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don't panic. You will be fine. I gained weight too up to two weeks later. Your body goes into starvation mode immediately and is fighting what you are doing. Eventually this changes but this is a slow weight loss because you have to overcome phyisical symptoms of starvation. Just relax, you are on your way

Don't worry. I did this seven years ago. Pills do feel like they are in the back of your throat but they go down. Now I take all pills whole but probably not for 3-4 years. You are doing the right thing. Everything "feels" unusual but it's probably fine. When it's not, your system will toss it back.

What a pretty girl you are! You've done great. No more just liquids...you can be healthier than that. MOVE. You look like you have tons of energy and would attract lots of good energy!

So, I'm seven years into the band. So glad I did it but I was shocked at how little weight I lost. It took a long time, mostly because our bodies go into immediate starvation mode. I went from 240 to 180 over one year. I was never too tight and now seven years later, I have virtually no fill...just the band. I now weight 170. The last 10 pounds were lost when I hired a trainer. It took four months to ignite my metabolism that's how sluggish this weight loss procedure makes our metabolism. I now can eat normal amounts of food (not too much but normal) so I'm certain my stomache has changed. I go about every two years to the Dr. The tool worked but it's just a tool. Where I'm at today is that I think I have a clogged band. Friday evening at a fancy, expensive restaurant, I had a piece of chicken that still had cartlage attached. i pulled a piece from my mouth (not nice at a good restaurant)but I'm sure I swallowed a piece too and I cannot get it through or digested. That was Friday ... this is Tuesday evening. I am freaked out because I know I have to have this dealt with. Will it cost a fortune? I paid $14K cash for the band. I can eat some but there is constant pressure, not at all fun. Any advice? For you...you have to exercise, period. this is a bad diet tool but it does end the ability to binge eat and that was the trick to 60lbs. But I've been 150 before from diet and exercise and that look is entirely different. Start sweating to your waist.