Ok, so I was banded a month ago and don't get my first fill until Thursday September 3 which is another week. I am sooo ready for it. Ok, I have lost 17lbs since surgery which is great. However last week the doctor told me I could go to regular food so I have been. I haven't hardly eatin anything at all. Ok for instance here is my regular day. For breakfast I have a protien shake, for lunch I will either eat a salad or some potatoes or a toasted sandwhich and then if I am hungry around 3 or 4 I will eat a sugar free pudding and then for supper I will eat maybe beans & rice or fish or chicken. I don't eat hardly anything comopared to what I normally eat. The problem is I go back and forth with my weight. Last night I was up to 256 but this morning I was back down to 253. What is the deal. I walk 3 to 4 times a week which isn't much but I also help coach a pee-wee cheerleading team 2 days a week so I am steady moving those days also. What am I doing wrong or is this normal. I just don't want to get disgusted and I really am just waiting on my fill but if I don't eat much now what will I do then. Am I not eating enough calories or what? Can someone just help me out. Thanks.

relax...breathe. Are you doing what your Dr says to do? do you have a nutrionist? He/she can make sure you are getting the information that you need regarding your daily requirements. I think we all have been there where you are. Just keep doing what you know if right and the scale will begin to move again. The lapband has made me more patient person...defintely.

Well I am doing what the doc says. He just says try not to go over 1200 calories a day which I don't. I don't have a nutrionist but I just didn't know if maybe I wasn't getting in enough food or if I needed to be eating more of something else or what. What do you eat normally for your success. I mean you are doing great.

i drink a shake for breakfast...if i can get it all down. I do some cottage cheese, small salad for lunch. I also a meat and cheese for lunch. I try to load up on protein. then something small for dinner. chicken salad. I try to measure 4 oz each time i eat. But i excercise at least 6 days a week...sometimes twice a day. I think that is thebiggest differnce.

Your body naturally fluctuates 2-3 pounds a day. If you weigh yourself at night, you'll be heavier because of all the food and drink you've taken in that day. When you weigh yourself in the morning, you will be lighter because for the past 8 hours or so you've just been sleeping and your body has been getting rid of stuff from the day before.

This is why it's important to weigh yourself at the same time each day - preferably in the morning after you've gone to the bathroom and before you've at anything, wearing close to no clothing. And really only weigh yourself once a day if you have to do it daily. Otherwise you'll drive yourself craves with the natural pounds your body gains/loses throughout the day.

Sounds like you are doing everything else by the book.

Good luck!

I was banded in July as well. Lost 20 lbs in 8 days and then nothing for almost 5 weeks (I even gained 5 lbs back). Its difficult to not get discouraged. But, I just put the scale away for a while and kept following my dr's orders. I eat around 1200 cals a day and work out about 4 times per week for 20-30 minutes.

I finally got on the scale this morning and am happy to report that I broke through the plateau, lost the five pounds that I had put on plus another pound. Sometimes it just takes patience. If you know that you are doing everything right, the weight will come off....

Hang in there....

I was in the same boat, then I figured my scale was not accurate at the high end of the scale. I went to the Doc and his scale showed me 10 pounds lighter than I thought I was. Keep doing what you are doing, you will succeed. at 1200 calories or less you have to lose weight eventually. Just watch the fats and sugars.