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So I was banded on June 16 and just found out that I'm pregnant. I'm concerned about how much I need to be eating because I want to make sure that I'm being healthy for my baby. But I don't want to just throw away the last months and 30 pounds that I've lost and I've even read on here that some of your doctors say its ok to keep losing weight for now (I haven't been to either my lap band doc or obgyn yet) but I feel like continuing to eat only 1200 calories a day may be too low... do y'all eat more? I'm also annoyed b/c I gained like 3 pounds from Thanksgiving so I would like to get that back off asap. I'm just kind of wondering what some of y'all are doing or what your doctors said to do. Thanks!

I've been sitting her trying to research this. True results in austin doesn't accept medicare... I don't know much about this... do you know if maybe she could get it done somewhere else in Houston maybe and then trueresults take her on as a patient for fills... grr... lol

We're also in the Austin, TX area... I'm not sure if that matters... I really don't know anything about medicare

So my mother in law is pretty overweight and has a lot of the health problems associated with it (diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis). She can barely even move around because she's in so much pain and I honestly believe that if she could get some of the weight off it would immensely improve her quality of life. She said that her doctor wrote a letter to her insurance (medicare) saying that she should be approved for the lap band surgery and they wouldn't approve her. I was self-pay so I don't know anything about it. I have read on here about some people whose insurance companies tried to get them to go with gastric or something more drastic because they don't want to have to deal with the aftercare that comes with the band... What I'm wondering though is if medicare ever approves the lapband surgery and how to go about getting approved. It's so important to my husband that his mom get healthier so that she'll be here and able to enjoy her grandchildren one day. So it's important to me to and I don't know if there's anything that I can do.

Ok fellow bandsters. So I was banded on June 16 of this year. It took me awhile to actually start losing weight but once I started it was coming off pretty easily. I've lost almost 30 pounds and am quite pleased with myself for that. However, I've been fluctuating between the same two pounds for the past month. I'm at the weight I was at for about four years before I up and gained another 30 or so. So I've lost what I put on the past year and now I can't seem to get any lower. I monitor what I eat through myfitnesspal (my username is mbcr920 if you want to add me!) and I've always been doing some form of exercise. I've really kicked it up this past week trying to bust through this plateau. I've been doing an hour of strength with my husband along with cardio. So maybe I just haven't seen the results from that yet, but mostly I'm just wondering what some of y'all do to get past them. I was going to the doctor every three weeks or so but then last time she decided I was doing well on my own (which I was) and that I could wait six weeks to see her again. So I've got two weeks until my next appointment and a goal of six pounds at least (I've lost two so far). Ugh! I'm just getting so frustrated! lol. I'm going on a cruise it about a month and was hoping to be 10 pounds lighter than I am now and I need to get past this stupid plateau! Please help

Of course I got the band because I want to lose weight and be healthier and feel better about myself. I think what I really like about my band is that I don't feel like I cheated by getting it. I worried that I would. That it would be so easy and I would just have dropped the weight in months (not that it would have been something terrible haha). I worried that people would think I just took the easy way out. However, I still have to work my butt off to lose weight. I'm still dieting and exercising. But when it comes to eating, I have a little friend who makes it much easier to only eat 1200 calories a day. So when I finally do get the weight off, I can be proud of myself knowing that I did this and it wasn't easy. I worked hard and I got the results, just like everybody else who has gotten the lap band or has done it without it. So don't think it's going to make your life a million times easier, because it won't. But if you're good to it, it will be good to you. And you'll be proud of what you accomplish. I hope that helps

haha. I didn't even realize that this was from August... You're way past that stage

I was SOOOO bad with my post-op diet. I know some people will read this and think I'm some horrible person for not following the diet to a t... but I just couldn't do it. I was supposed to be on Clear liquids for a week, then full liquids for a week, then mushies for like 2 weeks I think. I started eating mushies like a week in. I really just couldn't take it. I started solids too soon too. I don't recommend it. I suggest that you stick it out at much as you can. Because I did that I didn't lose any weight until after a fill or two. But honestly, I didn't have any problems with my band from it or anything. I honestly think that being 21 I healed faster and it just wasn't a huge deal. Just be careful and watch it because you want to keep losing weight. It got beyond frustrating for me... Good luck

I would definitely do all of the research involved. I personally never considered anything other than the lap band. It just seemed safe and the gastric bypass can have a lot of complications. As far as whether you're making the right decision that's something that you need to decide. I mean, you would lose a lot more weight a lot faster with bypass but all the complications... the lap band is slow weight loss. I've been banded since June and I'm just now to the point that I'm losing one or two pounds a week. So the lap band is just a tool to help you lose weight at a slow, healthy pace. It must be that your insurance company doesn't want to deal with the aftercare that comes with the lap band because that makes no sense to me how they would tell you horror stories about lapband and act as if bypass is a better, safer way to go... it really baffles me. Keep us updated

I LOVE Jillian Michaels. I've had the 30 day shred for awhile now. It's not something that I do religiously but it's perfect for when I just don't feel like going to the gym. And it kicks my butt every time! I also just bought her yoga video which was pretty awesome as well. I really want the Ripped in 30. I think it's similar to shred but from what I read the strength part is split into 3 different moves for 30 seconds each which sounds so much better. I always struggle through the movements for a whole minutes. It drags!! But regardless, a kick butt routine in less than 30 minutes. I can handle that

Yeah the food in college was not exactly health friendly. I'm not really one to condone it because I just don't think it's very healthy but if I were you I might just try and cut carbs completely (or close anyway). So have omelets and other forms of eggs for Breakfast and someone else said hamburger patties without the buns. Hot dogs would be ok occasionally. Salads with lots of veggies and oil and vinegar. Just try and stay away from pastas and breads and desserts. If you can manage that maybe you can get out of your plateau. I hope your exercising too. My college had an amazing rec center with lots of ellipticals and treadmills and and indoor track and swimming pool. Make sure you take advantage of any of that stuff. Keep us updated

Obviously everybody is very different, but I went to the doctor today and I thought I'd share what she told me. Basically she told me that they tell people (granted this is solely at my dr's office) to try to only eat three meals a day in order to prevent people from over eating. In reality she told me that she could care less how often I eat as long as I don't go over 1200 calories. She told me that if I can eat all day and manage to not go over that amount, then that is perfectly fine. But overall I just maintain that you should eat when you're hungry. Don't let yourself starve because then you'll overeat at the next meal and you could stretch out your stomach and you don't want that to happen. Good luck

Yes. Taco Bell is my favorite fast food. I always get the pintos and cheese (170 calories like Cindy C said) and a fresco crunchy taco (150). So I get a super yummy meal for like 320 calories and lots of Protein and fiber. You should try it next time the hubby wants it But like they said, don't beat yourself up over it. Everybody has off days. Just get back on it tomorrow. You're doing awesome!

Try myfitnesspal.com You can create recipes and put everything that you put in your dinners and then put how many servings that is to make calories per serving. It can be really helpful because I have the same problem of not knowing how many calories are in some of the dishes that I make.

I just finished the 20 minute run!! It was challenging, but not in a way that I felt like I couldn't do it. I probably could have even kept going... I'm so excited that I did that! I just started this 5 weeks ago! Haha. Now I just need to take my car out and figure out how far I ran in that 20 minutes lol. I hope everybody else is doing well with it!