Tabithan

Occassionally, I run across a few posts from people like me who have failed their bands. But these posts are usually just a venting opportunity. I have failed my band - I acknowledge it - and it would be great if we could have a group of other "failures" who want to work together to become success stories. MY STORY I was banded in March of 2007. At the time I was 299 lbs. I am a 6ft tall lady. Today, I weigh 255, and basically just as big as I was when I got my band. I have got numerous fills and I usually eat through my fiils. I can eat whatever I want. I overeat and I am confident that I have caused my stomach to expand. I snack on candy, I eat the wrong foods - I eat until I am STUFFED. Sometimes when I overeat, I feel sick and gag to relieve the pressure. I moved to Houston 4 months ago, and last week, I went in for a port-readjustment with Dr Alanis. It went well and I now have a new resolve to make it work. My doctor mentioned to me that about 40% of all bandsters fail. I do not want to be a failure. I have paid too much money to go through this. MY GOAL FOR DECEMBER To write everything I eat down, including calories To stay within 1500 Calories. What's your story? What's your goal? How can I support you? How can we support each other? Misery loves company, and company can help us move from failure to success. Please join me by telling me your story, and your GOAL for December. Let's vent - but more importantly, let's talk about strategies to make this work - let's share and support each other - Let's turn this from failure to success. I REFUSE TO BE A FAILURE

Hi everyone - It's Tabitha here. I started this thread over 2 years ago, and just when I was much closer to my goal, I quit coming here because life happens. Needless to say, I am back, because I need to recommit. There is good news, however. The past two years I saw many challenges with regards to my weight. I actually went back up to 274lbs. The good news is that today, I sit at 244lbs. Only 10lbs heavier than where I was at my lowest, when I last posted here, and also 55lbs lighter than my surgery weight. Given that, I have to admit that while a part of me still feels like a failure, I am happy that I have been able to somewhat maintain or control. Every year since starting this thread, I have become a year older weighing less than I did the year before. I take pride in that. But there is still a lot of work to do. I need to get to my elusive goal. I figure that even if I lose 20lbs while on here, then it will be 10 lbs lower than i remember being a long time ago, and if i can maintain that for another 2 years, I would be so proud. so here I am ladies & gents - Back on track. What I will do differently is this: a) I hope to make a close accountability partner on here, who ultimately can exchange phone #'s with. I hope that when I stop appearing on here, which is the #1 sign I am slipping, they can call me and have me come back and post. This accountability will help me stay on track. I will do the same for them. I know it will take a few months of messages and slowly building trust, but like alcoholics, I hope i can get a lapband sponsor/accountability partner. :smile: This time, I will work out. I have worked out 5 days int he past 7 days. I have found out that waking up in the AM makes it doable. I always have excuses in the PM. c) I will make short term goals. My goal for the next one week is to work out 4 days. Will you do this with me? Can we do it?? I say that WE CAN and WE WILL~! Let's be each other's accountability partners. I look forward to breaking barriers with you and achieving out ultimate goals, together. Here's to success!!!

I would love to join!! I have added taken the very last posted and added my stuff in, using starting weight as what i weight on 1/1. Good luck challengers!!! :-) Name***********Starting****Current******Goal******ToGo Astrasmom.............254...............254...........170..............84 Babe......................265...............265...........199.... .........66 Band_Groupie........172.5...........169.5..........158..............11 .5 BetsyB..................226.6.............226.6.........109...... .......117.6 BobbieND..............224...............224.............175..... ........49 Brigette.................198...............198.............150.... ........48 crzytchr.................217...............217..............180.... ... ....37 DANA36.................233...............233..............160...... .....73 destined4thinness...215.5.............215.5..........150.............6 5.5 ericanda1973..........198.5............198.5...........130......... ...68.5 HummingBird..........204...............202..............150........ ....52 jenibeni.................224...............224..............165....... .......59 Jennih...................232................232..............130.... .......102 KDEE....................240................240...............150...... ......90 Lisa65...................174.5............174.5.............145..... ......29.5 lotzasunshine.........247...............246.2.............175........ ...71.2 newdicarlo.............187...............187................135...... . ...52 ol55andahalf........184.................184................144........ .....40 RandaPanda...........194...............191................150........ ....41 scoutmama............270................270...............180........ ....90 SNDYCNRD.............207...............207................140......... ...67 TARASGIRL.............305...............302................225........ ....77 TeriLu....................215...............215................150.. .... ......65 TIGGER71G.............224...............224................130....... ......94 Tabithan.............244...............234................190....... ......44

Our bodies crave what we eat. for me - it is salt - tortilla chips and salsa to be exact. For me, moderation doesnt work, and I just have to STOP eating the chips and salsa. Question - are there healthy alternatives that can give you the sweet taste? Like Yogurt, or some sugar free candy, or some sweet apples or grapes or other fruits? that might be something to try, to get you to wean yourself off the sugar... :thumbup:

Welcome Becca!!! I'm glad you found us and are chosing to recommitt. We can do this!! Those are great goals and you seem to be right on track. Please keep posting and we will all ensure that we are successful. Are you weighing/measuring your food and counting calories, or are you doing something different for your meal plan?

Hi Krysti, I completely empathize and understand your situation. You have NO IDEA how much!!!! FOr a week through this past sunday, I was stressed at work. With the stress, I started buying food to eat and I always bought HUGE amounts of food. I would go to Wendys and buy the spicy chicken sandwich means wiht medium fries and ranch dipping sauce. And that sandwich is HUGE. I would eat it until I feel sick - wait a little bit, then eat more. And later on, I hated myself for doing it. On saturday I went to chillis and bought a rib dinner for lunch. They are HUGE - a whole huge rack, fries and corn on the cop. To top it off, I also bought the molten cake. I came home and I ate the dinner...dont ask me how i stacked it in when usually 1.5 cups of food gets me FULL - then about 30 minutes later I ate the molten cake. Yes, dont ask. Those are just TWO examples. So I feel your pain. How was I able to get back on track as of saturday? I stocked up on Progresso soups and decided to go back on my liquids. I wasnt able to do liquids all day but I did liquids until dinner time. Then at dinner i ate really really soft runny food that was in a frozen dinner. That helped me keep it soft. I did that for 3 days and now I have regarined my control and lost the weight I had gained the week before. So instead of striving for a full day of liquids, how about trying to be on liquids through dinner, and planning your dinner so you do not "make it up" and go crazy??? It has been a few days since you posted. Let us know how you did and let us know 3 specific goals you want to work on this week. Slow and steady......we can do this!!!!!

WELCOME BACK Bayougirl!!! We missed you!!! So sorry to hear about the slipped band but excited that it fixed itself and you are back on track. Wuhuuuuuuuuuuuu. So it has been 8 days since you posted. How are you doing this week??? :thumbup: What are your specific goals for February??

I love that idea as well. Thanks Kaelin's G Ma - I will definitely try it!!!!!111

Arggghhhhh - You have no idea what WORDS I want to use right now!! argghhhhh. On another note - How are you doing? any word on your date?? I'm so excited for you Music!!!

Aquameliza, You've made great progress just with the realizations you made, and I am confident that if you continue on this track, you will begin to see the kind of results you want to - and feel better too. Please let us know what we can do to support you. How are the weight watchers meetings going, and what are your goals for the month February??

Hi TThomp - Glad you have decided to recommitt to your band. You can do this!!!! And take heart!! You lost 62 lbs (which is impressive) and only regained 15, not 75 as in the pre-band days!!! :cool: So at least the band is good for something, right? What are your specific goals for the month of February?

It's wonderful that you have chosen to recommitt, TTHOMP!!!! What are your specific goals for the month of February??? And please, be proud of the 62 lbs - and at least you only gianed back 15, instead of 80 as in the pre-band days!!! :cool: So the band has bene good for something!!!

This is SO WONDERFUL Nashville - how are you doing now on the working out and eating? How about the acide reflux - better now??

Hi Hilary, These are great goals and my heart is with you. How are you doing so far?? I can connect with practically everything you say - the crazing salty Snacks - my weakness is tortilla chips and salsa from chipotle - yeah, dont ask. And i cant have just one. For me, I jusr have to STOP eating them - just STOP. Moderation with them does not work for me. And after a few days of stopping, the taste goes away. The other day I went to chipotle to get chips and salsa (handnt had it in about a month) and it was just not as appealing. I am with you as well on the eating then eating right after. I finally accepted that I dont like salad and have stopped trying to eat that - because inevitably, I want to eat something after. i eat rice and ground beef, sphaghetti, sandwiches, frozen dinners when i dont feel like cooking, etc. Real food - and when I do this, I find it helps with my satiety. how is your restriction? How many cups of food can you eat per sitting? are you getting enough mprotein in??

Hi Scarlett - How are you??? any restriction yet? Crossing my fingers for you!!!

WELCOME BACK Kaelin's G-Ma. I'm sorry to hear about the stress with your daughter and I am sending warm wishes your way. Hope everything works out. Onm another note - congrats on the weight loss. Now - get back on track!!!

Hi Everyone, Today, I weight in at 236.6. I am at practically 2 months since the beginning of this thread and the beginning of the recommittment journey. 19lbs down and that literally brought tears to my eyes when I did the comparison. Two months ago, I was on plateau/upward movement zone - thinking my band doesnt work and I was such a failure. In the last two months, I have had NUMEROUS "failures" but my successes were greater - maybe 75% of the time right. This just shows me that it takes doing the right thing MOST of the time to get the weight falling off again. My two year bandiversary is in March and I hope to be able to proudly shout that yes, I am a bandstar - and it may have taken me a little while to get it right, but I finally did!!! Let's keep it going, fellow bandstars. My Goals for February: a) Start working out- I really need to - 3 times a week Eat healthy - 1500 calories a day. c) drink 64 oz of Water daily d) Post on LBT at least 4 times a week - I have struggled with this in January e) Dont let stress from work force you to eat. Find other sources of release other than food. WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone, How are you??? I have been MIA for a couple of weeks. I feel like a part of me was missing!!! Really missed you all. Thanks Cryzytchr for drawing me out. The last week was miserable for me with work. Really intense pressure and expectations. I was literally working from 5AM to 11PM daily. Of course, my food choices were HORRIBLE. Needless to say, I got SIck - tonosolitis - and my doctor indicated that many times, stress will do this to you. So now, I cant eat as it hurts, but at least it is forcing me to rest. i see we have a few newbies. Havent really read through everything yet. WELCOME - we love having yoi. I gained 5lbs in the past week but lost 3.2lbs overnight (crazy body.) Now that I am a litlte unwell, I am on Soups so that might be helping. I hope you are all well - thanks for the motivating posts, and I will be back more regularly. Congratulations to all on their successes as well. Talk to you soon!!!

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My band is CRAZY!!! When I watch everything to the T and eat 1000 calories I do not lose weight. When I go CRAZY and eat around 1400 I lose weight. Yesterday was my going crazy day, I ate around 1400 calories and today I woke up having lost the 0.8lbs that I had gained that refused to badge the last week. Hmmmmmm. This has been a pattern for me. My conclusion is that I am eating way too few calories. I will up my calories to 1400 and see what happens. I see we have some new members. I'm excited to read everyone's story but at work now. Thanks for joining us!! Will read thoroughly and respond later. Hope you all have a BANDALICIOUS day!!!!!!!!!:yikes:

Hi White06!!!!! Hope you are doing well. Just wanted to check in and see if you were able to get back on track, after the few bad meals. Rooting for you. Let us know!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything is out of WAK today. I cant stop grazing - literally all day despite a feeling of satiety. I have not drank my Water and all I can think of is food. I have eaten solids with liquids - very very wierd day.I have already eaten 947 calories and it is ONLY 4:30PM. I have the whole night to go!!! Well, I need to refocus and i will not beat myself up for today. today, I will let myself do what I need to do. But as a makeup, I will go and sign up at the gym and start doing something regularly tomorrow. I think that is what I need to refocus because FOCUS is really what I need. PHEW - I already feel MUCH better. Will be back to track tomorrow, I can tell. Just needed to put this out there so that I have ONE bad day and not 6 bad days!!!! Hope you are well. How is everyone doing on their goals???? I keep having to remind myself that doing this band thing right 80% of the time is way better than 100% of eating badly on my pre-band days!!!

I always make sure I get a minimum of 60 gms of protein. But I am not doing low carb, however. Perhaps your protein intake is higher when you are on a low carb plan? Have you tried Protein shakes from GNC? they have some good pure protein like Isopure that is expensive but is PURE protein without the high carbs.

Yayyyyyyyyy on the restriction!! cant wait to see the lbs start to fall off. Whooo whooooop!!!!!! I gained 0.8lbs but I have been taking nyquil so i think my body is retaining Water, since I havent been eating but around 1300 calories. Cross your fingers for my loss!! :tt2:

Hi White, You have done SO WELL the past few weeks, that this small stumble will not stop you on your tracks. We are going to fall so many times - the secret is how soon we pick ourselves up. If we do this right 80% of the time, we will be successful. Good job on coming back here and posting the good, the bad and the UGLY and getting back on your feet. With the recent challenges in mind, what are your daily goals for the rest of January? Please continue posting, especially when things are not going so well. This way, you can get right back when you stumble. Believe me, I have been where you are, many many times. So I know you can do it!!!!!!!!