YoungNy

I am going! I live 2 hours from NYC. I'll take the train and stay. I'll find the money somewhere because I really NEED to be there!

I need help with my diet. I have no idea what I'm suppose to be eating. I'm not losing any weight. I lost 8.3 pounds last month by living off of slim fast, soups, tuna, yogurt, pudding and TV dinners. I tried to do the same this month and I gained a pound. I don't get it. I'm really starting to lose faith in my band. I have great restriction, almost too much I think. I have 8.5 cc in my 10 cc band. I go back to the doctors on the 19th and will talk to him about this then, but until then, someone please help me.

So yesterday was my 2 month bandiversary and last month was quite difficult for me. I started anew at the beginning of this month and am doing much better. I've already lost a few pounds. I got my second fill on the 30th and was hoping it would do something for me because I previously had no restriction at all. Well, last night I went to Boston Market and got a chicken dinner with mac and chesse, sweet potatos and cornbread. I was able to eat about half of it and I felt sick I was so full. I went and stood over the toilet for a minute because I got this rush of saliva and couldn't stop spitting and then the food just came back up. I didn't even try, I gagged twice which I was worried might make the band slip, but I'm so happy I had that reaction. It means I finally have some retriction. It was like I had taken one bite too many and my body said "No." I also learned that I need to eat more solid foods. I hadn't realized it until I ate chicken and bread, but I've been eating lots of soft foods. Like stage 2/3 kind of foods. Fish, puddings, Jello, Beans, soft vegtables, potatoes etc... and the food goes down too easily. I ate chicken and got full fast. Anyway, here's to a much better month and hopefully watching the scale go down!

I'm a new yorker, but I'll be in central florida between 10/15 and 10/21. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me organize a disney day trip or weekend trip for us bandsters. I was thinking probably around 10/17-18-19 could be the date. Anyone interested please let me know.

One week of bad eating has ruined an entire month of good eating and excerise for me. The first month after surgery I was going to the gym 5 to 6 days a weeks, eating right, small portions, I was doing well. Then "summer" hit and I got caught up in barbeques and party after party and night outs with friends and I gained 5 lbs. I just had my second fill (2.5 cc for a total of 5.5 cc's in a 10 cc band) and the nurse told me I had only lost 4 oz this month. I wanted to cry. I am so angry with myself. And I think the alcohol had a big part to play in me gaining weight back. It seems every other day for the past week I'm at some party and having a few drinks which makes me eat so I'm not stumbling after 1 drink. I just wasn't being calorie conscience or health wise at all this past week and I blew it. Still staying away from major fast food, but I did visit KFC twice and Olive garden once, then buying lunch at work everyday. I've even been skipping on the gym too, I'm down to 3 days a weeks now and I don't even work that hard when I'm there. It's so sad and frustrating. I know this is a lifestyle change so I'm going to brush myself off, stand up and start all over again. I had no resriction at all before, hopefully this 2.5 cc's he put in today will make some kind of change. I just needed to vent, I was literally on the brink of tears when I left the doctors today.

I started a meetup for people who have had WLS on www.meetup.com it's for those who are in the poughkeepsie, NY area. Just a chance for us to get together have some fun and get moving together. Poughkeepsie Weight Loss Surgery Meetup Group (Poughkeepsie, NY) - Meetup.com or go to the meetup website and search for poughkeepsie WLS groups. Also, I'm looking for an assistant organizer, so if your interested, let me know.

I have a 10 cc band. Anyone know what the reasons are for deciding which size band to use?

This is TMI, but you asked...I was lying down in bed the other night in a tank top (which I will only wear in the house) anyway, I happened to look down at my boobs which were of course slowing sliding up under my chin and they were wrinkled. Like really wrinkled, it was gross. I decided then that if they don't tighten up by the time I reach my goal, I'll have to get a boob job. I measure them as well (I'm weird I know) in inches all the way around the boob. I've lost 2 inches on the left and 1 1/2 on the right. Yet everywere else, it's only 1/4 of an inch.

Losind friend was a biggie for me. I don't have that many friends to begin with, but when I heard that many people lose friends after weight loss I was upset. I did have a friend who begged me before surgery not to change. The only thing is most people tend have a problem with thier overweight friends. The friends who are still fat and aren't really trying to lose or have tried and failed. When you lose and are so excited about everything that is going on, it's hard for them to be excited. They just don't want to here it. And slowly friends will start pulling away. That's why I think it's so important to have "band buddies" people you can talk to about your weight loss and lap band issues.

It's under Individual Protien Shakes(at the bottom of the home page), it's the Isopure cookies and cream. I also tried the nectar Twisted Cherry, but it wasn't that great.

I don't know if anyone has heard of this store, but it's a store that speacializes in bariatric supplies. It has everything you need if you've had WLS. They even have gift baskets with essentail supplies for those loved ones who are going to have it done. It's owned and operated by 2 women who have had WLS. I got some mayo and red sauce in there that has no calories, no fat, no carbs, no nothing and it wasn't that bad. They have snacks, cereal, a wide varitey of protien supplements (try the cookies and cream shake with milk it's fantastic), protien coffee, soups, power bars, scales for food and body, excerise equipment, videos and much, much more. It's in Hopewel Junction, NY and I don't know if they have them anywhere else in the country, but they do have a website where you could order things from. Check it out. I plan on being a regular. www.c2linfo.com

A grabber to put things up. Bandage suppiles, like large bandaids and stuff to cover your incesions once the tape starts falling off.