OK....I have had a few minor indiscretions in my diet; nothing terrible like a binge or anything. Noticed I am trying bites here and there....and now for the freak out got on the scale and gained 5 lbs this morning! I haven't been walking much due to a cold coming on....I am so back on a liquid diet as of this moment and no more indiscretions for me! I will be focusing on my actual hungar and not my head hungar! So frustrating! Thanks for hearing my rant...it's my fault so I am going to dust myself off and get busy!

good fort you I say every meal is a restart, blame doenst serve any purpose. I have not been getting all my cals, or protient in and have gain 3 lbs doesnt deem far but it is a tight rope we walk on.

have a great new day

line dancer

OK....I have had a few minor indiscretions in my diet; nothing terrible like a binge or anything. Noticed I am trying bites here and there....and now for the freak out got on the scale and gained 5 lbs this morning! I haven't been walking much due to a cold coming on....I am so back on a liquid diet as of this moment and no more indiscretions for me! I will be focusing on my actual hungar and not my head hungar! So frustrating! Thanks for hearing my rant...it's my fault so I am going to dust myself off and get busy!

Ok, clean slate but why liquids? You said you had some indiscretions so you know where you made your mistakes. Start eating band friendly, log your food, exercise and see how that works. Personally doing liquids sounds more like a punishment for yourself. The only reason to go to liquids is if you have irritated your band. Just my two cents.

could have been water retention (or pms) or who knows what...as aj said, going on liquids will help you lose water weight but as soon as you start eating......so eat to lose weight....easy on the snacks....i am a (or i was) a snacker..

Every meal is a new opportunity to do good. Don't be too harsh on yourself, just get back on track. I get frustrated with my lack of weight loss (or gain really, I'm seriously stuck in one spot) and think I'll do a few days of liquids. After those few days and losing a couple pounds, I ease into a regular band-friendly diet, and the pounds creep back on which is 10x more frustrating. Liquids may not always be the answer, they just help cut water weight.

It takes 3500 calories above what your body uses in a day to gain 1 pound. I think you are retaining Water or something. Every now and then I shoot up 2, 3 or 4 pounds and in a day or two it is gone again. LOL.... Really ticks me off tho!!!!!

But, it is always a good wake up call!

It's great to see how you're taking full responsibility for the situation. Log your food, that's the best advice.. I thought I was consuming around 800-1000 calories, and last night I logged what I ate that day, oh surprise, surprise, I consumed almost 1400 calories.. It's not about the amount of food you eat, but the choices you made.

When I got the banded almost 5 years ago, my thinking was.. "Great! I can eat whatever I want, just in smaller portions" no doubt why it didn't work as it supposed, I didn't change my eating habits. This time around, that I got my band fixed it, I am way more conscious of what I put in my mouth.

Good luck, and don't punish yourself, this is a great way to learn what works for you..

Thank you all for your support! I am switching to 3 shakes and a protein and vegetable for dinner. This will be a good start on the right track and I have to journal and count calories. I see others with greater loss than I have shown in the same time frame and I know there are always differences not everyone is the same ....just can't fail at this..... failure is NOT an option for me! Again...thank you all so much for your wisdom and support! I am on track again and hope / no will post better numbers by next week! Another fill on the 16th hopefully I will be seeing green!

Remember that the band only works with solid foods, so doing a liquid diet will cause you to be hungry and be punishment to you for no real reason.

I could see doing a reset on your eating habits with the liquid diet, but I hope this will only be a few days and not something you plan to do long term.

Back on track scale numbers going in the right direction and shakes are working out well with one balanced meal. Thanks again everyone for your support!