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No they didn't... it seems that they just go by the BMI and you weight

I was 17 lbs at 2 weeks, but then nothing for 5 days. I know in my heart, eating like this and exercising, the weight will eventually come off. Hang in there and follow your plan!

Im in the Dayton, ohio area im 6'4 391 cant wait to loose some weight and enjoy life better. Been since dec 2012 finally insurance approved me, was ready to give up but my wife wouldn't let me!

Well we have our appt for the nutritionist on August 13. I wish I didn't have soo long to wait I made these appts for my hubby and I in June. This is the getting crazy my hubby is in the hospital again with cellulitis and they told him that this will keep on happening until the surgery!! I am going crazy since I really want to do the surgery already!!! My hubby and I want to loose weight I have tried sooo many things and nothing has worked and I am just fed up with feeling this way and being depressed about my weight since I don;t feel like I am worth looking at. I also have going crazy since I am married 7yrs and I really want to have a child I am already 30 and I always wanted a big family I guess that won't happen at least not as big as I wanted. Otherwise my hubby and are really excited about doing this together since we both are really overweight and know that as a team we will do really well!! That is it for now! I will write more after my appts. thanks for listening.

I had the sleeve 9 years ago and now have to have the bypass due to GERD, hiatal hernia, esophogitis, and Cameron lesions. I have weight that I gained and need to lose and now I’m worried about not feeling full after the bypass.

I felt the same way. I have one and a half months left for MD supervised diet. I lost three pounds the first weigh in, stayed the same the next weigh in and then gained three pounds the last one. I am hoping that I have lost at least three pounds in the next two weeks. I hope to have my surgery in Sept. You can do this.

My surgeon told me he wanted me to lose some weight before surgery. I will continue to try losing, but I suppose minimally the liquid diet would help with that somewhat. I'm not sure whether my insurance company requires weight loss. I need to reread the details of their requirements, but I thought it only specified participation in a physician monitored weight loss program. My surgeon said that my NUT visits qualify as such. My biggest worry is having 85% of my stomach removed and still not being able to lose weight. Although I am inspired by the success of so many people on this site.

This is a catch 22. I know that with Kaiser they insisted on losing 10% of your weight. I did not lose 10% of my weight and I still got a referral to my wl surgeon. however, I did lose enough weight where the surgeon's office was questioning and was going to deny my surgeon because I was under the BMI. If it wasn't for my comorbidity of DB, I wouldn't have been sleeved. Another person went through the program too and she didn't lose her weight either. Both of us had surgery.

OK LETS HAVE SOME FUN! I AM GOING TO BE WRITING A BOOK IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY, AND I WOULD LIKE SOME INPUT FROM MY FELLOW FRIENDS ON LBT. I WANT TO HAVE A CHAPTER THAT TELLS THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF THIS JOURNEY. SO LETS HAVE A GOOD LAUGH. IT MIGHT BE THAT ONLY US PEOPLE THAT ARE/OR HAVE BEEN HEAVY WILL EVEN "GET IT". BUT THAT OK. SO MAKE SURE TO GIVE US YOUR TWO CENTS. YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO BE BANDED WHEN............... YOU PULL A MUSCLE, TRYING TO WIPE YOUR BUTT! WHEN YOU CAN'T FIT IN THE AMUSMENT PARK RIDES! WHEN YOU LOOSE THE BAR OF SOAP IN THE SHOWER. WHEN YOU CAN USE YOUR STOMACH AS A TV TRAY! WHEN YOU CANT CLIP THE SEAT BELT IN YOUR CAR ANYMORE. WHEN HAVING SEX, YOUR HUSBAND HAS TO "TEETER TOTTER" OVER YOUR BELLY. WHEN GOING TO THE BATHROOM MAKES YOU BREAK OUT IN A FULL SWEAT! WHEN YOU CAN'T REACH ALL YOUR BODY PARTS TO WASH THEM IN THE SHOWER. WHEN YOU PASS "GAS" AND IT DOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO. OK, LETS HERE FROM ALL OF YOU............

Well, my name is Meggie. Im 21 years old, and I recently was banded on DEcember 10, 2007. My story isnt exceptional or sad, maybe it isnt even worthy, but its mine,and I have had quite a journey becoming the young woman I am today. I have had a weight problem since I was a child. My mom worked fulltime so frozen pizzas and processed french fries became a hot meal for me. I was very picky, and that was easy for her and tasteful to me. I grew up with the occasional teasing but nothing out of the ordinary. I always felt out of place;even with family. I was always the "fat" kid in my eyes. My family never saw me as that simply because they saw beyond my weight. They saw what I call the "internal me"--which is in fact a totally different person.-I was never pressured to lose weight or compared to my "model material" kid sister, and in fact, I have been my own worst critic all along. When I got to the seventh grade I decided to take control the only way I knew how; I became bulimic. Typically, bulimics are rail thin and look malnourished-but I never hit that point. The disease never got out of control-well I mean the idea is out of hand enough in itself-but it never got excessive.It was my last resort when food got the best of me.My mother sent me to counseling and there I was, 13 years old with "control" issues as the doctor would call them. I was always told how beautiful I was, and in fact, I was the popular kid in school; neverhteless, I still didnt like me. I went all through highschool with my weight issue and in my senior year my dream came true- I needed my tonsils out. I know, I know-silly dream huh? But, to me it was so much more than a painful surgery. It was a period of 2 weeks that I would lose weight. I did ofcourse-18 lbs to be exact, but it all came back on within a year. So, there I was 18- still struggling every day of my life with my worst enemy-my weight. I dropped some weight at almost 19 because I was going through a break up, and my "control issues" caught up with me yet again. That weight didnt stay off either. As you can see, I never succeeded in keeping it off. It haunted me and creeped up just when I thought I was winning. When I was 19 my 45 yr old father died of massive heartattack while watching the superbowl. A part of me slowly died that day simply because he was ultimately my biggest fan. I dont think my daddy ever saw my size. He didnt care-I was his baby girl no matter what anyone thought. He was the dad that yelled at other small-and I mean young and innocent--kids if they called me names. I wasnt fat, he said and he belived that. Its as if he saw my soul, and not the horrific body that held me hostage. I love him for that and I find myself still trying to see what he always did....Anyways so here I was almost 20 years old. I lost a few lbs after Daddy died because of a loss of appetite, but still nothing to brag about. In November of 2006 I found out I was pregnant. Ive never felt so overwhelmed in my life. While ofcourse I was scared and anxious to meet my beautiful baby boy, the sick part of me thought "hOw will I possibly deal with this weight gain." I know-that should have been the last thing I thought of, but I couldnt help it. The whole 40 weeks I ate like I was on a diet, with the occasional splurge of McDonalds, but for the most part I monitored. Thats insaine isnt it? Who wants to be pregnant and on a diet? The two words dont belong together. Well, needless to say thank god that I monitored considering that I still gained 60 pounds! After the baby I struggled with some deep depression about my weight. I was always crying, and it was the number one focus in my life aside from motherhood. I remember actually thinking" if I have to live like this, I dont want to live." Scary thought, I know-but it was real. In the meantime I had consulted with a plastic surgeon to give me a breast lift. I guess I was looking for anything on my body that I had the power to change when really I just wanted to be thin. I even cut 12 inches off of my hair thinking I was going to have a "new" me. Little did I know, I was far from being new and I was still overweight. By this point I was tired of fighting this battle. I couldnt win alone and that was definitly apparent to myself as well as my close family. So, on the day I was going to schedule my breast lift, I made a call to find out if I qualified for the lapband....well indeed I did-by the skin of my teeth, but it didnt matter. That day I think I found a hopeful part of me that I never knew existed. I connected with the little girl in me and let her know that we were finally going to be alright. I met with Dr Fritz Rau only a week later and immediatly felt a sense of protection and peace. He was wonderful, and assured me that I was in good hands. I soon went on my 2 week liquid diet and did very well. My mother wasnt completly supportive in the beginning but she knew that with or without an army of support, I was going to be banded on Dec 10, 2007. She came through for me, ofcourse, she always did. I got there early that morning and was prepped in no time. After a long wait of about 3 hours-it was my turn. Finally, the moment I had awaited since I was that little girl was actually happening. I almost couldnt bare all of the emotions because for the first time in my life, I felt like the real me was going to have a chance at shining. I came out only 35 minutes later, and everything had went fine. I had alot of pain from the trapped air, but otherwise I was okay. I was already a new woman mentally. I went home the next day, and within a week was taking care of my son. I have had 3 fills so far and am down 25 pounds. My loss has been gradual, but thats okay now because I know it will melt off soon. So, as you can see, I have had an interesting travel to get to where I am today, and to Dr Fritz I owe my happiness. The man has changed my life, and because of him I will be the girl that I was destined to be. Nothing, not even weight, can hold me back now. God Bless all of you- may you all find that inner self who screams to be heard.

I have been on pu reed food since Jan 10. Surgery date 12-27 and haven't really gained, but haven't lost any this last week. Kind of frustrating, but i am sure it will all work out. Everyone's body is different. Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

Sleeved on January 23 at 290.5. I have a Withings scale that automatically syncs to MyFitnessPal, so I get on the scale every morning just to be able to have the data available. Two days ago I was at 274.2, so 16 lbs in 10 days. I started mushy/soft foods this week and today I'm at 275.4, so it seems like like something that happens as the body continues to recalibrate. Hopefully like everyone else has commented, it's just a temporary thing and the weight will keep coming off soon.

Im trying to loose some weight b4 my last weight in! How many shakes should I do a day? Sent from my SM-G920R4 using the BariatricPal App

I hope going back to Protein shakes works to kick start the losing again. I may have to do that too. I have been stuck around the same weight ( +/- 5 lbs.) for 6 months now ( 19 months out). I rarely lost over 5 pounds a month after the first few months. Good luck! Let us know if it works!

Hi all, I'm scheduled to have gastric sleeve surgery on October 2nd. I was curious as to how long afterwards I should wait to get a new tattoo? I plan on getting it on my forearm, so nowhere near my incision sites. I like to get tattoos whenever I go through major life changes so this one is going to signify my weight loss surgery/grad school journey. I usually have to book my tattoo appointments a few months out because of my artist's schedule. Ideally, I'd like to get the tattoo sometime in November, do you guys think this too soon after surgery, considering it will be an open wound on my body while my body is still in recovery mode from surgery? Thank you!

Went to the doctor Friday and they thought I had been at 7 cc for the past 3 months but couldn't figure out why I was still hungry. They pulled all the fill out and measured and I have actually been at only 5!!!! They looked back in my records and realized that they did their math wrong. This has been a frustrating journey as I had just about given up hope on the band as I could eat WAY more than 1/2 cup of food before feeling satisfied. For those of you like me who have been slow losers, be patient. Now that I am up to REALLY 6cc, I finally have some restriction and feel so much more in control of my eating. As an emotional eater, I have had trouble eating healthy too which has been part of my problem. I read a great book called "Why Can't I Stop Eating?" which was very helpful too. I guess I thought I would have the surgery, lose weight and that would be the end of the story of my fat self. It has been more work and time than I ever thought as I was banded in November of '09. I have lost 30 lbs but wish it was more. I am happy with my loss--but had unrealistic expectations of where I would be by now. Anyway, I am excited about the days ahead as a RESTRICTED bandster. I know this thread is all over the place, but I guess I just needed to get some stuff off my chest and make room for a fresh start! Have a great day!!!!!:rolleyes2:

I'm currently at 108 and my BMI is considered normal according to the charts Ive looked at... I was only 105 for a few weeks so I'm guessing that between the daily calories and the binge eating, I must have found roughly the amount I need to take in to not only stop losing weight but actually gain some weight... I appreciate the advice from everyone, thanks! I'll look into seeing a professional if the issues continue.

Just walking is probably your best option for now. The Exercise Physiologist at my surgeon's office said that we should avoid lifting anything heavier than 10lbs for the first month. He said the emphasis should be on "activity" during the healing process and save the "exercise" for later. Since I was already working out before the surgery, he gave me clearance to do "light" workouts at the gym, starting 2 weeks after the banding. This meant no straining and keeping in mind that it was activity and not exercise. Basically, I used really light weight on the machines and did a billion reps. It was good to have the activity, but I never came close to hurting myself. Early on, you should really focus on recovery and start really exercising after a month has past. Bryan Banded 8-26-08

I do. Our gas bill was sky high the month after surgery. Since then, I just dress warm. I also resort to drinking hot water, warming my blanket in the dryer for a few minutes (feels great!!) and lingering in a really hot shower. If I get up and move around enough, I warm up, but if I am just sitting still reading or on the computer, I am cold. I know I will need extra clothes this winter, but I am waiting to buy warm stuff because I don't know what size I will be. I plan to wear scarves, undershirts, and boots this winter to help stay warm. I'm hoping the chill goes away as weight loss slows. I will put up with a lot in return for averaging more than 2 lbs. per week in weight loss! Lynda

muaraclegg - you are right, too. I need to drop my calories and get to the gym. I can do the eliptical for a whole 30 minuites without feeling near death. That is a feat for me! bel;e - I am envious that you can do the elliptical that long. I tried the gym and even have a treadmill in my basement, but I get BORED!! I walk 3 miles as many times a week as I can, plus I do some exercise vids I found OnDemand. But I am in a slow spot in my weight loss now and it is annoying to me... I need to boost my metabolism.... someone recommended I try and fool it by upping my calories for a day or too and then dropping then back down (prob not the healthiest), I am trying that today.. going to drop back down on Sunday to my normal 600-800. Also drink plenty of Water - I think I lose more when I drink more water. Unfortunately I am a diet coke - aholic. I can't drink it from a can or bottle anymore so I allow myself a fountain soda every day - if I don't have it in the house I freak, if it's here I can drink water all day and it won't bother me,

Terrific Carrie!!! I was thinking about you just the other day. I remember reading some of your posts here right after your surgery and what a HARD time you were having. I glad things are better for you. Thank you for sharing your weight loss. WAY TO GO!!!! Keep up the great job sleeve sista. Please post when you can. There are people here who do care what happens to you. GOD bless. Deb

Hi everyone. I went searching for a "stall" post, because I wanted to join the club! I am 2 1/2 weeks out and for the last 7 days I have been on a stall. Perhaps 7 days is not a real stall, and thats what I get for weighing every day instead of waiting for once a week, but except for that I have done really well.I weighed in at my Docs yesterday and the way they figure it I have lost 17 lbs. (they weighed me a week before surgery) This amount counts the weight lost during my 2 day clear liquid diet. I am so happy about this, but the last 7 days have really tested my head. I visited my nut yesterday and she said I was eating too big portions, but my calories and protein are all good, so really this stall is about patients. I did start measuring, and am down an inch in some places... Just venting here, and kind of enjoying being part of the normal way people lose weight with the sleeve! cheers all, Kim

I also had 6 months supervised weight loss. My doctor's office wanted me to use myfitness pal, but it had nothing to do with my insurance. It was mainly so that I was honest with myself on what I was eating, and so they could monitor what I was eating and help me make adjustments as I went. Most insurances, at least mine which is UHC, just want to see some type of weight loss; even a pound per month is good, of course more is better, but insurance wants to see a loss, never a gain. What will be enough for insurance coverage includes that you lose some amount of weight, that your bariatric office deems weight loss surgery necessary, also to have your primary indicate so on a letter. The process sounds intimidating and long, but it goes by quick. I am just over 3 months and can't believe my surgery already happened! The weight loss will be documented by your team on each visit. Hope that somewhat answered your question. In my case the app was mainly for my own personal tracking, and for them to monitor. You already started the process, don't quit no matter how hard it may seem! Best of luck!

@@jess9395 I'm 5'4 and have a small-to-medium frame...my BMI is considered normal so I haven't really been worried about what my weight is. I'm not trying to lose more weight, just maintain, but its been harder than I thought it would be.