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Hello everyone... i just need to vent a little...I am a slave to the scale....and i haven't even been banded yet! i have started my pre-op diet and was expecting this miraculous weight loss (even though the diet is to shrink my liver not lose weight) and i am so bummed out that i don't see the scale moving.

It is making me second guess getting surgery cuz if i cant lose wight on my own how will i be able to with the band..some one please tell me that weight loss is possible with the band (even though i know it is i have read and seen results from others) i guess i just need encouragement :(

Thanks, Zen

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I understand what you're going through. However, you're setting yourself up for failure by psyching yourself out before you even start! There is power in positive thinking! I actually got rid of the scale I had an currently do not own one and have no plans of ever having one in my house! The scale is nothing but discouragement for me, so I got rid of it. Give yourself the tools for success and think positive! You have lots of people here supporting you!

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I was on a high protein/low carb diet prior to surgery. We were also on vacation during this time too so I didn't have access to the scale and it was killing me not to know. I could tell that I had lost weight because of the way my clothes were fitting me though. Well, when I got home the scale had not moved at all and I thought it was very strange. The day after we got home I was on Clear Liquids (Tues) and then Wed had surgery. Im 6 days out from surgery and I've lost 14 lbs since I last weight myself. So don't worry- IT WILL HAPPEN!

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I'm 3 days from surgery- on high Protein low carb (3 Protein shakes daily and a light dinner salad with small breast of chicken cut in it). Been doing this for about a week and not a pound gone!!! But I've also figured out the calories and it's barely 800/day so my body could be freaking out hanging onto everything.

I'm also peeing like a racehorse and haven't slept more than 2 hours at a time without getting up to go! That may be the biggest reason I'm ready to be off mostly liquids!!!

We'll lose it!!! Just stick to it!

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Im frustrated too ...but most of all i think my hubby is gonna throw my scale out the window :). I had to lose the weight i gained in the approval process. i was borderline and then some. some days ive lost , then the next day im up two freakin lbs. Anyways im looking forward to the band!!!!!

~jennifer~

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Hang in there! Im sure we all get a little frazzled and obsessive like that with the scale. But for me, thats why I do always fail with diets, cause I work hard for a few days and see no results so I give up. Its only when I avoid the scale that I lose weight. Go figure.

Ya know, You might not see resultes today but in another 3 days you might see a big difference!

Dont give up! You can and WILL do great, especially with the surgery! :)

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My surgeon wanted me to do a 500 Calorie:rolleyes: liquid diet (HMR); which I did for 5 days and did'nt loose anything! I went to his office and said it was giving me an allergic reaction, I was'nt loosing weight, and it was giving me the worst food obsession I have ever had. Considering I had been loosing 2 pounds a week on my own diet (1-2 Protein Shakes a day and 1-2 meals) and exercising 7 days a week the nurse told me to stop the HMR. In my opinion being on an obscenly low calorie diet is counterproductive.

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I didn't lose anything pre-op so don't be discouraged. I had to gain 30 lbs to be at the weight it took to get approved by insurance and then to not lose any was a blow to my self-esteem. Thankfully I have lost it and more. Just take your time and don't think about it. I weigh myself 3 times a day and that helps me to determine if I am going to eat that day or just do Protein Shakes, I know it isn't healthy but I can't stop.

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scale fixation can be easily remedied by throwing the darn thing in the dumpster and weighing only at your doctor's office. My pre-op weight loss was nothing to write home about either, but post op I am down 36 pounds as of last Monday.

Believe, Zeniada!

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Hi, my name is Bob and I am a scale whore. :cursing:

You don't have to get away from the scale, you just have to become accustomed to the fluctuations.

Weigh as often as you'd like (have to) but only record your weight once a week.

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Reading posts like this have helped me to make the decision not to weigh myself until I am at least a month out from surgery.

It seems the body goes through such fluctuations with these pre-op diets and then the gas and Fluid build up after surgery and the liquid diets.

I'm going to go by how I feel and my clothes fit.

My surgery is tomorrow so I will measure myself tonight and weigh myself tomorrow and that will be it for as least a month if not more.

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Reading posts like this have helped me to make the decision not to weigh myself until I am at least a month out from surgery.

It seems the body goes through such fluctuations with these pre-op diets and then the gas and Fluid build up after surgery and the liquid diets.

I'm going to go by how I feel and my clothes fit.

My surgery is tomorrow so I will measure myself tonight and weigh myself tomorrow and that will be it for as least a month if not more.

Good luck tomorrow i cant wait till my surgery date!!

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Thank you Zenaida.

I was just looking at your surgery date and thinking ..boy, if I had to wait another 10 days!!!

I've been following your posts, hopefully I can be encouraging to you as I start my post banded journey .

Dee

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