Oregondaisy

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.

I think that's it. I am tight in the monring so if I eat something more solid than yogurt, it doesn't sit well. That's why I have that or a protein drink. Some sites say don't drink your calories, but I think it's better to have something in my stomach, with the medications I take.

I am glad to see that you eat Yogurt for breakfast too. I put the fiber one in there for fiber too, even though it's carbs. It's good carbs. I have trouble in the morning. I feel sort of nauseous in the morning.

Do you think any others of you would be willing to share what a typical day's menu is for them? I can compare. I honestly don't know what restriction is supposed to feel like, and if I have it or not. I just try to eat small portions. I get hungry in about 3 hours but I will ususally just drink a glass of water and wait until it's time to eat. I eat lunch at noon and dinner at 5 and I am always hungry when I go to bed. I can't go off my hormones because when I didn't take them, I would go for days on only a couple hours of sleep. I still have trouble sleeping.

I wondered about that whole idea of not enought calories and the body goes into starvation mode. When I was on my liquid diet 4 weeks post surgery, I lost 22 lbs. I was drinking 3 slim fast low carb or Atkins drinks per day. They are 150 -160 calories I think .The Slim fast I think is 190.

I start out the day with a glass of hot Water to get my medications down. Breakfast is hard because I don't feel like eating in the monring. Sometimes I will have a Protein shake or bar, and sometimes I will eat a dannon lite yogurt. 60 claories and made with spelenda Yesterday I had a bbq chicken thigh and a little brocolli cooked very well for lunch (chicken breast always sticks and is painful) For dinner I had a piece of ground turkey meatloaf approx. 3/4" in. thick with about a table spoon of ketchup. and more very well cooked brocolli. Sometimes for lunch I have a spinach salad with chicken breast and Walmart's Italiain fat free dressing. It has 10 calories for 2 T. I have to cut the chicken into tiny slivers and chew the fresh brocolli into slime before I swallow. Sometimes in the evenings I have a sugar free pposicle 10 calories. I wait an hour after I eat and drink water- as much as I can. I had 32 oz before breafast today. I am waiting my hour and I will have another 32 oz after lunch. Another quesiton? How are we supposed to get the Fiber in. That link you gave me was great. I use benefiber in my water.

Happy Birthday! I found that there are two December banster threads. One says December in April, and the other says December bandsters. Where are we supposed to be posting? I am eating right and not losing. I am hoping to see something gone soon. These plateaus are so frustrating.

Sorry about the double post. I looked and it looked like it didn't post. I tried to edit to add something and I thought I lost the whole post.

How much of a portion are we supposed to eat at one time? I dont' use a lot of sauces, except for a little ketchup on my ground turkey meat loaf. I am 5'2'' tall and I am at 188 right now. I started at 212. I am 54 years old and I am afraid it's because I take hormone replacement therapy. I have heard that people just can't lose if they take hormones, but I don't how that can be true. I do track my calories at Spark People. I avereage about 1,000 My doctor has nothing to say about this other than it's harder as we get older. I am afraid to get another fill because I do get full fast, and I have to eat really slowly because food gets stuck . I don't pb though. thanks again.

How much of a portion are we supposed to eat at one time. My doctor had nothing to say, other than I needed a fill.<br /> <br /> My weight and age probbly does have something to do with it.<br /> <br /> I started out at 212 and I weigh 188 right now. I am 5'2". I don't use a lot of sauces, except a little bit of ketchup on my ground turkey meatloaf. I am afraid it's because I take Hormone Relacement Therapy.<br /> I have heard people can't lose weiht if you take those. I am 43 years old.

What does ABC chat mean? Can anyone join in?

I see that people have viewed this, but I sure wish someone would offer me some advice. I am getting depressed after paying all that money and afraid that I am going to be stuck on another plateau. How do I know if I need another fill? Somebody please help me!

Yes, I love spark people. they have a lot of good things to read too.

When I do cardio I usually do 20 min on the stair stepper, 20 min on the elliptical, and 20 min on the treadmill. On the treadmill I walk fast for a min or two an jog for a minute or two. I have different weight machines that I use and I do a bunch of ab work. Today I had a Dannon Lite about 3/4 of one for breakfast. I can't eat very well when I get up. I put a little bit of Fiber one Cereal in there. lunch I had a bbq chicken thigh and some brocolli cooked very well dinner I had 1 piece of turkey meatloaf and some more of the brocolli. I had a sugar free popcsicle for dessert. I had about 80 oz of Water so far.

:guessBubble, have you decided whether or not you'll be having your band removed? I've just been thinking about you..........:confused:

Are the December bansters posting here, or December bandsters in April. I am struggling along, but I hope that this plateau is temporary.

Yes I do exercise about 6 days a week. I do a lot of cardio and I lift weights. By hormones I was talking about hormone replacement therapy. I gained a lot of weight during menopause. That's when I started working out and going to the gym every day. I didn't lose any weight. That's when I decided to get the band.

Can you tell me what that feels like? I have 2 cc in there but food gets stuck so frequently that I am afraid to have anymore put in there. Does food stick for you? when you say you have resriction, does that mean that you are full after just a few bites? Everyone talks about restriction, but what does that mean? How much restriction are we looking for? Thank you!:eek:

I looked at your food log on obestiy help and I am eating very similar to you.I am not losing. I am wondering if it's becasue I take hormones. I have heard it's a lot harder to lose when you're on them. I have had the band 3 month and have lost 24 lbs. 22 of it was the first 4 weeks of being on a liquid diet. I just had a fill last week and lost a little. I hope I don't go on another 2 month plataeu:speechles

You were banded a month before me and you have lost twice as much as I have. I had a fill a week ago and finally lost 3 lbs after a 2 month plateau, but I havn't lost anything since then.:phanvan

Sarah, I would like to try what you said about starting a new thread. I am still not sure where things go on this board. Is it the main lap band forrum? And would I just say that some of us are doing what we're told and not losing anyway, and ask for advice? I haven't lost anything after I lost a couple lbs when I got filled. It's like my body just gets used to the size of portions it gets and stops losing. I am not starving myself. Some people say if you don't eat enough, you won't lose either. I eat between 1,000 and 1,200 calories a day. I eat mostly Protein, but I do have Kashi Cruch Cereal a couple times a week. It's high in Fiber and I worry about colon cancer from eating only protein. It's what they call "good carbs" anyway.

I make things with ground turkey instead of ground beef. The fat is lower in ground turkey.

I definitely had problems when I flew from Oregon to Arizona. I could eat just fine before I left. The problems started as soon as I got off the airplane and went to dinner. That was even before I had a fill.