KRISTINinMI

Hi everyone! I hope everybody is having a healthy and happy new year! I got my surgery done February 22, 2010 and have lost 41 pounds. I am getting frustrated and discouraged and could use some help. I have had all of the adjustments that Barix clinic thinks I should have, which is fine with me. I have extreme restriction in the mornings, so much sometimes that I can barely drink Water or take my morning meds. By afternoon I am STARVING and can still only manage soft, liquidy foods most days- and even those get backed up sometimes. At night (by about 7pm), my band seems to open like it should and I find myself eating. And eating. AND EATING....more than a cup of food (more like 2-3 cups). I feel full, sometimes too full, but I deal with it. I am tired constantly, despite taking a daily Vitamin and attempting to eat Protein rich foods. The nurses say that they don't think I need any more Fluid taken out of my band...but I'm not so sure. The worst thing is, that they keep telling me it is NORMAL for SOME band patients to feel the same restrictions in the A.M. BUT I HAVE ONLY LOST 41 pounds in nearly a year and I feel like CRAP. I have an appointment on Jan 11th and was thinking of going in and TELLING them to take more fluid out. I am afraid that if they take too much though, I will be able to eat more (and healthier) foods, but will gain what little I have lost back! I used to weigh 398 lbs, lost a bunch of it throughout years of struggling, Weight Watchers and Adkins and went into surgery weighing 245.5 lbs....could I just be losing slower than others because I had already lost nearly 45% of my total body weight? My surgeon seems to think so, but I am skeptical. Thanks for reading and responding =)