Hi again. Its me the one with a million and one questions.

Ok Today is 2 weeks since banding and I have lost a grand total of 1 1/2 pounds... Yup you heard right. Don't you let the green eyed monster get you. You too could lose an entire 1 1/2 pounds.

What is that all about? I am so discouraged right now. I have been crying all day.

I know what you will all say. The first 6 weeks are for healing not for weight loss. But I am big. I mean big. I lost 10 pounds on the pre- op diet.

Did I make the wrong surgery choice?

I am just beside myself.

Thanks for listening to me again..

Amy

Hi

Just a quickie.....2 days after I got out of hospital I thought I would weigh myself and sure,I was surprised....I weighed exactly what I weighed before I started my pre-op liquids for 2 weeks.....14 pounds heavier in 3 days.......I was devastated......I thought I would die.....It took me about 2 weeks to lose that weight......and then I started losing slowly.....it was mentally very hard.....

But I have now lost 52 pounds since the op and if I applied myself better and made better food choices I would definetely have lost more.....I now (since I started feeling a bit better,little reflux....) cheat a lot and make really bad choices a lot......

Just be patient.I also thought I'd made a huge mistake with this operation but now I know I will lose all my weight before my band have to be removed.....

Keep the faith,you will lose...

Sorry you are struggling with this. I know how hard it is, especially when we see folks whom the weight seems to be just falling off, when we dont' see any movement on the scales what so ever.

You have to find something else to track your successes if the scale isn't moving. I cannot stress this enough. I personally track all my NSVs and I bump the list every two weeks. In fact, my loss is so slow for the various challenges I post my weekly NSV, not how much weight I lost. I am hoping that I can win Nana~'s cloak though for her challenge.

Only you can say if this was the right decision for you or not. Even though I haven't lost much weight, my health is so much better. And my health is why I got banded. I do know that if I had opted for the RNY I don't think I would be in any better health, and my weight loss might not be any more substansive than what I've already lost. You must give this time though.

Aimze, I feel for you I lost 2 pounds in the two weeks following the surgery. Its now been 3 fills, one was a let out because I couldn't eat anything for 7 months but broth and tomato soup and still Im only 20 lbs down since 12/4/04. If I eat normal for a day or so I will gain 3-4 pounds. So here I am still starving myself like I always did. People told me oh you have to eat to lose weight. I tried that and gained....Ill hang in there if it kills me......Just remember some of us bandsters don't lose weight and it looks like we just have to exercise more and starve more than the others do......Keep trying your new to this...........G