oh i am so depressed....got the band on 15th march 2011....i was 204 lbs then.i went down to 176, now my wt is again increasing.I am 186 today!!!

I live in India am a vegetarian. It is so difficult to follow a high Protein diet here. Why do we need protein to loose wt?

I am feeling quite low today. I dont exercise much due to arthritis. but nor do I eat much.I must be having 1000 cals daily.

Vegetarian or not.. Lapband or not.. Protein is super important

Quinoa, barley

Beans, lentils, legumes

Tofu

Peanuts, almonds, cashews,

Tempeh

Here's a good article

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/healthnutrition/tp/protein.htm

Nows the time to get back on track. You have gained 10 pounds or so, ask yourself what are you going to do? Do you want to give up and gain all of it back, I think the answer is NO. WE feel better inside our bodies with weight loss, plus the health issues that will increase as we age with heavy weight on our bodies.

Check into a swimming pool program, this is excellent exercise for arthritis. It gives good muscle tone development and YOU will lose the weight in a swimming pool. Go 2 or 3 times a week. Your fat will slowly disappear and muscle will return. The more muscle the more calorie burning. This is also excellent in building up leg muscles and should help the arthritis.

Best wishes

Roj is so right I to have arthritis in all joints and had real problems in my hips so I couldn't walk much or dance and I love to line dance. I started to get shots in my back that worked in my hips but what really make it go away is losing 59 lbs now I can dance 2 hrs straight and love it. Swimming is great try to get into that. good luck

you say you "must" be having 1000 calories a day. Are you logging every thing that you are eating? Because if not, you may be eating more than that. To gain weight you need to be eating more than what you are putting out each day. Don't give up though. You lost it once you will do it again. At least you didn't gain it all back! Good luck.

oh i am so depressed....got the band on 15th march 2011....i was 204 lbs then.i went down to 176' date=' now my wt is again increasing.I am 186 today!!!

I live in India am a vegetarian. It is so difficult to follow a high Protein diet here. Why do we need protein to loose wt?

I am feeling quite low today. I dont exercise much due to arthritis. but nor do I eat much.I must be having 1000 cals daily.[/quote']

You need protein to keep you fuller longer, resulting in eating not only less but less often.