Stopped losing after first fill

[kellye 0]

I had my surgery on 12/17/07 and was losing 2 pounds a week until feb. 8th when I had my first fill. I have been at the same weight since then. I went in on 3/25/08 for a second fill and have gained 3 pounds. I don't understand why or how I can not be losing weight when I am not eating but 1/4 cup of food at a time. Someone said if I was too tight I would not lose weight because my body would be in starvation mode. I do stay hungry alot but can not eat much. I am not pbing or sliming and I feel like I have good restriction but I am new at this and really don't know what it feels like to be restricted. I know I felt more satisfied before my fills and was losing weight.

Someone please help because I am very discouraged. I thought this was going to be the answer to my weight problems. Has anyone else had this problem??

Kellye

[kellye 0]

I understand all of the things you mentioned but I am only 3 months into this thing and I was doing fine until they started adjusting me. Now I just have heartburn all the time. I work out 5 days a week in a gym and walk 6 miles daily on a treadmill and play golf at least 2 times a week. I don't think my body is recieving enough calories and I can't make my dr's. understand that. It just seems strange to me that all the weight I have lost came in the 1st 6 weeks and as soon as they done a fill it stopped completely and I am eating less food.

I hope I am just at a plateau and i will start losing soon but i think until they listen to me and take Fluid out I will not lose any. The only thing I am losing is my hair.

Thanks for the input

Kellye

[shortgal 5]

What type of food can you eat? Are you eating soft food because that's the only thing that goes down? How many calories a day are you eating? How much Protein are you getting?

You are doing a lot of exercise. Muscle weighs more than fat. Even though you haven't lost weight, have you lost a size since Feb?

[KarenG. 0]

You may be too tight if you have heartburn all the time.

[MNilene 2]

Similar thing happened to me! Was banded on 12/20/07. Had my first fill March 11. Had lost 38 or so pounds up till that point...got the fill & lost NOTHING for almost the whole month. I though I was too tight, as the restirction hit HARD, not being able to eat things I had before, really having to chew,chew, chew. But realized I needed to readjust, which I have.

I think your matabolism changes abit when you get a fill, maybe even slows down a bit. Eating less can cause this to happen I think , so I changed my diet up, began to mix in new things & amounts, even treats that I had almost given up completly & it all seems to have leveled off again & I have started to see weight loss again!

It will come soon enough for you too!

mnilene