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

By Cary Darling on Nov 17, 2007 in Lap Band Daily Updates | 0 Comments

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, […]

Calories needed per day to lose weight fast! »

By Cary Darling on Nov 16, 2007 in Lap Band Daily Updates | 0 Comments

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 »

By Cary Darling on Nov 15, 2007 in Lap Band Daily Updates | 0 Comments

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 »

By Cary Darling on Nov 14, 2007 in Lap Band Daily Updates | 0 Comments

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 […]

I’m really taking a hard look at calories. »

By Cary Darling on Nov 14, 2007 in Lap Band Daily Updates | 0 Comments

Technically I’m only supposed to eat 4 oz per meal because of my lap band.  When you only eat 4 oz of anything, it is hard to eat enough calories to gain weight, but I don’t want to eat so little that I force my body into starvation mode, therefore causing my metabolism to slow […]