I went to my doctor's appointment today and I've lost 18.4 pounds this month!!!!!! The doc said I'm the ideal patient and that I'm doing great! He did give me another fill after I told him that this past week I haven't had much restriction and that I ate steak last week with no issues. He gave me 1.3ccs for a total of 6.8 ccs in a large APS band. He actually overfilled me so he could see how much was too much and I felt like I was going to throw up the water. Then he took some out and I drank the water fine. He thinks I should be in the green zone now. I'm drinking liquids fine. I'm going to try and lose 20 pounds this month. I'm turning 30 in 19 days so I want to celebrate it by losing, losing, losing! I feel great and I'm hoping this fill will be perfect! I'm down a total of 56 pounds since the pre-op diet.

do you mind listing what you do for exercise? Also what do you usually eat?

Hi...I had my surgery 12/30 and I've only lost 20 pounds. I seem to lose 3 pounds and gain 3 pounds. I'm going for my 3rd fill next week and so looking forward to it. There are very few things I can't eat. What do you eat? I know I should stay away from carbs, but I'm a carbaholic and I wish I didn't want them. It's so hard!

Anyway, CONGRATS on your weight loss. I'm glad you're doing well.

Holy Cats !!!! Thats wonderful!!! Yes, PLEASE - tell us what you eat and what sort of exercise you do ... i was banded 10/14/08 and am down 36. Not bad, but if i can do better , that would be super :-)

Keep up the great work!

Thanks!!! I do strength training 3 x a week and at least 30 minutes of cardio a day, usually on the elliptical machine. I try to get my heart rate up to around 130. Then I do an aerobics class on either sat or sunday (zumba). As far as what I eat, a typical good day when I'm at work is:

coffee w/ sf creamer

yogurt

breakstone live active cottage cheese pack (4 oz)

either bumble bee tuna salad w/ crackers or some cheese or sliced turkey meat

Protein shake

Lean cuisine or helalthy choice dinner and maybe some more turkey meat or some fish and veggies.

I don't eat that healthy every day. I've been going out on dates in which I eat lobster, steak, or whatever I want, but I usually only eat half of it. Some days it's 500 cal, some days it's 1500! My dietician says that is okay because it evens out. Now that I have a super tight fill I haven't eaten much at all--think liquids. I've lost 6 pounds since the fill according to my home scale, but I think my fill may be a little tight.

Also, I'm 5'10" so realize that I may lose faster because of that--I carry more muscle, etc.

Hope that helps!

Awesome Job Trina!

Dimyvette, We are on the same track. I too was banded on 12/30/08 and am only down 20 pounds. 8 I lost when I wasn't even trying, 9 I lost on my 10 day pre op and 3 pounds at my 2 week post op. Nothing since then. If you don't have restriction, then any weight you lose, or keep off is just kudo's for you! The way I explain it to everyone is that it is like a belt on a baggy pair of pants. If you have one on but it isn't tight enough, your pants will still fall down. I just got restriction this week, and it is sooooooo much easier now to eat less. Hope you get restriction with your next fill. Good luck!