No fills and still large weight loss ?? How ??

steelerfan1 · October 3, 2011

The band was just enough of a mental thing for me telling me I dont need to eat like a piggy no more . I dont need to sit down and eat a large sub and 4 slices of pizza. I can sit down and eat a slice or two of pizza and I am happy with that and that is what I wanted.

I told the doc when I first met him I do not want to be where I only eat a three bites of food and I am done , or I can only eat 1/2 cup of food that just isn't me and to be honest and this is my opinion only I dont think it teaches you anything eating that way. My friend relied so much on her band with the restriction part of the band that she learned nothing from her band and when she lost it , she gained all her weight back because she didn't learn the lessons on how to eat and I dont want to be like that . If I lose my band tomorrow I want to know that I can go forward losing weight because I have learned the proper ways of losing weight if that makes sense.

I wanted to get the band to teach me how to eat healthy, how to eat all my favorite foods in moderation , teach me Portion Control. teach me how often to eat my favorite foods . Like the above poster said to eat normal human being portions .

If you watch most thin people they eat 4-6 oz of Protein , a carb and veggie for their meals that is what I wanted .

The band alone is a reminder that I dont need to go back for second or thirds no more , that I can eat a nice dinner and be happy with that .

My weight loss is probably slower doing it this way but that is okay , I'm learning how to eat, and I'm learning more about myself also . I am a much stronger person I never knew that till I had this surgery .

Maybe one of these days I will go get a fill who knows it could be next month, it could be never but I'm happy with my 5 pounds per month. and still enjoy all my favorite foods that I enjoyed before I got the band .

A guy in my support group lost over 200 pounds with this band and it was totally empty . He was a big inspiration to me when I saw him and heard him talk about how he did things.

Dibley Dawn · October 3, 2011

A guy in my support group lost over 200 pounds with this band and it was totally empty . He was a big inspiration to me when I saw him and heard him talk about how he did things.

that is amazing. I really hope that this is what happens to me, that I don't ever have to have a fill but that I can still lose weight. even if i stopped losing weight, I am fine where I am. i just don't want to gain any back. that would probably be the only reason that I would ever get a fill is if i start gaining copius amounts of weight back. i am hoping that by relearning how to eat, that won't be neccessary

steelerfan1 · October 3, 2011

that is amazing. I really hope that this is what happens to me, that I don't ever have to have a fill but that I can still lose weight. even if i stopped losing weight, I am fine where I am. i just don't want to gain any back. that would probably be the only reason that I would ever get a fill is if i start gaining copius amounts of weight back. i am hoping that by relearning how to eat, that won't be necessary

Same here Dawn I never had problems losing weight my problem is I couldn't keep it off that is where I ran into huge problems. I wasn't a bad eater to begin with , I mean I did eat pizza to much or pig out at McDonald's but as far as cooking at home , I never fried foods, I was never a big sweets eater, and never a big carb eater I just didn't know how to control portions at meal times .

I have struggled the last couple of months and its my fault. Eating the wrong foods, not getting off my butt to exercise . But, the one thing I can say is even through these last two months of struggling I have not gained a single pound of weight . I have never done that before in my life just stayed the same weight. Without my band I would be back over 300 pounds by now. So I am very thankful just for that !!!

I need to get back into that zone I was when I had my surgery and I would be good to go again . My one year anniversary with the band is coming up next month and my goal is to have 75 pounds off me . That is about 10 more pounds so signed up for my Zumba classes again and starting off fresh again this week and see what happens .

I will be more then happy with 75 pounds off me ., my one yr anniversary of not smoking is next week , I have dropped a size in clothing and shoes lol. A girl cant ask for more then that in a years time

Dibley Dawn · October 3, 2011

Congrats on quitting smoking and on the weight you have lost. and happy almost 1 year surgiversary. I hope i am successful at keeping my 70 pounds off after 1 year. i think that is the scary thing. i can lose weight pretty easily but i can't keep it off. i'm still in my "yeah sure i've lost weight, but it'll probably come back with a vengeance" phase mentally.

for instance, i cleaned out my closets this past weekend and donated a lot of plus size clothing, but I did keep several things that I really loved that are now too big for me...just.in.case. i know that is the wrong mindset, but only time will tell. and hey, if summer rolls around and those things are still too big, well, that box will go out. but i just couldn't let go of everything. I did only allow myself to keep 10 shirts. the rest went out.