I've been wondering how others are doing. I was banded on 1/28/08 and am 2 months post. I've had 2 fills but have no restriction. Where are others in this process?

thanks kaninag - you're right, he's starting to piss me off... but i can't alienate him either. i am going to have to change doctors anyway, so even if he doesn't fill me next time, hopefully i will be filled up soon.

bandana - it is better to get an unfill than to not be able to gradually learn to live with this thing... i definitely agree that you should throw the bad food out, not only will it give you a boost, but it will also make you think next time you're shopping.

and bandana, by the way, you are NOT a loser. i really love some amazing foods that are GOOD for you, and honestly can not even fathom some of the "bad" foods that my friends eat. i love peaches, and now's the time for them (be sure to skin the peaches, it's very hard to get them down with the band), i love all fruits and veggies mostly, and for treats, i love a real, good chocolate. most american made chocolate is crap. i used to eat lots of Pasta with some veggies mixed in, but now i eat like 85% veggies with 15% pasta (whole wheat, now) mixed in... don't be discouraged, once you re-do your lifestyle, you'll be eating much better food, whole ingredients, and you'll feel so much better... we are people who couldn't help being fat... i am used to eating good things, but i used to eat A LOT of it. i have also had phases of eating really bad s**t. some of it is genetic, some of it is learned and horrible eating behavior... try going to the grocery store and buying mainly produce, some whole ingredients like, well, here's a typical shopping list for me:

fruit, veggies, dried fruit, nuts, Beans, yogurt, honey, milk, cheese, whole wheat pasta, oatmeal, etc etc

what do you like to eat now, even if it is bad? maybe we can recommend some good stuff that you'd like.

hey girls

i couldn't throw out delicious fattning food (what are you crazy, you know what I mean. LOL) I had to learn the hard way. Up 5lbs. Anyway still restricted too much. today the band was very tight; don't know why. will see the rest of the week and maybe go for until. I saw that therapist and he deals with band patients. He does the psyfh evals before you get your band. I think he can help to encourage good band behavior for me. I'll let you know and thanks again for your support

how are you guys doing.

kaninag i'm so glad for you that your at the right restriction.

Well, good luck to you and I cant say I would have thrown out that good food either ya know :wink:

thanks kaninag - you're right, he's starting to piss me off... but i can't alienate him either. i am going to have to change doctors anyway, so even if he doesn't fill me next time, hopefully i will be filled up soon.

bandana - it is better to get an unfill than to not be able to gradually learn to live with this thing... i definitely agree that you should throw the bad food out, not only will it give you a boost, but it will also make you think next time you're shopping.

and bandana, by the way, you are NOT a loser. i really love some amazing foods that are GOOD for you, and honestly can not even fathom some of the "bad" foods that my friends eat. i love peaches, and now's the time for them (be sure to skin the peaches, it's very hard to get them down with the band), i love all fruits and veggies mostly, and for treats, i love a real, good chocolate. most american made chocolate is crap. i used to eat lots of Pasta with some veggies mixed in, but now i eat like 85% veggies with 15% pasta (whole wheat, now) mixed in... don't be discouraged, once you re-do your lifestyle, you'll be eating much better food, whole ingredients, and you'll feel so much better... we are people who couldn't help being fat... i am used to eating good things, but i used to eat A LOT of it. i have also had phases of eating really bad s**t. some of it is genetic, some of it is learned and horrible eating behavior... try going to the grocery store and buying mainly produce, some whole ingredients like, well, here's a typical shopping list for me:

fruit, veggies, dried fruit, nuts, Beans, yogurt, honey, milk, cheese, whole wheat pasta, oatmeal, etc etc

what do you like to eat now, even if it is bad? maybe we can recommend some good stuff that you'd like.

Well hopefully though when you talk to your doc he'll be open I mean come one the lap band for some docs is still a pretty new thing so maybe the research he read says go slow with the fills.He doesnt know everything about everything so hopefully he's the kind of doc thats pretty open to things...Good luck!!!

well apparently he is one of the top docs, and one of the ones who fought the insurance companies to make insurance companies actually cover the procedure, so while he is not well versed in the new band, he does know almost everything - or at least he thinks he does. hopefully seeing him weds. thanks for the support!!