December 2010 Bandsters out there?

[Jess55 97]

I'm sorry, I just had to post! I'm so happy this morning! I broke through my thee week (would've been 4 week) plateau!! I'm just so happy, it was really depressing me! I lost 1.4lb since my last low weight I tracked. Not sure what did it. I did start eating more yesterday, but the scale was actually down yesterday morning, so that couldn't really be it, but whatever it was I'll take it. I've bumped my calories up from 1200 to 1400, because as I was discussing in another thread that with my body media fit, I've discovered my deficit is to high. Actually yesterday in order to have a acceptable deficit I would have needed to eat about 2000 calories, and I still would've had a 1000 calorie deficit. I'm not going to go that crazy, but I'm going to play around with it.

[size10again 11]

I'm sorry, I just had to post! I'm so happy this morning! I broke through my thee week (would've been 4 week) plateau!! I'm just so happy, it was really depressing me! I lost 1.4lb since my last low weight I tracked. Not sure what did it. I did start eating more yesterday, but the scale was actually down yesterday morning, so that couldn't really be it, but whatever it was I'll take it. I've bumped my calories up from 1200 to 1400, because as I was discussing in another thread that with my body media fit, I've discovered my deficit is to high. Actually yesterday in order to have a acceptable deficit I would have needed to eat about 2000 calories, and I still would've had a 1000 calorie deficit. I'm not going to go that crazy, but I'm going to play around with it.

Yeah, Jess! I am glad you're losing again. The NP didn't say why my band could have slipped and I think I was too shocked and depressed to ask at the moment. I imagine it slipped from vomiting when I was too tight and had horrible allergies. My allergies are bad now but not as bad as they were in the spring. The extra drainage causes stomach issues for me, tightness, vomiting... Right now I have wicked coughing fits from post nasal drip, I wonder if the coughing could have slipped it?

Joan

[Jess55 97]

Hey guys! We were all the way back on page 7! Just wanted to check in. I'm doing fantastic! I lost 4.2 lb this week! Though some of it was Water retention from TOM last week (where I still lost 1 lb), so It still is a loss. Went to the doc last week and he wanted to give me a fill, because I was only down 4 lb in 6 weeks. (thanks to my plateau), but I declined. I wanted to try eating more first . I didn't tell him this though. But OMG it is working and I couldn't be happier. I've had no complications, ever, but I'm starting to kind of regret getting the surgery. Because it seems it just gave me the kick in the ass I needed to do things right. I'm in no way saying that it is bad to have the surgery, but just maybe in the past I wasn't ready enough and I didn't try hard enough. I hope you guys understand this. Though maybe, the restriction I had for the first 5 months was helpful to change my ways too. So I don't know.

Oh Dave - I absolutely love my body media fit! Except, I do not believe the calories it said I burned today during my almost hour long rollerblading. I've heard the readings are off for things like a bike and stuff, and I think they are off for that too. My HRM used to say I burned over 400 in 45 minutes, and this only gave me 348 for 58 minutes. The online calculator said I should burn 807 in 60 minutes (that may be high), but 348 is way to low.

Joan- I'm hoping your slip is going back into place

I hope everyone else is doing great. Check in and let us know!

[Dave_NW 92]

Hey guys! We were all the way back on page 7! Just wanted to check in. I'm doing fantastic! I lost 4.2 lb this week! Though some of it was Water retention from TOM last week (where I still lost 1 lb), so It still is a loss. Went to the doc last week and he wanted to give me a fill, because I was only down 4 lb in 6 weeks. (thanks to my plateau), but I declined. I wanted to try eating more first . I didn't tell him this though. But OMG it is working and I couldn't be happier. I've had no complications, ever, but I'm starting to kind of regret getting the surgery. Because it seems it just gave me the kick in the ass I needed to do things right. I'm in no way saying that it is bad to have the surgery, but just maybe in the past I wasn't ready enough and I didn't try hard enough. I hope you guys understand this. Though maybe, the restriction I had for the first 5 months was helpful to change my ways too. So I don't know.

Oh Dave - I absolutely love my body media fit! Except, I do not believe the calories it said I burned today during my almost hour long rollerblading. I've heard the readings are off for things like a bike and stuff, and I think they are off for that too. My HRM used to say I burned over 400 in 45 minutes, and this only gave me 348 for 58 minutes. The online calculator said I should burn 807 in 60 minutes (that may be high), but 348 is way to low.

Joan- I'm hoping your slip is going back into place

I hope everyone else is doing great. Check in and let us know!

Jess, you're kicking A$$! Congrats on breaking the plateau, and keep it going! I don't know if having the surgery was a wrong choice for you. You've dieted before, with various degrees of success - for awhile. For me, anyway, the band is giving me compounding results week after week. I chose to have surgery because I had no trouble LOSING the weight, it was KEEPING IT OFF that gave me trouble. I think you'd be in a similar situation. But remember, after you reach your goal, if you decide the band is not what you want, you CAN have it removed.

The Bodymedia FIT armband does take a bit of adjustment. Have you played around with adjusting how much it says you're burning? From the Bodymedia website, on the Activity Manager page, in the lower right corner of the screen is a Settings list. Playing with the links under that heading let you adjust how your band records things. You may be able to fine-tune it better than it is now.

I find mine also doesn't record things as accurately as I'd like when i'm working out, so I just kind of go with its numbers, but keep a better tally in my head. I think it's about how it responds to how your body is reacting to the workout, rather than the specific things you're doing. You may also want to adjust where it sits on your arm - I find mine sometimes records nothing if it gets twisted a bit out of optimum location. Putting it back, and tightening the band just a bit seems to help. (Seems my life is all about tightening bands these days. LOL! )

Dave

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

Love to see everyone's progress....I have my 10 month anniversary tomorrow....the time has really flown by! Still losing about 2 lbs per week. But like many of you I have had my share of plateaus. But I seem to make up for it the next week....weird but it seems to be working. Just love my band!

Congrats to you all. Keep up the good work

[Jess55 97]

You are rocking it FLORIDAYS!!! WTG!!

Dave - the only thing I see I can change is the METS to measure moderate and vigorous activity. Am I missing something?

[Dave_NW 92]

Dave - the only thing I see I can change is the METS to measure moderate and vigorous activity. Am I missing something?

That's the one. But I think it affects more than one thing. I may be wrong - I haven't messed with mine for awhile.

Dave

[Dave_NW 92]

Love to see everyone's progress....I have my 10 month anniversary tomorrow....the time has really flown by! Still losing about 2 lbs per week. But like many of you I have had my share of plateaus. But I seem to make up for it the next week....weird but it seems to be working. Just love my band!

Congrats to you all. Keep up the good work

I think tomorrow is nine months for you, not ten. I was banded three days before you, and that was nine months ago.

Dave

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

You are rocking it FLORIDAYS!!! WTG!!

thanks Jess..... Was surprised to see a 2 lb drop this morning to make it a nice even 120 lost on my bandanniversary. I counted wrong.... its only 9 months since banding. I am more psyched now. 87 lbs to go......

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

I think tomorrow is nine months for you, not ten. I was banded three days before you, and that was nine months ago.

Dave

my math skills obviously end after 8pm. LOL

[karewpah 173]

So...I've had the band 9 months Sept 21st. I was unfilled April through to August (having revision surgery for a slipped bandin at the end of May). Of the 9 months I've been on empty for 4.5 (those were VERY hard months). I'm back to decent fill level and feeling great. The scale is starting to move downward again and I'm feeling like I just might lose the 20lbs by end of year...that's 5lbs a month and very achievable.

It's been slow...painfully slow at times, but I wouldn't trade my band for anything...when I was completely unfilled, I was ravenous. I really had an eye opener of how much the band actually does.

it's all so exciting!!!

[size10again 11]

Hello,

I went in for a band check today, my band is still slipped but doesn't need surgical repositioning at this time. I'll go in for a recheck in 3 more weeks. The doc took another 1cc out so my band is as empty as possible to help it slip back into place. I made an appt. to see an allergist and have allergy testing a week from Wednesday. I am convinced my band slipped due to my horrendous seasonal allergies, post nasal drip... My doc and NP believe so, too. The doc said that only 2% of bands slip, why me, lol! A fellow band friend went with me to the appt. to get a fill. She said I am so small I don't look like I belong there. ; ) I am taking the whole slipped band situation in stride, what else can I do?

So...I've had the band 9 months Sept 21st. I was unfilled April through to August (having revision surgery for a slipped bandin at the end of May). Of the 9 months I've been on empty for 4.5 (those were VERY hard months). I'm back to decent fill level and feeling great. The scale is starting to move downward again and I'm feeling like I just might lose the 20lbs by end of year...that's 5lbs a month and very achievable.

It's been slow...painfully slow at times, but I wouldn't trade my band for anything...when I was completely unfilled, I was ravenous. I really had an eye opener of how much the band actually does.

it's all so exciting!!!

Tell me about your slipped band! How do you think it happened? Were you unfilled for a couple months to see if it would slip back into place or was your slip an emergency that required immediate surgery? How was your revision recovery compared to the initial band surgery? As you can see from my post above, my band has slipped. Thanks for any details you can share. I am happy you are doing well!!

Joan

[karewpah 173]

Hi Joan...sorry to hear about your slipped band...it is a time consuming process and, I found, it really played a mental game on me..truly.

In April I was in India and experienced acid reflux, then it got really bad to the point where I would wake up choking on acid. I was there on business and left for home immediately. Once back in Canada I went to my surgeons office. They did a barium swallow and diagnosed a esophageal dilation, they removed all the Fluid from my band. With time, they felt the pouch would go back down to size and I could be on my merry weight loss way again.

End of May I was in France and as soon as I stepped off the plane (I'm still unfilled at this point) I started throwing up...it's was dried blood in stomach juices. I didn't eat on the plane so it wasn't to do with food poisoning. I continued to throw up from Sunday to Tuesday and kept nothing, not even Water, down. I sent an email to my PCP and my surgeon. I got on the plane and when I landed I had emails and voicemails from my surgeon to get to the hospital asap. He xrayed me and found that I had slipped. A portion of the stomach below the band had pushed up and over the band. My stomach was also somewhat twisted. I was extremely dehydrated and continued to throw up. He put my name up on the surgery board to get me in asap.

As soon as I was out of surgery I felt 100% better. Recovering from that was easier than the first surgery. He used all the same entry points so I have no new scars.

Now, I'm at a good place for a fill. I think I can work it here for a bit and lose some weight.

Make sure you only eat the volume of food your surgeon tells you (mine is 1c) and cut things up small and chew. Now that I have fill in my band I have to retrain my head on bite size and chewing. With little kids pulling at me during dinner, it's easy to get distracted and take to big of a bite or not chew enough.

Good luck on your journey. I thought I'd NEVER get back to a fill that I could live with in my band...and here I am.

M

[beergut 2]

Hopped up on the scale this morning, after about a month of not even checking, and was surprised to find I'm back into the 100s ! Pretty stoked about that, but I'm not too excited because I believe i've lost some muscle mass after finishing up P90X and not doing any significant resistance training for a couple weeks.

I'll have to change that, but for now, i'll enjoy a quasi-victory in knowing I'm no longer over 200 lbs.

[karewpah 173]

Way to go BeerGut...you'e lost well over the last 9 months...well done! How did you find the P90X...did it get you ripped like the advertise?