Texasbandit

Check check...1....2 I have been working out good. I'm at 274.

Pats fan, yes my dr says under 1000 calories. No more than 1200. With the band not hungry at all. I think the band can work miracles for those that overeat or have poor eating habits. The band has helped me eat way less, but as for the weight loss it's the same plateaus and stalling I had when I was eating low carb at 2000 calories a day. My surgeon says healing period is 2 weeks. I get my 2nd fill on the 11th. It was the pre and post op diet that made me lose the weight I have, plus Water weight. So of u feel thay eating is not your issue then I recommend rethinking your reasons for getting the band and proceed with caution. I'd rather be able to eat low carb, 2000 calories, work out 4 days a week and lose 1 pound every 2 weeks them have the lapband, eat 800 calories, watch my portions, Protein etc,work out hard 6 days a week then stall for 2 weeks. I wish someone had told me this and talked me outta it.

U know oldie my bp is really low lately. I take hbp pills but when I got my fill it was like 102/59. Maybe I need to have my meds taken down a bit. I'll try to eat more but I'd have to admit I'm a bit paranoid. Maybe I'll go to 800-900 calories instead and see how I do. Today was the last straw. I almost passed out while holding my son. I got dizzy, lightheaded and almost fell!!! So I'll try anything to get this to work for me, without me dying! Lol.

Thank you jersey. However when I say I'm not hungry I'm not. I didn't eat a lot before the band but now I eat about 4 oz and half a cup of veggies. Some days I do a shake for breakfast and one for lunch then 4 crackers and 5 forkfuls of tuna. Maybe some sf jello as a snack, but that's it.

I'm jedi9393 on mfp. U can see what I eat. I do low carb and low calorie. I too eat around 800 cal but I was told by my surgeon to do low calorie and low carb. I eat 60 g of protein. I'm rarely hungry. I'm pretty much forcing myself to eat to prevent me from passing out.

Well I feel restriction. I don't eat a lot. I'm not hungry at all. I know I am a slow loser but I didn't know that would prevail once I got the band!!! If someone would have told me that I would have still lose 2 pounds every month then shoot I would have never, never been banded. I thought the low calories and low carb diet with working out more would increase my weight loss. I feel frustrated, cheated, lied to, and hopeless. Also I've been working my butt off for 4 months now. So I'm talking about total weight loss. So here I am, I've gain 2 lbs. Just frigging horrible. I'm so tired I can't even make it thru my day.

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.

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.

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??