Just joined this group and I am looking for some inspiration! My surgery was on 11/30/09. Presurgery weight was 243. This morning I was at 209. I am 5'6". I got my 2nd fill last Monday. I am now at a 4.0 in a 10cc band. I have been having alot of problems eating since my last fill. Lots of sticking and my heartburn is bad. My blood pressure pill even gets stuck and burns.

My biggest issue is that NOONE IS NOTICING!!! I have lost 34 pounds and noone even notices? I have went down a pant size. Has anyone else had this issue?

Today I am trying to start fresh and be possitive. I am going to be more faithful with the treadmill and I think I may start tanning a bit. Maybe at least I will feel better about myself!

Anyone have any encouraging words on whatelse I can do?:confused:

I just got my second fill last week and am now at 5ccs. I am only able to get down liquids and soups for 98% of my daily intake... However, I lost 2.5 pounds since last Tuesday and I see my Dr. in only one more week, so I'm not going to go back for an unfill...

I have lost just under 25 pounds since my surgery on Dec 4th and only 3 People even know I had this surgery... My almost 60 year old Live in Boyfriend does not even know...

So one of my GF's who does know, sees me about once every 3 weeks or so and she commented on how fantastic I look and asked me if my BF has noticed yet... Since he hasn't commented or said anything I asked him... His comment was

"Oh, you've lost weight? I know you said you were going on a diet, but I saw you eating so I thought you gave up"

Okay, so Up until the second fill, I was able to still eat most foods and have been eating small portions off of a tea saucer... I said to him

"well duh, I have to eat... There is no diet where you don't eat at all"

So there you have it, I've gone from a comfy size 18 to a 14 which is very baggy on me and he has not noticed...

Be careful on the tanning. You don't want to lose weight and get healthy to live longer just to get cancer... However, I bought a full size tanning bed about 10 years ago and I can tell you you do look healthier and thinner when you have some color. LOL... I left it with my ex husband when I left him... I realized the damage I was doing to my skin and cancer of all types is so prevalent in my family that I had to give it up....

Good Luck! I'm sure if you saw someone you haven't seen in a few weeks they would definately notice your weight loss. I think those who see us every day will be the last to notice and only after drastic changes... I think my man won't notice until I lose about 50 pounds...

Are you still wearing the same clothes? I have found people notice when I pull out a smaller size from my closet (I have several sizes lol). Don't get discouraged, you are doing great. Keep up the good work!

There is truly a fine line between no one noticing and people NOT recognizing you at all. I went almost 40 pounds with no change in sizes, no one noticing, nothing........then all of a sudden tons of people can tell. I think you are close. Just wait and keep on doing what you are doing. You are doing great!

Thanks everyone for your input! I will just keep doing what I am doing then!

the good thing is you´re healthy and that you know you´re losing weight, be positive as you said, what i did was started doing more exercise, after that everyone started noticing the weight loss.....try it.....i´m sure you´ll have positive results....goodluck