hi,i live in calif. my surgery date was 11-06 i've lost 41lbs. it's a struggle for me every day. is there anyone out there like me that can't lose lbs.::help:

hi,i live in calif. my surgery date was 11-06 i've lost 41lbs. it's a struggle for me every day. is there anyone out there like me that can't lose lbs.::help Dr. machado did the surgery

You're worried because you've only lost 41 pounds in 4 months!!?!??!!

I wish I had your problems!

You are doing fine. Just think, you are losing, not gaining.

Me, at a standstill. Hoping first fill helps.

Stick around, you will learn a lot here.

I was also banded Nov 06 and I have lost 41 lbs as well. It is slow but it is the lifestyle change that is most important to me. It is a struggle every day and some days the meal planning gets to be a real nusiance but I look at it from the perspective that I am learning a new "skill". The band does make it easier in that I don't have that ravenous feeling I always got as soon as I even thought the word "diet". But it is hard work!Sure, like everyone else on this board who wanted to lose the weight overnight, I just try to eat the right things and take it one meal at a time. it takes time to undo all the wrong eating habits I developed over my lifetime. Keep looking forward and not down at the scale.