ivarose

4jin What is a bodybugg??? Just checking-in. I have lost 33 pounds since May 17 and I am feeling high on the world. It came to a screaching halt this week and I have to be so careful. Keep praying for me and encouragement is welcomed.

Mis42 I understand your upset but binge eating is an issue that needs a professional. Do yourself a favor by going to counseling and work the binge eating out with someone who is professional. I have had issues such as yours and did this. I went to counseling one year after my banding and became ok with my no weight loss always knowing that someday it would all come together for me. This year it worked. I bet you will not have to go that long. But be brave and go forward.

I finally feel like I am in a group that I can really relate to. I am vegan because I lost no weight on the Standard American Diet. I try to eat often and I drink carrot juice twice a day with my essential oils and only juice veggies sometimes I put an apple into the juicing to cater to a sweet tooth. I was told not to juice and as a result did not get in the veggies my body needed and eating meat did not go down none of it. Up went my cholesterol and my lipids sooooooo drastic action was needed. I have a normal cholesterol and normal lipids. Fortune is with me because my general practioner is vegetarian since 1973. So far since May 25th 2007 up to now I have lost 30 pounds. Two years I did not lose more than five pounds since my banding. Going vegan is what helped me get more nutrition and weight loss. I eat 85% raw and 15% cooked vegetables.

I was banded on May 10, 2005 I did not lose weight until I went vegan on May 17, 2007 Since May 25, 2007 I have lost 30 pounds as of this month. Go figure! I do not miss dairy, caffiene, or meat. I threw myself into this plan 100%. I do not suffer from any defiency at all. My doctor supported me all the way. You can do it!!

I just wanted to encourage you ladies who are not losing. Eat fresh veggies as many times a day as possible. Salads if you can veggies veggies and more veggies. Lots of variety. I have a 10cc band and after 3 fills have restriction. I was banded May 10, 2005. I was not losing so would not be filled again until I figured out why. No ice cream no dairy no caffiene no protien. Pretty stringent but so is the band. I am committed and I am going to do it. I started out at 218 and from May 10,2005 until last week weigh 187. But no weight loss from May 10, 2005 until May 25, 2007. Everyone's encouragement on this thread and friends helps. I had to search for the sweet spot. Do not ever give up. You can do it. What more can I say to encourage you? I would say it. :clap2: But I applaud all of you who speak up and keep going forward you are not alone. ivarose

Do what works best for you I say. Especially if you are healthy and feeling well.

I too tried using the protien drinks and I did ok but it did not help me to lose weight. I had such a difficult time eating meat I always threw up. However, not so- with the good stuff it was easy going down. Now the only time I have difficulty is when I eat broccoli, or over-cooked pasta. No veggie burgers for me either. I still cannot drink and eat at the same time which is great for me. Wish me luck I weigh in tomorrow and I lose slowly- still tenths of a pound at a time- but I am grateful for big or little loses.:clap2:

:omg:I was banded in May of 2005. No loss until 2007. That's right no weight loss until May 2007. I was tortured with my sense of failure. I kept throwing up the protien--I followed faithfully what my nutritionist said to do. Then I began to think--this happened to me before I was banded. I followed Weight Watchers before that and I followed everything my nutritionist said and my doctors. Finally my heart doctors wanted me to go back to the surgeon and find out why I was not losing. I gave up and did not and kept praying and praying. I kept coming back to this site. I did contact the support person through my surgeons office and she kept encouraging me. I began to think radically. My health was in radical trouble and I needed radical change. I thought the band was that radical change but it didn't matter. I exercised every day. Soooooo I went total vegan. Yes Vegetarian. I have not lost my hair. I learned to eat the things my body needed especially protien in the form of nuts and veggies and since May 25, 2007 I have lost 25 pounds. I do not eat sugar, I do not drink any caffiene in any form, I do not eat dairy in any form, I do not eat soy in any form. I juice 5 pounds of organic carrots per day to receive nutrients that my body must have that translates to 1 quart ever two days. I follow the Hallelujah Acres Diet which you can google and get it for free. I truly know that my body was so dieted out that it could not possibly loose weight no matter what I did. I will never ever let doctors treat me like a liar again. I doubted myself for so long I lost hope. I hated myself. I was desperate. I am none of that now. But I will never buy into the doctor mentality that ignores my sincere efforts again. It takes consistent work and it will come around. The band works but doctors and nutrionists do not have all the answers. I juice or eat only one fruit a day. The rest is vegetables and 3 starch servings per week only. I love the band now it tells me when I am full but I do not throw up any more. Only you can do it. The band will help but you must participate in your care. Self hate does not accomplish any thing except keep you where you presently are. What I do is not a cure but another way to becoming the beautiful person God meant me to become. Do not give up hope ever. My heart goes out to those who don't dare to say they haven't lost. I was one of those people. Speak out now do not hide, I thought I was the only one who ever did not loose maybe I am not please speak out now.:clap2:

I am ivarose and was banded on May 10, 2005. I thought this would be the answer to losing weight for the last time in my life. Boy what a mistake. I have not had a hard time but have had 3 fills and finally refused my last fill because it was not helping me to lose and I spit up all the time. I have lost only 17 pounds-- however I have lost 17 inches and exercise regularly. I feel so much better physically-- my cholesterol is normal now-- first time in my life--lipid profile normal--my sugar is usually in control now which was not true before surgery. But--I want to lose weight. I want to keep this off and lose more I want to buy clotheing off the regular size racks. I am open to suggestions.

I am ivarose and was banded on May 10, 2005. I thought this would be the answer to losing weight for the last time in my life. Boy what a mistake. I have not had a hard time but have had 3 fills and finally refused my last fill because I have lost only 17 pounds however I have lost 17 inches exercise regularly. I feel so much better physically-- my cholesterol is normal now-- first time in my life--lipid profile normal--my sugar is usually in control now which was not true before surgery. But--I want to lose weight. I want to keep this off and lose more I want to buy clother off the regular size racks. I am open to suggestions.