I have Lab Band scheduled for March 8th, was supposed to be today but the schedule filled up before they got my insurance letter. I didn't think I would get approved, so I lost 10 lbs and then had to gain it back before the insurance would approve me. After a week of eating crap, my body was hating me, had horrible stomach pains, throwing up was the only thing that made me feel better. All of my life, I've fought with weight loss. I finally found HCG, which was the only thing that seemed to work for me, but the last 2 years, I've lost it and then once I started eating carbs and sugar again I gain it all back plus 20 lbs more. I'm now at my heaviest, sitting around 240 lbs and I've had enough. I know that it will just be a tool, but I'm hoping that It'll be just enough to help me lose the weight and be able to keep it off for good. After my few weeks of liquids, I'm considering going back on the HCG to boost my weight loss. Has anyone tried the HCG diet after LB and did it work for you? I hate that they are pushing low fat after surgery. I know that eating low fat is bad for me and not healthy. Anything low or no fat has sugar and carbs to make up for the fat, and carbs are my #1 enemy. They want me to drink 2 glasses of skim milk a day, would rather take a calcium supplement or drink 2%. If you're still reading, thank you, and any help, suggestions, support is appreciated.

See I cant eat that much even if i wanted to. I get this horrible presurre at the very back of my throat at the 2 or 3 spoonfull of fish, meat or chicken. So I stop eating. At first I was keeping a log of everything i put in my mouth and i was still not losing weight so when i went to the dr for my fill he told me im stressing out too much and to stop with the log. Well i was less stressed out because i wasnt using the journal but still no weight loss. I will start the journal again, however I really dont have a clue as to what amt of anything i should be eating. How many calories a day do you think i should start with and Protein per day? I was thinking of consuming more protein shakes and getting some protein bars, any you recommend?

Oh. Maybe you're too tight? I don't know. I don't know much about fills because I've never had one..so I can't be of much help there, sorry! Odd, every surgeon I've seen has always urged people to log. As for calories I have no idea, it varies from person to person. For instance I lost on 800 calories, 1200 calories, then had a long long long stall until I finally hit 1800 calories, and then the scale started to move again.

As for protein, I'd go no lower than 80g a day. Invest in a food scale as I mentioned. They're ~$20, not too expensive. For protein bars I stick to Pure Protein and Quest bars, not a fan of shakes, too nasty for my liking and liquids don't fill me up one bit. Go to a local GNC or Vitamin Shoppe and see what they have; buy some single protein bars and find one you like.

Reverie

Your meal plan you described above sounds the most sensible of anything I have read on here. Congratulations on your success!! Can you comment on how much you exercised and what you did?? Prior to P90X....I'm not quite ready for that! Thanks....

Haha, thanks klzahn! Hopefully it can be of some help to you. In the beginning I started off just walking. I'd add in small runs while walking, probably for less than 2-3 minutes at a time because I was still that big and out of shape. Before P90X I did Slim In 6, P90, and P90M. I did a little bit of Insanity but didn't like it too much. Nowadays I do P90X and run 2-3 miles a day. Definitely start out slow but work your way up. I'd never have imagined I'd go from barely being able to run to running nonstop for miles; amazing to me.