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Hey everyone! I'm getting banded on February 6 and was just curious to know how much everyone lost during their first post op week? 1st month?

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I'd lost 15lbs during my first week. I will be 1 month post op on the 28th, so far I'm down 27lbs.

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Thanks! I'm just taking it day by day. That weight loss definitely helped to keep me motivated.

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I bet! How long post op are you? How much have you lost? Has it been difficult?

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I started counting calories and measuring food portions the day I got home from the hospital and I really think that's why I lost a lot even early on. I lost around 13 pounds my first week and I lost close to 27 pounds the first month. By my first fill 8 weeks after surgery, I was already down 44 pounds.

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Sorry, I didn't see those questions in your initial post, I edited my post above. Lol. But I'm not quite 1 month out, tomorrow is one month! I'm down 27 so far. That's since surgery, my dr didn't do a pre op diet. It hasn't been as bad as I thought. I haven't had the bandster hell that everyone talks about, so the eating hasn't been bad. I was pretty uncomfortable for a few days, but eventually that passed. Right now, I feel pretty normal, a little sore at my port site. But other than that, I'm just ready to get all this weight off.

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Everyone is different so don't let what others lose get you down if you don't lose the same. I was banded 12/21. Lost 23lbs pre op. 7lbs the week after surgery. Nothing the two weeks after and when I got back on solids after that I dropped an additional 9lbs for a total loss of 39lbs so far. Any loss is a great loss!

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Hi, everyone . Im just starting my pre opp diet . Surgery date is 9th feb please god . Im very nervus but excited too . im 54 and married wirh 4 grown up children and 2 beautifull grand children .

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Wow!! Congratulations to each and every one of you! I hope I'll have just as great a number a all of you!!

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I lost 7 pounds in the first post-op week.

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I started my pre-op on Jan. 8 at 332. Last Monday, I was banded and weighed 315. This morning, I weighed 308. I am down a total of 24 pounds since starting the pre-op diet on Jan. 8. Last summer at my first visit with the surgeon, I weighed 346 so I'm down about 38 pounds since last summer. It's great and I'm looking forward to losing lots more. I like shopping in my closet for those clothes that I bought that would fit if I would "just lose a few pounds!"

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