I was banded by Dr. Kirchenbaum on 3/12 and the surgery was simple, my recovery was a little harder than I expected; not a lot of pain, but I slept for about 3 days. I'm still on the fence about the money I spent, as I've not lost much weight. My first fill was on 4/14 (I have a 14cc band and he put in 6 cc's). I have only lost about 8 pounds since surgery and I'm not sure why I'm not losing more. I dont' know exactly how many calories I'm eating but I only eat about 1/4 of what I ate before, I'm drinking tons of Water and doing 2 to 3 Protein shakes per day (110 calories each).
For you long timers, how long did it take before you really started losing weight?:thumbs_down: