Greetings Fellow Bandsters!

I am Lisa, I weighed 333 at my consult on 7/2. I began my preop diet on 7/15 and I had surgery on 7/29 weighing in at 322. I had my 3rd fill yesterday, I weighed 298.6. In the past for weeks I have lost ONLY 6 POUNDS!!!! GGGRRRRR I have somewhere close to 6 cc's in a 10 cc band. Food gets stuck intermittently.

I am walking, following directions and feeling like my loss is not commensurate with my effort.

I lost about 100 lbs low carbing 6 yrs ago and I've yo yo'ed all the way up to where I was before surgery. I am a former TOPS leader. I know the drill, know how to diet and exercise, drink the water, etc. I'm am doing all of the above.

I have only got 1/2 of my thyroid, I am on NO medication as labs seem ok, but hair is thin, always has been.


I suppose my question to those of you that are a couple months in, with a similar amount of weight to lose saw any slow down.

I am open to suggestions.

I have had a cold this past week and I came home after my fill and ate too many 100 calorie packs of cookies. I'm back at it today.

It's just difficult to wake up at 6 am to walk for a month solid and do what you are supposed to and see such minimal results over a 4 week span (6 LBS!!!!). I know 35 lbs is a sizeable amount since beginning pre op diet but you still cannot help but feel deflated when you still weight almost 300 lbs and are eating this little and exercising and seeing a slow down. Or will it pick back up?

Thanks for listening to me WHINE! lol

Best of luck to all of you!

Lisa