Hi everyone..... Any advice for a slow loser? I was banded on 3/23/12 and have only lost 16 pounds to date. So frustrating!!!! I watch what I eat. I will be honest... I'm not a big exerciser. I'm a realtor/ rental agent in a beach resort area and this time of the year I'm lucky if I even get to eat lunch. I have been thinking about doing a liquid diet for a week and hoping that it will jump start my weight lose. Any suggestions?

Slow loser right there with u I was banded 2/16/12 and have only lost 20lbs but I'm still tweaking on my band hoping to speed my weight loss up

I too am a slow loser. I have only lost 25lbs since I was banded on 2/2/12. I go back for a fill next week and I hope I finally get to the green zone.

I go back next week also for a fill. I'm hoping this will put me in the green zone too. Its solo frustrating. Especially when see how much weight other people have lost in a short period of time. Praying we all hit the green zone and the weight starts falling off.

I am also a slow looser. Keeping that in mind however I exercise ALOT. While unemployeed I was doing 2.5 hrs Mon-Fri and 1 hour on Sat-Sun. Now that I am back to work its more 1-1.5 hrs.

Not to be a downer but for some of us the weight NEVER "falls off". More like sand blasted or dynamited off.

The only advice I can think of is to count calories if you're not already and stick to a cup or less of food per meal. For a lot of us, both are necessary to lose.

Best wishes.

Keep working at getting your band in green zone. I'm a slow loser too by choice. I'm taking my fills slow. I get my 3rd fill next week. It can be frustrating but it will come off. Keep measuring & making good choices.

I wouldn't assume you're all slow losers? If you're new to this journey there are many reasons why you aren't losing and 90% of the time it can be traced back to your eating and exercise routines?

I lost 12 lbs the first 2 weeks and then no loss the next 3.5 months. Then I sat down with my nutritionist after my 4th fill. The 4th fill gave me some restriction and some great advice from my nutritionist got me kick started and now I'm down 45 lbs in 8 months.

Baparett, you didn't give us much information, like what do you eat, how many fills, calories/day, exercise etc? You might want to fill in your profile so we can advise you better?

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Calories in = calories out. I know we'd all like this to be different, but if you are pretty sedentary you've got to tweak something, whether it be the food intake or adding exercise.

Try logging in my fitnes pal. That helped me a lot! I didn't think I was taking in hardly any calories but what a shocker. A small shake at McDonald s is 500 calories! A margarita is 580! 2 margaritas at happy hour and I consumed a whole day of calories! It will open your eyes.