I've found that to lose, I must assist the band. So I embarked on the "6-week body makeover, and I am having great results. My impression is that we still need to help this band along, and it will help us with not regaining the weight as it has been in the past

What do you think?

I changed my lifestyle.

I changed my diet (not going on a diet, I overhauled the way I eat, made the way my family and I eat something we can live with forever) changed my exercise habits (again, nothing that is too hard to live with forever), and worked on my outlook on life.

These three things helped me take the weight off with the help of the band. I am doing nothing different now while maintaining, than I did while I was losing.

i did a complete 180 ... pre-banding i DID NOT MOVE. if i wanted something to eat / drink and i was on the couch i would ask DH to get it for me. i didnt want to walk down the driveway to get the mail (our driveway is 1 car lenght long). when we went shopping, instead of parking, i would have DH drop me off in front of the store and then go park... i am actually very embarrassed by this now... to think of what my DH thought ... :think

i ate garbage all the time. i would buy a HUGE bag of Reese's Peanut Butter cup mini's and eat that. a 4 lb bag would last maybe a few days.. when we went out for dinner we always got an appetizer and dessert.

NOW:

i wake up at 445 to go work out for at least 45 minutes - cardio and strength

i have a personal trainer

i eat right about 85 - 90% of the time i still need to work on this

when we go shopping, i just tell DH to pull into the first spot i see as opposed to the closest ...

i LOVE what my life has become.

losingjusme- That's a really touching story! I haven't had the guts to face my demons of bad habits. I don't do them like I use to (things about making fiance do stuff because I'm too lazy to get up and walk), or what I could binge eat.. but it still bothers me to think about.. a bridge I'll cross some other time..

I've found that to lose, I must assist the band. So I embarked on the "6-week body makeover, and I am having great results. My impression is that we still need to help this band along, and it will help us with not regaining the weight as it has been in the past

What do you think?

I have been banded 6-months and have lost 35 lbs without much efforts. I have ordered the 6-week body makeover program and am wondering how you are doing on it so far or if you are still doing it.

I changed everything from my diet to exercise. I don't look for the closest parking place anymore, I don't do any of that anymore. Everything has changed.

I eat like a bird and I started to hit the gym about 5 or 6 weeks ago. I'm down 20 lbs since I started to work out again.