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Would getting a fill be helpful? If your able to binge eat I'd say you're not in the green zone.

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I wanted to try wearing a corset to help keep my muffin top less noticeable. Would this be wise?

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I've been banded since late March and my feelings with my results have been mixed, until now. I came across an app called Baritastic. It's wonderful! Weight loss had been very slow and I was very disappointed and discouraged. A fellow bander suggested I track everything I eat and do. This app makes doing that soooo easy. You can track your food intake, measurements, weight, Fluid intake, excersize and even set up reminders from everything to drinking Water to taking Vitamins. I have reminders that pop up every hour to drink water. My fitbit also syncs with it so tracking fitness is so easy. Accountability is crucial for any diet plan and this app, created specifically for weight loss surgery patients, has made my life so much easier! I went from struggling to lose .5 to a pound a week to an average of 3 pounds per week.

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I know for me personally i did not start really losing until i passed the 3 month mark and then boom... i dropped weight rather quickly.

What are you eating on a typical day? What are your macros like? What are your stats?

Breakfast is a Protein shake, lunch and dinner varies but I aim for high Protein and low carb. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong, I just don't know what.

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I've come across more than a few people in support groups since my surgery who believed they were doing all the right things and getting poor results. In most cases they learned, after reviewing a week or two's worth of food trackers with the RD in their bariatric practices, that they had much room for improved food choices and meal planning. If you give it a shot, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Which tracker are you using? Does it calculate your recipe ingredients and divide by number of actual servings?

The only tracking I've done is in a book the Dr office gave me and the only macro I have to track us calories.

I got the lap band done 3-29 this year and I'm over disappointed/frustrated with my weight loss so far. I'm down 20 lbs but I'm also up and down 2 lbs constantly. I feel like I have to fight for every single ounce. All foods are high Protein and almost no carb or sugars. If I ate more than 1000 calories a day it's very rare. I keep a food log everyday. I don't think I should have to struggle for every single lb with weight loss surgery! I'm considering talking to my Dr about having a revision to the sleeve. My concerns with the sleeve.....I have 2 relatives that had it done and they've started gaining weight back. Am I giving up on the band too soon?? Is the sleeve any better?? Advice please!!

I've been banded since late March. I thought I was just about in the green zone but PMS is in full force and it's like I didn't have the surgery! Open buffet! I'm sure I'll be back to 'normal' once the PMS is over but does anyone else experience this? Do I just grin and bare it knowing it's just an issue I'll deal with monthly?

My first fill was 4 weeks after surgery, 4cc's...the 4 weeks prior to that I lost weight mainly due to the post-op diet of liquids, mushies, etc.......2nd fill was 4 weeks after the first, 2cc's...in between the first and 2nd fil I started to GAIN WEIGHT....

Talk about being frustrated, jumped through all those hoops with all that anxiety for NOTHING...I brought this up to some people at the surgeon's office and was lectured about counting calories, measuring portions, keeping journals, etc etc....

WHAT ??????? I didn't need surgery to do all that....That is exactly what I was doing, and failing at, all those years with traditional diets!

I will say after that 2nd fil, I at least quit gaining...really didn't lose either though.

Came back 4 weeks later, 12 weeks since surgery, for my 3rd fil...only 1 cc....and WHAM!!! Talk about restriction.

I had to call my Dr. and state I felt I was too tight...he told me to hang in there, and remember all the "Rules" about eating with the band...now is the time I needed to put them into practice...

Sure enough, it took some adjusting on my part to cope with the band. Learned to apply new ways of eating, smaller bites, chew thoroughly, no drinking while eating, and so forth. Was forced to give up certain food types altogether...

After 3 fils, and slowly learning to live with the band, things began to get easier and easier...the only hard part was ME...I had to change after a lifetime of doing things all wrong...but eventually I was sailing along in the Green zone enjoying life more than ever. The more I learned, the easier it got....the weight started to come off consistently by the week.

That was almost 6 years ago...things still cannot be any better. Lost ALL my excess body fat, regained my health, and changed my life forever.

It's got to be so day to day I don't even think about it that much anymore...just go about my business living this new lifestyle I have learned, all because of the band....

I'm 11 weeks out from surgery & I've been having such a hard time staying positive due to slow weight loss. I've lost around 15 lbs & I've had 1 fill. I don't know cc's. Long story short, reading your post calmed me down & I realized I'm not quite in the green zone but I will get there. I just need to be patient!

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Thank you everyone for tips. I am self pay so I didn't have to go though the mental evaluation. I have an appt next week so I'll have to ask if they offer those services, which I'm sure they do.

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Are you exercising? That will help with the weight loss as well as they depression/anxiety.

I swim laps in the pool and go for walks when I can. My back injury prevents strenuous workouts.

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I was banded late March. I feel my weight loss has been very slow, about 16 lbs. I eat all the right foods during the day but by 9:00 old habits kick in & I find myself in the kitchen even though I'm not hungry. I don't always eat but it's a habit that I have yet to break. I read every sheet the Dr gave me before & after surgery & read so much info on the net my head was spinning. I made the asmption once I had the surgery it would be so easy to lose weight & it would just fall off. Well, tonight I took a sledge hammer to that lying ( ) scale!

So here's my issue. I've struggled with depession/anxiety all my life. It started to get severe a few yeas ago & it's taken control of my life once again. I take 2 different anti depressants & 1 pill for anxiety. i thought having the surgery would help because who could be unhappy if their skinny & pretty. i was soooo wrong. The mental aspect of the surgery never occured to me. I've tried therapy a few years ago when I started cutting but the only thing I got out of it was more medication.

Is anyone else having the same issue? Im looking for real solutions from people that truly know what I am going through. I'm afraid I'm not losing much weight & how in the world do I make this band work for me? I started at 196 and currently am about 180. Does anyone think maybe I'm not losing very quickly because I only need to lose about 60 pounds? I had the surgery to get excess weight off due to a back injury. I had a spinal fusion in 2015 (screws & rods in my spine).

Thanks in advance!

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