January 9, 2008 - The new start

[Tamboh63 1]

Hi fellow (sister) lapbanders. My name is Tami, I am 44 and a mother of 5 plus 2 sons-in-law. In January, the ninth to be precise, I had the lapband put in - on? Since July of 07 I have lost about 54 lbs. I am happy about this, however for about the last month or so, I have been hovering at the same weight or at least within the same 5 to 7 lbs. I am irritated with myself. I have had 3 fills, my doc believes in moving slowly there. I have about 4 mls. in my band, and at times I do feel restriction but other times, I don't.

In a way, I am afraid I have lost the initial momentum that I had. I have always had a hard time fitting exercise into my day and that is totally the issue now! I am paying for a gym membership that isn't being used.:cursing:

I have been able to stop using my c-pap machine, taken off of 3 medications and able to 1/2 my blood pressure medication! I can move faster with less pain than I have been able to in a long time. I have gone from a size 20 (or so...) to some 12's but mostly 14's. YAY ME!! ha ha.

:redface:

I want to get my mojo back! help!!

[MerryHearted 20]

Congrats on your great results!! That's awesome!!

Can I recommend The Beck Diet Solution as a great way to kickstart a new losing streak? It's really helped me (and still is). Not all is applicable to banding, but most of it is -- it's not a diet itself.

For me, I think the most beneficial behavior -- one in which I only very reluctantly agreed to do originally -- was documenting everything that goes into my mouth. I use TheDailyPlate.com, which I'll recommend. FitDay.com works too, but it was hard to find foods I regularly eat, and I ended up entering too much stuff manually.

With a 1000-1200 cals per day target, I've been doing really well lately.

[jnbwilds 0]

First, congratulations! If you didn't lose one more pound, you've done your body a huge favor!

I'm totally with you on the plateau and loss of motivation. I'm calling it the "I've lost 50 lbs....I feel better....and I don't feel like working hard to get off the rest" syndrome. Do you have a local support group or an exercise buddy to hold you accountable? It's great that you found the forum - it can be very motivating to follow the progress of others who were banded around the same time.

Good luck!