Frustrated!

[babyk 1]

I'm so frustrated lately. I feel like my stomach is so gross. I feel like even though I've lost 30 lbs (which is way less than a lot of people on here) it still is so ugly. It's really frustrating because at the age of 22 I should not be worrying about this stuff. I'm totally down for all of the effort and hard work it takes to eat healthy and exercise, but not seeing results is very frustrating. grr just needed to vent; has anyone else felt this way!? What did you do!?

[phatkatblue 45]

Yes I have felt this way but I am much older and have only been banded for 2 months...what i do is kick up and change up the exercise. I have also resorted back to the preop diet or some version of it and even added calories some days just to change things up...I come on this site for support, remember my NSVs, and value my 31 lb loss that i know would not be possible without my band! Hang in there...there will be plenty more ups and downs! How long have you been banded?

[1shauna1 129]

Like you, OP I had my surgery a while back, and I'm not down as much as I had thought I would be. In fact, I had thought I'd be at goal by now. But it's mostly my own fault for working around my band. I've also had issues with my fill level (going for another fill next week after three unfill/refills; just can't get this right!). All I can say is, yes it is totally frustrating, but you can't give up! I'm going to be 40 next January and I'm damn well going to be finished losing weight by then! You can do it too!

[Pollyanna12 74]

I don't know about you guys but any weight loss is better than my last 10 years of upward weight! I lost a lot the weeks after surgery but it has really slowed as I started mushies and soft foods. Keep your chin up, remember the end goal and don't beat yourself up. :-0

[pink dahlia 2,513]

honey, ill be 54 this summer and while i didnt have any weight probs until i turned 30, l know that being overweight and frustrated is difficult at ANY age ! Instead of venting about what you HAVE"NT done, how about venting on what you HAVE done ?? do you feel better, look better, less meds , etc ? Got any good nsv's to tell, or a nice compliment or two that came your way ?? Any advice for the newbies that might be reading this ? You've made alot of progress so far , just think where you'll be 3 months from today !! Keep up the hard work and you'll get there ! Good luck !

[pink dahlia 2,513]

P.S. Im down 30 lbs too, in 4 months and i consider it a huge payoff so far . Better to have lost 30 than to have gained 30 or stayed the same. any weight loss i consider a positive !!

[New2011 1]

I know it can be frustrating. I am down 73 pounds in the past 15 months. In the beginning I lost pretty quickly but I was following all of the rules and working out five days per week. I started getting hungry and so I had a fill. I lost another 10 pounds, but then I started not being able to keep hardly anything down including Soup and that kind of thing and I had an unfill. Now I get hungry a lot and I think I went a little overboard because I was able to eat more. I have an issue where I get a lot of sinus infections and the drainage actually fills up my stomach during those times, I also become very tired and struggle with exercising. So I have been in a funk, wanting to give up. But I thought, I need to get back on this forum and start thinking positively again. I know it is hard but you can do it. Just keep following all of the rules and exercising and it will happen.