I've been banded for just over a month and I've barely lost 4 pounds since surgery. It's beginning to worry me. I guess I'm just wondering if this is 'nornal' or at least something that other people have experienced? I haven't gotten a fill yet but I will be on this coming Friday. Hopefully once I get that then things can start moving a little? I feel like I can eat just as much food as I could prior to this surgery and I'm bummed out about it. I'm also still in college and having the self control is a lot harder when your appetite is just the same as it was before. Ugh. this is one of the main reasons I only decided to tell a few people about this surgery. I don't want people to have expectations and then have them be disappointed or judge me when I haven't met them. I know this whole journey im going through is for me and my health, but it's really hard not to care about what others think and expect. Gahh...I don't know. Tomorrow's a new day. Hopefully it goes better than today...

Thanks for letting me have this little vent sesh

Some people do not lose much weight the first few months post op because they do not want to white knuckle diet. I would just advise that you watch what you're eating and following the Protein first idea. I would also stick to the 1c rule and eat as you get hungry, just to avoid any possible dialations (however unlikely) until you get better satiation.

This period is what everyone likes to call bandster hell, but it will pass.

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Don't give up...I lost more weight going into this second year!!!!! I was a size 24...in now a size 12. It's definitely a journey and you will have plenty of ups and downs, plateaus you may question why not faster. It's ok. Your fat will mold back to your body, a little weight will drop, size will get smaller maybe wen weight is not going down. I've had these days. Listen to tour body for times you know you need a fill. Hang in there you will succeed.

Nearly all of us go through what you are going through but most of us did lose more than 4 lbs the first month. I see that you have a blog/youtube presence and you lost 25 lbs before surgery? If you lost a lot of weight on the pre-op diet, this could be why your post surgical weight loss is so low. But, like the others said, you're in bandster hell and it will take some fills to get you over this hump. Took me 6 fills and 6 months to get there. I only lost 12 lbs the first 4 months and no I'm over 50 lbs lost. So, it will get better.

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