roro37

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Finally taking responsibility for my slow loss. I'm eating too slow and making bad choices. Before I go for my next fill I am making the commitment to give the band a fair chance. Was banded sept.30 2012 and only down 30 lbs. this week my goals are not to give into sugar cravings, log all meals and work out 3 times...at least 20 minutes. Anyone else wanna join up, support and encourage weekly concentration on band success!

Finally taking responsibility for my slow loss. I'm eating too slow and making bad choices. Before I go for my next fill I am making the commitment to give the band a fair chance. Was banded sept.30 2012 and only down 30 lbs. this week my goals are not to give into sugar cravings, log all meals and work out 3 times...at least 20 minutes. Anyone else wanna join up, support and encourage weekly concentration on band success!

Finally taking responsibility for my slow loss. I'm eating too slow and making bad choices. Before I go for my next fill I am making the commitment to give the band a fair chance. Was banded sept.30 2012 and only down 30 lbs. this week my goals are not to give into sugar cravings, log all meals and work out 3 times...at least 20 minutes. Anyone else wanna join up, support and encourage weekly concentration on band success!

Gets tough. I realize this is only an aid, but it's,hard not to compare urself to others that have lost quickly. I have lost less than 30 lbs in six months, makes me feel,as though I should have stayed with weight watchers instead of having surgery. Counting calories....using a diary.

I was told I learned to eat around my band, and that it was rare. Reading these posts, I think that is untrue. You can and very many people do learn to eat around the band, resulting in slower weight loss. I even had yo have Fluid taken out of my band because of it. I was very upset and even cried about it. I went in thinking I was going to get a fill because my weight loss was slow and I was hungry. The problem was that the band was too tight, do instead of eating Proteins that made me choke, I was eating softer stuff, and not the healthy soft stuff. Now I can eat solid Protein, very small portions. I feel more satisfied. I'm still learning to make better choices, but now that I am understanding where I went wrong I feel much better. Example...I love Starbucks...classified under liquid calorie danger...I now drink regular brewed coffee with Splenda and 1 or 2 international delights single serve flavor packs. Satisfies my sugar and coffee craving. doing this, even when I was drinking low fat and skinny lattes, I went from between 120~300 Cal drink to 40!! Now my process is learning how to do that with other foods.

I am in the same boat. Frustrated that my fills.are not yeilding results. I had my surgery in October and have only lost 24 lbs! have a 10 cc band.filled to 7. I had it unfilled once because I could not eat Protein, meats. Doc said I needed to eat more solid Proteins and I would feel full and lose weight. I have had 5 fills total! I tell the doc am still hungry and appear to always been in yellow....slow weight with hunger in between meals, but she insists the band is workin and I need to do more on my end. I started out at 224! Figured I would be at least 40 lbs down by now. My partner got duodenal switch two Weeks ago and already lost 30 lbs! Feel like I should have come that route.

OO thank you! ill try 1000,see how i feel then adjust accordingly!

roro37- how did you come up with the calories you need to count? I joined that site but not sure how to calculate b/c of having the band and now with rigorous exercise.

June 29 2011 and I have only lost 40lbs. I knew it would be slow but not this slow. However look at it this way we didnt get this weight over night so taking it off slow is for the best.
I plan to join a fitness center soon and hopefuly this will jump start my wt loss.
Good luck and keep going. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!