Archive for November, 2007

My daily meal plan, and why I’m losing weight. »

If you follow this blog, then you know that for the past couple of weeks I’ve really been trying to tweak my diet in order to make sure I’m eating a balanced diet after my lap band surgery.
I am not there yet, in fact I know I’m not getting anywhere near the variety I need, […]

Affording Weight-Loss Surgery »

Protecting your health is one of the most important ways to assure a good quality of life. If weight-related medical issues threaten your health, it may help to know that weight-loss surgery has been shown to be safe and highly effective for the treatment of obesity. For severely overweight people, who cannot lose weight […]

Calories needed per day to lose weight fast! »

When I first started really counting my calories this last summer, I was eating about 900 calories per day, I soon hit a plateau. I didn’t stop losing weight completely, but it slowed down dramatically. I could also see some loss in how my clothes fit, but I wasn’t seeing the scale move.
Maybe […]

My first lap band support group report »

As I stated in my last post, I decided it was time to get off my butt and attend one of the support groups provided by the clinic that did my surgery.
I really want to be successful in my weight loss using the lap band, and this is just one of the tools provided to […]

Going to my first lap band support group meeting »

Every second Wednesday of the month they have a support group for lap band patients still in their first year.
I’ll be honest when I tell you that this has been on of my failures in goal setting.  I vowed that I would attend these meetings, and over eaters anonymous if necessary to overcome my bad […]