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Turner24, I think you might need to go on liquids for longer. My fill doc tells me to do liquids for 3 whole days after a fill then 3 days of softer foods then onto solid foods, eating teeny tiny bites. Just my 2 cents worth. Staying on liquids longer will help if there is any inflammation and swelling of the pouch due to the fill and treat it like a baby...ease into solids I would try that before going to get an unfill. My day so far has consisted of this: Drank 24 oz, just 60 more to go for the day Exercised 20 minutes walking on treadmill and 15 minutes on weight machines at YMCA Breakfast: High protein, low carb marathon bar 1 mug hot tea with splenda and sugarfree creamer Lunch: 1/2 cup pinto beans Currently sipping on water while I work. thanks for all the encouragements from you all! You all are the best!

Okay, okay, I am back no longer MIA.....I had a gain last week of 3 pounds :angry and got all depressed, but needed you all to PM me to remind me how I need to be on this board/thread and get my butt back in gear. Today is a new day....I will try to do the following today: Drink at least 82 oz Water today Exercise for 30 minutes on treadmill Write every bite down that goes into my mouth:hungry: Track my food diary for Weight watchers. Quit beating myself up for the gain last week.:deadhorse: :cry Come to this board for inspiration and encouragement. :computer: Realize I need you people and this board for my daily motivation and inspiration. Thanks Sarge!

Teresita - Way to go on the daily exercise, maybe you can motivate me. Love the quote you listed too. I watch the Biggest Loser when it was on and I love their theme song "What have you done today to make you feel proud?" is in the lines and I keep singing that to myself constantly. You CAN lose the 3 pounds and make it back to first goal. I am stuggling to get back to my first goal as well at 225 I am mad at myself because I had got slack on the exercise and Water intake and got back up to 259! (YIKES) but you are right, the scales are pointing down and I should be proud. Thanks for the encouragement and for doing this spring bootcamp. Woohoo on the biceps! Now let's get in gear and go forward. Thanks again!

Ariel, good going! I need to commit more the exercise. I know that is what works for me but I get so busy with work and life that I think I don't have time. Got to get my priorities straight. Congrats on your new band and your wt loss so far. You and I are at the basically the same start weight right now. You go girl! You can do this!

Well, just me reporting in. I went to weight watchers last night and had only lost one-half a pound. Although I know that is better than gaining, I am steaming mad at myself. New game plan: Start exercising! (been too lazy lately) DRINK MY WATER!!! Don't beat myself up! (got to work on this one) Use ALL the WW food points allowed. I follow the WW points program, I have not been using all the points allowed for me daily and that is probably what is stumping my weight loss. Thanks for being here for me and letting me vent. I am ashamed to say I had gained within the last few months, I had gotten down to 225 and now am at 251, but when I started WW it was 259 so there has been a 8 pound loss since December 16th so I am thankful for that. The program works if you work the program, plus have my buddy LB (lapband) has helped in this time around with WW. God is good. Well good luck to us all!

Count me in on the committement! I have been avoiding the boards for awhile. I had gained up to 259 (YIKES) and have been on an emotional roller coaster and recently rejoined Weight watchers (yes, again) to have weekly accountability in person (pathetic aren't I?) But hye it is working, I am back down to 251 now since starting WW on Dec 16th. I commit to all the above with you all. My main struggles are: 1. Exercise 2. Water intake. I hope to bet back to my first goal weight of 225 first then next goal 199 lbs and then to final goal of 180 pounds! Then my doc will refer me for plastic surgery for my drag-the-floor sagging skin on my tummy. Good luck to all of us!

Any one use the Dexatrim Max 2 0 Water tablets after the band? I looked at the ingredients, it seems to be lots of Vitamins, minerals and some herbs as well as some caffeine. It is some effervescent tablet that you put in bottled water. I have heard that this is very good to aid in wt loss but not sure if it was as good as it says about boosting metabolism, etc. Thanks for any info.

Just thought I would drop by since I have not been on these boards in quite some time. To see my backgound and before after pics click this link within this site: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15265 In February, it will be 3 years for me since my surgery and I have been blessed with my wt loss but have been on a major plateau forever now (months) and need support and was wondering if any of you know of any support group meetings I can start attending locally? I live in Sweetwater, TN so anything Cleveland, Chattanooga or Knoxville would be fine for me to travel to. Yes, I still need support after all this time postop but hey, I still got lots to lose and the band is doing it's job but I slack up on my eating habits. Any meeting times and dates would be appreciated. p.s. I had my surgery by Dr Walter Rose at Memorial Good luck to all of us!

Kim and Alicia, thanks so much for the info. I will see how my work schedule is on the 13th and will try to come to it if I am able, but that time is gonna be hard for me.... Take care and good luck on your journeys....

I was searching the forums for a current bootcamp that Illsucceed used to lead us in, is there one going on? What about the Christmas Challenge I see, where do I sign up for this? Thanks for any info.

Thanks all for your kind comments. Cyndee, please do let me know where and when the meetings are that you know of. Guess I will call Dr Rose office and see when the next support meeting is at Memorial. Thanks!

Carol134 - I never have lived anywhere but Tennessee thanks for your compliments. We have ths same size band. Good luck on your journey. God Bless!

What a fun thread Mine is L.B. (for lapband) I refer to it as "me and L.B. can't have that" My friends who are my supportors and wt loss cheerleaders frequently ask how me and L.B are doing...

I used the canned powders and canned drinks made by SlimFast, they offer a High Protein, Low carb mix and canned drinks to just chill and serve. I love them. Good luck on your journey!

Thanks ladies. I love this board. You will learn so much here. Good luck to all of you on your weight loss journeys the the New you! God bless!

I think this is a great idea! Count me in...

well, I know I have not posted in a while since starting this thread so here I am..... since starting back on WW 3 weeks ago taking it seriously, I have lost 6 pounds - Wooo Hooo! Finally got in the habit of writing every bite down that goes in..... I am however, struggling to get all my Water in and get to exercising more regularly. I don't have any problem in getting my Protein in I just try to make protein my first choice at meals and keep up with the count of protein grams along with my points. I follow the bandster rules as far as protein first, veggies next and carbs last. The only carbs I do are generally fresh fruit. I have told my WW group I have the band and how God blessed me to lose the 140 pounds (which I have gained a little back since that loss) with it and they were all okay with it and did not Bash me in any way. They are all encouarging folks in my WW meeting and the leader is too. Good luck to all of you who are on your way to wonderful bandland and doing this WW with me....

MelodyJ - that is such a great example of how to eat with that question.... I will share that with 2 of my friends who have had lapband and who do not come to these boards. That is a great way of thinking about it. I Sallyjo - thanks for your encouarging words and compliments, you made my day. I will try to get some new updated photos of before /after to the before and after thread soon. Good luck to you all! God Bless, Brenda

I think it was Letha from this board that said somewhere that our goal should be to not try to see how much we can eat but to see how little we can get by with and still be SATISFIED not FULL. It is a mind game with me, I have head hunger all the time and I am over 2 years out. Try to make it a habit to say to yourself "am I satisfied with this little amout then if I am STOP eating! There will be more food available later if you get hungry then! " I know, I should not talk to myself, but hey - Whatever works!! Thanks letha for your good advice - it works for me!

I have recently been diagnosed with mild hypertension (even though I have recently lost 140 pounds with my lapband - go figure) I never had hypertension (high blood pressure) even at my highest weight of 365, but it runs in my family.....long story short, I recently started on lisinopril about 2 months ago and have had a weight GAIN of 15 pounds!!! I have been doing the lap band diet rules and still have gained. I do realize I need another adjustment/fill but I honestly had been "holding my own" or maintaining before the blood pressure pill (lisinopril). Has anyone ever taken it and noticed a weightgain? I am VERY frustrated and have an appt for a fill/adjustment in couple of weeks and so dread my doctor because he will fuss about the gain. Any suggestions? Thanks

jenmomto3 - thanks for the reassurance. I hope I start losing again and that in fact it is the medication , but I just find it hard to believe I never had high BP at my highest weight and now, start having problems. Heredity I guess, but I am gonna try my very hardest to lose down and get off BP meds, I hate taking meds. Just say a prayer for me because I hope my surgeon realizes the gain is from the meds, but he is very tough person and he will complain about it and jump me making me feel bad, so do pray that God keeps his arm around my shoulder and his hand over my mouth that day. I will need it!! Thanks for your response.

You could use prune juice for the extra fiber. Also, the high protein, low carb version of the canned shakes from SlimFast have a good amount of fiber in them. I get mine at walmart.

Just my 2 cents worth.... It is very normal not to feel restriction after only one fill. They don't normally put in very much the first time and you have to realize the fluid they do put in might very well be just in the tubing going to the band and it takes several fills sometimes to get the much wanted restriction. I have the VG band and it took about 4 fills for me to finally start feeling restriction, so hang in there, you are perfectly normal. You probably won't ever feel "full" on the liquid and mushies part of the diet. That is normal too. Hang in there, this band is the best thing in my life and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Just my stats.... I finally got back to getting my adjustments/fills last Tuesday....YEAH! found me a new lapband doc, so I am a happy camper once again. Got restriction back and hopefully will be on my way to breaking my plateau. Still struggling in getting ALL my water in, but doing way better than I was. Now I need to get faithful in my daily exercise. That is where I am struggling now! Have a good week to all! LBT BOOTCAMP SPRING 2006 - Goal weight for June 30th - 225 pounds 4-10 - Weight 243 lbs 4-17 - Weight 243 4-24 - Weight 240 5-1 - Weight 242 5-8 - Weight 246 5-15 - Weight 241 5-22 5-29 6-5 6-12 6-19 6-26 6-30

Dody, I too have had revision due to a slippage and am a little over one year out from the revision. I have not lost hardly anything since the revision, I however had maintained with the new band up until middle of last month when I got food stuck and had to go for an emergency unfill. So currently I have had no restriction and had gained almost 10 pounds since the unfill. :eek: I got all worried and thought " I have not come this far with a loss of 133 pounds to start gaining now!" So I rejoined weight watchers to have a guideline to go by and someone to report to every week and for the support group meetings. I go for my fill again next week, had to wait a month. Right before gettting the food stuck, I had finally gotten to a wonderful restriction and was starting to steadily lose again and then that happened. So all in all, I think you have never gotten good restriction back and need more fills/adjustments. Just be patient. My doc told me that with revision it takes longer to get going on the weight loss because it is not put around what he called a virgin stomach and would take longer, who knows if that is a bunch of crap or what he told me, but he also said once you have lost the majority of weight needed, your body tends to hang on to what fat is left, therefore hitting a plateau. I had to just accept the fact that I have lost the majority of my weight and that now the last 70 pounds is up to me with the help of my band once I start getting fills and get a good restriciton back. In other words, once you get close to goal weight you gotta try harder, exercise more and be more conscious of every bite. That is where Weight Watchers is helping me....weekly weighins, accountability, etc. Good luck to you! p.s. Been on Weight watchers for 2 weeks and have lost 4.5 pounds of the 10 I had gained,:clap2: so I NEEDED them for accountability.