CindyCam

I will be banded three years june 5, 2009...i still have 65 lbs to go and it just seems like i will never get there. I feel like a failure because i have friends who got lapband a year later and they are pencil thin. I dont know what to do....i cant find a happy meduim with this band either i am too tight or no restriction....never inbetween. Any advice ...i want to shake this 65lbs and LIVE! Thanks!

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I don't know what has happened to me. I was doing great, I had lost 100 lbs and I have managed to put 20 of that back on. I am eating chocolate like there is no tomorrow. It seems that the junk is easier to get down. I have been banded for 2 years now. I want desparately to start losing again. I have 65 lbs until i reach goal and cannot seem to get on track. It is like I am at war with myself with the food. I am at my wits end and need some support. I feel like such a failure having to turn to others for help. I paid 13,000 for the support of the lapband, and that is not enough. HOW DO I GET BACK ON TRACK?? I need a show in weight loss to get motivated. I just want to scream. Sometimes i think it would be better if i Just had the band removed and be fat like i was destined to be. Anyone else in the same boat as me.....Help Please! I am giving up on myself I need some help! Thank you so much!

Soooo.....Monday is a new day. I am starting fresh. I will walk 20 to 30 minutes ( far fetched from the 75 minute workout I use to do) I will drink my water, and eat healthy. I bought sugar free choco mix for my cholocate addiction. I will take one day at a time. I am getting my tonsils out soon so maybe that will be a big help. I thank each and everyone of you for the encouraging words. I check this post daily, hoping that someone has replied....the more i here, the more it makes me want to keep going. I will take a new picture of myself tomorrow and post it..may give me a little something more to strive for. Thanks everyone. I love this place...i should have never left it!

Well I have not had any changes in my life that would contrast with my eating. Last year in august I had surgery, I had a full hysterectomy, well before the surgery I was totally focused. Working out 75 minutes a day, I was only losing like 4 to 6 lbs a month but i was still losing. Well after the surgery, I couldnt work out for 2 months, needless to say I never started back and I didnt get my fills and realized that i could eat pretty much what i wanted and it was like i was out of control. I just got a fill on July 15th, and I am thinking about getting another one. I always seem to go to the junk food because it is easier to get it down. With a fill it takes almost an hour to eat a 4 oz chicken breast, and then sometimes it gets stuck. I have to admit I am a junk food junkie....i love chocolate...i crave it. I feel like i have to eat something salty which is usually a carb and then follow with something sweet. I am just in a funk, i know what i need to do, its just getting motivated to do it. I am suppose to be getting my tonsils out soon, so that may jump start me, kill the sugar cravings because i wont be able to eat nething. I thank all of you for replying to me and i hope i get more responses..i need them to help me. I have now set lapbandtalk.com to my home page that way everytime I get on the computer I have to think about it....Thanks Everyone!!

Hello Everyone, it has been forever since I have been on here and that is not a good thing. I have put 20 lbs back on. I am a junk food junkie! My life consist of chips and chocolate because it goes down without any pain or puking. I have not exercised in months. I am in a serious funk. I just recently got a fill so that eliminates some of the junk food but not all of it. I constantly crave chocolate and feel like i need it. I don't know how to get passed it. I mean i do but how do i make myself do it. I am soooo frustrated. I am glad to see that everyone is still around!

I have been banded for 1 and 1/2 years...i have been successful and have lost 100m lbs. I have not lost any weight in over 7 months. I am getting discouraged. I want to be excited again. I feel good about myself but i still have 45 lbs to go...and i so badly want to get there. Anybody out there has fell off the bandwagon? How did you jump back on.....I am soooo frustrated!! Help Please!! Thanks......Cindy

Thanks so much everyone!!! I soooo needed to hear all of this. It also helps to know that there are others out there that are dealing with the same struggle as me. I will definitely start that thread. I am going out of town this weekend, I am prepared for that I bought healthy foods, but when I get back I will start that new thread and detox myself. I know I can do this..I just need a good kick in the rear. I think I may go in for a fill, I think I may need a small one. So far today, I have done pretty good, I have only had coffee today and a large salad ( vinegar and olive oil) tonight I will have gumbo and I have a pack of 100 cal. animal Cookies....I also plan on walking for 30 minutes. Wish me Luck!! Again...Thanks soooo much everyone.

I am not sure if I need a fill or not...i get full pretty fast. I think that...i know that i am eating all the wrong things...i has to stop exercising because I had surgery and i just have never brought myself back to do it again....I am wanting to eat junk food, i am craving chocolate and dont know how to overcome it. I know what I need to do, i just dont know how to make myself do it. I feel like a failure!

I got my BodyBugg from apexfitness.com...for $405 that was shipping cost included....i got two different size armbands, 3 months subscription, and two coaching sessions. I did not get the digital display that was separate at the time which was 2 weeks ago. But now they are offering the bodybugg and display and the 3 months subscription and 2 coaching sessions for $479...which i think is pretty good...i will have to purchase the display for $99.

I so agree with you PinkyLee...I dont want my lunch or dinner over after just 2 bites of food. I want to eat like everyone else. It sucks sometimes..but i keep telling myself that it is only food...and as some people say "NOTHING TASTE AS GOOD AS BEING SKINNY FEELS"..its not our weight we have to control its our BRAIN...i know my brain says eat all the time. Anyways...I got my BodyBugg in and its a pretty cool little device..I havent figured out everything about it ..but i do know i need to move my butt according to the Bugg! It tells me how many more calories i need to burn that day to lose those 2lbs a week that i want to lose.

you can also make veggie kabobs....put all ur veggies that you like on a stick marinate them in some kind of dressing...italian, catalina or you can just marinate them in some seasoning and soy sauce ...again whatever is ur preference and cook them in the oven or a grill ....also very good!

I make a veggie stir fry....olive oil..soy sauce...teriyaki sauce let them saute' and emm good instead of plain steamed broccoli i cook my broccoli in a little olive oil and add all kinds of seasoning like garlic and basil, zatarians, onions....and it is sooo good. I am from louisiana so we love boiled seafood.....but sometimes i take all my veggies that i like....celery, green Beans, onions, corn, brussel sprouts, cabbage, mushrooms and some potatoes and lemons and boil em up with some lite salt, zatarians seasoning...and it is mmm good. you can also take whatever veggies you like and put them in the oven with a can of cream of mushroom or cream of onion or cream of celery ..whichever your preference be and put some seasoning on them and let them cook....very good that way.

Poodles....Good Luck with your decision. I love my band and I know that it will always be there to help ( at least i hope it is always there) I can always get my band filled up to stop me from eating...the gastric bypass is wonderful in the beginning...you lose the weight soooo fast but i have seen gastric people gain most of there weight back and they cant get a fill. They just stretch there stomach back to how it was. I mean if you can completely change your way of eating and realize that yeah this is my way of living then gastric bypass would be awesome. I was always jealous of gastric patients because they lost the weight so fast but now that a year has passed i see some of them have gained some weight back. I am with everyone else in supporting you with whatever decision you make.

WooHoo....I bought the bugg last night and i cant wait to get it....Any tips from anyone before i get this thing?

Swimmer.........Don't let yourself get down.....You need to take the first month or two and make sure you insides are healed. Just because you feel good on the outside doesnt mean your insides are healed You are not alone when you say you dont feel any different. Besides having the cuts on my stomach I would have never known I had a Lapband...for the first few months I wondered if my doc just took my money and didnt give me a band. You will know that your band is there before you know it and when you do know its there your gonna want to wish it away sometimes....LOL............After the first week of having my band..all the swelling subsided and i was Starving.....For the first 2 months before my fill I had to pretty much watch what i ate....i did Weight Watchers to stay on track.....just hang in there ...you will get through this. I was just like you....frustrated....depressed....and now i am a year out and down 98lbs..so yes, you will start losing...just heal right now. Any questions ...just ask. Good Luck.....You will make it through this part of it!!!

Dear Cindy, Thank you for purchasing a bodybugg™ To You program on myapex.com. I did it....I did it...I bought the bug!! I am soooo excited!!

So what does the watch do? I checked on ebay and saw exactly what you were talking about....that is a really good deal....the only thing you will have to do is pay for the program on the web...which i dont think is expensive...i think like 8 to 10 bucks a month at the most. I dont think the people on the biggest loser wear the watch/display. Does the watch tell you ur calories burned or what? I may order mine tonight if i get a response back from you...i am trying to make up my mind on which one to get.

WTG WarmMorningSun...I am sooooo jealous. I cant wait to see how you like it.

Hi..fellow cajuns....I live in LaPlace which is about 30 minutes from New Orleans.

Pinkylee.....Yep..thats what they were....I think i may order mine today. I have read so much positive things about them....there is actually a thread on lapbantalk.com about bodybugg http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f81/bodybugg-users-report-here-36232/ I have definitely read more positive than negative. I just gotta push myself to spend that $400 bucks.....hopefully in a month after i receive it I can tell you all that it was the best money I have ever spent.

I am thinking of purchasing the bodybugg....It is wonderful to read all of the positive feedback Are there two different ones? Armband or Watch?

I want chocolate sooooo bad...how do I stop this craving....Chocolate is such a downfall for me....In my mind i know that i shouldnt have it so i guess that makes me want it more. I finally got to watch the first episode of the biggest loser and I heard something on there that made me realize how much sugar messes with ur diet and workout......When you are working out your body has to burn off all the sugar it has taken in before it starts to burn fat.....soooo i would be working out for an hour before i even start to burn fat.....until i cut out all the bad sugar i dont see the point in a killer workout....i will workout my 30 minutes for health purposes. The way i feel right now i have no clue how i lost 98lbs...This is crazy!! Sorry i am Venting!!