I am feeling frustrated and feeling like I will never lose the weight! I was Banded on June 27th, 1st fill on July 21st of 2 cc's and feel NO Restriction whatsoever! I feel like I could eat a house! I have only lost 5-7 lbs. I go for my 2nd fill next week.

My questions are:

1) Are there other low BMI'ers that felt sort of hopeless or like the band was flawed or not working but it eventually kicked in and you lost the weight?

2) After a fill, do others experience huge brusing and the entrace point feeling kind of sticky like? I almost wonder if the solution leaked out or something.

DH is experiencing this a little, he was banded June 6 and has only lost about 14lb.

But to be brutal, from observing him, it doesnt really surprise me. He's obviously waiting for the band to do the work, he's eating things just because he can, and then crying "how come I can still eat pizza" and he's doing no exercise.

I was a low BMIer at a BMI of almost 36, I lost tons of weigth early on. I was very very lucky, I had really good restriction at first. But I was also very strict on my diet and I began to exercise the day I came home from hospital.

It can be done, its harder when you dont have that good restriction and once you get it it WILL kick in for you, and the weight will start to come off. But until then, you know what you *should* be doing, make sure you're honest about the degree to which you're doing it and realise that it wont be this hard forever. The fills will help you eventually.

What you're going through is not at all uncommon, just frustrating.

How big is your band? Whats your BMI? What do you eat in a day?

Whenever you aren't loosing go back to the basics:

#1 FILL

#2 MEASURE food

#3 FOOD DIARY/COUNT CALORIES

#4 HIT THE GYM!!!

If this doesn't get the scale moving then repeat!

In the beginning, before my first fill I struggled with head hunger vs satisfied vs stuffed. Once I got restriction it was easier to control the head hunger and I started dropping weight. But the band is a tool not a quick fix....stay patient, keep doing your part and you WILL loose! :crying:

PS: How did your second fill go?

Thanks for the advice...I just had my second fill today so I am curious to see if i feel restriction. My doctor said that I should feel some after this fill and that it might take 1-2 more. We will see!

Finally! I went in for my 4th fill so now I am at 6.25 cc's and I now understand and know what restriction feels like! I also broke the under 200lb plateau and started really hard core exercising this week! I believe I might be on my way down on the scales. Yipee!

Just want to let people know that I am now at 8 ccs, exercising and have great restriction. Although I have only lost 15lbs, I can see and feel the difference. For those that might read this, be sure to continue getting adjustments, watching your food and EXERCISE (this is key in the process).

Yes the key is keeping up with fills...some of our docs want us to do it by will power alone I think..I started out with bmi of 33.I'm down to 27 I think...I'm 161 now and these last few lbs are so stubborn...so ihave a really cool scale that remeber what u weighed last time and u program your goal and it measures your hydration levels..when I got that I started to get addicted to the scale and for me it worked I'm losing slowly but surely...I have pcos too sometimes that stalls the weight loss a bit.....if u need me pm or check out my pics on my profile....