My husband was banded on Feb 28 after losing almost 25 lbs on the pre-op diet. He lost approx. 15 lbs the first 2 weeks after surgery on the liquid diet -- we were sipping liquids, doing protein shakes, and having soup for dinner. Not much exciting there. He essentially skipped the purees and went straight to some mushy food, but is now on soft solids - such as fish, potatoes, etc. He's been walking everyday and we even went on a hike this past weekend. The problem though, is that the scales haven't moved at all since he came off of liquids. Has anyone else experienced this stall? We're watching portions and while we're not pureeing his food, he's really not eating much besides grilled fish and low-fat sliced turkey with some veggie on the side. He goes for his first fill in 2 weeks, so we're hoping that will get him back on track and we'll see the loss start back up. His doctor didn't tell us how much loss to expect in the 6 weeks post-op but pre-fill so we don't really know what to expect --- but we definitely didn't expect the loss to stop as soon as we stopped liquids. Anyone who can share experiences, advice, etc. would be a great help! Thanks and good luck to everyone in their journey!

Yeah I agree it would have been nice to have known before surgery so we weren't hitting the panic button!! LOL!!! I was asked if I had any questions but shoot I didn't know what to ask...thoght I had read all I could read about it but I wish I had looked for this site before surgery thinking it would have helped a lot....I jsut weighed again this morning and I have not gained or lost a pound but I can tell my body is changing because I am able to wear clothes that I could not wear so that is a good thing and my girls are smaller...lol!! Good luck in your journey!!

I think there's more of us out there than any of us thought before!!

I'm the same aswell. Banded 05-05-11. Didn't do the pre-op so no weight lost there, lost 15lbs in the 2weeks post op but actually GAINED back 4lbs in week 3! (which essentially made me want to kill myself lol) but then I spoke to my surgeon and he said exactly whats been said above: that it's completely expected that the first 2 weeks you drop, stall or gain in weeks 3-5 but after 6 weeks is when the body and stomach should be healed more or less completely and thats when normal weight loss happens.

Kinda wish I'd been told this pre-op though. Or rather, I wish my ears had been a little more open when my surgeon told me not to expect miracles hahaha