:thumbup: I lost 16 lbs for 8day post op check up. Then gained 3 lbs and have stopped there for 14 days. I am doing everything to the letter. Excercise 5x week, 4 oz meals, high protien, at least 64 oz water a day. I'm getting discouraged. Any advise?

First congratulations on getting banded and losing 16 pounds. Keep doing everything u are doing and when you start getting your fills the weight will start coming off. I understand your frustration but the band does work if you work it right. Hang in there and good luck!

Thanks Mom2. After years of failed attempts I feel like that's all I'll ever have.

That happened to me. I had to eat every 4 hrs protein n veggies up to 1 cup and the rest of the rules. I wasn't doing well with the eating and drinking together so I started doing that. I don't drink 30 mins before a meal and an hour later. If you do then ur flushing the food down the tube. Other than that your on point with ur workouts and the amount ur eating.

uugghhh, i am in the same boat. i can't wait to get adjusted on nov. 9th. i had my surgery 9/22. for 3 weeks the scale was going down. then it just plateaued. last week i started gaining. it is so frustrating. i am doing everything correct.

I posted this in another thread about the same topic, so I'll just repost it. Maybe it will help:

I saw signs of a plateau coming on last weekend (scale hadn't moved for 3 days) so for 2 days I did super low carb (like less than 10 or so a day...before that I wasn't really watching carbs at all and I still dont) and REALLY high Protein and then I added walking to my exercise routine. After the 2 days of no carb was over I slowly added back some carbs and took 1 day off from my cross training and elliptical exercise and just did my walk. I also went running one of the days which I never do. Basically I was just trying to confuse the crap out of my body. And it worked! My plateau started around 222.4 last weekend and as of this morning (Saturday) I'm at 218.2. Just try to change something about what you're doing. If you're eating 1000 calories a day, how about doing 2 days of 900 calories and then 2 days of 1100 calories. I don't know what type of exercise you're doing but if you're only doing cardio, add in some weight training. Or instead of doing the treadmill, use the elliptical.