LBSept09

I like the gnc also. I joined the gold club and the first week of the month they give you 10% off, and if you go to a rite aid, you get their discount also. Good luck

They are not amazing...lol and I do not remember them filling me up, but they are great if you are low on protien for the day. I think finding something to do is the best solution. Stop putting so much thought into the fact that you are on liquids, and more on what you will do for exercise tomorrow.

I have been banded since 09 and never tighter in the morning. It is quite consistent. Sometimes when I go to bed, I feel like the day of a fill, in my chest. It is like I can feel myself breathing.

Gr rrr , auto correct. Tons of space, and don't, not doing sorry for the typos.

The total protien and size of your meal is more important then calories. I also just started the my fitness pal and love it. Uses tings of space on my phone tho, and eats the battery. I only count calories because if I stay at 700/800 like they suggest, I doing lose. I need to hover around a thousand. If I take in more then 1300 I will maintain only. The exercising and adding calories is new to me, so eager to set if I lose this week. Good luck

My stuck episodes are a discomfort in my chest area. I cannot swallow anything until it moves, either up or down. Someone on this site said sabot each bite. Appreciate what your are eating. If I am over hungry, I try to have a shake instead of food, so I do not eat too quickly.

I cannot feel my band and it does not hurt me to get. I can feel my port and it sometimes causes a twinge. The doc said it is the location. He likes to place the port here, but it is in muscle near your rib. If you are active, just let your doctor know. Good luck. I love my band.

I am almost the same as you, yes. I gained almost all my weight back, because I could eat. Tmf is right, eat slow, chew allot, enjoy!! But stop at the cup, or when you feel it. I totally enjoy eating, even if I am not hungry, so this is a challenge every meal. The end results are worth it!!!! Stay strong. If you measure your serving, and only have that in front of you. Small bites and chew allot; really think about each bite, and taste what you are eating. This helps!! Then decide if you are still having issues. I has to go back to liquids for a couple of days, then mushy to get back to eating correctly.

I struggle with adding calories, because then I add a few more, and a few more.... I assume I will need to at some point add them back in to maintain also. Can't wait for that day. Congrats on a job well done. I thought we was suppose to take one or two days a week off from exercising? Maybe check back in with your doctor and team and see what they suggest.

I think the milk diet is taking initio account protien. Sounds like you are going to run into constipation issues.. .. Slim fast offers a 20g protien shake now, and it tastes the same. Love them. Walmart carries them. coffee is the caffeine, and goodies you put in it. Easy to rack up a hundred or so calories in one coffee. Good luck

I also would love it. Please procreate message here is fine with me, if you do not want to post it Thank you so much.

Tomato soup make you feel like you are having a meal and it is filling. I agree, make sure you are getting your protien, I have to have 60g a day. Remember, eat to live, not live to eat. I have to tell myself this a million times a day. Lol Good luck

If you are cheating now, I would suggest postpone the surgery. You are not ready to change your life style. The band is a tool, and you are only cheating yourself. This band is not a magic wand. I fell back into bad habits, and it is terrible trying to back on track. I could have seriously hurt myself. You need to realize this is the way you eat your whole life.. Good luck, it is an awesome tool, but you still have to do all the work.

Call your doctors office and speak to the nurses, they will know

Amazing... Looks great.

It will not hurt to start now, if you stop your regular ones. I take two flintstones a day, because we do not have the centrum chewables in this neck of the woods.

I agree with mis, don't start eating wrong foods right out if the gate. Keep up the good work. Stay on mushy!!! And I am guessing one small slice with no crusty is a cup of food.

Those both trend to be quite dry going down... Blend them for sure

I think it is up to the place you are dining at. If you show them the card, they may offer a partial serving or special order. I do not feel they need to give me special pricing, because I am free to take my left overs home.

Do not wait until the weekend....you will find another excuse. Trust me, I have been making them four over a year. I gained almost all of it back. Measure and stick with protien. It is ok to feed the rest of the household and keep your portions tiny. Use the tool, even if you do not feel restriction. You will be going shortly for that fill. In the beginning you had to buckle down and change your eating habits with no band. This is almost the same. I thought I had no restriction also, but if I am honest with myself, eat slow, small bites, and chew and enjoy then I do have some. Don't over think, depend too much, or out smart this tool. Hope you do well.....

Hi Bunny. I did go back yesterday for a tiny bit more in my band. I haven't been there in well over a year. I have a great doctor, but also just a doctor, in no way is he a mentor. I just figured this out. It was not nearly as bad as i was expecting. Other then how much I have gained back. I was worried it might be too much, as I thought I was at my sweet spot. I think now I was having some restriction, but not enough. I should be forced to eat slow, small bites, and stop at less then a cup. That is what this band does. I was lazy and started chewing less, took bigger bites, etc. I also didn't stop in time, because in reality I was NOT satisfied.... I need to go back to the less is best motto. Good luck. you will feel better if you make the appt. if you are over filled, they can take it right back out.,

How is it going? Hope you are enjoying your new band.

I am on day two of a restart. It is consuming me at this time....I think it is harder to start over then at the beginning. I So wish I had never challenged what they told me. I don't think they emphasize enough the reasons they put the rules into effect. You have the don't eat list, because you can't. The list is not entirely because you physically can't, but because you can't eat that type of food and lose! I am very happy I came back to the forum for support, this is just what I need. Wish there was more support meetings in Maine to attend.

I am also restarting.....I also have not gone to my doc because I am ashamed of my lack of dedication. I lose very slow, and I am comfortable at 700 to 800 calories, but will not lose unless I eat 900 too 1100 . straying even a couple hundred is a challenge, as it makes me want to nibble. More then 1200 cal and I basically maintain. I go a very long time before the scale actually shows a loss too, so I have avoid it. I wish the care after the band was for life. Seems visits and meetings should be mandatory like mammograms and physicals. Oh well. Day one here we go!!!

I was banded in 2009, and am truly happy with my band. My problem is the head games I play with this life long struggle. I did so well for the first year, but lost very very slow. I got to the 199 spot, and never lost any more. I gained some of the weight back, and do not eat well at all. I now need to start from scratch, right back to the presurgery prep, because I am not eating right, not taking the correct time, or eating good foods. Carbs are evil little critters! I want to be eating correctly, but obviously not enough to actually get on it. My big problem is, the way I think. I can rationalize why I willl "do better tomorrow" every single day. I always start the morning thinking this is the day, I am going to eat great. Why do we not think this at 6pm?? I have a trip coming next week, and I know I willl have dinner out alot, and a few drinks, so I eat terrible now, knowing there is no need to eat good and blow it next week.... UGH !!!! I do not drink often (a few times a year), but it is like cutting a limb off, or no presents at Christmas, for me to go on this trip and not have the drink that comes with the meal. I need to have the Men in Black guys flash me with that little flashy thing, and tell me I like only bland boring diet food and very little of that. Eat to live, not Live to eat.. :-)