What a difference a few pounds can make...

[ebar822 0]

I have been feeling kind of discouraged lately. I have been putting next to nothing into my body because of this liquid diet phase and the scale had been stuck for almost two weeks. I don't know if anyone else has had a similar experience but it is SO trying on your emotions and your motivation and your expectations for the band! I started questioning what I had done to myself and if this would really work for me or if it would just be another noch on my belt of failed attempts to lose weight...

But in the past three days this scale has dropped 9 pounds! NINE pounds! I know, I know, my body was in starvation mode, I was retaining Water, and all of the rest of the reasons but you can't understand that or accept that when you want to see the numbers drop...but when they finally do...it's such a great feeling! I am again excited about this band and what it's going to help me do for myself!!!

[georgia girl 35]

I was banded in September and I seem to lose in spurts. I can stay the same for a few weeks.... then BAM, I drop 5 or 6 pounds. I still lose this way, even though I am on solids. I know I'm not in starvation mode. I think people just lose at different rate and in different ways.

Congratulations on the weight loss. It really does make a difference in the way we feel. Good luck to you!

[Kat817 19]

Put away the scale for a few days and get out a tape measure! I found when I quit losing actual pounds, the inches dropped off!!! Don't ask me how or why---I just know they did!!! I too lose in spurts. I sit with no loss, then wham 4-5 pounds go suddenly, then I sit for a week or 2 again. All in all it still come off, over 60 inches and a hundred pounds later, I still don't fully understand my body, but figure it must not be broke so I am not going to attempt to fix it!!!

Hang in there you are doing great!!!

Kat

[mrspruett 0]

I also think it is cool when you drop a size without losing any weight. I guess our bodies just adjust and shift fat around. The human body is truly miraculous, isn't it?

[juliegeraci 7]

Good for you! It is important to stay patient when the weight loss starts. It can take some time.

[julieh 1]

Thanks for your message. I was banded on 12/17 and have also been very strict with my liquid diet. In fact, for the first week I threw up everyday. I got on the scales yesterday, 10 days after surgery and have only lost 7 lbs. After reading how everyone drops 30 lbs in three weeks I was getting a bit discouraged. But after reading your post, I will keep on trucking!!!!