Hello all, I am getting very bummed out. I keep losing and gaining the same 4 lbs. I had my first fill on Oct. 4 and my second one will be coming up on Oct. 18. While I feel a tiny bit of restriction, I am getting very hungry between meals and it's getting difficult to control it. My protein shakes just aren't cutting it any longer. I plan on talking to the doctor when I see him next week. While I try not to compare myself to some of you who have been successful at losing a fair amount of weight, it's still depressing that I haven't! By the way, I had my surgery on August 24.:puke:

Hi:

This is my first post I just joined and couldn't find a way to make a new post so I am glad I found this.

I did my surgery on 9/27 I was at 232 but gained 17 pounds during the surgery day

I had my 1st post op no-fill, on 10/8 and I was at 222.

Now I am on semi solids, the Dr. said to keep the intake at 1200 calories/ day and this is my challenge

I am not hungry and I dont consume a lot of food I still do the Protein shakes and just added tuna, cream of wheat and soups.

I take around 780/ 850 calories a day I have no cravings but I noticed that I am not loosing weight anymore in the contrary I am gaining like any where between 0.5 to 0.6/ lbs a day.

And I am wondering if it is a repeat of whatever was going on before the surgery.

Anyone went through that I would really appreciate any help. I totally understand the frustration you are going through I feel bumped too, I hiked for 35 minutes last night and I still gained

Cheers to all of you and I know we will all get there at different speeds it is just too new for me

Thank you:thumbup:

Try very hard to get your calories to at least 1k especially if you are exercising. When I first started I felt like I was eatting all the time, was walking about a mile every other day and was gaining weight (and I dont mean just muscle). So I sat down for a week and tracked my calories. I was only eatting about 400-600 calories a day and was burning off almost that on my walking days so my body shut down and went into starvation mode which even though I was exercising killed my metabolism.

Remember you can HAVE calories now, so dont keep yourself on a diet espeically if you are excerising. If you are not then you still need to watch the calories a bit but try really hard to get it above 1k and you will see it really start to drop.