Please i need help or support! Right now i feel like i have failed! Im gonna fail every one. Everyone is counting on this to work, epecially myself, and my parents, who forked out the money do genourously for me to have the surgery! I dont wanna let them down and most important i dont want to let myself down! I am eating less and excercising more!!! I just dont get it! I was banded June 12th, 2009 and weighed 254. Now August 11th i still anywhere between 248-250 depending on the time of day!! Im so discouraged!! i have had one fill. i am at 4ccs. My next one is Sept. 5th. I cant wait. I have PCOS, and have been reading some threads about it. Could this be affecting my weight loss, and if so how? and what can i do about it?? I dont take medicine for my PCOS, just antidepressants foe anxiety! If anyone has any advice or words of encouragment i would much appreciate it!!! Thanks!! :confused2:

My doctor told me to excersise and I would be surprised on how much more I would loose. Trouble is I have issues with my feet to standing or walking ect for any length of time is a challange..... any suggestions?

Try a recumbent exercise bicycle. You're basically sitting with your legs out in front of you.

Most gyms, etc should have them, even the little ones like community centers.

- Jen

I know several people with PCOS personally, although I don't have it myself. It seems that PCOS, insulin resistance and being significantly overweight all go hand-in-hand in every case.

What I am not sure about is which came first, the chicken or the egg. Does being overweight lead to insulin resistance and PCOS in people that are predisposed to developing it? Or is PCOS the primary issue and weight gain and insulin resistance are side effects?

In my friends that do have it, they can go on extreme diets, exercise an incredible amount and only have a very small impact on weight. It is almost as if traditional weight loss methods are minimally effective when PCOS is an issue. Does that also seem to be the case for those of you who have it?

Thank you very much for the explanation on PCOS. I am past menopause, went into it early because of loss of an ovary. I had some of the symptoms, only mine was my thyroid it too a few years to diagnose it and that's when I gained a lot of my weight. I also developed Type II diabetes. So a double whammy.

Just was banded last week, was bloated and went up to 224 and today a week later am down to 207.5 So I lost a lot of the bloat and water. A few lbs. also. So I am feeling good.

It also keeps you from getting pregnant. My surgeon told me that this surgery could get rid of the PCOS that I have. I have my periods every 20 days and are very, very heavy. A lot of overweight women have it.