I guess I'm just looking for some encouragement! So here is my story and I am looking forward to advice from you all!...

April 7th 2008 I made the trip to Chicago Illinois to meet my surgeon and go to the seminar. On April 8th 2008 I had a private physical with the surgeon and he told me that I was an excellent canidate for the lap band! I was so excited, I was scheduled for all the pre op tests which was a few weeks later. I did really well with the weight loss, I went to the pre op tests and was approved by the shrink to have the test. I then received a surgery date of May 27th 2008. Surgery went well, I got home, followed the orders fairly well. When I started this I was 277 lbs. when I fell off the wagon I was 240 lbs. Well I am now 255 lbs. I go back to Dr on April 21st 2009 for another fill. Oh I had one fill after surgery and before I fell off the wagon. Please any words of encouragement would help! Thanks for reading and good luck to everyone out there!

join weight watchers and be perfectly candid w/your surgeon. doctors like to help people. your not the first and wont be the last person to gain wt back w/wls.

at least your trying, keep a record of what you eat & make sure your meals are varied or it will get boring, just remember what foods make you stay full for longer & try & avoid over doing it on the soft/liquid calories..

good luck & exercise lol

i feel you as i have fallen slightly, we are human and if it where that easy we would have not gotten this big. i want to tell you how proud i am of you for saying you fell off and doing something about it. ok you made a mistake now get up and dust your self off and get back on track. i go for a fill in the morning and i have sat and made a menue for the week and changed my excerise plan. and we will see how that goes. best thing to remember is dont give up. keep trying until you get it right. im praying for you and hope to hear good things about how your doing.