When I was banded the first time around, I was one of those lucky ones that lost during the post op liquid/mushies phase. In the first month, I was down 10kgs (22 lbs). But I see newbies all the time asking why they're not losing and I always reply with the old, "This is the time for your body to heal, not lose weight..."

This time around, I lost 5kgs last week, but jumped on the scale this morning and was up a kilo. Panic mode set in. I had to pull myself back and remind myself that oh wait, I'm healing. lol

Thing is, I know I've had some crap liquids this weekend. Last week I was on the v8, fruit juice, veggie Soup, chicken broth, etc. This weekend, I made up a yummy batch of full fat potato soup with gorganzola, after we took some friends out to an Italian restuarant and I couldn't have my favorite, the gnocchi al gorganzola. Whilst the soup was delicious and filled that craving, it was baaaaaaaaaad lol and had virtually no nutrients.

So, back to the good nutritious liquids this week - not for weightloss, but to get the proper nutrients in order to heal .. then onto weight loss LOL.

*Edit* - Duh, its that time of the month, evidently LOL, which would probably account for the 1kg gain. I was thinking I was feeling swollen from surgery, but must have been bloating lol. YaYYY (first time I've ever been happy for this dreaded week lol).

You've answered your own questions - I think, its a bit hard to follow, lol.

Dont forget you're not so overweight this time either. You dont have much to lose so it wont be fast and dramatic like it was the first time round.