LovinLife2013

I such I could get excited as my wife does. I still have days when I tell myself "so what you've lost 100 pounds. You're still 160 pounds overweight!" But then I realize that I just need to do it again (lose 100#). I've done it once - I can do it again, right?

It's not so much solid or soft food that will make you gain. Actually solid foods will help you loose cause you won't have to eat as often. If you are really worried track your calories and stay in a certain range. For me it is 1200 + what I earn exercising. Here's a snap shot of my normal day:
Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee, eggs either fried or in a "muffin" (cook them ahead of time in a muffin pan with sausage, peppers and cheese)
Snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: piece of turkey lunch meat wrapped around a slice of cheese, carrots or apple, crackers
Snack: nuts
Dinner: chicken breast with BBQ Sauce, veggies
Hope this helps

If it's two months of nothing, there has to be a reason for it, get honest with yourself, it's either NON compliance OR....your band is not restricted enough, the band does not work by itself, you have to WORK IT and stay on top of your fills to get to the green zone, and try to stay in it...
Also, early out I walked daily, I find that will help move weight quicker than sitting in a gym, you have to sweat, if you are only lifting weights, that will build muscle and will PROBABLY STALL YOUR WEIGHT OR EVEN GAIN, muscle weighs more than fat.....
Also most women that I've seen that lose weight quickly use treadmills, those step climbers, and bikes, or dancing or aerobics, but for ME, nothing beats, good old fashion walking (it pulled off about 10 pounds per month with a restricted band)-- about 1 mile or more per day and it's FREE.
Also everyone's metabolism works differently, men probably will lose quicker if they go and lift weights...which increases their metabolism..
A lot of weight loss patients are advised to stay away from trainers because bariatric patients are different and have different needs, or have a trainer that is familiar with bariatric patient needs.
If you are too tight that backfires too, with being forced to eat liquids or a complication down the road, and some people will panic and resort to eating anything that slide down, and if you don't have healthy liquids many resort to high calories soft foods like -- junk, and don't lose a pound with the band.
Learn how to eat with the band, there are books out there, learn your soft stops, of either a hiccup, burp, sneeze, runny nose or even a sigh, these are your signals to stop eating, the bands job is not to stop you, but help you stop and ideally you should stop at about 1 cup of food per sitting, measure out your food, if you eat more than 4 oz in 1 sitting and still not satisfied and hungry after about 1 hour....you've not gotten to your green zone yet.
Also as you lose weight, (you lose the fat pad around your stomach) many people have to constantly get fills to chase the green zone, it's always a liquid process, meaning if you've been in the green zone, does not mean you will always stay there.
Hopefully, I've given you enough information to get you going, regardless of where you are with your band.
Good luck

I had my surgery this morning everything went great!!!! GOD IS GOOD I didn't have a hernia at all I do have the gas pain in shoulders, but nothing my heating pad & biofreeze isn't taking care of.

I had my surgery this morning everything went great!!!! GOD IS GOOD I didn't have a hernia at all I do have the gas pain in shoulders, but nothing my heating pad & biofreeze isn't taking care of.

I had my surgery this morning everything went great!!!! GOD IS GOOD I didn't have a hernia at all I do have the gas pain in shoulders, but nothing my heating pad & biofreeze isn't taking care of.

i sooo wish i dint have such a big mouth. I have told maybe 10 people total (my mom, aunt, uncle, husbands family, and coworkers) and 2 of them are already on my nerves, not being supportive, and giving negative comments. Have I ever given them negative comments, no. So I truly, truly would encourage anyone that is on the fence about telling people DON'T DO IT. You might be surprised at who will not be supportive...

Richmond VA

I'm 17 pounds from goal weight and you can't see my port, even when I suck in... however you can definitely feel it. I love to feel it because it's a reminder that I've got a helper in this weight loss thing. My Dr. numbs the site and I've never felt anything.

Tomorrow is my 1st doctors apt for a fill in my lab band. I hope to loose 25-30 lbs again this month! Down 29 lbs!!!

Biked to work for the first time this morning, 21.7 miles, 90 minutes, 1130 calories, 41.8 degrees average temp.
The real NSV will be when I make it home