Hi all I HAAVENT POSTED in a while i can hardly stomach getting on anymore because i am soo discouraged im soo happpy for eveyone on here but dont understand why this is not working for me i did great in the beginning lost 40 lbs within the first 4 mos literallly have lost none since them ive heard the platuea thing the be patient the excercise thing done it all nothing works i have had 5 fills can hardly eat anything including any meat or bread or carbs pretty much of any kind but yet im still hungry not losing and now gaining i dont know if something is wrong with my band if this is normal my doctor is not concerned telling me it takes most people 2 years to lose all the weight! but why am i gaining then! i feel like i have been screwed by having this surgery cost me 1,200 out of pocket i didnt have and am still paying on! Is this a hump or is this just as good as it gets thinking seriously about having band removed i just dont know what too do! im sorry if it sounds like im feeling sorry for myself i guess i proboly am lol! i need some advice

I can understand being so frustrated! I am new and reading what the others have to say hepled me and made sense. Please don't get your band removed! Give it some more time and I can almost guarantee that things will turn around for you. Good Luck and keep us up to date.

I have to echo everything the others have said!

When I am too tight I cant get any of the good food down, it all gets stuck, so then I am still hungry, so then I end up wolfing dwn a packet of crisps (chips to you guys) cos I know that they will go down.

Get your fill eased off a bit so that you can get the good stuff like chicken and steamed veggies down once in a while

The other key is regular exercise, I used to leather it at the gym for a few weeks but in a way that was impossible to maintain, now I just do 1 to 2 hours 3 times a week and I make sure that I do half of it on the bike and the cross trainer. That way I havent set a schedule that I cant keep up and I do really enjoy it.

it can be very disheartening, and you can plataeu, but if you keep chipping away the weight will come off.

Nina x

I too was "stuck" when it came to the scale, but since I increased my protein intake, I am losing consistently again. I take in 60 to 70 grams of protein daily, without fail. I wish you the best of luck.

i may start on protein shakes to get the protein in and i may have some fluid removed because the thing is everything people are telling me they are eating to lose weight i cannot eat due to being too tight so its a vicious circle i think so thanks everyone!!!!

I too am a slow loser. But, if there is one piece of information that has help me more than I can say is to TRACK YOUR FOOD. I resisted this for years...it was just too painful to see what I was actually eating because any mistakes would cause me to go into this really DARK place where I judged myself and just couldn't seem to get back up. But then, one day, somebody on this site suggested that I use the webside thedailyplate.com. IT HAS MADE ALLTHE DIFFERENCE. I had my surgery on April 11th, 2008. By July 21st, I had only lost 10 pounds. I started using this site to track on July the 22nd, since then, I have lost almost 15 POUNDS....TOTAL OF 25POUNDS SINCE SURGERY. I didn't want to see it, and although my quantity of food had decreased with 3 fills, the food was still so high in calories, I just wasn't losing. For example, the first day I tracked (honestly tracked) on the site, I had almost 2400 calories for the day. If you had asked me, I would've probably thought I had around 1600 that day. It has made an amazing difference. 15 pounds in a little over 6 weeks, whereas without the site it took me over 3 months to lose only 10 (most of which came off right after surgery anyway).

I too am a slow loser. But, if there is one piece of information that has help me more than I can say is to TRACK YOUR FOOD. I resisted this for years...it was just too painful to see what I was actually eating because any mistakes would cause me to go into this really DARK place where I judged myself and just couldn't seem to get back up. But then, one day, somebody on this site suggested that I use the webside thedailyplate.com. IT HAS MADE ALLTHE DIFFERENCE. I had my surgery on April 11th, 2008. By July 21st, I had only lost 10 pounds. I started using this site to track on July the 22nd, since then, I have lost almost 15 POUNDS....TOTAL OF 25POUNDS SINCE SURGERY. I didn't want to see it, and although my quantity of food had decreased with 3 fills, the food was still so high in calories, I just wasn't losing. For example, the first day I tracked (honestly tracked) on the site, I had almost 2400 calories for the day. If you had asked me, I would've probably thought I had around 1600 that day. It has made an amazing difference. 15 pounds in a little over 6 weeks, whereas without the site it took me over 3 months to lose only 10 (most of which came off right after surgery anyway).

I 2nd this.. I did myplate religiously post-op, I fell off doing it sometime beginning of this year.. then everytime I hit a stall, I start doing myplate again just for a week to see what's going on.. and it never fails, if I am holding myself accountable for everything I eat, I eat better...and thus lose.

If I don't track every morsel of food I put into my mouth, then I notice I put way more morsels than I should! LOL! I also use thedailyplate.com and I LOVE it.

I understand where you are coming from. I feel tight with almost everything I eat, my problem is that by supper I feel as though I can eat so I eat a good supper then start grazing. This has been only going on for the past week but I must get my act together quickly. It is strange, as the day goes on I feel less restricted.

I understand where you are coming from. I feel tight with almost everything I eat, my problem is that by supper I feel as though I can eat so I eat a good supper then start grazing. This has been only going on for the past week but I must get my act together quickly. It is strange, as the day goes on I feel less restricted.

I hear you! My band treats me the same way. I am restricted early in the day and stay with protein shakes, mushies and I get all my water in early. I can eat dinner fine.

Then I start feeling those old Pre-band urges coming at night and I have to fight to keep them under control. I distract myself on the computer and try to go to sleep early. I spoke to the Dr and he said this is normal for some people.