I hope some of you here are gastric lapband patients
I been struggling with weight my whole life and had lapband surgery done 2 years ago. In those 2 years all that's been happening is my weight fluctuating like 10 kilo up and down. I know a forum isn't the best place to ask but not sure what I should do now. The lapband dietitian I see every time just says the same things to me I don't think he cares that I haven't changed in the past year and two.
But I made a mistake of getting the surgery done before trying the old fashioned diet and exercise. Well I see now that nothing is going to make it easy. But anyway.
While it does control the amount I eat, it's still not enough. Definitely better than before but not quite enough at suppressing my appetite. I am now considering to get the band deflated for the time being to see how I can go doing a diet and exercise. Good thing with lapband I can inflate it again if nothing works out.
One problem I face with this is that food tends to get stuck. I try to chew as much as I can but most times I'm forgetting to do so. This leads me to eat other foods that aren't healthy and not only that but to use it as making me feel full. Nuts, small and easy to pass through I can consume about 400g cashews, because I can't eat the chicken veggie sandwich that gets stuck. Also about 400g of cashews is about a days worth of calorie intake. Same with other things like chips and creamy stuff.
I mean if the doctor from the lapband office isn't helping much should I go see a normal dietitian?