First off CONGRATS!!! you are doing great and please know don't let the scale discourage you..I was stuck on the same number on mine or 2months straight, at one point i stopped getting on it, then i had my second fill last week and am down 11 lbs in 1 week (go figure) Remember that if you slip up with your "tool" you can start over, hell we didn't gain the weight over night and won't lose it that way. I started my journey at 320lbs and am at as of today to 259 (i am so excited) it is the best thing that i could have done for myself and never would regret my decision to have the lap band..GL to you and keep up the good work

welcome and congrats. i was banded on december 1st and when i went to my first week follow up i had lost 25 pounds. but the next two weeks i lost nothing and at my third week follow up the dr said that 500 calories was not enough and increase to 800. when i increased to 800 last week, i lost the 2 pounds. may want to think about adding to the daily menu. good luck and keep up the good work

are you kidding 18 pounds is great congrats I know how hard it is when the scale doesn't move but whats harder for me is having no restriction hungry all the time but I m not going to let it make me eat I will keep praying for green

I was banded on 12/20/2011 and have went from 363(at start of liquid diet) to 345(today). I am at a stand still with loss. Talking with my doctor today, he said I might have loss inches and not pounds and that my body is still healing, so do not push it. I go for my first fill 01/20/2012. Do get discouraged,Good luck! Wish you the best.

hai this is micky,im suffers for acidity n y stomach after i dignosis by doctor he founds gastic folds in my stomach he prefer me a medicine but its not very helpful for me, then i go to decided for lap band doctors are also agreed ,but when i go search in computer web ther lots of precausion,after lap band surgery, my life is no more normal, lots of precausions, & im noe only 30 yrs im not a over weight,can any one tell me after lap band hw is life coz u cant eat so much.& plz share ur operation is it horrible & risky

regards

micky

stories like yours gives me hope and excitment for mysurgery in Feb !! The scaredness and unsuredness of what the future holds for me, you give me the realiziation that it IS possible and it will be o.k.. HECK ALL your stories !!! I can't thank you enough for helping me before I start , holding my hand along the way !!! thanks and CONGRATS LESLIE !!!

It might help to increase your calories. I ate 800 to 1000 my first 6 months and lost 100 pounds! Since then I have increased to 1200 and have lost another 30 pounds with 12 left till goal. Sometimes not eating enough will stall your weightloss. Remember though you are in the healing stage and don't worry to much about it.