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I have been banded and I've lost most of my weight by adjusting my eating habits. Oddly enough, I didn't even go to the gym in the first year and I was down 90 pounds. You're supposed to be active, so don't think I'm telling you not to! :) Now, I'm not a medical professional, I am just going to give you an account of what I ate and some tips if you'd like to achieve the same results.
The key was self-control. I had utter self control over everything I ate, drank and avoided. This is where the hard part is. Making decisions for yourself and not becoming influenced by outside factors. (Friends, co-workers, outings, family, etc.) Sad factor: I could have done this exact routine without having the surgery. Horrible factor: I've dropped those good habits and sunk back into the old ways and gained weight again. I lost the self control to keep those same routines.
Just stick with this system and you will be losing weight. I am on my way back to the system because I want to be back where I was before.
The key was self-control. I had utter self control over everything I ate, drank and avoided. This is where the hard part is. Making decisions for yourself and not becoming influenced by outside factors. (Friends, co-workers, outings, family, etc.) Sad factor: I could have done this exact routine without having the surgery. Horrible factor: I've dropped those good habits and sunk back into the old ways and gained weight again. I lost the self control to keep those same routines.
Just stick with this system and you will be losing weight. I am on my way back to the system because I want to be back where I was before.
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You need to change the way that you think of food. If you get excited about meals, and what you're going to eat...you'r attaching emotional and positive attributes to the food that you're eating.
Never reward yourself with food. Reward yourself with an object, a new piece of clothing, an outing. If you default to food, you're just getting involved with eating as a positive event. Food is only meant to nourish you. If you think of food as a necessity instead of an adventure, you're already breaking down your addiction to eating.
This is for me, but maybe if you'd like to be as hardcore as myself - you can go by this rule also : Be okay with eating the same thing all the time. (The way I justify this is by thinking of cavemen, they only had the same animals to eat, but maybe they thought of eating them in different ways. But they still lived on!)
Never reward yourself with food. Reward yourself with an object, a new piece of clothing, an outing. If you default to food, you're just getting involved with eating as a positive event. Food is only meant to nourish you. If you think of food as a necessity instead of an adventure, you're already breaking down your addiction to eating.
This is for me, but maybe if you'd like to be as hardcore as myself - you can go by this rule also : Be okay with eating the same thing all the time. (The way I justify this is by thinking of cavemen, they only had the same animals to eat, but maybe they thought of eating them in different ways. But they still lived on!)
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I have MS so my exercise is limited. For the first year, I generally drank fruit juice and mineral water and my weight loss surgeon DEMANDED I drank only diet drinks, which I then did...and stopped losing weight altogether..so went back to juice...and resumed losing weight
Only protein I can eat easily are eggs..until this year I have been unable to eat red meat at all..and STILL can't eat sliced meats at all. If I am successful in eating meat, its usually if its got a high fat content, as for some reason it goes down easily..lean meat, not a chance.
I can eat chicken..as long as it has a sauce on it
For the first TWO YEARS, I couldn't eat bread AT ALL..I couldn't eat raw vegetables, not even crisp vegies. Couldn't eat salad; couldn't even stomach a banana..yeah, the lapband is perverse! I found it much easier to eat foods that are bad for you. I used dermination to stick to the 'good' foods..and after 2 years, had lost a lot..but for the last 6 to 7mths of that 2 years, I lost NOTHING.
I gave up..stopped counting calories, stopped weighing myself..sacked my weight loss surgeon, and got to the task of living. 4 mths later my husband made me weigh myself, cos he could see the weight loss..and I actually resisted cos I didn't want to know. To my amazement, I had lost 10kgs (22lbs)
Since I started eating what I wanted, when I wanted. Since I stopped worrying if it was good or bad, I have lost 27kgs (60lbs)..in a year.
And I eat when I am hungry..and I'm always hungry..can't eat lots mind you..so I eat small meals, more often..sometimes 6 time a day. I graze like crazy.
A 'plan' doesn't always work for everyone..and did you know that 45% of people who have a lapband put ON weight?
Anyways, I think my weight loss is because early on in the lapband life, I was eating nothing...pretty much...and metabolism shut down completely..then I started eating more..and it kicked into gear. Before all that..don't know. Maybe it was on strike.
now I got it ,, why you don't a cupcakes fan are :D
Step 4 says all.
After the cupcake contest, I'm doing the "mouth shut diet" .
: x
I love sweet-stuffs ..
It's not for nothing my friends call me Mary CANDY.
:P
Keep it up!
Eat irregularly
Eat in front of the TV rather than at the table
Eat on the go
Snack/graze
Eat high calorie low substance products - Sugar - High fats such as processed foods , chips, fries, cheese, butter/spreads, sweets, chocolate.
Exercise little
Comfort eat
As being over weight is a big step on the rocky road to Diabetes, heart issues and a general poorer quality of life ANY method that works for you is positive if done under medical supervision.
Well done.