Okay, I lost 18 pounds the first week of my surgery and have only lost an additional 5 pounds. I really do not feel any restriction when it comes to food, but I limit myself and try to ignore the hunger. I work out 5 days a week and notice that I am losing body fat but not actual weight. Is this normal or is there something possibly wrong? I cannot go for a fill until 7 weeks out. Please tell me what I am feeling is normal.

Yep. Normal. Keep up the good work and try not to look at that scale too much. When you are exercising, especially, it lies!!!!

The good news is, you are hungry and healing nicely and will be ready for your first fill on schedule. I was so tight post-surgery I didn't get my first fill for 3 months. And I lost 15 pounds in 12 days and not a bit more until the week before my first fill.

You are normal! More normal than me even! Okay, so I'm not normal at all so don't take that as a compliment...but you get the idea.

Thanks Kathy! It just feels like all the stress and work put towards this is not working. It is great to know that this is normal!

same thing here - so ready for my fill next week!

Okay, I lost 18 pounds the first week of my surgery and have only lost an additional 5 pounds. I really do not feel any restriction when it comes to food, but I limit myself and try to ignore the hunger. I work out 5 days a week and notice that I am losing body fat but not actual weight. Is this normal or is there something possibly wrong? I cannot go for a fill until 7 weeks out. Please tell me what I am feeling is normal.

So that pesky fat is going away, right? Who cares what you weigh if your clothes fit better?

Good Luck!!

Yeah, well, the best news is that this means you have less weight to lose! You are gaining muscle mass, which means that your body becomes more efficient at burning calories. Which means that you win.

You have not been filled, and the band doesn't really work as designed without a fill.

Normal!!! If you watched the Biggest Loser, you remember how they would work out like crazy and then weigh in and nothing would come off or even gain weight. All together....MUSCLE WEIGHTS MORE THEN FAT........ You really need to pay more attention to the comfort of your clothes and use a measuring tape along with your scale. You don't want to get discouraged with seeing the numbers on the scale.

You go Ms. Tiffany, you are doing an excellent job.:banana:banana:banana

Tiffany, you've lost 23 lbs in the first month. If you don't lose another ounce for the next four months you will STILL be in the realm of normal bandster weight loss.

You're doing great!! Relax!!

I was banded 10-11-05 and lost 30 lbs b/4 surgery and 10 lbs the first week after surgery but none since. My doctor told me that by the end of this 5-6 week healing phase, that I wouldn't even feel like I have a band, and that is so true!! I have felt very frustrated at times, but then reading about others after surgery experiences on here, has helped to keep me from getting crazy. My doctor said he had put the larger band on me so I am guessing that without any fill yet, the opening is gradually getting larger and larger, therefore why I am hungry all of the time!! I am (im!)patiently waiting my first fill too!!! I am using the goal of "not gaining" as my current plan. It's less stressful!!

I was banded 8/04, and my weight has come off in cycles.. I loose alot and then nothing for a while. The best way to judge the loss of weight is with clothes. I feel like I am not doing anything and then try on something I do not think will fit and it is a little big... The best feeling. Just keep plugging away.

Cindy