khayles

I too am VERY frustrated with no weight loss in 2 months. I am working out at the gym with a trainer, 5 days a week for 1 1/2 hours of cardio and two days a week of 1 hour with trainer and 30 min of cardio. I dont feel like I am eating all that much at all. The only thing I cheat with is a couple of cookies here and there and a popsicle once in a while. Surely those couple of things cant be hurting with all the calories I am burning...I am eating a lot of tuna for lunches, lots of chicken at dinner, apples, and protein shakes or yogurt in the mornings. And I have not lost a pound since doing all this. I was banded at the end of March and have only lost 42 lbs. VERY FRUSTRATED and wondering if this is all I am going to lose, when my body still needs to lose at least another 40 lbs. I paid alot of money for this and wanted it to work. Any answers???

I am discouraged, have not lost a lb in 2 months. I have had 7 fills but very conservative, small ones and I still am not at my sweet spot. How do you know when you are there? I know I am not because I can eat anything with no restriction at all. I am going to talk to doctor tomorrow to see how many cc's I actually have and what the problem is, why I don't have any restriction after 7 fills, that seems to be alot of fills compared to other people's that I have read who are restricted after 4 or 5 fills. :thumbup:

wow that is awesome. i too had surgery at the end of March but I have only lost 40 lbs., and it seems very slow to come off. What do you eat mostly?

I too would like to know more about the restriction. I can still eat anything I want, i.e., popcorn, meat, corn, any fruit, bread, etc. I just got my 7th fill and I have about 5.5 ccs in a 10 cc band and I don't feel any restriction at all. It is frustrating, I just got another fill yesterday but I still don't feel any restriction from it. Anybody?

I was banded March 27, 09. I too had a very large hernia which was repaired. I never had any trouble with it prior to the surgery. I was in so much pain after the surgery in the recovery room, I thought I was going to die. I had to wait on my surgeon to get out of another surgery so that he could come in and take out some of the fill, which once he did I was a lot better. It took me only about 3 days to feel better. Take the pain medicine as that did help me alot. I did get up and walk as much as possible.

I was banded on March 27, 09 and I am down about 37 lbs with only 3.5 cc's in a 10 cc band. I have seen a lot of people on here that have lost 50 - 75 lbs or more in a year, i think it depends on how much you weigh to begin with, obviously the more you weigh the more you seem to lose in the beginning. If you are in a hurry I don't think the band is right for you. I struggle with that, wanting it to come off faster and it seems extremely slow to me. But then I have learned to eat better thru the process. Good luck.

That is so awesome. Sounds like you are doing 100 percent right. I was banded on March 27th, and I am only down 31 pounds. Very frustrating as I walk 4 miles a day, 6 days a week. I am starting to think I am not eating enough or something. I had my 4th fill today and STILL NO RESTRICTION WHATSOEVER.

Awesome for you. I had my 4th fill today and I still have absolutely no restriction. I don't know what it is going to take.

Geez, what foods are left? That seems like a lot of foods you cannot eat ever again.

I was banded 3/27/09 and I too had a hiatal hernia repair, which was a very large tear per my surgeon. I had to stay on a liquid diet a couple of days longer as I could not keep anything down either, however I am healing fine now. Scheduled for my first fill Monday, which I am ready for as I feel now with no fill in the band I can eat way too much and I have only lost 16 lbs., and not much of any of that was after the surgery. Good luck, hope yours gets better soon

Is all the belching actually gas????

I too seem to have this somewhat. I was banded 4 days ago and I have had such nausea that I can't keep much of anything down. Today all I have had is about 5 bites of sugar free Jello and a little Water. My stomach makes all kinds of noises and it feels like it is tightening or something. I have been belching a whole lot as well. Is this all normal? How long before this tight feeling goes away I had to have 4.2 cc taken out at the hospital a few hours after my surgery. I also had a large hiatal hernia that had to be repaired and I am thinking that is why I am having a difficult time maybe. Any thoughts? Thanks Kathy

Wow, I think that is wonderful. If I can lose 24 lbs in the first 4 weeks I will be very happy. Sounds like you are doing everything right. Good for you. My surgery is scheduled March 27th, so I am on my 2 week protein diet, which is not too bad, but have urges to grab chips or cookies, which is the reason I am where I am now. Good luck.

How has it been since the surgery? What are you eating? I am scheduled for March 27th in Conroe, Texas.

What else does the doctor have you eating? I too am scheduled march 27 for surgery. My doctor has me on 2 Protein Shakes a day and two Protein meals. However I only started Tuesday of this week. Thanks Kathy