Does anyone else try to fight the lap band? :cool2: I know that sounds very lame ... but I sometimes find myself doing that!!! STUPID ... I KNOW. :smile2:

When I first got the lapband, I stuck to the program. I was motivated by results. The weight came off, slow, but it was consistent. Then I hit a plateau, that seemed to go on forever (more than 8 months). I went for fill after fill, and when I did get restriction, I still did not lose. Instead of turning to our nutritionist, or upping my exercise, I eventually ate around the band. I think I was using it to cope. Dipping my pizza in oil, or anything in oil, making candy bars a MEAL! You get the idea. STUPID STUPID STUPID.

I think the food addiction is stronger than I realized, but I've decided to STOP!!! I promise.

I've been planning my daily intake the night before, or the morning off, depending on my time. I just pull out a small notebook and jot it down. I am finding that if I plan, and IF I don't let myself get too hungry.

And learning to deal with life without turning to food is the real challenge. Going to go search the boards for more on that.

I'm done whining.

Well then get your butt in gear and get it moving! You are getting closer and closer to your goal.

Well then get your butt in gear and get it moving! You are getting closer and closer to your goal.

AMEN! :smile2:

it happens to the best of us. the key is recognizing it and picking yourself back up :smile2:

i am so there with you! from the slow but steady weight loss to the plateau and then to the eating around the band. i too am working on getting back onto plan. any threads/posts you find to help you out, please let me know!

hey i said no( thats what you need to tell your self when you are getting ready to dip pizza in oil...ok

no pizza i said no.........lol

I hear you!! I sometimes have the same problem.

hey i said no( thats what you need to tell your self when you are getting ready to dip pizza in oil...ok

no pizza i said no.........lol

LOL! You are so right!

I picked that name because I feel like I say, NO, all day long.... I guess I need to take my own advice! :smile2:

I am going through the same type of problem. I was banded 10-08-08 and lost 50 lbs by Feb. It has been over 6 weeks since I lost a lb. I am eating aroung the band. I am eating huge amounts of ice cream nearly everyday, cookies and chips. I have quite a bit of restriction, not too much but I think enough. I am choosing the foods that I can eat plenty of. I know that I am doing this to myself. Everynight I go to bed in tears saying that I am going back to the way I was after the band in the morning. Then I wake up stupid again. I think I need some professional help. If anyone had advise I would be very grateful.

Karen

:smile2::sad:

Not to sound condescending, but have you all thought of seeing a psychologist for help? I KNOW I'm a food addict and a horrible emotional eater:w00t:. I started seeing a psychologist and he has helped some:thumbup:, but I still have a ways to go!

Good luck to you!

is it possible that some people are just wired wrong and that they will be drawn to food like a cat to a mouse no matter what?!?

I have the same problem. It takes HUGE willpower for me.

I have the same problem. It takes HUGE willpower for me.

yes carrie its soo hard to say no to all the fatty stuff,but we have to bring sexy back!!!! right....lol

on my way to sexy!!!!!! hahaha

Yes, we do have to bring it back!!

Candy is really hard for me to say no to, especially chocolate. But I have found that if I just have a small piece, I am fine.

You've got the idea. I'm so loose at the moment I even can eat pancakes at Breakfast time. But I know for me now, maintaining, the answer is not getting tighter and tighter. I've become quite adept at eating round the band if I want to.

The answer is to plan, to prepare, to stick to my plan and to meet every challenge where I want to turn to food head on. Today, tomorrow and every day for the rest of my life. I am not perfect every day. Sometimes I fail utterly. So do "naturally thin" people. It doesnt matter as long as it doesnt happe too often.

And by continuing to exercise, no matter what, whether I've eaten well, badly or inbetween, my weight has remained absolutely steadily through days of great eating and days of eating entire packets of Cookies.

This is why we need our bands FOREVER.

Yes, we do have to bring it back!!

Candy is really hard for me to say no to, especially chocolate. But I have found that if I just have a small piece, I am fine.

I found some 'carb' friendly candy... but it did a number on my tummy! I had 3 pieces as my snack before bed. I could not get to sleep... turns out that one needs to be careful with those sugar free candies.

I too am a candy monster... always have been. Somedays it is total white-knuckling