PJbanster

1200 to 1500 calories is actually really good. You may not burn that in exercise but being a male at 319 you def burn more than 1200-1500 calories a day just existing. Keep in mind too while you're exercising, that the key to fat loss is muscles eating up the fat. Do the cardio but work on those muscles too! Check out this link. http://www.bmi-calcu...bmr-calculator/ Slow loss sucks I agree. A crawl will still get you there faster than standing still. Just keep on pushing even if it were as slow as half a pound a month it is a half a pound less than you were before. Just keep up the good work it'll pick up!

BP is probably blood pressure... PB is productive burp.

First of all sounds like you're doing well! 21 lbs already WAY TO GO! Well I have been at this 1 year and 6 months and have lost 153 lbs. Let me tell you I have weighed myself every single day! I even took my scale with me on vacatoin. It helps me see weight gain and loss patterns, I track it and I have been able to see what eating patterns affect the scale for me. Your weight will usually fluxuate within a few lbs but if you do everything you're supposed to you shouldn't see huge weight gains.

If there was a place to "blow your own horn" this is the place! Awesome job keep up the good work!

Sounds like you're doing the best you can right now. Keep it up! Eventually if that routine stops working and you stop losing for a period of time you can look in to changing it up some. You will be VERY surprised when that time comes you will have more energy than you realize. The more you keep it up the more it will be routine and you won't even think twice about doing what you've got to in order to get the results. As long as you keep it up and do the right things for your body EVENTUALLY your body will give in and give you the results. Remember that when you plateau. Lots of us have been there and somehow we got past it. You can do this. 38lbs! WAY TO GO!

Another option besides bypass would be the gastric sleeve, however, I personally would keep trucking with the band really track what you're doing and eating and see what you can change. The band is ONLY supposed to help you eat less. You've gotta pick what you eat and how much you exercise.

Sounds like your doc does fills slowly. Most people hit that green zone with about half the band filled, but everyone is different. Any loss is a good loss and 25 lbs is quite an acheivement. You seem to really have a desire to learn how to do it right. Planning really is the key. Also, I'm a fan of myfitnesspal. You can access it online and there is an app for the phone. I track just about everything I eat on that (trust me it gets addicting) and I have definitely been able to see patterns in my weight loss. For example, I tend to plateau when I go too long on too low calorie of a diet and am exercising too much. I can usually break a plateau with upping my calorie intake and lowering my cardio. It's just a good way of tracking and figuring out how your body works. You keep doing what you're doing and make yourself aware of your actions and that weight will keep disappearing!

You look like a different person. I'm sure you feel that way as well. You're so right the road is bumpy with or without a band. Congrats to you for sticking to it and getting those results!

I wish the weather would decide what it's going to do! One day it's warm and one day it's cold. It is definitely not being nice to my band! I'm not sure about the rest of you but my band is pretty sensative to barometric pressure changes. I'll survive I guess, I always do. I'm just whining boo hoo.

Ya funny I've gotten that same attitude. I have had lap band surgery now and am able to consistently lose weight and keep it off. I mean go for her for losing 50 lbs. I did that too before surgry lol. I just gained it back plus some after the fact. I don't know why people have to make it a big deal. You lose weight yay for you, but you don't have to down play someone else's progress because they used a different method.