Okay. I am the slow loser of the Nymphs. I'm happy for every pound, but I want to figure out how to lose more. I suspect that I am eating too much, so I want to get an idea of how much the rest of you are eating.

The Allergan Lap Band site says "Eat only three small meals a day and make sure that these meals contain adequate nutrients. Your stomach can only hold about1/4 cup of food or 2 oz. at a time. Stop eating when your hunger is gone or when you feel comfortable." They also say you can have a couple of cups of low fat milk.

That STUNNED me. I can (and DO) eat WAY more than that. For lunch today, I had about 3 oz of ground lamb and 3 ounces of baked Beans. Apparently, that is 3 times more than I am supposed to eat!!!! In fact, according to Allergan, that lunch was what I was supposed to eat for the whole day. WTF? It was only about 300 calories and about 23 gms of protien???? That CAN'T be a whole day of food.

What are the rest of you doing? I know BandPal is eating with the damn spoon handle :laugh: . I'm thinking I should be eating somewhere around 1000 calories and 60 to 70 grams of protien. Am I totally wrong here? What are you guys doing?

Sades, So many things to learn. I think weight loss and maintenance is a skill. One that most overweight people just haven't mastered ( obviously).

You know how you have "normal weight" friends that can't master a different life skill, like managing to pay bills on time or keeping the house clean, things that maybe you have mastered. We think about our friends, just sit down and pay the bill or just clean a little at a time etc. but they don't seem to be able to do that.

I'm sure conversly, they were thinking just stop eating.

I think this is similiar, it's a life skill that we have trouble with, but we can learn how to do it better. I think the band helps to stop you a bit and ask, do I need the next bite? Before the band, we just inhaled and have regrets only after the whole plate is gone.

Like most of you I dieted many, many times before, but my goal was always to lose so I could go back to eating again. Well that obviously doesn't work and I think this time, I finally know that! Sure, like my skinny friends I can indulge a day or two but then I have to stop and get back on track. My friends learned that much quicker than I did or it's one of those skills that come easier to them.

But we can all learn these new skills, if we work at it.