slimmy120

I have been reading everyones advice and sounds all good, what I do is go for a 30 minute walk few times a week,that gets me losing again.

Yes i am interested in going vegetarian, but lack iron, am on iron supplements, rarely have red meat but have chicken fish, nuts ,eggs, dairy daily so far.

Going to op shops and being able to buy what in the normal shop would be a very expensive outfit,but can get so so many in size 10 /12.

What i suggest is get some tops(shirts) long or short sleeved ones you really like, but the sleeves fit, but they dont button up at the front, you can wear them as a jacket, and that way you cant see if the pants /skirts are too big down the bottom, when you lose more weight, and can button up where as a shirt., this worked for me.

I am lacking iron badly,that was the reason for my cold feet hands, get it checked just incase.

I just take my benefibre in cold water, no taste, so is okay. Plus i have prunes every day.

chicken noodle Soup, get an egg and just scramble the egg in a bowl, then bout it in the soup to cook ,put it in the soup in different sections, you can also put some cabage or chinese bacchoy vege in it. Plain yogurt, stir jarrah light chocolate through it, i like the white chocolate best. Low cal biscuts broken up and put through natural yogurt.

Wow you can already see the weight lost under your chin, go girl,keep at it.

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!

Havent lost or put any on in the last 2 weeks, but havent excercised, and think will start writing everything down for one or two weeks, to get me on track again. But am wrapped in able to shop in my own wardrobe and fit into so many of my old clothes - yes have treated myself to some new stuff too. Love the cute doggie by the way.

Gee i never heard of inhalable b12, I am in australia, will have to look into that.

Took mum to rest today for belated mothers day dinner, we had half a serve beach of chinese veges in oyster sauce, told them did not want greasy so they steamed and put sauce on them and a small serve of steamed chicken and red pork - pork was lean with little sauce on it, then we had a steamed small serve of jelly type rice, and i thought i had eaten way too much. and then had glass of port when got back to her place - small glass -but the largest of the small glasses you can get. Well start afresh again, but really that was not to bad compared to what i would normally have had.

good question,hope someone will answer for us.

lost 67lb since 18 sep 2007.

I have definately not had the band as long as you, i have since sep 2007, but you seem to be doing well losing, so dont think anything wrong, i dont have problems eating read etc, as long as eat slow and chew, so maybe you eating slow and chewing, but i would ask the surgeon.

I think you are doing well, i definately did not lose20lb in 6 weeks ,but now since the 18 sep 2007 have lost 67lb

Glad it is not just me not going every day, was starting to get worried.

Since we not eating as much should we still need to use bowels daily, I tend to go every 3 to 4 days, is this okay??Or shoud i go back to benefibre 2 teaspoons twice a day? I have a handful of prunes everyday.Cereal, fruits ,etc.

Definately found that to be the case,spreading the food out over the day, and not going to bed not using the energy that you ate mainly at night working for me.

I have lost 67lb since sept 2007, i am on 1200 to 1800 varying cals daily all spread out,breakfast,lunch,dinner,snacks, i tend to be same as you if you have too few calories during the day then unhealthy or massive feed at nightn -- which is not good.

I have been told on a high protein diet you need lots of water otherwise may get kidney troubles.

I tend only to go to toilet every 3 or 4 days now, so am using prunes daily,but doctor said the iron may constipate me, anyone having these problems?

They put me on slow fe and gave me vitaminb injection to increase the iron levels,and also going to get iron infusion done, doctor said he thought was common to be low in iron if lapbanded,i had never read anywhere anything about iron before.

I am on zoloft and if i dont take it feel real hungry,sometimes when i take it in the morning it makes heartburn as havent eaten enough,i am tighter in the morning. Are you certain dont have to take in the morning??? my doctor advised take it first thing??? do you take it with your vitamins? I sometimes take at lunch, but thought would make me wide awake if took at nighttime.

I have been feeling real tired,had lap band sep 2007, got tested am extremely low in iron, anyone else have this problem, i am not really eating much meat, but have a vitamin tablet daily,eat nuts, legumes, fish, eggs, cheese, chicken etc.