McSteph100

Hello all, I was banded back in June of 2008 and I had an initial weight loss of 60 lbs. I did plateau and then stayed close to a weight of 220 for a year. I had a rough personal year in 2010 and started eating past my band and eating lots of carbs. I am panicked by my current weight of 238 and trying desperately to "reboot" my weight loss phase. I have started back exercising and I am currently getting cardio/weights 2-3 times per week, trying to get to 5x per week. I am as "filled" as I can be personally - I have had more fill than this in the past but I get wicked bad reflux, and night cough and loose sleep. So I am trying get me eating back in line. Please help by telling me what number of calories, protien grams, and carb grams I should aim for daily. Any other advice is welcome also. Desperate in Tennessee!

I was banded in 2008 and lost about 60 lbs that year, right around my 1 yr mark, I got over-tight and started having "night cough", regular vomiting etc. I waited to long to deal with it and had to have 1/2 my liquid taken out. Fast forward 6 months. I am back at an optimum fill and can not lose any more, I gain and lose the same 3 lbs each month. here is what I know...I eat TOO many carbs, my exercise is irregular at best, and I drink Alcohol (not too much) Has anyone been there? how did you break through?

I have had a similar problem also a year or so post op. I got an slight unfill and was better for a week or two and then it came right back, and I have been vomiting/sliming alot, 1-3 day. I assume I need more out. My nurse did not think I had a slip since I did not have chest pain.....

Hi I am just post a year banded and I am definitely a little tight on my fill right now. I have the "persistant" night cough from reflux and and have started taking prilosec OTC Also within the last week I changed my anti-depressant from effexor to a realated drug call prestique. All of a sudden I can hardley keep anything down, not shakes, not mushies. The weird part is - it comes and goes. yesterday I was fine, today I have pb'd/vomited several times. I see my doc in 2 days but I am curious if it might be the new meds?:rolleyes2:

That is probably all true...I do drink lots of water, but I eat mostly protien, Maybe the hairloss will slow down some - I have heard bioton works. I lost lots of hair after all three kids, and now this. I am only 39 and was hoping not go "thining" so soon. I am sure that in year I will be more adjusted to all the changes that come with gastric surgery / banding. Thanks for the friendly input.

I am having some odd side effects after the band. 1) My hair is falling out & 2) My sweat and urine smell bad/ strong/ acid like. Here is my confusion: The nurse says the hair fall out may be from lack of protien, but I think the smelly urine problem is Ketosis side effect, so how can I have both? Does anyone else have these side effects and are there any suggestions?

I noticed lots of you eat beef or other Jerky...I would think that stuff is so dry and stringy it would get stuck. I am not very good at the chewing thing in the first place, and I end up in pain every other day or so. Is there a kind of Jerky that is better than others?

WHOOPS I did not mean to set anyone off in a bad direction. I just was sort of "observing" that other people eat less than nutritious items for 1-2 or two meals a day, which is my same problem. I was really more shocked by how very little some of you eat compared to me - but I have only had three fills. I think we all do what we have to to get by, and truly over portion and over eating were always my worst problem, so now that is mostly fixed, I am personally trying to eat a little healthier, but it SO HARD sometimes! Here is what I ate today: Oatmeal packet, did not finish. Protien shake 1/2 cup chicken salad w/ a few crackers, cheese stick some of my kids animals cookies 1/2 bottle fruit juice smoothie. ....and that is all before dinner! :redface:

I read this thread today to try get some ideas about what to eat -thinking I eat crappy stuff and have no energy - but most poeple in this thread eat just as crappy as me and way less volume...I mean I feel pretty restricted but I eat about double of what most were saying...now I think I should get another fill...and eat better foods.

This thread helped me! I had my 1st fill yesterday (3.5cc), and I was starving last night and today so I ate some mushies even though I am still supposed to be on liquids. I get full quickly, then hungry fast again. I of course called the nurse, and she said that I was a few fills away from the "real deal" in my 10cc band. She also said I probably would not stay full on three meals and would need to add some protein shakes or snacks. I do wish they would tell you this at the time of the fill, but I guess they do not want to open the door to any extra eating. Reading this made me think maybe something will "kick in" this weekend and I will not be ravenous.

HI I think what I am seeing/reading is all about post-surgery gas. I am 6 days post op and I do not have the back/shoulder pain. I do however feel like I need to burp ( big pressure in chest/breastbone area) 50-60% of the time. I do burp a lot when I drink liquids, but the sensation comes right back. I am hoping this is part of the icky early side-effects that go away with 2-3 weeks. OR does having the band make you a 12 year boy (aka Burping Machine) forever? I do not use straw/ water bottles - just for the record.

I think you are doing well also! I was banded on 6/17 and today especially I ate more than 1 cup of food at lunch and 2 hours later I am hungry. Not just the "mental" kind either. I get a fill on 7/9 and I know that will change everything, but I worry I can not keep up this tiny portions thing 2 more weeks.....

BeckieO - you might try Baptist Weight Loss Surgery center. I think the Nurses do the fills, but they do lots of them, so I am sure they are good. My Doc, Morton said he will do my first fill in 3 weeks and then it will be nurses after that. Sixth day with the band and I am feeling pretty all-right!

You got it out easy!!! I had the opposite problem and spent half the day after my surgery on the pot trying to have a bowel movement that was like passing a lead ball. I had to use and enema even. I cried it hurt so bad. On the up side...I was in the privacy of my own home - hee hee!:rolleyes2: