elgrande

So Cal here

Ventura California

I'm just south of San Jose CA :-)

Golly. I don't see many from central California area. SF/San Jose Wonder where they are?

San Diego, CA

San Pedro , California

Long Beach, California

Northern california

Cali.

I started my journey 13 months ago and with a lot of hard work, difficult decisions, and some very supportive people I am proud to say that I have finally lost 200 pounds.

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I will try not to be rude but honest. I'm proud of you for making this life changing decision. I'm sure it was very hard for you at your age. It was hard for me at 43. I have an overweight 18 yr old son and the lap band way of eating would be extremely hard for him. So, your life has changed dramatically at a very early age. That's good because you won't live a life of being overweight and feeling bad about yourself. That CAN be bad because your way of eating will be different forever. I hope you are willing to make all those changes to avoid any damage to your band or health. Good luck and embrace all the wonderful new changes that will happen with your weight loss.

Don't get discouraged. On the bright side, you haven't GAINED any weight which you probably would have without your band. Now, you probably just need to switch things up. What are you eating? Are you sticking to a specific diet or just trying to 'not eat bad stuff'? It's easy to get conflicting dieting advice. Some people will say do low carb while others will say low fat and then other people will say just eat the same food but less. It can be problematic if you're trying to follow all the advice at once. First of all, you need to have good restriction...NOT TOO MUCH restriction but GOOD restriction. I judge this as being restricted enough that I cannot eat a cheeseburger with the bun. Once you are at that restriction find a diet that works for you. Personally I do well with Atkins, south beach, or mediterranean because it's easier to cut out bread rice and Pasta with the band. Also, follow the band rules like not eating with your meals. If you are just surviving on Cereal and ice cream you are not going to lose weight. Knowing what you are currently eating would definitely help. Anyway, those are just a few tips and I definitely encourage you to keep on trucking! Who knows, getting another surgery may be the way to go but you've already got the lap band so you might as well try to get the most out of it while you can! Good luck!

Are you having Protein Shakes as well? What worked for me was to stagger out the times that I was having something to eat/drink so that I was always having something and I thought about my next step, the surgery and I was able to deal with all the people around me eating chips and all that stuff.
I would have something every other hour helped to stabilize blood sugar staving off headaches etc. my times were 9;11;1;3;5;7;9 and in between those times I would have my Water so I was practicing not eating and drinking at the same time. Something I still struggle with now. Sometimes I just need that sip of Water after.
Good luck with everything.

I had surgery and all my fills with dr thoman he is great and one of the best I truly recommend him !!

Yay! You're the first person on here I've seen that also went to Dr. Billy. Me too; banded & plicated on 3/25/13

My surgery was done by a Dr from Visalia off of Akers St

Drink Water eat a Jello sugar free, or have another shake

I'm in Exeter Ca

Im from San Diego but currently living in south fl. I wanna go home. lol

You'll be ok, just think its a new beggining.

Are you tracking your calories? Are you trying to drink 64 oz of Water a day?

Are you tracking your calories? Are you trying to drink 64 oz of Water a day?

Are you tracking your calories? Are you trying to drink 64 oz of Water a day?

Just want to tell you guys that the lap band is doing great for me! I'm so glad I did the surgery! Was banded sept 2012 . I hope everyone else is doing good!

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Ok! any single men out there. I'm Single 35 years old divorced. band 12/14/2009