Mikee57

I am soooooooooooooooooooo very confused now!!! My nutritionist and educator both says that if I can manage bread it is okay and they want me to eat 1200 calories a day!!! Therefore...I am eating way too much...but most of the time bread is not my friend...so I try to stay away...but I attempt to eat at or at least close to that a day!!! So what do I do?

very sound advice

Wishing, wishing, wishing!!! I could eat steak...but not even tenderloin likes me...so it is a lost food choice!!! We had a Luau at our hospital cafeteria today, tried the bbq chicken...nope...it was moist...but I can't take my time at work to eat correctly-time limit...so a waste of money. So will try something else tonight...what I managed will have to do!!! But so glad that others can do so well out!!! Someday I will be able to do the same!!!

I know some think that where my port is in a strange place...but its easy to find...my upper left chest area!!! I sure hope yours is OK Redstorm!!! thinking about ya that all will be okay.

Averiex I agree with TMF in this case for sure...the band is of course an instrument to assist us with WL, however, if its just there with nothing in it-it is merely a decoration. I know that my first fill wasn't until my 7th week Post-Op, but I have been getting fills every 4 to 6 weeks...if he can't do what he needs to do I would find another provider and let him know why I changed!!! This life change is hard enough without a provider willing to work with you on it. I am sorry you are having to deal with such a person...you might want to post his name on here as well...so others don't use him either!!!

JessS I agree with TMF, I'd call the doctor and see what he has to say-before you move forward with a fill!!! He might wish to look at things inside first!!! Best wishes dearheart!

Thanks Alex very helpful

Grandma Serenity I got me a Trike and just love it!

I love it...CONGRATS Kayzoog!!! Have fun

I so agree with everyone on here ivyh CALL YOUR DOCTOR immediately!

lcoolpix you have received a wide variety of advice from some really great advisors on here. I agree with the fact you are aware of your issues and trying hard to get back on track. Some folks are very knowledgeable on here so my advice is to listen and keep notes...LOLRH!!! I have only been banded for 5 mths and still find it hard sometimes to stay positive...but I have learned that remembering portion sizes, eat slowly and chew chew chew have helped me so much. I was just in a slump last week...it's amazing how just talking with someone about our issues can help us and get us realizing that we can be our worse enemies. Think positive...be mindful of your food choices and maybe even putting an app on your cellphone (if you have one) called Eat Slower on it...it helps me remember to put my fork down and eat slowly between bites and helps me to realize that I am not as hungry as I thought I was...the Quest Bars are awesome as well!!! You have a great place to turn to when you have issues right here...but always remember too to check in with your provider on major issues too okay? You will be in my thoughts...hang in there girl...you are doing great!

thanks naenaern777...I am a work in progress (like) the Mona Lisa once was ...LOLRH

just read about this at: http://livehealthy.chron.com/difference-between-fat-burn-cardio-settings-treadmill-5596.html

Teach8394 hoping it is just inexperience as well...keep us in the loop. I am so thankful my port in stitched in place in my upper left chest area...I can feel it all the time by just lifting my arm up in the air!!! Best wishes for your appointment today.

hiddnstar a NSV for sure on that HUG!!! LOL

Congrats on the new family member and Congrats for returning to our world BandLand...let us know how you are doing okay?

Most folks I have read on here have a drinking pre-op diet...so not sure about the broth Zoco...I was on Sugar Busters diet!!! but don't think it would be bad...its a liquid!

ALL YOU GUYS/LADIES ARE AWESOME...THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSES!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

I was banded on 1/16/14 and have lost 42 lbs...and I was so upset with myself that it wasn't more...but then just the other day 6/17/14 I finally learned something that made me realize ignorance can really be a hiccup in this WL Journey. I have read on here so many folks that didn't get much of an education about what they were getting into and although I thought I was on the right track before/after my surgery...I learned there is still so much to learn. We all know our journey's are so individualized and that not everyone will be the same as everyone else. So my first lesson was to realize...that I wasn't going to lose weight the same way and Jane or John Doe was going to lose their weight...so I needed to get that out of my head fast (but it took me 5 months to realize that)! Secondly, I need to get away from those scales at home and trust the ones when I go to the fill clinic. Thirdly, that although sometimes we judge ourselves harshly...we need to be prepared to meet those consequences. I am doing all the right things...I am eating right portions, eating slowly-chewing and exercising...however, it all is about that band!!! It helps us to manage weight lose, but we have to be at the Green Zone in order for it to work correctly. So for the last few months...I have been doing the right things expecting a BIG CHANGE to occur and it hasn't and therefore gotten totally off track and out of sight as to what this is all about!!! The band is merely an instrument that assists us in our weight loss...but until we get to the GREEN zone, we still need to be the ones in control of our day to day weight loss goals...that means maybe we call it a diet until then...monitor our eating habits and make adjustments to at least lose a little at each time we go in for our fills-when we reach our Green Zone we will start losing accordingly. I got my fill Tuesday and learned first of all I wasn't at where I thought I was with the cc's, but I got to talk with an Educator (who is also a Lap-Band patient-8 yrs) and told me to stop beating myself up and move forward. Everyone's weight loss is different from everyone else's, but I was doing great...not everyone averages 8 lbs a month (even though that is not what I've lost between fills-only average of my lose by the months since I've been banded). I will get to where I need to be, but I really worry about folks on here that don't get to speak to Educators or Nutritionist and seem to run into those hiccups along the way. So if I have any advice to give to those that are newbies (by the way-she told me I'm still a Newbie-LOL) find someone you can talk with...actually have they show you what portion sizes are, talk to them about exercises that your body will allow you to do at each step of your progress and be proud of what you have achieved so far. We all are going to experience hiccup in our WL Journey...it just helps to know there are folks out here willing to take the time to set us straight and pick us up when we fall down. Thanks all of you who have posted positive things on this posts and those of you who have posted the negatives ones as well-for they have made me learn that this journey is a lifetime one and it took me years to get where I am now and will take me a while to get to where I want to be!!! You all are my blessings...Thank You for scaring those hiccups away!!!

YEAH I AM BACK FROM THE POOL FEELING GREAT AND AM NOW UP TO 50 reps ON ALL MY EXERCISES!!! AND OF COURSE MY MILE!

well I always check labels...and if and when I have any sugar I try to stay the way I did pre-op on the Sugar Buster diet...less than 7 grams a day of sugar...sometimes I find that to be hard to do, but I do stay as close to that as possible.

not even close-to not feeling hungry...so I eat whenever I can...hoping this time 4 cc will help me a little bit more.

YOU GO farmgirl04 YOU GO!!!

LOL labwalker you made me laugh and laugh and laugh!!!

my face and chest area too...LOLRH...but I have plenty to lose there too... !!!