emirichmond

Thank you. I now have protein once a day usually in my coffee since it is chocolate flavored. I am feeling absolutely no restriction so I am definately going to call the doctor soon. I went to vegas and gained four pounds as I relied on only my restriction to help me. I am sure I will lose it as I am going back to the 30-20-30 and my own imposed restriction. Hope you are doing well. Thanks again for writing.

Eating different meats or foods is different for everyone, but just in case you haven't tried red meat, keep it in mind. When eating red meat cut up the pieces really small and eat only a 1/4 or less of the amount of meat you would normally eat. If you eat 4 ounces of meat normally, 1-2 ounces might be all you can handle. This became prevelent for me today. I am finding it true almost everytime, especially with roast, steak, bbq chicken etc, etc.

OMG! I am not alone. It is really hard for me to keep in check my cravings and my need for self sabotage. Yet, I am seemingly so proud of myself for the 63 pounds I have lost. It almost at times makes no sense. Just tonight I reached (successfully, unfortunately, for a small snickers) and ragoons. I do not know what drives me. All I know is I have 110 lbs. to lose yet and I do not want to be fat anymore. I will hopefully continue. My problem is I get to 60 lbs and then I start sabatozing. I have done it with every diet and now it seems I am going to do it with the band too. I really am hoping that I will find enough restriction with the band where eating too much will not be an option. Until then I will keep trying to keep my self in check.

I was very tired after surgery but it came back. What's weird is that I became very tired the last two weeks of May. I found that I had no energy. I started taking an extra multi vitimin, a b12, an iron, along with my Calcium Citrate(all chewable, of course!). Now I am beginning to feel better. Hope this helps.

Congratualations! I cannot wait to join you.

I will try. . . thanks!

unfortunatly, sugerless does not mean carlorie-less. I would not think in terms of cheating, rather health. Is it healthy to be eating the ice cream. After two weeks, shouldnt you be experimenting with chicken, 3 starches (carbs) a week, veggies, etc. I would talk to your nutritionist and ask where you should be. . hope this helps. Sorry for the misspellings

Does anyone know how to do this. I know how to create one, but cannot get it to post, nor have I figured out how to load pictures of my January's before pictures. Can someone help?:smile:

I so wish they would do that for me. I have yet to feel restriction and I really wish they could do something like you described. This 1cc to .5 cc at a time is just costing me more money. I can drink 2 to 3 oz at a time and feel nothing, full or not full.

I am not sure why they do not want you to do it; I am sure they want you to be healthy. Maybe they are unrealistically afraid of losing you. Work on reassureing them. And yes, if you want to do this, lose weight and be healthy, you can do it, with or without the band, remember the band is just another tool.

I am so glad to read that the half cup is after it has been chewed. I have been eating about 1 cup to 1 1/2 cup since my first fill. I almost fainted on 1/2 cup a day and so I contacted my nutritionist and she said sometimes it's ok to eat that much.

how do I find out how many cc's my band is. I know I have 7cc filled so far and feel very little to no restriction.

My doctor's office requires me to eat 3 days of clear liquids. Today I called them and they said I could add protien drink like Isopure but how disgusting are they. So I went and bought Whey protien at 24 g of protein per 8 oz. This will not hurt me will it? :crying:

I have only had 7cc so far. I keep telling my doc that I am not satisfied nor do I feel restriction but they will not try more than one cc at a time because I am losing weight. I am losing weight however, because I am refusing to give into cravings (most of the time). I just hope I can keep going.