I have a question, I know I ask a million questions but I have lost 17lbs since my surgery day which was May 3rd but I haven't noticed a change in pant size, the legs are alot bigger but the waist seems to not being moving much. I am on antibiotics for an infection in my incisions, could it be that I am still swollen in the stomach area.

We can't control where the weight comes off but the first place it usually comes off is in and around our vital organs (belly/visceral fat). Give it time and when it is done there it will continue throughout your body.

I asked this very same question about 1 1/2 months ago when I had lost 35 pounds. I was so upset that I could still wear my same pants. But now that I have lost 64 pounds I am down 2 sizes. At about 50 or 55 pounds is when I could finally drop to the next pant size.

So...moral? Be patient, it will happen. All of my weight came off of my face, my chest :thumbup:, and my legs. Finally, it's coming off of my butt and my belly. And I am finding now that with every pound lost I am noticing a difference in my clothing fit.

Good luck to you and congrats on your success thus far!

~Annette~

I completely understand the frustration. I'm down 20 and the only place I can tell is in my fingers and my feet. People tell me that my face looks thinner, but I don't even see that. But I'm sure, in a month or so, the pants will be looser if not too loose to wear!!! Hang in there!:thumbup:

I haven't been banded yet but I've lost about 20 pounds. I measure myself every month and I've noticed that I've lost inches from the belly down but it seems like my upper arms and chest have either stayed the same or slightly increased in size. Everyone loses inches differently.

It took me about 50lbs before I started noticing it in my waist area. I have always heard 20lbs is one size,but if you have alot to lose it takes more to make a change in pant sizes.

Ha.. I have the same problem. I'm down 17 pounds, too!! The legs of my pants are big.. but the waist is the same. I can tell I've lost weight in my boobs, too. :thumbup:

I've lost 31 lbs so far and some of my clothes are starting to get too big. My daughter said it took her losing 50 lbs before dropping a size, then every 10 lbs she dropped a pant size :thumbup:

It took me 30lbs to lose one size.

I'm down over 40 and even though my current clothes are loose, the next size down is still a bit tight. I'm hoping if 5 or 10 more lbs I'll be down a size---finally!

Mary

I am down almost 35lbs. my pants are getting looser, but I am not small enough to drop to the next size yet. I out it on the fact that my 18's were getting pretty tight and had I bought new clothes would have prob needed to get a 20, so now my 18's are looser but I am not ready for a 16 and prob won't be for another 10 or more pounds.

Thanks for all your responses at least I am not the only one a little frustrated. I guess we will all be buying new wardrobes soon enough, we should be enjoying not having to shell out a bunch of money already!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

I waited over 120 pounds before I even bothered.

I was wearing 3x and 4x shirts with my 56 inch waste pants before I finally decided to buy XL shirts and 44" pants :thumbup:

I am down 45 lb and finally have purchased I pair of capris a size smaller. They have stretch otherwise I'd still be in the 18s. Very Very annoying.

Thanks for this post. I thought I was crazy. I imagined being in those 18s forever, LOL

Ditto what everyone else has said...give it time! I'm down almost 60 pounds and just NOW feel the need to add some smaller pieces to my wardrobe. Granted, my clothes have been baggy on me for the last 15-20 pounds, but now it's at the point where I just feel ridiculous in most of my clothes.

I did buy ONE pair of dress pants a couple of weeks ago that were 2 sizes smaller than what I started with (needed something nice for my sister's college graduation and didn't feel that being a baggy mess would be appropriate)...and I tried on a maid of honor dress that same weekend in the size I had just bought in the pants...too big! I'm excited to go do some shopping here in the next week and see what size I'm actually down to!

I'm being banded on the 14th of this month... but last night I went through my closet.... getting out the rest of my summer clothes. That made me open up the bags of "other clothes.." I realize I have a store in my closet. I am wearing size 18-20 currently, but made a bag of "small 18s" a bag of 16's and a bag of 14's and a bag of 12's!! I kept all these clothes with the hopes of one day fitting into them.. They are all older clothes, but still in great condition... Glad I kept them, as I'm not going to buy many clothes until I REALLY need them. I'm just going to wear my older ones!! I was amazed at the variety of clothes I had!! Can't wait to dump the biggger ones. I am NEVER KEEPING FAT CLOTHES AGAIN!!! WOO HOO!!!:thumbup: