well it does take two to make it work! You and the band! I don't believe you can eat everything under the sun but you can eat healthy things and eat them at a small portion and you will do very well. I eat just about everything..excluding ice cream, sugary foods (cakes, cookies and so forth)...my snacks are sf popsicles (several a day) & laughing cow cheese with apples or grapes and when I splurge it is a handful of jelly beans. I was banded 11/23/9 and have lost 118 lbs..and now have 8 lbs left to reach my goal. I believe they didn't tell you how much of an adjustment they made is because they want it mind over matter...if you play the mind game and think you have a lot, then you will feel the restriction...if you want to be the little devil..and say there is none in there..then you will not feel any restriction...all a mind game. I don't think they purposely want you to fail. Another thing that really worked for me was to stay positive..every day that I was mad or upset at the world..I didn't lose which made me more upset..so then I had to refocus and get my positive attitude back. I wish you the very best!

I am going to see a new lapband doctor today because I am not losing weight with my old one. I had surgery on 2-23 of this year and so far down 30 pounds and yes I work out. I was slacking a couple of months ago and eating sweets, but I stopped. I feel like they are power tripping with my fills because I keep complaining about not feeling restriction. Like you Dr. they refuse to tell my how much I am getting and tell me not to worry about that. She keep telling me to eat 1/2 cup regardless of feeling restriction. I am so tired of their negative attitude and looking at me like a loser because I am not one of the "star" patients. My last fill was on 9-7 and this was the first time I can honestly say I feel some type of restiction. I have been working out for an hour a day lately and still havent' lost anything! I have no idea what's going on. I am praying when I go in today I have lost at least one pound of sweat from all my working out:) Good luck with you. I have tried to stay positive with this journey but it gets hard sometimes.

HAD SURGERY 12-21-09 HAD LOST 45LBS AT A STAND STILL CANNOT NOT MOVE FORWARD DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS JUST NO WEIGHT LOSS

I understand the discouragement. I'd lost 55 before surgery...after surgery, gained 15. I cried like a baby. I got a fill, lost 4...went back this week, gained 1. This is really discouraging..They gave me a fill, but the doctor was afraid it was too much and wants me back in 2 weeks. We'll see what happens. I feel ya! Try to stay positive as negative does no good...but I feel ya!