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Is Food Still Your Enemy...

OMG people, I'm having a rough patch!!! :blushing: I luv to eat - duh, that's what put me in this spot to begin with.

But I'm wondering if I'm out on a limb with the food struggle. I'm doing the right things but I feel like that deprived stepchild. What really added insult to injury is I cooked a healthy Soup, mixed veggies, fat free broth, lean ground turkey, french bread (regular white) and wheat Pasta... why oh why have I gained 3 lbs?!?! I know it's not much but when doing what I can...my guess it was the bread & pasta; eventhough I didn't eat a jethro bowl or 5 pieces of bread - so I just stopped eating any of it and cut back more....but I'm in a nasty funk about it!!!

Am I alone on this.....I feel like it?

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Your not alone!!! I was banded about a month after you...food is a never ending battle! I had my first fill yesterday and still can eat as much as I could before the fill..so frustrating. I have lost some weight but its been 80% me and 20% the band. the doctor even put in 3cc's yesterday for a total of 4 and still not good restriction. I havnt lost any weight in 2 weeks. I did find that if I eat carbs I dont lose at all..but if I cut out on the carbs and eat more protein and some veggies I start losing a little again. Carbs make me feel bloated and I honestly think that for some people carbs just dont work. Good luck in your journey..its definitly a process and not one that goes fast, at least for most people.

Two different topics here.

1) Do you have sufficient restriction? It takes some people 3-5+ fills to achieve this.

2) Are you creating a calorie deficit? Is the deficit too big? Are you exercising sufficiently?

Good luck... lots of trial and error but you'll know when you have it figured out because a light bulb will turn on in your head! :blushing:

Brad

I think adding things like carbs (pasta and bread) to a soup sabotage your efforts. Make the soup without the whites next time and limit it to only one bowl a day and you will see more success I am sure. Many doctors say no soup later in the diet because it just slips through the band and you most likely eat more than 4 grams of it at a sitting (excluding the liquid in it)

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It's a struggle but today, I ate nothing white but turkey meat. I'm doing the Protein & walking; can't do anything strenuous b/c of my fibromyalgia so that may be my slow weightloss down fall. I have some restriction but I can still eat more then half cup at one time. I'll schedule another fill in another week or so.

One day at a time.....today was a decent day. Let's pray for tomorrow.Thanks for the support and pointers.

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