I had my first fill today and am still only down three pounds. This is the same weight I was one week post op. I had been feeling bad about myself seeing all the weight loss of the other people on the board; but today my doctor said not to worry about not having a better weight loss. He said that Im doing fine for a person with no fill and that I should be happy with having a three pound loss with no restriction; and that I should be happy with not gaining anything after I went from a liquid diet to solids. He said I was doing perfectly fine and he had no doubt I would be successful after we talked about my current eating habbits. He said Im doing everything right and I just need some restriction and that I will be droppin the pounds. That made me feel better. =) So if there is anyone else out there who didnt loose weight before their first fill, keep your heads up!

Hi Headin.....what you'll notice from all the posts is everyone is different. I have been obsessed with the scale and the numbers and my doctor keeps showing me all the other things to focus on, like for instance when is the last time you or I was able to loose any weight at all and keep it off. Also, how are your clothes feeling, how are you feeling (health wise). I'm 2 months post op and was devestated that I had only lost 8 lbs in 1 month, but he pointed out that I lost 8% body fat and my clothes are just about 4 sizes smaller, there were a bunch of other numbers that went down too, like BMI,etc. Also, I'm not having any of the heart trouble that I once had some 40lbs ago either. So try to find something to focus on besides the scale/lbs. And keep up the good hard work and the band will be your guiding tool.....Hope that helps. Take care

I had my first fill today and am still only down three pounds. This is the same weight I was one week post op. I had been feeling bad about myself seeing all the weight loss of the other people on the board; but today my doctor said not to worry about not having a better weight loss. He said that Im doing fine for a person with no fill and that I should be happy with having a three pound loss with no restriction; and that I should be happy with not gaining anything after I went from a liquid diet to solids. He said I was doing perfectly fine and he had no doubt I would be successful after we talked about my current eating habbits. He said Im doing everything right and I just need some restriction and that I will be droppin the pounds. That made me feel better. =) So if there is anyone else out there who didnt loose weight before their first fill, keep your heads up!