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Hello All,

I am new to this forum. I actually just signed up. However, I am not new to the lapband. I was banded in April 2009. Prior to being banded I weight 335lbs. Before my banded I lost down to 318 on my own, I continued to lose weight down to 287 lbs. However, in July of 2009 I lost my job and insurance. This all devastated me and I fell off my square and by the time I went back to the doctor this year for my first fill since 2009 I had gone back up to 307 lbs. I was not happy about that but I have been working at try to shift myself back.

Since January and my first fill, I have lost 10 lbs so I am down to 297 lbs. I am challenged to get in the gym and for some reason I am very challenged to drink more than 4 glasses of Water per day. I have been using the Sparkpeople.com website to help me with managing my food intake, but when the weekends come all bets are off. I tend to be a very social person so I always have some type of invitation to go out and have lunch or dinner. So when the weekend comes I kind of lose it, I believe it is because my days are less structured than when I am at work. I am usually building brick with no straw laugh.gif so I don't have as much time to stray. I also find it challenging when fixing my plate to put a small amount of food. Although I know I cant eat as much as I used to my mind says thats not enough food when I look at the portions. I am still very hopeful about losing the weight, but not as far along as I would like to be. I could certainly use some help in the accountability department. I just turned 40 this year, I am single with no children, so I don't have any real major distractions. I would really appreciate anyone who could help.

Thank you in advance.

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I struggle with the same thing on the weekends! I feel like I am super woman during the week and do GREAT but as soon as the weekend comes... well... it's not so good. I have not had surgery yet but *fingers crossed* that I will soon. In order to break some bad habits before surgery I did a self imposed liquid diet starting Friday morning and lasting until Monday morning. I hope this might break my bad weekend habits!

Hello All,

I am new to this forum. I actually just signed up. However, I am not new to the lapband. I was banded in April 2009. Prior to being banded I weight 335lbs. Before my banded I lost down to 318 on my own, I continued to lose weight down to 287 lbs. However, in July of 2009 I lost my job and insurance. This all devastated me and I fell off my square and by the time I went back to the doctor this year for my first fill since 2009 I had gone back up to 307 lbs. I was not happy about that but I have been working at try to shift myself back.

Since January and my first fill, I have lost 10 lbs so I am down to 297 lbs. I am challenged to get in the gym and for some reason I am very challenged to drink more than 4 glasses of Water per day. I have been using the Sparkpeople.com website to help me with managing my food intake, but when the weekends come all bets are off. I tend to be a very social person so I always have some type of invitation to go out and have lunch or dinner. So when the weekend comes I kind of lose it, I believe it is because my days are less structured than when I am at work. I am usually building brick with no straw laugh.gif so I don't have as much time to stray. I also find it challenging when fixing my plate to put a small amount of food. Although I know I cant eat as much as I used to my mind says thats not enough food when I look at the portions. I am still very hopeful about losing the weight, but not as far along as I would like to be. I could certainly use some help in the accountability department. I just turned 40 this year, I am single with no children, so I don't have any real major distractions. I would really appreciate anyone who could help.

Thank you in advance.

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