Mama0Gorda

Hi everyone! I am new to this and this is my first post on ANY type of site! I'm excited about joining all of you and hope to be able to get feedback/support from fellow bandsters. As my title indicates, I'm feeling pretty disappointed in my progress thus far. I was banded in November 2008 and to date have only lost 27#. I don't think that we have found my "sweet spot" yet, but then again, my surgeon doesn't spend much time exploring what may be going on with me during all of my post-surg visits. Any ideas about which questions I could pose to him on my next visit 10/28 so I can get this thing going?? I'm so frustrated!

kiz...thank you for your feedback. I like your doctor's rules of thumb and will start following that guideline so that hopefully by my next visit I will have some information to pass along to my surgeon. Although I started off very gung-ho about keeping the food log, I have to admit that as I have become more disappointed about the slow weight loss I have let that activity fall by the wayside. I will start it again...it really is a good idea and visual aid! Thanks again!

I used Dr. Schwartz in Tucson. Great surgeon, but not much on "hand-holding". His office staff are wonderful and always helpful.