ksill18

I got my band 12/3/08 and as of today I am down 45 lbs. I have hit a plateau the last two weeks. Well today I signed up for www.fitday.com and entered in all that I ate today and boy was I mistaking. I thought i was well below the 900-1000 calories per day. Man my eyes were opened today because the calories really stack up!!!!! below is what I ate today. I got to cut back. I have been exercizing and i guess i was just burning off the extra calories. food Name Amount Unit Cals Fat (g) Carbs (g) Prot (g) Delete Total 1,428 72.9 126.8 66.5 banana, raw cupcup, mashedcup, slicedoz yieldsslicesmall (6" to 6-7/8" long)extra small (less than 6" long)medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)extra large (9" or longer)large (8" to 8-7/8" long)linear inchgramskglboz105 0.4 27.0 1.3 White potato cuplarge (3" to 4-1/4" dia, raw)medium (2-1/4" to 3" dia, raw)small (1-3/4" to 2-1/4" dia, raw)gramskglboz129 3.0 24.2 2.1 Beef, rib, whole (ribs 6-12), separable lean and fat, trimme... ozlbgramskglboz403 35.9 0.0 18.3 Corn, yellow cupgramskglboz103 1.3 21.1 2.7 Tortilla, flour (wheat) surface inchlarge tortilla (approx 10" dia)medium tortilla (approx 8" dia)small tortilla (approx 6" dia)tortilla (approx 12" dia)tortilla (approx 4" dia)tortilla (approx 7" dia)gramskglboz318 7.9 52.4 8.5 chicken cup, cooked, dicedoz, boneless, cookedoz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking)oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed)oz, with bone, raw (yield after cooking, bone removed)cubic inch, boneless, cookedlarge piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)medium piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)medium slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 1/4")small piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)thick slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 3/8")thin slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 1/8")gramskglboz202 11.5 0.0 23.0 cheese cupcubic inchslicegramskglboz168 12.9 2.3 10.7 Total 1,428 72.9 126.8 66.5

well i have Aetna and they covered my surgery with the only co-morbidity of sleep apnea. my BMI at time of surgery was 40.1. I wish you luck and you should go for it!!! good luck!!!

everyone is different. for me if i start to get hunger pains i drink my water and i don't feel hungry anymore. I am drinking my 64oz of water a day. i am also on a strict 900-1000 calorie diet a day. i use www.fitday.com and plan my day ahead of time of what I am going to eat....it is a godsend!!!

do the band....forget the marriage!! HAHA only kidding. yea thats a tough call...you will still be on liquids then and you will be run down. plus traveling on your honeymoon(you didnt mention if you are going on one) may be tough. Good luck!! I wish you the best on both occasions!

because your stomach may swell after a fill...and if you go straight to solids and throw up your stomach will swell even more and you may require a complete unfill. so best to follow doctors orders. hope this helps :tongue2:

sounds like its fill time....you may be eating more then you should be at this point......its not really your fault. i too am in bandster hell with a plateau.

luluc and heathero always have the best things to say. very insightful and I love reading their posts. very well said. as far as bethfromva...good luck to ya.

You took this journey not your DH. So wishing he would stop is not fair to him. You can not expect them to stop living their lives. You have to keep being strong willed and say no i will not eat that. Stay strong and keep doing the right things and your band will be a success.

BethfromVA sounds like a real battle axe. I bet her DH is scared to death and has to walk on egg shells. He is on a double edged sword here. When he tries to be supportive by losing weight you think he is mocking. When he doesnt want to get involved you rip him for that too. The guy can't win. You need to look at you and fix you before you can fix your DH. Just my opinion.

Also when you throw up it causes your stomach to swell so you can get even more restricted. Go back asap.