I have been feeling down lately because I felt like I was able to eat too much. (I have a ten cc band with 3.25 cc's in it) I can easily eat almost an entire six inch sub but no chips from somewhere like subway. I have been losing weight just at a very slow pace and lately it seems like I get down because I think "oh you are eating a six inch sub and getting full but you might as well eat a bag of crackers thirty minutes later even if you arent hungry" sort of like self sabotage and feeling sorry for myself.

well today my dr made me feel 100 percent better he said that me being able to almost an entire six inch sub is perfect he said thats exactly where I should be and that even tho I am only losing slower that slower is better in the long run. he said to quit feeling sorry for myself and to quit snacking on the crackers and candy and ice cream because I am right where I should be as far as satiety goes. he also said he knows that alot of his patients lose very fast but he said he believes the majority of them who lose weight really fast do so by cutting out things like sugar or carbs completley and while that makes you lose weight faster he said that the majority of them start to gain it back because after a while most people have a hard time having a zero tolerance policy to sugar and carbs. He said that the people he sees with long term results are the people like myself who may lose slower but dont make drastic changes to their diet. They eat healthy but dont limit things to the extreme.

so anyways now i feel great . I only lost 2 lbs in four weeks but most of that was probably self sabatoge as I stated above by eating the candy and icecream etc...I feel alot better about this now. I am wanting to lose another 30 lbs by the end of the year and I have no doubts at all that I can do it:thumbup:

I'm sure you can do it! I like the approach your doctor took.

Fivebyfive- Good for you. I agree whole-heartedly with your doctor! I started with the low-carb approach and was simply miserable. Then I just stopped thinking about it all so much, made healthier choices, increased my activity and fluids and now it all just seems like second nature. Be patient. Afterall, a two pound loss is better than a gain, right? You can do this!

Good for you!!!

Good that your Dr can give uplifting feedback... 2 lbs is down...

I am still a preop, and I was suprised to see you can eat subway sandwiches. I guess I just assumed the bread would not be tolerated. You can eat bread okay I guess? Is there anything you can't eat? Thanks!

Amy

well that helped me out alot... i was feeling very blue today too and that helped me feel alot better about where i am. I can still eat the sub... at 8 cc in a 10 cc band...

Congratulations, and good for your doctor. I am also a slow loser (I have averaged just over a pound a week since my surgery over a year and a half ago). Like your doctor, I think slower is better because you are making sustainable lifestyle changes. You can ABSOLUTELY lose that last 30!

~Lori

Well shoot - I meant to add..

I sometimes get really depressed when it feels like the scale hasn't moved in forever. But what I have done is kept a weekly weight journal (I just way myself on Sat. AM and jot it down). When I'm feeling down I'll look back a couple of months and see it really has changed. Even if I don't see it day to day, it isn't coming off.

~lori

some people can eat bread some cant. when I was up at five cc's (i Had to have an unfill) I couldnt eat bread at all. now I can smaller bites of course.

A slow loss is still a loss :0). As long as we are moving in the right direction, there is something to look forward to as time goes on.

Cutting out snacking is hard but oh so worth it. For me, it doubled my weekly weight loss.

Hey good for you. I have 3.4cc in a 10cc band and I haven't lost any weight. I am still hanging in there with protein shakes and scrambled eggs and broth based soup. I haven't eaten a sub sandie yet. My fill nurse said some bandsters are really crazy and expect to lose like gastric bypass patients and she said she was relieved to hear that I was realistic about the slower weight loss. I am so glad your doctor was encouraging. It is so important to have a doctor who is on your side. The last thing any of us need right now is to be scolded or told we are not doing things right. You are right on track.

I have been feeling down lately because I felt like I was able to eat too much. (I have a ten cc band with 3.25 cc's in it) I can easily eat almost an entire six inch sub but no chips from somewhere like subway. I have been losing weight just at a very slow pace and lately it seems like I get down because I think "oh you are eating a six inch sub and getting full but you might as well eat a bag of crackers thirty minutes later even if you arent hungry" sort of like self sabotage and feeling sorry for myself.

well today my dr made me feel 100 percent better he said that me being able to almost an entire six inch sub is perfect he said thats exactly where I should be and that even tho I am only losing slower that slower is better in the long run. he said to quit feeling sorry for myself and to quit snacking on the crackers and candy and ice cream because I am right where I should be as far as satiety goes. he also said he knows that alot of his patients lose very fast but he said he believes the majority of them who lose weight really fast do so by cutting out things like sugar or carbs completley and while that makes you lose weight faster he said that the majority of them start to gain it back because after a while most people have a hard time having a zero tolerance policy to sugar and carbs. He said that the people he sees with long term results are the people like myself who may lose slower but dont make drastic changes to their diet. They eat healthy but dont limit things to the extreme.

so anyways now i feel great . I only lost 2 lbs in four weeks but most of that was probably self sabatoge as I stated above by eating the candy and icecream etc...I feel alot better about this now. I am wanting to lose another 30 lbs by the end of the year and I have no doubts at all that I can do it:thumbup:

WTG! Slower is definitely better!

Your dr sounds a lot like mine. He is very conservative with fills, as he wants you to be able to eat...just not too much. He won't fill if you are steadily losing weight. He also does not want you cutting anything completely out of your diet. His office calls the downstairs nutritionist the sugar nazi because she wants you to have absolutely NONE!