1 year out & still confused

July 24, 2007

I'm sure I'll have heard (read) the answers I'll get, but here's my

situation: For the last two weeks of my 1st year I had decided to

revert to the pre-op liquid protein diet my doctor had prescribed.

1) to break a long plateau

2) to give my stoma a rest (I'd had issues since my last fill in Feb.)

3) to get portion size back under control

4) to break the habit of eating in the evening

and 5) to hopefully lose some more weight

All of these goals were accomplished in those two weeks. I started to

lose, I have only had 1 slime episode since, I am now eating much

smaller portions of the right kinds of foods, I have not had anything

past 7pm, going to bed at 11pm or later, and I lost 13 pounds in

those two weeks. This brought my 1 year total to 88 pounds lost. From

367 to 279, I still had far to go, but had new motivation.

I was so excited to begin my 2nd year with a losing trend and with

all the band eating rules back in place. I've been back on foods just

4 days and have gained back 5 pounds already. I know people will say

it's water weight, but seriously, it doesn't matter what it is, my

mind sees it as failure. I fight to make myself eat now. I'm not

actually hungry, and I wonder with each bite how much it's going to

make me gain. I know I need to eat to lose and stay healthy, but it's

depressing to try so hard and see the scale go the wrong way. I know

there will be some that say don't weigh, but that casues me more

stress. Not knowing is worse than knowing for me. I'm tempted to just

go on liquid protein, but know that's not healthy, nor would I be

able to keep that up for more than the two weeks without resulting to

bad liquids.

Okay, now that I have rambled, and stated all my excuses, what do

some of you long time banded experts have to say? By the way, I do

exercise too. I go to curves at least three days a week, and I do a

little bit of weights at home. I also get my water in.

Thanks ahead of time for all your advice.

O.

banded 7/21/06

367/284/under 200 someday!

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