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How is everyone from January doing? What issues are any of you dealing with? I've been exercising 5 days a week and I'm still dealing with plateaus. How do you deal with a plateau? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I had tingling problems about a year before surgery and it was kind of freaking me out. When I went to my primary Dr I told her about it and she ordered some blood work. It seems low B 12 affects your nerves. I've been taking 2500 IU of sublingual B12 every day since. No more tingling. Also take extra vitamin D since that was low too and my Dr said most ppl don't get enough D either. I'd say look to your vitamin levels especially after surgery. Good Luck.

I was banded Jan 11th 2011. I was doing great at first then I had my first fill. Too much and had to have some removed. After that it seemed like no matter what I did no weight loss for weeks. I exercise at the Y 5 days a week and have been doing mostly high protein low carb so I didn't understand it. I finally decided to go back on the liquid diet to see if I could jump start things again. Did the liquid for 2 weeks and started losing again. the doctor said my plateau may have been because I had cut my calories back too much and my body thought I was starving it so it held on to everything I ate. Hope this helps you.

I have one cup every morning and have had no problems. Coffee is a diuretic so just keep up on the other liquids and you'll be fine. I gave up cigarettes, sugar,carbonated drinks and most carbs so I had to have one vice...lol.

Having some problems ARRRGGG. I was banded Jan 11th and was doing fine losing weight, not hungry etc. Dr decided to do a fill on April 1st while it was still free. I ended up too tight and had some taken out on the 4th. Since then it's been terrible. I have been doing water aerobics 5 days a week since August. I added strength training 2 days a week on April 11th. Since my fill and unfill and adding the strength training I've only lost 5 pounds in the last 7 weeks. I think my clothes are getting looser but nothing is happening on the scale. I have been doing mostly low carb high protein. Not perfect had a small piece of birthday cake and a couple spoons of potato salad a little rice in the last couple of months. I can eat more than I did at first, probably a cup of food depending on what it is. It's not like I'm stuffing myself or doing a lot of high sugar or high calorie foods. I don't know what to do to start the weight loss again and I'm frustrated. I stopped my protein shake to cut calories and now I'm wondering if I should do the liquid diet to get things moving again. I was throwing up after the fill ,unfill thing and I wonder if my band slipped or something. I don't have any pain but not feeling much restriction either and I get hungry now. Any advice would be appreciated.

Having the same problem ARRRGGG. I was banded Jan 11th and was doing fine losing weight, not hungry etc. Dr decided to do a fill on April 1st while it was still free. I ended up too tight and had some taken out on the 4th. Since then it's been terrible. I have been doing water aerobics 5 days a week since August. I added strength training 2 days a week on April 11th. Since my fill and unfill and adding the strength training I've only lost 5 pounds in the last 7 weeks. I think my clothes are getting looser but nothing is happening on the scale. I have been doing mostly low carb high protein. Not perfect had a small piece of birthday cake and a couple spoons of potato salad a little rice in the last couple of months. I can eat more than I did at first probably a cup of food depending on what it is. It's not like I'm stuffing myself or doing a lot of high sugar or high calorie foods.I don't know what to do to start the weight loss again and I'm frustrated. I stopped my protein shake to cut calories and I'm wondering if I should do the liquid diet to get things moving again. any advice would be appreciated.

I was banded on Jan. 11th and I'm wondering how everyone else is doing. I have had one fill since surgery and had to have half of it taken out because it was too much. I have an appt. for June 1st for another fill. I'm bummed because I seem to be at a plateau since my fill. I do water aerobics 5 days a week and have added strength training 2 days a week and still nothing happening on the scale. Other than a tiny piece of birthday cake and some potato salad on Easter I have been doing high protein low carb. I can eat more than I did when I was first banded but I have not been eating huge amounts or anything like that. I stopped the protein shakes for a week and it didn't make a difference so I added them back in as they are my breakfast before going to the Y. I've decided to try doing the liquid diet for a week to see if that helps. If anyone has any advice or ideas PLEASE pass them on to me.

I was banded Jan 10th and just had my first fill. I had a couple of other appts. where my Dr. decided I didn't need a fill because I wasn't hungry and I was losing at a good rate. Friday I went in and I am still not hungry except when I should be (unlike before when I was always hungry). I did tell him I could eat more than before depending on what it was. I was still getting stuck once in awhile trying new stuff so I know I had some restriction from the fluid he put in during surgery. He decided to do a fill and the process itself wasn't too bad. He had me drink a small amount of water and that went well. No problem. It wasn't till about 4 hours later that I started to have issues. When I drink anything now there's all this gurgling going on ( like a plugged drain )and it seems like it takes forever for the fluid to go down. I feel like something is stuck in the back of my throat all the time and have a kind of nauseous feeling. Do you think this is normal after a fill and maybe it will ease up in a few days or should I think about getting some fluid taken out next week. I had 2cc in after surgery and he just added 2 cc. I have a 10cc band.

I was banded on Jan 10th. I had 2 cc put in my band the day of surgery. I was on a liquid diet for 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after surgery and I couldn't eat as much thick soup after surgery as before. Now that the swelling has gone down and I'm on regular food I can eat more but I still am not hungry all the time like I was before. I went for a fill 3 weeks ago and he didn't do one because I was losing and not hungry. Didn't get one yesterday either though he said by the 31st he'd do one as it would still be free and he wasn't sure if my ins. would pay for it after the 90 days. I called my ins. today and they said it should be covered but we'll see how that goes. 35lbs of the weight I lost was after surgery. Lately I've been averaging 2lbs a week sometimes more. My cholesterol and blood sugar are good now without meds (I was pre-diabetic) So I can't complain about the results so far. It's still all a learning process as far as food goes. I'm terrified of bread...lol. I've had a couple of stuck episodes with other stuff and it was not pleasant. I've been trying to do mostly protein and not too many carbs and I've been doing water aerobics at the Y 5 days a week. Overall I feel really good. Kind of worried the fill when I get it will hurt but I've got till the 31st to psych myself up for that... again...lol.

Yipee!!! I finally found some Toledo people. I had my Lap band done on Jan. 10th at Wood County Hospital by Dr. Peter Lalor. Just saw him yesterday and asked him where all the band people are. He said he only has about 10 and they don't seem to come to support meetings. I still don't have my first fill because I'm not hungry and I'm still losing weight but he will do one on the 31st. I was wondering if anyone else has Paramount Elite insurance and if so what your experiences are with them.

Hi! I had my Lap Band done January 10th at Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green and there don't seem to be any other Bandsters at the support meetings. Wondering if there are any of you out there. Dr. Peter Lalor did the surgery and I don't think he has a lot of band patients. Feeling soooo alone sniffle sniffle whine whine...lmao. If you're out there I'd love to hear from you.

Does anyone have Paramount Elite Insurance in Ohio? Just wondering what your experiences are with the whole banding process, fills and costs etc.

Does anyone have Paramount Elite Insurance in Ohio? Just wondering what your experiences are with the whole banding process, fills and costs etc.

I hope nobody saw my previous reply as advocating a super high fat diet.. I didn't mean that at all. I use 1% milk in my zero carb protein powder shakes and though I don't eat a lot of cheese because of the constipation factor the cheese is regular not low fat. I do have sugar free stuff like popsicles and things like that. I do use regular mayo and small amounts of butter, olive and other oils. I never had any luck counting calories because when I did it just seemed like I was obsessing over every crumb I ate and that made things worse for me. For me Low carb high protein just works better and it's basically the diet I was given after surgery. I usually don't count carbs either. I just try to watch what I have. I do eat brown rice and oatmeal but no bread and rarely eat potatoes. When you think about it though there are carbs in just about everything like catsup and salad dressing etc so I know I'm getting some and it isn't worth obsessing about for me. I know I'm not perfect and occasionally I'll have stuff I shouldn't but I'm done beating myself up over it and I refuse to let an occasional treat derail the whole process. Since I've cut out most of the obvious bad carbs I don't get that uncontrollable urge to keep binging on sweets like I did before. Since I'm afraid to try bread I can't fall back on my previous habit of being too lazy to cook and just having a sandwich (or two) like I used to do. I could just stay home instead of dragging my butt to the Y 5 days a week and just eat ice cream, drink milk shakes, eat a bunch of chocolate and fill up on greasy starchy foods but what would be the point of having put myself through the risk of surgery? As long as I keep losing weight and my cholesterol and sugar numbers keep heading in the right direction I'll be a happy camper. I just have to keep reminding myself that this isn't a diet or a punishment, it's a new healthy lifestyle instead. High fat or low fat, high carb or low carb it's whatever works. After all we're not all the same and what will work for me might not work for someone else. As long as something works we're all ahead of the game.

Back when I was slim (before my life went to crap) I did the ..GASP...Atkins diet. I know mention of the Atkins diet will have some ppl shrieking " Are you nuts". No actually I am sane (more or less)..lol. The Atkins diet for those who don't know is basically a high protien low carb diet that does not advocate low fat. I always did great on it and never watched the fat. I too have never used margarine..yuck and found the fat issue interesting. I don't do low fat dairy and cheese now and I use olive oil, canola oil. peanut oil and actual butter. Most of the carbs I consume now are from no sugar added fruit. I haven't been taking my cholesterol meds since my surgery as my Dr wanted to see where everything was now without it . I just had my yearly physical and my primary Dr. was really impressed with my levels without the meds. I am one point short of being in the overall normal range. I was in the pre diabetic range before with my blood sugar and that is also 1 point short of the normal range too. I am really excited as I had the surgery to avoid becoming diabetic. I did find another bonus to having more good fat in my diet and that's the hair and skin issue. If you don't get enough good fats ( not trans fats) your hair gets dry and brittle and starts to fall out and your skin starts to get dry. I'm still losing weight though it's slower now and I'm not really too upset as I didn't gain it overnight either. I'm going in the 9th and he will probably do a fill. My first one and I'm kind of worried he'll overfill me but I 'll have to figure this all out along the way like all of you have. I love this site because all of your experiences have made it easier for me to know what to expect. Just want to say thanks to all of you. .