I am in my 7th week, lost 15lb first 41/2 weeks. I started running and have not lost any more. Getting my water in and 3 meals a day. Is this normal?:scared2:

I am on my 6th week and in the same boat. I lost 15lbs. the first 3 weeks and nothing since. I am doing the same thing eating 3 meals and drinking a lot of water. I am so fustrated, I feel like I am on a diet. I am still hungry, I have to have tremendous willpower so I don't over eat, I hope this lap band is not another diet mistake. I have read a lot of post about people in the same situation we are in. NO WEIGHT LOSS.

I would suggest the basics that every successful bandster here will chime in and suggest:

Eat at least 80 grams of Protein a day.

Document EVERYTHING you eat and the calorie and protein count. Use a program, App, or Website. Also, document your exercise.

Know your Basal Metabolism rate and eat 1000 calories less than that NET. If your Basal Metabolism is 2000 Calories and you do 500 calories of exercise, eat no more than 1500 calories a day.

Expect to lose 2 pounds a week. Not 10 or 12. The band is not "The Biggest Loser" TV show.

Watch your sodium. Salt retains Water and makes the scale frustrate you.

Know that your weight can fluctuate 4 to 5 pounds. Weigh at the same time and the same condition (clothes).

Eat on small plates, eat slow, and quit when the food gets cold. After your fills, you will quit when you feel full.

While this may sound like a diet, it is preparing you to accept a lifestyle change. You will not have to do all the documenting and thinking once you accept this into your head as your life from now on.

Good Luck

TJ

How do you know your Basal Metabolism? I am using the LoseIt app. Great. but my Exercise seems to put me at eating only 200 to 500 calories.

Use this>>>

Basal Metabolic Rate : Calculators : Discovery Health

Thanks got it. could not eating enough make me not lose weight?

Thanks got it. could not eating enough make me not lose weight?

YES. Even if you weren't banded, eating too little can slow your metabolism down as it will adjust to whatever the calorie intake you are eating. If you are under 1000 a day, try adding an additional 200-300 calories with a lot of extra grams of Protein like a Protein shake after you work out. If you are in that range, try going back on the liquid only high protein pre-op diet for a few days to shake it up it bit and continue drinking your water/broth/crystal lite or whatever 600-800 calories a day. Maybe do this one day a week. Also, eating smaller meals/amounts of food more often through the day to feed continuously should help also. Good Luck :frown: