I don't know what happened with where you got your surgery but my doctors were very specific, "this is a tool and you have to use it right. That includes measuring food, taking small amounts, protein first, sugars and high fat foods last. Exercise, exercise, exercise. The band can only do so much, we have to do the rest.

I would suggest, seeing as your name is GlassIsHalfFullGirl that perhaps you are a pessimist. As a pessimist you jumped into this hoping it would work but figuring it probably wouldn't. Usually people who are pessimists subconciously sabotage themselves and making sure that their beliefs become truths. So they can say, "see I told you so." I think your eating issues might be routed in something more emotional, if you can get to a therapist and talk to them about these things, perhaps that can help you to gain perspective as to why you are having so much trouble and let you learn new ways to gain a positive control of your life.

Good luck hon. BIG HUGS

I completely understand. It has been a month for me and I have lost nothing. I always eat protein first and eat little sugar or fat. I exercise for an hour 5 days a week. I feel like Im doing what I should be doing and when I read all these posts, I get so down. I wonder why I cant lose weight too. I spent 15K on this and did my homework for a year before hand. I am an ultimate optimist and fully believed that I would be successful because of my work-outs and knowledge of nutrition. Still, I am exactly the same weight;. I have a fill in 3 weeks. I assume I will see a difference in my eating then. Im only at 1100 cals now while burning 700 in workout. I too, wish that there would have been more posts by people talking about how they didnt lose as opposed to all the posts with big numbers every week. Please keep us posted as you go thru this journey. I feel like I finally heard from someone going thru what I am.