Help....The scale will not move!

[kbinaz 0]

250 calories is not enough food! You need to figure out a way to get more calories in, and not worry about the scale. You just had major surgery and your job is to heal. Your body is not going to be able to heal properly with the amount of calories you are ingesting. That is why it is recommended to try to get in 60g of Protein - protein is what the body uses to heal. I lost 12 pounds in the week after surgery and then didn't lose anything for two months. I really just started losing this week (4 months out from surgery) with my 5th fill. If you don't feel like you can eat any more than 250 calories yet, you need to find out what is going on. If you are choosing to eat only 250 calories to lose weight, you need to stop it! I'm not trying to preach at you, but really that is the wrong approach if you are doing it on purpose and you need to get past that calorie thing. The goal is to be healthy!

[JillS 0]

I have a slow thyorid. Will that make it hard to loss even with the band?

I'm on meds for it.

[Cocoabean 430]

I have a slow thyorid. Will that make it hard to loss even with the band?

I'm on meds for it.

Jill, if you are on meds, then your thyroid level should be normal, if it isn't, then you need the meds adjusted.

I had my thyroid radiated due to an overactive non-cancerous tumor and am now on replacement meds. I have been everything from high to low as my disease and treatment progressed. Through it all I could easily gain weight and had to struggle to lose. Now I get checked yearly and my levels are normal.

If you think your levels are low, ask your doc to check them. There is no need to go around with low thyroid levels for long periods.

Denise