☠carolinagirl☠

the ones who divert from the lap band rules are the ones who complain the loudest about it not working....granted some bad things happen, but hey just think of the good...it saved my life...thats enough for me..

just go one meal at a time, its all you can do. i had to change my entire attitude, my thinking along with the amount i eat. i wanted to loose weight bad enough that i just do it....hang in there..its a learning process...def do not beat yourself up..just do better.

i think more neg results are posted or wrote about than the successful ones..i truly believe that...there is good and bad with any wls and the outcomes vary on different things..i pretty much base the lap bands success in accordance to my own situation. and so far it is a success. read some posts by B52 or AJtexas or Floridas or Alex Brecher or Jean Mcillian or Love the New Me and others...these results are who i rely on as these are lots of success stories make your own success story.

here is the food scale i got from amazon (except mine is red)..very small but works great...and i got my measuring cups from walmart...i did find some collasping ones on amazon but dont likt them too much.

are you pre op? are you post op? unless you give more info, i cant answer.. your profile is not filled out. i was that way in the first few months of pregnancy though

oh girl i feel ya...just keep on drinking and use your protein shakes to help with this..i will say SF popsicles saved me...hang in there and happy new year

i can only speak for me...but i have done two seperate meals but i dont have wee ones like you so hub pretty much eats what i do (except more than i can)..i think you doing what works for you is what will happen and do what you have to to eat better and lose weight...nothing wrong with the whole family eating better food than just kid foods...and kids foods can be healthy also...dont deprive because you are not on a diet but just eating better and the band will help with the amounts being smaller. i am sure you will get better answers than mine.

that is small...i went to the basement and had hub show me his duke golf balls...i never heard of that but all dr's and nutritionists are different so who knows. i cant say what is right or wrong but i stop at a cup pretty much..btw fabulous on the weight loss. whatever you were doing was/is working. happy new year

we are our own worst enemy..because we failed diets in the pat, we pretty much doom ourselves in every thing we do...so we seek help and get the lap band...i think if you (or me or whomever) follow the dr's instructions and dig down deep inside and give the band a chance, you will not fail...i started at 336...i could hardly walk and cleaning myself was getting hard....i was desperate...it was either get bigger or take a chance...look at me now 6 months later... it can be done..but you have to want it and i think you do. i promise you will never hear me say why cant you lose weight. but you will hear me say i am here for you if and when you need me...i so understand.

i went and looked at my paperwork before answering....i was on 2 1/2 week pre all liquid and 2 week all post op liquid no mention of calories on either phase. ..

no resolution for me ither this year i will continue to use want power and eat better quality food in smaller amounts and just let the band work..

i have the allergan 14cc band i asked my dr why he used this one instead of the realize he said he just preferred the allergan works for me and so far, the band has given me back my life. no regrets

mine did slightly.......i cant stand anything with added sugar is my main diversion..

i eat about a cup of food when i eat i cant speak for after fills as i dont have any (yet) but i guess each dr's are different mine and my nut said stay at a cup.

i dont have any fills myself but i do eat as if i do. i like knowing the band is there helping me but i made a huge mental change in my eating and thinking when i got the band..so i am letting the band help me eat less but also make myself eat only my allotted amount..i think it works...as for hungry... if i am hungry (for real and not just thinking i am) i eat...not just a quick/cheap snack.. i eat a Protein snack or drink i realize that if i eat more cals than i burn off, i will not lose....def want power...i want this bad enough to just do what i have to do...

no resolution to me for the first time in my life. i will continue to do what i have been doing for the last 6 months.. eating better food in small amounts, drinking alot and walking and hanging with a good support unit. also using good old want power.

happy new year mia and congrats on the excellent weight loss i hope this is our best year ever for all of us

happy holidays yaya and here is to us all having a great year

well, you cant do liquids for ever and throwing up is not a way to live with the band keep doing what you are doing, eating your allotted amount, exercising and let the band work..congrats on this new chapter in your life...imagine where you will be this time next year.

larger people tend to lose more at the beginning from what i understand..but as long as a loss is a loss (i will take it). congrats on your success so far.

no other words needed: As the new year approaches, stop betraying yourself with the band. Follow your instructions that you were given and even if your weight loss is slow, a pound loss is a loss no matter how you look at it.

i agree with missy and others on the seriousness of being too tight, tmf is dead on in regards that living on mush is not a way to live... "Folks who want their cake and and eat it too (literally) will opt to keep their band fairly open, allowing them to eat what they want" i guess this is me.. i eat what i want in smaller amounts and make good choices of crap food vs healthy foods. i dont have any fills and have lost 88 pounds with out one so far. so it can be done by eating to lose weight.

i believe in want power..i want to lose weight and get healthy bad enough to do everything that i can to help the band..bad enough to want it and do something about it...and that want power is making me believe in myself and the band..it works.

be honest be open be yourself and chill out............in and out

i think you need to see your dr (especially if its been a couple of weeks) i asked my dr, and he advised me tylenol cold medicines ets...hope you feel better