Slow Losers - Unite!

You're doing better than me. I was banded at the end of Dec. and lost 20 during the liquid stage and 2 since then. It's very discouraging. I hope when I get another fill, I start to lose. This is ridiculous.:phanvan

Honestly, I only started losing weight after I got my 2nd fill. The first one did absolutely nothing for me. I was going at .6 pounds per week. I weighed myself at the gym and I seem to have lost 5 pounds in 10 days but I think that might be a lie cause maybe the scales are different at the gym. The gym helps a little. If I didn't go to the gym, I wouldn't lose at all. Do you go to the gym?

Yea, I got the gym habit 3 years ago in my last attempt to lose weight. I lost inches in my thighs but never lost an ounce. Now I feel really guilty if I don't make it to the gym. Right now I have a bad cold so I didn't go today, but I usually spend the most time on Sat. and Sun. when I don't have to worry about hurrying to get to work. The only day I don't go is Mon. because it's so crowded on Mondays I get too frustrated waiting around to use the stuff I want to use. Plus I read you're supposed to take a break, so I choose Mondays as my day for a break.

:help: Hey,
I know i would be able to join. Banded June 13 2006.Weight lose of 30lbs.
Totally dissapointed expected so much more. I know a lot of it is me. Lack of exercise, wrong food choices.I have been able to gulp the whole time. My Dr. closed his ofice and moved on to bigger and better, which means i have to dirve futher. I have not had a fill since Oct. My next one is April 2. Do i need to ask for a major fill? Thanks fo the support.

I think it is better to get a smaller fill. When you get a large fill you usually are to tight and that is not good for you are your band.

I agree with going for smaller fill amounts. Once you get even close to good restriction it takes much smaller fill amounts to get there and stay there. My last 3 fills were only .2ccs each time.

Wow Lianan you've done great - over 100lbs. The band didn't work for me but it has changed my life. I've not lost but haven't gained the 40-60lbs I would normally gain in a year. I'm moving soon and will have a traditional job and insurance and will again be looking for possible answers for my lack of weight loss but for now I am happy holding steady. Sometimes I wish I could eat like I did before banding but that doesn't last. My eating and eating behaviors have changed so much but I know sadly I would go back to all my old ways without the band. For that reason I am glad I have it. However, it has cost me close to 20,000 and to have only lost 11 or so pounds is not a huge consolation. So to all slow losers, slow is better than nothing - don't give up.

Wow - glad to have found you all here - I have been feeling really discourged.

I can not seem to loose it - and struggling w/ eating right - I do good for a period of time, and then not. I am learning. PTL I am not gaining.

I had my surgery Nov 20th. So far I am down about 30lbs - that is w/ about 15lb lost on the preop diet

I suffer from edema really bad, so I can go up and down 5-6lbs a day.

I have had my 2nd fill and from my first post op visit have only lost and had only lost 1lb in 8weeks. I was so disappointed!

I don't feel I have too much restriction - loved the post op restriction - it was so easy to obey and be aware of what I was eating.

This is hard because my habits need to change, to make it work, so I am struggling w/ myself.

Any ideas and encouragement will help.

Thanks.

Revolution.... I hate to be the one to tell u this, but I think I am the slowest loser of the January Bandsters. I was banded on 1-22-07. I have lost a total of 3lbs. Had my first fill today so maybe things wil get better. My clothes and body fell different but the scale is moving very slow. :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

Hello all. I felt I needed to put another post in this thread. I was having the same doubts as all of you. I had my surgery in October and had lost very little weight and my scales just refused to move.

I felt very little restriction and had three fills within a short period of time and was hesitant to go back so soon after having the last one, but then I thought about how much I paid for this surgery (I was self pay) and since my first year of fills was included with my price, I decided that I would take advantage of that and go as often as I felt I needed to get the restriction I required.

Anyways, I went for a forth fill about a month ago, and felt immediate and good restriction for the first time. I have a 4 cc band and had to get 3.5 in the darned thing. Although I felt very tight and with the help of it was able to significantly reduce my intake of food, it still took a couple of weeks for the old metabolism to finally give up and kick in. I'm still not losing extremely fast, but now the scale is moving and I see a difference and am excited with my progress and the fact that it's finally working for me. One other BIG thing that helped... water, water, water and limit myself to one or two diet drinks a week. I was not drinking enough water and I think that combined with not enough restriction is what was preventing me from losing.

So, if it's not working for you. Try different things and look at what your doing and see if there's something you can do to help yourself along. Get another fill if you need it, if it is too much, you'll know and can have an un-fill. Stop the soft drinks, drink more water, make SURE you eat your protein first, limit high calorie, easy to consume items like ice cream or milk shakes. And if you can eat bread... stop it! Just because you can eat it doesn't mean you should.

Good luck to everyone. We've all invested a lot of effort and money into our surgeries and I love being able to share our experiences and learn from each other.

That's a very good post, katy. I completely agree with no bread. I probably could eat it, because I have only had one fill, but I haven't even tried it. I know one thing for sure-if I eat carbs, I crave carbs. Bread just isn't worth it to go back to those cravings again.

I got bad news today. My dr. has decided to take spring break off, so my second fill is now posponed until the middle of April. I am looking forward to having the restriction people talk about. I hope the 2nd fill helps because I am really tired of being good, and still not losing. I am eating healthy foods, but I want to be full on a small portion.

Thanks Denise822. I'm happy to say the scales went down another pound this morning! Yipeeeeee.... finally, finally, finally, I'm seeing decent progress. I think once you get good restriction and realize that you have to work WITH the band, everything gets easier. I thought I'd never be able to give up bread, but hey, if you can not physically eat the stuff, it's real easy to give it up. I tried a couple of times and all it did was come right back up.

Giving up my daily diet drink was the most difficult. I still crave the carbonation, so I do allow myself a diet drink a couple of times a week, knowing that the next day I will have to drink plenty of water to get rid of the one pound that automatically comes to me from drinking a soda.

The best advice I can give to anyone is to not give up or get discouraged. It has taken me four months to get to the point where I'm beginning to see real progress. It just takes longer for some people than it does others. For me, I needed more fills and had to make a few adjustments to my diet.

Good luck to everyone.

:rolleyes I qualify for this club

i have only lost 12 since September. My surgeon is in two days each of the next two weeks and to busy to see me. For the first time in a long time, because of this support group, I had the nerve today to call another surgeon and I am getting a fill next Tuesday. I am having to pay cash and out of network fee for this. At least I will not get to depressed before I see doctor. I know I need a fill because I am actually hungry. At first I could only eat a couple bites, now I can eat three bowls-going back again and again. My surgeon gave me a fill in Nov. for the first time. The fill hurt very much, the surgery didn't. I do not know what size band I have. I never knew about the sizes until you all informed me.
The good news I haven't gained, the better news is I am all excited again. Thank everyone for all the info you have shared. I really was out there on my own until this site!:faint:






:rolleyes I qualify for this club

I am still plugging along staying the same. I haven't lost anything since I got my fill which was a month ago. My next fill was moved to 4-9, because the dr decided to take spring break off from work.
I haven't gained anything so I am happy about that, but it's a struggle.
I was sick and couldn't exercise but I am going back to exercising so maybe that will help me drop one or two pounds.