Juliat

Seems to me like the fellow they talked to has issues with LapBand. They only studied 100 morbidly obese people. That doesn't sound like a very large case study. Gastric bypass better than Lap-Band, study says

Thanks everyone for replying! So, this morning I'm taking SF2009's advice and did my diary for today ahead of time. So, I cut the shakes, the yogurt and the amount of cottage cheese I have in the morning to .75 cups and it makes a huge difference! Calories 1,219 Fat 63.4 Carbs 44.7 Protein 124 My protein's a still kind of high, but I know I can work on getting that down. I kept hearing the doc say protein, protein, protein and went crazy getting food high in protein Julia BTW, I'm 5'2 and my doc said I should 60-90 grams a day

I really thought I was doing well. To be honest, I hadn't lost weight, but I haven't gained either since after my liquid diet post-op. To me, this is a victory no matter what. Well, I've been reading posts here and thought I would give that whole food journal thing a try. So, I signed up with Fitday (cause it's free and cause I'm cheap) and logged all my food. To give a breakdown, I had my surgery on September 28, 2010 (223lbs). I lost 11 pounds before the surgery and 7 pounds after. I've had three fills and now am at 6.5cc in a 10cc band. I've lost an extra 2pounds. So, I know that I'm still finding the sweet spot and all that good stuff. But, I don't eat as much as I used to and couldn't figure out why I wasn't losing. Well, here's why ( I hope you can see it): Oh, my good God in heaven! 1912 calories? 112 carbs? Thought I was doing low-carb too! What a rip I'm tearing up on my Protein with 185 grams, but is it too much? So, maybe too much with two whey Protein shakes a day? Cut the yogurt? I know the meatloaf didn't help, but before I would have tore that thing up and now I can only eat a portion so there lies my conundrum. I put the instant coffee and splenda in my Protein drinks to help with the taste. I find them just horrible. I have cottage cheese and peach slices for Breakfast in the morning because I'm too tight to eat eggs (which I love). I had some extra cottage cheese (just .25 cup) with my meatloaf. The nuts are for my afternoon snack with my shake and the yogurt I eat about 10am with my shake. Sunflower seeds are my evening snackage for right before I go to bed. I know I need another fill, that's a given because I get hungry about an hour after eating. Well, this is a learning process so I'm a learning the hard way. LOL Thanks for reading, just thought I would share my WOW moment today.

Thank you so much for showing this! I'm at that awkward between sizes. I wear the smaller size because the too big sizes are awful. But, having pants that are too tight around the mid-section has become so painful. I thought I was going to have to actually go buy bigger pants this weekend

That's so close to what my dad said "Sounds like a lot to go through when you could just put down the fork". NICE... But he's now being supportive and calling me everyday after my surgery last week to see how I'm doing. :thumbdown: