Newbie: Banded Sept. 6th...

[canontwins 0]

Hi, I was banded on Sept 6th and I already feel discouraged... I've lost 10 pounds since surgery which was on the post-op liquid diet, then I remained the same on the puree diet, now I'm worried I'm not progressing now that I'm on soft foods. I feel like I still don't have control and over eat at times. I told my surgeon I want my band tightened and he said I had to wait 2 more weeks... I'm afraid I'm going to gain weight.

[Corrigan 75]

I was banded the 12th, I'm not losing much, and I don't think you should worry too

much about it until your first fill. You probably don't have any restriction yet so you can (not should) eat almost anything you

did before surgery. You should just follow your dietitian's instructions and you'll be fine. We'll lose after our

first fill.

[Timoniumroady 10]

10 lbs in a month is great, plus you haven't had any fiil. You're worrying like most of us have. I had my surgery on September 1st and just had my first fill October 3rd. My goal is to loose 10 lbs a months and when I went to the doctors, I had reached my goal.

Although I was so disappointed in myself because the week before my first fill, oh my, not only was I recovered from having surgery (which makes you hungry) I also had that PMS hunger . It wasn't good, I won't lie.

The night before my appointment I even had nightmares my doctor was yelling at me. Well to my suprises, my doctor was so kind, he looked at me and said why are you beating yourself and much have you gained? He opened my chart and said you lost 10 lbs since surgery and you had no fill , your doing great. I have the best doctor, I won't lie, he's very motivating.

We sometimes need to remember, we didn't put this weight on overnight and we surely aren't going to take it off overnight. I even wish that I everyday, but for me I know its more realistic for me to set smaller goals. 10lbs a month, I think I can do it, and I have to have faith in myself that I will do it. I still have 90 lbs to go and hopefully by next summer, I will be able to put a swim suite on for the first time and not feel like a beached whale. I see people some people loose quickly on this site and everyone is different. I even read alot of people having issues with the band on here and I try not to focus on negatives.

It will happen, have faith and good luck in your journey.