http://www.lapbandtalk.com/ Men get banded, too! A place for men to discuss everything from complications, concerns, and any other off-topic subjects. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:48:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/styles/lapband/misc/rss.jpg http://www.lapbandtalk.com/ http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f110/looking-motivation-105603-new/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:50:43 GMT Well it has been a while since I was on here. Banded July of 08. Lately though I have begun to gain weight again and need to remotivate myself so thought I would drop in for a visit and get back on track. Always found good motivation here on this forum, TIA! Well it has been a while since I was on here. Banded July of 08. Lately though I have begun to gain weight again and need to remotivate myself so thought I would drop in for a visit and get back on track. Always found good motivation here on this forum, TIA! ]]> bigrick http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f110/looking-motivation-105603/ http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f110/food-intake-way-different-men-104823-new/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:14:02 GMT Please bare with me as this might be a longer post. I belive thiss belongs in the men's form because I cant relate to how people are eating when I read other posts...by women. I am looking for input from people more experience than me. I have been banded since sep 3rd. Including 2 weeks on the preopp diet I have lost 55 LBS. I got a fill about 2 weeks ago of 2CCs (obviously 1st fill).

It seems like my daily caloric intake is a whole lot higher than others that I have heard of with the band. I started to track calories on my other lapband site. I see that I am taking in about 1860 calories a day(tracking for 3 days). I am about 6-6'1'' and now about 267LBS. From what I am learning, I can take in about 2670 calories based on a realativly sedantary(sp?) life stile while I am this weight. I have been beeting myself up about eating too much but, I see that I am still at an 790 calorie per day calorie deficit. This deficit should mean weight loss of 1.6 Lbs per week (one LB = 3500 Calories).

At times, I am eating very large meals (tonight I believe I took in 10-12 oz of turkey breast). These meals are not large compared to what they used to be (pre band)and they are filled with low fat/ low carb/ high protien calrories. (Turkey breast is my weekeness)

I have two questions
1) Is there a flaw in thinking that this "high" caloric intake should be OK in the long run? (OK because it still should equal weight loss)
2) Am I running the risk of hurting myself in other ways? Stretching my band/ Getting used to larger meals/ slowing my metabolism down

Input, especially if I am heading in the wrong direction, is appreciated.

Eric ]]> eslmn1 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f110/food-intake-way-different-men-104823/ http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f110/ready-banded-dr-geiss-long-island-104558-new/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:39:02 GMT I just received my approval from Aetna. I was expecting some issues with Aetna, but I was approved on my first attempt after meeting all of Aetna's requirements. My surgery date is November 30th. My Surgeon is Dr. Geiss in Syosset, Long Island NY. Has anyone recently been banded by Dr. Geiss? I am interested in hearing about the day of the surgery and the few days afterwards. Also, how did you do with the liquid diet before the surgery.
Thanks,
Sal ]]> sjlesq99 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f110/ready-banded-dr-geiss-long-island-104558/