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I have never tried the isopure - and now until I get my next fill (have to go back to post op diet for 3 days each stage) i rarely do protein drinks - but will ck it out next time i go - which will be 7/31 - I think I could use like .01 - but we will see. Gotta follow your doc's orders - It would make more sense if we all had the same orders :thumbup: Yep not chugging water is hard - when you can you know you need a fill - well at least for me ... Disclaimer - Gang - I am not a doctor - so never go against your doc's order and I am no expert in the field of banding - I am just a x-fat chick (mentally I am still a fat chick :tongue2:) telling you all how I did it (got to goal):thumbup::lol::lol::lol::tt2::lol::lol::tt2::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Socaldixiegal I am at my sweet spot and i still get hungry - for me the band doesn't take away all of my hunger - it stops me from eating more (I can't eat a whole taco- usually about 1/2 to 3/4 with a couple bite of Beans and some chip) - I will eat dinner be phyically full but still want to eat - Our brains are the root of our issues with food not our stomach. I am happy that you have come to the realization that it is all about your choices - that's half the battle Best wishes to you to get to your goal.. You can do it if you do the work. Hugs Janet

XXbegone I thought the article was interesting - Yep we all have our triggers - for me it's being tired - I would love to come home on a Friday nite and pig out - Sat & Sunday too - wel hell every day ate too much but more so on the weekends. I'm glad you had a good day yesterday and that today is going to be great too. Yep the secert is to keep those boot straps really tight - don't let them lag - cuz then your will power will lag... Good Job :thumbup: Way to go....:thumbup:

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Karri I agree this will be a battle for our entire lives.. No I am not throwing ck sauages or anything else - I am just very aware of my thinking :thumbup:- I will not really be hungry but want to eat - this is what I really hate :thumbup:- I have been tired and just like you it's a big food trigger.:laugh: Popcorn is my life saver - but I will tell you - I WILL NOT BUY JUNK TO HAVE IN THE HOUSE... For me it's about the avoidance I am getting a little concerned - going out of town next weekend - I won't be controling what I eat to the degree that i do now and also my vegas weekend is comming up - But I think that I am so aware of all these issues - it will help me make good choice and make sure I get my exercise in... Yep together we will get there..

I am doing pretty good today. I slept light but long last night, from about 930 to 8am. I woke up a lot, but was glad to get some rest. And am taking it very easy today. Struggling a little with the drinking and Protein today. It's hard to get so much protein in, one oz. at a time. The pain is very manageable, a lot less than I thought there'd be!! Thanks for your encouragement and advice! Why one oz at a time?? I know every doc's instructions are diff - I didn't have that limit - I would make a shake in the morning most likely drank 1/2 to 3/4 - Soup for lunch and dinner - I had some clear Protein drinks that I added to my Water that gave me 15 grms of pt. Just take it easy - also please don't eliminate all fats from your diets - we are thinking that it may be the reason for the hair loss - I haven't lost any but I didn't elimnate all fats - healthy ones now and 1/16 of what i use to eat - I was a Paula Dean & Emril put together - butter & pork fat rules were my motto - Now it's I can't beleive it's not butter spray - olive oils - nuts etc - but I do still have some fats. EVERYONE HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE CLEAR PROTEIN IT'S GOOD - I LIKE PEACH MANGO - GRAPE - HAVENT TRIED THE PINAPPLE YET BUT SOUNDS GOOD. Bari Wise Bariatric Health & Diet Protein Fruit Drinks

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Good Morning Gang... TGIF !!!! Well I am having a problem sort of - I am still in control but that old mentality is creeping in a little - I am stopping it but am afraid of it. It's that well now you lost the weight - so you can eat again - No I can't that's how I got fat in the 1st place - I have been fighting the urge to eat more morning noon and night - I have restriction - maybe could use .01 added - but am thinking about food too much... I think I am going to go to they gym tonite - I ususaly just go M T W & Sat morning - but think I need to kick it up if I want to get these last 3 lbs gone... Ok gotta get to work - just want to let you all know that I am not invincable and still very scard - but this has always been my fear - where will I be in 5 yrs.... I know stay in the moment and don't look down the road for problems :thumbup: sometimes easier said than done:crying:

I am a ww girl - I agree with you 100% You doc is right - and I have lost it pretty fast but I am very ridge about what I eat - I keep a food diary and I usually don't go over 1000 - 1100 calories a day and I exercise now 4 days a week - It use to be 5 in the beginning.. It's also about your motabolizm too - I guess mine isnt that screwed up so I am lucky Just keep plugging away and it will come off..

Jill - you don't have to worry about "I am not looking for a good weight scale--any suggestions." I knew what you meant - sometimes our finger just type hear instead of here - I am a speed reader so I don't read word for word - I am also not the worlds best speller or grammar persons so ladies don't worry about that crap here ok .. Yes I have tried the special k stuff - it's good - didn't I give you all the link to baratric choice - they have a great clear protein liquid to add to your water 70 calories 15 grns protein. I will post it later cuz I gotta get some work done - so this is sorta quick reply :thumbup: I am so happy that you are getting prepared - and are getting the tools that will help you be a success story... I really believe in all these tools and it takes more than just the band to be successful.. OK - I gotta call - I will ck back later (cbl) Oh ya about a scale - I just got one from target - metero something I think ck them out before you buy - cuz once I got one that was 10 lbs heavier than mine and mine is 4 lighter than my doc's so I took it back.:laugh:

Alice - Sorry that you gotta leave your family - That has to be hard - but here is one bright spot - you will be only cooking for you during the week - you can stock your kitchen with only healthy food and you will be preparing meals just for you. 1st - As I think I have said before (I talk so much I forget what I have said and not said) Keep track of your calories - we way underestimate the calorie content of what we eat.. Your Chicken & Broccoli Quiche was 872 calories for the entire meal so that's 436 for half (33.3 grms of fat) Calories in a whole wheat wrap 170 + tuna 3 oz 80c + lite mayo 40 for 1 tbsp that's 290 It's not hard to count your calories - you gotta start reading labels - it just takes work - I highly suggest that you start logging your calories - I think you are highly underestimating what you are eat - go to dailyplate.com or fitday.com - sign up and start logging your foods. Before you go out an eat google we will say Ruby Tuesday - ck out the nutritional values before you eat (this works for 99% of eating out places) Planning - preparing - will power - disciplined - even with the band these are the things that you have to do.. Nights are hard for me too (infact most of us have this problem) So this is how I deal with it - I am allowed 2 Snacks (healthy) I save budget these calories for nights - I eat 100 cal snack pack popcorn & a healthy choice sf fudge-cycle or a dannon lite fit yogurt or sf pudding. I will eat and be full - but still want to eat - it's that whole thing one is not enough and 10 is too many. You just gotta work it - you just gotta find things to distract you when you have the urge to eat - get on the computer come here to LBT - go clean out a drawer - clean the bathroom- go for a walk - just do something to take your mind off food. Get some dumbbells and work your arms while watching t.v. - get a hobby - painting - knitting - sewing - go to the craft store and try something like decoupage Also, Exercise - you gotta do it !!! Hey Donna - Welcome !!!! Congrats on the weight loss you are doing good 13.5 average per month outstanding. For me the band doesn't take away your hunger 100% - I think that it is advertised to do this is wrong - yes it lessens it some and when properly restricted you are full on less food - but as to taking away your hunger all together - nope not for me.. Take the word cheat out - and replace it with treats - I eat healthy 98% of the time and allow for treats 2% of the time - and these treats are within my calorie budget for the day. This is a lifetime lifestyle change - it's not a diet (which I gotta tell you is still hard for me to grasp at times since I have lost 99.7% of my excess weight- I now think well you have lost the weight you can relax some - no I can't cuz if I do - slowly pound by pound the weight will return) I asked a Friend here at work how she maintains her weight (always has been thin) she said that if she has put on 5 lbs that she wants to lose that she write down what she eats and the calories No matter how hard we want to deny this fact - it's all about calories in vs calories out - this is for losing weight & maintaining it too. I know that alot of pple say I didn't get banded to count calories but in all reality we need to learn about them - they say they just want to eat in smaller portions - but for this to work we have to learn what is a portion size - how many calories are in things - We get banded to be healthier and to be healthier we need healthy foods 98% of the time not the same old high fat high sugar foods we use to eat. OK - I am all about the calories today and the importance of keeping a food diary as a learning tool .. I gotta get to work - so I will ck back later... Good food choices - Drink your Water and a little hunger isn't going to kill you but surely the fat will. :thumbup:

denise prayer - Good Thoughts - Love & Hugs All For You Today For The Nerves - Tomorrow For The Nerves - Safe Surgery And Speedy Recovery.. xoxox janet

Alice Congrats on 25.5 in 2 months that's great!!! You are asking me to remember 9 months back - :wink2: You know how hard that is I got my 1st fill 6 weeks out September - felt itfor about 2 weeks then went back in October and got my second - and that one was good - but even though I am at my sweet spot fior me mentally I have always needed to eat more than 1/4 or 1/2 cup per meal - I average 1 cup for lunch and 1 to maybe 1.5 for dinner I just chose my calories wisely - I budget them for the most satisfying foods and most nurtirional - I eat low fat and sugar free (mostly) and limited carbs. I follow a weight watcher eating plan - I weight & measure my food. I think the 1400 is a bit high - I tried to never go over 1200. When I am extra hungry I eat extra veggies - how much are you consuming at one sitting... Can you go back for another fill..

Port site will still bug me every now and then even now - You are still healing - talk to your doc on monday...

Jason - LBT is the greatest IMHO - I have learned so much from reading others stories - this is why I am always saying only a fat person really understand what's in another fat persons head - a skinny person couldn't relate. This is a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating and thinking (I think that's the 1 miillionth time of saying that ) The band is a great tool to help you with the changes that need to be done - it gives you more control to be able to eat less - Just having major surgery is enough to get you thinking - You want this to end now and forever (being overweight) If you do the work - it will work for you.. Good Luck on your Journey 20 lbs in 4 weeks is great - Yes it's hard not to give into head hunger but even with proper restriction it's still hard - I still fight with myself on occaission not to buy that candy bar - or eat that piece of cake..

CONGRATULATIONS KARRI - HOW AWESOME - PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS AND ADVERTISMENT - SO HAPPY FOR YOU 145 - NORMAL BMI - YEA !!!! ' I think it's great that you have a normal bmi - and yes your goal it to keep your weight stable.. Have fun at your carnival !!!

Nursienicole Good to hear - Having proper restriction does help tons... I think we all need to bp or slime so that we know what it is :0) gotta have the experience once :0) XXBGone I am glad you are pulling up those boot straps :laugh: You have 97 lbs gone you can get the rest off - I understand being complacine and the eating at 14/12 size - oh great I am here where I wanted to be so now I can eat again - WRONG :confused: eating again will make you fat again :thumbup: That's why diet's don't work - you go off them and gain all your weight back.. One meal - one day at a time - You can do this - I love the passage...

My starting bmi was 42 - I have lost 2 lbs in a week but not often - usually .5 - 1 - 1.5 - 2. - 2.5 - 3. - no rythme or reason - I don't work out as much as you - I would walk on treadmil 4-5 times a week Are you weighing and measuring your food??? Do you keep a food diary and you sure you aren't having a bite here or there - any liquid calories As I said you may need to eat more & or vary your calories or maybe cut a little exercise- I was gun-ho on exercise in the beginning - but was afarid of burning myself out (5 to 6 days a week)- so slowed down a bit. I still exercise 4 times a week and am still losing - but I quit making it so hard that I hated doing it. As to why some lose faster than others - is just like we weigh the same amount - but can wear diff sizes and look completely diff in our respective weights - Who knows.... you can't worry why I can do it and you can't you just gotta work on what you can control and that's you... Keep up the good work - It will come

Happy Anniversary !!!! :thumbup: Congratulations !!!! Good Job !! :confused:

Yep you are a blast to hang with - a great motivator - great caring person and my idol :thumbup: You are proof that we can succeed with the right mindset... xoxox

You are doing good 4 lbs - that's 1 lbs a week - 3 inches good You may try to vary your calories some - I will eat like 900 one day and 1100 the next - so on so forth.. You may need to increase your calories some too for all the exercise - I don't see any veggies or any carbs (healthy) - you do need these things in your diet too We all lose weight diff - some weeks I will lose .5 then next week 2.5 etc I know pple who won't lose for a week or 2 then drop 5 lbs. They say that banders should expect to lose 1 to 2 lbs a week - so you are on track with the 1 lbs a week - it didn't get there over night it's not going away over night - patiences :confused:

Yep - I wash mine everyday - fine hair - gel - hairspray - and I am at the gym 4 Monday thru Wed and again on Saturdays (my head sweats like a pig) - mine's colored - hair dryer and curling Iron - no hair loss and I do attribute to the fat issue..