Texasbandit

Yup I'm negative cause despite what my surgeon is telling me nothing is working. I ve dieted before and lost but not now. Lapband should be a last resort honey.

I hear what ya saying but my surgeon is telling me under 1000 calories. I eat a low carb, low calorie diet. I track everything. I work out 6 days a week. Cardio and weights. I don't know whatelse to do when I've gained 4 lbs. I have great restriction. I'm currently on a water fast for 2 days to see of that will help. No calories for 2 days.

And let me add, I've had 2 fills and if anyone wants to look at my food its on myfitnesspal.com I'm jedi9393! under 1000 calories. No caffeine, no sugar, no bread, no snacking or grazing. Working out twice a day! twice! 5-6 days a week.

I just cant take it anymore, seriously ladies. I'm up another pound. I was told to increase my food intake and thats what I'm doing. So guess what? since i've increased my calories now I feel like i'm getting hungrier and hungrier. This small uptick is ruining everything now. I dont drink with my meals, I eat enough protein. I'm not hungry. I just dont understand what I'm doing wrong. Then there is the BS about give your body time to heal, blah blah. That is a cop out and full of crap. I was banded on 09/02. I've had surgeries before, knee, hernia, gall bladder, pregnancy etc and losing weight or not gaining wasnt a problem almost 2 months later!!! I understand a week or two post op, but not over a month. Its a band around your stomach, not cancer or a heart transplant. I've researched and there is no scientific basis of 4-6 weeks healing for lap band. That is something that surgeons tell their patients to make them feel better about stalling. Plus I have a lap band sister that eats more than I do and has been banded a little longer than me and she has lost weight. I feel so crummy! I'm DONE! if nothing has changed by 11/15. Then I'm going back on strictly Atkins and to hell with counting calories and fills. I'm going rogue!

Maybe cause your belly is tight?? mine is just flabby.

My goal is just to not gain. I'm 6 weeks out. Gaining 2 lbs this week.

There is no way on earth I could see my port thu all my belly fat. I can't even feel it. When I get a fill they gotta put a pillow under my back.

I do believe that body composition and weight loss are connected. I'm still researching but I wonder if those who have a hard time losing despite doing everything have lots of belly fat. My fat is mostly in my mid section. I've found that those few people I know with saggy stomachs have a hard time losing. I also believe that most people have normal metabolisms and can lose if they stay under a certain amount of calories. Then there is us who work out and eat right and don't lose or in my case gain. I eat around 1000 or less. Before I had to go up and down on my calories every few days. It was unhealthy. I starved then binged every few days. I don't want to go down that road but I've gain 2 lbs in a month.

I've gained 2 lbs in 2 days. It's nowhere near my time of the month. I haven't had another cheat day. Not really doing anything different. I've actually upped my work outs. I'm about to take a pregnancy test cause I haven't been this up and down since I was pregnant. There is no way I'm pregnant but I'll make sure I'm not.

I am about to give up seriously!! After gaining 5 lbs of I guess what was water weight, I finally as of Friday get back down to 275. Well this morning I am up to 276. Haven't done anything different just my body wants to gain. I'm so tired of this ****. This is crazy. Monday I start the biggest loser at my job and I am sure now that I will fail. I will start working out 3 times a day. Weights in the morning. An hour walk at lunch and a walk when I get home. If that doesn't move the scale then I dunno. My body is a freak.

I had sex 3 or 4 days post op! You can get pregnant easier due to the weight loss. I should have named my son Atkins cause after I went on that diet and lost 60lbs I got pregnant!! Weight loss regulated my hormones and fixed my infertility! I'm on the pill now but wasn't back then. I had stopped having periods when I weighed 330. So extra protection isn't needed.

Wow shelly sorry! Sounds like a pain in the butt. I hope you get it removed soon. I was thinking about what the OP said. I wonder if it's worse being thin then getting fat then to never have been thin ever. I wonder how would I feel to look at old pictures of me a size 6 and now I'm a size 18. I think it would drive me nuts! I look at my high school pictures and see a 340 pound dork who was miserable. I decided at 18 to lose weight and it took 2 years but I got down to 265. The smallest I've ever been was a size 14. I'm still a dork but as I got older I've went from an huge ugly duckling to a fat swan!

Me too. I'm trying to have another baby next year so I never considered a bypass. I want something I van have removed if need be.

I'm trying guys I am but up another pound today!!!

Not everyone becomes obese cause they are emotionally attached to food. Some people like me are naturally lazy, poor metabolism and an unhealthy love of all things sweet!!!! I love love bad food. I hate to work out. One sugary confection can derail me. I can eat a whole pie if I wanted to. But I don't. I would feel extremely guilty if I ate a whole pie and working out has become apart of my routine. Life doesn't have to stop cause you are overweight either. If you want it bad enough then nothing will stop you from losing the weight. You don't have to totally cut out certain foods with the lap band. Right now after 2 fills I can eat anything but a lot less of it.

Thank you OP!! My dr says the same darn thing. People keep telling me to eat more. I have lost anything in almost a month.

I have my 3rd fill on 11/08. I have to go see my surgeon before that. The first fill I felt it.I got 2 cc's. I don't know how much they put in it this time. I was banded 09/02. I don't feel anything but I can eat more than a cup of food but I don't cause I'm not hungry but then again if I ate so little I think I would get 600 calories a day.

I have some question for the OP. First, do you feel a lot thinner now? I have a hard time feeling thinner. I've lost weight but can't really tell. Second, at rate did you lose?! Third, is there anything that really helped you lose the weight?

Real talk here. I'm just gonna give you my honest opinion. Most people here will try to tell you, "oh yeah get the lapband. It will help you." First I've been banded sine sept 2 and I haven't had any digestive issues at all. Do your research. The lap band can be removed compared to gastric bypass and the like. I am 35, I'm married and want to have another baby next year. So rearranging my intestines wasn't for me. I can technically eat anything I want. I do get ful quicker and I don't have hunger in the normal sense. I eat a health diet. I've never heard about any lasting issues regarding long term banded patients. There have been people who had band erosion and the like but those people are like one percent. As for the emotional eating. I cannot relate. I'm not a social person and don't associate food with emotion or social well being. Those are issues you have to sort out. If you are gonna morn the loss of certain foods then you don't want to be thin or should I say health bad enough. The band is just a tool. A over glorified appetite suppressant. It won't select food for you. You can eat great food that is good for you!! You have to change how you see food. To me good is sustenance no more no less. I personally have never been thin. So the notion of being sexy means a wide range of things. However, I've never not had a boyfriend or fun or let my weight stop me. Maybe when I was a teen and younger, but as an adult? No. I stop caring about what people thought of me. Yeah I have my days. I'm hard on me but won't let others treat me badly cause I'm fat. As for dating. There is plenty to do besides restaurant hop!!! Get out of the eatery and see some sites or do a physical activity. I do regret the lapband but only because my weight loss has slowed to nothing. I do not recommend the lap band for you at this time. Have you tried any other weight loss programs?? I would use surgery as a last resort. You will have to work at it with the band!! Good luck momma! And may I say I think you are attractive!! Don't dump on yourself.

I got my ticker at myfitnesspal.com. Once you register and create it a URL will be given then you just add the URL to your signature on here!

I feel your pain marabeth trust me. I hope things get better for you soon! As for me I've gained 1lb today and right now I just want to scream and quit!!!