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Banded in July of 2009 and i lost 40 pounds within 5 months. It felt easy and good. After giving birth to my first child and gaining 30+ pounds why does it seem like this IA HARDER THIS TIME AROUND?! Im so discouraged im eating only about 700-800 calories a day gettin almost 64 grams of Protein a day and walking 1/2 cup of food are my portions. I only drink Water. Is it me or does anyone else feel this way to? If you have gone threw this how have you managed to over come this?

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O.K. First I want to tell you what I learned. You need to up those calories to at least 1000-1200. You will not lose any weight if you don't get some more calories. That was the biggest peice of advice I received after being banded for 4 months.

A year and 2 months later I have lost 75 lbs. and try not to let my calories go below 1200.

Good Luck

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O.K. First I want to tell you what I learned. You need to up those calories to at least 1000-1200. You will not lose any weight if you don't get some more calories. That was the biggest peice of advice I received after being banded for 4 months.

A year and 2 months later I have lost 75 lbs. and try not to let my calories go below 1200.

Good Luck

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Thank You so much i uped my calories starting today and i also weighed my self on 5/3 and i was down 4 more pounds!

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Best wishes to you. Congrats on the birth of your child! NOw that th eweather is nicer, take that little one for long walks in the carriage. Pushing it will help you get cardio, too! Karen

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I am also on my second round of this for the exact same reason you are. I don't know how I am doing because it has been over a month since I weighed in. I have 6 out of 11 fill on my band. I think I have dropped about 30 pounds. It's scary.

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