the only thing I'm losing is my mind!!! I've had a fill, am quite restricted and am tracking my food on Fitday- AND I'm being honest, I had my fill on about the 25th of October. I lost 8 pounds in as many days, since I could barely swallow anything until dinner time . In the past 2 weeks since the big loss, I've lost 1 measly pound..Some days I have had as little as 583 calories ( due to pb'ing and lack of hunger), and have maxed out at 1257 calories on a whooeee big day. I exercise ( curling 2 hour games) 3- 4 times a week and have felt weak at times. I am rarely hungry - what a concept, BUT I AM NOT LOSING WEIGHT!!!!:help::help:

admittedly I do have a glass of wine or two several evenings, but that can't be making me hold onto the weight-can it? I count the wine in my calorie count.

I went to see my family doc today and told her about the banding - about going to Mexico, which she was surprised about but quickly ok with when I told her about my research and rationale. SHe had no clue about nutrition stuff...but theorized that I wasn't getting enough calories. I think its too early for my body to go into shut down mode after only one week of calorie deprivation....

:guess any ideas?

I think its too early for my body to go into shut down mode after only one week of calorie deprivation....

I feel your pain.....I was banded a day before you and have stalled out SO many times already! Yes, there is a modicum of change in my clothes fitting and yes, I feel much better. But YES, I would LIKE to see some results in the numbers game. But I guess we both need to just chill and keep doing what we know is right and wait for the results.

I have to have faith that this thing we have done WILL work eventually!!

Sunshine, thanks for posting that piece. I've printed it out to put on the fridge!

Kago I'm sorry but not all calories are created equal especially for women. We have hormones that stall weight loss and those hormones are often triggered by certain foods. My own pcp chooses medications for me based on will this stall your weightloss or not. There are more factors than calories alone. Calories in vs calories out is certainly true to an extent but it is not the end all. Just ask anyone here who suffers from pcos we will all tell that calories are only one factor in a very complicated equation.

When I get like that... I have:

a Krispy Kreme and a coke

I'll lose a pound by the next day..... so weird, but true...not enough carbs causes a stall in weightloss.

Remember, it takes carbohydrates for the body to use fat cells (as in shrink them)