KikiVal315

Suggestions:
Start a food diary, you may be surprised at how everything adds up. Even when we are eating healthy we can occasionally throughout the day snack on a bite here and there and those calories add up.
Exercise- you need to make sure when exercising that you are reaching your target heart rate for your age and weight. You can goggle this and find out how to calculate.
Take your measurements, when losing weight you sometimes will have NSV. Taking your measurements will help you not to become frustrated. When we do start losing our bodies have to adjust to every drop in weight,
Protein, you need to be eating at least 60-70gms of Protein a day. Your meals should consist of no more than a one cup volume serving at a time.
Meals, they tell us to only eat 3 meals a day and we should not be hungry for 3-4 hours between meals. I have found that it is difficult to get the calories and amount of protein needed to lose weight almost impossible for me by eating only 3 meals a day with out planned Snacks, My Snacks are complex carbohydrates like a banana and a tablespoon of Peanut Butter.
Time for eating, also as important as your food choices are where you eat and how much time you spend eating. You should be eating for 15 to 20 minutes and than stop, it you can clean your plate in 10 minutes your band is to lose, if it takes you longer than 20-30 minutes to eat your food your band is to tight.
Do you always clean your plate and are you satisfied after eating? How long do you stay satisfied and when do you feel like you need to eat again, is it because you are hungry or is your head telling you to eat.

When you say that you think the problem may be that the band is not full enough, what do you mean?
The band will never prevent you from eating certain foods, now it may make it more difficult to eat certain foods but honestly the easiest food for a lap band person to eat is junk. The reason junk is easier to eat is that it requires little chewing.
You are only 4 months post op and I know you want to hurry up and lose your weight but it takes time, go back to your doctor, talk to a nutritionist and really exam what you are eating.
Good luck!

this forum (as well as aj) has helped me more than anyone knows
it makes me feel never alone
so you start over..so start
it doesnt matter what you did, it only matters what you DO
beating yourself up over whatever only brings us more down and we are down enough on ourselves dont you think??
so start...eat better, eat smaller amounts, move alittle bit and drink more...everyday is a new day and today is a perfect day to begin to make yourself well

I was banded may 2008, started at 280, 270 at surgery, an then 8 months later I found out I was pg with my oldest; I was weighing 208 at the time and 15ish pounds away from goal. Of course I was unfilled and ate EVERYTHING! Needless to say I gained almost all of my weight back. I dilly dallied around with my weight loss, it was super hard for me to go back to my healthy eating habits. I would over eat and make myself sick a lot. This delayed my weight loss, until one day I was sick & tired and buckled down. I was at 217 last Xmas when I found out I was pg again i didn't gain this much this pregnancy (at least I don't think) and here I am now, two fills @ 2.2 252lbs and hoping to stay on course. Life isn't perfect and things will happen but it's important to get back up when we get knocked down and delayed in our journeys... I learned the hard way ;D

Love it! Thank you I needed this right now! Temptation is everywhere!!!!!

Seashells and a banana leaf I'm playing! I really don't care, just want my shirts and jeans to smooth, no rolls please!!!!!

Love it! Thank you I needed this right now! Temptation is everywhere!!!!!

Seashells and a banana leaf I'm playing! I really don't care, just want my shirts and jeans to smooth, no rolls please!!!!!

mnn2501, this board is not the place for ignorant statements, people are asking questions to make educated decisions based on the experience's of those that have gone before them, not for the scare statements disguised as "jokes"

love&support? you've come to the right place :frown: . yours & bandfan's date's so close, are you getting extra ecited?!?!?
i think i should have scheduled this sooner;the wait is killing me, lol!!!