I was banded July 16, 2010 and I have lost a total of 15-20 lbs given the day. I have a fill of about 3.5 cc I am kinda discouraged. How much weight have you July bandsters lost. Ive been working out at least once a week I do see a little change in my body but not the change I want. Im in 3 weddings next year and I really want to lose at least 50lbs by May. Any suggestions? HELP!!!

I was banded July 16, 2010 and I have lost a total of 15-20 lbs given the day. I have a fill of about 3.5 cc I am kinda discouraged. How much weight have you July bandsters lost. Ive been working out at least once a week I do see a little change in my body but not the change I want. Im in 3 weddings next year and I really want to lose at least 50lbs by May. Any suggestions? HELP!!!

try eating less - i have lost 50lbs in 11 weeks and still dont have much restriction. I dont do much exercise and I try to eat 800-1000 cals a day. I am now 218 lbs and 5-7inches and I have 50 more lbs to lose - I want to and will achieve this over the next 3 - 4 months.

I was also banded in July and have had slow weight loss. I work with somebody who has done wonderful losing weight with the lap band, so I know IT IS possible. And she exercises very regularly! Sometimes I feel like a failure because she has done so well, and had lost so much more weight than I have when she was 4 months out of surgery.

I just had a fill Monday, so I'm going to try harder. I have not felt much restriction as of yet, and I'm really ready for it. I'm a little discouraged too, but we can encourage each other. We know we aren't alone, and we aren't failing. It's just that we need to try a little harder. We didn't go through this surgery and have our families go through it with us, to NOT BE LOSING WEIGHT. We CAN DO THIS!

Sonora1, sounds like you have a year to look forward to! Set small goals and do your best to keep them. Try to have fun getting there! You are going to look beautiful for those weddings! 50 lbs by May is about 8 lbs a month. So, that's 2 lbs a week. If that's your goal, you should probably exercise more than once a week. Try 3 times a week. I bet you will see results.

I'm going to focus on exercising more and eating less. We have to focus!

I was banded July 16, 2010 and I have lost a total of 15-20 lbs given the day. I have a fill of about 3.5 cc I am kinda discouraged. How much weight have you July bandsters lost. Ive been working out at least once a week I do see a little change in my body but not the change I want. Im in 3 weddings next year and I really want to lose at least 50lbs by May. Any suggestions? HELP!!!

You are losing about a pound a week or just a little bit less. Bandsters are expected to average 1-2 pounds per week. I averaged 3/4 of a pound per week when I was actively losing. It is frustrating not to lose as fast as we want, but you are doing OK. As others have said, try upping you exercise if you can. At the rate you are losing by May you can be down another 25-30 pounds. Kick up the calorie deficit and you can increase that.

Are you keeping a food journal? Do you have good restriction at 3.5cc? If not, when is your next fill? It took me a while to get to good restriction and start losing well. Are you following the diet and bandster rules set forth by your surgeon and/or nutritionist? What are you eating?

Most of all, don't compare yourself to others. We each lose at our own rate. Do what you can to be the healthiest you that you can. Do your best, that is really all that you can do. You WILL get there. It takes some of us longer than others, but we can get there!