South Dakota Girl

I use Designer Whey Protein, its the only one that I have had luck with. I tried several before I found this one, I mis it with Fat free milk and do it after every workout. It helps your body recover quicker. I add it to oatmeal when I can actually eat something in the morning. Good Luck on your journey!!!

Good Morning Lisa! I have looked at the fitness for the wii alot, do u like it. I just got Just Dance 3 as part of my workouts and I love it. Great workout thats for sure. If u love to dance I would recommend it. I do Designer Whey from GNC, its the only one that I have been able to tolerate. It is choc. and I take 1 aday after my workouts, it helps your body recover quicker. I have to have 70 grams of Protein a day. My protein shakes is 26 grams, with the fat free milk. Hope this helps. I finally went to the Dr and he checked my band to make sure everything was fine and had a small fill, since monday I have lost 3 1/2 lbs. So I am hoping it continues. Have a great day.

I live an hour away from my Dr and our support groups as well. And we have ours on a Monday night which is hard for me with my kids. I have gone when they didnt have anything going on. I agree with coming on here for support, it seems to help alot. I use to get on anoter site and chat with all ladies but the last time I was on there was a person tat pretended to have the lap-band and then just started calling everyone on the site gross, she had never had a weight problem and she just got on to see if she can convince all of us, they was mean. And a few others went off, I decided that I didnt need the Drama and havent been on since. I needed o focus on me.

Hi Lisa, As far as keeping track of my carbs and making sure I am getting in my protein, I have 70 grams of protein aday as my nutristionist advised. I am starting to keep track of my carb intake again. I had slacked off on that a bit but have decided that I cant be lazy about it. I do much better when I track everything. I workout 6 days a week, I do zumba, curves Fit Club and walk. I change up the times that I work out and have 2 friends that workout with me to keep me going. As far as how much I have in my band I am holding about 6.5 and my band size is a 10. Hope u are doing well. Keep up the good work.

Good Evening Everyone! Its been awhile since I was on last. I am glad that most of u are having great success with your weight loss. I am glad that I had it done but have been frustrated lately. I reached 70 lbs lost back in Aug and have been sitting there ever since. I work out everyday, watch what I eat although I have had times where I slipped. I love my cappucino when it is cold out, I would only have a cup in the morning but since then have stopped drinking it and went to peppermint tea. Any of u have suggestions on how to jump start my metabolism again so that I can get past the 70 lb mark. I only have about 25-30 more lbs to go, if u ask my dr I only have about 17lbs to go.

Congratulations papoose on reaching 'ONDERLAND". I have reached it as well but have once again been stuck. I have lost 65lbs, and I am starting to get frustrated because I am stuck again. I have set goals for my self and have reached all of them except the last one. Not sure what I am doing wrong at this point. I really dont have much to complain about since I have lost 65lbs, and I work hard at it. I bought my first size Medium top in years! That felt great. I think maybe I need to kick it up again with my workouts.

I love Zumba, I do it at Curves 2 days a week and I even bought it for my wii.I have a protein shake everyday. I even have been eating about 1/2 cup since my last fill. So since my last fill I have tried not to wrok out so much, the Dr and the Nutrionist told me I was working out to much, Some days i would double up, We have a Fit Club here and we do Brazillian Butt Lift, Turbo Fire and a few other things, I even tried P90X didnt care for that,

neenee how did u get out of your slump, I have been stuck for a while now. I just had my fourth fill and have finally lost 3 lbs since. I work out hard 6 days a week. Any words of wisdom would be great.

LisaA, I know where you are ocming from, I stayed at 55lbs for so long, I was getting depressed and now finally I have lost 3 lbs in a week and a half, so I hope it continues. I have set goals for myself but have fallen short by 3-4 lbs everytime, so I have learned I need to set smaller goals. I work out 6 days a wk, and have lost alot of inches and have to remind myself of all my accoplishments and not to be so hard on myself and that any weight lose is better then NO weight loss. If there is anything that I can do to help, let me know.

Hi all! I was reading the posts and EVERYONE is doing so well. So i thought i should post and let everyone know how I am doing. Its been awhile since I have been on just got so darn busy. Anyway I have lost 58 lbs so far, Dr tells me he only wants me to lose another 35 lbs. I asked him if he was nuts, I want to lose more then that, but he tells me that is to small for my frame. I guess he knows best.

Hi soon2bethin! I am doing great, I am down 30lbs since surgery. And no I have not made it to any support group mtgs yet, I am hoping I can make the one this month. Last month I was set to go but had a mtg for work so had to chose. I understand the wanting to meet ppl that are going thru the samething, I have a coworker that had it done in 2008 so she has been very helpful. It would be nice to meet someone that just had it done just like I did, it will be 7 weeks as of tomorrow since I had surgery. I hope you are doing well and losing lots of weight.

Welcome Gusso5. I am on the otherside as well. I had mine done just in september by Dr. Sufficool. He and his staff are wonderful. Before I decided on this I went to a seminar that Dr. Sufficool did and talked to a few ppl who had it done with him. I couldnt have been in better hands. Good Luck on your journey.

Sounds like everyone is doing well. I started back at curves and the days I dont do that I walk on my treadmill and do the wii fit. I do curves 3 times a wk for 30 minutes or so, Then the other days on the treadmill for 40 minutes at night, I do the wii fit in the morning for 30 minutes as well, It has been hard getting back into a routine after my surgery, But since I got the ok to workout again hard. I am down 30lbs now, but its going slow. But I am trying to stay positive and remind myself that everyone is different and going to lose different. Hope everyone has a great night.

Hello to all the September bandsters. I had my first fill on Nov 3rd and am down 27 lbs. I am thrilled. I hope everyone is doing well.

Good Luck to those being banded this week. I am doing well. Cant wait until I get all my strength back.

Good Morning. I had my surgery yesterday and when dr was in there he also repaired a hiatal hernia.Surgery went well and am alittle sore. Have to sleep with my head up at a 30 degree angle so I am sleeping on the couch so I dont disturb my husbands sleep. Surgery was at 7 am and they finally let me go home about 5pm. Everytime they would take me off my oxegen it would go down to 80 so I had to be put back on it. No gas pain so far. I do have to blow in the thing every 15 min so that I dont get phnemonia. Hope everyone is doing well.

ok, so tomorrow is my big day, starting to get nervous. I have to spend the night so I wont be able to update you all until saturday when I get home. Good luck to all those being banded tomorrow and those that were banded today.

I want to wish those being banded tomorrow good luck! Please keep us posted.

Yes there are 2 threads. This one is alittle different. I am on day 6 of my preop fast. Day 2 was the hardest for me, but I got thru it with flying colors. I have not cheated once. I keep telling myself it is worth it in the end. I have had several distractions while I have been on my fast. But I am down 7 1/2 lbs as of this morning.

My fast consists of Opti-fast. 1 Shake for Breakfast, 1 bar for lunch and then another shake for a snack and then soup for supper, its this powder soup. Then another shake for evening snack.

I am on day 6 of my fast. It has gotten easier for me, the worst day was the second. I was so hungry, but now its just second nature. I just keep telling myself that i only have 4 more days on this and then banded world here I come. Congrats to all that have started this journey, I wish you all the best of Luck.