FLORIDAYS

you are a week out so your body is all confused.... please dont drink the carbonation... it can do damage to your band. Have you tried maloxx or gasx? They both come in liquid? Also as CHEZNOEL said...you may be drinking too much too fast... remember during this time to just sip sip sip. You will feel better soon

You should listen to your dr's advice but for the record I eat 3 oz of protein, 1/2 c veggies and 1/4 c startch for each meal. Since I do not usually finish it all I eat it in that order.

No problems for me....I too take a multi vitamin for what its worth. You migh have something else going on... best to check with a dentist and your Dr.

I dont mind at all. I am happy to help. Now that I am so close to goal I am not as strict and am more in the maintaining mode...but I am still losing just not as fast. A typical day for me was pretty simple... I eat regular food. I do not cook and special recipies... just smaller portions. I was avid about tracking my food in a food ap and counting calories. I ate 1000 calories each day for 22 months. Every once in a while I would up it to 1200 if I was stalled but that was only for a day or so. A typical day looks like this: Breakfast - sugar free instant breakfast w/ skim milk ( I dont do morning food well) Morning snack - fruit lunch- 3 oz of tuna packed in Water, drained & mixed with fat free dressing instead of mayo. / 6 wheat thins crackers / 1/2 c veggies or salad afternoon snack - sugar free pudding cup dinner - 3-4 oz Protein (pork, fish, chicken or beef) / 1/2 c veggies, 1/4 c starch I have a hard time finishing the meals so I always eat the protein first... then the veggies and finally the starch. I rarely had an evening snack but if I did it was 1 oz cheese. sugar free popsicle or 100 calories of popcorn.

Just returned from a week's vacation and jumped on the scale first thing..... mostly Because I had scale withdrawal ..lol. Since I am close to goal I am not as strict as I was with myself the first 22 months but the band must be working because I made proper choices, kept my portions normal...well normal for a bandster and drank lots of Water... And I actually lost weight. Very cool. I recall last year losing on vacation too but since I was only down 1/2 way I was very strict...no cheating on that vacation but I will let you in a secret... This year I had a few bites of dessert and a few adult beverages poolside and yet I still lost. I love my band!

All of the posters offered great advice, I just wanted to add that if your dr isn't Interested in helping you please find one who will. The are out there.

Every once in a while the body just stalls and you have to find all your motivation and wait it out. I would trick it and eat a little more than normal for a day and then up the water the Next day and resume my 1000 calories ... It worked every time to get the scale moving.

I am post menopausal and I didn't exercise much so I have hanging skin. I just spent a week on vacay in the caribbean and I would get out of the Water and my thighs resembled a sharpei dog..my boobs needed duct tape so they wouldnt sag below the suit and my belly button frowns .. But... I wore a bikini...size 8 thank you very much and I looked wonderful in all my new clothes and I just have to decide if I want to take that drastic surgery step. Can I live without it? Absolutely. Do I want to not have bat wings and sharpei thighs.... It would be nice. So I am going to go for a consultation and get th info I need to make a rational decision.

That's is fabulous!! Congrats

I don't understand your situation but if it were me I would track my calories and eat a specific number...mi e was 1000 every day and you will lose weight until the band starts doing its job. Good luck

I had a ball...in spite of the hurricane which left 2/3 of the island of jamaica with out water and power but the resort had provisions and a generator so once the weather cleared it was fine... Unless you left the confines of the resort of course...

Congrats on your find.... Glad it works for you.... I allow myself 1/4 c starch each meal so I will stick to the real thing.

Thanks ladies....

. I can relate totally. When I started this journey my measurements were 44/42/77. Size 4x on the bottom.I am now 34/28/37. Size medium or 8/10 on bottom now. Evidentially I am not as much of a pear as I thought I was. But I still have fat thighs...actually now it's just flabby skin, knees and ankles. It's horrible to have come this way and still deal with it... But I am going to make a conscience effort to exercise and see if that will tighten it up a bit. You are exercising during your journey which I did not so I bet you will not have all the flab. Keep doing what you are doing! I live in a warm climate so winters weren't an issue but I did where lots of leggings and tunics last winter which a forgiving to heavy bottom gals.

I think the first thing to address is Why have you gained 50 lbs back in a year? Your father while seemingly being critical may be just worried about you and doesn't know how to express himself. Maybe sit down and talk to him about his concerns and the. Have a conversation with. Your self and your dr about your gain. Bst of luck to get back on track.

I averaged 10 lbs a month. My dr didn't think it was too fast.

Tuna, scrambled eggs, applesauce, cottage cheese, yogurt are all good choices that aren't startch. I made sure not to eat more than a 1/4 c of startch at any meal.

I would make sure to ask the dr ... I was on 1000 calories a day but that number may not work for you.

YOur skin may sag no matter what you do.... The loss May slow down once you start on food more than likely.

That might be a lofty goal... You want to weigh 100 lbs? I was 377. At one year I had Lost about 130 lbs. I am 23 months out from my preop diet and have lost 211 lbs. I am 6 or 16 lbs from goal depending on how I feel when I get there. I am 5'9".

Iget the message in the post.....but I am a lot more beautiful since I got to know my scale..... Just saying.

Mine was 10k in Tampa but then the hospital offered a reduction if i PAid it early so it ended up at $7250. It was worth every penny. And would have been even if Ended up paying the 10k....but that's just my opinion

I had it....I don't have it anymore. I never though I woul lose it....but it's a thing of the past in my case

I was allowed the sugar free Popsicles ...not the fat free ones,