I was banded 1/31/07. So far only lost 40 pounds.. should i be freaking out or what??? Just don't feel that fast enough!:angry

I have lost 40 pounds since being banded on Jan 31, and I am thrilled! 40 pounds on a 5 ft 4 frame! I have 30 to go..I just keep thinking the slower I lose, the better my skin will adjust to the change..so far NO STRETCH marks..it will keep coming off..just be worried if it starts creeping back up!

I was scrolling across some of the old posts and came upon this one. I saw where I said that i just wanted to get to 250 pounds. I think that was early August. Well, this morning I was 239.8. I had been in a major slump for awhile. I had a third (.75 cc) fil) on 8/13 and .25cc on 10/8. Had not lost a pound since 10/8 although I feel I have good restriction. I decided to regroup and pay more attention to the amount of protein I was eating. I discovered that there was 2 or 3 consecutive days where I was not getting in 60g of protein and I think that was slowing my metabolism. I was staying between 1000-1100 calories per day and going to Curves 4-5 times a week plus riding bike at work. It wa a mystery to me why I was not losig weight. To make a long story short, I increased my protein, ensuring the 60+g per day EVERY DAY, and in the past 11 days I have lost 6.6 pounds. This is after almost 8 weeks of the scale not moving, although I was still losing inches. Hopefully my slump is over and I can get through the 230's very soon. Protein is very important and i thought i was handling things but when I really looked at it, I wasn't.

:)I too was going through some of my old posts, and Its so easy to get discouraged when the scales not moving. In the old dieting days without the band, I would just give up, and put more on than i started with, but with this band, it absolutely will not allow that to happen. Today is 12/12/07, and I finanlly hit 189 lbs! I am sooo happy. Everyone asks me how I'm loosing so much weight. Its finally nice to be noticed for the good, and not because "you've gained so much weight", as in the past. Its a great feeling. Still having ALOT of problems eating though. Can't seem to keep anything in. Doing alot of PBing! Just had my band loosening and still the same.. I am at 2.5 filled on a 4cc band. not to much, right? Can anyone help?