Hi guys!

I'll reach my first month of banded in a couple of days, in 3 days i'll start to introduce solid (but soft) foods, and i was thinking about starting a diet to give a boost in my weight loss. I'm planning a cancun vacation with hubby in 2.5months, and i really want to be out of the 200lb house! I know is only a dream, and almost impossible lol but i would love to shred as much as possible.

Am i crazy? Lol is too early for that?

I only had this idea, as my new stage diet is mostly lean Protein, soft vegies, soft/cooked fruit, and so is the first stage of the diet in the book, and by the time the book stage changes, i'll be also ok to go to grain, etc in my lapband diet!

So? Thoughts? Lol

you have a lap band (to help you eat less), why start a diet? just eat your allotted portions (is it 1 cup for you?) and make healthy choices and lose weight that way....

I dont have restriction yet ;( i have 3 more weeks until my first fill, and it seems easy following recipes and guides in a book hahaha

Sure, no harm in starting a diet. But losing 40+ lbs in 2.5 months may be a little too unrealistic?

You can always diet with the band. But to use the band as it's intended and to learn how to live with and utilize it's magic, eating diet food may not be the best approach. Almost all of us are on a diet, a diet of healthy foods. This diet allows us to naturally eat fewer bad foods.

tmf

Nooo, not 40+!

I'm at 227lb now! So, 27 lb would be good lol

Your profile said 240 so that's the figure I used.

It's very hard to lose more than 8 lbs a month. You need to burn 3500 calories to lose 1 lb. If your amount of calories to maintain is 1700 and you eat 1000 and burn off 300 more in exercise, you will be burning off 1000 calories per day more than you consume. So, 1000 X 30 = 30,000/3500 = 8.5 lbs lost.

Good luck and don't forget the exercise!

tmf

Oh, i forgot to change there will do that tonight!

I'm going to try and see how it goes. The worse it could happen is not loosing all the weight i expect right? Lol

And YES! Im doing lots of walk (as i cant fully exercise until week 6).. I'm also doing drainage lymphatic massage 3x a week, that helps with inches and helps in not retaining Water

The Diet as you describe it sounds a lot like Atkins or South Beach, either one of which is lap band friendly. Just pay extra attention to portion sizes as most diets do lot limit these as much as may be needed for the band. Eat small bites, chew thoroughly and avoid white carbs. You should lose just as much weight just following lap band post surgery diet rules. If you need recipes, many can be be found on this site.

The Diet as you describe it sounds a lot like Atkins or South Beach' date=' either one of which is lap band friendly. Just pay extra attention to portion sizes as most diets do lot limit these as much as may be needed for the band. Eat small bites, chew thoroughly and avoid white carbs. You should lose just as much weight just following lap band post surgery diet rules. If you need recipes, many can be be found on this site.[/quote']

Yes, its very similar to those!

Last time i did, i lost about 20lb in 40days, but of course- gained back after lol

So, hopefully the band will help me not gain back lol

I'll start thursday