Just wanted to know what your weightloss was a month after the surgery! Thanks in advance!

I know that it REALLY varies from person to person, but I lost 14 pounds in the first month after surgery. I had lost 20 pounds prior to surgery on a 3 week liquid preop diet.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Girrrrl, don't even go there. If I could do a cyper finger snap I would.

You'll be glad that you didn't. One of the things I see a lot of on this board and am totally guilty of myself ,is 'comparisons'. Your banding process is as unique as you and your body are. There is no way to say what is average.

I can't even remember what I lost post-op. That time is hard to tell anyway with swelling, and your body's natural reaction to the band. I didn't have a pre-op diet for very long...A. Because from the day I decided to do the surgery to actual surgery was only 3 weeks and B. because I could hardly stick to the pre-op diet.

Whatever you lose will be a fantastic victory. In all honesty, in the beginning weight loss is just a number because most of us don't really 'see' a difference until a little later. But I guess that really depends on your start weight/size. I was a size 24.

So, whatever you lose post-op will feel amazing and it will just get better and better, but beware of how you handle your comparisons to others, sometimes that can bite us in the tushie.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Girrrrl, don't even go there. If I could do a cyper finger snap I would.

You'll be glad that you didn't. One of the things I see a lot of on this board and am totally guilty of myself ,is 'comparisons'. Your banding process is as unique as you and your body are. There is no way to say what is average.

I can't even remember what I lost post-op. That time is hard to tell anyway with swelling, and your body's natural reaction to the band. I didn't have a pre-op diet for very long...A. Because from the day I decided to do the surgery to actual surgery was only 3 weeks and B. because I could hardly stick to the pre-op diet.

Whatever you lose will be a fantastic victory. In all honesty, in the beginning weight loss is just a number because most of us don't really 'see' a difference until a little later. But I guess that really depends on your start weight/size. I was a size 24.

So, whatever you lose post-op will feel amazing and it will just get better and better, but beware of how you handle your comparisons to others, sometimes that can bite us in the tushie.

Ah, the voice of experience. Whenever we compare ourselves to others, whether it be in weight loss or anything else, we are bound to find out that we are different, I cannot think of a time that I compared myself and came out even, which means I will either feel superior or I will feel bad, neither is good for me.