I am just about 4 months out from surgery and still feel like there is so much to learn & remember it's overwhelming. Most days I feel like this will never all come togeether. If you remembered nothing else about your new banded lifestyle what would be your top 3 things that are a must that you swear by to be successful? Perhaps if I master a few things at a time and just keep adding on.

1.) Water, Water, Water

2.) Exercise

3.) If you have a bad day/week, just keep on going, don't beat yourself up... keep on keeping on. The weight WILL come off!

1. Exercise

2. Get your Protein in!!!

3. Stay positive - even when you fall off the wagon! Don't let the 'fat person' that may still be in your head begin to talk you down... for me anyway, that's my biggest issue!

Good luck!!!

1) Learn to stop eating one bite before your full signal

2) chew food completly

3) life does not revolve around my band or food

4) don't make it harder than it needs to be

1. Eat to live not live to eat

2. Try as many different healthy foods you can to be successful the same old thing everyday is a sure set up for failure

3. Know that we all got obese because of bad habits and food choices and we didnt go through all this to be fat ever again.

1. Water

2. Don't have trigger foods in your pantry, freezer, cupboards...

3. Excercise

Excersise

lots of water

Snack- don't let yourself get too hungry, that's when your likely to make poor choices.

1. chew, chew, chew

2. put fork down in between chewing

3. exercise

Listen to your stomach, ask youself if you are hungry

Eat slowly, and pay attention to WHAT goes in your mouth

Water

I know what you mean! But I'm figuring out it's pretty much just eat LESS and slowly, drink lots of water (but not b4 or after meals), exercise, eat mostly Protein, watch what goes in your body. Some of the rules seem so nitpicky I don't feel everything in this 50 page book I have from my surgeon needs to be remembered daily. The biggest change for me is just noticing what goes in. Before I'd mindlessly eat, and I was never "hungry". Now I know when I'm hungry, and what I'm eating.

1) Serious exercise

2) FInd a few diet/band meals that you truly enjoy and look forward to. No need to suffer.

3) Don't cheat with some chips and a cookie. Don't cheat at all, but if you're going to lapse, eat something great at least.

1. listen to your doctor. he's there to help you succeed. yes, people here are supportive but only your doctor can tell you what's right for you and your body!

2. don't stop eating all the foods you love. give yourself treats occasionally otherwise you'll end up binging.

3. don't beat yourself up if you give in to temptation. just get back on track the next day! you didn't gain the weight over night so you won't lose it over night either!

WORK OUT HARD EVERYDAY .....never take a day off until your goal is met . I was banded Aug 27 I am down 91 lbs no fills just work hard.

1-water

2-protein

3-exercise and start a new day each day

Pretty much in agreemant with everyone, except you should journal, everything that goes into your mouth.....google calories per day to loose weight, there is a calculator.....mine said 2000, but I easily do between 1200-1500 per day but I also walk/jog between 30 min. and an hour every single day, I also focus on protien, and drink a ton of water.........hope this helps!

Please journal, once you get in the habit....wait let me tell you what I do.....I write down what I ate, when I finished, how many grams of protien, and how many calories....I know vitamins are important, so I have a place where I put a check as soon as i take them, then I have another place where I put how many minutes I got up and moved my ass....btw there are several calculators that let you know how many calories you burned by walking so many minutes.....but as I have said before and was told to me by the guru(ha ha Indiogirl) Bank your damn exercise calories burned....just pretend they never happened/////I gaurantee this will work..Oh Yeah, you will hit plateaus, cause that happens to me all the time...but trust me this will work...Example I will loose 4 or 5 pounds all of a sudden, then nothing for 10 days or more...don't give UP! Just keep following the rules, and the weight will come off!

Hope this helped:)

1). In-person support

2). Water

3). Protein and Vitamins

Cheri