Oregondaisy

Still looking for an answer as to how much restriction are we looking for...... Are only supposed to eat a few bites?

Well at least the spam started some good conversations!

I practically lived on Atkins low carb drinks and slim fast low carb drinks. I didn't mind them at all. With the vanilla slim fast, I added a little bit of orange juice and it kind of tasted like Orange Jullius. There are a lot of recipes on here in the food thread to make your own liquid protein drinks.

Yes, unfortunately, I like to see the scale drop. I know my thighs are much smaller since I started my weight routine. I measured when I started 3 years ago and my thighs are 3" smaller around. I wish my waist and hips would do that though. I want my face to thin out too.

A lot of people do have trouble with bread. You might be able to eat it if you haven't had a fill yet. Everyone does say to toast it. I ate some stuffed grape leaves even after I had my fill, but they don't have much rice in there. they are ground meat and rice.

Where do you live? My dr. in Oregon charges 10,000

I dropped a lb today after a very long plateau. I think I will probably lose extremely slowly. I guess that's okay as long as I am losing and not gaining.

Hello all, I was banded at the end of Dec. I lost 22 lbs in the 4 weeks of being on liquids. I got my first fill, and I still didn't lose any more weight. It did teach me to slow down and chew the heck out of my food though. Recently I got another fill, and I lost 3 more lbs. I was again on liquids for 2 days after the fill, and that's when I lost the 3 lbs. Since then, I haven't lost anything. I am so afraid I am going to be on another long plateau. I drink over 64 oz of Water, but most days close to 100 oz per day. I follow the bandster rules by eating Protein first and a little bit of veggies. I wait an hour before drinking. I exercise 6 days a week. I started exercising 3 years ago in my last attempt to lose weight. Even though I was exercising, I wasn't losing. That's when I decided to get banded. I am very happy that I have lost some weight, but I keep reading on here of how much everyone else is losing. What does restriction feel like? Is it that you are full after a couple of bites? I have 2.0 in my 4cc band, and if you can offer any advice, I would sure appreciate it. I am not sure if I should get any more fill or what.

Is the low carb friends website one on here? Southbeach does stress low carb and low fat. You're right about that! I wish I knew more about the core program. I have only heard of counting points and it sounds confusing to me.

You are very welcome, Karen. :biggrin1:

Jill, I got banded at the end of Dec. (12_29) I am going on 4 months. I lost the 22 during the first 4 weeks. Since then I have lost 2.

You are so lucky to be taller. I am only 5'2" so I look short and fat. I wear an xlarge top and about a 20 jeans too. Are you happy with your fill? Everyone tells me I need more, but I am really afraid. I get stuck on a regular basis.

Jill, I had that same problem when I first got my fill. It made me really afraid to get another fill. Are you cutting your food into teeny tiny pieces and chewing until it's liquid? That's what I have to do. It's a pain , but so is that golf ball feeling. I really HATE that. I am able to eat enough to stay full longer now that I do that.

:straightDynamoMini has 4-16 as her band date. So I guess I replied to the wrong person. :phanvan

I am confused because it says you got banded 4-16. Did you end up getting your band sooner?

I love you gals. You are all so encouraging. To tell you the truth, the reason I never have a picture posted on any of my profiles is because of my ex boyfriend that broke my heart. I met him online and I loved him so much when he walked out on me. It makes me think he will think I am " hard up" His daughter and I were very close and she used to call me all the time, even after we broke up. I told her I had another boyfriend because I didn't want him to think I was sitting around the house crying over him.(but I was) It's been over 2 years now, so I suppose my pretend boyfriend and I could have broken up. Crispy are you at a good weight now? You sig line says how much fill you have but not your weight loss. We have exactly the same fill in there. I am afraid to get anymore. You are getting a lot of action with your profile, so I would like to see it. I will pm you. You have a great advantage, living in Boston. I live in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. I really don't want a long distance relationship eitherl. The pickings are slim here. Joan, That is so scary. That's the first time I ever heard of anything like that happening, even though everyone warns people about meeting guys online. I think you should file a police report too. What a pig! Kristi, I do exercise like crazy but I don't seem to be losing. I do the weight machines and cardio. I am 54 and they say it's harder to lose the older we get. It sucks. Thanks so much all of you for responding to me. I have been in other threads where everyone responds to each other but ignores me. It makes me feel like cr@p!

I am sorry but I love hearing stories like that. It makes me feel better to know I am not the only one. I am exercising like crazy and doing everything everyone tells me, and the scale never budges. I might try going on the liquid diet I was on the first 4 weeks just to see if it makes any difference. It drives me nuts to see people who were banded the same time as me and have lost 60 lbs. I have lost 24 and 22 of them were from the 1st 4 weeks of being on a liquid diet.

Thank you for posting that. It's a very interesting article. I am sure my age has something to do with it, the fact that I am so short, and the hormones play a part in it too. I'll just keep plugging away at it. I might try to do liquids for a week and see what happens. Wasabubblebut is losing great and has to stay on liquids because she is having band problems. I was surprised I lost 22 lbs in four weeks on liquids.

That's fabulous Kristi! Is that the secret to losing? I should try to run more than use the stair stepper and the ellipitcal if that's true. I am so tired of not losing. I am too afraid to post a profile anywhere until I get a lot more of this weight off. too many times when someone asked for my picture, that was the last I ever heard from them. That was very depressing.

Congratulations DynamoMini! I had to be on liquids for 4 weeks before starting mushies. You're lucky!

What do you mean? I am having so much trouble figuring all of this out. If you can clue me in as to what to do to lose, I would be thrilled. Right now I am beginning to think I need to go back on the liquid diet, even though they say to avoild liquid calories.

Congratulations!

I wish I had free fills for a year, but I don't . I have 3 free. He had me filled<br /> to 2.5 and I was scard because the water felt like it was just sitting there. <br /> He could tell I was scared and took part of it out. NOw I regret it. I think the reason I was having meat stick was I wasn't cutting it small enough. I thought if I chewed and chewed til it was goo, that was enough. Now I cut meat really tiny and still chew like crazy and I haven't been sticking the last two days. <br /> <br /> My car is broke down and I am going to a bigger town to get a car. As soon as I have it, I am going to buy a food scale. It's hard to guess the calories on a slice of turkey meatloaf, when I can't weigh it. I wouldn't think it would be more than 3 oz though.<br /> <br /> I went to your profile and you live in the Pacific NW like me. I live on the OR coast.

Thanks for trying to help me. This board is a life saver. I am hungry in the evenings. I eat dinner ususally around 5 and I am hungry by 8-9. I am really afraid to get another fill. I get stuck pretty often. I have been learning to cut my food smaller and that's helping. The problem is, I don't know how much or how little I am supposed to eat. They say restriction and I don't know what that means. The first couple days after my fill, I did. I ate a salad, and I was so stuffed I was uncomfortable. It was a small salad. Then they said it's because there is swelling after a fill. You have 2.3 in there? I have 2.0. Maybe I do need a tiny bit more.

Where are all of you meeting people to date? I had a profile on yahoo personals and match at two separate times. The problem I had was the other party didn't want to pay the money, so they couldn't read my message if I had sent them one. They make you join if you want to read and unfortunately, around here everyone seems to be too cheap to do that.