ago. Good Luck Everyone! Carrie

SocailKid, Wow I could not agree with you more. I had lunch with a friend of mine that was banded two years ago and is a size 4 now. I have been getting so frustrated, today is 4months for me! I have decided I HATE SCALES. I was weighing everytday, then twice a week and then once a week. My friend told me to stop EVERYTHING that I was doing and to live, just live life. She told me that I have now went from being obessed with food, I am now obessed with scales, protein, fiber, weights, walking, everthing I do or say is about this band. She could have not been so correct. I think I thought ok. I have the band, the weight is going to fall off, wow was I WRONG! The more I was wrong the more obessed with doing everthing correct the more discouraged I was getting because I was doing everthing correct and the weight was still not falling off. I hope that makes since, feel like I am rambling. I have decided to live, just live life. Keep eating the correct food with my exercise but just live. This has been for the past week or two. Well guess what. I went for my third fill yesterday and am happy to report I had lost 9 lbs of fat and gained 3 pounds of muscle since my last fill a little over a month ago. Carrie

Robynn, I know everyone is different but for me I remember talking to the antithesisoligist (however you spell it) and him telling me that I was going to be the most important person in his life for the next 30-45 n mins. I remember him standing behind me talking to me when I was getting put under. The next thing I remember is his voice after surgery and then waking up in my room. They are all wonderful people and make you feel so secure. I dont think he could have said anything else to make me feel as ok as he did. I dont think you could make a better choice. Good Luck! Carrie

Hey Sabrina! You are doing great! Love tha hat! I experience this too. I am going for my third fill tomorrow and as many has said, there are alot of different reasons, I try to stay postive and think it is because Im loosing weight and my stomach is getting smaller so it is not as tight... Good Luck! Carrie

Hi Dalaina, you will love this forum. There are some WONDERFUL people here that can give you really good suggestions and advice. I too am from East Texas! Good Luck and Hello to you as well! Carrie

Good luck to you and keep us posted! Carrie

Congrats Dana, you look GREAT! I would love to hear how your third fill is going for you. Please keep us posted! Carrie

Cindy, Thank you for posting this and you explained it very well. This is my issue as well. I have SLOWED down and started chewing better and it is helping. I got stuck SO bad the other night on Beans that it scared me. I found out that we do have LAPBAND GODS, I know because I prayed to them. I told them that if the pain would stop I would chew like I have never chewed before...lol....So I have slowed down and started chewing and it has helped SO much. I think it was Jazzy who said that she even puts her fork down in between bits to help her slow down on eating, this does work. Also if I do get that feeling of being stuck and sliming, I stop eating, that is it for me until my next meal. I am so scared of streatching my pouch. I am scheduled for my 3rd fill on friday and honestly am very neverous about it. I am eating more than I think I should be eating and I am not loosing, but I dont want to get too tight either. The only advice I can give is chew and slow down eating and see if this helps. Im not sure what foods you are eating but there are some foods that I cant eat, one being eggs. Good Luck! Carrie

Anne and Lisa, Thanks for the response. I guess I am so focused on what I "should" be doing that I am not listening to my body. I DONT want to stretch my pouch. I think since I have sworn myself away from the scales for awhile, I am going to try to go back and stop with the snacks and eat my 2-3 oz and 1/2 cup of veggies...that is pretty much all I can do. I do however find my self hungry between, so that is when I was told to start with high protein snacks.....In doing this, I will most likely be getting in around 700 calories a day. Carrie

First of all it seems to me that all Band Doctors are different, I understand that. I attended a local meeting last night, I was the only Mexico Bandster. They are told not to exceed 800 calories per day, 30 carbs per day and 1100 sodium per day. They are also told not to eat over 3/4 cups of food at a time. Meat is not to be over 2 ozs. I get the fact that everyone is different however, I have a couple of questions..... I eat Lien Cuisines and can eat the whole thing which is WAY over that amount and they are, for the most part, LOADED with Carbs........Are we suppose to be able to eat a WHOLE one? I have been making myself eat and snack even when I am not so hungry to get to my 1200 calorie mark....Should I stop trying to reach this? I was told the reason I was not loosing was because I was not eating enough calories. If you eat the good food and stay away from the bad foods, it is HARD to eat 1200 calories without snacking.... I guess I just want to do everything correct and I dont want to streatch my pouch.....I would like to know what everyone thinks... Carrie

Thanks Sabrina, I needed that. I have stopped weighing all the time, only once a week. When I stepped on the scales Monday I wanted to cry, I did cry. I have been stuck for 3 weeks and I worked REALLY hard last week. I have my 3rd fill scheduled on the 13th and I am so scared of the scales, that I am not going to weight until the morning of my fill, just to check my scales with the Docs..... Congrats! You are so pretty and you are doing a great Job! Carrie

My hubby and I have been watching the advertisments for this workout. I would love to hear how everyone is doing with this program. My concern is that it is going to be to hard core for me, hubby can handle it, but Im not so sure..... Carrie

I have a question, we are suppose to eat 3-4 oz at each meal.....If we do eat a whole Lien Cusine, are we eating over what we are suppose to be eating? Should we not be able to eat the whole thing? Carrie

Lindsay, Everyone has an opinion of what you are suppose to do and not do, what you are suppose to eat and not eat. Everyone is different. I am VERY interested in learing about what you have to say. I would love for you to post some daily examples of what you are talking about. In your OPIONION what are some foods we should be eating. I myself am trying to stay away from the package meals, loaded with cards and sugars. I know there is a difference between bad and good carbs, However as far as the post on this forum that you are referring to, we all obviously have or had a problem with food otherwise we would not be here. This is the biggest change I have ever done for myself and my family. I am sure there are many like me on this forum who are still learning.............. Carrie

Karen WOW, you look GREAT! You should be so proud of yourself. Thanks for posting the pics, today of ALL days I really needed this. I have been stuck at 223-221 for the past three weeks and its very hard, today for the first time I said the hell with it. I have not done nothing today and Im not happy about it. I will pick myself back up and work that much harder in the morning. Do you like your body bug, is it worth the money? Thanks again and Congrats! Carrie

Thanks everyone! I am just so Frustrated right now but I am going to keep my head up and try to keep doing what I am doing. Sooner or later something has to give. I am going to start doing liquids for a while to try to jump start my weight loss again. Again thanks for everyones advice. Carrie

Hey Dana, Question, are we going to do liquids including full liquids or just clear? Carrie

Hey Dana, Great Idea, I had a protein shake for breakfast this morning so I think I will just join starting today! Good Luck! Carrie

That is what I am scared of, getting two much, I live 3 hours from my fill doctor and I get them on a Friday, so I want to be very carefull. Has this fill seemed to have helped your weight loss or just your hunger? Carrie

I am trying to stay positive and I know that this is not going to happen overnight. We are suppose to loose 2 lbs a week on average. Well I am not and I think I am doing everything I am suppose to do but I am not loosing. I use to look at some of these post before being banded and think, they are not doing what they are suppose to do or they would be loosing the weight, well I am soooo sorry for EVER thinking that way. I have worked my but off for the last three weeks, walking, cardo, weights, abs, something if not all EVERYDAY!. I have watched EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth. I do not eat fried or bread foods, NO bread, NO pasta, HONESTLY NO "NO NO" FOODS. I weighed this morning and I am STILL at the same weight I was three weeks ago. I am drinking my 60 grams of protein, drinking my water (which is so hard for me to do) and I am eating my 1200 calories a day. Last week I had to add protein snacks in between meals to get my calories in. I do have a high and low carlorie day during each week. SOMEONE please tell me what I am doing wrong. Carrie

SheRee, I just wanted to tell you please dont give up. It can be very hard dealing with the ups and downs. I am 32 years old and was banded November 14, 2008. I has lost 41 pounds including my pre-op, HOWEVER it has not been easy. When I got my band I think I expected the weight to fall off and I was not going to have to do nothing. I looked at it, well im eating less so the weight will come off. Well this is not true. I got my first fill January and received 1.5CCs my first fill and thought this was going to be the cure. Well it was not. As a matter of fact I called my fill doctor two weeks later to schedule my second fill and she let me come get a second fill two weeks after my first fill. January 23 I got my second fill and received another 1.0ccs for a total of 2.5ccs. Well this fill as been ALOT better, however I still am not loosing like i want to loose. I have now for three weeks been riding a stationary bike for 6 miles, 60 crunches on my ab lounger I bought, plus weights every morning for the past 3 weeks. My husband and I also go to the track everyother day, sometimes every day and walk 1.5 miles. GUESS WHAT he has lost 11 pounds in two weeks. I am pround of him, dont get me wrong but it is frustrating for me when the scales does not move. I do not eat nothing Fried or breaded. I dont eat bread, I dont drink cokes, and I dont drink with my meals. I take four fiber pills a day, chromium, vitamins every day. I drink at least 40oz of water every day and take in 60 grams of protein everyday. I eat 1200 calories max everyday. I am still not loosing like I am thinking I should. HOWEVER I am going to do this, I get frustrated OMG I get frustrated but I have made a VOW to myself I AM WORTH IT! I AM GOING TO DO THIS AND NOT GIVE UP.........I am going to weigh only once a week now. I weighed last monday, so tomorrow morning is my weigh in and I am very scared. I have worked my butt off this week and I am scared to weigh. If the scale has not moved I am going to take them out of my house. Stress does not help and it is stressing me out, not to metion everyone asking me EVERYDAY, so how much have you lost, I WANT TO SCREAM at them...lol...Anyway YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!! and I just wanted to tell you that...... BEST OF LUCK! Carrie