Before surgery, and 10 day dier, I weighed 357. I had my surgery June 9, 2011. After surgery, I weighed in at 346 pds. As of Novemeber 28, 2011, I went to have a fill. I weighed 329. I had lost 4 pounds in a month. I am very concerned because I am about to reach my 6 month mark, and I have only lost 17 to 20 pounds give or take. Other people say they can tell, but I swear....17/20 pounds is not alot to me. The reason I say 17/20 because the nurse said 20 since surgery based on her weigh ins. Hmmmmmm...what else can I do?

Here is my advice, 2 things. One is to eat a lowcarb/low fat/high protien diet. I eat eggs or a protien shake for breakfast, lean meat and a non-starchy veggie for lunch and dinner. I snack on a 1/4c nuts 2-3 times a day. I also include 2 cheese sticks in one of those snacks. Very rote, but it works for me. The other piece is working out. If your not doing it already, I highly reccomend you start. Start out slow and gradually increase your duration/intensity. You can do it!

I think exercise is key! Even just going for a short walk every day will help. Then each day just walk a little further to increase your stamina. You will see the weight just start dropping off!

I really agree with vlp and dawn. Exercize will help get your metabolism going and be conscious of not only how much you are eating but what you are eating. My diet sounds very similar to vlp. I also wear a bodymedia armband that really helps keep me in check. I plug it up every nite and download it and it tells me how many calories I have burned during the day and I input my food intake and it tells me the calorie deficit for the day. I know that if I want to lose 2 pounds a week then I need a deficit of 1000 calories a day. If I download it and see that I am not going to achieve that, I jump on my treadmill or I lighten up on dinner and evening snack and do what I need to do to reach my daily goal. I have really enjoyed using it to help keep me on track.

I really agree with vlp and dawn. Exercize will help get your metabolism going and be conscious of not only how much you are eating but what you are eating. My diet sounds very similar to vlp. I also wear a bodymedia armband that really helps keep me in check. I plug it up every nite and download it and it tells me how many calories I have burned during the day and I input my food intake and it tells me the calorie deficit for the day. I know that if I want to lose 2 pounds a week then I need a deficit of 1000 calories a day. If I download it and see that I am not going to achieve that, I jump on my treadmill or I lighten up on dinner and evening snack and do what I need to do to reach my daily goal. I have really enjoyed using it to help keep me on track.

I am interested in knowing more about the bodymedia armband. Do they have a website? I want to know exactly how it works

Body media arm band. Go to www.bodybugg.com

4 lbs per month is a good rate of loss. The band's average is 1-2 pounds per week. When I was actively losing, my average was 3/4 of a pound per week. I wasn't happy with the rate, but it was coming off.

We always wish it were faster, but the #s are going down! It's a good thing.

You're doing good. I was banded June 20, 2011. My last fill was two and a half weeks ago and at that visit, I was told that I was right on track with my weight loss, that slow was better. I told her I was frustrated and she said not to be, that if it came off slow it has a better chance of staying off and I in turn have a better success story.

So don't be discouraged. Any loss is good. Don't try to rush it. Remind me of this soon, would ya??

Hang in there. It's not a race to lose