iguanaorange
My journey started a year ago, well really before that. At 313 lbs. EVERY Doctor I went to-no matter what the ailment was -Gyno/Ear-nose-throat, Knee, Podiatrist, Internal medicine ALL SAID "LOSE WEIGHT". I had lost weight before and worked real hard at it, exercising all the time...then my feet wore out, I had surgery on both my feet, then my left knee, and I had surgery on that, thinking everything would be back to normal. It never happened. My feet and now both knees hurt all the time. I had the Lap Band surgery in August 2008 because I felt I would die if I did not take drastic measures. I have no Willpower so dieting/ doing W.W. / trying to exercise wasn't working. I am also very depressd. Take antidepressants, but guess what? Food ended up being my only friend and very comforting. Still is. The Lap Band was my only saving grace, because it forces me to eat small amounts...I try to eat larger amount, but no-it doesn't work. Also I have been having trouble changing to healthy foods...it just seems the softer ones that go down easy are laden with calories and fat?!?!
I now weigh 235 lbs, but will not lose more if I keep going for the cheese puffs, icecream, cake and things that go down so easy....I still crave cheeseburgers, fries and all the other stuff I used to eat, so it is still a daily battle.
Does anyone have any tips for me, or have been through the same, and how did they overcome it? I thought it would be easy and just drink protein shakes and use the "bullett' to mix protein drinks, they are too think and come back up...
Does anyone have any suggestions? I still have alot of weight to lose and am getting discouraged,..we all seem to have different problems with this, but maybe someone out there understands mine and can help with suggestions???
Thank you so much!
Laurie 
