It's been a while since I have blogged....life has been crazy, but band life has been wonderful....I mean ONEderful. My weight has finally broken the 200 mark and I am in the 100's, aka ONEderland.

Living with the band has been exactly what I expected from all I read on lapbandtalk.com. I've had days where eating the recommended small amounts is easy, days where eating anything made me nauseous, and days where I felt like I could eat my way through the entire grocery store without a second thought. Through it all, I kept the band rules in mind....protein first, vegetables second, and carbs third.

I will confess, I am a life-long carb addict....breads, pasta, pastries, etc.....thankfully they don't agree with my band (uncomfortable pressure feeling and mild nausea), so I hesitate to even reach for them any longer. This is fine with me, the band does for me what I was NEVER able to do for the long term for myself !!! The band definitely is a tool, not a magic bullet.

My 3rd fill was on 4/8/09, and I now have the appropriate restriction. Weight loss has been slower than I was hoping for...but don't we all want 100+ pounds to simple melt off over night???? I struggled daily with my frustrations, asking "How could I be eating so little, excercising so much, and not be dropping 10 pounds a week???". Then I realize that I've lost over 35 pounds in a less than 4 months.....how cool is that !!!!

congrats on your milestone.

That is so encouraging, I am dealing with a last minute carb (bread mainly) binge before my preop liquid thing starts on june 3...so I like thinking that there will be physical consequences to the carb thing, that will make it easier to kick..already kicked sweets (love hot tamales)...and fried foods (hello, I Live in GA)...whats one more thing...thanks!

That is so encouraging, I am dealing with a last minute carb (bread mainly) binge before my preop liquid thing starts on june 3...so I like thinking that there will be physical consequences to the carb thing, that will make it easier to kick..already kicked sweets (love hot tamales)...and fried foods (hello, I Live in GA)...whats one more thing...thanks!

Good luck with your journey ! Sweets were first and carbs (pizza, bread, pasta) were second for me before the band. Thankfully bread just doesn't agree with me, so it makes it easy to pass them by now. Sweets are still a big draw for me, but I just keep hearing my Surgeon tells us all in our pre-op classes that "the band is a tool for us to use, and it is easy to 'cheat the band'... if you are planning to do so, then cancel the surgery now." If I follow the guidelines of Protein first, Veggies second, Carbs third....I get full before I even hit the carbs :cursing:

Try your best with the liquid diet.....it was really tough, but sooooo worth it....my stomach was really small making the surgery easy and lost the most weight during that time. :cool2: Such a great jump start.

Keep in touch

congrats on your milestone.

Thanks so much for your encouragement ! Feels great....gotta love the band!!!!