Struggling, but sustaining...

[JOANNE M HOLL 388]

I want to put my 2 cents worth out here for those just beginning here on site. . . . . . . . please enter the Location (State) & Date Banded on your set-up Profile. That is the first & second thing I review before replying or posting. I am an older bander and I don't want to repeat something you already know, I am a rejoinder (as I was lost with Cancer for a year) and I think I am in "Rejoinder Hell" at the present time. . . so I need your thoughts too. Wanting us all to find our "Zone" to health soon!. . .

[chasingadream 1,311]

Im only 4 months post op with my band/plication and I've definately learned one thing for sure....THIS IS A JOURNEY AND NOT A QUICK ROAD TRIP. It will have its hills and valleys...successful ones and ones where we struggle. But if we continue down the road, and persevere, we will reach our final destination of weight loss and better health.

[FloridaGal 41]

Hi there,

I read a ton of blogs before my surgery and it seemed that a lot of people did great just by getting the band... some people never even had a fill.

I was NOT one of those people. I didn't really even lose any weight for the first few months after the surgery and my appetite didn't really go away.

I went in for my first fill, and then another and still really wasn't losing much weight.... I finally realized that i'm a grazer. I was never really eating big meals but kind of grazed all day long on things that weren't the best for me.

It was my third or fourth fill and granted it was probably a little on the snug side... when I FINALLY started to lose weight. I completely cut out ALL bread, ALL rice and ALL potato and wheat type products... finally the weight started to peal off. After about 3 months my doctor and I agreed that my band was a tiny too tight and he loosened it. I can eat more, but luckily my appetite has not returned and I've stayed away from the carbs. I am near my goal weight and am actually really comfortable where I'm at but seem to be loosing about a pound every two weeks now... Good enough for me

I guess what I'm trying to say is every person is different.... but I would suggest talking to your doctor and tightening your band. Without restriction it is just another diet, and clearly none of us are very good at staying on those

Edited January 12, 2014 by FloridaGal