jbean911

i didnt take it as you were being too harsh! you are right, they went to school for a reason. she isnt new to the lap band. they have been doing it here for 10 years i believe. so i'm sure she knows what she is saying! thanks for your input!

thanks again people for helping me. i have been and will continue listening to the professionals on what i should do, i guess maybe the more fills i get i will be eating less calories. i'm just kinda bummed because i was told by the surgeon that the average loss is 30 lbs the first month and i have only lost 12. BUT i wont let it get me down! afterall everyone is different! for only being the first day of being a memeber, i am sure glad people like all of you take time to help us who are not so sure of what we are doing! thanks again, i truely appreciate it!

thanks for the feed back people! my dietician told me she wanted me on 1200 calories a day. i was eating only 900 and she said my body isnt loseing because its in "starvation mode" i dont know. before she told me that i was barely getting to 900 calories. my band holds 9cc, and my first fill was 1cc. i dont get another fill for 2 more weeks. i get 3-4 oz of protien every meal, but she said if i work out and burn 350 calories that i should eat those calories too. i dont know if she is wrong, or if there is a method to her madness?! frusterdated!

Although I am new to the lap band, I am not new to working out. I have been a gym member for over 3 years. That being said let me tell you that i go through spurts. When I go I feel awesome! But when I get discouraged I don't. When i first became a gym member i was going everyday only missing one or two days a week. I lost about 20 lbs that time. When i couldnt lose more i became discouraged and stopped going. i have always been heavy. but i have always been active as well. after a lot of tests the dr's found no reason why i couldnt/wouldnt lose weight. thus is why they thought i would be a good lap band canidate. at first i thought i was going to die. i felt like maybe i had made a big mistake. i hurt all over. i had never had any sort of surgery before and didnt know how i was suposed to feel. now that i am 5 weeks out i dont even notice its there anymore. i am now back into the swing of working out again. not makeing goals but achieveing them all the same. like yesterday i was on the "arc trainer" and i have been going for 35-45 mins burning the around 300-350 calories. yesterday i was able to stay on for a full hour and burned 473 calories. i felt awesome! i love the feeling a person gets after a good workout. it wasnt always this way though. i started a month before the surgery and was walking the treadmill for 20 mins. i got myself up to the arc trainer before surgery but topped out at 20 mins. after the surgery i was doing 15 mins but now have worked up to doing 35-45 on average. i try to burn atleast 350 calories, hopeing each time to do it in less time. so after all this rambleing i'm doing what im trying to convey is dont give up! its hard, i know! and also be willing to try something different. i would have never tryed the arc trainer if it wasnt for the curiosity of how something worked. i have bad knees from being over weight my entire life. the eliptical hurts my knees. the arc trainer is the next best thing to the eliptical. I LOVE IT.

I am new to this site and new to the lap band. I am almost 5 weeks post op, and I have had a fill. My first fill was only 1cc. (i'm not sure if that was common or not.) What i am a little worried about is, if I am eating 1000-1200 calories a day and working out, burning 350-470 calories a day, why am i not moving at all in weight? am I doing something wrong? I know i am getting enough protein, and enough water. Maybe i am expecting too much too fast. If anyone has any ideas as to what i may be doing wrong, please let me know! Any help would be good help! thanks