I was banded 7/26/13. Starting with a BMI of 31.8. My weight pre-surgery was 163. I am now weighing in at about 149.

I got my first fill on 8/28/13. Doctor put 4cc's in at surgery...and my fill added 1cc. So I am up to 5cc's. I am defintely eating much less and feeling satisfied for about 4 hours...but scale isn't moving.

Okay, so I have a question. Is this good progress? I just want to make sure I am on the right track. I feel like I am not losing much weight. I realize that starting with a smaller BMI, weight loss is going to be much slower! I already know that. I just would have expected to have lost more than 14 pounds. However, I can definitely tell in my pictures that I take weekly that I am losing inches somewhere...LOL but it is just depressing that the scale isn't moving.

I have been working out. I have been getting on the treadmill and doing weight loss intervals burning anywhere from (430-450 calories in about 40 minutes) 3-4 days a week.

Could not eating enough/ or drinking enough Water hinder weight loss?

Any insight would be extremely helpful!!!

Thank you in advance!

It's definitely the case for me that i need to eat more. I find on days when I workout and only consume about 800 - 900 calories, I don't lose weight. The days I consume closer to 1100 - 1200 calories or so, I seem to lose weight if I work out or not.

It's just hard to get those calories in sometimes. I'm just not hungry enough to eat more and can't tolerate more food. Without making some 'bad' food choices, it's not easy sometimes. I'm not far enough along that I can treat (I don't think of it as cheating, so much as treating) myself.

I'm still new in the post-op world too (about six weeks) so I'm sure I'll find what works for me....just like I'm sure you'll find what works for you.

Keep at it and don't get discouraged.

~David.