I was banded at the end of October and had my first fill two weeks ago. I lost 10lbs on my pre-surgery diet and 3lbs since I was banded and that is it. It seems like I should be loosing more... I am eating so much less than before my surgery. Am I being impatient? Liquid diet time?

Can you help out a fat girl who wants to loose weight??:help:

bulldog...would you please report on what you think of NutriSystem. I am considering doing a month.

thanks

My doc says if you don't eat some type of protein every 3-4 hours your body goes into "starvation" mode and starts holding onto the fat since it doesn't know when it's next meal is. So he says eat five meals a day every 3-4 hours. He also says to have 75% of your diet be protein and 25% from carbs you get from fruits and vegetables. So far this has worked great for me. For example at one meal it would be 3 ounces of proteim with 1 ounce of veg/fruit. Does this sound like anyone else's doctor's advice?

This is my first everything, message, band, time into this site, open discussion on banding- as i said - first for everything.

this one has me thinking and i wanted to ask. i have a back problem that started when i was 14 - i fell - i have just recently found bouncing to be helpfull. it is low impact, and the back actually lets me stand it for the 5 minutes three times a day. it helps with metabolism, energy, and flushing the system. - i know what it means to say - it hurts to excersise, for me it sometimes has meant hospital because everything has spasmed to the point of cutting of feeling and control of legs. -- any way - my question is that i would like confirmation that i'm not making a large mistake. My thinking has been this - i do the pre-op yogurt and isageniz diet - 2 weeks - surgery is scheduled for Jan 25/07. 5 weeks post-op and then research and experimentation time begins. - this is where the "tool" was supose to make it's big contribution - i am hoping it will do the larger postion of the work for the first 30 - 40 lbs - then i can begin to do more walking (the back doesn't like that for long either) - unfortunatly swimming is not a real option as i have a 'not nice' reaction to chlorine. i was really hoping not to have to join a gym. this procedure is touching the limits of my finances as it is. again, i was hoping that the band would take the lead and i could follow it for a while and when i had lost some - i could take charge. -i'm bablling - sorry.

Hello all. I was banded on Dec 29th and I am discouraged with so little weight loss. I am drinking and eating as I should and all of my eatingis just protein, I can relate to what you are going through, I go to the dietician tomorrow and hope that she will sway me in the right direction. I have been walking in the house only, I am still a little sore, had a hernia fixed also. And the weather lately is crappy, but I am going to start using my tread mill tomorrow . Each day is one more behind me. Thx for listening. Donna in NH

I started NutriSystem and like the food being a no-brainer. I still have not lost an ounce.... I went to the Dr. and found out that I have a thyriod condition and PCOS. I will start taking my medication tomorrow. I even went on 4 protein shakes a day for 5 days and still no loss....Urrrrr!! I won't give up. We will see.