2GoodDogs

I need some help, and don't want to depend on a laxative all the time. How/What are you eating to keep you regular?

Amazing! Hope I can do half as well!

The benefiber I add to everything isn't working...

2 slices turkey bacon, a few bites of cheese grits 3 peanut butter crackers 1/2 cup tuna salad protein smoothie (starbucks - 280 calories) hot and sour soup

B - protein powder shake with ice, skim milk, peanut butter, 2" frozen banana L - lasagna, small square D - protein powder shake with ice, skim milk, instant coffee, cocoa powder, splenda S - 1 slice wheat toast, 1 tsp. peanut butter 1270 calories, 33 carbs, too much fat.

Awww, slime. I sorta miss the slime. :smile2: Maybe you were a little full when the liquids went down, and well... what doesn't go down -comes back up!

You look amazing! Thanks for the encouragment, it is exactly what I'm needing. This plateau is starting to budge, and I'm feeling like someday I'll have a SUCCESS story and FABO picture too! Good job!

Have had 2 small fills, 256 today. I can feel myself slipping a bit, so another fill in 2 weeks. Sure hope I can maintain the loss, but it is getting harder to resist the easy food.

I feel yuck this morning. For some reason I thought tuna fish would be a good thing to eat at 2:00 a.m. - with olives in it. Geesh, the lost sleep and pain is exactly what I deserved. Anyway, I've heard bandsters talk about having a tight band in the morning. I get what they mean now. Tight, nothing I want. Even coffee won't go down. Guess I'll have to take the immersion blender with me to work this morning because I will want my protein shake about 10 a.m.! The buttered popcorn I had at the movie last night was gross. I must have eaten 3 cups and my hands were terribly greasy. Could have done without that.

I feel yuck this morning. For some reason I thought tuna fish would be a good thing to eat at 2:00 a.m. - with olives in it. Geesh, the lost sleep and pain is exactly what I deserved. Anyway, I've heard bandsters talk about having a tight band in the morning. I get what they mean now. Tight, nothing I want. Even coffee won't go down. Guess I'll have to take the immersion blender with me to work this morning because I will want my protein shake about 10 a.m.! The buttered popcorn I had at the movie last night was gross. I must have eaten 3 cups and my hands were terribly greasy. Could have done without that.

B - chocolate protein powder shake with banana slices S - 1 Tlbs nut butter, 1 sm. square semi sweet chocolate (70%) L - 2 Tlbs hummus, 2 Tbls salsa D - crab legs (no butter) S - 1 glass wine

Post turkey day 2 and the cravings are here. I would like just a little more of that sweet sticky stuff, and more gravy ... but today, I will restrain from high fat, sugar and salt, and eat what I know will nourish my body and new healthy lifestyle. A walk would be good idea today, and it is about time I clean my cave, I mean bedroom. :thumbup: B - 1/2 cup grits L - 1 italian sausage link with brown mustard S - cup of soup D - jenny craig meatloaf dinner

Today is July 18th. I've been banded just over a year. I have decent restriction, now to learn to believe the 'soft stop' - if I don't stop immediately when I feel that, I'll be sick. Spicy foods I loved have got to go. Ouch that salsa hurt.

Hello July bandsters, I'm not the big loser I thought I would be. Hanging in there though, a new fill this week and hope I'm back on track. Amazingly, I haven't gained but I really need to bust this plateau and drop 10 to 20...

My bandaversary was yesterday. I'm not where I want to be, but I'll take this as a half way point! Next year hope to be near goal. I need to work at it though, haven't lost anything in 6 months...

256.5 this morning. I spent over $100 on food. Geesh, I hope I can get this figured out, the shopping for less and throwing away a lot less! I have spent at least $100 on food, most every week for the last 28 years... many of those years I was feeding 3 or sometimes 4 people. Many years ago, that was a glutton of groceries, today it is mostly the staples. Anyway, why I don't have any money? I spend soo much on food. Weird psychological hangup? I had a fill last Tuesday, a good one. Best restriction I've had since the surgery, almost 1 year ago. I pray that this feeling lasts, I'm LOVING it that I'm full by 3 - 4 bites. Hard to wrap my head around though, I want bites 5-6! Also, got to get myself off the carby crunchy snacks that seem to never get stuck. I can work harder not to buy them. Excited about the week ahead, I have plenty of low sugar foods ready to eat. Will add some exercise, and make my goal to lose 2 lbs. by next Monday.

256.5 this morning. I spent over $100 on food. Geesh, I hope I can get this figured out, the shopping for less and throwing away a lot less! I have spent at least $100 on food, most every week for the last 28 years... many of those years I was feeding 3 or sometimes 4 people. Many years ago, that was a glutton of groceries, today it is mostly the staples. Anyway, why I don't have any money? I spend soo much on food. Weird psychological hangup? I had a fill last Tuesday, a good one. Best restriction I've had since the surgery, almost 1 year ago. I pray that this feeling lasts, I'm LOVING it that I'm full by 3 - 4 bites. Hard to wrap my head around though, I want bites 5-6! Also, got to get myself off the carby crunchy snacks that seem to never get stuck. I can work harder not to buy them. Excited about the week ahead, I have plenty of low sugar foods ready to eat. Will add some exercise, and make my goal to lose 2 lbs. by next Monday.

I am ahead of the diagnosis a bit, my mammogram just came back bad.. but I am wondering if any of you have had treatment for breast cancer and if you can keep the lapband while in treatment?

We are singing the same tune. I'm almost a year from bandaversary, stuck at 260 for 6 months. I am not keeping my commitment to low fat, low sugar and plenty of exercise. It will come off, you're doing what you should - keep it up. Get a fill if you need it. I'm going in 2 weeks for a fill, and a jumpstart, back to the healthy side of life.

Today: B - Blueberries in Carnation SF Instant Breakfast L - 2 boiled eggs, chopped mixed with low fat mayo D - handful pasta with shrimp in garlic sauce

I'm 52, and have been getting hotter flashes, more frequently. Is it true that as you lose weight that the estrogen stored in your adipose tissue is released - making menopause symptoms worsen? At times, I have trouble with concentration, being hot, being cold, being over emotional, and sometimes so annoyed I can hardly stand myself! Tell me if this is normal, or if I need to call the doctor and/or shrink...

The insurance company made the decision for me. I was still pondering which surgery I wanted when the approval letter came for the lap band. I went with it. I sometimes wonder if the by-pass would have been a better choice, however, I'm 62 lbs down in 8 months and hope to be 80 down in 12 months, and at goal in 24 months.

It seems I can eat anything - when I eat with someone else. Alone, I get stuck and sick on everything!

Okay, can't wait for breakfast to try pb in my oatmeal. :thumbdown: