So, I lost about 16 pounds with the pre-op diet and the 1st week post op diet. I know I stopped losing weight when I started with mushies, I could just tell. I now believe I'm in the middle of "bandsters hell" when I can eat almost anything and am quite able to overeat. I haven't even weighed myself in a week or two because I fear the results.

Well today, I thought....I'm just gonna get on the scale and see what the damage is and figure out what I have to do to make sure I don't sabotage myself before I start getting fills. To my surprise, the scale was teetering between the same weight and a 1/2 pound less!!! I am shocked! This is good news because this tells me I AM capable of losing weight. Some adjustments with the band and my eating habits and I believe I should have no reason to fail at this! Happy about this!

See there! You're doing great! I weighed today and was down 18.4 pounds and I was thrilled! Once we get filled and can really work this thing we are going to be some hot skinny ass bitches! Ha! Love ya friend!!

Ditto that! Then we can all meet in Vegas to celebrate

I think there's a weight loss conference in Vegas sometime in the future....

Congrats on the weight loss.

The pre op diet I didnt think I would like but Ive lost 22 pounds pre op and it was great it got me excited about my surg and now Im addicted to the gym ......tip for you that worked for me is ask your diet person what should be your calorie intake according to your body style and follow it. Once I learned what I needed to consume for good weight lost it was amazing how it worked my cal intake daily is 1500-1300 and in the gym everyday ....work hard gl

_{Well done, Mattie!! Keep up the good work.}

I weight myself every Monday, I battle getting on the scale every day but everyone says once a week. I was in bandster hell for about 2 weeks didn't lose a pound a 1/2 pound a 1/4 pound nothing. I still haven't had a fill and can and occasionally do eat what ever I want. I get my 1st fill on the 24th, but i the last 2 weeks I've lost 4 lbs so I'm happy with that, and don't expect it to go up much more than that I'm just looking forward to not being hungry every 2 hours.