:mad:Okay today I am 9 months out from Gastric lapband surgery. I haven't posted in here for 6 months. It seems to be going rather slowly for weight loss and at times I think I have been scammed. I do NOT do what the doctors tell me to do however so it's not their fault. It's my fault to believe that lapband would be a cure, that I would never have to diet again, and that the pounds would just peal off from lack of being able to eat. I keep hearing after the surgery that lapband is just a tool and that I still have to diet and exercise. The band is as tight as it's going to get and I have problems getting that first meal down and staying there. Once I do, I am all set for eating the rest of the day. I snack heavily on the no-no list of soft foods the doctors advised me to quit eating from. I'm not supposed to snack and only have 3 small South Beach Diet type meals a day. I exercise maybe 3 times of week which is just walking slowly in stores instead of vigorous excercise daily. I didn't want to have to diet or exercise again!

I feel your frustration. I too thought this would be the end to all dieting. I'm 2years and 4 months since surgery and I have only lost about 30 lbs. I don't lose more I just stay around 30 lbs sometimes I'm up a couple lbs and sometime's I'm down a couple lbs. This is where I stay. I can't eat the things that I'm suppose to eat, so I eat all the wrong things. Chicken is a big bust for me, it just doesn't go down. I still can eat way more than 1/4 to 1/2 cup of food. I never did get to that point where I could eat just small amounts of food. Sometimes I wish I had never done lap band, but still I'm down 30lbs and God only know where I would be without it. I hate to excersise, but have found water arobics to be the best suit for me. My knees are to bad to do much else. I though by now I would be into small clothes and feeling great, but alast I'm not.

Yes, I do feel your frstration, but please hang in and maybe one of these day it will all click for you.