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Has anyone done the 30 day shred? This is not for the faint. The program is like working with a personal trainer...seriously. Jillian is no joke. But there have been a lot of good reviews/results with her program. just do a google search for reviews and you'll see. I am guessing it is not against board rules to post other websites since we reference weight watchers on this board so...do a search on Amazon and my fitness pal community and you'll see some amazing results. Anyway, I am only on day two but am siked! BTW, this is not for the beginner. I have heard some say they do it in conjunction with Couch to 5k and other running/walking/exercises.

I have been reading this site for a long time. I am still pre op but feel comfortable answering you. Some people have written that they can not eat some foods for months after surgery, chicken being one of them. Sometimes it is red meat or turkey ect.. but they can usually eat it again after a while. Take your time and eat the things you can for now. As far as the weight loss stopping- every body is different and everyone stops losing at some point while their body catches up. It is a shock to lose weight fast. When your body stabilizes it will resume losing. Sometimes it is because you are not eating enough and have to boost good calories. If you feel like you are eating enough it is your body playing catch up. If you feel you are not eating enough then up those good calories. I wish you the very best

Dont panic too much but DO unfill in small increments. I've only had one unfill when I was a bit concerned that 1000 calories a day or so (which was all I could eat) really wasnt sufficient nutrition for me personally. .2 ml made SO much difference, I actually gained about 4 or 5 lb and ended up having the fill put back in over time. Now I maintain on about 1800 to 2000 a day and THAT's my rough mental calculations - so its probably more. If you're tall, healthy and active, you CAN eat rather a lot. 1200 calories a day - its more for little women of average activity to lose, not for us glamazons to maintain, lol.

Just think about how good you will feel when you are losing all that extra weight. Keep us posted.

So when I decided to go through this lap band miracle, my insurance cordinator told me it was a 6 month weight. I found this site while doing some research and cause of You wonderful people, my insurance does not require 6 month waiting period. I called and confirmed as well as my new insurance cordinator. I have anthem bcbs of cali, ppo. Their requirements r bmi over 40, I am at 44,..heart clearance, psych evaluation, and medical neccisity. March 8th will be my last appt for heart clearance, I had an ekg which went well, but my cordinator wanted my paper work from a cardiologist,..after that paper work will be submitted, I hope I will get approved so i can start my journey, 31 from Michigan.

Steph, glad I could brighten your day! Look he said Jenny Craig does not tell you how many calories you get per day. I just stated they clearly told me.... Yes I understand he said 2000 calories are on the label however he gives the impression that most people could maintain weight on that. I only stated that no where have I seen it on calorie estimator for woman. He implies that the average person eat that much. I asked where this is coming form. Clearly you think I am an idiot and trying to insult the doctor. That is not my intent. Just correcting him about Jenny Craig and asking where he gets his info. But glad I gave you a a laugh!

About 45 minutes five or six days a week. I do only minimal strength training, I just dont find that at moderate levels I get much from it. My body likes cardio, when I strength train I have a harder time controlling my appetite, and weight. I have muscle tone and strength that's quite good anyway, so I focus on running. I love it. I find for me, when I'm busy 25-30 minutes is maintenance level, I can get away with that little, but to lose I needed that 45 to an hour and I still prefer to do that now. 30 minutes maintains my base fitness, but my speed and ability to run longer distances drops. Which is only a worry if you care about that, lol.

It wasn't until i looked at some pictures i took the other day that i realized how much weight i had gained. I mean the scale has been reading 248 for awhile but in my mind i didn't feel like i looked like i weighed that much until i saw the pictures. untouched photos do not lie. :biggrin:

Well I had my first unfill. Since my last fill on 2/10/10 where I got .4 ccs in my band - I've been STRUGGLING. I would go for days where I could barely keep anything down. At first it was mostly just the morning and early afternoon - but usually by late evening I could eat. I figured I was just getting used the the band and I was losing weight like CRAZY! My thought process was, losing weigh so quickly my band would quickly become loose and thus I just need to wait out the tightness of the band. I tried to just stick to soups, Hot tea, water, but it got to the point where I could keep down nothing and was throwing up 5 to sometimes 9 or 10 times a day. I started waking up in the middle of the night coughing up stomach acid. I read about throwing up so much causing acid reflux - with this information and going 4 straight days not keep ANYTHING down I knew that I needed an unfil :-( . So I called my doc. He got me in this past Saturday. In just over 2 weeks I had lost 14 lbs ! I lose about 5-8 lbs a month so I was floored with the 14 lbs. My doc unfilled me 6 whole CC's - to put this in perspective my last two fills I got .4 ccs each time. 6 CCS removed takes me back down to about 6 months post surgery and since thens I've lost like 40 lbs so that impacts it as well. My doc said that I needed to rest a bit - he said I will be able to eat like normal so I need to be careful. I dread gaining any of these 14 lbs loss - I needed that burst! It brought me under 300 lbs which was definitely a milestone. He's going to have me back in in 9 days for a fill and I can't imagine gaining too much in those few days - but the idea of water weight scares me. I will be okay with no more than 4 lbs - I'll be sad for any more than that. Don't want to get back to over 300 - NEVER AGAIN. I ate pretty sparingly today and yesterday. I did kinda test my band today and was happy with the result - I can't eat like "normal". I ate 1/2 of a burger - and a little dessert. Normal would have been to eat the whole burger, and all of the dessert plus 3-4 glasses of strawberry lemonade (I had water :rolleyes2:). It was interesting though - I've become used to eating so little food that I forgot about how heavy your stomach feels after eating. A cup or so of food does not feel heavy but 2 or 3 cups can really weigh right on your midsection - never really noticed that before. So, we'll see how this goes :thumbup:. Wish me luck!

Let me introduce myself, my name is Amy and I am a 27 year old mother to a wonderful lil 3 year old boy who was born with a very rare brain disorder. I was sleeved on December 21st 2011 in Canon City, Co by Dr. Timothy Brown. My pre-op process was very fast moving and with-in 1 month of asking my then primary doctor about getting the sleeve, I had met all the requirements and was scheduling the date for my surgery. I chose to do the sleeve for several reasons but my biggest reason was to be a healthy Mother for my son. I was on over 8 prescription medications for BP, high cholest, diabetes, sleeping aids, heartburn and more. I have never really been a "small" girl but after my mother passed in the same year my son was born (2008) my weight sky rocketed. My son is non-verbal and among many other health issues he is also not walking or crawling yet. I am now unable to work because my days are full of providing the special needs care my boy needs. I noticed that I had begun stress eating, and moving around a lot less due to spending 80% of my time at doctor appts or playing with him on the floor. I found out that my son would be starting a special needs pre-k in January and knew I had to get my health in check because I now have no excuses for time, 3 hours- 4 days a week I have free. I am over a month post-op now and about 25 lbs down. I weighed 220 the day of surgery but had been as heavy as 235 in the past. I am extreamly excited to have lost the weight and be off most of the meds but I am having this horrible case of the " not doing good enough blues." I have reached a point that I have lost most of my motivation because shortly after surgery my son's health issues flared up and it took me until just 4 days ago to get my gym membership. I also have the biggest frustration about my food intake. I can eat anything I want and am 1 of those lucky sleevers that does noit get sick or barely even uncomfortable if I overeat/ eat the wrong things. My will power has really had to play a huge role in my eating lately but everytime I eat even the smallest bite of a "wrong" food I feel like crying because I want to be sick, I want to have a low tolerance to bigger portions but now all I can do is deal with it. This is the 1st time I have ever blogged and just like I could talk anyones ear off I am certain I could type a novel so I will stop for now but what I will say is this... I do not and will never regret my sleeve. Every person is different and even though I am lossing weight I know it is only half my battle. Seeing the numbers drop on the scale is one thing but being mentally prepared and motivated is what is really going to make all the difference. Just my opinion

Hello, I have been MIA.. I've been having issues again about not losing weight and being at a standstill. I have been really depressed adn trying to get out of it! I decided I needed to joing a gym so that I could work with weights and so that I could be more accountable to myself and working out. I had my first session today and meat him again on Wednesday and Friday. I'm hoping to be on my own then. I have been really bloated and retaining Water and have a sore calf. I have been taking water pills for three days. My Trainer/Owner at the Gym told me that the water pills were not a good choice but that it will take a few days of working on stretching the muscle to get it back to normal. I'm really excited about starting this and I hope that by the fourth of July I will be down at least one more size and 10 pounds... Have any of you done better working out at the gym versus at home and on your own?

I find your comment humorus, if you read the back of any labeled food container it will tell you that the caloric intake is based on a 2,000/cal diet. Yes, 2,000 calories a day is considered normal but everyone is different. Some people's matabolism is a bit slower/faster than others and therefore they don't lose/gain weight on the same amount of calories that others would. Obviously, you will have to find the caloric intake that will work for you and eventually you will more than likely have to reduce your intake to produce the same results. I'm pretty sure the doc. knows his facts, I'm not sure why you would question him because to me, and i am sure to many others as well, his facts check out with common knowledge.

I have been on steroids the last 7 months, and I had gained almost 40 pounds. I was a carbohydrate junkie. Im not diabetic, but my sugar level had to be all out of wack. Even though Im supposed to still be on these steroids, I stopped taking it a month ago on my own. Carb cravings were gone in about two weeks. It helped a great deal because now being on the preop diet, I dont have any cravings for carbs. Im also convinced that being off these steroids helped me drop a bit more weight than I expected the last month.

This is exactly what I needed to read! I have been gaining and losing the same 3 pounds over the past 2 1/2 weeks. I will be six weeks post op Tuesday. I don't know if I am depressed or just having too much fun with an I dont care attitude, but I really screwed up this weekend. Had about 10 glasses of wine, a few tequila shots, a bloody mary, hotlinks, crunchy tacos.... Yeah, it was a fun filled weekend by the pool, but I lost control. I will be doing protein shakes this week to get back on track. Thanks for your post.

I didn't have any problem with my first fill, but did with my second. The doctor said I had lost enough weight that the scar tissue had shifted over my port. He poked around for quite a while trying to push through the scar tissue; I was watching the needle bent almost into a horseshoe shape from the pressure! Finally he said, "I need a bigger needle" and tried again with a thicker one, and was successful. It wasn't that bad, but I was a bit tender the next day. His only comment was, "You're a hard, hard woman!"

I thought it was good. It didn't make me emotional. It just was good to see some of the issues see the light of day. I thought it was interesting how they dealt with the anger from the daughter over her Mother's weight issues. I think that happens more than we realize. Since most of us are the offenders it was good to see how our weight and health issues can effect our families.

WOW... what quick weight loss you have had... amazing!! I too wish it was melting off me...lol =]

Well, 2 1/2 yrs after i got my lapband and over 100 lbs lost, I had 1/2 of my Fluid removed last month due to a slip. I had the most horrible reflux at the nite for 4 mths (was taking 1 Rx Nexium, 3 rx Prilosec, and 5 OTC Zantac every nite, all the whiles sleeping on my back with 3 pillows). After the xray confirmed a slip, the PA removed 1/2 of my 9.5cc fill with a plan of leaving it for 3sure wks and putting it ALL back in. After hearing from several people on here that they at never put back that much at once, I got a little nervous. When I went back this past Wed (a 3 hr drive and $160 a visit) isaw the actual drnot his PA. I wasgot told theya had to fill me back slowly-going just 1cc at a time. So I got my 1cc fill (and he had a hard time finding my port. I got stuck about 8 times) and I was on my way, hoping that it would take care of the ravennous appetite I had for the past 3 wks. Stuck with my liquids till yesterday afternoon. I then ate about 68 bites of Panda Express and was satisfied. Yeah. Its overA im back on track. Till lunch today. I ate 1/2 my burger (like usual) except this time, I probably couldve finished it. dinner tonite was a whole pot pie. Im still not full. It took me 4 mths to get initial restriction over 2100 yrs ago filling slowly. I really hate to do that again. Ive already gained 5 lbs. Yes, I know I should be watching my portions, counting Protein and calories, working out 7 days a wk. But I got comfortable with my band doi ng its job over the past over 2 yrs and now I'm white knuckling it. Cant afford to get fat again, already gave upo my jumbo clothes. Help!!! Any tips on getting thru this "bandster hell" yet again? Marci

Just follow your plan, and don't worry about others. You will lose weight. Just focus on you and what you are eating!

Well,,, this is a switch,,,,, How is your fill level ? are you hungry every couple of hours ? Or are you good for say 5-6 hrs.... i went through a lot also, they ended up filling my band to the fill line under Fluoroscope (this is painless) . If you are going to speak to your surgeon, ask him to fill you to your Fill Line, before you make any decesions You might actually be Happy with the results. You will be able to watch the whole thing on screen. Add in some walking maybe 3x a week, and you have a good start. I'm speaking from experience. I only had a slight tweaking since I lost some weight. But being filled this way put me on the right track, and it is available to you..... Tell your surgeon to do it, youre tired of waiting for weight loss to begin, and you believe this would help. What have you got to lose but weight. This is one fill straight to the Fill Line. Also check out myfitnesspal.com for journal, and tons of info...It's FREE ! Again, you might be impressed. Don't make a mistake that is not reversible. Then comes the problem with Melabsoruption. (I know I spelled that wrong..) Every one that I new that had it done,,, It did not work for them. Don't make a mistake, Think first. Shirley.

Thank you. Tonight I went for a power walk around the block with my husband. It wasnt a whole lot but it was something and it made me feel good. You have lost a massive amount of weight. That is so awesome. I can't wait to start seeing results.

If you feel up to light exercise right now then you should do what you can handle. As far as gaining weight, I doubt that you would be able to consume enough to gain anything right now. good luck! and congrats on your sleeve!

I've never been good at keeping up with a journal..........nothing has changed. My highest weight was 265. On surgery day I was 261. My lowest now has been 194. 70 pounds. Wow! The beauty of it is that it won't come back. I will never go over 200 again. I always said that when on previous diets and in the blink of an eye I would be back up there and beyone. Unless, God forbid, something goes wrong with my band I will not gain again. I had an unfill a couple days after Christmas and I've gained a couple pounds. I feel almost wide open and have been eating all kinds of crap. I am going back tomorrow for another fill. I want just a small one. The last one was bad and all the stress of David being in the hospital was a nightmare. I lost lots of weight but I also nearly lost my sanity. The lack of vitamins, protein, etc caused nasty things. My nails are a mess, my hair is dull, dry and lifeless. My skin is dull and has no elasticity. That may just be an age thing and I will live with it if I have to. I am wearing size 14 jeans and while I am not exercising, I still feel better than I've felt in years. I can breathe so much better. I don't wet my pants with the least exertion. It's all good. I want to go on to 150 if I can. I'm not desparate to lose now. I am not yet happy with my looks but I am so much improved. I can't imagine myself at 150. It would be cool just to see how I look. Later.........

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I was banded late June of 2011 and found out September 1st of 2011 that I was pregnant! So I FINALLY got a fill yesterday and am at 5cc in a 10cc band. Being a mommy to a 5 week old is definitely challenging with free time so im really hoping that I will have enough time to cook healthy meals and be able to exercise enough. I live in Texas so its already hot out and doesnt cool off enough til dark so going walking with the baby is not really an option until shes a little older. Im really excited to get back on track and was VERY happy to hear that I had only gained 10 lbs since my last appointment in August of last year! I am hoping that I have enough restiction but I am still on mushy foods until late tomorrow so I am still able to eat quite a bit I guess because these are sliders for the most part? Anyway I guess I am just rambling but I would love some suggestions on how busy moms are able to stay true to the lap band lifestyle!