Whether you have just begun your Banded Living™ journey or you are several years into your journey, it's always helpful to learn from others. This section of our community is devoted to tips. Here you can pick up ideas on how to use your tool and how to make the journey easier and more fun! You can consider these tips part of your lap band "toolkit."
Throughout our journeys we can continue to learn from each other. This area of our community contains tips that Sandi and Gloria have learned as well as tips submitted by your fellow members of the Banded Living™ community.
Some tips may work for you some may not. As they say "take what you need and leave the rest."
Check here frequently for updates!
Please pay it forward by sharing your own tips. To submit your tips please email us at: tips@bandedliving.com
My Plan for the Holidays: Weight Loss Surgery Success Holiday Recipes and Strategies By: Gloria Samuels from Gloria'sBandedLiving Blog Here we go again. We're deep into the eating season. Navigating the holidays is actually getting harder for me, now that I'm in my sixth year since lap band surgery. It's easier to slack off this far out since WLS so this year I've decided that I need to do just the opposite. . . . keep reading
Weight Loss Surgery Success - Planning For The Holidays By: Sandi Henderson I found this on my blog as I was searching for some information on how to get through the holidays successfully and continue with either losing or maintaining weight. Over six years later I still find the information useful for planning to survive this festive season of food and drink and more food and drink. I have certainly learned a lot more since Thanksgiving Day 2004. . . . keep reading
Success After Weight Loss Surgery - How To Deal With The Holidays By: Sandi Henderson, From SandisBandedLiving Blog So it's just past the middle of October and Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanza and New Year's parties are fast approaching. As the weather turn cooler it seems to me like we "live" to go from house to house eating and drinking. UH OH you say? . . . keep reading
Lapbanded Living -- Finding Lap Band Friendly Foods In Unexpected Places By: Sandi Henderson, From SandisBandedLiving Blog The Ventura County fair opened last week, and my family and I were there on opening day. We got there at about 1pm and were immediately assaulted by sounds, smells and visuals - the rides, the midway, the foods cooking, the music, the laughter of kids of all ages. Since we had breakfast hours ago, we only made it through one exhibit before asking "What's for lunch?" . . . keep reading
Lap Band Friendly Food And Recipes - Baking Advice For The Hard Core Foodie By: Yolanda Evans Let's face it - most of us did not get to be overweight enough for a band without really loving food. For many this means a love of baking and cooking for friends. Getting banded does not mean that amateur chefs have to give this up, but we do have to adjust our thinking. Personally I don't go in for "low fat" substitutions. . . . keep reading
Long Term Lap Band Success - Hunger and Satiety After Seven Years With My Lap Band By: Sandi Henderson from Sandisbandedliving blog I recently celebrated my seventh year "bandiversary". Wow, I am not sure back in May of 2004 I would have believed that I could have reached the level of success that I have worked so hard for. No more medications for high blood pressure and asthma, no c-pap machine, no driving need yet for knee replacement although at age 62, with severe osteo-arthritis in my right knee it is coming sometime in the future. Who would have thought that a 424 pound woman would find herself at the gym 5-6 mornings per week swimming, doing aerobic workouts on the elliptical, weight training, or even bicycle riding for FUN on the weekends and days off. Not me, that's for sure. The most I hoped for . . . keep reading
Lap Band Success Tips - What I Learned In My First Year By: Sandi Henderson I was banded In May of 2004. At 6 months post-op I had lost 100 pounds. Every morning I woke up I was afraid that all of that and more would be back on my body, but I tried to keep the rig . . . keep reading
Lap Band Patients Eat Out And Enjoy Dining By: Sandi Henderson and Gloria Samuels One of the most frequently asked questions of newly banded patients as well as those who are considering lap band surgery is "Will I be able to eat out in restaurants?" The concern seems to come from . . . keep reading
Lap Band Tips - Airline Travel By: Gloria Samuels Do you have questions about how to plan for airline travel with your lap band? You're not alone! A lot of lap band patients I talk with find flying a challenge especially s . . . keep reading
Lap Band Success - Planning For The Holidays AND My Lap Band By Sandi Henderson I found this on my blog as I was searching for some information on how to get through the holidays successfully and continue with either losing or maintaining weight. Over six years later I stil . . . keep reading
Lap Band Success Tips: Don't Eat With Your Hands By: Gloria Samuels I'm always interested in finding new, simple ways to help me use my lap band tool. My doctor reached out to me and asked me to try an experiment: "Don't eat with your hands . . . keep reading
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