Slow Losers - Unite!

Hi All!

I've been gone for a long time...I'm so thankful to have found this thread! I need to START OVER with my band. I'm tight enough, I think. But, need/must get back into the zone. I've only lost 30 lbs. in one year. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to have shed those ugly pounds. But, when I see how others have stuck to the new way of eating and lost so much weight.... well, I know I can do this, too!!! I've been reading and wonder if Atkins OR Weight Watchers is best? Any thoughts?

Mary

<p>Another thought...... </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I think a big part of my problem is needing to drink while eating. Things get stuck/painful so I sip coffee or tea and it helps it go down. I swear I chew it enough. I just don't know.</p>

Maybe you are too tight. If things are getting stuck and you are sure you are taking really tiny bites and chewing very well, you could be too tight.

Hi
Today I am feeling rather down after reading some of the weight loss stories and the amazing results MOST people seem to have had - I was starting to think I must be the slowest Lap Band loser ever. In two days it will be 5 months since I was banded and I have only lost 9.7kgs/23lbs and 5kgs/11lbs of that was in the first week of liquids. Starting to turn to food because I feel like I am again failing at something - you guys seem to have a great support network going and maybe thats what I need to get me out of this slump.

lapgirl, it's amazing to me how different each one of us are. i CANNOT drink with my food, since my last fill. actually, i have more trouble drinking period, than i do eating.

weird huh, i guess i chew really good, but i gulp. i've been sick too, but i have slimed on liquids about 8 times this weekend. none on food.

if i even take one bight and then take a drink, it is coming back up.

I'm definitely in! I was wondering where all my slow losing friends were! Lost just 24 pounds in 7 months! By the way, what's NSV or whatever it was??

I think I am a slow loser. I have only lost 35 pounds just over 6 months. I really haven't lost any more weight in about 6 weeks or so.

NSV stands for Non Scale Victory. Sometimes we go down in a size or someone tells us that we look great. Those are non scale victories.

hey Beka i got ya beat, 8 months after surgery i had only lost 16 lbs. now thats frustrating and discouraging. i gained 12 lbs back when my stress level went up because i reached for ice cream(my comfort food) read my first fill story on page 94 and u will see how confused i was for months. i actually wasted months by not going for a fill when i should have, but as my story tells i was told that my pouch stretched. anyway i've lost 13lbs since 12/15/07 and that's because i can't eat solids until after 6:30 in the evening because that seems to be the only time of the day that the food doesn't come back up. Hang in there and revaluate your calories and if they are healthy ones. water is very important.

Well i haven't had any NSV's as of yet. and what is pb's or pd's i know what sliming is yahoo!!!

:help:I was banded 7/12/07 and to this date I have lost 11 pounds. I have had 3 fills. I eat less than I ever have and still I can not lose weight. I morning when I got on the scales I just wanted to cry. I have good restection and follow the rules. I have not been exerice much because of the hoildays but I plan to start back this week. My question is is there anyone eles out there in the same boat as I am in.

Exercise is Key. I wouldn't have lost anything if I didn't exercise
5-6 days a week. If you ask any of the people who have had good weight loss, they all exercise at least 5 days a week.

PB stands for productive burp. Sometimes we burp and some food comes with it. More of the time, when something is stuck and won't go through the band, you puke. It's all out puking, not burping. Usually a bunch of thick spit starts coming up first.

Denise, Mine is always that thick mucus. i do all i can to avoid throwing up so i spend a lot of time just spitting in the sink and holding it back when that happens. sorry so gross! What is slime? is that the thick mucus thing?

Yes, New Jersey...I think you are correct!

So glad to have found this thread.....I may be the slowest loser there is! Bee...you are not alone!

Ugggh!
Toni

Yep, that's slime alright. It's the body's way of trying to get the food to slide through the band.

I hate it and try to take itty bitty bites and chew very well to avoid this at all costs.