Hello! I wanted to start up a ongoing support thread for all of us who are actively seeking the extra help from either regular Weight Watchers or most especially Weight Watchers Online.

I do not have the money to fork over for extra fees to attend the WW meetings etc. I also am not sure how many banded folks there are on their message board. I thought this would be a good place to hang out, discuss how well or not well we are staying within our points system, our extra activities and whatnot.

We can share ideas or new recipes, or just anything related to Weight Watchers... and even keep each other accountable.

Help me, I need support!!

I was banded in DEC 2007 lost about 30 lbs and sadly have now gained it back! ......... So I decided to join weight watchers to get myself back on track and add some structure back into my eating. Weighed in last Friday and sadly am at my pr-op weight I can t believe I'm about to post my weight........304 ...scary, but I feel I need to just to hold myself accountable.I'm going to try and post what i eat and the points again to hold myself accountable for my actions and Friday evenings I will leave updates after my meetings. I have been MIA on this website for sometime because I was embarrassed of my gain so I'm back hoping to get some inspiration,encouragement, and knowledge.

Tuesday

B-coffee and i pck splenda

1 sausage mcmuffn no egg-9

L-campbells veggie soup-3

ritz wheat crackers-6

D-1 1/2 c. black beans-4 1/2

lean grnd bf-7

tomato slices

1/2 c. grn Beans

1 crn tortilla-2

S- cucumber and lemon

40 oz Water

total points=31 1/2

wednesday

B-1 tblspn peanut btter-2

wheat toast-1

instant oatmeal-3

L-small diet coke

2 cruncy tacos del taco-8

D-2 cups salad-0

spaghetti (sauce, ground beef, spaghetti)=12

salad dressing=1

2 Tbl spns Parmesan=1

S-small apple-1

3 c. light popcorn-2

water-48 oz

Total=31

I was banded in DEC 2007 lost about 30 lbs and sadly have now gained it back! ......... So I decided to join weight watchers to get myself back on track and add some structure back into my eating. Weighed in last Friday and sadly am at my pr-op weight I can t believe I'm about to post my weight........304 ...scary, but I feel I need to just to hold myself accountable.I'm going to try and post what i eat and the points again to hold myself accountable for my actions and Friday evenings I will leave updates after my meetings. I have been MIA on this website for sometime because I was embarrassed of my gain so I'm back hoping to get some inspiration,encouragement, and knowledge.

When was last your fill? How much is in your band?

Okay ladies I'm back. I've lost all the weight I'm going to lose without putting in maximum effort. When I got my first fill at 4 cc's I could get by on 12 points a day. Now I'm at 5.5 cc's and sadly I don't have much restriction at all. I can easily eat 35 points in a day with no problems.

I got my last fill a week ago and my surgeon for some crazy reason would like me to wait 3 months for my next one. So here I am. I have to get recommitted to WW or I'm not going to lose anymore.

I haven't been able to get back to them. My husband is retiring in January and we are working out our financial situation. I should be able to do it but I will be taking my 3 year old with me. That ought to be entertaining.

Hello

Im a new member of this site and im a WW junkie. I am having surgery in January. My last appt before my surgery is on the 3rd of Jan. I have a thyroid problem that aided in the gain of about 175 lbs in the last 5 years. I went on WW about 2 years ago, when i didnt know about my thyroid, and lost about 40 lbs. I then stopped losing weight and couldnt figure out why (duh). Then i gave up on WW and started eating my regular junk i was before WW.

I was excited to find this thread because i wasnt sure if i could do WW with the band. Now i know you can. I am hoping to keep my points lower than they are now at 51.

I weight 328 now and have a bunch to lose. Im really excited for my surgery day! I ate all my points today But i dont feel as hungry as i did yesterday.

Laters

Tina

So I'm considering WW. Is it true I shouldn't mention my band whatsoever at meeting or on their messageboards? LOL. I'm just curious. I don't think my band has failed me but I can say...I failed myself and I need a more structured plan, thats why I'm leaning toward WW. I just want to make sure if its worth me mentioning the band to people...and then getting hit with all these horrible comments.

I wouldn't mention it for one reason--someone mentioned in their newsletter that I get that "I lost xx amount of weight and I wanted to prove you can do it without having surgery." Good for her. Must be nice. We aren't all like you.

I've been banded for a little over a year. I have severe back problems. Had surgery. It didn't work. I had steroid shots for the pain. I gained 12 lbs. I can't seem to shed the excess weight. Do you think WW will work for me?

I am banded. How many points can I have on the new ww points plus program. I went to a meeting and they told me I could have 38 points - I didn't dare tell them I was banded. So do anyone know how many points I should use? Should I only use half of the points? Any feedback is appreciated!

Being banded is not a solution. My friend was banded in April as should I have been but they found a tumor and I had to have that removed, for her it was a bad experience post surgical and all up to now zero weight loss etc , she didnt follow the diet completely and wanted to know when her body could feel the restriction she still claims she cant and I am beginning to understand her because I am hungry now too but I have to keep saying the band is a tool and I have to deal with my hunger by NOT doing it the old way and eating but creating something new that will be effective.

I plan on using weight watchers , Heck I am thankful I will be eating solid foods and on 2 occasions she can empty me and that is Easter and Fourth of July , I plan on searching for some good recipes I can play with and exercising but this is a one meal at a time . Idont want to be on my meds , I want to be healthier, make good choices and share them with my family .

I WILL succeed.. And when I join a ww meeting , I dont have to tell them anything just that I want to loose weight and let my dietician do the rest and figure out the points .

I am banded for 2 years. I am stuck at 40 lbs and I have now been following the new WW program before the holidays and loved it. I am going to restart again tomorrow so I can keep track of what I am eating, because what I see here is that you still need a structured plan to keep track of calories and I really want to finish what I started. I cant afford to go right now, but I have the calculator and all of the new books. I also just bought some lean cusine lunches for work next week.

I just started back at WW. The only person I told about the band is the group leader. I wanted to know how to eat all the points AND have everything to be band friendly. I find I have to eat some hight point value foods (Cliff bars) early in the day but have allready lose 5.4 lbs in the one week I have been at WW. I think it has alot to do with the tracking of everything I put in my mouth which I had stopped and some weight crept back on.

I am doing the 5-day pouch test but I am tracking everything and still not very hungry. My motto this past week has been IF I BITE, I MUST WRITE!

Thank goodness for this topic. I have not yet been banded, but I have joined WW. My nutritionist was actually pretty nasty to me when I told her. She said that I could count points if I wanted, but I still had to fill out her paper sheets manually or she would not tell the doctor that "I get it" and he would not band me.

The next week the doctor basically told me that I was not going to be able to eat more than 6 oz of food a day. No snacks between or after meals. And some of my favorite foods like shrimp and asparagus would be forbidden. I can understand some of this, but eating only about 600 calories a day will make me weak, unable to think, and eventually I will die of starvation. Reading this makes me realize that eventually I will be able to eat the normal WW diet again after recovering from surgery.

WW has worked for me in the past, but only temporarily. Every time I would leave and gain the weight back. Between getting older and quitting smoking after 37 years, I have now put on so much weight that I am actually scaring myself that I won't live long enough to enjoy retirement. Hence I am pulling all stops: WW, the band, and excercise. I have lost 7 pounds in the last month am starting to dream about shopping for normal size clothing again.