kelly111

I've been reading a lot of blogs where people are having a hard time with the band and losing weight. I have posted a few other times about this same topic so it may be helpful for people to read those as well.
It's been over a year for me and I have been through all of these struggles- from not losing weight, working out ALL the time, to getting filled so tight that I threw up several times a day to eating less than 800 cals...... Ive been there!
I went to an X national body builder and licensed nutritionalist and learned what I was doing wrong.
Here's the deal:
You MUST eat 5-6 times a day and get about 1500-1800 cals in a day depending on your weight and activity level. You can find out what you need by knowing your metabolic rate which you can get off the internet as a guide.
You MUST eat a lot of protien or you will lose muslce instead of fat. If you weigh 200lbs you need 200 grams of protein per day.
You MUST do moderate cardio 4 times a week for about 40 min ( dont go more or you will go into a catabolic state and burn muscle)
You MUST lift heavy weights 2 times a week just to keep the muscle you already have - takes about 20 min
You MUST eat a protein, good fat and incindental carb ( berries and veggies) with every meal
You MUST have a good "cheat day" every week - it causes our bodies to not get use to the same food day after day and requires the body to work hard ( burn calories) to digest a heavy meal.
You MUST limit sugar, starchy carbs and bad fat!!
 
I can promise you that if you do these things you will burn fat. Throw the darn scale away. The scale does not indicate how much FAT you lose.
 
I lose about half of a pound to a pound a week but Im very close to my ideal weight. My weight loss has been very slow the whole time, but thats OK!
 
I got all the fluid taken out of my band a few months ago because I could not eat what I needed to eat in order to lose fat.
 
Please email me if you have thoughts or questions.

I've been reading a lot of blogs where people are having a hard time with the band and losing weight. I have posted a few other times about this same topic so it may be helpful for people to read those as well.
It's been over a year for me and I have been through all of these struggles- from not losing weight, working out ALL the time, to getting filled so tight that I threw up several times a day to eating less than 800 cals...... Ive been there!
I went to an X national body builder and licensed nutritionalist and learned what I was doing wrong.
Here's the deal:
You MUST eat 5-6 times a day and get about 1500-1800 cals in a day depending on your weight and activity level. You can find out what you need by knowing your metabolic rate which you can get off the internet as a guide.
You MUST eat a lot of protien or you will lose muslce instead of fat. If you weigh 200lbs you need 200 grams of protein per day.
You MUST do moderate cardio 4 times a week for about 40 min ( dont go more or you will go into a catabolic state and burn muscle)
You MUST lift heavy weights 2 times a week just to keep the muscle you already have - takes about 20 min
You MUST eat a protein, good fat and incindental carb ( berries and veggies) with every meal
You MUST have a good "cheat day" every week - it causes our bodies to not get use to the same food day after day and requires the body to work hard ( burn calories) to digest a heavy meal.
You MUST limit sugar, starchy carbs and bad fat!!
 
I can promise you that if you do these things you will burn fat. Throw the darn scale away. The scale does not indicate how much FAT you lose.
 
I lose about half of a pound to a pound a week but Im very close to my ideal weight. My weight loss has been very slow the whole time, but thats OK!
 
I got all the fluid taken out of my band a few months ago because I could not eat what I needed to eat in order to lose fat.
 
Please email me if you have thoughts or questions.

I've been reading a lot of blogs where people are having a hard time with the band and losing weight. I have posted a few other times about this same topic so it may be helpful for people to read those as well.
It's been over a year for me and I have been through all of these struggles- from not losing weight, working out ALL the time, to getting filled so tight that I threw up several times a day to eating less than 800 cals...... Ive been there!
I went to an X national body builder and licensed nutritionalist and learned what I was doing wrong.
Here's the deal:
You MUST eat 5-6 times a day and get about 1500-1800 cals in a day depending on your weight and activity level. You can find out what you need by knowing your metabolic rate which you can get off the internet as a guide.
You MUST eat a lot of protien or you will lose muslce instead of fat. If you weigh 200lbs you need 200 grams of protein per day.
You MUST do moderate cardio 4 times a week for about 40 min ( dont go more or you will go into a catabolic state and burn muscle)
You MUST lift heavy weights 2 times a week just to keep the muscle you already have - takes about 20 min
You MUST eat a protein, good fat and incindental carb ( berries and veggies) with every meal
You MUST have a good "cheat day" every week - it causes our bodies to not get use to the same food day after day and requires the body to work hard ( burn calories) to digest a heavy meal.
You MUST limit sugar, starchy carbs and bad fat!!
 
I can promise you that if you do these things you will burn fat. Throw the darn scale away. The scale does not indicate how much FAT you lose.
 
I lose about half of a pound to a pound a week but Im very close to my ideal weight. My weight loss has been very slow the whole time, but thats OK!
 
I got all the fluid taken out of my band a few months ago because I could not eat what I needed to eat in order to lose fat.
 
Please email me if you have thoughts or questions.

I wanted to post something about all the folks out there getting fills thinking thats what will cause them to drop weight.
It's been almost a year for me and I have only lost 45 lbs ( I really only had about 65 to lose). I had fills and fills until I just couldnt keep anything down. I thought I could drop the weight that way and then just have an un-fill after the weight was gone. Boy, was I wrong!
After many struggles this year I have learned a few valuable facts that I would like to share with you:
 
Dont get your band filled past half way. This is true for most people anyway.
 
We need to EAT in order to lose fat and gain muscle. I went to a nutritionist last week who does training for body builders. I was eating far too few calories. I was working out very hard at about 10 hours a week and getting no where!
 
Exercise is important but its only 20% - the other 80% is the diet! You must eat lots of lean proteins, no sugar substitutes, no sugar and only natural carbs that are in fruits and veggies.
 
You must get about 1500-1800 cals in for women if you are doing exercise 4x a week. Now, those calories must be the good kind.
 
Losing 1 lb a week is awesome! Losing much more than 2 a week is a sure sign that you are losing muscle. Thats not a good thing.
 
Your body will respond if you follow some of these things. I love to eat and I love to workout. So I was killing myself working out so I could eat a small sugary treat every day. I couldnt understand why the fat wasnt coming off. Now, I understand. It's ALL about the diet.
 
DO NOT GET OVER-FILLED THINKING YOU WONT BE ABLE TO EAT AND THE POUNDS WILL DROP. you may lose weight on the scale but you will be losing your muscle first and not your fat. HUGE mistake.
 
Im finally losing the last 20 lbs of fat that I have. With this knowledge, I will be lean and buff in 6-7 months.

Well, after 3 full days of throwing up every 20 minutes, no food and no water I demanded to be seen by my doc today. He took all the fluid out of my band and put most of it back in. Ahhhhhh! I was finally able to eat some soup and drink water. All of this from ONE small bit of a cheeseburger ( no bun). Sure, I lost 6 lbs in the past few days but I would rather have a slow and steady weight loss than to have to go through that again. Soooo tired of throwing up my own saliva all the time.