Texasbandit

Oh yeah no one wants to gain but let me tell you. I had one cheat day on sunday and now have gained 5 lbs! So if gaining is gonna throw u off the lapband wagon then don't do it. Don't let the band make you miserable like me!! Then you go for a follow up and they chastise you for not losing enough!!!

Indeed stroganoff this sucks hard!!! I've been an angry b**** since being banded. I don't know why my mood is swinging? Perhaps its the lack of calories or what. I don't have a clue but something has to give. I'm even evil at work which is shocking.

Hey cat!! I had my 2nd fill today. My first fill was 2 weeks ago. I've found that most of the surgeons here in the dfw have real strict guidelines regarding diet and calories. I was told under 1000 is ideal. I am so weak and tired though.

count me in as disgruntled too, read my blogs and updates and you will see. We need our own forum. Disgruntled bandsters! I wish you guys were around when I was getting banded. I regret my decision totally!

Ok this cant be right it says I burn 2455.41 a day? So for the OP 1550 is very low. maybe they did some other kind of test?? There is no way by doing nothing I burn so many calories. If so I would lose more weight.

OMG Cat texan, did u use true results??? I have dr. fox. I too am sooooooooooooo tired and was told under 1000 calories. I noticed your dr is out of dallas!!

I will always tell people to proceed with caution. If you think you can do it without the lapband then go for it! I was sucessfull without it. Then I got preggo and gained weight back. So ultimately it's your decision.You know yourself more than anyone in the world. For me, since I didnt have food issues the lapband has not been anything that has changed how I lose weight or the rate I lose or anything. It's par the course. The lapband just limits how much I eat and thats about it. A really expensive appetite suppresant! LOL! If you are an overeater, need motivation to get started on better eating habits etc, or looking for something to suppress your appetite then it may work for you. But dont believe for one second that the only reason someone fails is cause they don't follow the rules or not use the band as a tool. You can do all that and still fail. The band does not work for everyone! Some people have serious emotional issues with food and feel cheated that they cant eat certain things. I've seen this in bandsters too. Then they come to resent having the band. Or like me, a slow slow loser that thought the band would help increase her weight loss. So good luck with whatever you choose. I would use the band as a last resort. I've tried every diet out there almost and nothing has increased my metabolisim or help me lose weight except a low carb lifestyle. The lapband was my last hurrah!

Oh I've been on myfitnesspal for a month now. I can not help but log everything! I'm not hungry. I eat about 800 calories a day. No fast food, not outside food. I mostly make my own dinner. I usally do a shake for breakfast due to time,then maybe a shake for lunch or some soup or chili or tuna. Then for dinner I eat a veggie and a protein. I am into Low carb for sure. I dont pay attention to fat. i dont get that much and low carbers usually don't count fat cause to be honest unless its saturated fat then some fat is good. I dont over eat. I have my second fill today, but only cause I lost 4lbs when I got my first one. So I wanna lose these 4lbs. I actually have to make sure I eat cause I'll go a whole day and not eat if im careful. I wasnt a big eater before the lapband. Before I got preggo I lost about 60-70lbs on my own, but it was hard. Once I hit about 273 I started to stall bad. 2 months later I got pregnant. I thought the lapband would help me and increase my weight loss. I'm a slow slow loser. Oh I've been working out off and on for about 3 years now. I currently work out 5 days a week. hard cardio, I strength train too 3 days out of the 5. Ive been told to eat more calories but my surgeon says less than 1200. Before the band when i was eating 2000 or so a day I still lost very very slow and not consistant. Before I didnt weigh myself everyday. I would do it once a week. I'm trying not to weigh twice a day, but I feel if I dont then how can I adjust or know how i'm doing?? I use to measure, but that drove me crazier than the weigh ins. I would measure my stomach and overnight I would grow or lose an inch depending on whatever whim my body feels like torturing me that day. I measured my legs and the same thing, just up and down and up and down. So I gave up on that. I'm a type A person. I look for results. If I can gain 4 overnight I find it downright cruel that I cant lose 4 overnight. Nope. My body is evil it adapts to working out and dieting quickly. It heals quickly. I had a c-section and was healed and you couldnt even tell a month later. My lapband scars are almost gone. I just want to be normal. No crazy refeeds. No stalling for 2 weeks then mysteriously lose 3 lbs. No killing myself in the gym to the point of exhaustion and the inches not melting away. I've never been this cranky before. I'm down right miserable. I've been on diets and stuff before, but never felt this crazy!! I'll try to drop the scale for now. I wish I could just get rid of it, but my husband has to weigh himself everyday for health reasons. But I do have a weigh in today for my fill and I know I'm gonna be upset. *sigh*

thank you so much! I need all the help i can get and it is my surgeon who is tell me less than 1000 calories! no more than 1200!

Well i'm here with ya too, but I'm out 6 weeks and only lost the first week after surgery. Do u use myfitnesspal to track calories and excersize?? I do, I'm jedi9393. Lets have our pity party together! lol I am an angry, angry bandster. My surgeon told me that I should be losing regardless of surgery date and what not. so go figure. 1-2lbs a week so far has been BS. Sorry, but thats the truth for me,

I thank the maker that after one fill and 3cc's that I do not have any digestive problems. I have a cast Iron stomach and my gall bladder was removed years ago. I wish I would have read this post before I got the surgery! I wish someone would have told me that I would stall. I wish someone would have told me the band will make you crazy and all the rah rah cheerleaders are gonna make you sick! lol

there are online websites for fitness training. I use myonlinetrainer.com You can watch videos. But generally strength training is the way to go! Weights help you burn more calories and develop muscles.

i've stopped the blood pressure meds for a few days and monitored it and i'm fine so far. I did up the calories Sunday and kinda monday, but I got on the scale today and I'm up 4lbs all together. I get that it maybe Water weight, but how long does this last??? This is not good at all. I've been taking water pills and they havent helped. All my hard work last week just got wiped out and Im getting a 2nd fill today and have to do a weigh in which makes me feel worse! I'm working out this evening. I'm still tired. I use to do 2200 calories a day before the lapband and I still didnt lose weight consistantly. I dont expect miracles, just some sort of consistant weight loss and not tricking my body or starving it either. I struggle to eat a lot cause of my lapband I get full easily so i dont know how to get more calories in.

I havent really even dropped that many sizes. I'm still a 18, just a little looser thats all. No one has noticed or said anything except my husband so yeah I'm discouraged.

So I'm up and decided to weigh myself. I've gain another pound. 4lbs in 2 days??? WTF! I give up. One cheat day??? Really ?!?! Really?!? I've bee. Taking water pills too. Drinking water and I'm working out today. I'm at a loss as to what to do.

No not mad about what you wrote. I'm just half crazy, half starved and exhausted from spending most my time at the gym or walking. I need sleep. I need rest, but my body and mind won't let me!!! Tomorrow I get another fill. Hopefully it will make me lose again. I'm just so angry!!

Hey I'm jedi9393 on mfp! Add me anyone!

HELLO! How is everyone doing?? where are my early sept bandsters at?? Seems like they all disappeared! My food day is: Breakfast: Protein shake. (i dont have time to make food in the mornin) Lunch: chilli or a cup of tuna with 5 crackers or a salad with low calorie dressing Dinner: Right now I'm eating spaghetti squash with meatballs and marinara sauce. Some days I scramble eggs with onion and little cheese. usually 3 eggs. Or tuna on a low carb tortilla if I didnt do crackers and tuna for lunch. snack: SF jello or SF pudding. 1 or 2 cups. Thats it. I get my 2nd fill tomorrow. I'm not hungry though.

will OP you act as if you just fell off the wagon. You had a lot of life changes and stress. The knee surgery sucks. I had one too a few years ago and gained a lot of weight. Dont beat yourself up so much. Which is kinda crazy me saying that! I'm my worse critic. But good job at day 1.

I love pizza too. U know u can take the foods you love and make them better for you!! For pizza, I take a low carb tortilla put pasta sauce and mozzarella on it and the pepperoni. You can either pop in the oven or put in a frying pan with butter to get it nice and crispy! Lower calories and carbs and it taste like a thin crust pizza!! I can help with the food. I've perfected the art of turning almost anything into a healthy alternative. Just drop me a message.

Hi there folks! Anyone every try Optifast or Medifast either before or after they had lapband surgery. I'm not talking about pre or post Op just before you got the band or after you have been approved to return to eating solids? Did it work for you? oh for those who dont know what those are. Opti and medifast is a supervised plan where you drink shakes as Meal Replacements all day or some programs have it where you drink 3-4 shakes and then have a low calorie/low carb meal for dinner and a few Snacks. I'm thinking about doing this.

Well I've tried more calories but I'm up 3lbs. I do drink shakes but not between meals, but as my breakfast and lunch. Has anyone tried optifast??

Carisa welcome to the wonderful world of disgruntled bandster land! I'm with you! I was banded 09/02 and the only time I've dropped pounds was after my fill 2 weeks ago. I dropped 4lbs and no one knows y. I didn't eat much after my fill so maybe that's it but I can't continue on liquids forever. It's driving me mad. Before I had my baby I lost 60 lbs in about 8 months just by low carb and working out. Now nothing. So I dunno what to tell us.

So everyone is telling me the reason I'm not losing weight is cause my calories are too low. So yesterday I upp my calories. I cheated a little by eating some sugar free birthday cake with my niece. I also ate a huge salad. So that was my cheat day. I'm terrrfied to log in my calories. Well I check the scale this morning and guess what?? up 3lbs!! yeah me. So never again. I'll stick to my 800 calories a day. Now I have to practice damage control. Which means liquid fast for a day or two. yeah lanpband.......NOT!

I can honestly say that I do eat right and I have always been a slow loser. I dont have any major health issues. I did have high blood pressure before being banded, but I'm probably gonna be taken off my meds. My meals are on my fitness pal. I'm Jedi9393. Now granted I've been banded a month and a half, but I've already had my first fill. My second fill is tomorrow. I've lost weight before and I dont have food issues. No emotional eating or what not. I;ve been low carb for 5 years. So I thought this would help my issues with plateauing. Nope. I went to a dr. 3 years ago and they couldnt find any reason why I am such a slow loser. This time i've been told to eat more calories? Which is shocking since I've been banded so I wont eat so much! I work out 5-6 days a week. I lift weights, cardio, do body shaping and everything. I've lost weight and inches, but mostly after I got banded. Now back to square one. And why in Gods name should the band make it harder for anyone to lose weight. Good lord if I would hve known that I would have said no! lol. For the OP I thought the same as you, omg exactly! If I do everything right the weight will fall off. Thats what everyone told me on here and my surgeon tells me 1-2lbs a week. My appt with him is in another 2 weeks and he said that I might have to go for testing, but I know they wont find anything. its just me, genetic I assume. How can you eat less than 1000 calories a day and work out and burn 300 calories and still not lose?? I dunno. No one has given me an answer. I dont even think gastric bypass would work for be either. So yea, I'm a disgruntled Bandster so far. The truth is, most band cheer leaders dont wanna believe the band doesnt work for some people. They want to blame you or come up for some reason why its not working for you. There are a gaggle of frustrated and angry bandsters who are scared to post cause they dont wanna be slammed and criticised. I'm a big girl and will speak for them cause I aint afraid!