garrymcfall

hey jennyo, welcome to the forum, take some time out and read back this thread and i am sure you will find loads of advice however if you have anything particular to ask then fire away. gaz

hi all, merry christmas, nice to catch up, i still have mega restriction and thats from a fill at the end of october so i am pretty chuffed, so for those that are not quite there it will come and oh my god you will know about it hahahahahaha. i have now lost 7.5 stone so pretty please, wud love to loose another 6 pound by christmas then my weight would begin with a 20 woop woop. Some days i have even thought of a defill as i can eat next to nothing but thats why i got it, so bring on the turkey allbeit in a thimble but look out chocolates and trifle i will eat you. hahahahaha gxxxx

Starsky Dont get too disheartened we all have had that emotion, although i kind of lost 2 months through my problem, i was banded in feb and nevery really got to true restriciton till end sept, up till then i thought i had it but by chirst when you get it right you know about it. I was finding with fills that when i was getting close to what i thot was restriction it would go away agin after 10 days however i got a fill at the end of oct and today is as tight if not tighter, i can eat very little appart from chocoalte nd cakes which i have no probs however my will power is good at the mo so still loosing If i hve a binge session on the booze i literelly cant relly eat the next day at ll as my stomch must swell, even Fluid is a struggle but after 2 days i can have Soups thendy 3 or 4 cn add solids agin but tht is self inflictied. I think what i am saying is dont rush it as if you went from eating everything to what i have i think it would do your head in as i really hve to work t it. good luck gx

Unfortunately in excess of 4000 people in there right mind choose to do it this was as it is the only option, everyone is uncomfortable about it but as an earlier post says use big notes, fred meets you in hotel the night before and relieves you of it ever so gracefully. g

Welld one, the crckerbread would be fine with the mayo but its the chicken tht does it, i made a curry last night and too the time and cut the chicken into pieces the size of a pea and it was great. This is where the learning curve really begins, here is a strange one, for me bread has nae chance even pan bread toasted however i toased plain (scottish bred for those that dont know) and it goes down nicely llbeit slowly. BUt as everyone says it changes by the day. gx

send me a pm with height weight and age 25 i think

fire way frostie were all here to hep i am sure we will all have asked the same questions, if you dont get an immediate responce it just means that no one is online in this forum but i will promise you they will get nswered. g

Hi honey i hope your well, are you sitting down for this, at your current weight based upon your normal daily activity ie wlking talking sleeping eating your body needs 1430 cals per day to keep your weight steady. THe rough rule is that to loose 1 pound of body fat per week you need to be minus 3500 calories per week which equtes to you eating 930 which is not a lot, thats why the importance of excercise is crucial to you looosing as you can still loose that pound per week by still eating 1400 cals as long as your burning 3500 per week in excercise which at your low weight is quite a bit of training to give you and idea at your weight an hour of jogging will burn you 600 cals so you would need to add 5 runs per week phewwwwww, i cant emphasise enough about doing weights as well,(it wont get you bigger) this is even more effective in loosing fat than cardio training ask any fitness instructor therefroe if you do a combo of both you will loose that extra bit but more importantly you will be toned. http://www.prohealth.com/weightloss/tools/exercise/calculator1_2.cfm this is a handy wee site for calculating calories through excercise. Also look up in your area "Bikhram hot yoga" s since i have added this to my training i have toned up a lot and lost weight .I hope this makes sense if not PM me your number and i will call you as its easier to talk through (good try at getting your number eh just a pitty your so far way hahahaha). gx

aw thats a shame, the gym will make a huge difference but please please please give it time, i say to folk that it will take at least a month of going min of 3 times a week before even mentally you feel the benefit and then you will get obsessed, just trust me. Some days you will drive into car park and want to drive right back out but it does change. gx

i am honey but it passes, weight is falling off ur right, its great. gx

OMG i am still super tight a teaspoon of food is all i can manage,think i will need to go back to soup so i can feel as though i m eating something. Roll on the weightloss though gx

good effort mate at least its still coming off, i am not looking forward to the stage your at as your metabolic rate will be grately reduced making it far harder to loose. Your dowing awesome

well its a kind of eating, i had a soup bowl of curry last night with rice and i managed to eat it allbeit it took me 1 hour and 30 mins it was stone cold but i was determined to eat it as i was hank marvin. x

hi honey i am glad, i would say the same to anyone with a concern to just dont give them any room to hide, when i had my problem i was on top of it immediately and they knew from my mail tone that i was not mucking about, however i was not rude or abrupt and as you all know they done very well by me. So i am sure he will sort ye out. gx

hi flirty, i can eat this morning at last, its mental it just goes super tight, i think its my stomach swelling with the sheer ammount of bevvy as it was a big one hahahaha, great for the scales though. gx

thanks wishfull, hope u enjoy fitness first. gx

hi all hope your all well, does anyone else expierience that there band really tightens the next day after a booze binge, i have been on a stag do in liverpool and was able to drink no probs but i never ate a thing for 2 days, however today i cant eat a dam thing which is pretty frustration as now i have sobered up i am starving. g

oh the picture of that soup brings it all back, that was about the time the barium meal kicked in, hahaha gx

thanks honey,. gx

aw thanks fatpants i am feeling pretty good and people are noticing it, you dont notice till you see photos together. gx

good morning, yep unfortunately your just going to have to be patient it will not just happen over night, sorry to be the berer of bad news but it never went on overnight. Like you if i was told before i got banded i would be6-7 months before it really started working then i may not have done it as i am very impatient but the time has flied by, i allbeit have had problems so i dont think you will need to wait as long as me but from what i gather ladies seems to be 3-4 fills before reachine restriction and then it has to be constntly tweaked. the band is a tool not a cure and we all still have to make correct food choices and still healthy low calorie and low fat foods however when restriction really kicks in the ammount you will be able to eat in one sitting will be drastically reduced and thats when it really starts moving. Please please do not get dishertened as before time you will be a hefty chunk down and you will look back on this moment. Take care gx

of course i will especially for your good self gxx

] Good good will look forward to that, all skinny b's together.

eh hello have you forgot about me young lady!!!!!!!! gx:angry:

Bobo Inspirational bobo, a great post for all those having a hard time, it does get better, well done. I can add to that as since my band problem has been fixed and I have proper restriction my weight is faling off, i have shed 2 stone in as many months so like you it has taken 7 months from op date to get to a point where its actually working, so i am chuffed to bits. G