HeatherinCA

I'm only 2lbs away from my goal and I am working on exercising more but I still hate it haha.

Get all the junk out of your house. So if you do go sneak a snack it won't be anything bad. I'm not a big snacker but I keep some 100 calorie packs around, they make them of almost every kind of snack food or nuts or chips, so if I have a craving I can get it out w/o ruining my diet. But generally I will have almonds, or crackers and Peanut Butter, try to get some Protein in.Or I love Popchips! After dinner I like to do a small bowl of oatmeal for some reason.. I crave it then ahah. Also I like sugar free bite size hershey's special dark, only 30 cal a piece. Not something to have all the time, but it really hits the spot if you want chocolate, I'll take one when I go to the movies or somewhere I'd normally have chocolate. Use a baby fork and spoon so you take smaller bites. After you eat the food you are aloud, get up, do something else, you probably aren't still hungry you just want more food. Exercise is good, it's still hard for me, but i'm trying to get out there at least 3 days a week, I'm working up to 5. Try different things to stay motivated. Gym, hiking, sports, yoga.. whatever

Mine's 11cc, my doc said it was a Johnson & Johnson and it's the standard band

Yea, lately i've wanted to make something. But I picked up one last night and it was good, a Pasta dish with shrimp and tomatoes and some sort of lemon sauce it was only like 290 calories and 18g of Protein and it only had 270mg of sodium.

I still blech almost 7 weeks out, it's annoying, but I can deal with it. I feel like it's mostly after I eat

I think the pre-band education needs to be better! But yea, regardless I knew I still had to do work and that it wasn't a miracle worker, that was pretty clear. But it is a different experience than I expected. You would think you would know that before you or you would have your insurance company spend $13,000 on surgery. If it was every fat person would have one, and everyone would be skinny.

Oh yea, but it expands your stomach doesn't it? Yea, my band is half full, I could still eat far more if I wanted to. Also I agree if I'm really hungry I end up eating more and eating too fast

It's hard to break old habits.... but I don't know that your advice is that great! You shouldn't be eating pizza and soda (soda will rot your band), and now you can only eat mushies and telling people it'll get better and they will lose weight. I know there is an emotional side, but YOU have to control what goes in or you won't lose weight.

Eek, they are gross anyways! I like the gummi ones

Nope mine was normal. i actually got it like 3 or 4 days after surgery.

Yep! I use them at home. Real forks are SO huge in comparison! I also eat my meals off a salad plate or a ramikin

I don't think I would spend the $$ if my BMI was only 32... it seems like a huge process to only lose 60lbs. Half the weight would be gone from liquid and mushies. If I only had 60lbs to lose I would just diet and exercise.

Oh yea, Protein drinks have it though, I don;t think I'd want the extra from Gatorade, or even like she said it's the zero thats just more fake sugar that could be giving the diarrhea. She's on liquids so it should be fine

More Protein, more water! Those first, then the other things if you still feel like you need them. I wouldn't be concerned, you can't go #2 when you aren't eating solids. Don't Vitamin Water / Powerade have a lot of sugar that might not help your tummy?

I'll have to check it out!

Oh no! Sorry you are having trouble. I guess everybody reacts differently.

The first few weeks I ate about 1/2-3/4 cup. Now I eat about a cup or a little more.

Right. It's like normal. After a few hours I get hungry like everyone else. I'm just not hungry all the time. I was hungry when i was on liquids after my fill, but it was only one day, I lived! ahha.

I could feel it going in, it was weird haha. I felt really full for 2 or 3 days, now it feels pretty much the same as it did before.

I was only on liquids for 24 hours, I just was careful after that, but I didn't have any problems!

I had mine last week, no pain really, it's just WEIRD. Nothing else I can say about it other than it was an awkward experience haha. They poke ya, see if it's full enough, then put more if they need to.

I eat 3 meals, and maybe 1 snack. I'm not usually hungry enough between meals to eat a snack, but I want one after dinner. I just don't go over 5 hours w/o eating.

Beergut, I was in Vegas this weekend, I didn't eat great, but still down 2 pounds today . It's crazy that I can stop at ONE piece of pizza, or eat half an entree. hit 30lbs today!!! Guys, don't worry, just eat like you should. The fill doesn't do ALL that much. I got my fill a week ago and I don't feel all that different. It's still 85% about making good choices, and self control.

I don't have a problem with em. I live alone, it's hard to make great custom meals every night. But, we eat so little I want my dinner to be GOOD! I don't know if you have Fresh & Easy but they have a lot of fresh refrigerated pre-made meals and they are good, they have some low-cal ones. I got a shrimp Pasta one today and it only has 260 calories.

Exercising?