hello all its been 9 days since my lap banding im having good days an bad. Im wondering how your weight loss has been with dates of your operation too??

July 09 119.3kgs

August 6th 111.0kgs

You're doing very well, remember... slow and steady wins the race.

Sounds like you are doing good. How are things for you now?

It has only been 3 weeks for me. I am in the mushy stage with one more week until normal food but unfortunately I found out I can pretty well eat anything---gggrr!!! I have lost 10kg since the 2 weeks pre-op but it has slowed this past week.

I'm in Adelaide as well, banded by Dr. Bessell, who did yours?

Cheers,

CallieOzgirl

Dr. Kow did my operation, had the op 28th of july, i to proberly could eat watever i like but im sticking to a small side dish plate as a guide!! my weight lose to has slow right down! lol im at 108.7kgs now and i happy to have any loss!! even 100grams! do you mind me asking were in adelaide are you im near Glenelg, and have you start walking gym etc as yet? cause i havnt as yet, i will tell you tho it's excellent to hear from someone in Adelaide, i dont know about you but you kinda feel alone! hope that makes sence!

hope to hear back thanks sheree:smile:

Hi Sheree,

I live in Glandore, that is great, you are close to me! Yes, I have started walking, and went to the gym once. I normally am a good exerciser but have had knee problems (torn meniscus and kneecap popped in and out) this past year (part of the reason for weight gain--this time!) so I have to take it easy which is hard for me. We should get together and walk!! I will send you a private message with my phone number on it (if I can figure out how to do it:unsure:)

Cheers, CallieOzgirl

I was banded 06-17 and have lost 37 lbs. Going good. You will have good and bad days and will go through "Bandster Hell" but it has sure been worth it to me. I am now in the changing out my clothes stage. It feels great but is a pain also because nothing fits me right anymore and I am too far away from goal to buy a bunch of clothes so I am trying to buy some cheaper clothing and wait it out until I reach my goal.

I am curious, how do you get the weight loss ticker thing?! Lost another 600 grams--yeah!!

CallieOzgirl

Banded 09/01 lost 6 pounds since surgery. Lost 24 before.

You get the ticker by going to tickerfactory.com and clicking on the weight loss ticker. You will fill out all your info and when you make posts you post the link it gives you.

I am almost 4 weeks post-op, I lost 6 kilos (13lbs) on the 14 day pre-op diet and I have lost 4 kilos (9lbs) since the surgery.

Weight loss has definitely slowed, I'm actually surprised I didn't gain this week as I had 3 social functions and had a couple of wines at each.

I was banded 7 days ago and have lost 12.5 kgs since my pre-op diet which started 4 Sept. Im sick of the liquids, its only another week to go until i can start mushies. Apart from having liquids for the past 3 weeks, i have found it to be a positive experience. My recovery is going great and i cant praise Dr Kevin Dolan enough. He is a fantastic surgeon. You are doing great!! Keep it up!!goodluck!!

hello all its been 9 days since my lap banding im having good days an bad. Im wondering how your weight loss has been with dates of your operation too??

July 09 119.3kgs

August 6th 111.0kgs

Hi,

I had my op on 17th September in Perth. Was in hospital for three days as had to have open surgery due to older operations. Was done by Tony Kierath who I cannot speak too highly of.

Thinga seem to be going well and I am yet to weigh myself as the medical scales I purchased on reccomendation dont arrive until next week.

I live in Albany in the southwest of WA

Keith

I was banded 7 days ago and have lost 12.5 kgs since my pre-op diet which started 4 Sept. Im sick of the liquids, its only another week to go until i can start mushies. Apart from having liquids for the past 3 weeks, i have found it to be a positive experience. My recovery is going great and i cant praise Dr Kevin Dolan enough. He is a fantastic surgeon. You are doing great!! Keep it up!!goodluck!!

So therefore is that 12.5kgs in about 20n days? Because that seems like a lot of weight to lose in such a short time!???? That would be equal to at least two dress sizes? That's amazing.:seeya:

Thank you, i still have another 38 to go so its still a long battle ahead. I lost 12.5 kilos since starting the optifast on 4 sept and i had my op on 18 sept so yes 20 days is how long it took me., mind you it was probaly all fluid. I can tell on my face and my clothes are a tiny bit looser but i dont think anyone else could tell.:seeya:

I was banded June 25th, 2009 and I lost more weight on the pre-diet than I have since my op....but have lost 64 pounds so far, still have a long way to go. The worst thing I am having to deal with now is the hair loss!!!! My hair has been thick all my life but now it's falling out and so thin. I have been taking silica for 2 months and just started taking zinc...sure hope something soon helps before I end up bald!! Anyone else have this problem?

Hi, my name is dannielle, I had the lap banding done in sydney in july. I lost 7.5kg in the pre surgery diet. then lost another 5 kg post surgery but then when i started eating again i put some back on and am back to only an 11kg loss and I am stuck at that, i have been that way mid aug. ive had 3 fills so far. so dont be too stressed if you dont loose alot of weight inititally. the doctors have told me its actually normal to put on some weight during the liquid, puree and the start of the solid phase and also even not lose weight after your first few fills, its a matter of getting used to it all. everyone sounds like they are doing so well though.