Zumba-Fattie

Hhmmm... the title says it all. My heaviest March 2010 - 318lbs Weight on surgery day April 2010 - 306lbs Current weight - 269lbs (fluctuating between -/+3lbs) Goal weight - 161lbs I've been fluctuating for the last 3 months. I have good and very bad days. Bad days perpetuated by life events and my sense of failure. Also my band has intermittent restriction throughout the month. What should I be aiming for kCal wise and it determined by exercise? Thanks

Hi NYDad, No idea what 'applebees' is but I think I catch your drift. protein first ... yep. do that. chew 15-30 times before I swallow... yep. feel satisfied after food ... nope. restriction? depends on what time of the month it is .. grrrrrrr.... Not been told about protein first, just been told to eat smaller portions and everything is ok, i.e. no foods to avoid except high fat & sugar of course. Learned the high protein thing from YouTUBE and reading here. 10-14oz ... I'll aim for that. However 10oz of chicken is quite different from 10oz of say ...... lettuce (just as an example!) so was a little confused hence my preference for calories. Does anyone stick to or have a daily kCal allowance?

just noticed the amount you've lost. how did you do that? What was your regime? Thank you.

Hi. I have a 10ml band. I have about 8.2 in my band. I often don't feel restricted if I'm honest. I'm someone who eats to satisfaction as opposed to eating until the hunger goes. What does a 10-14ounce meal look like? Is that how much it's supposed to weigh? I can eat a normal plate of food if I'm honest.

Hi Folks. I exercise every day and burn on average 1200kCal per session. Thank you.

Just posting again as it seemed messed up by ads ... My heaviest March 2010 - 318lbs Weight on surgery day April 2010 - 306lbs Current weight - 269lbs (fluctuating between -/+3lbs) Goal weight - 161lbs I've been fluctuating for the last 3 months. I have good and very bad days. Bad days perpetuated by life events and my sense of failure. Also my band has intermittent restriction throughout the month. What should I be aiming for kCal wise and it determined by exercise? Thanks

Hi Guys, I've been a lurker on this site for a few months now, but finally decided to register and post today. I was banded 10th April '10. I'm on my 3rd fill and and am now experiencing foods getting 'stuck'. I attribute it to eating too fast, taking too big a portion and use the discomfort (which usually passes during my meal) as a warning by my band. However I'm now wondering whether "fullness" can cause food getting stuck? Food gets stuck most days, sometimes the food goes down slowly, other times it's stuck fast like earlier today. This evening I had to throw up and boy did I?! I'm still in a lot of discomfort and don't fancy eating anything else tonight - I'm waiting for 40 minutes to pass so I can have a nice cold drink. So now I'm wondering - what does 'full' feel like? I'm presuming full doesn't feel the way it used to i.e. feeling like my belly (not my stomach) is going to burst. Right now I feel like I've eaten but I don't feel as if I'm going to burst, if anything I can still feel slight pain and discomfort from the stuck food. Thanks ZF. xx