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i have a 14 cc band, i have 10 in it now...I think i have had 4 fills so far. i went into the 4th thinking i was never going to get any restriction and wondered if i was going to have to be all the way "filled" he kinda laughed at me and said no. that one did it, i got that adjustment in june so it's been 7 months and i think i'm about ready for maybe a very small one.

you're over halfway to you goal...so you must be doing something right! i hate the stairclimber too and that's exactly why i do it! commit yourself to doing it, even if it's only say 3 minutes and then next week bump it up a minute. there's something about the stairs that kick my butt more than doing anything else! i work with a trainer and he said as far as the speed/time it's better to go slower and go for a longer period of time than try to go faster with a shorter amount of time. hills are good, intervals are great. intervals burn tons of calories! as far as calories burned on the machines, i think usually they are a bit higher than what you actually burn...that's what the guy that signed me up at the gym said anyway =) try to stick in some weight training too every now and again. that really helps the weight loss as well as giving you something else to do so you don't get too bored with the treadmill. also, try the elliptical! just commit a few minutes too it and you'll get better and better at it. as far as hanging onto the treadmill...it makes it easier and you don't work as hard, but if you dont feel comfortable letting go, then keep hanging on! you're doing great!

I still think everthing is delicious! most of the time i'm just not interested in it because it's empty calories. One day i looked and 1 peanut m&m has 10 calories...well who can eat just 1?! i know i can't so say 30 (because i love them) so that's 300 calories. the nuts are good for you but other than that, there's no real nutritional value, and lets face it, we're not eating them because the nuts are good for you! but anyway my point is...calculate how long it would take you on a treadmill or whatever to burn those 300 empty calories!

This is exactly how i feel about it! I use it as a tool, not an end all, be all. I also see it as a huge investment that I made and I would be stupid to mess it up. I put myself through major surgery and all the stuff that goes with that and I would just feel really disapointed in myself if I let that all go to waste. I've always been an active person, and with the band I made a promise to myself to actually live the active life. I am a gym junkie! and from that I have learned how to eat. If you dont fuel your body with the right foods than you're not going to make it through a workout. I eat anything I want, however I have to make sure that 98% is going to keep me healthy. I've never ate alot of food, I just never paid any attention to nutritional value and over indulged in sweet stuff. I really do believe that 95% of my weightloss is due to the fact that I exercise and eat the things that help me make it through my workouts. my band isn't tight and I make the choice daily weather or not to eat the slider foods or not! good luck with your band!

If you go to 24 hour fitness's website, they have the bugg and the display for $249.

The easy way out? meaning WLS? because in my opinion there has been nothing easy about this...I have worked my butt off right from the begining to lose the 70 lbs I have lost. Everyday I still have to make the right decisions as to what I put in my mouth and everyday I have to make a decision weather I will drag myself to the gym. If i had a trainer in my room everyday, BELIEVE me, I would definetly get my butt out of bed! I pay for my trainer and my gym membership and don't do other things in order to afford it. Having the surgery was a choice I made to guide me in a better direction...and that's exactly what it has done...there hasn't been one day that I have let the band do all the work for me!

i'm a pepsi addict...my doc says none at all so i stopped about a month before surgery and then i didn't drink any for about 2 months after surgery but then because i'm naughty it started becoming a habit again so yes, i drink it everyday. it doesn't bother me, however i'm sure i would have lost more if i wasn't drinking it!

I personally feel like everyone's sweet spot is different. I know my Doc/Nut said I should not be able to eat more than 1 cup at a time...The nut wants me to eat about 700 calories a day. That doesn't work for me. I work out 6 days a week for 2.5 hours...when I eat 700 calories I feel like crap! I cant make it through the day let alone my workout. They also say to eat 3 meals a day...I eat 4-5...So do I eat a cup each time? well probably not, but I do eat more than 3 cups of food a day. So you probably just need to find what works for you...you'll get a fill and you'll just know.

I "think" i am at 9 cc's. I haven't had a fill since June so I can't quite remember...it may be 10 but i'm pretty sure it's 9. I have an appt to get a fill on jan 19th but I think I will cancel. There are days where I feel like i could eat a house and then a couple of days later it goes back to normal and i'm thank god i didn't get a fill!

milk-2 cups of skim milk and a packet of sugar free carnation is 21 grams of protein...cheap and easy

i get most of my protein from milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, turkey, chicken or ham and cheese. there are tons of things that have low calories and high protein. i wasn't always a huge fan of cottage cheese or milk but when i think of how low in calories they are and how much protein i'm getting, they have both become my favorite things to eat! =)

I don't drink any protein drinks and never have. I bought a bunch of samples before i was banded to try them before I had to buy a big container of something I didn't like...they smell bad and I have yet to try any of them. I drink a lot of milk...i used to put sugar free carnation in it before super target stopped selling it here (darn it!) so now i drink 2 cups a milk in the morning with some sugar free hershey syrup. I get my protein from the milk, cottage cheese, chicken, turkey or ham, yogurt and cheese. i can easily hit 70 g of protein. Don't forget to pay attention to Fiber too! I wasn't eating at all and it was a hard lesson learned!

i was terrified to workout in the gym! i thought i would be the fattest, sweatiest person there and everyone would stare at me! not so at all...there are many other chubby people there just trying to do their thing and those that are in super duper shape are there to maintain their shape. they are focused on themselves and could care less about what is going on around them. don't be scared! you too will get addicted and ignore everything around you!

or do you take medicine before bed or a vitamin? that was my problem (or at least i hope it is) (knock on wood) i would take my medicine and my vitamin and then lay down and go to sleep...i would wake up in major pain and throw up clear mucus for hours and my stomach would be in tons of pain. i started taking my vitamin in the morning and make sure i take my meds an hour before bed...so far so good.

i went through the same thing but probably at about 5 months out...i didn't poo for 10 days!! i was soooo uncomfortable. I would be so hungry but nothing was coming out so nothing could go in. My mom told me to take a laxative which totally just freaked me out! but after 10 days i went and got some, along with prune juice and Fiber tablet (i'm not sure what kind) the combination of just buying it scared the poo right out of me! thank goodness! make sure you're eating enough fiber! i wasn't eating any! I eat a yoplait + yogurt every single day...if i run out and haven't bought any more, i can definetly fee the difference! so my advice, make sure you're paying attention to your fiber intake along with your Protein intake.

I chose lapband because I wanted something that would teach me how to live a healther lifestyle. I wanted to lose slow and I wanted to make sure I physically helped my body. I didn't want a quick fix I wanted a tool. I've worked out hard to lose the weight I have lost and I like knowing that. Working out makes me feel better, makes things tighter and mentally I think it helps me keep up with the weight loss.

it comes with 2 arm bands...one is larger than the other. I have some hang going on as well...i'm not sure how it effects the readings?? It's suppose to be accurate but i'm not sure how many calories I really burn without wearing it?? You should have no problem keeping it on...I only noticed it the first few days I wore it, somedays I have to actually feel with my hand to make sure I put it on. It's fun though, it's kinda like a game to beat your calories burned from yesterday.

Me too! for the first time EVER, I went to the gym on thanksgiving and worked out! I generally do nothing but eat!:cursing:

Did you feel ok eating 600 calories and running 7 miles a day?? I can't do it! I start feeling like crap! If I don't eat then I can't make it through a workout. My muscles freeze, I get shakey, I get headaches and I get VERY irritable! I can't make it through my workday let alone a 2 hour workout. How do you did you do it? did you eat certain things? I have to eat about 1000-1100...I follow the band rules...lots of Protein and eat things with good nutritious calories.

a fill through fluroscopy is the only kind of fill i've had so i'm not sure if it's better or not?? I know it does allow the doctor to see how liquid is going through so he doesn't send you away too tight or too loose. My 2nd fill he put too much in and then when we did the barium swallow it didn't want to go empty out of the pouch so he took a little bit out and we did the swallow again and it then it was perfect. Had i been sent home like that, who knows how i would have felt. I don't know, I think it's worth it...I think it helps them be a little more exact so that maybe you'll have less problems??

you just need to do it. when you hear the exercise gives you more energy...it's true! maybe the first few times you'll be tired but once you get going...you'll have all kinds of energy. get a workout buddy that way you can hold eachother accountable. start small...commit to 10 minutes a day...whatever it takes to just do it. =)

pretty much the last thing i want to do is eat after a workout! I get pretty tight as well so then i just don't even want to try. they say it's important to eat after a workout so i always just try to drink some milk...so that way it's good calories and some protein.

I NEVER had issues with any sort of acid reflux/heartburn anything...i'm still not even sure what heartburn is. Sometimes i wake up out of a dead sleep and all of a sudden i'll have to throw up...i don't throw anything up but clear liquid stuff...it happens maybe every other week. after the first couple of time i told my doctor and he told me to start taking xantac at night before bed. I've noticed spicey stuff does it so i've stopped eating it. On monday I have no idea what I ate but i woke up in such horrible pain and was throwing up for over an hour...nothing but clear liquid stuff and it was the most awful tasting stuff ever!! when i can finally get myself to stop then my stomach burns and is so uncomfortable. The doctor thinks it's acid...my throat feels like i have a sore throat since throwing up on monday. He called in a prescription antacid that i have to take 2 times a day now to see if that helps. otherwise he wants to take some out of band =(

I really feel it's the best money I have EVER spent...the more sessions you buy the cheaper it is...i pay about $49 a session. I work out with him 2 days a week. they start you out slow and I have never seen any of the trainers yell at you like they do on biggest loser =) They keep you going...telling you are doing a good job, good form, just 2 more left...etc etc. my trainer asked if i had any problem spots...like sore back, hips etc. at the end of the session, if something is sore he massages it with this big roller thing...or stretches me out. I do my own cardio and only do strength training with him...sometimes i ask him what to do with my cardio but i kinda feel like it would be a waste of money for him to stare at me for an hour while i'm on the treadmill/eliptical. as far as my fitness level...i thought i was doing pretty good, but working with him i've realized how much more endurance i have...i can do things on the treadmill that i was never able to do. if you decide to do it and don't care for the trainer you get, just switch...it's just like anything else...sometimes your personality just isn't going to match.

They just assigned me one...I love him! Do you work out at the gym right now? Maybe you could just kinda watch them all work with different people and see what kind of style you like. I've noticed that some are very much into the motivational thing...the whole time you are working out and others just kinda let you do your thing. They'll probably ask you if you would prefer a man or woman...i said i didn't care...however, i'm glad i got who i got. as i see the other trainers work with people, there's like 2 others i wouldn't mind working with, if mine were to ever leave that is! i need someone to talk to me and some people just can't carry on a conversation to save their lives. so that's my advice...watch them.