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You don't really have to set the goals but it doesn't hurt. What matters is the difference between calories consumed and used and that will work no matter what the goal is set at. You can change the burn or consume level without creating a new plan. However, the other number will automatically adjust to whatever your calorie difference is set to.

Congrats! It's good to hear about the painless surgeries as my time approaches. Was there a lot of sitting around boring time or did they shoot you up and drag you off to surgery immediately then wake you up and send you on your way?

I don't find it clicky at all. I've never seen a post go unanswered in the forums. Not everybody reads blogs.

I'm about 2 weeks behind you with surgery but I don't see why anything special would need to be done for a liquid diet. I just checked and there are Protein Shakes in the food listing.

140 is very possible but you'd have to be ready to work out 4 or 5 times a week for an hour or more. Did you use the calculator? It tells you how many calories you burn daily just being alive. For the measurements in your profile, that would be 2,072. Add 400 to that for walking around and exercise and it is 2,472. Meaning it you kept your intake to 1,172 calories a day, you'd lose 3 pounds a week. I probably lost you in the bunch of numbers but losing 140 pounds is definitely possible.

Everybody is different and there is no real answer to you question on what to expect. Of course you can lose 140 pounds in a year but it has nothing to do with the lapband. It has to do with how much work you are willing to put forth to attain that goal. Weight loss occurs when you burn more calories than you consume. The lapband makes you feel full faster. Hopefully, that will keep you from consuming an abundance of calories. In order to lose 140 calories in a year you'd have to burn an average of 1346 calories a day more than you eat. To figure out how many calories you burn every day, you can use this calculator BMR Calculator and add calories burned during exercise or you can purchase a Bodybugg or Gowear Fit device.

Print it out and stick it on the refrigerator to remind you why you not to cheat.

Anxiety is great!! It means that you realize that the lapband isn't a cure-all and there are changes you are going to have to make that will last forever! Do plenty of research and look at the failures, not just the successful results. Make sure you are ready to do what the successful people did and that you are strong enough not to fall into the same traps that the failures did. and good luck!

I'm sorry. The OP is gonna hate me for ruining her topic.

I am neither rightwing nor conservative nor leftwing nor liberal. You talked of single parents that don't care about or for their children. There are a lot more welfare scum like that than taxpaying divorcees. Liberal democrats have gotten disciplining children made illegal in most states. Liberal democrats also encourage adults to treat children as equals. Where is the discipline supposed to come from? If we aren't going to punish the children for the lack of upbringing that they receive then we are just perpetuating the problem. Getting this back on track, that is why I am all for my tax dollar supporting abortion and no other kind of health care.

CM, I am confused. How can you openly admit that you know that the baby mamas and their spawn are what is destroying this country and proclaim to be a liberal democrat? It is the liberal democrats that enable the derelict welfare scum to breed out of control by feeding and housing them.

Also realize that this is not an easy out. The lapband is a tool to aid you in your weight loss. It will only work if you work with it. If you are not ready to change your lifestyle and work with it, you will probably fail in the long run. Too many people don't bother understanding that until it is too late; they waste all sorts of time waiting for insurance approval; they have the lapband installed and then ask why the weight isn't magically disappearing. I am not trying to steer you away from the surgery, just advising that you do a lot of research. You'll have plenty of time to do the research while awaiting approval. Good luck. * I am not a bandster yet, nor do I play one on TV.

Oh my god! Are you trying to tell me that I won't automagically lose weight because I have the band? That I will actually have to watch what I eat and how much? Of course this is only until I get those magical fills. I have read so much that I will start losing weight after I get fills.

Don't let once incident that happened "many years ago" stop you. You didn't come this far to turn back. There is more chance of you dying while driving to the hospital that there is in surgery. That being said, I think you have a year after insurance approves to go through with the operation. Maybe you do need to take a little time to think about it. Ask your surgeon if this is true.

Losing 140 pounds in 10 months is far from unattainable but you'd have to start immediately and not wait until you get banded. You don't have to go and starve yourself to do it either. Document everything you eat; try not to drink anything except water; drink at least 90 ounces of Water a day (about 5 half liter bottles); keep calorie intake between 1,500 and 2,000; take a stroll around the block once in a while and you'll lose 3 pounds a week. Throw in 3 or 4 days of exercising for and hour and you can up that to 4-5 pounds a week. If you have $200 to spare, check out the Bodybugg. It will tell you how many calories you are burning and you can log your meals on their site. They also have plenty of useful reference. BODYBUGG :: WELCOME

Ask and you shall receive: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/ticker-tutorial-pictures-41782/#post1384706

I started counting when I had my first consultation with my surgeon on September 18th. I haven't been banded yet but I also didn't think it was very productive to wait to be banded to start losing weight. I still haven't decided whether I will restart my ticker when I get banded or leave 365 as my starting weight.

It has to be water weight because 7 HC meals and 28 shakes can't weigh much more than 10 lbs.

#1 Has he ever killed a patient! - If the answer is not 0, RUN!!! #2 How many lapband surgeries has he performed? - If the answer is 0, RUN!!! #3 Make sure his office is close. You will be visiting a lot over the next year. These are the 3 main things I considered when choosing a Surgeon. I went with the first one I looked up because he fit all of the above criteria.

It is overestimating how many calories I am burning. Therefore, it is telling me that I am eating 200 more than I actually am. It's a small thing but I take it personally and feel like the computer is calling me a liar. I leave the watch thing in my car and look at it maybe twice a week. It is kind of useless to me. I get what I need when I upload.

Mine overestimates a little but everyone is different and no device will ever be right on. I can tell it is overestimating because I am obsessive about logging everything I eat and it tells me that I am eating 200 calories more a day than I "know" I am. It is still, by far the best investment I have ever made as far as losing weight goes.

It's real easy. Go to Graphical Tickers and Trackers: Weight Loss, Trying To Conceive, Pregnancy... Click on "Weight Loss" in the Weight Loss / Fitness section Select a design, and click "Next" Select a slider and click "Next" Under Setup Choose a password enter it and DO NOT forget it Answer the questions under Weight Measurements Answer the questions under Body Mass Index Click Next Right click somewhere inside the box that says bbCode and choose "Select All" Right click inside that same box and choose Copy Then on LapBandTalk (this site) click on "User CP" Then in Settings & Options, click on "Edit Signature" Right click in the big white box and choose Paste Click Submit

Having the band and getting fills don't make you lose weight. It is how many calories you are eating and how many calories you are burning. Are you logging what you eat? That is a start and it really helps. Use this calculator to find your Body Mass Ratio (BMR) BMR Calculator Your BMR is how many calories you burn with no activities. To lose 2 pounds a week, you want to eat 1,000 calories less than your BMR every day. 500 calories less for 1 pound a week.

it is Graphical Tickers and Trackers: Weight Loss, Trying To Conceive, Pregnancy... not tickler :Dancing_wub: