jen36

I drink one cup everyday, black with two splenda's..

me too exactly the same and then I over did it last night and had a horrible stuck episode with a peperoni soft pretzel... I need to stay motivated this week, I go back to the dr. next wed the 6th so I want him to see good results so this week I will be cracking down. Like my husband said could you imagine all the weight I would have lost if I didn't pig out at night!!!!!:smile:

That is exactly what happens to me I spend over an hour in the gym and eat around 600 to 700 calories for the day and then night falls and its like I turn into this monster and I just want to eat everything and then I wonder why I don't see the scale moving. Its so aggrevating that I have no self control over this. I just cant seem to talk myself out of eating whatever there is. Its just horrible. There has to be something maybe a fat picture of myself hanging on the fridge or something drastic like that..hahaha

Anyone have any good, low calorie dessert recipes???? I am really craving sweets lately and would like to indulge but would like to not undue all my hard work for the day by eating one horrible thing!!!! Any ideas would greatly be appreciated...

Hello, thanks for responding. I am in Moorestown, NJ. That is about 15 minutes from Philly. Even if we aren't close enough to meet up maybe we can keep each other motivated and going. I am trying to take off the last 30lbs right now and I keep struggling with the same 3lbs up and down. I do great all day long and then around 3pm I am like a food monster and just lose all control and then go completely over my calories for the day and then I sit here wondering why I keep gaining the same 3lbs. I go to the gym 4 to 5 times a day and work hard but the food is killing me.

Has anyone ordered prescriptions from online like from Canada before and had a good experience. The prices are so cheap, I just want to make sure I am getting the real thing.

I had my third fill on 8-27 and I am at 5.66cc's now and I think I am finally at good restriction. I have been stuck about 3 or 4 times since then where I actually had to vomit to feel better. I also get that feeling sometimes when I am eating where it kind of feels stuck but like you I believe it is that signal that enough is enough one more bite and you are over the limit. I am learning to listen to this and not eat not even one more bite and then I am fine. I have lost 10lbs since my last fill which is awesome so when I go back on the 6th I don't think I will need any more at this time. Good luck on your journey and learn to listen to your body and you will be fine and also, CHEW CHEW CHEW AND SMALL PIECES!!!!

I am so happy, I got out of the shower today and hopped on the scale and it said 149!!!!!!!!! I am thrilled, I don't have alot of people to tell most everyone the excitement has worn off and they really could care less anymore so I am telling all my LBT friends!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to hit my goal weight!!!!:blushing:

I am 4 months out and just recently have been experiencing really bad gas and bloating. I feel so bloated I can explode. Anyone have the same thing and any tips or remedies for this??:blushing:

I would like to hear the answer to this as well. I was banded May 3rd and I have had 3 fills so far a total of 5.66'cc and sometimes I feel tight and can't eat that much but other times I feel like I can eat anything. For me at night is the worse time I feel like I can just eat everything in the house.

I was doing 3 to 4 days but the past 2 wks I have up'd going to the gym to 6days b/c I need to see the scale move and I lowered my calories.

Its been 4 months since surgery today, I have lost exactly 40lbs today and I am loving my band. I have not had so much energy in about 8yrs and I can actually make it up a flight of stairs without being out of breathe.. this was the best decision I have made!!!! I have about 25-30lbs to go and there is no doubt that I can make it!!!!! I had a tough few weeks where I lost nothing at all and actually gained but I cut some calories and up'd the workout at the gym and now back on track!!!!!! I actually lost 7 of those lbs just since last friday and am so happy about that!!!

I was banded the beg. of May and I had the glue and it took awhile for mine to completely come off and mine was very itchy and I had red little bumps all over. The dr. gave me an antibiotic but it ended up just being an allergic reaction to something.

Wow Madam Butterfly, I guess my dr. is a little more aggressive with fills. During surgery I had .66cc's then first fill was June and he put in 4cc's but had to take one out it was too much and then the 2nd fill was July and he put 1cc in and then my last one was this past Fri and he put another 1cc in so I am up to 5.66cc's and I finally feel restriction.

I was banded in May as well and have lost almost 40lbs so far. For a few weeks I fell off the wagon and went back to some of my old eating habits but now I am back on track I had a fill on Friday and am up to 5.66cc's and feel really good at that and have lost 5lbs since than. I have cut my calories from 1200 to about 900 and I think that is why the weight is coming off and I am the gym for an hour at least 4 or 5 days a week. I have been going to the gym all along but the eating was getting out of control so now that I have both in check I seem to be doing well. For breakfast I have a piece of toast and a smidget of margarine on there and a cup of coffee and then for lunch today I had a little bit of tuna with low fat mayo, on 1 piece of toast with a fat free slice of cheese... IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!!!!! but I think the fill has made all the difference I can't eat much... GOOD LUCK IN YOUR JOURNEY!!!

I have been banded since May 3rd 2010 and it has been a journey so far. I have lost about 36lbs so far but it has seemed to have stalled. Motivation seems to be my issue, I really don't have anyone to talk to that understands. My husband is great but half of the time I feel like what I say goes through one ear and out the other. Would be great to find someone near me to talk with!!!!!:thumbup:

Wow that was painful and scary!!!!! Had a fill on friday up to 5.66cc's and I thought let me try a piece of a pita HUGE NO NO, Definitely in alot of pain sharp stabbing pain and then it all came back up (sorry to be graphic)... I feel so much better now!!!! Won't be trying that again for a long time...:thumbup: I WILL DEF. MISS YOU BREAD!!!!!

Well I am at 5.66cc's and I actually finally feel something my dr. put in 3.66 the first fill and then 1 each time after.

Wow I went for my third fill today I now have 5.66cc's in a 10cc band and I ate a little bit of cream of wheat about 2 and 1/2 hrs ago and was so full and just had a half of a toasted sandwich and it was really tough going down and now I feel like I am going to explode, hope it stays this way!!!!!! Need to start getting these pounds off again no weight loss in a month!!!!!!! Wish me luck!!!!:biggrin:

I am proud of myself went to the gym today for 50minutes and was able to do the whole 50 of walking and running about 20 minutes in total of running which I havent done before and my legs are sooooo sore for the first time ever!!!! I love it.

Normally I don't go over 1200 calories a day with 1hr of intense treadmill/walking and jogging. Burning around 400 calories. But lately I am being really bad. I need to get my butt off the couch today and get moving.

I started logging into lapbandjourney.com again yesterday to count my calories and I had about 300 more than I should.. Actually feeling a little depressed as well can't seem to kick it. Thought I would have lost so much more than I have. Its depressing when all the way up until I went on vacation I was doing the right things and spending over an hour a day in the gym and still not losing, I don't drop anything until it is my time of the month and its so frustrating....UGGGHHHH

I have been at the same exact weight for the past month. Then two weeks ago we were on vacation and since then I have not been able to get off the couch and get to the gym. I am just laying around doing nothing. I go back for a fill on Friday and I am so embarrassed that in 6 wks I have only lost about 5 or 6bls. I just don't know how to get motivated again and STOP EATING JUNK AND FRIED FOODS!!!!!! HELP!!!!

It seems to have a mind of its own!!!!! I have no clue what made it tighten I did go off my diet a bit when on vacation but why would that make it tighter!!!HMMMM

This is a little strange but I had my 2nd fill 6wks ago and this past week I really had a hard time getting down food, I felt stuck twice last week, is it normal that I would feel that way so long after my fill. I am actually due for another fill this Friday. I was on vacation last week and kind of fell off the wagon for a few days, does that have anything to do with it.