amatt020907

I had my surgery on 02/09/2007 and was very happy with my results in the beginning. My starting weight was 298 lbs and I managed to get down to 228 lbs in less than a year. Well, as of today's weigh-in I am at 262 lbs, which is a loss for me because I got all the way back up to 279 lbs. I just feel very disappointed in myself because I see my girlfriends that had the surgery with me losing weight and keeping it off. To my defense, I did have my band opened for most of 2008 due to reflux and possible slippage. Yeah I was suppose to go back and have an adjustment, but life got in the way and I became very depressed and of course food was my crutch. Well, I am trying to get back on track now. I started back at the gym, increased my protein and decided to start utilizing this LAP-BAND® forum again. So wish me luck! This time I will stay focused and on track! :mad:

I had my surgery on 02/09/2007 and was very happy with my results in the beginning. My starting weight was 298 lbs and I managed to get down to 228 lbs in less than a year. Well, as of today's weigh-in I am at 262 lbs, which is a loss for me because I got all the way back up to 279 lbs. I just feel very disappointed in myself because I see my girlfriends that had the surgery with me losing weight and keeping it off. To my defense, I did have my band opened for most of 2008 due to reflux and possible slippage. Yeah I was suppose to go back and have an adjustment, but life got in the way and I became very depressed and of course food was my crutch. Well, I am trying to get back on track now. I started back at the gym, increased my protein and decided to start utilizing this LAP-BAND® forum again. So wish me luck! This time I will stay focused and on track!

This is my first time in this type of forum. I had my surgery on 2/9/07 and I have only lost 42 lbs. I feel like I am not progressing as I should. Yes, I am very happy that I lost the weight that I've lost thus far, but I wanted to lose at least 60 lbs by now. When I read a lot of the threads for February bandsters it seems like a lot of you have lost a lot more. I eat right, exercise when I have time, but still very slow progress.