Good morning all you Marchies and others who wish to join us. I got on this morning to see how everyone was doing but found us Marchies on page 2 of the threads. We can't have that. We're Marching to success every day and really need each other for support.

I'm going camping this weekend (sort of promised the ring barrer for my son's wedding if he would go down the aisle last weekend we would go camping this weekend). I haven't got things all ready yet. I kept a baby yesterday that I wasn't planning for so got nothing done. The older kids would have thought it were a big deal to help by carrying something like paper towels to the camper. I did have a problem finding clothes to wear camping, you know better than what I wear here at home but not too good. My last years clothes just sort of hang all over me. Swimsuit I bought last year and stuffed my body in sure looks good this year. It will have to do for all camping trips this year because I don't wear them often enough and they're too expensive for just a couple of weeks of wear. It's about time for kids so will sign off. I may not have time to get back on until Sunday night. Everyone have a really great weekend. I am.

I've hit a plateau also...so what's up with that? We are all around 3+ months out, what gives?

I've been at 2cc in my 5cc band since May 8th. At my appt on June 4th I'd lost 6 lbs......a month later I've only lost 1 more lb!!!

I'm kinda dreading my next appt on July 16th, scared to get on the scale and see failure, just like all the other diets before the LB.

I'm gonna try and kick my exercise routine up a notch.

Walking, on average, 12,000 steps a day and around 4000 of those are aerobic steps (60+steps in 1 minutes)

I'm dissappointed in myself, I thought i'd have lost more than 26 lbs by now.

Oh, and WELCOME Cindy!

I've hit a plateau also...so what's up with that? We are all around 3+ months out, what gives?

I am kind of stuck too. I am still working out like a freaking fiend but the scale is not moving.

However my husband took a picture of me yesterday and I didn't want to burn it so I am definitely heading in the right direction.

I think my main problem right now is impatience. I am doing everything right and I want to wake up TOMORROW no longer fat.

Hey Mary!

Like you, my last fill was around the same time your's was ( 5/9). At that time I had lost several pounds---and since...not so much! Aargh. I think I may need another fill--but not sure. I have my next appointment about the same time your next one is--mine is July 11th ( I wish it was sooner--but because of the holiday--that is when it has to be :faint:!)

I am so glad that we have this thread---though we are all on a plateau it seems--we are in it together! :mad:

Denise

Okay my marvelous marchies let's kick the asses of these plateaus together. We got banded together, we've been dealing with fill woes (to fill or not to fill) together, we've all lost some weight together, it's time to knock these plateaus out of the park.

This weekend let's all try to eat on the low end of typical and do more activity. Trim your nails and shave your legs and see if that helps the scale on Monday too! LOL.

Knowing you all are trying harder will make me dig a little deeper too. Who's with me?

Juli

Julie I am with you! I am going to try, try try, this weekend.

I swear I am the most disgusting mom. I have 4 kids, oldest 19. We are driving in the car. My 6 year old is hungry so we stop and get her a cheesburger meal.

I eat 2 fries and a bite from the burger and a tiny sip of pop. My 16 year old (new driver) is driving. I am screaming:eek: for the bag that the food came into because at this point I am PBing out the window of the car.

Are you guys able to judge what you can and can't eat pretty good now. I am not sure why I can't gage it.

I remember reading a post a while back. Somebody said they often would take a big bite of something like a burger. Chew it then spit it out. I thought they were crazy, but I think sometimes you miss that mouth of food.

I am not saying that I am overeating and that is what is causing the PBing, it just seems I am still trying to gage textures and what will go down the smoothest.

Do you think that pretty much it is truly a soft diet?

How do salads go down any suggestions?

I remember reading a post a while back. Somebody said they often would take a big bite of something like a burger. Chew it then spit it out. I thought they were crazy, but I think sometimes you miss that mouth of food.

I am not saying that I am overeating and that is what is causing the PBing, it just seems I am still trying to gage textures and what will go down the smoothest.

Do you think that pretty much it is truly a soft diet?

How do salads go down any suggestions?

I do not eat a soft diet - I love broccoli, meat, even the occasional peanut butter rollover on sprouted whole wheat berry bread.

I find that sometimes on my first bite of food I get a little overexcited and do not take the time to chew chew chew so I get a stuck feeling. It isn't that I can't do the food that I am eating but that I took too big of a bite or did not chew completely.

I love salads but I find that spinach and the softer lettuces go down better - romaine, green leaf, bibb, etc. Iceberg, besides being nutritionally bankrupt, is a hard lettuce and does not go down well for me.

Cool Janine!

I eat salads most days. Typically leaf lettuce or spinach.

Actually it's more like a "bed" of lettuce under the protein I'm eating, be it seared fish or grilled chicken.

Good Lucky

Juli

Hello to you all...I had my banding on March 28th-2007.(St. Francis Bariactric Center of Memphis, TN) I am so glad to have lost just past 33 plus. I need to check my weight, but I am superstitous about doing it every week. Anyway--I am so glad this banding can stop and make me think. I have never ever eaten fish 5 days in a row. I found myself in the fish market buying not 5--but 25 fish. They were small and meal size. Maybe the guy was waiting on me to buy the 13 catfish and 12 drum fish. Right at $22...It was a deal. I have a deep freezer holding all of this. This week--5 meals--fish and veggies--one day--fish and mac and cheese. I told my Doctor that I wanted to boost my weekly weight loss to just over 2.5 to 2.66...She said--maybe that is possible. I got 2 fills so far and this fill seems to be doing the trick. That is 1.6 cc's of water...Not bad.

I do have one problem--my appetite is so tough to take in the morning--it's almost zero. My energy level is "Off the Chain". I mean--I may have to cut back on the anti-depressives. Wellbutrin is known to be a zero weight gain for the appetite and many times--make you lose weight. I will ask my Dr on the next visit about cutting back to a lower dose--since my sleep issues are back. Too much energy. Yesterday(6-30-07) I washed dishes--which is normal. I mopped all of my floors at night since I could not sleep. I found myself re-arranging my bedroom at 1:30 am--could not sleep. Then I mopped the kitchen again. Saying to myself.."Oh--I missed that corner"... This type of energy was never in my body before. I can recall when I had this energy last--when I was in the Army and i was around 27 years old. Most nights when I can't sleep--I am laying on the couch watching TV all night. Thank God--my little 2 bedroom apartment is looking great....hahahahaha...Can't wait to get back to the Gym in August....

Great job on the exercise TammyJ! I was at first disapointed that I didn't totally reach my goal of 10 each of 20, 30, and 40 min sessions......but then I realized......I exercised 25 times this month! This is WAY more than I did pre-surgery. I'm going to keep the same goal for this month. I will reach it. I did increase my 40 min cardio in June, now I just need to increase my 30 min circuit sessions with that.

I'm ready to kick ass this month too! I've loaded up on frozen turkey burgers, talapia, fruit, and veggies. Let's do this!!

We've done it again.

We've made it through one more month, still losing and still motivating each other.

There's a new board for July, follow the link: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f90/marchies-july-37381/

Awesome ya'll.