Hi my name is Georgia and I am from Queensland, Australia.

Come September 2012 will be my first year after the surgery, and to date I have lost less than 5kgs/10 pounds.

I am 21 years old and 97kg/213 pounds and 165cm tall.

To begin with I had the perfect surgery, no complications whatsoever and only 4 entry points to my abdomen. I was out of hospital within 24hrs.

Btw I have a Swedish adjustable lap band with 7ml capacity.

I went home healed perfectly and waited to see results.. and waited and waited.

Originally I wasn't exercising, but for the last 6 months I have trained every weekday with a personal trainer for an hour of gruelling pain.

I watch what I eat (even though I can barely eat anymore anyway.)

I have seen four dieticians and a food psychologist.

Been back to my surgeon 16 times for 10 adjustments - my band is currently over-filled to 8ml. Every time he assures me we just need to find my ‘sweet spot.’

I have travelled interstate to receive a second opinion from another surgeon to no avail.

No one seems to know how to help me and no matter what they do nothing changes.

I have had every test know to man, barium swallow, full blood work, thyroid and x-rays - I am medically perfect!

I even had the contraceptive bar removed from my arm and am on absolutely no medication except for pariet for reflux.

I vomit every day pretty much every meal. I can't eat in public anymore unless I know where the toilet is and if I can get there unnoticed. It has become a real mental and debilitating issue for me.

I can't eat Breakfast or even swallow Water quickly in the morning, lunch is usually salad or scrambled eggs and dinner is something light like Soup or mince.

I haven't been able to eat bread, rice, Pasta, Cereal, pastry or oats since the surgery - so basically no carbs. And definitely nothing like steak. I am allergic to seafood. I have completely cut sugar from my diet.

I don't have any children, I work full time, study law full time and sleep well.

On paper I am the perfect lap-band complication free success story - but I haven't lost any weight.

I have never been overweight before, up until I was 18 I weighed a healthy 62kg/136 pounds then within 18 months I gained 40kgs/88 pounds. I don’t know this happened, as I didn’t dramatically change my lifestyle at all.

It is the most horrible thing after spending so much money, time and effort to see no results. I cannot explain how upsetting it feels every time I see my family looking at me expectantly – only to disappoint them and myself. I went clothes shopping for the first time in a long time and absolutely broke down in Target to find that I was exactly the same clothes size as before the surgery.

Everyone else, who has had problems, seems to have a slippage or something else wrong or can’t take the fills. I don’t have any of these troubles. I have included an x-ray of my band and its position.

Any one have any ideas? I am at my wits end I don't know what more I can do or what is wrong with me. I am young, fit, healthy and trying everything =(

I agree with these folks but honestly there must be something wrong the docs are missing. Maybe u should change your team. Sometimes you need a fresh set of eyes. I wish you all the best and hope u get back to a happy u. *HUGS*

I would recommend counting calories for a week to see what you're really eating. When I estimate, I am really off.

I would strongly suggest using something like myfitnesspal.com (or the phone application) and logging what you are eating each day. You may be taking in more calories than you realize. Also, have you ever had your thyroid checked?

Please have them check your hormone levels especially your thyroid. Hypothyroid disease is very common in women and often goes unchecked. It is nearly impossible to lose weight with this disease if it goes untreated. They have to do a specific test for your thyroid levels (TSH) so ask your doc about this. Good luck!