Texasbandit

Well, well, well....I have to reply to this cause oh yeah I'm on of the complainers. I dieted and excersized before the band. I wasnt an emotional eater or overeater. I researched and the positive people on this site and others have tended to sugar coat things about the band cause maybe it worked for them well, but anytime someone tries to offer a different opinion or perspective then the "band is a tool" robots come out here and post and call us whiners

I say tell the truth. the band wont and does not work for everyone. It may or may not speed up your weight loss or help you maintain it. I'm a little over a month and no I didnt expect a miracle or weight loss overnight, but I DO expect the band to do...SOMETHING! If I wanted to eat 700 calories a day and work out 4-5 days a week and not lose a thing then I could have done that without the band. I'm advocating some real talk around hear. Not all the everything is roses. So yea, I'm cranky.

There is serious inconsistancies between surgeons regarding diets and the so called "healing period" which my doctor is telling me is basically BS. It is frustrating. I've lost about 12-15lbs post surgery. Thats not counting the pre-op diet and stuff. Most of the weight you lose in the beginning is Water weight. My dr is low carb, under 1000 cal kinda guy. I've had my first fill. Lost a few pounds then now I've gained. No change in my diet.

I have to carb refeed. Look it up. It's not nice. I did that before I got the band. I didnt want to do it after, but well well well here I am again. Oh yeah i'm mad. 1-2 lbs a week is what i've been told by everyone and now I've been told i'm in starvation mode. Before I asked about this and heard that it didnt exist for band patients. Well, now I dont know what to believe. Force myself to eat more and get PB's and vomit or keep on? So since everyone is tired of some of us whining then help! Answer our questions. If you have the solution then let me know. I've posted many topics and get nada. So if you are not part of the solution then I say you are part of the problem.

I know we have to be patient, but for how long? why is it when I carb refeed I lose weight? How long do I have to do this? How many calories are too low? See what I mean? Why do I go on liquids and lose weight after a fill then back to nothing? We need answers not just criticisims.

And be happy cause I lost weight? yeah I am, but i'm still fat! I got a long way to go. I can be patient, but I need just anything to show this is working. Not stalling for weeks! Not feeling like i'm tired and weak every other day. Not being made to feel like crap by people on here who want to get in a tiff cause of what I'm going thru doesnt fit in their mold of how a bandster should act. We all cant be positive, why should we?

hey pats fan! you and me were in the same boat. I thought that lapband would make it easier for me to lose weight. I have yet to experience that. Sometimes I do feel as if this has been a waste. I havent had any complications or vomiting. I feel fine. I've been banded for a month now and do feel a bit disappointed. I did have my first fill already and still struggling. Please choose carefully and think if you can lose without the band then do it.

I am a disgruntled bandster for sure. I too was told that I was the perfect candidate, but I am a slow slow loser and despite me working out 4-5 days a week and eating healthy and under 1000 calories I still havent lost the magice 1-2lbs a week. I'm going for my 2nd fill in a week or so. Once again not hungry, just being told that a fill is a good thing. Ask your surgeon what is his pre-op dietary requirements after you can eat solids. I suggest if you are doing the same diet then think twice about the lapband. But yeah Gastric Bypass hasnt even once crossed my mind, No way!

well it depends on what you are looking for? You can make egg muffins. Just need some egg and whatever else you like and mix and put in muffin cups then bake.

You can eat pancakes. There is low carb flour made by Atkins and Tova. I buy all my low carb goodies on netrition.com. Its not cheap, but a bag of LC flour last me forever. I edulge every once in a while. Low carb tortillas are sold at grocery stores. make a burrito or something.

Name, real or screen~Texas Bandit

Age~35

Weight on October 1st~276

Goal Weight for October 29th~270!

Exercise Goal for October~6 days a week

Dietary Goal for October~same

Personal Goal for October~ lose 3 inches off my waist

Date Banded~09/02/11

Total Weight Loss Since Banding-15lbs

Hello there OP!! I have the same issue. was banded 09/02. I dont know y people get defensive about those of us who stall and have a harder time losing. Im here for ya. We are in the same boat!

I was told by my surgeon that the healing period is about 2 weeks and that healing does not stall your weight loss and that a lot of surgeons tell their patients that so they go easy the first month and not freak out if they dont lose cause some people have bodies that take a while to kick start their way to weight loss.

I am a slow loser, but I use myfitnesspal to keep track of everything I eat. My surgeon does a low carb diet, which is what I have been doing for years. So no biggie. I was told to get no more than 1,000 cal per day. 50-60grams of Protein a day and less than 40g of carbs. For me and I hate this, but I have to calorie load every 7 days or so. So under 1,000 for 6 days then on the 7th day up it to 1,500. Then I lose weight. It works for me and it sucks cause this is what I had to do before I got the lapband and I thought the lapband would eliminate the yo-yo but apparently it was just wishful thinking.

I work out about 4 days a week. Cardio for about an hr 3 days and weights 3-4. I hate cardio. its boring! lol! I am trying to tone up a bit since I've lost a bit of weight. Also I work out intensly then take 3-4 days off every month. Usually it coincides with my menses. Especially if I do a lot of weights. A few days off lets your body catch up and then burns fat. I read that somewhere. I've done this for years.

Yes its totally unfair that some of us have to jump thru hoops just to lose weight. I just wanna eat good and work out and the weight come off, but for me thats not how it works and I envy the people who have it good. some people need motivation and cant get in the gym or wanna cheat on their diets. I love the gym and hate junk food, but my body is my enemy. I eat a great diet and I use to work out 7 days a week and the scale would move about 1-2 lbs every 2-3 weeks!! Its depressing.

I hear ya Chrissy! But good news folks I got a fill on tuesday and the weight is falling off. I don't know what is going on. I was 281 on Tuesday and now 275!!! Maybe it's the liquid diet? Hmmm

HELLLLLOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Septembers! I am feeling sooooo good. Normally I am a sour puss, but not today. My hubby is in the hospital again and I'm trying to keep my head up. I am down to 275! 275! Woot! Since my fill the weight has been falling off and I've worked out twice this week. Im trying to step it up but hubby's health issues take up all my time for now. Hopefully he will be home sunday.

Count me in too. Also have u noticed the serving sizes are huge. I went to a cafeteria and they had 12 and 16 oz sizes for oatmel. My god I filled the 12oz half way and got so full. I was thinking who can eat 12 or 16 oz of Soup, grits or oatmeal? ???

I cannot recommend making a food diary enough. If you are unsure how many calories you are taking in use myfitnesspal and the other sites like it. It gives the calories and everything!!

I got my fill yesterday and I feel fine and fuller. Hopefully I will start losing. A pound a week sounds like heaven! I have lost about 2 lbs since Saturday.

I was banded on 09/02 I had my first fill yesterday and I too have been following a strict less than 1000 cal diet but have been struggling with losing. I hope the fill work for us!!

Got my first fill and it was painless! I ache kinda but I'm on liquids for 2 days the mushies for 2 days. Then back on regular food.< /p>

Today is my first fill. I'm nervous but ok so far. Just waiting for them to take me back and do this thang!

I think it depends on age and health too. My gall bladder was removed at 19. 15 years ago and to me the lapband was worse due to the gas and internal soreness. My gallbladder and gall stones were out and I was up and hanging out 3 days later. Lapband took me 5 days to feel normal.

Any surgery is risk but yeah I read that article too but the lapband surgery isn't like having a kidney removed. I had knee surgery at an outpatient place by one of the best surgeons in the country.

It all depends IMO on the dr who is performing it. I wouldn't dare go to that place with all the deaths. Somethings not right there. I had to have outpatient asap cause I had to return to work in 4 days and have a hubby to care for. Of course I've had lots of diff surgeries so going under the knife doesn't bother me at all.

Me too Lisa. I get a fill tomorrow and hope this will awake things up, but the tricking my body to lose sucks. In the past I've upped my calories slighty everytime. Then I got to 2000 a day and then I gained weight. So I cut to 1500. I lost a few pounds then I was stuck for 2 weeks again!! I went up to 1800. I lost a few then started to gain. I dropped to 1100. Lost a few pounds...repeat!!!

I don't want this kinda weight loss. I don't want to obsessed over every calorie I put in my body. I eat clean. Low salt too. No processed foods. No sugar. Low carbs. If I knew I had to pull yo-yo dieting then I wouldn't have gotten a lap band. I want to eat 1000 calories a day. Not force myself to eat more when I'm not hungry.

So I'll see how it goes with the fill but if I'll eat less then I don't see how I'm gonna lose!!!

I have officially declared war on myself. It's not pretty. Its gonna be bloody and either way I'm gonna be hurt.

Can I say I am hating my lapband, my surgeon, my diet and my stupid stupid body! yeah, total hate fest here. if you cant handle it move on.

Anyhoo...I was banded 09/02/11. I've been dieting, working out. Was instructed by my surgeon that there healing period is one week and I should be losing at least 1-2 lbs a week. I lost 4-5 lbs the first 3 days or so then stopped. The scale has gone up 2lbs and down lbs, but hasnt wavered from the same 2 lbs! I am suppose to be under 1000 calories a day and not to exceed 1200. Fine, I'm not hungry anyway. So i've been eating low carb, low calorie foods. At least 60grams of Protein. I do cardio and weights. Yeah yeah I know muscle weighs more than fat, o.k.

Sooooo on saturday I say forget it. I had a 50 buck gift certificate to a restaurant and went out with my family. I ate till I was stuffed, drank some wine and later ate a small dairy queen blizzard. well well, I hop on the scale the next morning expecting to gain 5lbs. Well to my surprise I lost 4lbs over night?!?!? I dont know where the pounds went or why. So now I'm confused. Normally I cannot lose with 2500 calories and I've tried 1500lbs in the past then once I have a cheat day, BAM! pounds fall off. So am I doomed to do this forever??

I got the lapband to stabilize my weight loss. No tricks or crap like this. This is how it was before the lapband. I am not that hungry. I get a fill tomorrow. I have to force the 1000 calories. What happens with the fill and i'm down to less calories and I have to choke down food to get more calories in order to lose??

Anyone experience this? This is so depressing. I thought starvation mode didnt apply to us?? I'm confused, angry and heartbroken. I dont want the yo-yo- calories and binging every 10 days to lose weight. I felt like crap after I ate so much on saturday.

I have currently declared war on my own body. i had a cheat day saturday. I got banded 09/02/11 and lost a few lbs within the first few days and nothing after. So saturday I ate like almost 2000 calories and normally I eat around 1000.

In 24 hrs I lost 4lbs. I dunno. My cheat days help me lose weight for some reason. I hate my metabolisim. So every 2-3 weeks I guess I'm gonna have to cheat.

Did you have your surgery in a hospital or surgical center? I read an article on the boards here last night about 3 deaths from lap band surgery in CA all performed in a surgical center. That spooked me. I was looking forward to having it done in a center now I am questioning whether I am making the right decision all together. HELP. Can you tell me if you had your surgery at a center and what your experience was?

I';m in texas and had a surgical center. It was a great experience. Was the deaths from the same doctor or different ones? Who did you hear this from? On the news or word of mouth??

First fill on the 27th! Feeling good. I can eat soft solids now. I haven't lost anything since 4 days post op!!

Let me put some real talk on you honey. Everything the above poster said is a great summary! I am 21 days post op and frankly a littlle bewildrered, confused and a bit disappointed.

It all depends on what your currently healthy and lifestyle is. Personally I think the band emotionally has been harder and especially since I didnt have bad eating habits before I got the band. I also worked out too. So with the band I was expecting a bit more I guess. I dunno if my metabolism just sucks or what, but I'm very discouraged. I didnt expect to lose 40lbs in a month or anything. Just a pound a week or something. I lost quickly before the surgery, but after only about 6 lbs then nothing since. It was Water weigh I assume.

There is a serious lack of consistancy too with the nutrition, aftercare, and recovery per doctor. That I didnt know until I started posting on here.

Yes, my hunger is curbed. If you have a problem with overeating then the lapband is for you. If you are wanting to use it as a tool to better eating habits and excersize then yes its for you. If you already work out and eat fairly well and expecting this to push your body a little and go to the next level then I dunno. It hasnt happened for me at least yet.

Pre op I did south beach for 5 days, which is basically a low carb diet. The post op diet was a breeze IMO and didnt mind being on liquids but I was on liquids the 10 days then on to mushie food afterwards and now on solids. Your doctor may do things differently. gas pains after surgery was the worst part. They blow your stomach up with gas to move your organs outta the way so the band can be placed. The gas get strapped and felt like i had constant back pain and chest pain, but that lasted 5 days. The surgery itself was easy.

So proceed with caution and think hard. Can you do this without the band? Are you very motivated? Or do you yo-yo diet a lot and overeat?

Jesus now I'm really depressed! Lol! My body is stubborn. I don't know y. It adapts quickly. I like working out. It mentally makes me feel better and I have more energy. I'm just trying to understand y some people can lose and do nothing while I have to kill myself in the gym and practically starve. This morning I am tired and weak again. I'm so depressed and thinking I made a mistake with the lapband.

Preach!!! I don't get it either. Saw my dr yesterday and he told me 1-2lbs a week. No healing period, nada. He said that if in 2 weeks I'm not losing then to come see him. I have my first fill on 09/27. I'm not hungry just want too see how I do with a fill.

I've eaten on my dr diet. Less than 1000 calories a day. Working out this week.

It for sure defies any logic. I have a friend on optimist. 800 cal a day and losing weight fast.

Ok I am dying to try this. What do I need? Weights???

Sharlio, from your fingers to god ears!! I dunno why she got so bent out of shape. Jesus. Now my thread is shut down. Now I'm not one to let stuff go, that's just me. It was my thread. Anyhoo.

I went to the dr and he said that the healing period is 2 weeks. I'm clear to eat solids as long as they are soft. I'm cleared to workout too!! My dr tells me to go easy but that's really about it. So yeah now I'm confused but I will listen to MY doctor instead of different people on here cause obviously we are all being told different things.