I am soooo discouraged. I am 13 months post op and have lost 70+lb. I havent lost a single pound since February. I just cant get over this hump. My last fill was April 17th. I have 3.2 cc in a 4 cc band. My doc says after the first year most people have lost all that they are going to lose but I am NOT ready for this to be the end. I have 40 lb to goal and I AM GOING TO GET THERE!!!! Granted I have lost motivation but by God I got it back and am going on a crusade to lose the remaining 40lbs! I am going to resort back to Slim Fast shakes and exercise my rear off and count the crap out of calories. Anybody else want to jump on my belly buster wagon and kick some butt!

I understand that normally the first year is the best opportunity for weight loss, and every pound is harder as time goes on. But what's normal? This band experience is sooo individualized! I lose in spurts with long plateaus in between.....

OK. My report back. I ate grazed between 2 and 5 PM on 2 days. I exercised on almost every day. It's all a step in the right direction. More importantly for me, I kept a food log...which I ahven't done in a long time, and that straightened out quite a few of my bad behaviors. My goals for this week are to exercise 6 out of 7 days, not graze between 2 and 5, keep my food log, and only watch TV standing up or exercising, if I'm watching anything before 8 PM.

Does anyone know if what Ol Miss Chic suggested works? She said

she was going back on liquids to jump start her weight loss again.

I need to stay with this thread. I am tired of these plateaus. I had a resting metobolic test taken which told me I have a very slow metebolism. I already knew that, but at least my dr. knows it now too, and will stop

thinking I am not following his rules. I am getting another fill on 6-7,

but until then, I am not going to watch every single bite I put in my mouth.

I am not going to eat junk food, but I agree that my body gets too used

to what I do and I need to do something different. Maybe by the time

I get my fill, my body will be ready to start losing again. I have already

tried upping the intensity of my work outs, and that hasn't seemed to help.

i am in the same boat i just dont know what to do i am sooooooooooo discouraged i think i made a huge mistake the band is not working!!! i had my surgery 10mos ago lost 40 lbs havent lost in 6 mos and now gaining i just dont know what to do anymore im thinking about having band removed i just dont feel right cant hardly eat anything but not losing !

i am in the same boat i just dont know what to do i am sooooooooooo discouraged i think i made a huge mistake the band is not working!!! i had my surgery 10mos ago lost 40 lbs havent lost in 6 mos and now gaining i just dont know what to do anymore im thinking about having band removed i just dont feel right cant hardly eat anything but not losing !

Hmm... If you are gaining weight you can clearly eat. What are you eating? Are you tracking calories? How is your restriction? When was your last MD visit?

Wow I just read my post from a year ago and now I am at goal.

If you are not losing, are you eating white carbs. White carbs are evil.

I eat Protein and veggies and a little big of fruit in between meals and that is how I made it to goal. The only thing that works is staying motivated.

i cant eat any carbs at all! very little protein i have recently stopped tracking my calories but there isnt much i can eat so i dont know why i am gaining not much restriction but everything goes down very slow or comes back up but yet i dont think i am too tight cuz i still feel hungry it does not make any sense i went to my doc about a month ago ! He is not worried says its totally normal it does not feel normal too me at all i feel like im still in the same bust your ass to lose weight and have it not work just like before i was banded! Maybe it does just stop working i dont know

i cant eat any carbs at all! very little Protein i have recently stopped tracking my calories but there isnt much i can eat so i dont know why i am gaining not much restriction but everything goes down very slow or comes back up but yet i dont think i am too tight cuz i still feel hungry it does not make any sense i went to my doc about a month ago ! He is not worried says its totally normal it does not feel normal too me at all i feel like im still in the same bust your ass to lose weight and have it not work just like before i was banded! Maybe it does just stop working i dont know

No, the band doesn't just stop working. You have to be consuming enough calories to not only maintain your weight but gain weight as well.

I would start tracking your food, you are getting more calories than you realize. liquid calories? Start tracking your food and start there. Exercise, how many hours weekly are you doing hard cardio? Weight training? How many carbs are you eating daily? Carbs would be sugar, Pasta, anything with flour, potatoes, rice, etc.

I AM BETTER TODAY I JUST TRIED TO go back to the basics tracking everything writing everything down! Ya i don't eat any carbs once a month i can choke a potatoe baked down! pasta and any kind of bread gets stuck so i dont eat it same with sweets ! thanks for the advice from everyone!