Dachsygirl

I was banded on 12/30/2009 and am struggling a little. I am looking for someone local to chat with.:thumbup:

Hi All! I was banded on 12/30/2009 and have been struggling to lose weight since then. It has been pretty frustrating. I lost 16 pounds before I was banded. Lost 10 pounds before my first fill, then only lost 4 pounds in the 6 weeks following the first fill. I was beginning to wonder if the doctor had actually filled me at all. I was able to eat without much restriction at all. I just had my 2nd fill on Monday. I have lost 3 pounds since then. So, hopefully I will see the weight start coming off! I haven't been able to do much exercising due to a ruptured ovarian cyst. I can't even claim to be making the best food choices. What I need is for people who are going through this, to cheer me on. Will you help?? I look forward to talking to you all!:thumbup:

I was banded on 12/30/2009 and seem to be struggling with making the right food choices. I am not losing weight as much as I would like to. I don't eat as much as I did before being banded, but I constantly feel hungry. I am having difficulty distinguishing between physical hunger and the psychological need to eat. My husband wants to continue to eat the way we did before I had surgery which means fried foods, lots of pasta and lots of other junk. This is making it more difficult to be strong. I haven't been able to exercise much because of a ruptured ovarian cyst. I have 2 small children that I want to be able to play with. I need some realy support and encouragement. Please help!:thumbup:

Yay!!! I figured it out. I was pasting the code into the wrong box. It needed to go into the actual signature box, not down where you would put a URL for an image. Phew!! It only took me 2 days to figure this out. Now hopefully I can remember this when I need to update the ticker!:Banane20:

Did this work?

I can't get my ticker to work. I keep getting an "invalid code" message. What am I doing wrong? Can you help me?:Banane20:

I just wish I was at the sweet spot already. I only got 2 fills included with the cost. I already had to pay for my band completely out of pocket because my insurance didn't cover it at all. From now on, any adjustment will cost $200 each. I really hope it doesn't take too many more fills before I reach the right fill level. Thank you all for responding. I already feel somewhat better knowing there are others out there that are having the same struggles. Go bandsters!

Fellow December 2009 bandster here. I was banded on 12/30/2009. I lost 16 pounds before the band and have only lost 16 pounds since the band. I just had my 2nd fill on Monday. Hopefully I will start losing more now. I definitely don't feel like I am in the "green zone." I battle with the same pound all week long. I gain a little bit, lose a little bit etc until that pound finally goes away. Then on to the next. I know they said to expect to lose 1-2 pounds a week to be healthy, but I really wish I was more towards the 2 pounds a week end! But, I feel much better now than I did 32 pounds ago that is for sure!!

Thank you so much for replying! I know everything will turn out right. I am just feeling a little down about it right now. On a completely different subject...how did you get the weight loss ticker into your signature? I can't get mine to load. It keeps telling me "Invalid file."