ready for my journey to be

love your story thank you for shareing your sucess !!!

Hi all! I have a fill appt today- I am also pondering asking him about an appetite suppressant. I'm just always hungry! I think a teeny smidge may do the trick- I'm pretty tight, but can eat bigger bites and bigger portions. We'll see. WIth my insurance change my first fill may be more $$ but we'll see. Sigh.
I need my head in the game again. I need another aha moment.

Well, one good thing about an unfill (or the least bad thing) is that it makes you appreciate how much your band was doing for you before the unfill.

I can't see how you can blame a product (i.e. evil contraption) when it sounds like it was medical malpractice on your doctor's part. You can have a IUD put in wrong or any product and if the doctor makes error, you can't blame the product.
P.S. If you really did your research like you said, um.... you would have known that the lapband doesn't work with liquids. lol That's pretty basic stuff that you didn't know from your research. (Your quote "Third major problem: (was not told this ahead of time either) weight gain is guaranteed if you DRINK liquids with your meals")

Happy New Year January Bandsters of 2012!!
I am all set for 2 days of liquids to restart my system!
New Years resolution:
1. Log my food!! Even when I know I have gone over!!
2. Continue to workout 3-4 days a week but add an extra 20 minutes of cardio before my class.
3. Meet my goal weight of 165 and maintain for 6 months. The VA will pay for my Tummy Tuck if I do this!!
4. Finally get my divorce and live free!! Typed the papers today!!!
2013 looks like it will be my year!!

Many women find themselves using food as a treat, or resorting to stress eating or comfort eating at the end of a long difficult day. Try out these new strategies:


If you are an emotional eater or someone prone to overeating, you know well that it’s one thing to decide to change your eating habits—to cut back your portions, stop snacking in the evening, or to stop turning to food at the end of a long day. It’s another thing entirely to act on your intentions and not overeat when you find yourself in the situation where that’s all you want to do.

Many women find themselves using food as a treat, or resorting to stress eating or comfort eating at the end of a long difficult day. In fact, for most people, this is the time when good intentions unravel.

Why? Well, you’re tired, your defenses are pretty low, and you likely don’t have a lot of energy or creativity to conjure up an alternative to that big bowl of popcorn or ice cream or the leftovers that are calling to you from the refrigerator.

Relying on willpower alone is a recipe for self-sabotage and frustration. Plus, it’s not very fun. If evening is a tough time for you food-wise, I recommend you take some time NOW to sketch out a list of things you can do instead of eating.

Here’s an important tip: this list should not be a to-do list of projects you’ve been neglecting in disguise. If you’re turning to food for comfort or to help you relax, the alternatives you come up with should have a similar effect and they should take into account your low energy level (i.e. your exhaustion).

Make a list now and start trying out these new strategies. Expect to tweak and revise it as you learn what works and what doesn’t.

Here are some ideas of what to do instead of overeating in the evenings to get you started:
Take a bath
Soak your feet (really—this feels great)
Blow bubbles
Brew a cup of tea
Listen to music
Watch a movie
Sit outside (or if it’s cold, by a fire)
If you have a cat who will let you, pet him/her and be one with the purr
Curl up with a good book
Update your Netflix list or put some new books on hold at the library
Buy yourself some new music for your mp3 player
Call a friend
Play Scrabble or chess or even solitaire online. Better yet, get your family to play a game—live and in person
Catch up on magazines
Do a crossword puzzle
Work on your birthday wish list (no matter how far away your birthday is)
Listen to a relaxation CD

I’d love to hear what you’ve found as an alternative to eating when you are tired and want to overeat.

sounds like everyone is doing awesome,iam stuck at 195..but also just realized i have not had a fill in 4 months i go back to the dr the middle of next month, i feel like iam eating way more then i was and at night forget it,rootbeer floats are my weakness,also apples with Peanut Butter, but the rootbeer float ice cream is low fat and diet soda i know,i know but i cant help it. i do so good for so long then bam !!! well my 14 are fitting just fine if i could get in a 12 i will be in heaven. my niece told me the other day not to lose no more or i would start looking sick,just tone up your belly she said,mind you no one in my family knows i had surgery oh well......work in the a,m so night all !!!!

I SIPPED OUT OF A MEDICINE CUP FOR THE FIRST WEEK......

LOL, am I the only one who thought of Sherlock??? LOL

hello my fellow bandsters have not been on in a while went for my dr.visit today and iam only a few pounds short of onderland iam at 202.2 so close yet so far away was told eat more,drink more well that sounds like i will be gaining instead of losing idk..sounds like everyone is doing great keep up the good work !!!!

I'm so close Onderland, I can taste it. Tip toeing on 202 lbs. today. It's exciting knowing that I should be there within a few days, hopefully. Keeping my fingers crossed. Everyone is doing good - keep up the good work!!

At today's weigh in I was 238 lbs. I have not weighed that since 2005. My highest weight was 291. That's a loss of 53 lbs. Slowly losing but keeping it off. 220's here I come.

YES I AM BAD I EAT THEM. JUST RECENTLY THOUGH I HAVE A FILL OF 6 1/2 CC AND CANT EAT bread NOW OMG I HATE WHEN food GETS STUCK THAT IS SO SCARY. LUCKLIY THE PAPAYA ENZYME pills WORK SO GOOD.

I had a <final for now> fill last Monday (10cc in 11cc band) and have been doing so good this past week, decreased calories even more, increased physical activity even more, did lots of sweaty home projects this weekend and..... I lost 6 lbs since last Monday - holy cow! I have been teetering on 219 for literally the last several weeks and have only averaged losing 1 lb. per week since surgery, then BAM, 6 lbs. in one week! If only every week were that great with instant satisfaction. I am just praying that it stays off - hate the pound fluctuations on this journey. I think I can honestly say that I will never be in the 220's ever again though! Praying that I can hold on to 213 and lower going forward! Thank God I think I found my sweet spot, finally.
On another note, my Daddy took me to dinner Sunday night and he doesn't know I had surgery. I guess I lost my mind for a minute, because I took a small bite of garlic bread, forgetting that I am now at 10cc's in my band and holy moley, I got to finally experience what a BAD stuck episode felt like. I tried to disguise it while clenching my fists under the table as I sat there with a smile on my face and unbelievable pain in my chest. I got up and said I had to use the restroom. Lord have mercy - it felt like it took forever for that stuck feeling to subside. I was so thankful to be reminded that I cannot do that again! It's nice to feel my fill though!~

im was banded on the same day as you and am loseing just as slow i went for my 3rd fill last week so i have 5.5 in my 10 cc band and just know feel some restriction.i beat myself up every day wondering why i did this if it wont work maybe i should have got the sleeve or bypass idk but i eat my Protein, veg,then fruit i work out 3 days a week and still this is going to be a very looonnggg journey,and i get so discouraged when i see everyone else doing so well,but iam glad im not alone......

I am excited to say I have lost 65 lbs and slowly but surely gonna reach that 100 lb mark. I was banded Dec 19th 2011. It hasn't been an easy journey but so worth it!

Do NOT get discouraged. Everyone loses differently. My weight loss did not pick up until my band was over half full and that was six months after surgery. I was losing a pound or two a month and now I'm losing a pound or two a week. Push...follow your plan, good things are coming your way.
Remember, Protein first, solid foods, Water and exercise. Oh yeah, B.E.L.I.E.V.E in youself!

So, I've been getting stuck quite a bit lately. I have an Upper GI scheduled for next week and am probably going to have a tiny bit of fill removed after that. I urped my lunch yesterday. When I got home from work I found a newly invented "Lap Band Assistive Device" from my DH.
See attached photo! It is labeled "DJ Lap Band Assist Device" ---DJ is me. What a goof he is!

I chose NOT to tell anyone. It's no body else's business. I have struggled with weight by myself so I will struggle with losing it by myself. My DH knows, 1 friend, and people in my support group and that's it.
I wouldn't tell another fat person that I had the surgery because I wouldn't want them to make a decision based on what I did or what worked for me. It's a heavy burden to bear if they don't have the same results and get upset or what have you. I did research on my own, I read this board, I talked to my doctor. If another fat person had suggested it to me, I probably wouldn't have listened to them while making the decision. that's just me though, everyone has to do what is right for them.

I don't tell anyone, only my parter knows. Not even my mother.
It's nobody's business.

When ur on mushies u can eat processed foods. Ur not doing anything wrong

my nsv well i dont get on the scale as a rule except at the dr. office but today i put on a pair of capris frm last summer size 18 well they felt loose in the waist and when i went to take them off yeah did not even undo them....they are jean ones at that !!!!!!!

Hi Ready- anytime! That's what we're here for, LOL. I feel for you with your dad being sick, that must be so hard. Even if you can eat like you used to, still try not to- this is the time before fills and restrictions that we have to "white-knuckle" it and just commit to losing weight the old fashioned way. How do you like the Zumba for the Wii? I have that, but haven't tried it. I love Zumba at the Y, but haven't been in awhile, I've been doing the elliptical at home. I should break it out and give it a whirl!

I am in the process of trying to deactivate my "Clean Plate" membership!! I have always thought Empty Plate = Done. I am trying to retrain my brain to understand and accept that Full = Done. :wub: