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I am at 5 months out and I notice that I do not stay under the recommended 800 calories per day put keeping my Protein between 60 -80 grams. What do others eat throughout the day to stay where you need to be. I usually eat yogurt and a fruit for breakfast, tuna fish and salad for lunch, a snack in the afternoon of a Protein Bar and dinner is meat (fish, chicken, pork) and a veggie and a protein snack at night. I have been stalled for about 4 -5 weeks now and need help. And yes I do exercise 5 days a week walking for about 40 minutes at a fast pace.

I think it is completely normal, especially when you don't have that support. But like everyone here I am sure you've done the weight loss thing before and it DOESN'T work!!! We lose then gain back and usually more than we lost. As for me, I wasn't feeling too bad until they wheeled me into preop..then I started to get really nervous...I am 8 weeks post op and feeling so much better in myself, I KNOW I made the right choice! and though I have had moments of frustration, I know that I will get there in the long run. This band is a journey of ups and downs and you are bound to have some downs again just remember that it is a long process, not a quick fix and at times you may be discouraged (the weeks of plateauing weight, waiting for those fills, gaining back due to no restriction), especially if you have that negativity! Just make sure you come on this site and get your support from here and from co workers if you can! finding that sweet spot will take time so hang in there. we will all get there in the end! I love my band!

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and crowded elevator ,always put MP3 voice to the max, always wanted to own separated from the sea ,everything is associated ,dependent on the individual cannot exist alone .Therefore, their behavior is only your wishful .This is the heart of the heart .Today I than ever before in my heart ,not ask many things .Disputes in the lives of their earthly matter flow has begun to slowly lose heart of many things ,once said :any act of a price to pay ,just pay the inner thought can save me .In the material and the spiritual in front of me during the struggle ,I have lost myself once naive and expect .I just ordinary people just end cannot escape survival around .Survival and the spirit of the war in a lot of time is an obviously results in war .Have their own quest ,some pursuit of enjoyment ,some of the pursuit of the spirit of enjoyment ,so the survival of different world .Fabric enjoy even to the whole world to him will not be enough ,and as long as the homely fare well enough to enjoy the spirit .In fact, Platon is there, but in a world of my own existence ,and some live in his ideal world abandoned the crossflow society .Life and students do not need to discuss this question ,we say that the wrong ,not to the moment of death ,then the problem is no one answer, but the answer is not our own ,but your side of the group at the memorial service to them .Life was kidnapped ,whether you are willing or unwilling, to survive ,you can escape it .The work is to laugh in hell ,crying for paradise .The missionary always religious blow very God is God ,which is in the happiness and laughter to go to hell ,but the happiness and laughter from where Erlai The sounds and apply the concept only to need ,happiness and joy are not known ,but only after the awakening ,when he will cry after losing to find back before the kind of happiness and laughter in paradise .Thought ,idea ,knowledge ,is a kind of past experience ,and the experience to the taste of life today ,He Xingfu And how happy With the lost years to Purdue the moments and wants to have happiness that is the day of tan .Now and forever ,in time perception not forever .The present existed, even if you jump into the future ,the present was now .2 baruch .Spinoza said: a free thinking most is dead ,but his wisdom is not about death but about the life of a meditation class ,thinking and find meaning ,and the creation of the meaning of life ,the purpose is to eliminate loneliness ,and this alone is to have .But in order for them to live in specific, so there were lots of symbols ,a kind of a commonplace talk of an old scholar attitude .While the symbol to search for meaning for students ,and in the discovery of the moment it abolished the significance .The real fear is not unknown ,not death ,but the known loss ,because it may cause pain ,or take away your joy ,your satisfaction .Is known to make out of fear, but not unknown .We dedicated things available to our approach to escape us from emptiness .We often say that thought is unknown even to Siming unwilling heart ,always want to give themselves to seek an answer or reason ,and the answer is the real escape .A lot of ideas and the birth experience is based on jealousy and greed based .An occupied the brain is not capable of clear and simple review .Class Nike Free Run 2012 of all life, as mortal and know this fact becomes meaningful ,class of everything, and because of that knowledge ,becomes meaningful .And so ,because of a lovelorn are meaningful ,and the true meaning of love that moment there .Love is only lose one of them in the is not lost and let you have .Not the brain thinking, derivatives ,is not a concept, only when the egocentric behavior disappeared when some occurrence . is just a symbol ,a symbol, is not true .So ,don be this word . is not equal to the real existence .Thinking of the eternal and * body between the contradiction that short distressed is a shame ,but a provocative ,is a kind of grief in a cause .3 big world, anything ,knowing that in reality all cannot change ,feeling is just a feeling expression and a sense of hope .At the expense of the traditional culture for the price to change national culture modernization ,already in many heart is air plant germination .All great value culture is intermediate ,it doesn do ,no edge ,this fabric crossflow society ,there is no limit ,without choice ,use unscrupulous divisive tactics ,unrestrained eXtreme Rush made a decline and destruction of the tragedy .Material is always a external rather than internal ,forever is transcendental alienation ,no there is no freedom ,freedom transcendental in the natural and spontaneous .All the world will experience a himself immaterial processes ,because the dematerialization is the liberation and unity within, so the spirit is a kind of non - material process .The pursuit of eternal life ,the pursuit of heaven or the Elysian Fields and so on ,and the matter and objects will not allow to obtain eternal life ,because of the oppression ,constraints and restrictions may not have eternal life ,so many religions are from the substance of the universe began to slowly into the spirit world finally entered into the religion of the top .Buddha said :that is empty ,empty ,without empty space ,all empty universe ,all this does not exist ,existence is karma and karma ,and together, edge to come from where, from the past to do good ,do good to all sentient beings can Buddha Buddha Buddha ,after a to the Elysian Fields travel ( Elysian Fields the Buddha had many luxuries, and let us here suffering. ) Wait. Religious suffering as being God hates signs and secret sin ,from the psychology to meet an extremely common need .4 loneliness does not come from * body this is single .As a reflection of society a thinker ,his heart is the most lonely ,the lonely .A soul as long as there is enough deep ,will be found in the soul deep stuff is lonely .Class hope that discovering the meaning of life and value ,and the creation of the meaning of life and the life value ,the purpose is to eliminate the loneliness .Life of the entire contents of unpredictable ,it must in Nike Free Shoes every moment to experience ,we on the unknown fear, so ,our system theory ,technology ,religion ,to set up their own psychological safety .As long as we seek inner security ,life whole process .Will not be what we know .The life does not understand, thought ,looking for the whereabouts of unable to comprehend ,will only make us more benefits and no ,that we trigger a heart and the reality of the conflict ,the conflict between heart and soul .Each is an organism ,so ,as a biological ,life instinct ,is a draw on the advantages and avoid disadvantages ,pursue happiness and avoid suffering .As long as we will be similar to sth ,trying to do ,there must be contradictions ,so the false and true necessarily split .When you say that the purpose of life is happiness ,the purpose of life is to find God ,Buddha ,and so on ,there is no doubt that to find God ,Buddha ,and so on the hope of escape .We are through the all mixed things for some permanent ,durable ,something that we called the real God ,Buddha ,,,truth .On the unknown faith or belief is a kind of self projection ,so it true .As an individual ,you are asking your called real ,emperor ,Buddhist ,truth ,something ask ,ask ,seek ,guide ,so your method is to search for return, looking for satisfaction .As individuals, each of their Kule have the most direct ,most intense feeling ,relating to their interests are most concerned about ,each for his care than on any other concern ,but also more than any other of his concern .Most of our thinking and ideas from the draw on the advantages and avoid disadvantages ,pursue happiness and avoid suffering of the instinct of self-preservation .Belief in some sense already satisfied life instinct ,faith makes isolated ,but we can see all the world is like this ,the economy of the world ,the world of politics ,as well as the spirit of the world is also so .Choose your beliefs ,because you couldn ,and you hope that he will give you required .That is to say ,you choose a can meet the requirements of your beliefs ,you are he will give you satisfaction to choose, you choose depends on your satisfaction ,rely on your mind and reality of contrast under relatively reasonable down selection .While in the US in contrast to show up at don ( or even impossible to detect ) and the fear of being alone .See do not understand ,can never be freed from the shackles and fear .We dedicated things available to our method to evade us from empty reason and condition .Don Jie Yin in the belief that the form at the process ,there must be a struggle ,conflict ,sad ,and will be opposite to each other .Only when you know that you stick to it due to the inherent essence ,not only is the conscious and unconscious so that your faith motivation ,you can get freedom of mind and the taste of loneliness, and not fear lonely .When a lonely looking for another lonely, will have a look .But the two lonely together can get rid of loneliness One day when lonely moment that will fade away .In too many times we need just a place not .We give too much and sacred mystery side of the force ,a lot of time just as a support or a hope .Just a thorn ,temporarily hide the emptiness you ,through another to escape loneliness ,use this obscure loneliness .Too much of our time is not care about the relationship ,but their lonely and emptiness .Too much when we choose to escape ,the real issue up to face to face, this is because the heart no ,so continuously from the outside looking to fill their own .But the love by hypocritical to hide. That true ,but if you like a false ,it must be rejected real .So life first love object should be their own, to write poems for himself ,and his dialogue ,in a space of quiet ,listening to my own heart beat and breathing .Hypocritical relationresultHave a feelingin the deep heart only ,without knowing the corner ,only a day can make such as memory ,let it Tao turbulent entangled, like in general ,finally coming back to reality, soul feel a mirage of diffuse and brilliant .This is my chance to see tired please cigarette paper Jiao burst of feeling .Sometimes I think, and the straightening ,seems to female more very, generally will not let emotions exposed ,always bear ,perhaps only in smoke in the moment ,or in alcohol intoxicated when, the pent-up emotions will be exposed .So ,sometimes I feel alive tired ,but we like the name ,tired on the cigarette ,might also be a good lonely way .Husband of good wine ,drink for a long time, also in the local famous, still belong to a good ,impression, my home is a dimple ,previously lived in the school with a small courtyard house ,although small ,but very wide yard ,the yard can often be barbecue ,then I go to riverside find the firewood is useful ,also have colleagues got something ,boss take ,Hezekiah liquor, the yard is a best place to keep friends .We drink too much of the various state of different expressions, the very next day also ,materials ,met also can be fun .At that time ,I will not drink, husband of training I drink man pull ,man is the local Lisu a special ,kills a tender ,to open ,some like chopped, some like large, with sumac boiled fried fried ,spicy ,brittle bones ,just the people poured in brewed rice wine ,a wine stew ,not too much, plan how many ,each bowl, the wine and aroma of natural compatibility ,some assembly to allow children to gnaw bone ,children are more like the kind of flavor ,but also has the condition .It is said that this man with Shujin live effect, but also the treatment of some diseases of the female department ,Lisu woman confinement to drink man pull .Drink man pull must take the advantage of cold drink ,Rhus oil will be tired ,full dip in the side of the bowl, but also a kind of greasy ,sticky feeling ,if drinking habits ,but also addiction .Now the man of many types ,as long as you love the taste, what has made against a speculation of the drink ,however ,the flavor is better to drink some .I don to eat ,my bowl ,I was drinking it ,give my husband ,straightening ,in don changed to his interest, let him eat the good stuff ,seemed to him .He was training to drink man pull ,but also because he likes to drink ,I don the smell of smoke ,alcohol ,always make can ,the heart is not good, will argue with him, he will be tired ,changes the method training me, let me feel the taste of wine ,I also like this . Man pulling the unique flavor .Later ,husband to change jobs into the city ,I hill ,I almost not at home ,he is more free, drink ,smoke not act recklessly and care for nobody ,no trouble ,and more .Therefore ,there is always a ,has never abandon ,even age than seniority .I occasionally go into town ,because at the end of the month will rest for a few days ,often to see his friends to my home to drink ,though he always said: my wife down ,she said that drinking too much does not have the meaning ,although she did not praise me ,also do not criticize me ,but ,I also feel drunk get drunk .We speak Nike Free 5.0 Men Shoes one time ,also won because I would not come back ,we are accustomed to drink together in the talk of everything under the sun ,disappear for several days ,he missed ,he and those with a sense of ,and my feeling is also deep, and I also easy-going ,know can him, can be his assimilation ,slowly accustomed .If one day without wine to accompany him ,I will accompany him to drink a cup of ,make a pot of tea ,red tea ,diffuse ,white juice ,transparent and pure ,is the local people own brewing ,no alcohol ,the degree is not high ,very bright, but drink or not, as he and his friends often joke ,wine still can not drink ,do not drink to drink too sentimental ,it ,if you drink too much ,really do not .I usually wouldn let him drink ,the most he than me one more drink ,however, will not be drunk ,but also increase the life of fun, that seems not drunk state ,also can really make body fusion a warmth ,generally are also relatively easy to fall asleep .With his drinking, nature also is I straightening and flexible time .At that time ,there is a princess or queen feeling ,what to eat, that gave him a sound ,there ,he will do for you ,want to drink ,he can give you to the edge, but also a friendly and caring to remind you ,don .I don her drinking pattern ,only the feeling of face burns ,experience ,and perhaps a few charming ,otherwise how could so spoil my husband We always with speaking ,usually to silence him, drinking too much can fly say to daughter eyebrow ,can look like, say when love when ignorance and ignorant ,have a pleasant talk together ,watch TV broadcasts entertainment programs ,like the same song and so on, feeling about the past good times ,imperceptibly ,a sleepy feeling .Whenever a scene like this are one kind of happiness quietly diffuse heart .Never denied ,he was just a straightening and vulgar woman ,either in the network through ,or in real life ,I have a kind of food of pyrotechnics custom ,can truly and honestly face their inner .Although a life of many ,so many years ,have you have no chance of coquetry unique ,but that doesnm not soft ,flexible time release in need ,I still soft as . Yesterday ,like a green worm ,through memory pod ,leaving biting mark .This is yesterday a Wen to my feeling .He saw a large green leaves ,green crystal clear ,but there is a small ,appearing a misshapen beauty ,let him be filled with a thousand regrets burst .And I want to say, the story yesterday ,there is always a warm flow over the heart ,with the memory of the wind passing through ,even had the pain and suffering, had the vicissitudes of life, had hurt ,but settling down is happy, the rest are better days .Monkey king to remember , relationresultSchool of excellence is the T ,a famous public school .Our story main surface in this school .But only this year enrollment is three three students ,class .My father is a business, because it is busy with her work ,do not have too much time to take care of noisy ,so keep a lot of bad habits make to a private school .Noisy once said ,but is too naughty too active !She suspected her son has ADHD ,because he wasn for a while but sleep ,son really let her be at a loss what to do ... ... But come to school soon became known as the king of mischief .He is in class when not to provoke not your own stationery pieces of eight and this is his best performance; when he is eating not eating leftover bone in a soup with rice but not in the dining table is the most that the teacher was pleased pattern .Our story occurs in students dormitory at the Residence .The first layer of students Residence lived in primary school students in lower grades ,each dormitory eight ,lower, lower gray iron closet and washbasin washbasin .Residence facilities ,toilets ,room, bathroom ,drinking machine ,central air conditioning ... ... So the Residence is closed management ,the students return to the dormitory can not free access ,washed in the rest .1006 is the lower grade student dormitory ,it is located in the duty room for too ,but lived here, help spread a number ,is located in the door left hand position .But returned to the Residence ,leave the teacher considered ,more act recklessly and care for nobody ,as Sun Wukong left the Buddha palm .Noisy in the dorm havoc in heaven ,not climb to the shop to get the thing is getting to students and students of cat ,in this limited space ,the closet and the washbasin is noisy toys .Inevitably the wardrobe shift ,get my face basin ,so the chest per day were played tinkling ,in a month broke the seven eight foot basin basin .1006 facing the duty room ,every principal director class dorm gathered in a duty room, 1006 discipline problems were a day schedule, every room blackboard are noisy breach of discipline records ,noisy Monkey King title spread like wildfire .But under the name gray iron chest skin skin .But his dirty clothes and smelly socks stuffed in the wardrobe ,closet Phi again for he could no longer ,Phi in noisy shaking towels and shed a few tears ;the most detestable is he to Phi practice Shaolin boxing, wardrobe in noisy cuff and kick off a piece of leather under ,in the tinkling sound masking ,Phi the teeth bite jumping ring ;when the noisy climb for falling paper plane, Phi hard to hit her ,and in the other by kicking him out of the bottom of homeopathy .Be in after lights-out, practice a day time noisy asleep soon .The students are gradually quiet down ,breathing even if to go to sleep, the entire floor is silent .Be made out of leather in the deep and quiet when taking the blame be up his hat ,he waited for the teacher on duty post check places ,in considering how to make revenge .Noisy turns a lower body ,large arm out of the blanket to a corner of the quilt kicking off in ,take at phi .Pipi a bared ferocious smile ... ... Skin skin stretched oppressed long side of the cranium ,gently it also slightly sore face ,moved up for too long ,he will never let this good opportunity .He moved slowly along the ride in his quilt to climb up ,rode into the sleeping boys .Make fast asleep ,he is dreaming .He went to the coveted virgin forest to explore, through a tree mixed forest, through a flower-filled meadows ,then through a swamp ,waded a clear stream ,a mountain stands in front ,he tried hard to find a clump of dense shrubbery, hidden ,heard of this is the mysterious mountain ,the sea-robbers inside magic treasure .He disappeared into the darkness ,blinding ,cold let shiver all over though not cold .He had to feel to crawl ,crawl through a stone block and lot ,and climb over a piece of land ,is to gradually open ,vaguely see a flickering oil lamps ,lamp in one side of the stone table .Apparently come sign ,he is thinking of is moving forward or backward point ,eyes flashed into a shadow ,the shadow closer and closer ,is a short side of the monster ,looks familiar ,like where seen, also cannot think of it at the moment ,but he and his fight ,you punch him one foot a few rounds down ,but finally due to exhaustion by the monster is pressed on the lower ,how to also earn off, almost suffocated . Today I revenge monster in the noisy laugh . You ~ ~ you ~ ~ is He Fang divine Even dead ,let ~ ~ so ~ ~ I dead understand The monster still laugh :good !Good !Today I will let you die !I was originally a piece of possessed the iron chest, be nine gods of female seal in your sleeping under the plate ,let me be free .I is one of the first 365 days, I swore an oath :if there is anyone out there who rescued me, I will give him my mountain treasure half .In this position is an obedient child ,I didn realize my desire ;in second 365 days again I swore an oath :who can give me freedom I will give him my all treasure in Shandong .However, in the bit is an honest and pragmatic girl, I didn realize my desire ;in third 365 days again I swore an oath :who can save me I give him all my treasure will be his servant ,for he follow sb. .This is when your monkey king lived ,I always put hope on you ,but you let me suffer insult ,so I changed my oath :if you can get me out of your board and I will kill you !Like listening to a cold sweat ,with full force shouted: !Help. Noisy sound in the silence of the rush in 1006 dormitories to on duty room ,the teacher hurried to 1006 view ,push the door with a flashlight one one again ,still the noisy balderdash ,like be bound hand and foot only in turning around .The teacher came up to him ,however nearly is something to trip over ,with a flashlight as a block in the passage ,it is an iron chest, no good foot figure out .Now see a long way out of a fight .Make over a lower body ,in his dream ,being noisy is Phi clamped to the emergency ,nine gods of female in time ,while in the phi cover finger seal ,he will never speak !The teacher on duty up full of sweat and noisy, noisy said had a nightmare .He felt he was late yesterday arch out iron wardrobe ,closet is lie on his board, that was really nine gods of female uniforms ,can fall asleep .Since then other dare not drill at the bottom ,and every day to clean clothes neatly in the closet, the closet together along a straight ;no more broken basin and basin ,lest they take revenge !Since then ,people forget about ever Monkey King title, 1006 were rated as five star hostel .

I've been on soft foods for almost 5 weeks now. I am supposed to be getting between 1000-1200 calories a day, but for the first couple of weeks was only getting 700-900. My weight loss slowed to a crawl, lucky to lose a pound a week. Lately, I've been more consistent in getting over 1000 a day, and in the couple of weeks that I've been doing so, I've lost 3 pounds each week. I do think that my body was holding tight to everything it could get when I was eating under 1000 calories. I had the same experience when I was on the Points program at Weight Watchers about 10 years ago (when it first came out). I lost more weight when I would eat at the high end of the Points range. So yes, I do think it can be a problem if you are not eating enough each day. My nutritionist recommends 1000-1200 calories a day, or 1200-1400 depending on activity level.

please help!!! i have been spoiled rotten to have 5 weeks off so far from having my surgery on dec. 8.I have always been a "night owl" and usually sleep til 8-9am..i have custody of my 18 month old granddaughter , and i have been lucky to make it out the door every day by 10 -10:30 to take her to her babysitter . i go back to work on the 21st and need to be there by 8 am!!! I feel there is NEVER enough hours in the day and am worried to death about getting up in time to get myself AND the baby ready ...not to mention EAT as well!!!!Any pointers i can do in this next week to prepare myself to get on track again ??? I am sooooo dreading this , but have no choice !! i stay sleepy all the time ...weather i go to bed at 8pm or 12 am!!!any pointers are appreciated !!!!!!!

I was the same I only lost A stone and put on 5 lb before my first fill, I just had my second and I'm down about 22 lbs. Only started to lose after my first fill but I lost a pound or 2 a week. I didn't really try too hard either. It's very hard the first few months, I went from been a very happy person to crying, angry, delirious!!!! Only when I got my fill and got some restriction did that stop. And no matter what anyone says, you do think your the one that will lose the weight quickly! Unfortunately it doesn't happen for alot of people until after a few fills. Good luck with your journey x

I don't eat every three hours. In the morning I have a cup of coffee, and a Protein shake. lunch is usually a Soup, low fat chili, or a grilled chicken salad. Then dinner I have a protein (tilapia, scallops, shrimp, chicken sausage) and a veggie. Then I have an evening snack - cocoa roast almonds, power bar pria bar, or a sugar free ice pop. I know its tough to find time to work out but that has made all the difference to me. I work 60 hours per week and have a 2 year old so I hear you. I started working out late at night when everyone is sleeping. That has really worked for me. I am so not a morning person. You just need to find the time that works for you. One thing that really got me started was getting a trainer the first couple of months to get me on the right track. It is kind of pricey but so worth it if you can swing it. My advice would be to really track your calories. In the beginning I thought I was eating well but when I tracked calories I was way over!! Now I know if I want to treat myself to something I just adjust my workouts. I keep losing and I don't feel deprived. I wish you much success! You can do it!

Agree, I notice too that when I'm not taking my supplements like I should I also start feeling like I'm not "connecting" properly. It might be a good idea to get the panels checked. I make sure I get mine done regularly. That said I'm about a month overdue, but that's only because I've had to reschedule my appt. I'm up in a few weeks.

I had surgery on Jan 10th and I am on the post-op liquid diet, I am following the rules and have only lost 5 lbs. Is this normal? What is the average weight loss during the post-op phase? Isn't it abnormal to be on liquids and not lose? How much did you all lose after 2 weeks... Should I be concerned?

It's easy to fall into old habits, even once you're a vet. It's a learning process. No worries, I'm sure you're fine. It's just a matter of needing to go slow and steady. For me, at least, measuring was critical for a very long time. Even now it's all to easy to think I've eaten very little or a lot in a day but it isn't until I track everything that I see I was on target. We forget how many bites we've taken, our memory of what we've eaten is easy blurred if we're distracted. Next time, set aside a nice little portion for yourself and see how it settles before attempting anything more! And if it's any consolation, I was making huge batches of hummus for an event a few weeks ago and did the same darn thing. I didn't feel sick but I ate to the point of being full and uncomfortable because I was snacking on chickpeas as I was making salads and hummus. A handful here, a handful there and it adds up! My problem lies more in getting distracted by what I'm doing and forgetting to eat regular meals and Snacks. We all have our bad habits to overcome, and some of these challenges are with us for the long haul. ~Cheri

When all else fails, call your surgeon. If there's no redness/swelling/odor/discharge around the incision site you're likely ok. At 1 week out I still had all my steri-strips and bandages over my incision sites. Do you have a drain? That may make your incisions feel a little funny, if the drain sponge is running underneath them.

I have a large bruise also. I think it's from the slight extra pressure that they use to insert the needle into the port. Mine has been like that for a week. I just had it done again yesterday again, so I can imagine how I'm gonna look bruise-wise. I think you'll be fine.

I wrote him back , he wants you to adversitse your before and after pics for ANOTHER company . So basically they want you to use your pics from another doc to promote another docs its deceiving . I thought it might at first be for a "general" lap band deal or something . But its not its for lapband411.com . THEN He wanted me to send him my before nd after pics THEN he would send me a model release yeah I dont think so !!! RUN !!! Mindy I got this message from him : Hi Mindy...GREAT!! It's really amazing to see results like yours. I've had my own weight gain and loss issues but nothing like all the battles I've read about over the last two weeks. Lap-band is amazing and really happy for you. The ad is for a b4 & after, such as yours and it is for lapband411.com's future campaign. We would even love to have your energy shown through a short testimonial of how it has changed your life. Feel free to email me a good before and after showing the dramatic change and I'll provide the model/image release form. We will be selecting the final 3 individuals by monday, next week! Best email for sending attachments is matthewbsteiner@gmail.com as it allows for large image attachments.

OK, I was banded one month today and believe me when I say I was exactly where you are now mentally. You WILL feel better next week but do not do too much take it easy and talk about your experience with anyone who will listen. You took a very big step and you will take some time to digest (no pun intended) everything that you will be doing for the rest of your life. I didn't have too much pain only feeleing sore, but just take it easy and do everything your doctor and nutritionist tells you to do. get through the liquids and you will start to feel better when youare taking in full liquids. Just reach out to me if you need support, that's what we are here for. OK. I hope you have a family that will support you in every way, or some close friends too. That really helps, oh this web site is awesome too. All the best always, Andrea :cool2:

Hi I am Danielle and I got banded on Oct. 4. First 3 weeks were fine but as soon as I was able to eat real foods my appetite increased and I am still at the weight I was the day I got my staples Out which is 10 pounds lighter. I basically been dieting on my own but it is hard because the reason I got the lapband was to help my portions Cause once I get started a girl can GO, so its getting frustrating. My first fill is Nov. 14 hope things getting better

Yes, I got my appetite back in about one week. Do you get to advance to mushies soon? I was able to do so on day 14 and then it got easier. On day 30 I advanced to solids and it was much, much better. Once you get more solid food in, you should be less hungry...that liquid just flows right through!

My surgery date was 9/30/14 SW: 281 CW: 179 I am not "cured", let me start by saying that. My old eating habits are coming back. A chip there, a bit of a cookie there. I tell myself that I'll run later and I always do, but it's got me in a stall of 175-183 for about a month now. It's the first month that I've lost very little. I am incredibly proud of all I've accomplished, but am so scared of "replasing" with my food addiction. My question is this.. I have a lot of willpower when it comes to knowing I need to make a change and was very curious if anyone had tried a "pouch reset". I'm just wondering if going back as if I just had surgery would be what I needed to get over the hump. I found this website http://obesitycoverage.com/the-pouch-reset-losing-weight-after-weight-regain/ and thought maybe it would give me a boost toward my goal. I would feel much better about slipping some with my eating habits once I'm at my goal, not 30 or 40 lbs from it. One big thing I can pat myself on the back for is continuing to exercise. I typically exercise 60-75 minutes 5 to 6 days a week. I just have to get this eating thing down!!!!!!

In my case, I skipped the sleep study. My wife had been complaining for the past few years that I snored and kept her awake. So there was a good chance that I had sleep apnea. When the specialist examined me he wanted to have me take a sleep study. I declined. I said that the condition might disappear with surgery, so if I am having the same problem after surgery, I might consider it. Well I had the surgery and within a few weeks my snoring stopped. Sometimes my wife would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at me intently. I was sleeping so soundly, she thought I was dead and not breathing.

My OB/GYN thinks that I have had PCOS since I was a teen/puberty. I have 4 children. This isn't me trying to boast. I'm currently on Mirena. All of the times I got pregnant I was on the mini pill. Progestin-only no other hormone. I've only conceived between these weights. 230lb to 270lb. I'm not sure how uncommon it is for that to balance someone out. During blood work, Progesterone and Vitamin D are the only levels that ever showed up alarmingly low for me. So my OB/GYN recommended Mirena instead to make sure I don't have an accidental pregnancy or trouble with continuous bleeding and sporadic periods. I feel slightly embarrassed and erroneous saying I'm technically infertile. Without the mini pill, I likely wouldn't have been able to have children. I wonder if seeing an endocrinologist specifically for fertility-related reasons would help just to raise whatever is low. I was also on 500mg of Metformin with my last baby so that may have also been at work with the progestin. I hope I'm not being offensive to you or your OB/GYN. Maybe I was just a rare case that isn't similar to most PCOS hormone imbalances. So this wouldn't be helpful at all. I just thought it might be worth a shot later on. I'm only done with the first stage of my insurance for Weight Loss Surgery. I don't have a surgery date yet. I was just told by the weight loss clinic that my file was processing this last week and I'd hear back in 2-6 weeks. I hope everything goes well for you and the weight loss is enough to right everything naturally and that you find something to prevent it in the meantime if that's what you are trying to do. ❤️

Find out what your insurance requires. Then, if you've met all the requirements, the surgeons office should file all paperwork with the insurance company for you. Then you wait to see if approved or denied.....if denied the insurance company will say why and you work on it from there! That is the way it was my my situation....some are better, some worse. My insurance co. wanted a psych eval after a 3 month dietician approved diet. After that was complete, we filed and they came back with a denied decision. They said I needed to prove I had been overweight for over 5 years.....got ahold of Gynecologist and regular physician, produced paperwork, surgeon filed an appeal and I was approved about 6 weeks later. Good luck, hope everythings works out well!

In what order does everything happen from the beginning... I faxed some paper work into the Dr. office. Will I be set up with the initial meeting. I have already attended a seminar. Then when does the Dr try to get pre-authorization from the Ins. co. Is that before or after the psych eval.? I have requested all my records from previous dr's. Should have them with in a week or so. Just wondering what stages you went thru?? And the length of time it took. :help: TIA, Rosanna

Self pay in Ohio first consultation 254 Surgery date 9/26/12 244lb Today 226 Calorie count 500/800 Workouts: walking 3/5 Miles a day, bike riding, every other day slim in 6 , when the weather is bad for walking/bikeI do the elliptical trainer, soon adding kettle bell work outs. I try to get in 60 mins a day 7 days a week. 50/80 grams protein 64oz fluids My fitness pal : mombrb

Thanks for your encouraging post. Sadly, I've tried all different BCP's, Natural Progesterone Cream, Metformin, Acupuncture....However I haven't taken Clomid due to my extra weight. I'm thinking I may give that a try once I'm down to 215/200 or 1 year post-op at least. I know that I sometimes ovulate, and my OB-GYN thinks I have had several chemical pregnancies. Gives me hope to know that others struggled and still got pregnant. Good luck with your pre-op, it took me a year to get the courage to make an appointment, and was approved in three months, but waited six due to work/grad school/time off etc. It's been a bit of a rollercoaster three weeks, but I'm down over 25 pounds so I can't complain.

I think everyone is a bit different. I can drink a 5 oz glass of wine over an hour, no problems. I'm at 12 weeks.

I was on liquids for 3 weeks post op. I'm a little jealous!