Terry Poperszky

After getting banded I decided to invent a "Butt Muffler" and I am looking for investors if you are interested

Understood. I really tried to clear my preconceptions and look at everything as though I was seeing it for the first time. I had been dieting so long, that many of the things that I "Knew" simply needed to be discovered again.

At two weeks post op you are still healing, don't worry about the rules that you will follow in a month or so as much yet. Besides everyone one of us are different. I still can't eat a cup, and to get the proper amount of calories in, my NUT told me to do 4 - 1/2 cup meals a day, as well as a couple of snacks. I count calories and my target is 1300-1400 a day.

Congrats on the weight loss, Good Job! Your problem here is not your band, it is your mind. "You wanted more because it was very good" The amount that you mentioned would have been just about right for me, but your mind/emotions took over. Slider foods, by the time these hit your band they might as well be liquid.

This is a danger signal. For the vast majority of us, the band will not force us to do anything, we can eat past the band if we chose to. For me, the band allows me to feel less physical hunger and be satiated with less food. It does not affect the head hunger (emotional eating, bored eating, etc.) at all. I still pace in the evenings as I fight the urge to shove things in my mouth to fulfill a emotional need rather than a physical one. Not telling you what to do, just telling you like it is...

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The thing that resonated with my personal experience was the reduce calories to lose, exercise to maintain. Yes there has to be a balance, but like most things in life I don't approach my exercise with moderation and it really throws my weight loss for a loop. First off, I put on muscle really fast, secondly my appetite skyrockets and I have a much harder time eating a low calorie regime.

Sorry, I don't like Hockey, so March Madness is of no interest to me.

From my experience this early in the journey a week or two stall is totally normal. Just keep following the rules and ignore the scale for awhile.

Like I said, almost twice your age which means I have probably failed at twice as many diets as you This can be different, all you have to do is remember that the band is a tool, it is not your master. If you want something that will help you succeed where you have failed in the past, you are in the right place. If you are looking for something that will force you to succeed and force you to not break the rules, then let me know when you find it.

Jennifer, personal experience for me is that when I exercise a lot, my weight loss stops or slows dramatically. You are building muscle (Looser clothes), retaining Water for muscle repair. I had to skip my spin classes last week and dropped 5 pounds in a couple of days, where I had been stalled the week before. Starting spin back up today, I expect to see a scale increase tomorrow.

To be blunt, the problem is not with your band, or your exercise, the problem is with your expectations. Both your Dr. and your Nut are fine with your progress, and it is repeated over and over on LBT that the first 6 weeks is for healing. One of the hardest things for any of us is our minds/expectations are our worst enemy. Listen to the people with the experience, your Dr. and NUT will let you know when you aren't where you need to be and set you expectations on a 1-2 year journey. That was something my Dr. kept repeating over and over and over and over. This is our journey, one foot in front of the other.

We can't answer that for you. All I can tell you is this is one of the better decisions I have made in my life. I am almost twice your age and I will tell you right now, going through most of your life being morbidly obese is not the way to live life.

This sounds marvelous.

2 months here, down 40 odd pounds. I chose LB because like the others I couldn't justify hacking away 3/4 of my stomach or rerouting my intestines. Besides, all WLS has the possibility of complications, but the LB has by far the lowest incident. Do your research, make your own choice. I just wish I had done this earlier.

My Dr. said no. If that that is what it takes to be successful with the tool, it is a small price to pay.

2 week schedule here. The nurse decides what she will give me, so far I haven't found a reason not to listen to her.

Every Dr. seems to have his own ideas, didn't yours give you some type of info packet?

Your Dr's advice may vary, but mine has not problem with it. I usually have 1 or 2 ounces of alcohol in the evening. Currently my drink of choice is Irish Whiskey on he rocks, although once in a while I will make a margarita. Remember, alcohol is a liquid calorie, make sure to count them.

You can add other body parts in MFP. Great Job.

11K, outpatient from a surgical center. 1 year of fills.

First off, make sure you are drinking enough. Dehydration can make you lightheaded. Secondly, are you pulling in enough calories? I found that during my stage 1 period, I would feel fine, until I exerted myself in the lest, at which time, I would become light headed and shaky. But I was having a hard time getting 500 calories a day in, and my body just wouldn't handle that.

You will be fine. Welcome to the Journey

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