Hello all! okay here is my question .... i have given up almost every food i ever ate that was bad for me since being banded,BUT the one thing i cant seem to give up is monterey jack jalepeno cheese! i ate 2 slices a day (deli slice) my question is could cheese really be the reason i am no longer losing any weight ?! (5 months) some people say its really fattening and some say its no that bad... i sooo hope i dint have to give up cheese!!! I am French we love bread (which i can no longer eat) and we love cheese! lol help !!!:tt1:

i love cheese too especially M.J....i would hate to give it up too

I hate to say it, but yes--it could be holding you back. Not because cheese is "bad," but because two slices a day might bump your caloric intake above where it needs to be each day in order to promote loss.

I love cheese, too. I still eat it, and can't imagine paring it out of my diet. But in your shoes, I think I'd probably try to pare it down--not out. Make it an indulgence, not a two-a-day habit, and see what the scale does.

I don't eat pepper jack but I do eat a cheese stick everyday. I am still fairly early in my Band life but it doesn't seem to be affecting me. I am still playing around with protein and various foods to see what works.

I eat mon jack cheese string two a day for my snacks and they are great. I won't eat the other cheese strings at all. They only have 70 calories each and does the trick for me. I am so addicted to them. They don't seem to be causing me any problems. How many calories are you eating? How much do you work out each day. Maybe you should eat more calories than usual for a day or two then go back down in calories sometimes that tricks your body and you begin to lose agian. In the past it has helped me when stuck in a rutt.