band is depressing

[hopeful2 be slim 121]

hello everyone...

I got my band on 17th july 2011...first few months were so good....now the band just plays tricks with me..... one day my weight is down and I am thinking of buying new clothes... and there...the band has had a good laugh..new clothes???here you go....

and the next day I am up by few pounds.....a week's hard work gone down the drain.....

oh this is so depressing.....u change your diet just a little bit and the scales are up.....we were eating so much earlier without any change in our weight....

oh this is so depressing....

[Kellysue 7]

I am sorry it's been hard. Sounds like you hit a plateau. It happens in all weightloss. If you gained several pounds overnight, that's most likely Water weight. I am sur you know it takes 3500 calories for one pound. I highly doubt you consumed an extra ten thousand calories in one day. If you keep on plan, you will wake up one morning with a swoosh!

[jayres14 17]

What helps me is thinking about when a brilliant bander reminded me that weight loss is not a slide, but a set of stairs. When you eat much fewer calories that you used to, your body goes into starvation mode. It knows you are getting less food and calories and reacts to it. Your body will hold on to a few pounds in case it needs them and once the body realizes it doesn't, it drops them. The cycle then repeats. I don't know how much truth is to that info, but I have noticed that when I hit a plateau for a few days and start to fret, I wake up one morning and am at a new, lower place on the scale, where I hang out for a few more days before a drop. It usually takes a week and a half to see the pound or two on the scale, but as long as I am moving down and not up, I am satisfied.

Also, remember us women retain Water like a sponge before and during menstration and before and during ovulation, so that is two weeks out of the month.

Keep your head up, we are all in this for the long run. Your hard work will pay off. Good Luck!!

[hopeful2 be slim 121]

What helps me is thinking about when a brilliant bander reminded me that weight loss is not a slide, but a set of stairs. When you eat much fewer calories that you used to, your body goes into starvation mode. It knows you are getting less food and calories and reacts to it. Your body will hold on to a few pounds in case it needs them and once the body realizes it doesn't, it drops them. The cycle then repeats. I don't know how much truth is to that info, but I have noticed that when I hit a plateau for a few days and start to fret, I wake up one morning and am at a new, lower place on the scale, where I hang out for a few more days before a drop. It usually takes a week and a half to see the pound or two on the scale, but as long as I am moving down and not up, I am satisfied.

Also, remember us women retain Water like a sponge before and during menstration and before and during ovulation, so that is two weeks out of the month.

Keep your head up, we are all in this for the long run. Your hard work will pay off. Good Luck!!

Thanks a lot...I have got only 1 fill so far....and my doc is just not ready for another one...I feel hungry and my appetite is also increasing..... some doctors are really peculiar....

[BaileyRose 13]

Ya... Sounds like you need a fill to me. I understand though. I deal with that too. It seems normal though. I pretty much stopped weighing myself. I only count what my doctor's scale says. My scale is ridiculous though. I will weigh myself, get off and jump back on and it will say I'm three pounds heavier. I'll get off and then get back on again and it says I'm 6 pounds lighter. It's gone from frustrating to entertaining :-)