Hi Everyone:

I was banded in August and am having a hard time controlling my eating. I work out 6 days a week. 3 spins, 3 runs and 3 weight. I feel hungry all the time. Can you all offer some suggestions on menu items and when I should be eating?

I have a very busy schedule. I am up at 7 am take the kids to school, work out for 1.5 hours, go home (clean, laundry, get dinner started etc.), pick the kids up and head to work by 4. I work till 12 am and don't get to bed before 1 am so I am going all day.

I will be having a fill in March but need to get my eating under control. I have lost inches and a few pounds but nothing drastic. I started at 236 and an down to 210. Gained a few during the holidays and now am trying to get back on track.

Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you so much.

How much water/liquid are you drinking? Are you staying away from caffiene and sodas? How many calories are you taking in daily?

I'm glad you have an appointment with your doctor in March, but perhaps he would be willing to move that appointment up a little? It sounds like you need a fill if you have REAL hunger. If you have head hunger and are finding it hard to resist, try drinking water/Crystal Light/diet Snapple or get up and find something to do with your hands that will take you mind off of it. Knit, crochet, do crosswords, sudoku or scrapbooking. I'm a writer and I work on my book to take my mind off eating.

You are doing the right things, like exercising, but stress makes it harder to lose weight and it doesn't sound like you are getting a lot of sleep, that affects weight loss too. Don't snack between meals or eat while doing something else as you will eat more than you realize. Measure your food and wait 15 minutes after consuming the measured portion before eating more. Sometimes your mind has to "catch up" to your body. Journal your calorie intake. If you can't resist, an between a menu choice might be sugar free popcicles. Make sure you load up on Protein and eat that first ALWAYS during a meal. Stay away from "slippery" foods like Cereal, yoghurt and mashed potatoes.

Keep working hard--you are going to make your goal before you know it!

Hi Everyone:

I was banded in August and am having a hard time controlling my eating. I work out 6 days a week. 3 spins, 3 runs and 3 weight. I feel hungry all the time. Can you all offer some suggestions on menu items and when I should be eating?

I have a very busy schedule. I am up at 7 am take the kids to school, work out for 1.5 hours, go home (clean, laundry, get dinner started etc.), pick the kids up and head to work by 4. I work till 12 am and don't get to bed before 1 am so I am going all day.

I will be having a fill in March but need to get my eating under control. I have lost inches and a few pounds but nothing drastic. I started at 236 and an down to 210. Gained a few during the holidays and now am trying to get back on track.

Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you so much.

Gad's you are doing the triple career thing full time mom, housekeeper and a job too. You are squeezing in the exercise and run out of time when it comes to sleep. You must be exhusted. From what you wrote, you are on the go all the time. I don't care what anyone says living on less than 6 hours sleep a day isn't healthy it's worse than sleeping too much. It lowers your immune systems ability to fight off infections it saps away your mental resiliance and good humor leading to depression and with that a search for something to compensate and perhaps slip back into the comforting arms of food.

I am sure that you can't step away from your obligations to family and work so take an hour in the middle of the day for a nap, if the kids are old enough ask them to help a bit more to relieve some of your stress. Talk to your doctor explain your concerns and how anxious it makes you when the progress seems so meager against the effort you believe you are expending. Have a real lovefest with the slow cooker its a life saver for someone as busy as you are. Heres a link to a really neat blog in that vein. You will have to be careful and watch the calories but dinner is in the pot.

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

Check this one out too:

http://lapbandeating.blogspot.com/

Good luck

Well if if makes you feel any better I have only lost about 32 since August. I consider my self a good patient. I stay between 900-1200 calories a day and exercise 1 hour a day 7 days a week. I get my water in, have only 1 cup coffee a day and don't snack between meals.