i was banded in july and i have only lost 22 pounds.. i have held the same weight for 3mths i have had several fills but i still dont get that "full feeling". im on a high Protein diet and i also have extra protien shakes during the day. Any suggestions?? Am i doing something wrong?? Please help..

Thanks Ange

i was banded in july and i have only lost 22 pounds.. i have held the same weight for 3mths i have had several fills but i still dont get that "full feeling". im on a high Protein diet and i also have extra protien shakes during the day. Any suggestions?? Am i doing something wrong?? Please help..

Thanks Ange

tell me everything you are eating and laso how many ounces... are youexercising? What does your doctor say?

A few suggestions, what kind of protein shakes are you drinking. Sometimes the shakes have too many calaories in them .

Also my doc suggests you eat your protein not drink it .

Are you exercising ?

Also have you tracked what your eating on something like fitday.com ?

Perhaps your not getting in ENOUGH calories ? I had that problem at first I was only getting in about 700 calories a day and that can hurt you just as much as eating too much .

Like like Diana said it would be helpful to know what your eating.

HTH

Mindy

this was my diet today..

Breakfast

1scrambled egg 2 slice lean bacon 1 cuo OJ

lunch

12 tosted ham and cheese

dinner

1/2 cup green Beans , 1cup rice cheese casserol, 1small piece deer meet rosted.

1 shake today

this is what i put in my shake

4-5 frozen strawberries, 1/2 bannana, 1/4 cup yourgot, 1scoop Protein powder ( 30 grams) and ice.

how do you know if you have a good fit? most of the time i dont get that full feeling... but i know i need to stop eating so i do

have you lost any inches? I have a lower BMI and my weight isn't coming off as quickly as I would like but the inches are falling. So I have to remind myself not to focus on the number. I have also been doing pilates which builds muscles and will increase your weight slightly. What exercise are you doing? I know I have a good fill since I can onlly manage about three chicken tenders and stay full.

this was my diet today..

breakfast

1scrambled egg 2 slice lean bacon 1 cuo OJ

lunch

12 tosted ham and cheese

dinner

1/2 cup green Beans , 1cup rice cheese casserol, 1small piece deer meet rosted.

1 shake today

this is what i put in my shake

4-5 frozen strawberries, 1/2 bannana, 1/4 cup yourgot, 1scoop Protein powder ( 30 grams) and ice.

how do you know if you have a good fit? most of the time i dont get that full feeling... but i know i need to stop eating so i do

I would track your meals for about 2 or 3 weeks on fitday.com. It will tell you how much protein , calories ect your taking in on a daily basis . to me just looking real quick and not figuring things out, I would guess you need more protein and less carbs ? But I personally do not count calories. But I did have to for a while because i was not getting ENOUGH . That also could be your problem. You want to make sure your getting enough good , solids protein .

fitday.com will help you (Or any other site like that ) get a feel for what your eating and how much your eating ect.

What about exercise ?

Mindy

Something else, Does your docs office have a nutritionist you can see ? MIne has one that i can see post op to kind of go over things if i need to . Does yours have something like that ? that might help you as well , its always good to have a refresher course if you need it .

Mindy

Be careful of how much you are eating, I was told that I should NEVER ever go above 4 ounces for the rest of my life. And I should keep at 3 ounces until I have maintained my goal weight for 6 months.

The suggestion of you logging your food is a awsome thing. I use fitday.com and log everything I eat everything. I never not put it down if it went in my mouth it gets logged.

This well help you see how your diet is in general and where you are high. From the looks of things I would say you are eating too many carbs and not enough Protein. Orange juice is very high in sugar and I would stear clear of that all together for awhile. If you want orange juice eat some of an orange.

Fruit Juices in general are very high calorie. I tend to eat the fruit rather than the juice it is better for you. Higher in Fiber and all.

I still am having issues getting in fruit. Because I eat my protein first and then whatever I have room for. At this point that is not many vegtables.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask any ?

I Agree with Kristin, espically until you get the hang on things loggin is very helpful. I thought i was eating so much food at first and my calorie intake was so high , turns out it was too low, Protein intake was too low as well. So i was not getting in what i needed was hungry sooner than i should have been ! My doc says its ok to have 3 meals a day plus Snacks, but the snacks have to count as well, meaning everything I eat shoudl have protein in it or its a "waste" sort of speak , so snacks need to have protein to serve their purpose, which is to hold you over hunger wise. I was eating things like pudding, while calorie wise a good choice hunger wise , to fend it off , not so much.

It gets easier as time goes on . You learn what is a good protein source, what is a "waste" to eat ect.

HTH

Mindy

Three things work for me....

1. Log every single thing you put in your mouth, every day, in one of the computer programs like SparkPeople or FitDay. This is probably the single most important thing you can do. I never believed WW when they touted that, but I have been converted!!!! It ABSOLUTELY does work. It makes you hypersensitive to what you eat. If you do not log, you would be SHOCKED at how fast those calories can zoom past 1,000 and you still think you haven't done anything....can't stress it enough.

2. Weigh every day, same time, in the buff, preferably when you first get up in the morning....and log it. This gives you perfect correlation between the food you are eating and what is going on with your body. Don't weigh to expect the pounds to fly off....it is a science experiment to see what your body tolerates, when it kicks in to lose, and when it sits or gains. You experiment with your intake and how your body reacts. Pretty soon you will get a feel for how your body operates.

3. Set MINI-GOALS. Not huge goals....tiny goals. Like losing a pound in 1 week....something that can be accomplished, Baby steps. As you attain those goals, you will find yourself getting "greedy" for more success...and you will PUSH yourself to do better. Alway keep your goals attainable so you will have success. The biggest deterant for us is discouragement.

If you can't get the full feeling then you need another fill. Keep going back until you get there. It took me 5 fills and 6 months.