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hello...good job i had lapband done jan 12th 6 weeks ago today and ive lost 41 lbs and feel great...the hardest time was the 1st 2 weeks on liquids but you wont even feel hungry......some days i feel more hungry then other days but i have a yogurt or sugar free pudding i seem to find the sugar free popsicles curve my appetite too.....protein shakes are good too when you feel hunger try the atkins chocalate one they seem too fill me faster.i walk every day with weights in my hands because my arms are big......when i started nutrition class last june i was 352 lbs now today im 293..so im trying my hardest to make this work....good luck and keep me posted!!!

I agree. It's frustrating but the simple answer is = we're not made up of math. Our metabolism is affected by lower calories, our BMR is not stagnant, you retain water more in certain environments than others. So the short answer is, if you keep up what you're doing, you will lose weight. It's not going to necessarily happen in a week. It's not going to happen in a month, maybe. But when you look at your weight loss over the course of a few months, you will see that you've been losing if you stick to this plan. The thing is, this irregularity is why people fall off the wagon. They do all the right things and yet they plateau. It doesn't seem fair. But your body is changing, even if you can't see it on the scales. So don't give in to emotional you and listen to rational me. The band works. Look at my pictures. It works.

Dear Diamonds, What a great lesson! Thanks so much for putting it out there for us all to read. Sometimes I forget that I need to trust HIM, I want to do it all on my own, which I know only leads to failure and dispair! I am claiming that scripture as my own today, and trusting in Him to lead me in His pathways! Thaks again! Kathy D (alias Helen the Car)

Thank you! Sometimes I need slight reminders of this

Thank you sooooooo much. I recieve that! I beleive that might just been intended for me. That is my all time favorite passage in the Bible. I do trust in Him! Have a blessed day!!!!

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!

Emotional MorelGirl, I do understand how you feel. I have been banded for 16 months. I stayed the exact same weight for 5 months. I tracked my calories, I increased my activities, I too tracked and recorded every morsal I allowed to cross my lips, I increased my protein, I decreased my calories, I thought I was eating to many fats. Actually I almost drove emptional me off a cliff. I has my band adjusted 4 weeks ago and I drop 15 lbs in no time, first time the scales have moved in months. I can't explain it, neither can my physician. Moral of my story, hang in there, if your eating right and exercising the weight will come off maybe not as quickly as you want or would like but it will come off. Oh and I do agree, it is B*&^%T about the 3500 calorie to loss a pound. My BMR told me I needed around 1600 calories just to maintain my weight, I have faithfully ate 1000 to 1200 calories a day for over a year. Keep working it, at least exploding with words will burn some calorie and it's better than a piece of cake.

congrats on meeting your first goal! too bad about the fitbit! i love it...

November 21st 2011. 14 of those 51 pounds were pre op. So technically, I've lost 37 pounds since surgery.

So sorry for your loss, I lost my paternal grandparents three months apart, my dad took it really hard, just be supportive. In regards to your before and after pictures you look freaking amazing! I can def tell a difference. Keep up the good work!