Hello everyone, I was banded Aug 25th and I have only lost alomost 20 pounds and I read everywhere how women have lost 40+ pounds in that time I have been exercise 3xs a week for the last month. I started out at 221 now 203 and stuck after 4th fill i typicaly only eat about 600 -900 calories if that idont drink my water though. Anyone have any insight!!!! rjb:mad:

One trick is to weigh more in the first place. Hate to say that but I lost a TON at first but I started out at 307. Hang in there though... remember to eat your protein first then the carbs, drink more water then drink some more. Good luck!

Thanks for the encouragement and i do need more water:faint:

It is an individual journey - and something that is hard to remember when you see that So-and-so lost 60 lbs in the first 90 days... It's great for So-and-so but it makes it hard when you have only lost 35 lbs in a whole year....

It sounds like you are doing most of the right things. If your calorie counts are that low, you might try taking in just a little bit MORE every once in a while. A rut is a bad thing. Your body adjusts pretty quickly to the amount of calories you give it. Change it up. Keep your body guessing.

Another thing to do is drink more Water, and get more sleep.

I am a horrid offender on not getting enough sleep - but that is when your body does most of it's self-repair and maintenance. It seems like when I get enough sleep, I lose weight. I don't know exactly how it works - but it does.

20 lbs in 23 weeks is only a little bit less than 1 lb per week. Considering you probably had at least 4 weeks with no fill, you have done ok. Remember 1-2 pounds per week is all you can reasonably expect.

Good luck!

I hit a plateau eating about 700 - 900 calories a day and exercising. I sat down with a guy at my local nutrition store and discovered I wasn't eating enough times per day. Your body will automatically adjust it's metabolism to keep you alive. Your body thinks you must be stranded in a desert somewhere!! :omg:

Now I eat something every 3 hours...mostly protein. I probably eat about 1000 cals. a day but by eating those small portions throughout the day I have lost another 5 pounds within just a couple of weeks. Just an idea! My nutritionist told me to eat three times a day so I guess I am not following her plan..but this seems to be working in my favor.:clap2:

I think you're not eating enough to be honest. Try eating 1200 but exercising five or six times a week. Three is fantastic for your general health and wellbeing but to really see weight loss results you need a good hour of cardio five or six times a week. Try it, it will really make a difference.

And 20lb since the end of August is nothing to be sneezed at. Truly, weight lost slowly like that tends to remain lost, 40lb in a month is simply not true fat loss. I've been a slow loser too but a year down the track, I'm an entirely different person, just keep plodding away!

Look at the the percentage of your total body weight that you have lost, not the pounds.