I am 4 weeks post op and am stuck at 18 pounds lost. It is very frustrating. Do I need a fill or go back to liquid (don't want to go back to liquids) diet? I have my 4 week check on Wednesday, I think i am going to ask for a fill. It will be my first. Another 10 pounds or so and I will be able to fit in my old jeans. CAN'T WAIT!!!

I feel like i definately plateaued....Stuck at 15lbs since surgery and 9 presurgery. They scheduled my fill for January 20th. I cannot wait. I will be 4 weeks post op by then. So we will see what happens

There are a lot of things at play, are you getting enough calories in? to may calories? enough water? exercising (at least walking)? enough protein? staying away from the bread, rice, and pasta? Talk with your Dr, but you are doing well 18 in four weeks is 4.5 pounds a week and that is above average. (average is 2 pounds a week) Keep up the good work and don't get down on yourself

I myself around 3-4weeks after surgery was also stuck on the same number for 2 months...then i got a 2nd fill and yay started dropping the lbs, my first fill did nothing but the second was the one ....schedule a fill if you are not getting satisfied from your meals,,but talk to your doctor about all of this and good luck to you in your journey

Try not to get ahead of yourself, wondering if you have plateaued, etc. You are still post-surgery. The fact that you have lost any weight at all, IMO, has not had anything to do with the band at all.

It's more because of the diet you have been on, liquids - mushies - soft solids - solids that you have lost weight.

To be polite, you are just starting how to learn to walk......and you are worried about running marathons.

For myself, yes, I lost weight pre and post surgery. Four weeks after surgery and I had my first fill, 4cc's. Also, at the 4 week mark I was allowed to go back on regular food full time. And in addition to that, at 4 weeks my hunger came roaring back like a lion, probably because I was fully healed and back to "Normal", as I was before the surgery.

My 2nd fill was 4 weeks after the first, and in between my 1st and 2nd fills I GAINED weight. It wasn't until my 3rd fill did I start to live the life of someone who has been banded and on a consistent weight loss journey.

I was banded in Jan 2011. I did not get properly adjusted until about May 2011, and even then, I had to go through a learning curve (and still am) to the point things did not get optimal until about late August - Sept., even though I have not had a fill since last May.

Today, one year later, everyday is like any other day, the band has become 2nd nature, don't really think about it all that much.

Thanks for all the great advice!!! I tend to be hard on myself adn think that I should be losing weight everyday. I need to stop doing that.

I lose on average about 2-4lbs. per month. It was 1yr. since banded in December and have lost a total of 55lbs. It is slow, but very normal and healthy weight loss. Usually before my fills I would not lose any weight and then get a fill and start losing again.

You just started the journey, just focus on your eating right now and adjusting to the difference in how you have to eat. The weight will come off, look at me, very slow but coming off.

We all want to loose fast and some do some don't just another dissapoitment to the slower loosens but where would we be without the band is what we need to think about