Nana51

Yeah I agree it would have been nice to have known before surgery so we weren't hitting the panic button!! LOL!!! I was asked if I had any questions but shoot I didn't know what to ask...thoght I had read all I could read about it but I wish I had looked for this site before surgery thinking it would have helped a lot....I jsut weighed again this morning and I have not gained or lost a pound but I can tell my body is changing because I am able to wear clothes that I could not wear so that is a good thing and my girls are smaller...lol!! Good luck in your journey!!

I think there's more of us out there than any of us thought before!!

I'm the same aswell. Banded 05-05-11. Didn't do the pre-op so no weight lost there, lost 15lbs in the 2weeks post op but actually GAINED back 4lbs in week 3! (which essentially made me want to kill myself lol) but then I spoke to my surgeon and he said exactly whats been said above: that it's completely expected that the first 2 weeks you drop, stall or gain in weeks 3-5 but after 6 weeks is when the body and stomach should be healed more or less completely and thats when normal weight loss happens.

Kinda wish I'd been told this pre-op though. Or rather, I wish my ears had been a little more open when my surgeon told me not to expect miracles hahaha

Yeah I agree it would have been nice to have known before surgery so we weren't hitting the panic button!! LOL!!! I was asked if I had any questions but shoot I didn't know what to ask...thoght I had read all I could read about it but I wish I had looked for this site before surgery thinking it would have helped a lot....I jsut weighed again this morning and I have not gained or lost a pound but I can tell my body is changing because I am able to wear clothes that I could not wear so that is a good thing and my girls are smaller...lol!! Good luck in your journey!!

I think there's more of us out there than any of us thought before!!

I'm the same aswell. Banded 05-05-11. Didn't do the pre-op so no weight lost there, lost 15lbs in the 2weeks post op but actually GAINED back 4lbs in week 3! (which essentially made me want to kill myself lol) but then I spoke to my surgeon and he said exactly whats been said above: that it's completely expected that the first 2 weeks you drop, stall or gain in weeks 3-5 but after 6 weeks is when the body and stomach should be healed more or less completely and thats when normal weight loss happens.

Kinda wish I'd been told this pre-op though. Or rather, I wish my ears had been a little more open when my surgeon told me not to expect miracles hahaha

I am so glad I found this site!! I was banded on May 12th and lost 13 pounds the first week but not a pound since I started phase three...whew finding you all has given me hope!! Thanks!