HeatherinCA

Congratulations!! I can't wait to get there

I would think if you are losing weight really slowly, and you are cheating, you will lose motivation. But, yea I think it's just a number. For me, I want to lose all the weight right now! I didn't spend all this money for it to take years and years. But I think you can still use the band as a tool in the future if you get off track.

LOL BeerGut and Dave_NW your avatars make me think you both look like Homer Simpson, cracks me up. Did you ever see this episode where homer got a lapband, it was on a week or so ago haha. I didn't get that exactly, a few of my friends were like can't you just eat better and exercise? I had to explain, sure I can lose 50 pounds on my own, I can't lose 150 on my own without help. Seriously, I'm 25, I'm unemployed, I've never been in a relationship. I'm gonna wait till I'm 50 to lose weight? No! I try not to think about it, but I'm sure if I go to an interview or meet guys, it does affect their opinion of me. I don't want that! Every other part of my life is great, my family is great, my friends are awesome, I live in freakin Hollywood! It's pretty great, but I think I am losing out on things because of my weight. My doctor didn't think anything of it. I told him, I've been overweight forever, I've been on every diet, I've had a trainer everything, no luck. The past 2 years, I haven't given a flying crap about weight loss at all, I had basically given up. I physically needed some help now. I'm not sure I would of considered this if I was like 18. But now I'm 25 and I'm an adult, I'm mature, I can make these decisions.

The first surgeon I went to check out had me do that, I was freaked out by that! That was part of the reason I didn't go with him. I think some of them were maybe to make sure you were paying attention? Not just circling random things? It totally rubbed me the wrong way. My surgeon I chose just had me have a meeting with their psychologist and basically just asked me a few questions to make sure I'm ok. I think they want to make sure you can handle being skinny mentally, and make sure there is no "deeper" problems causing your overeating that might be worse if they surface.

I'm doing ok, banded about the same time as you. Pay close attention to your body, are you really hungry, or do you just want food? try and up your Protein? more Protein shakes? I'm eating a little bit more than I'm supposed to, but I'm watching the calories. Just because I can eat doesn't mean I'm filling up on junk food. Me, I'm not really hungry, I mean I want food at my meals and I'm hungry for them, but I'm full after I eat them. Making sure I spread my meals out, and that they have a lot of protein, get my Water in,

Here's mine.. haha well i have 4, this is the biggest, and 3 really tiny ones. I was banded 12/13, they were covered by steri strips till they fell off on Sunday. I can barely see the other ones, nothing that bothers me at all...

Hi, I'm 25 I got banded this month

No and yes. I think this happens naturally. Things change, the world gets hotter and colder. It has over the millions of years. I don't believe anything we do as a country causes it... hasn't tons of the things in Al Gore's movie been proven false? I think of it as like a cult. I guess believe what you want, but more so I don't believe we should base our economy on "green jobs" and energy savings. I don't see a future there. Also there are plenty of countries that don't give a crap. The less we pollute and less productive we become, the more China will pollute and the more productive they will be come. Also none of the 3rd world countries or less fortunate countries will ever become compliant it's too expensive.

I'm not a parent, but I feel like my parents habits caused me to become obese. I'm 25 now, clearly I've been making my own decisions for a while. But the way I was raised, the food we ate as a family didn't help. I guess they just liked to spoil me, but I would think when I was young 10-18 that my parents would of been a little more concerned about what I was eating. I guess they were, but I've been fat as long as I can remember, I wish it would of never become a problem in the first place. My parents are overweight, but not as much as me. My mom maybe 30 pounds, my dad maybe 50.

I'm thinking yes... it would depend no the situation though, and who it is. I haven't been asked out, so if someone approached me that I'm friends with, I wouldn't think anything of it. If it was someone that had rejected me then I'd think twice. TBH I haven't dated, never really had any desire at all (maybe I'm weird). Hopefully I will want to when I'm skinny, but personally I wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to because of my weight. I judge guys! I know I'm overweight, but I judge these things about them too. I don't want the type of guy that is available to me now. The (majority of) guys that like overweight girls are an interesting crowd and it doesn't interest me. It's shallow but that is how our mind works. I don't feel I know anybody that would suddenly ask me out when I'm skinny though (lol all my boyz are gay). So I'm not too worried about it.

I haven't had a fill yet but today i made my own and i just made them really mushy on really low heat and that was fine.

If you went to 7-11 you can buy cottage cheese, or a hard boiled egg, or a cheese stick... don't have to buy junk food I know it's tempting but they have these things!

Aww don't beat yourself up. Hell, if this was easy we would be skinny already. Yes, if you have any junk food in the house get rid of it, or if your family eats it, make them hide it where you can't access it. Remember you are changing your LIFE, it's not a quick fix or a "diet" this is how you need to be for the rest of your life. It will take a while to get used to it. I'm used to eating food all the time for no reason just because I wanted it. I would always look for some tasty food to buy. Now I have to stop myself and listen to my body. I'm NOT hungry, so I'm NOT eating right now. Also maybe prepare some Snacks that are healthy so if you have to grab something you won't grab junk. I would of grabbed a fudgical instead of the cake.. and maybe plain pretzels or some cottage cheese or Peanut Butter instead of the Combos.

Yea, should be able to do sugar free / fat free pudding, I did fudgsicals, tomato soup, butternut squash soup, cream of chicken soup, i'd blend bean soups, or try straining any soup, tastes better than just broth. For me I'd have 3 Protein shakes and if I wanted anything else I'd throw in those things, I wasn't making the soups and things my meal, just supplementing for flavor maybe once a day.

I did egg drop at PF Changs the other day and it was really good too but i'd rather have chili it's heartier.

I can't wait for that! It's so frustrating depending on Lane Bryant, like right now, NONE of their pants fit correctly, what am I supposed to do?!

Haven't had one, but I have had a previous full cut open stomach surgery. This was easier, not as easy and I thought it would be, I was up and moving pretty quickly at the hospital. it's just really sore for a few days. It's a little deceiving because your cuts are so tiny, but it still hurts internally. Nothing unbearable.

Just follow the diet and you should be fine, don't "test it" like oh I can eat anything I want so I will. Yea, I'm eating a little more than a 1/2 cup, but still being careful and not eating anything crazy or fried or tons of fat.

Pretty much anything tastes good right now to be quite honest haha.

Well the back size will get smaller on your bra. Not sure about the actual boobs. Mine are small but they get kinda swallowed up because I'm so big (i'm bottom heavy so no big boobs here). I hope they are more pronounced and look more proportional when I lose weight haha.

Yea, how many calories? Exercise 4 hours a week? Meeting your protein goal?

I'm in the same stage as you, Chili is going down fine for me, not pureed. Haven't tried wendy's yet, but just mush it up good in your mouth, small bites, everything in there is mushy.

I know!! I was thinking about what my meals were before, it's crazy. I start soft food tomorrow! Excited to try eggs they are probably my favorite food.

I've lost an automobile tire LOL!

I think when you are losing weight you will have less, when your band has lots of restriction. Mine says 1 - 1 1/2 cups of food per meal in the long term.