I feel like a failure

[mja97053 0]

I was banded August of 2010 and I'm only down 36 lbs and I feel like a huge failure....I got this band to help me and feel like I'm abusing the gift I was given. Everyone tells me I look great but I feel like I should be doing so much better than I am

[AlyAnne 2]

I was banded August of 2010 and I'm only down 36 lbs and I feel like a huge failure....I got this band to help me and feel like I'm abusing the gift I was given. Everyone tells me I look great but I feel like I should be doing so much better than I am

1st off, your NOT a failure. everybodys going to have ups and downs in this journey. but if you feel like you should be further then GO further. only your head is holding you back! take a look at what your really doing. are you eating exactly what you should be? are you excersing enough? if you are then you will go far! give your body time. sometimes you have to wait for your body to catch up. but just remember, if you make a bad choice, is doesnt mean its over. we beat ourselves up when its really so easy to forgive, forget, and get back on track.

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[heidib 15]

your not alone. I was banded 2008....lost 50 lbs but think i have put on 10 lbs again. I feel like i am out of control again!! Its alwasy i'll start over tomorrow. We are foo addicts....this is my addiction. I will alaways have to fight it....it will never end. We have to want it bad enough i guess. I feel like i dont even have the band to help me

[hopetolose 192]

where are you guys on fills. Have you been to the doctor and gotton fills on a regular basis. This shoud be your first step and then take it from there.

[heidib 15]

where are you guys on fills. Have you been to the doctor and gotton fills on a regular basis. This shoud be your first step and then take it from there.

I have had several fills over the past 3 yrs. last time I was there I had to have some taken out because of reflux. I am thinking I need to go back in. I feel like I will be too tight if I do though.

[Gabandgirl 1]

I was banded August of 2010 and I'm only down 36 lbs and I feel like a huge failure....I got this band to help me and feel like I'm abusing the gift I was given. Everyone tells me I look great but I feel like I should be doing so much better than I am

Just stick with it! I have a friend that has not been as successful as I have been. I am trying to follow the rules and working out like crazy. In my case my MIL paid my co-pay and I sure didn't want to be judged. The bottom line is I felt like I had went to drastic measures and I am living by the 80/20 plan. I follow the rules and eat good choices no junk 80 % of the time. If I know I am going to eat at church sunday I will save up for that banana pudding. I have a friend that pushes the amount of food she eats on a regular basis and she has not been as successful. You can do anything you set your mind to go back to the basics maybe get a fill and start the race over! Best of luck to you!!!