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Ok I'm new to this forum, and newly banded as well...(2/19) I have been on solids now for a week or so, but I am so confused about the order in which I must eat my foods...I know it's protien, greens,fruit,carbs, but what if I want a sandwich where the protien, veggies and carbs are all eaten @ the same time?! LOL I know I must sound dumb, but I seriously am not understanding that concept...and I have only lost about 22 pounds...(12 are post band) Why have I not lost weight in the past 2 weeks when I am only eating a fraction of what I used to eat...? and I am making better food choices...or so i thought. I probably only eat 800 calories & 9 fat grams or so a day...

I am getting discouraged.... please help!!!:phanvan

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I went thru the same thing, I would lose real fast, then nothing from 3 to 4 weeks. I had my first fill at 7 weeks, then lost again. I think the body has to catch up or somthing. Not sure what is going on, I just know I lose for a few weeks, really fast, like 10 lbs, and then nothing for a few weeks.

Here is a great article http://www.carbsmart.com/outout.html

As far as Protein, I think my doc prefers me to stay away from bread, so I am not eating sandwiches, and I know a lot of bandsters have problems with bread. I would avoid them If you can, try lettuce wraps instead, I buy the leafy grean lettuce and make wonderful wraps out of them.

I think most docs prefer you to have a lean Protein, like fish, chicken, turkey, or lean beef, eat that, then a few veggies, and if you have room a bite or two of starch/carbs (that is IF you have room), I find if I eat my protein, I have no room. The lab band diet is basically low carb/high protein diet in my oppinion.

It is confusing, but give it some time, before you know it, you will be a professional long term bandster! Here is another great artical about living with the band http://www.lapbandlifestyle.com/Pages/LapBandLifestyleRulesroad.shtml

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Thank you for the advice, I have not really done "Bread" but have tried tortilla wraps... they are not really that difficult to eat but i imagine once I get my 1st fill they will become more challenging...

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Don't worry about "I know it's protien, greens,fruit,carbs,". As time goes on that will become more and more of a general guideline. (BTW, fruit - carbs). There's really no reason greens have to come before anything else, but Protein should come first because if you're going to get full, you want it to be full on something you really need anyway (Vitamins aren't going to replace your Protein, but they'll take care of most others).

As for why you aren't losing weight, who knows? That's between you and your body - no one else can answer that for you. I can tell you that your bosy can only maintain significant loss for so long. On most weightloss programs, including WLS, most people will see a stall after week 1 and somewhere around weeks 4 - 8. Sometimes your body just needs to catch up with everything that's going on, and to you this looks like no change on the scale.

Also keep in mind that weight is not the same thing as fat. Very lean people can weigh a whole lot (look at bodybuilders). Don't focus on the scale because it's downright inaccurate. Look at your percentages, or changes in your clothing, FFM, etc. My weight can fluctuate about 15lb in a day. Do you see why I would be setting myself up for failure if that's what all I went by?

BTW, this is why most people quit after just a few weeks on a diet plan. They reach one of these readjustment periods (commonly referred to as stalls, even though most dietary programs would not define something as a stall until you were 6+ weeks with no change in body fat composition), see the scale not move or even go up, and say "F it! I'm not going to give all this up and not lose weight, or gain weight!"

They're making weight = fat. You just can't do that.

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