full confession time...

[nhanson 0]

I need to get back on track. After my birthday - I totally got off track. I know I am making bad choices and eating even if I am hungry. I have done really well this year. I have lost 110 lbs since October 2007.

I am just "confessing' my food issue to help me to get back on track. Thanks for listening!

[HOWLUCKYAMI 0]

I need to get back on track. After my birthday - I totally got off track. I know I am making bad choices and eating even if I am hungry. I have done really well this year. I have lost 110 lbs since October 2007.

I am just "confessing' my food issue to help me to get back on track. Thanks for listening!

You'll probably get tons of congratulations for your weight loss (and you deserve each and every one of them)! I'd like to congratulate you for recognizing your bad choices and taking responsibility for them. I'm a very new bander (12/16/08) and can see how I could easily find myself in your shoes. I hope that I am as smart as you are to get myself back on track like you are! Way to go!

[TQUAD64 9]

Wow! Great job on your weight loss. That is amazing and gives me hope. Now get back on track! Don't let all that hard work fall apart. You have come way to far to start back sliding.

You can do this! Get a fill, go to a support group, do what you need to do and reclaim your Power.

[KikiVal315 4]

ok...i need to confess too. since the thanksgiving, i haven't been able to jump back on my exersice and "eating right" routine. i know i haven't tried hard enough, i've gotten lazy. i've managed to loose a handfull of pounds since november, but not averaging to my 1lb a week like before.

TQUAD, thank you so much for your suggestions, thats exactly what i needed to read!!!!!!

[smsmithart 4]

I have eaten so much crap this week I deserve a swift kick in the butt.

[nhanson 0]

Thanks for all your support guys! I have been doing much better. It is still a daily struggle, but I know that it will get better again.

and smsmithart and Kikival315 - I know you will get back on too. Good Luck!

[Aries32 0]

congrats.....You obviously worked hard to get you to such a large amount of weight lost. Keep up the hard work and always remember banster hell in order to get you back on track and motivated. I pray I have your success by next year.

[Southern Missy 1]

Hanson...

Is there room in that booth for me??

I have been having a really tough time lately.. I don't need tough love -- I do that pretty well on my own -- just some encouragement. I can't decide if I need a fill or not. I thought I did and then today woke up and everything is getting stuck so now I'm thinking PMS :sneaky: but should I still get a fill?

Grr....I HATE food! (wish I really did). :confused:

[KikiVal315 4]

hey missy my fellow shrinko!!! look at all the pounds you've sheded, you go girl! i think today is a new day, we all can turn it around!!!!!

[xxlaneyxx 0]

Well done on your weight loss so far hope you are finding it a bit easier now.

I am having the same problem,Christmas,New Years parties, and my Birthday all in the space of a few weeks! Too much celebration food choccys etc.I havent lost any weight in weeks and find it so hard tokeep on track.I am doing more exercise but have come to a halt in the weight loss.I know its my own fault and I am going to do my upmost to get back on track. Keep up the good work,at least I know I am not alone in this hiccup! Happy banding everyone. x

[nextstopwonderland 0]

I'm new around here but this seems like the thread for me. I underwent surgery in 10/06 and promptly began living in total denial. I think got two or maybe 3 fills afterward and just ate ice cream, Cookies, soft mushy sweet things etc to my heart's content. Still, I lost about 60 pounds, and then allowed my overbusy work schedule to be my excuse for not going back to the surgeon's office. With ever-decreasing restriction, over the last 6 months or so, I began to gain weight back. I didn't own a scale but I could no longer wear the smallest size clothes I'd been purchasing (14) and instead needed a 16 or 18. Deep down, I felt sort like I was returning to my real self, the fat self, the self I am always doomed to be or something.

I just gave myself a stern talking-to and went back for a fill about 3 weeks ago. I think I had only 1.6 cc in my band! He filled it to 3.5cc (its a 5 cc band) and for a day I couldn't swallow my own saliva! I took out about 0.8 or so and I've still been quite restricted; I only just started in with tuna fish and eggs and stuff.

I've never gotten any support, read anything, talked to anyone about living with the band. I am busy, so this really isn't just an excuse, but I also just haven't been emotionally prepared for all this. I think I was/am scared to be thin. So I sabotage myself.

Anyway, glad to find this board and be losing weight again, trying to actually learn how to do it right 2 years post-operatively. Better late than never.

[HOWLUCKYAMI 0]

I'm new around here but this seems like the thread for me. I underwent surgery in 10/06 and promptly began living in total denial. I think got two or maybe 3 fills afterward and just ate ice cream, Cookies, soft mushy sweet things etc to my heart's content. Still, I lost about 60 pounds, and then allowed my overbusy work schedule to be my excuse for not going back to the surgeon's office. With ever-decreasing restriction, over the last 6 months or so, I began to gain weight back. I didn't own a scale but I could no longer wear the smallest size clothes I'd been purchasing (14) and instead needed a 16 or 18. Deep down, I felt sort like I was returning to my real self, the fat self, the self I am always doomed to be or something.

I just gave myself a stern talking-to and went back for a fill about 3 weeks ago. I think I had only 1.6 cc in my band! He filled it to 3.5cc (its a 5 cc band) and for a day I couldn't swallow my own saliva! I took out about 0.8 or so and I've still been quite restricted; I only just started in with tuna fish and eggs and stuff.

I've never gotten any support, read anything, talked to anyone about living with the band. I am busy, so this really isn't just an excuse, but I also just haven't been emotionally prepared for all this. I think I was/am scared to be thin. So I sabotage myself.

Anyway, glad to find this board and be losing weight again, trying to actually learn how to do it right 2 years post-operatively. Better late than never.

Hi Next! Great to hear that you're back on board with your band and that you've found LBT.com. There is incredible information here to be found and much support as well.

I wanted to send you a link to what I believe is the best thread for all banders. I think you will find incredible support and information that will help you get back on track with your journey. You'll get tough band love, but it's what we all need to be successful. Janet is great and is amazing about answering literally everyone's questions. Hope you enjoy it...

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f260/im-here-help-64725-new/