I was banded Nov 30th, 2011 @ 226. I lost 10 pounds two weeks pre-op, 10 pounds 2 weeks post-op. Now since Dec 20th I have only lost 3 pounds to bring me to 203...

6X a week I run 3-5km

1X a week I play volleyball

2X a week I play soccer

I am eating between 1300-1500 GOOD calories. No snacking, no junk, whole foods ie: eggs, chicken, fish, veggies, high fibres... etc...

I am losing inches but the weight is not coming off at all. Should I just chalk this up to inches lost and the # will go down later? Am I not eating enough to sustain my work outs? Am I eating too much (I am hungry lots!!)

I have only had 1 fill to bring me to 4cc (had 2.5cc at time of surgery).. IS this what they call the Bandster hell???

Who has been here?? Who can help a girl out???

Thank you!!

I was banded Nov 30th, 2011 @ 226. I lost 10 pounds two weeks pre-op, 10 pounds 2 weeks post-op. Now since Dec 20th I have only lost 3 pounds to bring me to 203...

6X a week I run 3-5km

1X a week I play volleyball

2X a week I play soccer

I am eating between 1300-1500 GOOD calories. No snacking, no junk, whole foods ie: eggs, chicken, fish, veggies, high fibres... etc...

I am losing inches but the weight is not coming off at all. Should I just chalk this up to inches lost and the # will go down later? Am I not eating enough to sustain my work outs? Am I eating too much (I am hungry lots!!)

I have only had 1 fill to bring me to 4cc (had 2.5cc at time of surgery).. IS this what they call the Bandster hell???

Who has been here?? Who can help a girl out???

Thank you!!

OMG! You are doing so well! I applaud you for doing all that exercise!! Well, I don't know if I can be of any help, but I have been at this for 9 months, and some months were just better than others on the scale. So if you are firming up and losing inches, I think I would chalk up your present experience to muscle weighing more than fat!

Are you hungry? Are you tracking/counting all Protein and calories you take in? I was amazed as I was writing things down how quickly things added up!

Plus, I just experienced an almost month-long plateau, when I happened to catch on TV a weight loss guru talk about eating a good Breakfast (protein, veggie and fiber) every morning to start kick the metabolism, and then the same for lunch and dinner, with a piece of fruit or other lite snack in between. I am doing that now (not to the letter but am doing healthy breakfast now, whether I want it or not!) and am now starting to lose again!

Super good luck to you! Keep up the good work!

I feel your pain, i was banded on 12/16 and only lost 11 lbs...

You state that you are losing inches? That's wonderful. Take it and run with it.

If you're exercising that much, you are replacing your fat with muscle.. and while a pound = pound = pound, muscle takes up less room than fat.. that's why the slow lb loss and reshaping.

If you're not doing so already, start tracking your food and exercise somewhere .. www.livestrong.com or www.myfitnesspal. Do NOT use their calculations for calorie burn though.. get a Heart Rate Monitor or some other device that will calculate your personal calorie burn. You might not be eating enough with all that exercise.

Good job!!

BTW: I had 3 months (Nov 2010 to Jan 2011) where the scale didn't move much at all, but I was reshaping. Every time I went to the gym people would ask if I had lost more weight....after those 3 months, the scale started moving again.

You state that you are losing inches? That's wonderful. Take it and run with it.

If you're exercising that much, you are replacing your fat with muscle.. and while a pound = pound = pound, muscle takes up less room than fat.. that's why the slow lb loss and reshaping.

If you're not doing so already, start tracking your food and exercise somewhere .. www.livestrong.com or www.myfitnesspal. Do NOT use their calculations for calorie burn though.. get a Heart Rate Monitor or some other device that will calculate your personal calorie burn. You might not be eating enough with all that exercise.

Good job!!

I am tracking EVERYTHING I put into my mouth right down to the food I steal from my 9m olds breakfast.. haha I track on myfintesspal.com and my name on there is staceyspeager if you want to check it out/be friends..

I also use a HRM Polar F6. I love that thing!! If I run 30 minutes a track the calories I burn according to my polar it usually means entering 20 minutes of running via MFP to = the same burn #'s...

I am also increasing the pace and weights during every 3-4 work out so I don't get caught up with it being "to easy"..

I guess I will chalk this up to muscle weighs more than fat...

Thanks folks!!

1300 - 1500 calories is still a lot for weight loss. Whether they are good or bad calories doesn't make any difference they are still calories. The old recommendations for weight loss used to be 1000 cal per day. I would suggest you cut your calories and see what happens.

I seem to alternate between losing inches and pounds...BTW, I enjoy both. Perhaps, 1300 to 1500 calories a day is too much. Try cutting back to a 1000 calories a day, for a couple of days (and maybe do a little less exercise on those days), and see if that jump starts the weight loss. I tend to plateau if I eat around 1500 calories a day (my vacation diets are around this amount), but I am not exercising to the same extent that you are. Good luck and keep up the good work...I should be exercising like you!

With your exercise you may be buring more calories than you are taking in. If the inches are coming off that is great. Give it some time as our bodies can be funny some times and do strange stuff. Just don't starve yourself or the results can go the other way. Keep up the good work.

Girl, I think you are assume!

Inches is the name of your game right now. what has happened in the size department? I think all the exercising is building muscle - not a bad thing!

my weight loss has slowed considerably but I love the inches lost, so I'll take them for now.

You barely have had the band in..... Relax, this is not a RAPID weight loss... it is a slow methodical weight loss. You have to get into the greenzone before you start seeing significant changes. The fact that you are losing and your inches are changing says quite a bit. Instead of worrying about weight loss, focus on some other project. Dont watch scales, dont count calories. You know that a McDonalds meal is dang near 1000 calories. You know what proteins and such are... just go with the flow and I promise as you get your adjustments, you will find you are losing the weight.

I know you are exercising a lot but the calories are probably on the high side.

Have you talked to your Dr??? He should be able to give you suggestions to get you started loosing again.

Have your thyroid checked. Mine went south and I couldn't lose. I went on meds and the pounds fell off. After a few years, I hadn't lost all of my weight despite a regiment like yours. My doc adjusted my meds and my weight loss is now in line with the work I am dong and calories I am consuming.

I don't think the calories are too high, especially if you're working out that much. Sounds like you need a fill; it would help with your hunger and you would eat less each time. And you've lost 25 lbs since November so don't sell yourself short!

I'm old school - calories in versus calories burned. I am not a believer in the "Starvation Mode", at least not in the same context people loosley use it around here.

Seems like you have the calories burned under control. Cut back your intake.

Plus, with the amount of excercising you are doing, your body is "toning" up. I hit the gym evry day and my weight loss has slowed way down, but on the other hand my clothes are fitting better.

I have access to a body fat % scale, and although my weight loss has slowed, my Fat index is steadily dropping.

Having the band properly adjusted does not equate to weight loss directly, but when properly adjusted it controls portion size and appetitie control, meaning it restricts calorie intake resulting in weight loss, provided one burns calories also.

But I am close to my goal and things are slightly different now.