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Is anyone out their haveing wls at university of tennessee with dr mancini.

Well went started 6-month follow up program at new lapband surgeons office. Went over and planned goals before next visit in one month.
Working on getting back to strictly following 10 Rules of Lapband. Top 3 goals for me right now :
1. No drinking with meals and up yo one hour following a meal.
2. Exercise at least 30 minutes 5 days week
3. Drink more Water and less coffee.
Praying I can get back on track.
How is everyone else doing?

Hello,
Seen your post and just had to reply. I have been banded 8 years exactly today. I have lost 140 total only to gain 25 back during this time, but I guess considering I am that far out from the surgery, that is not bad, but I still have 80 more pounds to lose. So....I feel your pain, the part where you said "acting like you don't even have a band" hit home.....I have let my old habits slip back in and take over...which are now extremely hard to break!
My BIGGEST pitfall is drinking with meals. It is such a mental thing with me...thinking food will get stuck if i don't sip with meals.... I am dead wrong. I know I will be fine as long as I chew chew chew and take small bites.... it is just something I self-sabatoge myself with that I struggle with greatly.
So, now trying harder now that today is my 8 year bandiversary! Setting new goals to get back to bandster rules and get rid of the other 80 pounds I need to lose!!
Yes, I can do this and so can you, I am proud of you all for where you are now and what you have accomplished so far. Good luck to all of us!

Name, real or screen~ TKW
Goal weight for June 30th~ 275
Weight on June 1 ~ 281
Age~49
Dietary goal for June~ More fruits and veggies
Exercise goal for June~ Get some exercise on the weekends too!
Personal goal for June~ Eat healthy on the weekends
Date banded~ June 29, 2010
Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 151 lbs
What is your favorite summer activity~ Weekends at the lake with family (hard on the diet)

Hello,
Seen your post and just had to reply. I have been banded 8 years exactly today. I have lost 140 total only to gain 25 back during this time, but I guess considering I am that far out from the surgery, that is not bad, but I still have 80 more pounds to lose. So....I feel your pain, the part where you said "acting like you don't even have a band" hit home.....I have let my old habits slip back in and take over...which are now extremely hard to break!
My BIGGEST pitfall is drinking with meals. It is such a mental thing with me...thinking food will get stuck if i don't sip with meals.... I am dead wrong. I know I will be fine as long as I chew chew chew and take small bites.... it is just something I self-sabatoge myself with that I struggle with greatly.
So, now trying harder now that today is my 8 year bandiversary! Setting new goals to get back to bandster rules and get rid of the other 80 pounds I need to lose!!
Yes, I can do this and so can you, I am proud of you all for where you are now and what you have accomplished so far. Good luck to all of us!

Well went started 6-month follow up program at new lapband surgeons office. Went over and planned goals before next visit in one month.
Working on getting back to strictly following 10 Rules of Lapband. Top 3 goals for me right now :
1. No drinking with meals and up yo one hour following a meal.
2. Exercise at least 30 minutes 5 days week
3. Drink more Water and less coffee.
Praying I can get back on track.
How is everyone else doing?

Wow, thank you all for the support and encouragement. I am glad to hear that I'm not the only one. It can be very hard to get back on track and I think the longer you are off track the harder it is to get back on. This is day two for me "back on" and I feel better mentally because I don't have to feel guilty or beat myself up. So, even eight years with the band, it is still a struggle. It is the reality of it I guess, that no matter what, you have to follow the "rules" and basics and it isn't something that we can just ignore or "hope" will get better. We have to MAKE it work and we owe it to ourselves to put in the effort, because we deserve happiness. I tried "wishing" and "hoping" for many years, and, well news flash.....that doesn't make you lose one pound! We were told before we got banded that this is a
TOOL, not a miracle cure that makes everything go away. So we must use the tool and work hard, which for me, I have been a lazy/fat person who doesn't like to "work hard" on myself but has realized that I have to. And we can see on here that IT DOES pay off in the long run. The success stories are inspiring and real. "It works if you work it" is a quote used in substance abuse programs and it really applies to us with the band as well. When I follow the rules about portion, snacking, Water, and carbs...it works, the weight drops off. When I stop following the rules, the weight does not drop and comes back on. So lets start today. Don't wait until next Monday lol. I always had to wait until a Monday to start back on things, but that is just wasting time and procrastinating. We can do it!! If we slip (and we will), we get back track at THE NEXT MEAL, not the next week, the next month, or the next year.... Let's go!!!

Just wanted to check in, went in for a fill yesterday and down 7 lbs from the last drs appt!
Started c25k yesterday so far so good!
Have a good day everyone!