I has my surgery nov 24,2009 n I lost 85lbs. Everything was great until last year my band kept slipping from me throwing up and tht is the worst pain in the world. every time it slipped I had to get all the fluid out of my band so of course I had no restriction at all and I was able to eat anything... It slipped a total of three times so I had to have surgery in june 2011 to revise my band.... ever since then I have been on an emotional roller coaster I hv gained 20lbs back and I went to get a fill and hv lost ike 6lbs. Im so frustrated bc I was so sucessful in the beginning and now I cant get focused. Im not motivated and Im constanlty on the scale n its not friendly at all.I know tht I have cut bk with my portions and the weight is nt going anywhere... what am I not doing??? why isnt this band working for me any more. Please help me with any advice or suggesstions. I want to get those 20lbs off bc I know tht I have worked to damn hard to just give up now.... Im miserable

I am sorry you are having a hard time. You mentioned that you are not motivated... does that mean you are not following the band rules.. exercising? What are you eating? Do you feel like you have restriction?

no Im nt exercising, and I am following the band rules but not strickly.... I might have a protein shake for breafast, may a lil cottage cheese for lunch, and a lil salad or baed fish for dinner.... sometimes I feel like I hv restriction n then sometimes I dnt...... Im always thinking abt food

Sounds like you need to exercise. I am a very slow looser despite doing at least an hour of moderate cardio 7 days a week. I'd say the people who can loose with out exercising are the minority.

So you said you gained 20 then lost 6..so your 14 lbs over what you were at your lowest.

NOT all that big a deal..it is 14 lbs..even if it is 20 it is doable.

If you are eating a shake, cottage cheese, then fish and something for dinner my thoughts are that you are not getting in enough calories and your body is holding onto your reserves.

Try getting the calories up to around 1200 and see how you do... you might have just put yourself in a starvation mode which will do you no good.