Disappointed Too

Hi, I was banded April, 2009 - and it did nothing! The weight I lost was right after surgery about 12 pounds and that was it. I kept going back to the doctor and they told me my band was filled to the max. Had the floro x-ray (sp - sorry) said everything was fine. No one could give me answers. I went to support groups and got really discouraged because these people where losing weight and I wasn't. I did eat a lot less but weight didn't come off. No answer for me so after almost 2 years I stopped going to the doc and meetings. They weren't helping me anyway. I don't have any food issues. In fact, now I can have diet soda and beer - but I can only drink it slowly and not with food - too many bubbles. I was never a big drinker before anyway so having alittle now and then isn't an issue for me. I exercised etc.. all they told me to do. So now I just eat the way I used to - alittle bit of dry cereal in the AM, healthy lunch - just had half of a sald with grilled chicken - dressing on the side - and I'll have a healthy dinner - probably some more grilled chicken.

I guess I'm destined to be fat (I'm female, almost 51, 210lbs and 5'). I told the doctors (all of them) that I put on this weight after child #2 (never had any weight issues before except for maybe an occasional 10 pounds or so - also in good shape and loved exercising). Now, I am fat and tired and have a plastic thing in me which irrates sometimes (doc said it will do that) but otherwise was a waste of time.

It seems the people who have succeeded with this are the ones who have 200 pounds to lose.

Think twice before you do this and talk to a lot of banders, successful and not, - don't talk to bypass people because their process is totally different.

I would not have done this had I known it wouldn't work.