slimmy120

I only east whole meal or german rye bread, will try to stick to corn crispbreads, and yep i will remember the carbs as hunger pills good idea, thanx.

Well i have lost enough weight to boost the excercise now, so want to lose more weight so if excercise going to pay of with better weight loss, got to get in with more omp and do.

Has anyone noticed if the weeks you excercise, that you are losing more weight than the weeks you dont? Can someone motivate me with examples that they know this to be a true fact. My doctor says the most weight you lose is with what you are not eating not the excercise, but others says differently.

I was doing 30 to 40 minutes most days, but now by time get home from work too dark, and i am not an early morning person, found this site, have been so busy with it, reading all about everyone experiences and what to do and not to do - so my reason is i am educating myself at the moment , but know should do some excercise.

I keep having to tell myself, and make myself believe iiiiii am in control of what i eat, that means stop dont have another piece of bread, or better still dont have any bread --- i try and try, some days i am so good. but yep one day at a time, it is paying off 27 kilos since 18sep2007, okay havent done as well as others, but boy oh boy will keep at it as my shape is changing --- for the better, i wont let my favourite foods ruin it, i wont let them get to the better of me. i never want to be fat again - still am but working on not being, hey isnt that why we all on these boards to get motivated, comeon lets motivate each other we can do it, the band is there just to start us of but basically it is all up to us - we could sit there realistically having milkshakes, and icecream all day but we aint going to are we?

I am in Australia, there is benefibre, but yes that is only fibre not Protein, so i too await responses.

One thing i notice everyone is doing, and was advised to do here on the board is to have Protein, notice you guys all do, certain this stops the hunger, and i will follow in your steps, keep up all the good work.

Good ideas. will mix fruit and museli with my low fat yougurt, then when go to the doc ask if that is okay, i have been having low fat feta and a little low fat sliced, but the cheese is what i could easily overdo , so got to be careful.I take a Calcium tablet everyday, he knows that as mum as oesteoprosis.

Am trying to eat more Protein now, and will definately cut those carbs, carbs are bad in any weightloss, you just triggered me to start thinking right again thanx, thats what i needed for someone to tell me what i was doing wrong, as been losing, but now standstill so cut the carbs and up the protein i will, thanx.

no not fried and had no sauce

I have lost 27kilos since 18th sep 2007

My doctor in the booklet he gave me told me not to have empty calories - on drinks, and he also had in there on milk products - yogurt, he said not to have milk products because boosts the calories to fast??I always go for low fat.

I am taking the advice which was given to me which included Protein to stop hunger. You have done really well since Jan keep up the good work, but unlike me you have a youngster to run around after so yep you cant get tired which a child will do to you. I got banded on 18 sep 2007 and lost 27 kilos so you doing real real well, i started at weight 102. lost from 115 over 2 years myself before the band, we will over come our problems and get to our goal!

Thank you, will try that tommorrow.

I'm so confused and frustrated! It has been almost 9 months since I was banded. I have 8cc's in a 10cc band. Surely!!!..I should feel restriction by now!! Each fill, I am so hopeful that "this one" will help and do what I "thought" the band was supposed to do. I tell myself each time that I feel a difference, but after a few days, it's obvious that..once again...no difference. I have lost about 70lbs. to date and I know that is GREAT, but I have done it with my own fortitude (I want to succeed!!!!), and the FEAR of hurting my band and screwing up my last chance to change my life. The last couple of months, I have lost and gained and lost and gained. The same as I have done my whole life. I have reached the "set point" that my body gets to.....between 60-70 lbs. and I just stop losing. That's when my willpower fades and I start to overeat. I was counting on my band to get me through this and so far, no luck. My band never tells me I can't eat a particular food. I can eat anything I want---bread, rice, Pizza Crust, steak, chicken, ANYTHING!! I could eat as much as I want (I choose NOT to, as I'm trying to make this work!)---my band doesn't say "No..that's too much..stop!" What my band DOES do for me; I can't eat too fast, and I can't take large bites and "gulp" my food or drinks. I get chest pain if I do and I have PB'd and slimmed a few times, but only if I eat or drink too fast. Never because I've eaten to much or the wrong things. Is this all the band is going to do for me???!!! Am I going to pay all this money (I was self pay...that was HARD!) and be able to gain weight as long as I chew good and slow down? I know this is not a "cure all". I know this is a "tool". I know I have to do the work...forever. If I was not willing to do all that, I wouldn't have lost the 70 lbs., but I certainly thought that I'd get to experience a "full" feeling. I thought I'd have a band that would tell me "your full...stop". I thought it might just say "no....you can't eat bread, or steak, or SOMETHING, but nothing doesn't agree with my band. I'm nothing like what I read on the message boards. I'm worried that this is all I'm going to get! Do I have to do it all on my own even with a band, or is something wrong with me or my band???!!! I just went for my last fill 2 wks ago and no difference. My doc said come back in 2 months. I am losing willpower every day. I could be up 10-20lbs in that time, and who's to say the next fill is going to do anything either! Please forgive me for going on and on, but I just need to know if anyone else has experienced this. My doc is pleased with my weight loss, but as I keep telling him....I've gotten this far and I'm thrilled, but I need some help NOW from my band. If I could do it solely on my own, I wouldn't have needed the band! Please don't misunderstand....I KNOW I wouldn't have lost ANYTHING without having my band put in. It totally has put me on track and gave me incentive to do my best, I just need more help than I'm getting. Can anyone help me please?

I have been banded since 18 sep 2007 but lost 27kilos so far, but yes can eat anything, and lately feel real hungry, had 4 fills next not till end of may

Today I at Protein Soup for Breakfast, large skinny flat white when i got to work, 3 vietnames rice paper rolls(vegetarian ) for lunch, later black coffee, 4 sesame crisps total 40 grams between lunch and dinner, large roast chicken leg, then was hungry just eatern 4 corn thin crisp breads, with two slices of cheese - light cheese. Am i eating ok, what should i have eaten. Have been banded since sep 18 2007.Help!

What should i eat between meals, have been eating my normal days food as per since having banding 6 mnths ago, drinking lots of Water, what to eat between, besides fruit, or jelly??

In australia they have Protein Soups - Tony ferguson brand, the creamy chicken is lovely, but the others, like drinking flour in Water.< /p>

Finding it hard, but dont want problems with band because of my smoking, plus my health not to mention all the money, going to try Patches again, tried years ago and had bad nightmares, try again, like with the food, try and try till i succeed.

Thank you for letting me know the amount is not squashed up or pureed, get the idea now,nop i am eating alot more than that.You have done really well with you weightloss, hope to soon follow in your footsteps.

When they say half a cup, does that mean if all the food was squashed down, or like in a puree state equivalent to half a cup? I had half a packet of froxen corn and half a pear for dinner. What do you think?

Got banded by dr tony keirth in sept 2007, he told me he now using a new type of band and he showed me.Any idea what type of lap band it is, i know he only uses one type -- well i think as he only showed me one.:crying:

You probably have read my previous posts on this topic i am eating alot more than that, we await maybe someonr will tell us how much we suppose to eat. I got banded 18 sep 2007, 4 fills so far. starting weight 102 and i am 5ft 4 inches.

I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be. I used Nicobate to quit smoking for 2 weeks leading up to my surgery and 2 weeks post-surgery, at my doctor's behest. Why would you think that the lapband would make a difference to using Nicobate??

I was concerned because you cant take asprin and only certain laxatives, so thought because the saliva woul goo down may affect. And i know alcohol is very concentrated on lapbanders thought maybe the stuff would be too cocentrated fom the patch . Pre band different, but post band concerned about.

Good to see you have kept the weight of for 7.5 years,and you age bracket is the most sociable - going out and all.well done.