New Year's advice for the newbie?

[Corridor72 518]

Can I suggest you use myfitnesspal? I found this invaluable in terms of understanding how many calories and sodium and Protein and sugar foods have. I know my success is in great part due to using it all the time.

Thanks! I will check it out!

[Corridor72 518]

my best advice is to learn patience. getting fills require a great deal of patience. you have the food down and the exercise so i thought i would throw in a mental aspect of the band.

Thank you. Patience isn't a strong point of mine so I'm going to have to work hard on this one but I know I can do it.

[Corridor72 518]

Don't give up on the band!!

Just my 2 cents, but I read post after post about all kinds of things people encourage each other to do and stay motivated, but the majority do not contribute anything to the Band....

Sometimes it is hard to tell this is is a forum dedicated to those who have undergone Lap Band Surgery....

There is a reason we had this surgery....and I have always focused on that, and never expected anything less....

Again, just my 2 cents....

Good Luck in 2014, and beyond....this thing DOES WORK !!

Thank you. I'm not sure if it's because I maybe still have some swelling from my surgery or if I'm one of the lucky ones who has a small degree of restriction just from having the band but I can already tell that I can't eat/drink as much as I did before. Again, I realize this may simply be from some swelling from the surgery but still...it gives me hope that, in time, it will work it's magic :-) Like someone else said, I just have to be patient until I get to that magic fill that puts me in the green zone.

[Corridor72 518]

Well God help them on the first very stuck episode it is not pretty by any means lol

I fear that day!!!

[cheryl2586 3,053]

You just have to take one day at a time. I think it's harder to maintain then it was losing. This is the time that you have to be very careful. Just take in all you can and learn to use it for your self. I don't like exercise and I have done none ever. I lost weight I did/do well. Between Fibromyalgia, a torn rotator cuff that I cant get fixed right now and arthritis you can see why I need it to get warm again so I can use my pool. Exercise wont make you or break you. It will help you get fit but if you are eating less calories then you burn you will lose. It might be slower but you will lose.