Well I'm doing good on the eating and my restriction is still pretty good.

I can't say enough about how much the bodybugg has worked for me. I like the calorie counter and it seems to be helping me to now be more motivated to excercise. It just seems more rewarding to see the excercise do something for me each day in my calorie defecit versus just waiting for the scale to change. And it is still really helping me to properly track my calories and I'm even starting to make better food choices because of it. Man, I sound like a commercial for BodyBugg. I have heard about another product and I will post the name of it....it is suppose to be more accurate and a lot cheaper....but I can't remember the name of it right now.

I have always liked aspargus, but now that I see the calorie count, I LOVE asparagus!!!

Anyway, I have been running about 2600-2800 calorie burn per day, as apposed to about 2200 before the bodybugg, and I'm now eating about 1200-1300 calories a day and not going over by a couple of hundred a day. If the bodybug helps me continue to do these things, it was worth every penny and more.

Going out to eat tonight and I already know what I'm going to order, because I have 600 calories to eat, and I know I can have some soup, grilled salmon, and asparagus for that kind of calories.

By the way, that calorie deficit difference should me an extra pound loss each week. Since I was down to about a 1 pound loss per week, this should give me a solid 2 pound per week loss??? We will see how it works out.

I guess I am confused, how are you eating that many calories? I thought after the surgery you could only eat small amounts of food(s).

Well, I'm not really to the sweet spot yet. Here is how a normal day breaks down for me.

200 for breakfast

300 for lunch

200 for protein supplement or snack

500 for dinner

I have almost no restriction at supper, it is all self control. I'm not sure what you think is normal with the lapband, but most weight loss programs have you eating around 1200 calories for the best loss without your body reducing its metabolism or hanging onto fat.

I'm hoping on April 1st when I get my next fill, I will be down to a little more restriction at dinner, and only have maybe 300 at dinner. As I lose more, I will need to reduce more and exercise more or I will stop losing. This is pretty much true for everyone.