Hi everyone,

I had my surgery july 16th and lost alot of weight right away. I started at 293 and and by my 1 week checkup i was 276. Throughout the first month I went up and down between 283 and 276. At my first tightening I still weighed 276. I was bummed but my surgeon was very happy. The first 3 days after my tightening i lost 10 lbs bringing me down to 266. I was thrilled. But the day i started mushies the numbers started climbing and a week after my tightening i am back at 275. Is this normal? Does anyone also feel like as long as they eat they dont lose weight? i feel like no matter what i eat, whether healthy or not i dont lose weight. Has anyone found a way to get in control of when they lose the weight? Is going on a permanent liquid diet going to help? How about incorporating exercise?

Please help! I have a trip to go see my boyfriend whos in the army and would love to do everything i can to lose weight until then.

Low carb with fun exercise seems to work for me. Just finished Zumba on my DVD player....so much fun! Forgot I was exercising. Find something you like, and look up recipes on sites like food.com. My Fitness Pal helps too. Pain to log it all, but you really see what your habits are that way...helps to see where you can change things. You have lost 22 pounds already...you are doing great! When I stalled on the scale, I lost inches on my waist....like, literally my pants started to fall off me while I was shopping one day. It will happen :-)