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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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 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!

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 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