Hello all,

I was banded at the end of Dec. I lost 22 lbs in the 4 weeks of being on liquids. I got my first fill, and I still didn't lose any more weight. It did teach

me to slow down and chew the heck out of my food though.

Recently I got another fill, and I lost 3 more lbs. I was again on liquids for 2 days after the fill, and that's when I lost the 3 lbs. Since then, I haven't lost anything. I am so afraid I am going to be on another long plateau.

I drink over 64 oz of Water, but most days close to 100 oz per day.

I follow the bandster rules by eating Protein first and a little bit of veggies.

I wait an hour before drinking.

I exercise 6 days a week. I started exercising 3 years ago in my last attempt to lose weight. Even though I was exercising, I wasn't losing. That's when I decided to get banded. I am very happy that I have lost some weight, but I keep reading on here of how much everyone else is losing.

What does restriction feel like? Is it that you are full after a couple of bites? I have 2.0 in my 4cc band, and if you can offer any advice, I would sure appreciate it. I am not sure if I should get any more fill or what.

Thank you for posting that. It's a very interesting article.

I am sure my age has something to do with it, the fact that I am so short, and the hormones play a part in it too.

I'll just keep plugging away at it. I might try to do liquids for a week and see what happens. Wasabubblebut is losing great and has to stay on liquids because she is having band problems.

I was surprised I lost 22 lbs in four weeks on liquids.

That is all you can do is keep plugging away. Liquids may help you but obviously wont keep you satisfied long so make sure you are not consuming too much liquid calories. Some people are just slow losers although I think you have done VERY well with 22 lbs in 4 weeks. I have only lost 30 in 12 weeks. I am happy though it is the most weight I have ever lost. I am extremely slow loser, I dont think it would have happened with out my band!

Jill, I got banded at the end of Dec. (12_29) I am going on 4 months. I lost the 22 during the first 4 weeks. Since then I have lost 2.

How much of a portion are we supposed to eat at one time?

I dont' use a lot of sauces, except for a little ketchup on my ground turkey meat loaf.

I am 5'2'' tall and I am at 188 right now. I started at 212. I am 54 years old

and I am afraid it's because I take hormone replacement therapy. I have heard that people just can't lose if they take hormones, but I don't how that can be true.

I do track my calories at Spark People. I avereage about 1,000

My doctor has nothing to say about this other than it's harder as we get older. I am afraid to get another fill because I do get full fast, and I have to eat really slowly because food gets stuck . I don't pb though. thanks again.

I don't know about hormone replacement, but I am on hormones (cause my birthcontrol is too low hormone. I need more estrogen) and I know that getting on the estrogen helped me a lose a few pounds. Before I got on it I had gained some-- every actually suspected it was my thyroid before the whole estrogen thing was figured out. But if the weight just own't come off it might be worth it to ask your doc about checking the hormone levels and various things to make sure your thyroid is ok and so forth.