Well, today was my two week post op day.

Tomorrow I weigh in for the first time. What do I do. I had lost 15 lbs in the first 9 days and now I am only down 3 lbs. I am not sure what is going on. I can only hope that my scale broke, but for some reason I don't think that is the case.

The all liquids is really hard and I have added crackers to my soup. But have "Cheated" with little bites of this and that and have not found anything that I cannot eat. I am not sure if I made the right decision. Will power was never my strong point. If I had will power I would not have needed the surgery.

I am hoping that I will show a little weight loss at the weigh in tomorrow. If not I will be moritfied.

I can't be the only one out there who hasn't lost weight with the band, should I name it, maybe when I am felling a little more loving towards it.

I joined a chat group tonight and they gave me some tips to try. One is no eating past 7:00 pm so that will be my first step and then when hungry between meals eat Jello. Everyone on the chat board was a Jello hater so they must be eating a lot more Jello than I have because I still love it.

My goal is to blog each week and each day I weigh. So until tomorrow night I will say good luch and happy banding to all of you out there.

Chin up we will do this together.

Good luck at you weigh in. Amazaed you can have crackers. I was told no carbs until 6 months post op. But i know all programs are different. I weigh for the first time Thursday at group. My surgery was on the 15th. I'm pretty excited. Haven't been weighing. Waiting for the surprise.

Well weigh in not so bad, have lost 6 lbs. Doc is ok with that, says I am in the recovery stage not weight loss stage. Whatever that means and says a pound a week is acceptable.

It may be acceptable but I need more than that with an all liquid diet.

I told him about the cheats and he said I still have stitches inside and should not do it. And just for that I am on liquids for another 3 weeks.

Ok not just for that, but he wants to make sure I am healed completely so nothing thicker than tomato paste.

I have been putting everything in the smoothie maker anyway.

If anyone likes Chili's Southwestern Veg Soup, I have come up with a simple homemade version that has 220 calories per 8 oz serving and would be happy to share the recipe.

I have found it quite refreshing over canned broths.

Just let me know if there is interest and I will post it the next time I am on.

I will go for my first fill on Oct 21. Then the second one will be 1 month later. After that, I call him when I have plateued and am not losing weight. He says I have to take control of this.

Thanks for all of the encouragement and support you all have offered and I love to hear your stories and follow up with you.

D'Ann:tt2:

Thanks, Good luck at your support group, and kudos to you for holding off weighing. Please let me know and since we are so close to each other surgery dates let's keep in touch. Take care and I wish you the best