Well its official, since last week I havent lost anything else...So I guess that what the dr said is true...I just dont like having to wait almost a month before I get a fill to start losing some more weight...I guess i am not understanding the entire process of whats going on with my body...If I am only eating 2 ounces of food after a while i would think that my body would pull itself out of the starvation period and move on to losing some pounds...After all, I will be moving up to regular food 4-5 ounces in a couple more weeks and if i am at a stand still now wont i just gain weight if i add more food? My mind has just been turned upside down trying to figure all of this stuff out...I am trying to be really good, but my stomache has started telling me that its hungry lately...I have been doing a double portion of the protien drink and making it last for breakfast and to have before lunch time...I had crab soup yesterday for lunch and shredded up grilled chicken and a salad last night for dinner...I guess that i dont really need to understand whats going on as long as my body and the scales come together on August 4th at my first fill...I am ready to see some changes after everything that i have been thru

Eat well and add cardio. The scales will move. You have to exert. You will lose weight cutting down on food but the most important thing is "What exactly are you eating? Are you snacking alot and just not incorporating the snacking into your daily intake? Are you eating foods and spitting it out? Eating some and then spitting the rest out?" I have a friend who is banded, she doesn't live far from me. She's going through alot of this. She's not exercising. She's not losing and after a fill, her scales are still not dropping.

Exercise, food portions, food choices and lots of water is the key to weight loss.

Amen! to what Telly said - I was going to say you probably need to EXERCISE - but she covered that already --lol --- so.......about exercise - one really great thing that it does is it makes you NOT HUNGRY -- so after ONE protein shake for breakfast get some exercise in - even just walking 15 minutes at a fast pace works for me (and I'm restricted in what I can do) - so give it a try and let us know how it is going - bet those scales will go down......