Sept. 2010 Bandsters !!!

[pooky032281 8]

Very discouraged...I haven't lost a pound since the pre-op diet...about to the point I'm ready to tell my doc to take it out. I have tons of restriction, to the point sometimes i think I'm too tight. I barely eat a cup of food per meal, mostly Protein. It makes no sense. I follow the rules, and still no success...

Any suggestions?

[LisaA 1]

Oh Pooky, I'm so sorry, that is very frustrating, do you lose and gain back? How often do you weigh yourself.

Here are some of my amateur thoughts. But I would say you should talk with your doctor.

but first before you go, maybe make the appt, and in the mean time vigilantly track everything you are eating, this means measuring carefully also. I like the online free counters, my fit day. http://www.fitday.com/ it gives great charts on all of your nutrients. and I do a lot of cooking, so I also use spark people http://www.sparkpeople.com/ for their free recipe calculator, which is quite a service. Spark people also has a free food tracker, I haven't used it though. This way you can print out what you are eating each day and show it to your Dr. and/ nutritionist which your dr. should have available to you. This is a pain but it will help you get a real handle on what you are taking in and how much. Perhaps your carbs are too high for example, trying to keep a 60 on your Protein and a 60 to 70 on your Protein might be a reasonable goal, but a nutritionist would be better suited to talk about that.

Other tracks, if you can't bare to track (and now that I"m used to it I can track like 3-4 days a week. anyway another way is to follow a plan for a while. I like the Instinct diet, many great recipes, and a fast food track as well as a home cook track.

Another thought is your calories are too low, try averaging 1200, where one day a week you go down to 1000 and one day up to 1400.

Another thing I've heard people talk about is that they don't lose if they aren't drinking enough Water. 64 oz per day I think is a goal.

Another one of course is exercise. and I've heard if you are plateaued to change up the routine, like if you do yoga switch to pelotes, or if you do it in the morning switch to a different time of day, that type of thing.

Lastly, I don't think that being too tight is a silly thought at all and you should talk to your Doc. do they do flouro fills? can you go to a place with flouro, that's sort of nice to see it on the xray while you drink. Having a conversation and showing a detailed food log, and discussing maybe a slight unfill to try it out are all good ideas too.

Oh and weighing your self try daily for a while, and track it, just to see if you are gaining and then losing.

What were you doing on your pre op diet, try doing that again for a little while, it looks like you lost then, just to see if you can get the ball rolling.

I'm sorry you are going through this, good luck.

[emsbugbug 7]

LisaA made some good points. You also need to see if you have any underlying issues, like thyroid or PCOS. These make losing difficult. What exactly are you eating? Give us an idea and we can try to help.

[LisaA 1]

I thought this article was interesting regarding not losing like you want.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=1605

[sourmissg 0]

Hello all I have not been around for some time now. I want to

say hello and to see what's been going on.

I was down 39lbs. my last apt I had gained 2 lbs back. Monday March 7, I will have my first fill.

I received my band 23 of Sept 2010

[CSinTX 0]

Hello,

It's been a long time since I have been around, sorry for my absence. Have been super busy and things have been going well.

I have not lost the weight that I wanted by the 6 month marker but then I have not put the effort in that I should have.

Over all I'm very happy with where I am currently in my weight loss and the doctors are ok with it, so why worry that it's not the stellar weight loss that everyone hears about.

I had another fill yesterday and up to 10.5cc in this 11cc band. I was comfortable at 10cc, could eat just about anything and kept too my smaller portions but this past month I only lost 2 lbs so doc wanted to tweak it. Is there anyone else out there with 10 or more cc at 6 months?

Cathy

[stateofzen 46]

Hi September folk. Just a quick post to let you know that today's weigh in marked onederland for me! I weighed 198.2 this morning, which is 94 lbs down from my pre-op high and 65 lbs down since surgery!

[LisaA 1]

wow lyla, that is fabulous, I can only dream of that at this point, congrats.

[pooky032281 8]

Thanks for the tips Lisa...

emsbugbug - I know my thyroid is playing hell with my loss. I had to have it completely removed in December due to follicular thyroid carcinoma. I keep trying to be positive, just frustrated!!!

Thanks everyone for the kind words...will post more when I have longer to chat!

[MyOwnLife 0]

Hey sourmissg, I also haven't been here much lately. I was banded on 9/2/10 and had my first fill on February 21st. I had lost 54 lbs then and am now down 65 pounds. Are you happy with your band? I'm so excited.

MyOwnLife

Hello all I have not been around for some time now. I want to

say hello and to see what's been going on.

I was down 39lbs. my last apt I had gained 2 lbs back. Monday March 7, I will have my first fill.

I received my band 23 of Sept 2010

[monicaleon18 2]

Hello All,

I am happy to report that I am down 60 pounds... and just 8 pounds short of onderland... My mini goal is to be in onderland before April 28th when I go to Costa Rica on a family vacation.

[LisaA 1]

wow, I'd say you have that in the bag monica, you guys are all awesome!!!

[emsbugbug 7]

It is so great to see all the great results for us September bandsters!!! Keep up the great work!

[lifesaver4 0]

SO FRUSTRATED WAS BANDED 9/17/10 AND HAVE ONLY LOST 19 LBS. I HAVE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY POUND. I STILL EXPERIENCE TRUE HUNGER AND WHEN I WENT FOR MY LAST FILL 2/24/11 THEY INDICATED THAT THEY THOUGHT I WAS AS HIGH AS THEY WANTED TO FILL ME WHICH IS 9.8 BUT THE DR INDICATED THEY THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE ESOPHAGEAL STRETCHING., I DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS BUT THEY WENT AHEAD AND GAVE ME SMALL FILL SO NOW AT 10.2 AND STILL 12 TO 14 DAYS LATER I START TO FEEL HUNGER IN ABOUT 2 HOURS., THEY WANT TO DO UGI BUT I HAVE NO INSURANCE AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I HAVE NOT HIT MY SWEET SPOT. THE DR SAID I AM ONE OF THE HIGHEST FILLS THEY HAVE? I HAVE A 14 CC BAND. AY SUGGESTIONS OR HELP, SO FRUSTRATED BECUZ I AM TRULY WORKING THE PROGRAM MOSTLY Protein AND , VEG NO fruit OR CARBS

[lifesaver4 0]

SO FRUSTRATED WAS BANDED 9/17/10 AND HAVE ONLY LOST 19 LBS. I HAVE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY POUND. I STILL EXPERIENCE TRUE HUNGER AND WHEN I WENT FOR MY LAST FILL 2/24/11 THEY INDICATED THAT THEY THOUGHT I WAS AS HIGH AS THEY WANTED TO FILL ME WHICH IS 9.8 BUT THE DR INDICATED THEY THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE ESOPHAGEAL STRETCHING., I DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS BUT THEY WENT AHEAD AND GAVE ME SMALL FILL SO NOW AT 10.2 AND STILL 12 TO 14 DAYS LATER I START TO FEEL HUNGER IN ABOUT 2 HOURS., THEY WANT TO DO UGI BUT I HAVE NO INSURANCE AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I HAVE NOT HIT MY SWEET SPOT. THE DR SAID I AM ONE OF THE HIGHEST FILLS THEY HAVE? I HAVE A 14 CC BAND. ANY SUGGESTIONS OR HELP, SO FRUSTRATED BECUZ I AM TRULY WORKING THE PROGRAM MOSTLY Protein AND , VEG NO fruit OR CARBS