Gained almost all my weight back... please help...

[katie78 0]

Been MIA for a while, I"ll try not to make this too long. Had my surgery April 2008, so coming up on two years this april. I started out at 278, got down to 248, and I am currently at 264, I've had 3 fills, def. noticed a difference after the third fill which was beginning of November, I'm going back Jan. 14, because I feel restriction, but it's more like onlt if I eat too fast or don't chew enough, I don't know if I'm feeling "full" if that make sense? For those of you that have lost a good amount of weight, and feel like you have good restriction, could you eat a 6" turkey sub from subway? Because I can, so do I have good restriction? This is where I am so confused bc my doc says thats ok and thats an ok food choice. He's says he's nt gng to fill me to where I can only eat a few bites aalso have to make better food choices. I GET THAT! But I might of as well of joined weight watchers then! I did the band so that I could still eat what I wanted in moderation, even in bite size portions, am I totally off base here? Because if I am, someone put me in my place. I know I have to make good food choices, but i wanna be able to indulge a little bit, thats why i didn't do bypass. I feel like someone who has had great success with the band and who has good restriction, would tell me no way in hell could they eat a 6" subway sub. I'm getting so frustrated I've about given up. I have a very physically demanding job 40 hours a week and that doesn't even make a difference, i don't get it. Please someone help me I'm desperate here. Thanks guys....

Edited January 3, 2010 by time2bandme

[crzytchr 3]

Well, I find that I have good restriction, but I am definitely not too tight. I can eat most foods that I want, just a lot less of it. I feel that if you can eat the entire 6" sub, bread and all, you probably need a LITTLE more restriction. If you insist on a fill, it should be very small, maybe .2ccs. Talk to your surgeon and voice your concerns, but I also feel like he does, I didn't have this surgery to have it rule my life and not allow me to eat.

Examples of my eating if I go out:

Chilis:

pre-band: 1/2 order of skillet queso and chips; 1/2 order of a chicken quesadilla and probably a dessert.

Now: 1/4 order of skillet queso and cup of chili, no dessert

Pizza:

pre-band: 3 slices of a large regular crust pizza

Now: 1, sometimes 2 slices of a thin crust SMALL pizza

Cracker Barrel: LOVE THE BISCUITS

pre-band: 2 or 3 biscuits prior to my entree; then 1 entree

Now: 1 biscuit, then 1 fish fillet and 1/4 c mashed potatoes

[katie78 0]

Thanks for your reply, sometimes Im so depressed about all this I refuse to eat. And I know this is also a horrible thing to do. A certain medication I'm taking kinda makes me NOT hungry. I just don't wanna eat, and still I see no weight loss. So docs even prescribe this med for weight loss and well its not helping me! LOL!

We were at TGI Fridays tonight and this is what I was able to eat, 4 french fries of my daughters, 2 boneless chicken wings, and a half of a chicken breast, and i was done. I'm wasn't stuffed, but I knew when it was time to stop, however, this will not keep me full for very long, so is this how I know I might need a SLIGHT fill?

[crzytchr 3]

Thanks for your reply, sometimes Im so depressed about all this I refuse to eat. And I know this is also a horrible thing to do. A certain medication I'm taking kinda makes me NOT hungry. I just don't wanna eat, and still I see no weight loss. So docs even prescribe this med for weight loss and well its not helping me! LOL!

We were at TGI Fridays tonight and this is what I was able to eat, 4 french fries of my daughters, 2 boneless chicken wings, and a half of a chicken breast, and i was done. I'm wasn't stuffed, but I knew when it was time to stop, however, this will not keep me full for very long, so is this how I know I might need a SLIGHT fill?

That sounds ok for the amount of food. How much time do you think is not long? If it is 4 hours, that is about right. Start journaling your food amounts and see how many calories you are consuming each day. If you aren't hungry and don't eat very often, it is possible that you aren't eating enough each day.

[SpecialK 22]

If you don't have a food journaling tool, the www.mydailyplate.com site is free and I think it is very good. I journal my exercise and food and it tells me what my net calories are for the day and I can see a whole week or month of my progress. Look for the big picture. Don't beat yourself up over 1 day off track, get back on the next.