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was banded on 4/10/08 DID great Lost 63 pounds in 5 months. Ate right, excersised. Had a few fills. It wasnt an easy ride. Throwing up all the time and what not.Then for two months I didn't lose anything. But still throwing up. I figured hey one of those stupid platue thingys everything will be fine. Now in the last two months i've gained back 20 pounds. 20 POUNDS. All of a sudden I'm eating chocolate thats all I crave. I was never a chocolate eater before this surgery. I am to the point if I dont eat chocolate I freak out. My day goes to hell and what not. I still get my normal amount of Protein in. eating only 3 times a day has turned into eating 4 maybe 5 times a day. now in the last few weeks I have even picked up my carbs again. I can eat awhole foot long sub and nothing effects me. The surgeon has done x-rays and the band is fine, and he wont do another fill..he says I am to tight as it is. How do I go from 9 months with the right protein, eating right ect..to all this -sighs- Some people asked if I am pregnant. Being that I am in a same sex relationship and havent had sex with a guy in 4 years...that's out of the question. I am just looking for answers. I am so confused and let down. I let myself down and the band has let me down. I had a friend tell me to convert to gastric bypass. sure, i'm up for it, its an option but what if the same thing happens again? :tongue:

well I lost 63 and have gained 25...heh. I can eat like a pig now, feel no restriction and the doctor will not fill me again. He said I will be to tight. I too wished I had the bypass. sigh I was banded in april and half the time I am too tired to excersise.maybe because of the weight loss then gain. I went for months puking everything to now eating everything. I missed days of work because of that. Now I gained and my clothes wont fit. I dont kow what to do.

I had put off getting a fill before I went to my NY trip in OCT because I was throwing up and I didn't want to be sick. The whole time I was in NY I was throwing up. Threw up 6 out of 7 days. Figures the day I go home is the day I am fine. And since then I didn't lose any weight. So I managed to stop the throwing up, and went to get a fill cuz I wasnt losing. I no longer throw up and ended up gaining these 20 pounds. But everytime I do throw up I take it easy for a day or two with liquids or mushy foods. Now like I said before I can eat awhole sub without throwing up/ feeling all that full when before I couldnt eat half of it either threw it up or in two or three bites I was full. I don't think I am eating any slider foods as of lately. My doc hasnt said anything about an un fill, but yet he won't fill me up cuz he said I won't be able to eat anything. Just totally confused...everyday my band is so different. But my Doc doesnt seem to concerned about me gaining, he looks at it as still a 40 pound lost. I look at it like something is wrong, if I had gained a few pounds I wouldn't be worried...but 20...It has me going back to trying to figure out if I did anything wrong? if something is wrong with the band? what could I have done better? I did so good, nothing has wroked in the past for me but this band. I just cant believe the complete 160 turn i've made.

God I wish I could attend support groups...but with my work times changing Its hard to do. I always have to work when there is one. And My job won't give me a set day off to go. I am surprised they even let me go get the band. Half the time they won't let me get anything to drink..I am lucky if I only have 40 ounces of Water a day too. They freak out if I am gone for 2 minutes to get water. They act like they can't be left alone to do anything. But I know I can get back on track....Just time I guess. I did do so well at first. I need to step up again. And if my blood work that the surgeon had me do comes back and says I am missing something. we fix that and get a moving :]

I don't drink coffee, tea or soda..So I don't know about caffeine..what other foods and such might have caffeine? i used to drink soda..but I have done without soda for over a year..

Wish I can. But if I don't have choclate lately i go into like this panic attack making it very hard. And do I need an unfill when I am eating more? He ordered some blood work for me to get done. which I have done, just I don't see him until the 18th. Its just frustrating. I did so well then went through this phase where everything I ate, I threw up. I would throw up so bad that I would have to miss work. Then all of a sudden one day...it all goes backwords on me. I don't know if when I threw up alot that I would stay on liquids for 48 hours ( doc told me to do that) that i develped a thing for easy foods, or if a possiability that I am missing something important in my diet that is why I am eating chocolate...I was never a chocolate eater before. I keep telling myself that every morning when I wake up that it is a new day...that I am gonna eat right and start over again...cuz I was able to do it once I can do it again. But by the end of the day...I mess it up somehow.

I was banded on 4/10/08 DID great Lost 63 pounds in 5 months. Ate right, excersised. Had a few fills. It wasnt an easy ride. Throwing up all the time and what not.Then for two months I didn't lose anything. But still throwing up. I figured hey one of those stupid platue thingys everything will be fine. Now in the last two months i've gained back 20 pounds. 20 POUNDS. All of a sudden I'm eating chocolate thats all I crave. I was never a chocolate eater before this surgery. I am to the point if I dont eat chocolate I freak out. My day goes to hell and what not. I am going to get some blood work done. My surgeon wants me tested for a few things. I still get my normal amount of Protein in. I still only eat 3 times a day but pig out on chocolate and also at times orange juice. now in the last few weeks I have even picked up my carbs again. How do I go from 9 months with the right protein, eating right ect..to all this -sighs- if the blood work comes back fine or I still gain. On my one year anni of the lapband I will be getting bypass :/

Can't be pregent being that I am lesbian..lol

very personal question but does anyone have a problem eating around period time? it seems like a few days before my period and during my period I cant eat a damn thing. Like my band gets tighter. If I do eat I throw up. I had my band checked and nothing is wrong with it. Only happens the one time of month when I get my period I throw up for like 4 days. Just wanted to know if anyone is expericing this or what may cause it?

I can totally drink and do most mushies. I did go in and have an xray done to make sure it wasn't my band. My doctor Said if it happens again just stick to drinking and mushies.

how many calories are you all eating? I am just so confused about a few things. Should I only eat 1200 a day to lose weight or whatever I burn excerising should I eat thoses calories too? I want to see what the April Bandsters are doing.

I gain 5 to 7 pounds on my period. And it takes a day or two after its ended for the weight to fall back off.

I have started to use my fitness pal to log most of my food intake. Lately my scale is saying that I have gained 8 pounds in the last week ( you know scales its prob wrong). According to my fitness pal I have to eat the calories that I also excersise off. Okay I get that. But yesterday I had to eat almost 1700 calories which seems to be alot for a person with lap band. I felt totally full and today almost feel bloated. My question is should I stick to 1200 calories to lose weight, and excersise and not eat the excersise calories or should I eat the excersise calories. I would love to get a nutritionist but money is tight right now. Any advice would help Its just really hard to get in all those calories when I am only supposed to have 3 meals a day at 4 ounces.

I gave it a 4 month try. I lost alot of weight at first. then for almost 6 weeks I lost nothing and began eating more. Then I went in for a fill and after the fill lost 11 pounds in the first 2 weeks. then now a week later i've gained 8 pounds back. I am begining to think its my scale partly maybe giving me the wrong weights. But my scale had been right when I went in for a fill. it matched what the Dr. had. So thats why I started to eat more calories and well I think I am eating to much now. I dont excersise all the time maybe 4 or 5 days a week. and depending how much Time I have I burn 200-600 calories a day. And excersise is something I had just started to do. My first 50 pounds I did nothing but be lazy. So i'm just frustrated on just trying to find something that really works. I Don't want to starve and then I am scared to eat alot.

i was eating around 900-1200ish and it stopped working. I was thinking i was in starvation mode.

i'm 5'4 and was 192. now the scale says 200. :[ How many calories am I supposed to have now knowing I have the band?

secrets? haha. um...I play ddr ALOT..LOL I think thats what helped me recently. being active.

Hey Hey. How is everyone? I'm just checking in. I am down 60 pounds as of today. I got my first fill about 3 weeks ago now. It was tight. But the past week it seems to have gotten tighter. I have PBed a few times in the last few days. But I did notice that I was eating to fast a few times My depression has gotten better. I dont have any episodes of my crying break downs anymore. All in all I think I am doing pretty well right now.

I have a thing for cheese fries now. but the thing is I dont really eat the fries, I peel the cheese off of them and really only eat that. Totally weird.

I was banded on 4/10 and to date I have lost 48 pounds. Since being banded I never got a fill. It was my choice that I was doing so well i didnt need one. Well its been a month since I lost anything. My weight keeps going up and back down and I am eating a slight more then what I have been before. The only thing this past month i pb once but because I took a too big of a bit of chicken. Do you think I need a fill? or could there be something wrong?

its just been a crazy week for me. After all this the next day I went to the doctors and he put me back on depression pills. :[ and later that day it rained and i got a flat tire. Gah. Then I got my period and now a cold. In the last few days I started to eat less cuz with my cold dont feel like eating much. I think because of that I dropped 3 pounds out of no where. I've just been so stressed about work and my hair and not losing, I had a few break downs this week. I tend to not be on depression pills for long. I hate being dependent on it. But the doctor thinks I may need them the rest of my life :[ Maybe in time I can beat this.

I was supposed to have a fill yesterday. But some machine was broke and they told me to come back the 26th. So its gonna be like 7 weeks of not losing now. So I am kinda upset by it. Plus I am dealing with hair loss and depression.. So bad that this is my third day crying. I can't even go to work ect. I went to another doctor today and he gave me something for depression. I thought I had gotten over my depression. Its been over two years. But its coming back.

I added you all but i cant figure out my pin..lol

On monday I went in for a fill. Well honestly I am still losing weight and I am not hungry all the time. They told me to come back in three weeks. Anyone else have not gotten a fill yet?

To this day I still haven't gotten a fill. i am down 43 pounds since being banded April 10th. So neither I or the doctor see a need for a fill.