A word of encouragement!

[kintime 0]

I was banded on January 7th and like many of you I have been struggling. I think I've been following the rules as best as I can. I had gained three lbs and felt just defeated. I started questioning everything. But then I read a great post on here and felt reinspired. I had to tell myself, relax. It's only been three weeks since I've been banded. Most of us chose the band for a more controlled weight loss but when we get the band and we aren't loosing fast enough we complain. I've been exercising 4-5 times a week doing cardio and weight training. I've just started to track my diet on sparkpeople.com.

So to all my fellow January 2008 bandsters. Hold on in there - I'll meet you at the end of the tunnel.

Kin

[Jill Talbot 0]

:smile: Thanks Kin! I needed that

[kintime 0]

I'm glad this has helped you. So many of us are claiming defeat when we haven't even really started. Let's start proclaiming our success. I want to hear everyone who has been banded in January shouting that out. Bandster's hell is no joke, but it'll be over soon.

Kin

[brez1015 0]

that was soo nice i think it was needed.

[citygirl4616 2]

Good post! I was banded on 1/10/08, and within 2 weeks, I lost 17 #. Once I started introducing soft foods to my diet, I have lost only 1 # in 10 days! And that includes adding in my minimal exercise this week. It is is frustrating, because I feel like I have hardly any restriction, and I don't get a fill until the end of February. I need to be happy just maintaning my weight loss until my first fill.

[WOWOX7 0]

Hey all,

I too have been seeing slower weight loss since banding. I have searched LBT, and talked to my nurse. I do not have any restriction to speak of, I just have not been eating much and really watching what I eat. What I have found, is that after banding there will not be much restriction and there is not usually big weight losses during this time. Some people even gain. I felt so much better knowing this. My nurse was impressed that I have done as well as I have before my first fill. These first 6-6 weeks are for healing, then after first fill you really lose. I was feeling like a failure again until I really dug and asked my nurse.

Hope this helps, I sure wish I had known this a few weeks ago.

[gingerbug 3]

This is absolutely true. I think that because I, and maybe lots of y'all, have experienced so many failed diets we set ourselves up for disappointment. I have to keep reminding myself that this is different.

[thistledo 0]

yep me too... very slow. keep trying to remind myself it's about healing right now, the fills and weight loss come later.

[nicolebarda 0]

Everytime I read your messages I feel much better. I too was banded in January and feel that now I am just waiting for my 6 weeks to be up so that I can get a fill as I am feeling little restriction and not losing any more #'s since a week ago.

Keep posting your thoughts as they help everyone!

Thanks, Nicole

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[HarleyNana 10]

Hang in there gang, what you're experiencing is normal, remember, unless your doctor added a smidgen of fill during surgery, you're empty and for a reason, you're still healing!

Now is the time to get your head where it needs to be, remember the band is your friend and a tool, it's up to you to make the right choices.

I do not eat bread, rice, or potatoes of any kind, three years later and I don't even attempt the above. I try not to eat anything "white". I don't like yogurt or cottage cheese or milk, so it hasn't been a problem for me, LOL.

Good luck to all of you!