Before I was banded on 10/10, I was steadily loosing about 2 pounds a week. After surgery, I gained 6 pounds (from swelling and gas I assume), and then within 5 days, I was down those 6 pounds and had lost another 4. So, last Thursday, I weighed 276. I got on the scales today to weight myself and I'm still 276. How is that possible?? I'm eating between 1000 and 1200 calories a day. My maintenance calorie intake is like 2400. So, eating so few calories should equal lots of weight loss, but it's not. Why is this? Will I start loosing again soon? I'm eating very healthy--no sugary Snacks or junk food. Everything is high Protein, low carb. I'm also starting back to the gym slowly by doing 30 minutes of treadmill walking. I guess I'm just in a hurry to see the scales going down.

What was everyone's else's experience with the weight loss. When did it really jump start for you. Just an FYI, I lost 16 pounds on the liquid diet, but now it's just stopped.

There are a lot of factors here, like how much water you are drinking and how much exercise you are getting. It all adds up. I lost from day one, but I followed the rules and have done everything I have been told.

Well I have been following all the rules as well, and have gained 2 lbs back. I read a post on here that explains how our bodies are in a state of dehydration and is holding on to all the liquids we take in for the first few weeks. I am hoping once I get a fill, I will start losing again. It is very discouraging to be eating less than 1000 calories a day and gaining weight. Might as well eat a Big Mac, huh? Not really though. Keep doing what you are doing. Hopefully you and I both will break through this soon.

I drink water all day long and I've done everything my doctor has said. And even without exercising at all, if my calories are well below what I need to maintain my weight, I should be loosing weight. I do walk and am active though, so it should only be helping me. I think I'm just going to forget about the scales for a while and keep tracking my food and exercising. Sooner or later, it has to start dropping...

I am four weeks out from surgery, excercise 6 days a week, drink at least a gallon of water everyday, eat only the foods and amounts I am supposed to, and have been gaining and losing the same 2 pounds for the last two weeks. I lost 12 pounds in the week after surgery, but have not been able to lose anything since. My doctor warned me this could be the case though, so I'll just wait, knowing that if I keep making the right decisions, it will make a difference eventually!

Are you noticing any other changes? Inches, smaller sizes in clothes?

i know what you mean - I was banded on 9/19 and had lost 20.5 lbs. At my first fill on Tuesday I was up 1.5 lbs! But I had decided the first month after surgery not to sweat it. As of Today I am suddenly down 2.5 lbs! I don't know if the fill had anything to do with it or if the negative calories finally kicked in!

All I can say is keep plugging!

I am four weeks out from surgery, excercise 6 days a week, drink at least a gallon of Water everyday, eat only the foods and amounts I am supposed to, and have been gaining and losing the same 2 pounds for the last two weeks. I lost 12 pounds in the week after surgery, but have not been able to lose anything since. My doctor warned me this could be the case though, so I'll just wait, knowing that if I keep making the right decisions, it will make a difference eventually!

sometimes eating to few calories can stall weight loss also . After awhile your body will get use to them low calories and you will either have to cut again (which IMO is unsafe ) or up your calories .

I was eating between 800 to 1000 and I truly believe I have done some damage to my metabolism from the articles I have been reading online . My metabolism has came to a crawl because of my calories.

I refuse to cut my calories anymore , its not healthy for one and not healthy for the exercise I do .

According to fitness pal for me to lose 1.5 pounds a week with 1-3 days of exercise I should eat around 1700 calories a day . I have been getting in around 1600 a day and I have lost 3.5 pounds since Monday.

I do believe those articles are true. When I was doing Richard Simmons and eating 2000 calories a day exercise 1-4 times a week I was losing anywhere from 1-3 pounds per week , I cut my calories and I stop losing weight about 7 months out from surgery . I thought okay less calories more weight come off and for awhile I do think that is true , then I think it stops .

There are some people I know okay they stop losing weight they go and get a fill and cut their food portions down even more , I just dont see how that is healthy . We got the band to lose weight of course but not to do it the unhealthy way and plus it dont teach you anything in the long run. IMO.

Since upping my calories once again I have started to lose again .

Before I was banded on 10/10, I was steadily loosing about 2 pounds a week. After surgery, I gained 6 pounds (from swelling and gas I assume), and then within 5 days, I was down those 6 pounds and had lost another 4. So, last Thursday, I weighed 276. I got on the scales today to weight myself and I'm still 276. How is that possible?? I'm eating between 1000 and 1200 calories a day. My maintenance calorie intake is like 2400. So, eating so few calories should equal lots of weight loss, but it's not. Why is this? Will I start loosing again soon? I'm eating very healthy--no sugary Snacks or junk food. Everything is high Protein, low carb. I'm also starting back to the gym slowly by doing 30 minutes of treadmill walking. I guess I'm just in a hurry to see the scales going down.

What was everyone's else's experience with the weight loss. When did it really jump start for you. Just an FYI, I lost 16 pounds on the liquid diet, but now it's just stopped.

I hope this helps:

This was sent to me a while ago and seems like a good explanation for stalls. This is FWIW.

Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.

As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a sabertooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.

So, I guess this is what causes the stair-step appearance of weight loss. You will go down for a while and then it will steady out for a few weeks and then start loosing again once you start burning up those newly formed glycogen stores that came form your body fat. Makes sense. I will just keep doing what I'm doing and it should start to even out.

Thanks for everyone's advice.