First, the lap band was successful. I took off 60 pounds with it. <\/p>\n
+However, it takes more than that. If you look at the literature, I\u2019m typical. I needed more.<\/p>\n
A program where you have a certain number of calories or points has never worked for me. I run out of them. (Weight Watchers).<\/p>\n
A program that is punitive doesn\u2019t either \u2013 I tired Slim4Life, and man, it might work for some people but not me. Every thing was a formula or magic.<\/p>\n
What I needed is what I get from Jenny Craig. <\/p>\n
First I had done Jenny Craig years ago, but when I tried to restart, my primary care physician insisted I go for the band. There are a lot of days its made me unhappy, but it does have an impact on binge eating.<\/p>\n
And on the goal.<\/p>\n
My consultant wanted me to have an attainable goal, so she insisted on going with about 60 pounds. Basically it was something I could do in less than a year if you figure on losing 1 1\/2 pounds a week (basically 10% of a healthy persons weight). I get my money back if I hit that goal and maintain it. Though I think the 10% on the food covers the enrollment fee.<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s the smart way to do the food. Always buy 1 week at a time (you don\u2019t get the discount otherwise). Keep your extra food on one shelve and the food for the menu you are on another shelf. When you have 7 extra snacks, 7 extra breakfasts, and 14 extra meals, don\u2019t buy food that week. I like to have a day or so cushion myself, so that\u2019s an estimate. Also the travel meal DOES count as a full week, but not all consultants know that. Mine had to call in and ask.<\/p>\n
Also keep easy to eat foods on hand. I keep a couple of salad kits in the car, in case I want to stay on plan when I\u2019m out and about. I also do the same with the breakfast bars. In fact, buy a few one the week you are buying a few menu so you get the discount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First, the lap band was successful. I took off 60 pounds with it. +However, it takes more than that. If you look at the literature, I\u2019m typical. I needed more. A program where you have a certain number of calories or points has never worked for me. I run out of them. (Weight Watchers). A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}