MustangKitten

I was banded Nov 29th and so far I am bown 45 lbs as of March 4th. My scale at home is bi-polar so I only go by the scale at the doctor's office. I will probably go tomorrow and see where I am at. I have not been exercising regularly and I beat myself up every day for it. I tell myself, "do you know where you might be today with weight-loss, had you got off your butt and exercised for the last 3 months?!" Instead of getting to down on myself I try to look at the positives like eating smaller portions, making better choices, not snacking as much as I used to. I hae nothing to complain about because first I am still losing even if it is a pound in a week. Second, I would have never lost this much weight without this band. Never lost this much on any diet I was on or even when I hired a personal trainer and was working out regularly. I am so happy that I have had this surgery and I am going to continue to try to find motivation to exercise. I am hoping that I as I get smaller, the exercise might be easier to do.

I live in Rockledge. I was banded on November 29th in Melbourne. Hi to all the CFL bandsters out there

I feel the same way. I was banded on Nov 29 and now I feel like I am hungry every 2 hours. I am allowed 4oz of food at a time and 2-3ozs needs to be a Protein. When I finish eating I am fine but it doesn't seem to last very long. I really wish I could get out of this feeling. Luckily I go in for my fill next Wed but I have to make it through this holiday weekend. At least my food choices every 2 hours or so is healthy so I don't feel too extremely guilty but it does get discouraging sometimes. Trying to quit my love affair of food is easier said than done. Melissa

Great question because I was thinking the same thing. I'm 3 weeks post-op and some days I don't eat much and other days I feel like I can eat anything but I try not to. I'm gonna wait for the responses as well. Melissa

I have to agree that the walking made my gas pains go away real quick. I am exactly one week post-op and I don;t even feel like I have a band sometimes. I still feel like my mind is playing tricks on me and trying to sabatoge me. I go for my post op appt on Thursday so I am hoping that I see the scale and that gives me more motivation to keep going.

I saw a lot of really good recipes on bariatriceating.com's website. Anyone have any experience with any of these? I am only 1 week post-op so I am going to consult with my nutritionist about whether or not their good for me. They have a real good looking recipe for turkey meatballs or for caesar deviled eggs. Both sound delicious so I am thinking that they aren't that good for me. I know healthy food can be good, just some of the ingredients sound not good for me. Just wondering.

I just got banded on 11/29, I am going through the stage right now where I wonder if this will work for me. I know it will work if I put the work into it like the exercise part but I am so afraid of falling into all my bad habits. I felt myself get that way this past weekend. The stress comes and all I want to do is grab a bowl of icecream or some chips. I have always been guilty of mindless eating and I caught myself doing it this weekend when I was fixing the kids plates. Luckily I caught myself before I ate more than a bite or two but I need to stop. I have never been one too keen on exercise which is one reason why I am in the position that I am but I keep wondering to myself, will I ever be gung-ho about exercise the way some of these veteran bandsters on here are? I don't have a scale at home yet so I don't know if I have lost any weight this week. I don't think I have since I don't feel like I have. I go for my post-op appointment next Thursday and my first fill is scheduled after Christmas. Sorry to be a downer today.