I will have been banded for a week this coming tuesday and i have been following everything by the book when it comes to the diet an been walking for an hour a day and i feel as though nothing has changed with myself looks wise and im getting very discouraged. Please help:sad:

It doesn't happen overnight hun. It's going to take time and lots of hard work. But stay strong and be positive. You will see the changes soon enough!

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Also, you may not see a big change before you get your first fill. For me, that'll be in another 5 and a half weeks--6 weeks after surgery. That's when the pouch is formed and when you should feel some restriction.

Be patient and don't give up hope! It'll happen.

I will have been banded for a week this coming tuesday and i have been following everything by the book when it comes to the diet an been walking for an hour a day and i feel as though nothing has changed with myself looks wise and im getting very discouraged. Please help:sad:

In a word, "YES!"

You are doing right but thinking wrong. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was your weight.

Just keep doing what you are doing and try and keep a positive attitude.

I suggest taking a few pictures now. They will come in handy in a month or so when you are having the same thoughts. Then you can take a couple of more pictures and compare them to the ones you take now. You will see a difference and it will help keep your attitude positive.

Good luck!

Bob

I think your expectations are a little high right now. You're a week out from surgery; your body is still healing. You aren't going to see drastic results for months possibly. It all depends on how much you lose. Some people say they see a difference once you've lost about 20lbs, but again it differs.

You will see the differences soon, so don't stress too much over them. Like others have said take a few pictures from different angles and in a month or two, take more and compare them. You'll see the changes and hopefully you'll feel them as well.

I agree that your expectations are very high right now, but I would also warn you to keep them in check for the long term as well. It may take several fills until you get optimal restriction and your weight loss takes off. It took me six months until I reached my sweet spot and really started to lose steadily, but it DID eventually pay off! Be patient!

Take a deep breath.................now breath slowly.....This band thing takes time and work ,nothing magical about it. Hopefully you are in for the long hall.....now relax

I agree with everyone else. Just sit back and relax for a minute. :confused: The biggest difference with the band versus bypass, etc., is that the band is a tool. It takes time. It won't be 30 lbs overnight. The weight didn't come on overnight (although trust me - sometimes I think it feels like it does) and it won't melt off that way, either. It takes a while.

I, like you, was discouraged at first, but now I'm five months out and pretty happy so far. Is it as much as others? No. But, it's an improvement and I can tell a difference in how my clothes fit, how good I feel, etc. It will happen for you. Just keep doing what your doing. Your body is healing and it's trying to figure out what's going on. One day it will. And then you'll look in the mirror and you won't recognize the body you're looking at.

Good luck - it will all work out. :scared2:

Is it as much as others? No.

Is it more than many? Yes.

GingerJane,

You have to look at that glass as half-full if you are going to compare to others. You are doing great!