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I agree with everyone else, you just need to start out walking. It's the easiest exercise and it takes off weight well (at least in my case)

I didn't do so good this week. Gained 0.6 lbs and I'm not really sure why. C'est la vie! I'll just try harder this week.

So I weighed myself today and I gain a pound. I don't understand how this happens when I'm eating right and working out. I didn't drink this weekend so it's not that. What can I do to make my scale go down and not up?!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Hi everyone, I am down 26 lbs since being banded on 10/01/2010. I feel like I can eat more than I should be able to so I can't wait for my second fill in Dec.

I waited a month before I had any alcohol.

Thanks everyone!!

How can I slow my eating down? I've tried putting down my fork and getting distracted but it still only takes me 15 minutes to eat. I thought it was suppose to take me about 25 to 30 minutes. Any suggestions??

Lost again this week and I think it is due to me working out now. I didn't do real well with eating this week plus I went to the bar on Saturday but I did work out 4 times. Hopefully this keeps working!

B-Protein Shake S-Yogurt & Laughing Cow Cheese L- Chicken Breast with FF Italian dressing and Green beans D- ?? not sure yet since I'm going out to dinner for a friends bday

That sounds good. Can you send a recipe?

B: Eggs and turkey bacon L: Healthy Choice Meal D: Chicken Breast with green beans Snack: laughing cow light cheese

If you are not going to try marriage counseling then leave because it's not worth the emotional and mental abuse he is putting you through. I know that from experience. I know a lot of people who have 1-2 glasses of wine or beers a night. Don't people know that a glass a wine a day is a good thing.

I have only been banded for a month and a half and so far it's going great for me. I am worried though about the coming up holidays but the band was so worth it for me. I'm now below 200 for the first time in about 6 years.

I was told not to lift anything heavier than 10 lbs for the first 4 weeks but I couldn't have even if I wanted to. I did walk though.

I am under 200 lbs for the first time in 6 years!!! I was so shocked on Friday when I weighed myself because I thought that I would not have lost almost 3 pounds in a week but I did. I hope everyone is having success also!

I wasn't hungry until the week before my first fill but once I was filled I was good.

I am under 200 lbs for the first time in 6 years!!! I was so shocked on Friday when I weighed myself because I thought that I would not have lost almost 3 pounds in a week but I did. I hope everyone is having success also!

Thank you so much!! It worked

I try to weigh myself every Friday since that was the day I was banded. If I do it too much then I get discouraged and it's too easy for me to start starving myself (recovering anorexic--I know it's weird that I went the completely opposite way!)

Hi all! I know that this has nothing really to do with the lap band but I am trying to put my signature up from tickerfactory.com and it keeps saying invalid file. Can anyone please help me? Thanks, Kara

Thanks so much for the ideas. I've never tried South Beach but I was looking at some recipes and they sound great.

I had my surgery on Oct. 1st and so far I've lost 21 lbs. I had my first band fill on Nov. 4th and it has helped me so much. Before the fill I was hungry all of the time...kinda like before surgery but now I eat a meal and I'm not hungry for at least 4 hours. It's going great. I hope everyone is doing well.

I'm so in!! I was banded on 10/1/10

That is a great chart to go by. I knew I needed a fill because I was hungry about 1 and 1/2 hours after I ate. I just got my first band fill last Thursday and I can see such a difference. I now go 3 to 4 hours without getting hungry.