Marmour

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well with your band. I have a questions concerning the restrictions. Iam banded since Aug. 2006 and had many fillings during that time, my weight went down and up several times. Now its up :scared2: and I am really trying my best but its not working. Before asking my doctor i wanted to have several opinions from you girls & guys here, I want to ask my doctor if it is possible to make for me a full restriction for 2-3 weeks. And then I will only have fluids to drink instead of eating, I will make a daily healthy program for me to follow. Anyone have any idea about having full restriction and to only be able to have fluids instead of eating? Appreciate your suggestions / comments and advice. God Bless

Since I wrote last time on March 11th, I stood up on the scale today, and found that I lost around 4 lb in one week. What happened I don’t know? I know that I am fasting for Lent, and I started watching and controlling myself when eating; I used to eat without concentrating on the amounts of food. Now what I am doing is I am not eating that much of food like I used to. I am eating few and not feeling hungry. I didn’t notice the brain signs when telling me you are full and to stop. Ok I think this is one good step for me. The next steps are that I have to organize my meals. Look how was my typical day of eating: I don’t eat breakfast, I know it’s very important but I don’t. I just wake up at 7am drink about 1/2 liter water, and 1 tsp of honey, then reach office at 8:30 have my small cup of Nescafe. Later in the day I sometimes have a small banana, or if I wasn't lazy the night before I have 2 light toast with 1 Tbsp P. Butter and 1 tsp honey (this is very rare to happen) since I don’t prepare anything to eat at office. If I don’t have the sandwich prepared from home, I usually have tea, and at 1:30pm sometimes I order with my colleagues a sandwich we call it Shawarma (Chicken) usually I remove most of the bread of it, also you can read about it here if you like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma its nice but not an excellent healthy food. When I come back home from work around 4:30 pm I just don’t feel that hungry. So I just waste my time till the evening at 8pm I like to have a grilled chicken with a small bowel of cucumbers & Yoghurt with dried mint and pounded garlic, I love this meal. Sometimes instead of the Yoghurt I make a green salad. - I don’t like tomatoes a lot. Or sometimes I eat what my mom cooked for the family lunch (my mom has a healthy way of cooking, and healthy food too). But I used to eat in big quantities you can say I stuff myself. (That’s what I noticed recently, and why also I am not losing weight) Finally late at night (I used to eat chocolates) but not anymore now since we are fasting for lent (Easter). But after Easter I will keep the chocolates away. Pray for me so at least I can stop eating the big quantities of chocolates, and have instead fresh fruits or at least skimmed milk with cocoa. During this weekend I will make a program for myself, I am an expert in this I have been to dietitians all through my life and I can talk & act like them, and make healthy programs as they do. I know how to weight and register food. Ahhhh I almost know everything but sometimes I can’t apply this on me. But this time I said enough I must prove to everyone that I can do it and organize my life again, and go back to the gym (I haven’t been going to gym since April 2009). Well I think that I wrote a long message! :frown: just noticed that. If anyone really needs someone to talk to or need an advice in anything, I am here for you and I will do all my best. God Bless you all

Thanks Laura, I just wish that i will lose those 37lb by end of August, as I feel this year is my lucky year in everything Best wishes and luck to you and all here & God Bless

Thankssssssss you won't believe what the posts from you and everyone did to me last time, I honestly was crying when I read them, I was so desperate, so depressed and thought that my weight is stuck and will not lose even 1 lb. Now I am more encouraged and will go back to gym I miss my coach and everyone there, they used to support me a lot. But I am the naughty girl I am just stubborn and I keep giving myself excuses for not going back to gym. Now I will have more control on my life, watch, weigh, and register as I used to do all what I eat. I will go to the gym again. I must lose the 37lb till August. Also I want to have a photo of me before and after, I just wish I can do this like all the people I see having a before and after pictures. I don’t like anyone to take a photo of me, I just wish to have nice photos of me, and wear whatever I want without having any worries. I have this dream, I hope I will make it happen. In God’s will.

First, my apologies to everyone in being late in my reply I was so busy at work. Thanks everyone for your supporting talk you know it made me cry, I felt that I am not alone in this matter. Also you made me realize that the fix is within me myself. I live in the Kingdom of Jordan it’s in the Middle East. Here we have excellent medical doctors and nutritionists too, the last 2 years I was seeing a dietician she is the best one here in our country even she is an active member in The American Dietetic Association, she tried all her best with me I was following a great life style of eating but my only problem was the chocolates, she tried to help me in all manners, at the end she said you can see a psychiatrist, but I was too afraid to go and see one, in our country we still are not used to those visits (although I have a Bachelor degree in Psychology) but this didn’t help me since I never worked in my field. Now we are fasting (Lent fasting) for Easter only Vegetarian food is allowed till April 3rd, I started since Feb 15 so I haven’t had the chocolates since Feb 15th. But I had other very few sweets which are not like chocolates and lower in calories. I don’t even binge for chocolates!! Imagine this usually every year when I fast I don’t have any problem with chocolates if I don’t eat them, I even bought dark chocolate no sugar, but I don’t like eating it so much. I am thinking to change again my eating habits; I know that breakfast is the most important meal for us, if we have good breakfast meal and early dinner fruits in the middle maybe this will help not to binge or seek chocolates. Sometimes I leave work hungry while I am on my way to home I stop and buy chocolates, my dietician told me to be careful of this too and I should take some small meal to office instead of going home hungry and end up buying lots of chocolates to eat at night. Also sleeping early, I have this problem I don’t sleep early. I noticed when I decide to sleep earlier I don’t eat. Your messages made me realize that the solution is within me, I have to pull myself together again and do the healthy life I was taught. I know it’s not easy for me to get back on the track again but I will try my best starting tomorrow (coz today I already messed up at work by eating what is called Manakeesh (Yummy) it’s a pastry with olive oil and thyme above cooked in oven and also I had bag of chips ) You are all angels here really you touched me a lot and I am glad to have buddies here to support each other, I thank you again and I will surely be posting my progress in this. ps. Imagine that I am a good advicer to others in healthy food and nutritions but not to myslef :thumbup:

I had my LAP-BAND®® in 2006 I lost around 30kg in 2 years. In 2009 I went back to work (all desk work) started gaining weight also I started eating more chocolates specially at night!! Knowing that this is wrong & doesnt work with the band, now I have gained around 10kg and Iam trying to loose them again I dont have any kind of support even from my doctor or friends. I dont eat a lot of food, sometimes I eat medium meal in the afternoon. My chocolate eating start at night. I am addicted to it since a long time even before my LAP-BAND®®, I try each time not to eat even not to buy them but i keep doing the same, i feel so bad about my self, I need help I tried to find help in my country but unfortuantely its not available here. I was wondering will I find the help here online? on this website? I just pray to God to send me someone who can pick me out of this situation i put myself in.I need to live a healthy life, and be happy. I am hearing and seeing people with lap-band slippage and now I am totally frightened that this might happen to me anytime, and sometimes I think to remove the band!! :smile2: Please I need someone to help me if possible please. :w00t: