I went last week for my 3rd fill and was told that everything was progressing along very well, I had lost another 12 lbs in the last month. My Dr. was very pleased with my progress, and he told me that I was to come back in 3 months. One of the ladies that was waiting to have her fill was complaining that she had gained 5 lbs since last month. I remembered her from last time and she was talking about all that she still ate and would drink coke products still. I suppose that she did not learn anything from the last time. She was ahead of me to get her fill, and when she came out of the room she looked upset and said that the Dr. had really bitched at her, and she thought that he was rude for doing that. She knew ahead of time what was going to be expected of her from this process, our Dr. really goes above and beyond with the educational classes. You really have to give yourself to this process to make it work.

Take care,

A.J.

Agreed. Sometimes some of us (I think all of us do at some point) need some tough love. We've all fallen off the wagon, even if it's just a small slip. This just shows how important it is to follow the band rules. Hopefully she is able to get it together! You can't expect results without effort.

I think sometimes people think the band will do all the work... its just a tool not magic. Hopefully he got that into her head...the soda thing scares the hell out of me ~ I can't tell you how bad I would love to have a soda, but I havent had one since august! Thats what I miss more than anything...but its not worth it!

Hey AJ when were you banded?

Even it you are following the rules it can be easy to rationalize problematic behavior. I was diligently following my doctors food orders. Once I got to solids though I started to have peanut butter cravings. That eventually moved to honey nut crunchy which was disasterous. I was eating a small jar a week. Keep in mind thats like 160 cal for 2 tablespoons! But I was telling myself it was protein so it was okay. It could be but not in the amounts I was eating. Luckily I appear to have lost my interest in peanut butter. I was making my nephew Hershey Kiss cookies and tasted my PB to see if it had gone bad. It was fine but I had no desire to eat it.

Hey AJ when were you banded?

I was banded on 11-19-2010.