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I'm glad the sleeve is working for you but the lapband, from my understanding isn't designed to provide rapid weight loss. It's supposed to be a slow process 3-5lbs per week.

If you have food demons like me, you may succumb to cravings a lot more than you want to. Everytime I fail (and I fail a lot), I just keep trying to make a better decision with the next meal and/or snack.< /p>
So tonight I was craving these poptarts...the last pack in the cupboard. The box is going on two weeks old and I had 2 when they were first purchased and I was disappointed in myself because of that and had managed to stay away from them. So I go upstairs, I grab the pack, rip it open...and shoved it all into the garbage disposal!!! It felt really good.
Good luck on your journey everyone!!

Good for you!!! I have a 4 year old and my pantry has a few Snacks for him such as Goldfish and Gummy Snacks. I got the urge to eat some of those delicious little Goldfish last night...and oh my gosh...who'd of thought that those little buggers could cause such pain. I got my first real "stuck" episode and finally realized that I need to really think before I eat...those yummy little fish WERE NOT worth the pain.
I am hoping that I will remember this pain next time I start craving something.

If you have food demons like me, you may succumb to cravings a lot more than you want to. Everytime I fail (and I fail a lot), I just keep trying to make a better decision with the next meal and/or snack.< /p>
So tonight I was craving these poptarts...the last pack in the cupboard. The box is going on two weeks old and I had 2 when they were first purchased and I was disappointed in myself because of that and had managed to stay away from them. So I go upstairs, I grab the pack, rip it open...and shoved it all into the garbage disposal!!! It felt really good.
Good luck on your journey everyone!!

Thank you for sharing this. Changing eating habits is such a big part of this. When I'm having a good week, I lose about 1.5-2lbs per week with no problem but then I fall back into the bad eating habits and sabotage the whole thing.

That's not always the case. Eating with the band is a learning experience and it takes a little longer with some of us. Took me 6 months to get there and I'm still nibbling around that green zone. I'm still losing weight but not as fast as I'd like. Learning to lose those old bad habits can take time. Most of us are guilty of eating much too fast and eating large bites and gulping the hardly chewed food down. Years and years of conditioning takes time to overcome. And it's still a battle for me.
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I'm making spaghetti and meatballs, but I'll just be having meatballs and a salad. I hand made the meatballs and they are about 1oz of meat for each one.

Protein Shake every morning with PB2. (around 6am)
Later in morning after band opens up a bit I have plain Greek 0% fat yogurt with blueberries. (10 am ish).

Protein Shake every morning with PB2. (around 6am)
Later in morning after band opens up a bit I have plain Greek 0% fat yogurt with blueberries. (10 am ish).
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The lapband is designed to keep you full not restrict what you can eat. If you can eat 1 cup of food and not feel hungry for 3-4 hours after eating, then its doing its job.

Saw my doc today for my 3 month post op and I'm 20 lbs down. So excited. That's good for me. I met my 3 month goal. I've had 2 fills for a total of 6ccs and there was no need for a 3rd today. Have a great night all!

The lapband is designed to keep you full not restrict what you can eat. If you can eat 1 cup of food and not feel hungry for 3-4 hours after eating, then its doing its job.

Oh you can try to sweeten it with MILO (I think that's the name) instead of crystal light

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

If you want to keep it a secret, then go right ahead but honestly reading some of your stories you guys just need to speak up.
"I battle with my weight and when you speak ill of other overweight people is makes me upset and uncomfortable and I need you to stop"
"Mom you're always negative about my attempts to lose weight so therefore i won't share my efforts with you until you can be a little bit more supportive. If you feel that's something you can't so then we won't discuss it"
Not in those words but Christ don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad or uncomfortable. I don't care who they are.

This sounds more like a "productive burp" rather than actually vomiting. With a productive burp, you are regurgitating the food before it goes through the band and into the stomach. Vomiting is a forceful expulsion of the food from your stomach and back up through the band.
I've only vomited once since being banded. I'm not sure and my doctor isn't quite sure of the mechanics of what happened, but shortly after vomiting I ended up with such intense chest pain that it sent me to the ER thinking it was a heart attack -- not an experience I ever want to repeat!!

I would think if you're paying yourself after completing all the required testing, you could be banded right away.

Yes I was banded in May. Like I was telling someone else I have greater issues with food than I realized so no matter the weightloss tool; diets, pills, surgery, etc I still find that food is my issue and I don't have the means/resources to get help with that right now.
I know my feelings are negative however they aren't meant to discourage anyone, it's just a personal battle that I'm still fighting and one that I can't fix on my own.

I went in to the surgeons office for my first fill today. I am 4 weeks post op and 22 lbs down according to my drs office, but really 36 if I count my highest weight after bingeing heavily the night before my post op diet started. I was 293 and today am down to 257, in 6 weeks. Not actually in the green zone, more like, yellow green, but able to keep my portions in control and make healthy choices. I have been stuck 4 times (all from not chewing properly and food too dry) and PB'd twice. But it wasn't near as unpleasant as I thought it would be. I actually liked knowing that the band was working. Everything has been a pleasant surprise post surgery.
This morning I was supposed to get my fill, but the surgeon could not access my port. He stuck me with lidocaine first (no pinch even with the needle), then I had 2 attempts with the saline. I could feel it but again, not painful. I was anticipating much worse. He could feel the port, but wasn't able to find the access point. I asked for more lidocaine before he gave a third attempt. Still a failure. He looked at me and said "this never happens". I felt like I was back in college with a boy who claimed he never had sexual performance problems, and all I could do was skeptically nod and say "no, really, it's fine. we can try again". Friday we are attempting a fluoro fill in order for him to see how my port is situated. He thinks I might have some scar tissue that is making it difficult to locate the actual port access point.
Scars are healing fine and I am feeling like myself again. I have been walking and keeping track of activity with my fitbit and calories with myfitnessapal.com. I have not been as good with the antacids and Vitamins as I should be, but I am eating really well, so hopefully I am getting enough nutrition for now.
Anyone else have trouble with their port on the first fill? did the fluoro fill help? Anyone else have trouble remembering their Vitamins?

I don't think you're getting enough calories. From what I understand your body will hold onto weight if it doesn't have enough calories to burn so that could be the issue.