lonorth41

Hi, everyone. I need some help. I was banded in June of 2006 in Mexico. Due to the fact that I went out of country, no doctor would see me for after care in the United States. I have never received any support and I have read a few books on Lap Bands. I had paid out of pocket for my fills and went to a doctor in Olympia, WA. I have never successfully lost weight with the lap band. I tend to eat "around it" and of course that makes you gain weight. I recently got a doctor to take me on as a patient last year. I still don't receive the support I am looking for and the help I desire. I have had 6 fills and have never achieved my "sweet spot". I had been over filled for over a 1 1/2 and couldn't eat much of anything that was healthy for me and was always pb'ing. The new doctor that took me as a patient did all the appropriate tests (flueroscopy) and checked to make sure that I didn't have any slippange, herniea, etc... He found my band and stomach to be fine and doing good, under the circumstances. So he unfilled me for a month and then re-filled me and now I can eat almost anything. That was a year ago. I would like someone to be a mentor and give me some advice/help/suggestions on being banded. I know this is a tool, and I have thought of it as that, but... I don't feel the tool helps me in making me feel full. I have an unhealthy relationship with food as I'm sure most of us here do. I so desparately want to know what it is like to feel that "sweet spot" and to have some success with my lap band. I would like to have some ideas on what other peoples typical day of eating is like. Any help you can offer would great! Thank you in advance. Lo:confused:

Wow! This was the thread I was looking for. All of you that are struggling sounds just like me. I was banded in June of 2006. I have not done well at all. I have had a total of 6 fills and 1 unfill. Right now I'm at a fill that allows me to eat almost anything. I have yet to experience the sweet spot feeling. I have had restriction to the point of pb'ing every meal. But to me that is not a sweet spot. I have a love/hate affair with food. I have sought counseling and personally, thought it was a crock. Months of going I still don't know why I eat the way I do. I'm not saying it's a bad thing to go to counselling, I'm just saying it wasn't for me at the time. I would love to keep this thread going because I think it will help me to relate to people who have struggled as much as I have. Thanks for all your comments. It's made me feel that I am definitely not alone in my journey to be healther Lolita

Hi, everyone. I need some help or mentoring. I was banded on June 2, 2006. I have not lost that much weight in over 9 months. I have only lost 12 pounds. I have had 5 fills. I would like someone to mentor me and help me lose this darn weight. I have figured a way to eat around the band. I'm would love to see threads that post menus of what people are eating for the day/week. I do have restriction, but I just eat the things that I shouldn't because I'm hungry. I need to feel full and I haven't ever gotten to that point. I'm very frustrated and maybe need to look at this in a different light. Can any one help me? Thank you, LoAnne