...how the heck a person weighing over 250 lbs can eat on average 800 to 900 calories a day and not lose weight? Not only not lose it but GAIN it??? I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm so depressed. I was banded on 9/28/07 so it's been a little over 3 weeks now. At first I lost weight, but most days I was taking in even less than 800 calories a day. At 13 days post op I was weighed at my GP's office and had lost 13 lbs. I was so excited. Then within 2 days I'd lost another pound, putting my total weight loss at 14 lbs. Great. But since then I've actually gained back 3 lbs. How???? I don't snack except maybe a jello pudding snack once every few days. I eat 3 meals a day (still on mushies) and these aren't fattening foods I'm eating. I work 8-5 Monday through Friday so I'm not sitting on a couch all day. I'm moving around throughout the day. I haven't gone back to the gym yet (that will be next month) but still without even working out, someone my size should be losing SOMETHING eating that small amount of food. What is wrong with my body?

I spent my life savings having this surgery and now it looks like it's not even going to work. This was my last hope. I could have kept the money in the bank and starved myself for free.

The worst part? Everybody knows about my surgery so they're all watching me and asking constantly how much I've lost. I just want to scream at them all to shut up and go away. I know they mean well but this is hard enough to go through without everybody watching me.

I've had people say "Just wait, you'll start losing the weight after you have a fill and have some restriction." Well tell me how that works when you're already taking in so little food and calories? If I take in much less I won't be able to function to work. How does restriction help you if you're already not taking in a lot?

Please somebody tell me there's hope because I'm not feeling it right now.:help:

Simply, your body refuses to lose weight/ aka unlock the cellulose. Our bodies are machines and they are programed for fuel intake...when that fuel intake goes below a certain point...WARNING! WARNING! the brain orders the body not to allow cellulose to break down...after all, fat cells are nothing more than stored energy.

I bet if you increased your calories ...you'd start losing. But you can only catch the body out of sync for so long. After a day of eating high calories, cut back again.

This was put to the test and the hypothesis is...it takes sugar to shrink fat cells.

Thank you so much everybody for your encouragement and advice. It has really helped. I'm staying away from the scale for a week. ...

Hi flower faery,

The tone of your post sounds so much better. I am very happy for you. It is wonderful to see you recover from being down.

I wanted to tell you that my scale goes up and down all week and for me that is okay. I know I am getting stronger, my metabolism is getting higher and I just plain feel better. My trainer really helps me out. On the days that I work with my trainer, I burn more than 1600 calories during exercising (minium of 1000 with him and another 600 in cardio afterward). I had a great NSV (Non Scale Victory) last week when we took measurements after five weeks. 18 scale pounds amounted to 44 lbs of fat loss and 26 lbs of muscle gain. If my trainer was not taking the measurements, I would have thought it was just 18 lbs. I guess what I am saying is that the scale is only one measurement. Look at your overall accomplishments. I also believe that the band has one important difference than other methods. The band helps you keep it off (the yo-yo effect is over:clap2:).

Good for you and keep up the good work:waytogo:. I hope you get the fill and begin to get some restriction. Be patient for your sweet spot, it will happen for you.

Happy banding,

MMT

The good news is I've now lost the 3 lbs again so I'm back on track. So in total I've lost 14 lbs so far. I go for my first fill Tuesday. And I start back to the gym next Thursday. (Finally got the money to go back..yay!) I'm feeling so much better now. Thank you again to everybody for your advice and encouragement.

Sounds like you have your problem licked! Isn't it great to be able to come here and receive the encouragement it takes to keep us from giving up?