I was banded on January 7th and like many of you I have been struggling. I think I've been following the rules as best as I can. I had gained three lbs and felt just defeated. I started questioning everything. But then I read a great post on here and felt reinspired. I had to tell myself, relax. It's only been three weeks since I've been banded. Most of us chose the band for a more controlled weight loss but when we get the band and we aren't loosing fast enough we complain. I've been exercising 4-5 times a week doing cardio and weight training. I've just started to track my diet on sparkpeople.com.

So to all my fellow January 2008 bandsters. Hold on in there - I'll meet you at the end of the tunnel.

Kin

:smile: Thanks Kin! I needed that

I'm glad this has helped you. So many of us are claiming defeat when we haven't even really started. Let's start proclaiming our success. I want to hear everyone who has been banded in January shouting that out. Bandster's hell is no joke, but it'll be over soon.

Kin

that was soo nice i think it was needed.

Good post! I was banded on 1/10/08, and within 2 weeks, I lost 17 #. Once I started introducing soft foods to my diet, I have lost only 1 # in 10 days! And that includes adding in my minimal exercise this week. It is is frustrating, because I feel like I have hardly any restriction, and I don't get a fill until the end of February. I need to be happy just maintaning my weight loss until my first fill.

Hey all,

I too have been seeing slower weight loss since banding. I have searched LBT, and talked to my nurse. I do not have any restriction to speak of, I just have not been eating much and really watching what I eat. What I have found, is that after banding there will not be much restriction and there is not usually big weight losses during this time. Some people even gain. I felt so much better knowing this. My nurse was impressed that I have done as well as I have before my first fill. These first 6-6 weeks are for healing, then after first fill you really lose. I was feeling like a failure again until I really dug and asked my nurse.

Hope this helps, I sure wish I had known this a few weeks ago.

This is absolutely true. I think that because I, and maybe lots of y'all, have experienced so many failed diets we set ourselves up for disappointment. I have to keep reminding myself that this is different.

yep me too... very slow. keep trying to remind myself it's about healing right now, the fills and weight loss come later.

Everytime I read your messages I feel much better. I too was banded in January and feel that now I am just waiting for my 6 weeks to be up so that I can get a fill as I am feeling little restriction and not losing any more #'s since a week ago.

Keep posting your thoughts as they help everyone!

Thanks, Nicole

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Hang in there gang, what you're experiencing is normal, remember, unless your doctor added a smidgen of fill during surgery, you're empty and for a reason, you're still healing!

Now is the time to get your head where it needs to be, remember the band is your friend and a tool, it's up to you to make the right choices.

I do not eat bread, rice, or potatoes of any kind, three years later and I don't even attempt the above. I try not to eat anything "white". I don't like yogurt or cottage cheese or milk, so it hasn't been a problem for me, LOL.

Good luck to all of you!