I understand that the first month is basically for healing, then you really start losing after your first fill. Some people gain and others lose. I am kind of hoping that I am not one to gain. I am going on a cruise in a month and my surgery is in 2 days.

How much did you lose after 2 weeks if at all?

How much did you gain?

When did you finally start seeing a loss if you didn't lose in the first 2 weeks?

I know everyone is different, so could you please include your beginning BMI for me please ?? Thanks everyone!

I am 3 weeks post op and I have lost 12 pounds since surgery as of yesterday .You can see my stats below. Believe me, it is all willpower because I have absolutely no restriction at this point. It feels as if nothing ever happened. I am really looking forward to my first fill on June 14th. 1 month out will be a tough time, maybe just being aware of that will be helpful to you. A lot of people seem taken aback by the "bandster hell" period. I was mentally prepared to a point, but I could still eat a house right now if not for just willpower. I am viewing this as a temporary state, which too shall pass. Everyone is different, though.

I think my BMI when I had surgery was 38 or 39. I lost nothing in the first two weeks after surgery -- and I was really struggling to keep from gaining. I really think until I had my third fill, all of my weight loss (which was slow) was due to me being very careful, and not because I had a band. With my third fill, I finally felt restriction and the weight loss picked up. I went in for a fourth fill and they didn't think I needed it. A few weeks later, I was beginning to eat a little more, and finally went in and got that fourth fill. Since my fourth fill, the weight loss has picked up again. I'm a slow loser, but it's definitely going in the right direction!

I had a cruise scheduled when I was approved for the band, and I intentionally postponed my surgery until we got back. I didn't want to have a foreign object implanted and then be stuck on the ocean in case of something happening. Looking back on it now, I would have been perfectly fine, but it was just fear of the unknown.

I am 3 weeks post op and I have lost 12 pounds since surgery as of yesterday .You can see my stats below. Believe me, it is all willpower because I have absolutely no restriction at this point. It feels as if nothing ever happened. I am really looking forward to my first fill on June 14th. 1 month out will be a tough time, maybe just being aware of that will be helpful to you. A lot of people seem taken aback by the "bandster hell" period. I was mentally prepared to a point, but I could still eat a house right now if not for just willpower. I am viewing this as a temporary state, which too shall pass. Everyone is different, though.

Seems like you are doing well. 12 pounds is pretty good in three weeks, I think. I know that I am going to have NO restriction on my cruise, but by that time, I'll be able to eat soft food at least!

I think my BMI when I had surgery was 38 or 39. I lost nothing in the first two weeks after surgery -- and I was really struggling to keep from gaining. I really think until I had my third fill, all of my weight loss (which was slow) was due to me being very careful, and not because I had a band. With my third fill, I finally felt restriction and the weight loss picked up. I went in for a fourth fill and they didn't think I needed it. A few weeks later, I was beginning to eat a little more, and finally went in and got that fourth fill. Since my fourth fill, the weight loss has picked up again. I'm a slow loser, but it's definitely going in the right direction!

I had a cruise scheduled when I was approved for the band, and I intentionally postponed my surgery until we got back. I didn't want to have a foreign object implanted and then be stuck on the ocean in case of something happening. Looking back on it now, I would have been perfectly fine, but it was just fear of the unknown.

When you tried losing weight without the band, were you the same way with losing? I can lose weight, if I practically starve myself. When I went on the HCG diet, I lost 30 pounds in a month, but as soon as I started eating normally again, I gained every pound back PLUS some. So, I am very capable of losing it at a good rate..Just wondering if the healing process is going to postpone it. It's hard to tell, because everyone is different and we all have different experiences.

I never really had trouble losing weight -- I've probably lost a couple of hundred pounds with Weight Watchers over the past decade! Trouble was, I'd lose 30, quit WW, and then gain back 40; rejoin and start that vicious cycle all over again and ultimately ended up larger than I ever thought possible. That was the main reason I chose WLS, I knew I could lose the weight, but I wanted something that would help me keep it off for good!!

I totally understand. I have been on and off of diet programs my entire life. I'm sick of the yo-yo!

I'm 11 days post-op and I'm down 22 pounds.

I'm 11 days post-op and I'm down 22 pounds.

Wow! That's amazing!!

I'm 11 days post-op and I'm down 22 pounds.

So kick ass! I would love to be down 22 pounds before my cruise =P What liquids have you been eating/drinking....protein shakes?

I'm 11 days post-op and I'm down 22 pounds.

That's so awesome. Congrats!

I was down about 30 pounds at that point including preop.

But I didn't lose much after my first fill of 4cc. I was pretty stalled but so happy I wasn't gaining.

Got my second fill and finally can feel some restriction. I just hit my two month bandiversary and I'm down about 40 pounds.

It definitely feels good to have the scale moving again. Maybe I'll be in onderland before june is over :-)

Wow! That's amazing!!

Thank you.

So kick ass! I would love to be down 22 pounds before my cruise =P What liquids have you been eating/drinking....protein shakes?

I have Ensure in the morning, Premier Protein shake (Costco) for lunch, and for dinner it's either another Premier Protein Shake or a weight loss shake (Costco). Plenty of Water in between. Between Breakfast and lunch, I have this multi-Vitamin mix that you mix with 16 oz of water (costco, again). So I try to get that in. I really don't have much of an appetite, but I try to get some calories in. Once in a great while if I do feel hunger, I'll eat a cup of sugar free Jello or sugar free pudding.

That's so awesome. Congrats!

Thank you.

I am 11 days out and currently 25lbs down. I have stuck to the doctors orders very strictly and I do not puree any food so I can eat it. My doctor told me that alot of people will puree up anything thinking that they will still lose weight but me personally I don't want to suck my meals down.

I lost 36 pounds in my first 16 days.. But everyone loses diffrently and I was 420 when I started.. My step mom lost 12 in her first two weeks and my dad lost almost fifty in his first month but he weighed almost 500 pounds before his band