Frustrated with my LapBand

It has been since November that I last posted about my band adjustment.
 I have not lost any weight, despite working out pretty intensely at least 3 times a week, and most of the time 4 or more times.
 I cannot tell you how frustrated I am. I have not lost any weight since last seeing the doctor, in fact I've gained 5 pounds. I know that I am eating too much, but still not eating as much as my skinny friends. How can it be possible?
Anyway, I have an appointment for next Monday with my doctor to see about a band fill. I really need to get back down below 260. My knees will be thanking me for it. In the mean time, I am doing a mostly liquid protein diet to make sure my pouch is not stretched.
Wish me luck.

Another Band Adjustment

I went into the doctor on Monday to have my band adjusted. I was anticipating get the band tightened. However, I found out that, no it wasn't going to be tightened, it was going to be released for a few weeks. Why? Because the pouch above the band has been stretched again. Now, I'm trying to eat just enough, with over doing it. I need to pouch to shrink back again, so that when I go see my doctor again on December 17th that I can get it tightened down again. Wish me luck

Not losing...

Well, as my previous post stated, I had my band filled again. It doesn't seem to be helping, as I haven't lost any weight. So I went and scheduled another appointment to have the band filled some more. I will let you know the results. I hate that I gained 20 pounds. I have been doing extra exercise, trying to make some progress, but it just isn't helping.

Re-Filled

I went in to see my Lap-Band Doctor today to get my band adjusted again. I really needed to get the band filled again. After I was having trouble, I had the band deflated a little bit. Well, I gained weight. I gained weight fast. I couldn't believe how fast the weight was coming back on. Ok, so here we go, time to lose the 17 pounds I gained. I'll keep you posted.

Frustrations

I went to see my doctor a couple of weeks ago to get my Lap-Band deflated since I was having problems keeping food down. Well, he removed some fluid from the band, which corrected the problem. It turns out that I have gained 12 pounds in three weeks. I am going back on Monday, Oct 29th to get my band re-adjusted so I can get back to where I was. Also, just a quick update on another issue. I had my appendix removed 5 weeks ago. That was a crazy experiance.

New Beginnings

Today, April 22, 2012, is the new beginning. I started the 5 Day Pouch Test Diet. Basically it is starting over with the post-op diet only a much shorter time period. Remembering not to drink liquids 30 minutes prior to and wait 30 minutes after a meal. For today and tomorrow, everything will be low carb, protein rich liquids and plenty of water. On Day 3, I will be a transition to soft proteins such as 4 to 6 ounces tuna, salmon, eggs etc. Day 4 will be 4 to 6 ounces of ground meats, such as ground chicken, beef etc. Of course every day requires plenty of water, at least 64 ounces a day. The plan should have me feeling the restriction that I felt after the surgery. I weighed myself this morning and weighed 265.1, and will again at the end of the 5 days. Others have reported a significant drop in wieght, but most importantly I should have a renewed sense of accomplishment. One must never forget, the Lap Band is a tool that is a choice to get control of obesity. There are several other choices. I was 355 pounds on the day I first walked into my Bariatric Doctors office and met Dr. Taddeucci. My knees hurt, it was difficult to perform my job as a firefighter, and I was a poor example for my 4 children. I lost just over 100 pounds in the first year. I some set backs and gained back to 285, which caused me some personal disappointment. My doctor told me that I had stretched my pouch. I took his advice and started monitoring my portions, and lost 20 pounds, but got stalled. That is why I am doing this 5 Day Pouch test. By the way, I cannot afford to gain any weight. I got rid of almost all my clothes that fit when I was over 300 pounds. I don't want to buy bigger clothes ever again.

Stalled

I'm stalled.
I haven't been able to drop any weight for some time. As you have read in previous posts, I stretched the pouch above my Lap Band. My doctor told me that I needed to shrink my pouch so that I can loose the weight. I need to get back down to my goal of being below 250, which will get my body fat percentage back close to the 20% mark again.

So what is the plan? I did some research and found out that this isn't as uncommon as one might think. Further research pointed me to the 5 day pouch diet, which is an abreviated restart of the post surgery diet restrictions.

Starting Monday, April 23rd, I start the pouch diet. I will post the results afterwards.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/522399-the-5-day-pouch-diet
http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html