Welcome to the "Slow Loser" thread on LBT.

A few orders of business to begin.

First, we need to elect a leader. Someone who will voice our opinion clearly and with wisdom and humor. Our Leader will support us in our efforts and remind us of our NSV's and to not be discouraged.

I nominate - Vinesqueen. I can think of no on here on the board more eloquent and positive in her day to day outlook. (she has no idea about this, by the way - this is my own little invention - but I still think she should be our leader)

Second - we need to define "slow loser". I would propose that a slow loser is someone who is losing (or lost) less than 1 pound per week (average) during the first year of banding.

Third - Our Mission. Our Mission will be to stick together as a group. There is always strength in numbers. As we see newly banded people losing more in a month or six weeks than we have lost in 6 months to a year, we will join together and remind each other of how well we're doing. We'll chant the LBTSL ( that LapBand Talk Slow Loser) mantra of "It's not a race, it's not a race" over and over again.

Will you join me? Will you, a slow loser, a turtle in the weight loss race, make your voice heard amongst all these rabbits? Mostly will you let me know that I am not alone out here in bandland?

Looking forward to hearing from all of you.

Megan -

Glad your fill is working for you . Just be careful not to lose too fast, or you will lose your membership in our exclusive little group here!

Can't wait to see the new two year thread.

Jenny -

Welcome aboard! You'll have to forgive us Yanks, though and convert your kg's to lbs

Lots of us have emotional eating issues. You've come to the right place. Good Luck with your band

Candy - I pay for fills, too. And they are NOT cheap, so I hear ya. (and since my doc will only give a .1 cc fill at a time, I'm fairly sure I'm putting his kids through college, or paying for braces or something like that)

I like your attitude about making the band work for you.

I say - go get that fill! Work that band!

I'm going for another fill on Thursday. I've decided that I need to get agressive with these things. I spoke with one of the fill people at my doctors, and well, they are just as mystified as I am.

So, I see the interventional radiologist for another .5ccs which will put me at 2.25 ccs

hi live2canoe thanks for welcome, i can think in pounds as i was born in england but lived here for many years and as we have been metric for a long time l'm confused now my kids laugh at me my height is imperial and any weighing i do is metric when i say how heavy i am it sounds better in kilos, wnen i say how much i have lost it sounds more pounds, does anyone know if you start losing slow does that mean that is how it is likely to carry on

My fill is perfect! I don't have that constant feeling that I need to eat, and I can eat about a 1/4 to 1/2 a cup and I'm satisfied. Getting a fill was the right thing to do. I've already dropped a few pounds so I'm thrilled.

Fills Rule

Megan

Aw crapola. Between you and Candysmooch and Vines, I guess it's true, time for me to get a very small fill. There goes another $200 buckaroos. I'm not so worried about that, but an unfill is another $200 and I hate to risk a $400 fill. ARGH!!

Welcome Jenny! 7 kilos...aw, I can't remember the conversion...help! We need to see if you meet the very specific criteria for slow losers.

Aw crapola. Between you and Candysmooch and Vines, I guess it's true, time for me to get a very small fill.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS EVERYBODY..............CHECK OUT MY WEIGHT TICKER...........YEA THAT'S RIGHT LADIES - I JUST FOUND OUT I DROPPED 5 LBS SINCE MY LAST FILL 7 WEEKS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please read my post entiteled "This is WHat's Goin ON" to find out there!

So I actually called and cancelled my small fill apt. this morning since I've at least got the scales moving now - so I'm going to try workin this band some more.

By the way for whoever's trying to count up my pounds and weeks out - you can't kick me out of this club yet!! HAHAHA - don't think you can get rid of me that easily as I'm 21 weeks post op with a probable 14 lb loss so I'm still under the requirements for the club. I'm just soooo excited - this is my first real loss since banded - yea I had the original 8lb loss after surgery - gained back 4lbs before my first fill and have been absolutely fighting to get back off that 4lbs I had gained back so this is now my first real 5lb loss!!! Let's celebrate!

Yeehaa! excellent work!

A kg is about 2.5 pounds

well guys you have made me feel better if you think i might be losing quite fast, when i hear stories of people losing 25 -35 lbs over same time period as me i thought i was too slow and when you think 2.5 is 1kilo then thats pretty cool

Sure thing Jenny. I think the hardest part about being a Turtle, especially for me, is when I read over and over and over about people complaining about how they've "only" lost 35-50 pounds in a few months. I know that I'm jealous and want that to be me, especially since I'm doing everything I'm supposed to do, everything I can do, yet I only lose so little weight it isn't even worth keeping a ticker.

A ticker for me, only serves to highly my failure at losing weight. So I don't have one, and I'm not feeling like I have that thing constantly showing the world that I didn't/haven't lost weight after undergoing WLS.

I'm rambling again. Sorry

I want to be in...PLLLLEASE. I was banded on June 7th and I have lost 20.5 pounds. I am BARELY over 1 pound a week.

Pretty please.

I have had 3 fills. First one was 1.4, Second one was 1.6 and now I am at 2.0 and I still don't think it is enough.

p.s. My slow sad story...I keep joining these "challenges" people have here on LBT but I can never even lose a damn pound to report back. I end up being such a sad and lonely turtle while all those d*mn rabbits report back rapid weight loss.

We hear you lins - not too many turtles join the weight loss challenges, or even keep a ticker for that matter.

You seem to meet our criteria of losing less than a pound a week during your first year of being banded.

Welcome Aboard the Turtle Train!!

Just remember - the turtle won!

I originally kept a ticker tracker, but it got so depressing because I wasn't losing anything and the ticker would sit there, accusing me, taunting me, making me feel like dog pooh because I wasn't "good enough."

Well, I got rid of the tracker, and I feel much better. I really do.

I celebrate everyone who does keep a tracker, it makes it much easier to track their successes. I haven't figured out how to track my NSV list in a visual little tab.

This is one group I have NO problems joining. I can fit right in. I haven't lost a single ounce in too long to count. SIGH!!!!